Chapter 2: Suppressing Energy and Killing Spirit (Part 2)

  I lived with Uncle Zhang, still going to school as usual, playing with my companions. I was just born with a more mature personality than other children, and after this incident, I thought about many things. Thinking of Wang Yue, I felt a little guilty in my heart, after all, it was me who hurt his mother. Just thinking about it, my companion called me to play games together at the warehouse next to our school. Our middle school was built on an old factory, and the conditions were very simple, but the big warehouse next to the factory was our paradise. We would go there during recess or after school.

  The school had a 40-minute long class break. "Mingming, what's on your mind? You seem more mature these past two days, like an adult, thinking about love? Haha" The speaker was my fellow villager Daqing. We've been playing together since we were kids, and although he didn't do well in school, sometimes my mom wouldn't let me play with him, but our relationship has always been good.

  "Virtue is gone, let's go!" As we spoke, we arrived at that warehouse, where seven or eight classmates were already playing.

  Daqing rushed towards the crowd and shouted: "Buddies, let's play together, let's play hide-and-seek!" Although his grades weren't good, he had a good relationship with others. When they saw it was him, they all waved at us to come over. "Come on! Together!" The leader shouted.

  We played rock-paper-scissors together, and I was really unlucky... The first one to get caught. Okay... "1, let's start!" I caught all the hidden people one by one, but still couldn't find Daqing. Suddenly, I saw a green figure floating towards the back of the warehouse, Daqing? No way, he seemed to be wearing gray clothes, and why did I feel a sense of pressure? But I'll go take a look anyway.

  I was walking towards the back of the warehouse when suddenly a hand patted my shoulder! "Ah!" I was so scared to death! Turning around, it was Daqing? "Haha! Look at you being so timid, I've been watching you from the tree for half a day, seeing that you couldn't find me, I came down to make things easier for you, didn't expect you'd still be 'ahhing' and shouting haha."

  "No way! If you were in the tree! Then who was that green shadow just now?!" I almost shouted out.

  "What?! Don't scare me! It's just us few people, how can it be so eerie?! Let's hurry up and leave!" Daqing was also frightened.

  He looked scared too, so we yelled at those people to stop playing and go back to school to play marbles. But on the way, I suddenly thought, could it be him?! He's already found me!!! Wang Yue! As soon as I thought of this, I got scared. Although Zhang Shu said that I have a lot of evil energy in my body and ordinary ghosts are afraid of me, but maybe I feel a little guilty towards him. Originally thinking about asking for leave to go back once, suddenly don't know what I was thinking, I decided to go find Wang Yue and see him! It seems like there's a lot to say, feeling very stuffy in my heart.

  So I came back to the warehouse again, to be honest, my heart was racing, after all, it was my first time facing a ghost. I stood in front of the warehouse, took a deep breath and said: "Wang Yue! I know you're here, you must want to see me, right? I also want to see you, come out!" As soon as I finished speaking, there was an eerie silence around me, for a moment it felt like I was in another world. Suddenly, I felt the oppressive feeling again, but this time it was much more intense than before. A green figure slowly floated out from behind the warehouse, no! It should be said that he was floating! His feet didn't even touch the ground! Although I had seen introductions on TV before, when I actually faced him for the first time, I almost peed my pants... After all, I was a minor back then too...

  He floated over slowly, standing straight in front of me, with his feet half a foot off the ground. The man and the ghost stared at each other like that. I looked into his eyes, a very beautiful pair, but with a somewhat dull gaze. Just as I was thinking this, he suddenly spoke!

  Wang Yue: "You've ruined my mother's life forever! How dare you still come see me!"

  Suddenly heard a voice that sounds quite good, like a little girl's soft and delicate one. Me: "I... I'm sorry!" He looked at me with great surprise.

  I continued: "I know it was me who harmed your mom, but please listen to my explanation. At that time, your mom had attached herself to my grandmother's body. If I hadn't blown air, I was afraid my grandmother wouldn't be able to withstand the sin... Also, at the beginning, I really didn't know that blowing a mouthful of air would kill someone... No... one... In short, sorry!"

  He listened to me without a word, staring straight at the sky. The sun was about to set, leaving only a few clouds tinged with red by its afterglow. "Actually... I know this isn't your fault. My mom had a stubborn temper when she was alive. That time, if she hadn't insisted on fighting the robbers, we might have just lost some money. My dad... no, that man, he abandoned us when my mom was pregnant with me. My mom and I relied on each other, she sacrificed so much for me, but in the end, even her life..." I clearly saw tears welling up in his eyes. Can spirits cry too?

  He suddenly looked at me: "Hehe, I'm very unfilial. I know this matter shouldn't be borne by you, but an old Taoist told me that there is a predestined relationship between us, and as long as we use your blood to worship my mother, she will still have the chance to reincarnate... But you, are too innocent."

  "Oh, I get it. So my blood can make his mom pregnant again? I thought this was also a bit of a mess. Suddenly, an idea struck me! Me: 'Are you Wang Yue?' 'Uh-huh.'"

  "I've thought of a way! Won't everything be fine if I just use my own blood?" "Huh?" He looked at me with a puzzled expression.

  "Ah! I'll just shed some blood for you to offer to your mom, isn't that good enough? One bowl won't be enough? I can keep going if it's not!" He listened to me speak, his face a complex expression, unsure whether he was excited or astonished. "You're really willing to do this for my mom... Even if you didn't, the evil energy on your body would prevent me from harming you..." Wang Yue.

  "Alright! I'll do it willingly! You wait for me here! I'm going to ask the teacher for a leave, and I'll be right back!" I said as I ran towards the school, leaving him standing there in a daze.

  I asked for leave and rushed to the warehouse like flying, with a knife in my pocket, which was borrowed from Daqing's fruit knife at school. He liked to play with it usually, now it came in handy. He stood still on the spot, staring straight at me as I ran towards him.

  "Hey, let's go! I've asked for leave, let's go to the cemetery!" "En... thank you." Wang Yue. Although the two words "thank you" were spoken very softly, I still heard them, hehe, it made me feel happy inside.

  He floated in front, and I followed behind him. Along the way, it seemed like only I could see him. It's said that spirits can pass through anything, but along the way, Wang Yue was always avoiding people, with a very polite demeanor. Later, I asked him why he had to avoid people, and he said that ghosts can indeed pass through any object, but if they pass through a person's body, it would harm them, just like a passing immortal. Although they were already considered part of the immortal realm, if they bumped into a human, they would knock them unconscious too. How could ordinary humans withstand collisions with another two realms? At that time, after hearing his words, I felt even more that this friend wasn't someone to be trifled with, but that's a story for later.

  I followed him running to the cemetery, which was originally built in a field near the village. Our custom is that the dead are supreme, as long as the geomancer chooses the land of the tomb, it can be built on anyone's field, and no one will object.

  We've arrived... Let's call Auntie. When we reached the front of Auntie's grave, I took out a fruit knife and was about to make an incision. I turned my head and asked him: "Yue, how do we pay our respects?" He looked at me with a glance, and then I felt a chill in the air, and on the ground in front of the grave appeared a Bagua diagram, just like it was drawn with branches, but very neat. "The Taoist said that as long as you draw this Bagua diagram with blood, it's fine... Don't you regret it?" Wang Yue.

  "Ha ha, how could it be? I thought it would take a lot of blood, but it's just this little! Wait for me." Although the words were spoken nicely, they only felt pleasant because Yue was also a good person. It was really cruel to comfort him like that, but who knows whose flesh is being cut?! When my arm was cut open, I didn't feel anything at first, but as the blood slowly flowed out, it was truly heart-wrenchingly painful! But I still forced myself to smile and tell him it's okay, slowly dripping the blood onto all the lines of the Eight Trigrams. Finally, the Eight Trigrams were complete. The sky had already darkened, when suddenly a warm orange light began to gather in the air, slowly taking on a human form.

  Yue: "Mom! I miss you so much!!" As I looked at Yue, who was already overcome with emotion and crying out loud, I followed her gaze to the light, which had transformed into a woman in her 40s. Who is she?!

  "Son, stop crying! A big man like you acting like a little girl all day, how can I be at ease in the future?" Aunt Wang. She's really a heroine among women... "En!" Wang Yue's body was shaking all over.

  "Wow, kiddo! You're really something! Back then, you scared the living daylights out of me, and now you can actually help me reincarnate!" - Wang Ayi.

  "I'm sorry, Auntie, I really didn't know it would hurt you so much back then."

  "What nonsense are you talking about! Haha, it was all my fault for losing my temper and hurting your grandmother. Please apologize to her on my behalf! I'm leaving now, and in the future, please take good care of Yuanyuan!" said Wang Ayi.

  "Huh? Oh..." I said. As we spoke, Aunt Wang slowly transformed into a beam of light and drilled into the ground.

  "Mom..." Only I and Yue, who was shaking her shoulders beside me, were left. "Yue, from now on I'll call you Yue, come with me, you don't know what to do right now either, let's go to Uncle Zhang's place together, maybe he can help you."

  Yue: "En... thank you, really thank you, are you called Xu Ming?"

  "Alright then! From now on, just call me Ming! Let's go, to Uncle Zhang's place!"

  Then, on the dark road, a person and a spirit walked side by side. Wang Yue was still as quiet as ever, just like an ordinary student, silently floating after listening to her mother's words of advice. One or two stars had slowly poked their heads out from behind the clouds. This scene didn't make me feel scared at all, only leaving me with a sense of relief and memories scattered along the road.