It's almost midnight.
The paper-made shelf made a crackling sound.
Black mist welled up from the eye sockets of all the boys and girls, gathering in the air to form the character "开" (open).
Suddenly, the silver bracelet on Xiuxiu's wrist melted, and the Rebirth Mantra turned into sparks, igniting the red rope at the mouth of the Fetal Soul Jar.
Yuan Ying shouted, "Chen Yan, use your blood to sacrifice the Soul-Guiding Jade!"
Without the slightest hesitation, I bit my fingertip.
Blood dripped onto the jade surface, and the Soul-Guiding Jade suddenly emitted a bright light, revealing that the remnant soul of the half-immortal was attached to the paper-made baby carriage.
He looked up, his eye sockets were two black holes, and his mouth grinned to reveal paper-mache fangs: "Ten lifetimes of reincarnation, finally waiting for the twin soulmates..."
"You beast, don't even think about it!"
Yuan Ying threw the peach wood sword at the baby carriage.
The sword pierced through the shadow and became embedded in the shrine.
The remnant soul of the immortal suddenly split into seven shadows, each lunging at the paper-mache children on the shelf.
Each shadow held a yellow talisman inscribed with the birth date and time of a different person.
Just then, I suddenly noticed that something was wrong with Xiuxiu.
Her eyes became unfocused, and her lips trembled slightly, as if she were saying something.
I followed her gaze and found that she was staring intently at the bone-revealing mirror.
Silently, I took out the blood I had previously saved from Xiuxiu and smeared it on my eyelids and temples.
Looking in the mirror again, she discovered that her father, Bald Old Third, was reflected in the mirror when he was young.
Back then, he was handsome, and his eyes were full of tenderness.
He was holding young Xiuxiu in his arms, softly humming a lullaby.
The scene shifts, and Baldy the Third is bewitched by the half-immortal, his eyes gradually turning crazed as he frantically digs through the mass grave, searching for the soul-binding jar that can change his fate.
Next, it was Baldy the Third's scheming against Xiuxiu and me.
Xiuxiu's emotions also began to become unstable.
I know that every image in the mirror is like a sharp blade, piercing Xiuxiu's heart.
"dad……"
Xiuxiu's eyes instantly welled up with tears.
Her lips trembled as she murmured, "So you were blinded by this evil magic..."
Suddenly, I saw Xiuxiu's eyes harden, as if she had made a major decision.
Suddenly he shouted, "I'll pay back my father's debts!"
I realized something was wrong and reached out to pull her away.
However, Xiuxiu suddenly found the strength to shove me away.
Suddenly, it rushed out of the formation and snatched the soul jar.
He smashed the jar on the ground.
The moment the pottery jar shattered, a deafening cry echoed from the direction of the mass grave.
The black mist of eight hundred lonely souls surged along the earth's veins.
"Don't touch the black fog!"
Yuan Ying hurriedly took out the "Scripture of Salvation".
"These souls have been trapped by the sorcerer's evil magic for thirty years and have long since become vengeful spirits!"
But it was too late.
Xiuxiu's fingertips just touched the black mist.
Her skin began to turn papery, her eye sockets became black holes, and a paper-mache smile stretched across her lips: "My little brother has come to find me... Hehe... My little brother has come to find me..."
"Xiao Chen, quickly press the Soul-Guiding Jade onto Xiuxiu's forehead!"
I hurriedly pressed the Soul-Guiding Jade onto Xiuxiu's forehead.
As the Soul-Guiding Jade was pressed down, Xiu Xiu's black eyes rolled upwards, and she made a "ga ga ga" sound in her throat.
Even though Xiuxiu didn't open her mouth, a voice that was neither male nor female came out of her mouth: "The day when twin Yin-destined people touch, the Yin Gate opens wide."
Before he could finish speaking, all the carved windows of the shop suddenly shattered.
The black mist surged in, activating all the paper-mache children on the shelf.
They walked towards us mechanically, each paper figure displaying my birth date and time on its chest, much like the final link in a life-altering ritual.
At this moment, Xiuxiu stood there blankly, her eyes vacant, completely unaware of the crisis before her.
I was frantic. I rushed over, grabbed her arm, and shouted, "Xiuxiu, wake up! We have to hide!"
But she just stared at me blankly, without any reaction.
I didn't care about anything else, and pulled her hard, dodging left and right in the gradually shrinking circle of paper figures.
In the chaos, I knocked over a row of paper offering shelves, and the items on them fell to the ground.
The store was in complete chaos.
Attracted by the commotion, the paper figures quickened their pace, and a sharp corner of the paper cut my arm, causing blood to gush out instantly.
"Xiao Chen, hang in there!"
Yuan Ying's voice came from behind.
Just when I felt that Xiuxiu and I were about to be swallowed up, Yuan Ying suddenly remembered something and grabbed the death photo of Bald Lao San.
"Quick! Use the photo to guide the soul's reincarnation!"
She pasted the photo onto the broken jar containing the fetal soul.
Suddenly, the image of the immortal was reflected in the jar.
It turned out to be a giant paper baby.
It is curled up in the dark eye of the mass grave, absorbing the souls of all those who took its place.
"Xiao Chen, do you still remember the yellow talisman you copied on the day of the Heavenly Pardon?"
Yuan Ying tossed seven yellow talismans into the air: "Use your blood to activate the 'Soul-Sealing Curse'!"
I bit my tongue, and the blood sprayed onto the talisman.
The yellow talisman instantly transformed into seven golden rays, which shot towards the three vertices of the triangular Yin Eye: the mass grave, the ancient well, and the old locust tree.
Wherever the golden light passed, the air distorted as if it were being boiled.
"Did it work?"
I was panting heavily, and looked nervously at Yuan Ying.
Yuan Ying stared intently at the gradually dissipating golden light, her brows furrowed: "It's still uncertain. Although the Yin Vein Net is broken, the remnant soul of the Half-Immortal is extremely cunning."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiuxiu coughed a few times and swayed.
I quickly helped her up.
The black mist in her eyes slowly faded away like wisps of smoke, and her paper-like skin gradually returned to its normal color.
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