Yin Yang Rogue

  I said to Liang Yuhao, "Yuhao, do you have any white paper here? It's best if it's unused. A notebook is also fine. Also, bring some glue over, either a glue stick or transparent glue will do."

  Liang Yuhao hastily said wait a minute, then ran out to find paper. After a while, he found a roll of transparent tape and a stack of white copy paper, asking me: "Will this do?"

  I nodded and said no problem. Then I rolled the white paper into long strips, fixed in the middle with transparent glue. Jiang Pangzi saw it and suddenly laughed: "Hey Master Fang, what's this? Handicraft class?"

  I didn't bother with him, I could see it too, this Jiang Paozi is just an out-of-place person.

  Liang Yuhao also curiously walked over and said: "Fang Ge, are you just going to collect paper slips like this? I'll come help you too!"

  I nodded: "Okay, I want to make a soul lantern to find Yaoyao's soul first, and then tomorrow after dealing with that body that occupied her body, I can let Yaoyao return to her body in the first time. And don't worry about being discovered by your sister and others. If you tell them these things, they will be worried and won't sleep well."

  Liang Yuhao nodded enthusiastically, while Jiang Paozi on the side curiously helped us pick up the paper scraps. As he picked them up, he asked: "Hey, where did you learn all this stuff? Soul-seeking lantern? This name is really damn powerful!"

  The last words of Pangzi reminded me of my brother Fang Rong five years ago. Fang Rong was nicknamed "Madman" and his words were also very unconventional, but he was much bolder than Jiang Pangzi and more reckless. Moreover, he was not afraid of anything, being slick when needed and fearless when necessary. And this time I went down the mountain, I will fulfill my five-year promise to see those brothers.

  Thinking of this, a kind of indescribable warmth and expectation surged in my heart. My mood also improved a lot.

  "This is something I learned from an old book when I was a kid. It's possible to find the person you're looking for through your soul, but it requires some medium."

  When I was young, there was a treasure grandfather who had a deep connection with my family. When my family encountered difficulties, it was the treasure grandfather who saved us. The ancient book in my mouth is called "Rural Strange Records", which was also given by the treasure grandfather! My initial method of catching ghosts was all learned from that book. However, those were things from my youth, including the days when I and several brothers drove out ghosts with hot blood, I recorded those things in "Yin Yang Soul Hunter". Those who are interested can go take a look.

  The so-called soul lantern, in fact, has the same shape as Kongming Lantern, but it is made of white paper. Through incantation and ritual, an object that the person being searched for often carries with them, or their hair, fingernails, etc., are used as a medium.

  Soon, the Soul-Searching Lantern was finished. Looking at this "white Kongming lantern", Jiang Pangzi exclaimed with a tone of being cheated: "Is that it? Is this really the Soul-Searching Lantern? This is just a Wish Lantern! You can buy one for five bucks at the school gate! The three of us almost died from exhaustion, and it's just something that can be solved with five bucks?! Ah!"

  I didn't say a word, and wrote the soul-seeking charm on the talisman paper. This charm is the only one in "Wild Record", not what I learned from "Orthodox Talisman". I don't even know its name, because it's just used for the soul-seeking lantern, so let's call it the soul-seeking charm!

  After drawing the talisman, I let Jiang Pangzi go out and paste those four hidden soul talismans first. Liang Yuhao wanted to go, but I stopped him. I was afraid that if they made a big noise, it would startle Liang Hongyu and the others. If Jiang Pangzi could still find an excuse to say he couldn't find the toilet, Liang Yuhao wouldn't be able to.

  Liang Yuhao's expression became even more moved when he heard me say that. Don't look at Jiang Paozi being white and chubby, but his movements were surprisingly agile. After sticking the talisman, I had Liang Yuhao quietly take us to the backyard.

  The backyard is large and a little further away, even with slight movements, it does not affect Liang Hongyu and her husband.

  I pulled out a strand of hair from my pocket and Liang Yuhao asked me: "Whose is this?"

  I said: "From Yaoyao's quilt."

  Look at me, I'm about to start, and Jiang Pangzi hurriedly stopped me and said: "Wait, wait, Master, are you going on stage like this? Don't you need to wear a Taoist robe and dance around for a bit?"

  I helplessly looked at him and explained that it's not necessary. It's not like we're holding a ritual ceremony. This is just like Japan's kimono, normally people don't wear kimonos every day on the street, it's only for commemorative purposes, representing identity and traditional symbols. Unless it's a special occasion, there's no need to wear Taoist robes all the time.

  Ginger looked at me excitedly and said: "Master, you are the real master! I've lived for over 20 years and this is the first time I've seen a true expert! Master Fang, please accept me as your apprentice, I'm willing to serve you!"

  I didn't expect this, the guy was too good at nonsense. I took out the talisman and wrapped that strand of hair with it. Standing in a very eerie posture, my left hand's ring finger and thumb pinched together, while the other three fingers spread apart. My right hand formed a sword-like shape, resting on the pulse of my left hand. I muttered the incantation under my breath.

  "The Supreme Decree summons the spirits, borrowing the law to search for the soul of the hundred ghosts. The Heavenly Pivot Star Lord comes to capture and refine, the talismanic fire burns on the ninth heaven! The Northern Dipper Star Lord searches for the soul as if by imperial decree, swiftly!"

  After finishing the incantation, I swiftly pointed my sword at the Soul-Searching Lantern. Suddenly opening my eyes wide, I saw that the symbol in the middle of the lantern suddenly burst into a ball of flames, and then the lantern began to float around like a drunk ghost.

  I grabbed Liang Yuhao and said, "Don't be stunned, follow the light! You must keep up!"

  Liang Yuhao and Jiang Paozi came to their senses, looking at me with incredulous eyes as they chased after the Soul-Searching Lantern. The lantern seemed to be swaying gently, but it wasn't slow at all, and I didn't know how long we had been running. These past few years of practicing the Five Elements Fist on the mountain every morning at dawn had greatly improved my physical fitness. However, after running for so long, I was also slightly sweating. But that lantern remained flying steadily, neither high nor low, neither far nor near.

  Jiang Pangzi was the first to stop running, his hands on his knees, panting heavily: "I...can't...go on...I'm going to die from exhaustion."

  Liang Yuhao's face was also flushed red, panting heavily. However, his eyes were fixed on the Soul-Searching Lantern, gritting his teeth as he chased after it. I turned back and said: "Then just rest here, we'll go chase after it. But in the middle of the night like this, there are some things around that I won't be able to protect you from."

  After finishing speaking, I followed Liang Yuhao to chase the soul lantern. Jiang Pangzi behind me indeed wailed and followed up, thinking that he also knew that most of the lonely souls and wild ghosts came out to "relieve their boredom" at midnight. He was afraid of being entangled by them.

  Also don't know how far they ran, soon came to a cornfield. The surroundings were a piece of indelible blackness like ink. The dim white moonlight shone on the leaves in the cornfield, and when the wind rose, it brought up pieces of leaves rubbing against each other with a gloomy rustling sound. There was no one around, quiet as if it were a ghostly lair.

  The soul-seeking lantern fell into a patch of cornfield and turned into a ball of ash, disappearing. We carefully parted the cornfield and walked towards where the lantern had fallen. In the middle of the cornfield was an empty space, the air inside was damp and stifling, not breathable. Moreover, these corn stalks were taller than people, walking in only felt like being surrounded on all sides. Extremely uncomfortable.

  Behind me, Jiang Pangzi's trembling hand tugged at my clothes, and I casually brushed him off without paying attention to him. After walking a few more steps, he started again, stretching out his hand to grab my arm. In this dark cornfield, I was also getting a bit anxious and impatiently said: "Stop messing around, let's get down to business first."

  But as soon as I finished speaking, I felt something was off, because the cornfield next to me was rustling loudly. When I looked to my right, I saw Jiang Pangzi and Liang Yuhao shivering together, just a row of corn stalks away from me. My heart suddenly turned cold - then who was it that pulled my arm on the left side?

  I suddenly remembered that the hand that pulled my arm on the left side felt icy cold, and when I thought of this, my hair stood on end. I quickly turned my head to look, but it was pitch black on my left side, and there was nothing.

  He continued to walk a few more steps, when suddenly Jiang Pangzi let out an "aiyo" and fell to the ground. He cursed, "What's going on?" Before he could finish speaking, Liang Yuhao beside him let out two short, forceful "ah"s, as if someone had grabbed his throat. It was clear that he had been scared stiff, unable to even make a sound.

  I hastily parted the corn stalks beside me and asked them what was wrong. The fat man seemed to be somewhat at a loss too. Liang Yuhao's face, under the moonlight, was deathly pale, pointing to where the fat man had fallen, unable to utter a complete sentence.

  I couldn't help but nudge his shoulder, and only then did Liang Yuhao react, saying with a tear-stained face: "Fang Ge, there's...there's a ghost!"

  Jiang Paozi was also startled, and asked him what's going on. Liang Yuhao then said that earlier when Paozi tripped and fell, he too got a fright and quickly looked down at the ground. The cornfield in the night had leaves reflecting moonlight, but below it was pitch black, like two different worlds.

  Liang Yuhao saw that the fat boy had fallen, but in a subconscious glance, he found that there was a white, transparent hand at the position of the fat boy's calf. In other words, the fat boy was pulled down by that hand and fell, not tripped.

  Liang Yuhao glanced down at the hand and saw a pale face in the middle of a corn stalk, almost close to the ground. The specific features were unclear, only vaguely visible five senses. By the time he reacted, the face was gone.

  I furrowed my brow, just about to say something, when suddenly the fatty grabbed me with a look of horror and terror. I followed his gaze and saw that on the empty ground in front of us was standing a half-transparent shadow, looking like it was six or seven years old, but its body was blurry and its outline unclear. It had a vague shape.

  Standing in front of us, head down, hair hanging down on both sides, face can't be seen clearly. Liang Yuhao also saw it, then a shock, shouted: "Ya Ya?"