After hitting the blond-haired man, the Audi didn't slow down at all and sped off in a flash.
The blond-haired man acted as if nothing had happened, and continued walking forward in a wobbly manner.
But before he could take more than a few steps, just as he reached the middle of the road, he was hit and thrown into the air by another car.
My grandfather told me about this. People who die in accidents while crossing the road often have resentment in their hearts, and their souls are unable to smoothly go to the underworld to be reincarnated after death.
These people will be trapped in the place of death, reliving the scene of their death over and over again.
The blond guy just came to buy a lantern, probably hoping it would light his way to the underworld.
As I was looking, I suddenly heard Yuan Ying's voice: "That young man is so pitiful! He was only 24 years old. Last month, he died in a car accident while riding his bike drunk and running a red light. You didn't sell him anything, did you?"
I quickly told him that he had come to buy a lantern, but I hadn't sold it to him.
"It's good that you didn't sell it. If you had, you wouldn't have the chance to stand here and talk to me now."
I said, "It's just a lantern."
Yuan Ying sneered, "Do you know what kind of lantern that is?"
I shook my head instinctively.
Yuan Ying said calmly, "What he wants to buy is a lantern for good luck. Once this kind of lantern is sold to a ghost like him who died a violent death, a connection will be established between you two."
"He will see you as a lifeline that can lead him out of the cycle of suffering. Once you hand the lantern to him, his soul will cling to you, trying to find a way out by using your lifespan and body."
"And you will unknowingly become his scapegoat."
"To put it bluntly, once the lantern slips from your hand, you'll be the one walking on the street, understand?"
After hearing that, I gasped in shock.
Thankfully, I didn't soften my heart.
"It's nothing, you'll understand once you see more!"
Yuan Ying gently patted my arm: "Ghosts can be good or evil, but there's one thing you have to remember. Sometimes it's not that they want to harm you, but they harm you unintentionally. That's why we often say that humans and ghosts are on different paths."
"Alright, you watch the shop for me for a bit, I'm going to grab some things to take back to the hospital."
After she finished speaking, she went through the small door at the back and took out a lot of ritual implements.
My heart was in my throat, and I hurriedly asked him if something had happened to Brother Liu.
"Half and half!"
Yuan Ying sighed: "Although Lao Liu is out of danger, his soul, like yours, is lost. Unless his soul can be found, he will have to lie on that hospital bed for the rest of his life!"
I was wondering how he could have just disappeared like that? Couldn't we use a ritual to summon his soul back?
Yuan Ying gave me a deep look: "He's been under a spell, his soul is suppressed, and it can't be summoned back. Even if you try to summon it back, the soul won't be complete. Even if he wakes up, he'll become mentally impaired!"
"So tonight, I'll need your help to find his lost soul!"
Liu Sandao lost his soul because of me, so naturally I should go find him.
I quickly asked her if there was anything she needed me to do.
Yuan Ying counted on her fingers, then looked at the sky outside and said, "In four hours, around nine o'clock tonight, I will set up an altar at the hospital. You go to the place where he is most likely to have lost his soul."
"There's no need to bring him back by force; you don't have that ability. Just help me see where his soul went."
I said I didn't know where Brother Liu lost his soul.
"So you should spend these four hours thinking carefully about where you've been before and where you lost it."
After saying that, Yuan Ying left.
Where have we been before?
It was nothing more than the place where he set up his stall, the vegetable market, the Dai restaurant where I treated him to dinner, and that dilapidated temple.
If you're asking where my soul was lost, it must have been in that dilapidated temple.
...
Around 8:50 p.m., Yuan Ying returned, looking even worse than when she had returned before.
Before I could even speak, she said, "Xiao Chen, listen carefully, things are more serious than I thought..."
I interrupted her: "Brother Liu is gone?"
"Don't interrupt me!"
Yuan Ying glared at me and handed me a black glass bead.
"Keep it in your mouth, and from now on, don't speak, just listen to me!"
Although I don't fully trust Yuan Ying, what can I do now?
However, what Yuan Ying said the next second almost made me spit out what was in my mouth.
"What you're holding in your mouth right now is a crow's eye."
"Don't throw up!"
Yuan Ying glared at her: "Holding crow's eyes can cover up your yang energy, making those filthy things unable to distinguish whether you are one of their kind. It's more effective than wearing a dead person's shroud!"
"But you must remember, this method is very evil. If you are not careful, you will be backfired by the evil energy of the crow, which is more terrible than being haunted by a ghost. So, never swallow it, remember, never swallow it!"
I nodded emphatically.
Then, Yuan Ying handed me two candles, one red and one white.
"After you go outside, light this white candle for the deceased and stand where Liu Sandao's soul was lost. A hearse will then come by; it's a hearse heading to the King of Hell's palace."
"From the moment you board the train, there will be seven stops in total: the Gate of Hell, the Road to the Underworld, the Stone of Three Lives, the Terrace of Longing for Home, the River of Oblivion, the Soup of Forgetfulness, and the Bridge of Helplessness."
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