Chapter 21: Frightening the Soul

  Qin Feng hastily arrived at the Chinese News Agency, the simple four-story building was still gloomy. As soon as he got off the car, Qin Feng saw Lin Ruochen looking around and waiting for him.

  "What's going on?" At this time, Qin Feng was holding the medicine to dispel the evil spirit that he had just bought, and in his haste, he noticed a hint of unease on Lin Ruochen's face. Lin Ruochen didn't explain, but instead hastily pulled Qin Feng and ran towards the newspaper office. "What's going on? Tell me clearly!" "There's no time to explain now, I know you understand the Taoist rituals, that's why I brought you here."

  It seems like Lin Ruochen has encountered some sort of evil affair.

  In the reporter's office on the third floor, Qin Feng saw three or four people gathered together doing something. It wasn't until Lin Ruochen went up to interrupt that Qin Feng could see clearly. "What's going on here?"

  Lin Ruochen gasped for air as she explained: "It's like this, when Xiao Chen came to work with us this afternoon, we found that her spirit was abnormal. The symptoms were similar to those of Liu Manager's son Cong Cong last time, so I asked you to take a look." Her gaze flew over and saw a girl about the same age as Lin Ruochen sitting at the desk in the corner of the wall, staring blankly out the window. What was even more curious was that Xiao Chen's hands and feet were shaking non-stop, as if she had been frightened by something.

  "How could she be like this?" Qin Feng observed carefully, Xiao Chen's face was as cold as ice, pale and colorless at the moment. As for this point, even Lin Ruochen and Xiao Chen's colleagues didn't know what was going on, they only knew that Xiao Chen had always been bold and meticulous, a cheerful girl. Unexpectedly, she suddenly became like this today, which really shocked Lin Ruochen and her colleagues.

  To be on the safe side, one of Xiaochen's male colleagues hastily tied her hands behind her back with a rope, fearing that she might have some bad ideas. Qin Feng walked over and examined her for a while, but just then, Xiaochen suddenly let out a loud cry like a madman: "Snake, run quickly!" "It's a snake, a snake..."

  "Did she run into a snake?" Qin Feng asked Lin Ruochen.

  "I don't know, yesterday was Saturday, which just so happened to be our day off, as for what Little Chen did, I have no idea."

  At this time, a male colleague standing beside him seemed to have thought of something and said: "Right, Little Chen seems to have returned to his hometown, yes, he should have returned to his hometown."

  "Hometown?" Qin Feng asked.

  "Yes, I remember that when we were chatting on the afternoon of the day before yesterday when we got off work, we originally planned to go eat together, but Xiao Chen made an excuse and said she had to hurry back to her village to accompany her parents, so that's how I knew she went back to her hometown." The male colleague thought carefully for a moment, then gave a definite answer.

  Listening to him, Qin Feng suddenly understood something. If Xiao Chen really came back home, then she might have been scared by a snake on the road or somewhere else. But then again, a snake that can scare a living 20-year-old person must not be simple either. "Do you know where Xiao Chen's hometown is?"

  "After thinking for a moment, that male colleague replied uncertainly: 'It seems to be in a village called Dongtou Village, but I'm not very clear about the specifics either.'"

  "Dongtou Village?" Qin Feng did know this village. The village was southwest of his school, because it shared the same mountain, Zhenyao Mountain, as his school, so it wasn't very far away. But in any case, for now they had to prioritize treating Xiao Chen's illness.

  "Should we call an ambulance?"

  At this time, a colleague Xiao Wang wanted to call the doctor, but Qin Feng stopped him. Because Qin Feng knew that even if he called the doctor, it would be useless. Xiao Chen's illness was not an ordinary disease, but because of excessive fright, her soul had left her body, which means that Xiao Chen now is just an empty shell, her soul has long been gone from her body.

  "What do we do now?" Little Wang and the rest of his colleagues were obviously anxious, recalling the terrifying scene of Little Chen just now, they couldn't help but shudder, and quickly walked forward to ask Qin Feng: "Then what do you say we should do now?"

  "Yes, Qin Feng, can you cure Xiao Chen's illness?" Lin Ruochen asked.

  "Capable, but just too conspicuous in this place, need to find a quiet spot..." Before finishing the sentence, Lin Ruochen already understood Qin Feng's meaning, so she let her colleague carry Little Chen to Lin Ruochen's home (a new house that Lin Dad had just bought for her).

  "Qin Feng, what do you think Xiao Chen has contracted?" Lin Ruochen asked curiously in the colleague's van.

  "I suspect she was frightened by something."

  "Scared? Little Chen is usually quite brave, how could he be scared?" At this time, the driver, Little Wang, asked in confusion.

  "I also said it's not good, in short, this thing doesn't seem simple, I suspect it's a snake." "Snake?" Lin Ruochen was most afraid of snakes on ordinary days. As soon as he heard the word "snake", his heart trembled with fear. Fortunately, Qin Feng was there and quickly changed the subject: "It's okay, as long as we find her soul, she can be cured."

  Qin Feng's words left Xiao Wang quite perplexed, and for no reason, Xiao Chen was actually frightened, and what's more, the mention of "soul" sounded a bit far-fetched. So he asked Qin Feng: "Then what method do you plan to use?"

  "The soul was lost where Little Chen was frightened, so as long as the soul is summoned back, it can be cured." When they arrived at Lin Ruochen's home, Qin Feng placed Little Chen on the bed and began preparing the necessary items for summoning the soul. This kind of thing often happens in rural areas, and children are frequently affected, which is called "losing one's soul". Generally speaking, as long as the soul is found and brought back, it can be cured. There are many methods to do this, but Qin Feng used the Rice Clothes Collecting Soul method.

  The so-called "Rice Clothes Shock Method" refers to the use of a plate filled with uncooked rice (usually glutinous rice, but in this region of Loess Plateau, it's usually millet), placing Xiao Chen's outer garment next to the plate, lighting three incense sticks, and Qin Feng silently reciting: "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, all things take shape. Yang dwellings have no evil, yin dwellings do not shine; heavenly and earthly killing airs decline and move, ghosts and gods raise their energy and shock. Heaven shocks, earth shocks, people shock, gods shock, snakes shock, dogs shock, everything returns to human emotions, shocked souls and spirits quickly return to the body, I offer to the Supreme Elder Lord, urgent as a law!" After finishing the incantation, Qin Feng hastily sprinkled rice on Xiao Chen's clothes, his eyes fixed on the three incense sticks stuck in the rice, as if praying for something. Next, Qin Feng said to Lin Ruochen: "Alright, relying on the smoke of the incense to guide the way, after this incense finishes burning, her soul will return."

  Looking at what Qin Feng had just done, Lin Ruochen couldn't help but laugh, but also couldn't help but believe in Qin Feng's actions. She nodded and hummed in agreement before turning around and returning to her bedroom, where she gazed at Little Chen who was already fast asleep.

  Let's not mention Lin Ruochen for now, and look at her colleague Xiao Wang. Although he had heard of such ghostly things, he hadn't seen them with his own eyes. Until now, he was shocked, but looking at the three incense sticks inserted into the uncooked rice, which emitted wisps of blue smoke that seemed to float out of the window with the wind, he couldn't help but stare blankly and curiously ask: "Does this work?"

  "Of course it works." Qin Feng responded confidently. For him, calling out to the soul was a simple matter, basically all the old men and women in the village knew how to do this, of course, they just had different methods.

  Reminded Lin Ruochen and Xiao Wang, as soon as Little Chen wakes up, they must call themselves immediately. Qin Feng also needs to hurry back to Grandpa's place to decoct medicine and help Fang Yu and others get rid of the Gu poison.

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