Chapter 50: Opening the altar to summon the soul

That night, Gu Leng prepared the altar. He placed a straw mat on the floor of the store and let Gu Qi lie on it.

Then, he placed three oil lamps on the floor above his head, representing the three souls, but at this moment, the three oil lamps were extinguished.

And at the foot position, there was also a lit oil lamp, which was a perpetual lamp, also called a soul-guiding lamp.

Behind Gu Qi's head was the altar, and her feet were facing the door.

Zhang Ming looked at the altar, which was a long table covered with a yellow cloth, with various ritual instruments placed on it.

Three incense sticks were inserted into one of the incense burners, but they were not lit, and two candles on both sides were emitting flames.

Seeing that everything was ready, Zhang Ming nodded.

At this time, Gu Leng said, "I will do the ritual, and you will be the guardian!"

"Your Taoist skills may not be as good as mine!" Zhang Ming said disdainfully,

"Besides, you tried it before, but it didn't work. I will do it this time!"

Gu Leng had nothing to say, so he asked, "Then how do you protect the Dharma?"

In fact, Zhang Ming also saw it in the magic book. The guardian is to assist, act according to circumstances, or listen to the orders of the person who performs the ritual.

So he said, "Stand aside with the peach wood sword. If there is any need, I will tell you."

Gu Leng could only do as he was told, while Zhang Ming stood in front of the altar, made a hand gesture, and began to worship the gods according to the first step of opening the altar in the magic book.

He bowed respectfully to the altar and shouted:

"I am Zhang Ming, the disciple, and I bow to all the gods and ancestors in front of the altar. Please show your might and bless me to help me open the altar and perform the ritual."

Then he held the peach wood sword in one hand and pinched the sword finger with the other hand, and shouted:

"The order to open the altar has been announced, and the law has been issued to the heavens and the earth.

After paying homage to all the gods, Buddhas and immortals, please come to the altar as soon as possible." After he finished, the peach wood sword was swung, and the flames of two lit candles on the altar slowly floated.

Then Zhang Ming swung the tip of the peach wood sword twice and quickly pointed it at the three incense sticks.

The three incense sticks were all lit with a hiss, and wisps of green smoke came out.

Seeing this, Zhang Ming knew that he had successfully invited the gods to the altar.

Generally, those who know the business will not light the incense by themselves. The incense will burn by itself after the ritual is successful.

For example, it was the same when Zhang Ming invited the land god before.

Now that the gods have been successfully invited to the altar and the gods have helped, he can perform the ritual next.

On the altar, there is a white doll with only simple limbs, body and head.

The facial features are simply drawn on the head, and the birth date is written on the body, which is Gu Qi's birth date.

A soul-fixing talisman is pasted on the back of the doll. Seven needles are inserted into the belly. These seven needles are used to fix the seven souls.

There are two needles on the head to fix the heavenly soul and the life soul. There

is also a needle next to it, which is used to fix the earth soul after the earth soul returns and enters the body.

In addition, there are some spells on the altar, a compass, and a Tai Chi mirror.

Zhang Ming was holding the peach wood sword at this moment, slowly retracting it, and placing the sword finger of his left hand on the peach wood sword, and then shouted:

"Wandering souls, where can they stay? The three souls have come down early, and the seven spirits have come. Collect the soul and possess the body, and help to revive the spirit. The gates of heaven and earth are open, and the thousand-mile boy is sending the soul. Gu Qi's soul, please show up quickly. Please ask the Supreme Lord Lao to hurry up and obey the order."

After finishing, the peach wood sword pointed at the white rag doll, and shouted: "Soul return!"

Suddenly, a breeze blew in the room, blowing the candle flames to swing constantly.

At the same time, the soul-guiding lamp under Gu Qi's feet on the ground was also swaying.

And then, among the three oil lamps at the position of Gu Qi's head, the two on the left and right suddenly caught fire.

But the earth soul lamp in the middle did not burn.

In the house, the breeze gradually became stronger and became a strong wind. Gu Qi was lying on the ground very nervous, but he kept his eyes closed.

Zhang Ming held the peach wood sword in his hand and pointed it directly at the rag doll. Gu Leng on the side was also looking around nervously.

"Zhang Ming, when I summoned souls in the past, I would always attract some lonely ghosts nearby to make trouble!" Gu Leng said.

Zhang Ming nodded and said, "So you have to be on guard against them now. I will tell whether it is Gu Qi's earth soul. If not, I will let you attack."

"Okay!" Gu Leng nodded.

He has been studying the mysterious arts for these years. Although he has no teacher, he is lucky enough to have found some useful books and taught himself some mysterious arts.

But he is obviously no match for Zhang Ming, who secretly learned the magic from the old cripple. Zhang Ming has to be more authentic.

However, Gu Leng is not bad at dealing with ordinary ghosts, and he has more experience than Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming was holding the peach wood sword, and suddenly he noticed a ghost floating in from the door.

This ghost was not a land soul, but a ghost, flying directly towards Gu Qi on the ground, obviously trying to enter Gu Qi's body.

Zhang Ming hurriedly shouted: "Drive it away!"

Gu Leng also saw it, rushed out, and slapped the peach wood sword on the ghost with a snap, knocking the ghost out directly.

But the arrival of this ghost seemed to be the beginning. After that, there were more and more ghosts coming, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Gu Qi's body and take over the nest.

Unfortunately, under Zhang Ming's command, Gu Leng drove these guys away one by one.

Zhang Ming was concentrating on pointing the peach wood sword at the rag doll, silently reciting the soul-calling spell over and over again.

In just ten minutes, Zhang Ming recited it countless times, and the house was filled with gloomy winds, and more than a dozen ghosts came.

Gu Leng was a little tired at this moment, but fortunately, at this time, the ghosts basically didn't come.

But at the same time, Hu Leng's heart also turned cold. It had been so long, and the ghosts hadn't come, and the earth soul still hadn't come back. There was definitely no hope.

Zhang Ming didn't want to give up. Generally speaking, if the soul is out there, it can be summoned back.

If it can't be summoned back, it may be that the earth soul is trapped or has dissipated.

The former is not bad, even if it is trapped, it can be found.

If it is the latter, it will be over if it dissipates directly.

Zhang Ming recited it several times, but the oil lamp in the middle never showed any signs of being lit, obviously the earth soul has not returned.

At this time, also on this street, in Zhang Quezi's shop, Zhang Quezi was seen sitting on a chair, watching the fat man and the yellow-haired man drawing talismans, and said at the same time:

"That kid is calling back the soul of his sister again. Alas, he is also obsessed."

Hearing this, the fat man looked up and said: "Master... Master, why don't you help that girl... Zhang... Zhang Ming and that... woman, it seems... they have a good relationship. If you... you help, she might become your disciple."

"What do you know? When they opened a shop here, I saw that girl. She was missing a soul. It was obvious that someone had detained her." Zhang Quezi said unhappily.

Huang Mao heard this and said, "Master, who would take her soul? An enemy?"

Zhang Quezi shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Anyway, this girl has an unusual physique. The person who took her soul must have a conspiracy."

"Then what should we do? Doesn't it mean that this girl is hopeless?" Huang Mao asked again.

Zhang Quezi said, "That's not the case. The person who took her soul must have a use. When the time is right, he will definitely show up. Before that, it is unrealistic to summon her soul."

(End of this chapter)