Following Master Jin's instructions.
After driving for another four hours, we finally arrived in Meixian, the place he had mentioned, just as dawn was breaking.
Although it's called a county town, our destination was a farmhouse on the outskirts of the town.
The scene before me was one of utter desolation.
The walls of the farmhouse courtyard have collapsed in many places, exposing the yellow soil, and weeds are growing on the top of the walls.
The doors and windows of the house were dilapidated, clearly indicating that no one had cleaned it for a long time.
Jin Ye stood quietly in front of the door, his gaze slowly sweeping over everything before him, his face full of complex emotions.
He couldn't help but sigh, "So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, but this place hasn't changed at all. This is the place where Shuyao and I stayed when we first came down the mountain."
Looking at Luo Tianhe, who was unconscious in the back seat, I couldn't help but interrupt Master Jin's reminiscence.
"Hey Mr. Jin, stop reminiscing, Luo Tianhe seems to be dying!"
At this moment, Luo Tianhe's face was as black as if it had been soaked in ink.
Not only that, but even the skin on its body has an eerie black color.
"Holy crap, why has Luo Ge turned into a black man?!"
Su Mingyang leaned over for a look and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Why is it so dark?"
Jin Ye was also startled, and he quickly drew a talisman on Luo Tianhe's forehead by biting his index finger.
"The sky is clear and the earth is bright; yin is turbid and yang is pure; the three souls and seven spirits, each return to their proper place! So be it!"
After drawing the talisman, Master Jin instructed Su Mingyang and me to quickly carry Luo Tianhe into the house.
“I have temporarily immobilized his soul with the [Soul-Fixing Spell]. Quickly bring him inside; if he is exposed to the sun for too long, his soul will be scattered.”
Upon hearing this, I hugged Luo Tianhe and kicked open the rickety door with all my might.
A choking cloud of dust rushed towards me.
It choked me so much that tears came to my eyes, and I kept coughing.
Once the dust in front of me had settled a little, I could finally see the scene inside the room.
The room was covered with a dense web of spider webs, like a giant white fishing net hanging from the corner of the beams.
Startled, several mice darted away from the corner of the wall.
In one corner of the room, a snake with a "remarried wife" raised its head high, flicking its tongue, clearly quite frightened by our intrusion.
"Holy crap, there's a snake!"
Startled, Su Mingyang screamed and instinctively lifted a chair, ready to smash it down on the snake.
"Don't smash it!"
Jin Ye reacted quickly, rushing forward and grabbing Su Mingyang's hand.
"We're going to use this snake in medicine later! If we smash it, we'll have to find another one."
As he spoke, he slowly walked towards the 'snake whose wife had remarried'.
The moment the snake lunged at him, Jin Ye swiftly moved, accurately grabbing the back of the snake's neck, his thumb and forefinger firmly wedging the snake's head.
He instructed Su Mingyang and me, "Go find a black rooster. It must be a rooster with a bright red comb, glossy feathers, and one that has not yet crowed. This rooster is masculine and can ward off evil spirits."
"Take another bowl of glutinous rice and place it under the scorching sun for three hours to absorb pure yang energy."
"Hurry up!"
After saying that, he ignored us and threw the snake into the sack.
They took out silver needles and pricked Luo Tianhe's ten fingers and toes to draw blood.
Glutinous rice is easy to buy, but black-feathered roosters are hard to find.
We searched all the vegetable markets in the county town before finally buying some from an old lady selling vegetables.
One chicken cost more than 500 yuan.
On the way back, Su Mingyang kept cursing, saying that the old woman looked pitiful, but her heart was blacker than coal.
As soon as I parked the car and opened the door, a pungent, fishy smell hit me.
The smell was worse than a rotting corpse.
Luo Tianhe lay on the bed. Although his skin wasn't as dark as before, it still looked frightening.
"Uncle Jin, I've bought the chicken and glutinous rice."
I waved the rooster in my hand.
"Put the chicken on the ground first, and take advantage of the sun to quickly take it out to dry."
Jin didn't even look up, he kept counting on his fingers, no one knew what he was calculating.
Seeing his serious expression, I didn't dare to disturb him.
After a full five minutes, Jin Ye finally let out a soft sigh and shook his head repeatedly.
My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly asked him if Luo Tianhe was beyond saving.
Jin didn't say anything, but waved for me to wait outside.
"Hey, what's that old man doing all by himself in the room? Is Brother Luo alright?"
Seeing me come out, Su Mingyang put down the glutinous rice in his hand, leaned close to me, and asked with a worried look.
I shook my head and said it was hard to say.
"Hopefully Brother Luo can pull through, otherwise, we're doomed."
Su Mingyang squatted on the ground, scratching his hair in distress.
I asked him what he meant by that.
Su Mingyang took out a cigarette and took a deep drag: "Think about it, we stole Bai Su's body, and we even dismembered her. Do you think Zeng, the richest man, will let us off easily? If Brother Luo were alive, with his abilities, he might be able to protect us. But if it were him..."
Su Mingyang's words came to an abrupt end.
My heart sank.
Recalling the tycoon's aggressive demeanor last night, if he had really caught me, the consequences would have been unimaginable; I would probably have been devoured alive.
Moreover, given his methods, it won't be long before he finds out exactly who we are.
Thinking of this, I looked at Su Mingyang and said, "You weren't directly involved in what happened last night, so he shouldn't make things too difficult for you. Listen to me, you should go back later."
"Bullshit!"
Su Mingyang instantly flew into a rage: "What kind of person do you take me for? If it weren't for your dangerous efforts to perform the ritual for Bai Su, I would be dead by now. Now that you're in trouble, you want to get rid of me and let me live on my own? I don't even respect myself!"
Su Mingyang's eyes reddened, and his voice trembled slightly as he continued, "I know I'm not very capable, and I'm a coward. I'm terrified of ghosts, unlike Brother Luo who has power and influence and can hold things together in critical moments."
"Unlike you, whose mind works quickly and who also knows about corpse restoration."
"It's nowhere near as good as Master Jin's ability to exorcise evil spirits."
He paused, then said, slowly and deliberately, "But I, Su Mingyang, am absolutely not a coward who fears death! Although I may not know anything, I'm willing to risk my life for my brothers!"
Seeing the burning light in Su Mingyang's excited eyes, I felt as if my throat was blocked, and I couldn't say a word.
He simply patted him on the shoulder forcefully, conveying a thousand words in that single pat.
However, I already had a plan in mind: I would find an opportunity later to knock Su Mingyang unconscious and send him back.
He is different from us; he has a mother in the ICU who urgently needs life-saving treatment, and he cannot afford to fall into this dangerous vortex again.
However, at the time I didn't know that this decision would trigger a series of things that I would later deeply regret.
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