Is the road long and curved?

Feng Yixiu pursed his lips and nodded slightly: "I probably know what it is."

Without waiting for him to explain the cause and effect, Qiao Gu continued: "The earth soul will not stay in the body forever, it will also be affected by the separated heavenly soul and human soul. Moreover, once the earth soul leaves the body and goes to the underworld, even if it Even I can’t save him. Now I will use talisman to trap his earth soul. It only takes about five days. During these five days, you should find out who is calling the soul. After you find it, destroy his formation At that time, I will set up an altar to condense his soul, so that he can wake up."

"But this place is not suitable." Qiao Gu looked around with some distaste, "You don't want the news of the hospital being haunted to spread."

"Leave it to me." Feng Yixiu replied, his contacts would naturally be able to transport Yao Xin'an to a safe place and erase the hospital's death record.

The matter is arranged like this for the time being, the search for the soul caller is done by a young man like Qiao Gu Yiwei, Qiao Gu is too lazy to get involved, he just said that he will help gather the soul after they finish everything, and then take Qiao Yuan with him back home.

Yiwei still has some things to do. He knew that it would be impossible to find the soul caller today, so he made Joe call him unplanned, and he wanted to go back and deal with the matter at hand.

Feng Yixiu first arranged Yao Xin'an's body to a safe place, and then took Qiao Mei back to his home, ready to tell him the karma that Yao Xin'an had forged.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky in City A was overcast, with dark clouds covering the entire city, and the rain was coming soon.Qiao didn't close the floor-to-ceiling windows of the balcony in the living room, and then nestled on the sofa, waiting for Feng Yixiu to explain everything clearly.

After a few minutes of silence, Feng Yixiu said slowly: "The matter is more complicated, let's start with Xia Kai first."

Xia Kai?Joe didn't squint his eyes, it really had something to do with this person.

This is a relatively long story, not too long, but a bit sad that’s all.

Yao Xin'an and Feng Yixiu are classmates in high school and university. The two have a good relationship. They have always been in the same class in high school, and they are in the same department but different majors in university.The two of them are good friends, there is no doubt about it.As for this Xia Kai, he is actually Yao Xin'an's direct senior, one year older than him, and also the head of a certain department of the student union. It just so happens that Yao Xin'an belongs to this department.

It seems that Yao Xin'an and Xia Kai are destined for each other. In addition, Xia Kai is extroverted, cheerful and free-spirited, and Yao Xin'an is a little reserved but gentle and easy-going. The two quickly became good friends.

However, sometimes certain feelings are really quite subtle.Maybe it's because the relationship is too easy and they get too close, or maybe it's because Yao Xin'an is too good and attractive, anyway, Xia Kai fell in love with Yao Xin'an over time.

Feng Yixiu didn't know if he was straight, but Feng Yixiu knew that Yao Xin'an must be straight, and he didn't have any feelings for Xia Kai beyond friendship.

However, Xia Kai was quite a measured person, and seemed to realize that he might only be friends with Yao Xin'an, so he never told him his feelings.I thought we could live in peace like this, but something happened in Xia Kai's year of graduation.

Because of actively participating in various competitions in college, coupled with excellent grades in professional courses, and studying at a top university in the country, Xia Kai signed a good company when he graduated as a senior, and the future is bright.

It seems that in order to make a break with the past, Xia Kai asked the company for half a month to solve his personal problems, and the company agreed.So, taking advantage of this time, he invited Yao Xin'an to travel.Yao Xin'an didn't think much, and went to a certain city with him.

At first, everything was fine and normal, but one afternoon before the end of the vacation, when Yao Xinan was packing his luggage in his room and preparing to go home the next day, Xia Kai suddenly went to his room and confessed to him.

"Let me tell you clearly, I have liked you for a long time, whether you think I am disgusting or perverted, I will always like you. Seeing that you have not had a girlfriend or boyfriend in recent years, so do you want to Consider being with me... try it?"

This passage suddenly appeared in Joe's mind, and he realized it for a moment, and then fell silent uncontrollably.So the dream he had that day revealed Yao Xin'an's past?

"Xia Kai's confession failed, Xin'an sat in the room and called me, and told me everything." Feng Yixiu's voice dropped, "He was very confused and at a loss at the time, after all, my good brother confessed suddenly, accepting It’s normal not to.”

"Then what happened later?" Qiao Mei asked, "I don't think I've ever heard the name Xia Kai mentioned by you."

Feng Yixiu responded lightly: "Later, Xia Kai died."

died? !Joe didn't open his eyes slightly, he really didn't expect this result.

How could it be... dead?

"Xia Kai and Xin'an left the room after explaining everything clearly. It was raining heavily outside. Xin'an didn't know where he went, because he was very confused so he didn't go out to look for him."

"The place where they lived was very close to a certain mountain. That city was prone to natural disasters. The heavy rain suddenly caused landslides and mudslides. I later learned that Xia Kai left and went to the mountain. When the disaster happened, he In order to save a person, I also..."

"Xin'an stayed there for ten days. Because the search and rescue personnel did not find Xia Kai's body, he always felt that Xia Kai was not dead and wanted to continue searching. It is a pity that he searched for so long, but still found nothing, No.11 I came back alone in the middle of the day."

"After he came back, he locked himself at home for a month and a half, and didn't return to school until the new semester began." Feng Yixiu paused, and continued, "He didn't seem to have changed much after he came back, he was more outgoing than before. Some of them would joke around and take the initiative to show kindness to others, and they became the current Yao Xin'an."

"However, I know that it's all just an illusion. The real Yao Xin'an is still in the past, and the present Yao Xin'an still has Xia Kai's shadow, and he lives himself into him."

……

Talking about the dusty past, Qiao didn't finally figured everything out. That dream had nothing to do with him, but it had something to do with his good friend Yao Xin'an, and why didn't Feng Yixiu let him mention Xia Kai in front of Yao Xin'an? The name is nothing more than this cruel past.

☆、Looking for the truth

"Then now we can preliminarily judge that the cause of peace of mind lies in Xia Kai." Qiao didn't come to a conclusion, but the question came again, "But Xia Kai has passed away, and he may have been reincarnated after such a long time. It is impossible to find him, maybe...does he have any family members? We can try to find his family members."

"Yes." Feng Yixiu nodded, "Xia Kai's parents live in City A, but it's quite far from us, which is considered a marginal area. It's raining outside now, otherwise we'll go tomorrow."

"Okay." Joe didn't answer, feeling a little stuck in his heart.No matter right or wrong, Yao Xin'an must be fine!

It was gloomy outside, and the wind howled, as if it wanted to sweep the entire city.The living room was very quiet, and the dim light illuminated the small world.Feng Yixiu suddenly said, "No, Joe, thank you."

Qiao was not slightly startled, and thought he was saying that he was willing to help Yao Xin'an, so he couldn't help shaking his head: "It's nothing, I will definitely be responsible for this matter to the end, Xin'an is also my friend, I will not look at him If you leave like this, you may still be harmed by villains."

Knowing that he didn't understand what he meant, Feng Yixiu didn't explain much, and then looked out at the sky through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Thank you Joe, thank you for being alive and making me love you so much.

……

The rain in city A came suddenly, from three or four in the afternoon until after six in the evening, of course, it became a gentle breeze and light rain afterwards.Because it was raining and it was not convenient to go out, Feng Yixiu didn't let Joe not go home, and stayed at his home for one night.

The next day came quickly, and the weather on Sunday was quite good. Although the sun was not very bright, it was at least much better than the gloomy appearance.Qiao didn't get up early in the morning. He thought he woke up early enough, but Feng Yixiu was earlier than him and prepared breakfast.

Guessing that he might be more anxious, Joe said nothing and went out with him after dinner.

Xia Kai's parents' home is on the edge of City A, in the western suburbs. It's definitely not as prosperous as the city center, but the scenery is okay.Feng Yixiu drove for nearly an hour before entering a certain community and stopped outside an old residential building.

After parking the car, the two decided to ask a passer-by. It was not easy for Feng Yixiu to still remember where Xia Kai's parents lived. As for which unit and floor, they had to figure it out by themselves.

"Excuse me, auntie, do you know where Xia Zhihai lives?" It was Qiao Mei who asked the way. After all, he is good-looking and not likely to be regarded as a bad person.Of course, Feng Yixiu is not a bad person, but it seems too cold to make people want to tell the truth.

"Oh, young man, what do you want from Xia Zhihai?" The aunt didn't answer his question immediately, but asked back.

Qiao didn't panic at all, and said gently: "It's like this, we are Xia Kai's college classmates, and we have been abroad for so many years. I wanted to visit him when I came back, but I didn't expect... You see, we just want to find him Parents, return some of the things he gave us."

This reason sounded passable, but the aunt turned cold-faced: "There is no one named Xia Zhihai, and there is no Xia Kai either. The person you mentioned has moved away and has long lived here. Don't look for it."

After speaking, the aunt left here with a cloth bag, but her back seemed a bit hurried.Qiao looked at Feng Yixiu without any doubts: "You should be able to tell that she is lying. It seems weird to try so hard to cover up this family. Let me open my mind. Tell me, could she be Xia Kai's?" Mother?"

"I only met Xia Kai's parents once when I attended Xia Kai's funeral, and it was only a passing time. I can't remember what his mother looks like." Feng Yixiu shook his head, "Otherwise, I should ask someone else."

"No." Qiao didn't shake her head slightly, and suddenly grabbed Feng Yixiu's arm with a smile, "Let's follow her to see what she's doing, we can ask for directions anytime, if we meet a real person, we have to observe carefully. "

What he said made sense, and Feng Yixiu agreed to it, and the two of them covered their tracks a little, and followed the aunt just like that.

This aunt looked no different from an ordinary woman. She met several people and said hello along the way. The aunts who go out with bags at this point usually go shopping, but she is not.

Residents here mostly go to the nearest vegetable market to buy vegetables, which are not only fresh but also cheap.The aunt entered the vegetable market, picked and picked all the way but didn't buy anything, instead turned into another road after reaching the end.

Qiao didn't exchange a glance with Feng Yixiu, and followed silently.

There are also people on the road that Auntie turned in, but not many. There are shops on the side of the road here, including hardware stores, mobile phone repair shops, and... incense candle shops.She didn't go anywhere else, but just entered the incense candle shop.

Because the road was straight and looked unobstructed, Qiao Mei and Feng Yixiu didn't decide to follow, otherwise they would be easily exposed, so they simply entered a mobile phone repair shop by the road and waited for the aunt to come out.

After about ten minutes, the auntie finally came out of the incense and candle shop. The cloth bag, which was originally flat, was bulging and looked like it contained a lot of things.

Xia Kai took Yao Xin'an out to play in summer and died in a natural disaster. After careful calculation, his memorial day happens to be these few days.What this aunt came to buy was very likely to be used to pay homage to the dead. In addition, she lied just now and denied that Xia's family was not here. Qiao didn't always feel that she might be Xia Kai's mother.

Soon, Auntie left the street, and Qiao followed Yixiu without a letter.She didn't just go home, but bought vegetables at the vegetable market.Tofu, greens, fatty pork and a live clucking chicken.

After buying these, she really left the vegetable market and rushed to the community. Qiao Wei and Feng Yixiu hid so well that she didn't find out, and because everyone called her along the way, she became more and more sure that she might be Xia Kai's mother.

The community here is an old-fashioned residential building, there is no elevator, and the stairs in the passage are narrow and dilapidated, dark and eerie.Qiao wasn't afraid at all, but he held Feng Yixiu's arm the whole time. After all, it was a bit weird here, and he was afraid that something would happen to him.

Because she didn't dare to follow too closely, after the aunt came to a certain floor and stopped, Qiao stood on the next floor to wait and see without Feng Yixiu.

"This is the structure with the opposite door, so they will live on the left or the right. Shall we knock on the door and ask?" Qiao didn't decide to ask Feng Yixiu for advice.

"Ask directly." Feng Yixiu made a decision without hesitation, "If they have ghosts in their hearts, they probably won't open the door to us, but if we can open the door, we can just ask again."

Joe hummed, and the two discussed it, and decided to go up and ask the residents on the right first.

The two of them were lucky, the resident on the right opened the door, and the two of them took advantage of the opportunity to ask. The family didn't take much precautions, and just shook out the fact that Xia Zhihai lived on the opposite side.

Seeing that the family was about to close, Qiao didn't say suddenly: "Hey, please wait a moment, I need your help."

The man didn't quite understand, but he stood there waiting for him to speak.Without giving Feng Yixiu a look, Qiao turned around and knocked on Xia's door.Naturally, no one opened the door for them.

"Look, Mr. Xia doesn't live here?" Qiao looked at the opposite door without any doubts.

Shaking his head at the opposite door, he was very helpful. He walked over and knocked on the door by himself, and said in a very loud voice: "Old Xia, why didn't you open the door when someone asked you? Didn't I see you a while ago?"

Feng Yixiu didn't expect such a development, subconsciously looked at Qiao Wu, who frowned at him.

There's no way, the neighbors across the door have said so, Xia Zhihai naturally had to open the door.

"Thank you." Joe didn't thank the doorway, and the man waved his hand indifferently, and quickly entered the room.

"What are you guys going to do?" Xia Zhihai lowered his face, his eyes were full of impatience and disgust.

Joe didn't go over and smiled: "Don't get excited, we just want to ask you something, and we will leave after we finish."

Xia Zhihai stared at Qiao Mei: "Speak."

"Aren't you going to let us in? I think it's better to sit down and talk about something." Joe didn't look behind him slightly. It was just an ordinary family dress, and there was nothing special about it.

It's a pity that Xia Zhihai didn't seem to want them to go in, so he said coldly: "If you want to ask, ask, if you don't ask, please leave, otherwise, I will report and warn you of disturbing the people."

Qiao didn't squint, Feng Yixiu walked to him and pulled him behind him, and said, "Do you know Yao Xin'an? I'm his friend, and he is Xia Kai, who is your son's direct student. Brother, Yao Xinan died suddenly a few days ago, and when I was sorting out his belongings, I found some things that should have belonged to Xia Kai, so I asked for your address and wanted to give them to you."

It has to be said that once he made up a lie, Qiao couldn't compare to Feng Yixiu.

"I don't know the person you mentioned. Although he has some things in lower script, it's been so many years. It doesn't make sense for me to come back again. You should leave quickly." Xia Zhihai didn't seem surprised by Yao Xin'an's death. Unconsciously revealed a bit of pleasure.Joe didn't look at it very carefully, and he had some concerns in his heart.

Just as the two were about to ask again, a strange voice suddenly came from the house.This voice doesn't sound like a human voice, it's thin and thick, like... the voice of a chicken?

"Okay, okay, you guys go away, I don't have time to entertain you." Xia Zhihai waved his hand, and slammed the door shut.

Qiao did not and Feng Yixiu stopped knocking on the door, but went down the stairs instead.After leaving the unit building, Feng Yixiu asked, "Is there any strange place in the house?"

"Not really." Qiao didn't frowned, "But Xia Zhihai was too calm when he heard the news of Xin'an's death, and most people would be surprised and confused. He didn't, but he seemed to have known that Xin'an would die. Also, That sound is weird."

"Do you still remember what we bought with that aunt in the morning? She bought a live chicken. In fact, when buying chickens in the vegetable market, the chicken seller will help kill them and dispose of them. After all, everyone lives in the house now. In a residential building, it’s not easy to kill the chicken yourself, and it’s too much trouble to toss the chicken before it crows and dies.”

Qiao didn't look up at Xia Zhihai's house again, his eyes were serious: "I always feel that this chicken seems to have other functions, not just as simple as eating."

"Then what should we do now?" Feng Yixiu turned on his phone and looked at the time, "I have to deal with some matters for peace of mind in the afternoon."

"Otherwise, let me call Yiwei here first. He has also done a lot of research on formations. Since the master said that it is the soul-calling formation, then let's start with this formation first, and you go to your business."

After the two people made a rough agreement, Qiao called Yiwei, and he came soon.

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☆, calling the soul

"Is there nothing missing that should be brought?" Qiao didn't drag Yiwei who had rushed over to the big banyan tree next to the community.

"Of course not less." Yiwei proudly opened the black backpack he was carrying, "Look, I have used the compass, mahogany sword, talisman paper and other things that I have used for more than [-] years."

"These things..." Feng Yixiu was a little puzzled, "It seems that Joe doesn't have any use for you?"

Qiao didn't smile: "Indeed, most of them are used by Taoists, but I have learned a little miscellaneous knowledge from my master for a while. Although I am not as good as me, it can still come in handy now."

For this sentence "not as good as me", Yiwei is not happy: "What are you talking about, believe it or not, I will stab you to death every minute."

Joe didn't give him a sideways glance, and took out the compass with a little chuckle: "Try this first, and I'll measure the magnetic field here."

The three of them didn't talk nonsense, Qiao Wei and Feng Yixiu followed Yiwei and watched silently.

Yiwei's compass is made of high-quality red sandalwood, and he has used it for many years, it is no longer comparable to ordinary compasses.Soon, the pointer in the compass slowly turned with his movements.

He circled around the nearby banyan tree, still muttering, Qiao thought for a while and pulled Feng Yixiu aside: "Let's stay away from him, otherwise the target is too big and it will easily arouse others' suspicion. With his godlike appearance, I'm really afraid that the elders and aunts in this community will treat him as a bad person and arrest him."

Feng Yixiu looked at him with some amusement, but didn't refute, and followed him to a place more than ten meters away.

After waiting for a few minutes, Yiwei put away the compass, didn't think much about the two people running so far, walked over naturally and said: "The magnetic field is really wrong here, if there is really a soul-calling array, it might be here, It’s just that the specific position is hard to measure, otherwise we can destroy it directly. But if the array is activated again, I can judge it.”

Not being able to measure the specific position is a problem. Qiao didn't touch his chin: "I think so. Xia Zhihai was not surprised by Xin'an's death, and that auntie bought a live chicken after coming out of the incense candle shop. Can there be such a thing?" One possibility is that they... set up the soul-calling array to hurt Xinan, and set up the soul-calling array in their own home? But it is also possible to set it up in a place close to home, maybe it is in a residential building?"

"It's all possible." Feng Yixiu was also not sure what the situation was.

Yiwei said: "I went back yesterday and checked the information. The spirit summoning array is usually set up a week after the death of a person. The purpose is naturally to recruit the soul of the dead. Obviously, this Xia Kai has been dead for several years, and it does not meet the requirements within a week. This is a condition, but when a person dies for many years and then sets up a spirit summoning array, there are other requirements."

"For example, to set up a formation requires a part of the dead person's body or a very close-fitting thing, and the day of the soul call needs to be the day of the dead person's death, and also requires a very powerful Taoist practice, and consumes some very precious items, such as the soul call Xiang wait."

"It's hard to say anything else, but the day of summoning souls is the day of death..." Qiao didn't look at Feng Yixiu, "When is Xia Kai's memorial day?"

"The day after tomorrow, and at night." Feng Yixiu nodded firmly.

"That is to say, the soul-calling array can't be officially launched until the night after tomorrow." Yiwei thought for a while, "Then today and tomorrow we will try to determine where the soul-calling array is set up. If it is really in his house, We must get in, otherwise, when they successfully summon Xia Kai's soul back, Mr. Yao doesn't know what will happen."

The three of them had no objection, so it was decided.In the afternoon, Feng Yixiu went back to deal with the matter, Qiao and Yiwei didn't stay here to look for it, but unfortunately they couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

The temperature in City A is a bit high these days. Although there are banyan trees in the community to block the sun, it is still hot.Joe couldn't stand it anymore, so he ran to a small shop in the community and bought two boxes of ice cream, and when he got it back, he gave Yiwei a box.

"Tsk, anyway, I'm also a well-known master of Yiwei, but now I'm reduced to squatting under a tree and eating ice cream." Yiwei was a little upset, lamenting for himself with an ice cream scoop in his mouth.

Qiao didn't bother to talk to him: "I'm a little curious. You said that since you recruited Xia Kai's soul, why did you harm Yao Xin'an?"

"This..." Yiwei felt a little troubled, this question was beyond the outline, he couldn't answer it.

"Could it be that the two of them are related?" Joe didn't fall into his own world, and began to think about the cause and effect of the two.

Yiwei was not as involved as he was, just squatting down and eating his own ice cream, and accidentally looked up, only to see an aunt leading a handsome young man into the apartment building not far away.The aunt looks inconspicuous, but the appearance of a young man is really rare, and her temperament is also one of a kind.Yiwei unconsciously looked twice more, and then continued to lower his head to finish the remaining ice cream after the two of them disappeared.

There wasn't much to gain today. For the next two days, Qiao Mei and Yiwei stared at the two elders of the Xia family very seriously. Although they couldn't be sure where the soul-calling array was placed, they also discussed two methods.

If it is placed in another place, as long as the spirit summoning starts, they can really determine the location and rush over there. If it is placed at home, they will sneak into the building at night and then make a specific plan.

The night of the third day came quickly. Xia Kai's death time was at least after eight or nine o'clock in the evening, so they didn't have much time.At night, Qiao Wufeng Yixiu and Yiwei successfully entered the community here. There was no way, this community that had been built for many years did not check whether the person who entered was the owner.

The three of them walked downstairs to the apartment where the two elders of the Xia family lived, and before stepping into the building, Qiao felt something was wrong.This strangeness originated from his instinct, and his intuition told him that there was something strange in this building.

"Wait, do you...have any strange feelings?" Joe didn't feel that he seemed uncomfortable.

Without waiting for a moment to speak, Feng Yixiu opened his mouth, but his voice was a little weak: "I'm a little dizzy."

"Maybe it's something that makes people fall asleep." Yiwei looked around and patted something on Feng Yixiu, "Okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he had driven away all the sleepiness in an instant.

"Is Joe okay without you?" Yiwei asked, but Joe didn't shake his head: "It's okay, I have antibodies, this kind of battle can't help me."

Although he is abolished now, the formations used to deal with ordinary people are not very useful to him, at most it is not so comfortable in his heart.

"It seems that they are setting up an formation in their own home." Qiao didn't say a word, and continued to take the two of them upstairs, "But that's good, at least it's good for us."

Even if there is a fight at that time, as long as they don't leave the building, no matter how hard they are, they won't wake up other residents.

The three of them came to the floor where the second elder of the Xia family lived. Qiao didn't give way to Yiwei and stood beside Feng Yixiu.The matter of opening the way should be handed over to someone who is thick and bloody. He, a crispy mage, should protect ordinary people.

Fortunately, Yiwei didn't know what was going on in his heart, otherwise he would definitely beat him up first.

"I'll try to use the door-opening talisman first, and if we can't open it, we'll just face it." Yiwei turned around and spoke to the two people behind, and took out a piece of talisman paper from his pocket after getting Joe's approval.

When the talisman was attached to the door lock, it seemed to be stuck and could not fall off. He whispered a few incantations, but unfortunately the talisman did not move and the door lock did not open.

It seems to be straight up.Yiwei took a deep breath, ran to Qiao Mei decisively and pushed him over: "Go and open the door, I can't open it."

Qiao Mei: ...I really want to curse.

Secretly admonishing himself to murder and violate the law, Qiao did not take out the red smoke and gave Jing Jing a look.He still doesn't believe that the phoenix fire can't be fired?

In the next second, flames rose and dyed the sword body, and smashed towards the locked door with a mighty momentum.There was a bang similar to an explosion, but the door was not affected in any way, but Joe didn't know that the protection on it was gone.

Quietly retracting Fengyan, Qiao did not take Chiyan and chanted a few spells and quickly opened the door.It was pitch black in the house, but he clearly saw three people standing in the living room.

"How did you get in?!" Xia Zhihai stared at Qiao Mei fiercely.

Joe didn't shrug his shoulders, and just walked in like this: "Don't do anything wrong, and naturally you won't be afraid of me coming in. Since you didn't do anything good, you don't have anything to say if someone comes to you."

Yiwei also entered the door, and Feng Yixiu, who came in last, closed the door again thoughtfully, and touched the switch by the way to turn on the light in the living room.

"Master, look at this..." Mother Xia anxiously looked at the man in the blue windbreaker but couldn't see his face clearly.

The man in blue was not in a hurry, but smiled softly: "It's okay, they don't dare to mess around, otherwise they don't expect Yao Xin'an to survive."

"What do you mean?" Joe didn't stare at him.What does it mean that Yao Xin'an can't survive?

The man didn't answer his question right away, but instead threw something similar to a tablet at Joe: "Look for yourself, what kind of soul am I using, and whose soul is it?"

Qiao didn't catch the tablet steadily, and frowned after taking a look at it. There are two lines on this tablet, both of which are birthday characters. The first vertical line is Xia Kai's, and the second vertical line is... Yao Xin'an of!

"You can recruit both souls and dead souls, who are you!" Qiao said without a sharp tone, and threw away the tablet in his hand.

"Who am I?" The man took two steps towards Joe, with a playful tone, "I'm the one who can kill you."

"Ah, by the way, I advise you not to act rashly." The man pointed to the red smoke in Qiao Moi's hand, "Xia Kai and Yao Xin'an's birth dates are tied together, if you want to use force to destroy this spirit summoning formation, then The souls of the two people who lived and died together will disappear, disappearing without a trace. If you don’t mind everyone dying together, then go ahead and do it. Anyway, I won’t be affected by the two of them disappearing.”

Because he was not familiar with the summoning formation, and it was the first time he heard that the summoning could recruit students and kill at the same time, Qiao calmed down and took a few steps back.Since he can't mess around, he has to protect the safety of the two people here.

The man clicked his tongue twice: "You really are indecisive."

In his opinion, even if he doesn't get any benefits, he won't let his enemies take advantage of it, so sometimes it's worthwhile to kill the net and break the net.However, Qiao didn't have completely different ideas from him, so he would naturally care more about Yao Xin'an's life.

☆, the soul returns

"Then watch slowly, and see how I can bring Xia Kai's soul back." Ignoring the three people standing at the entrance, the man turned around and faced the altar placed in the center of the living room.

This altar is actually not that big, but it can be described as simple. There is only an ordinary table with three incense sticks inserted in the altar. Other than these, there is only a square box and a few plates of fruits.

Oh, and there is also a black and white photo of Xia Kai. In the photo, he is smiling brightly and full of energy.

what a pity.

The man looked at the clock hanging on the wall, and when the time was almost up, he lit the three incense sticks.

"This is..." Joe narrowed his eyes slightly, "Spirit of Soul? Can't tell, you still have some skills to get this thing."

"Thank you for the compliment." The man smiled, "Let you take a look at the more powerful ones."

The soul-calling incense seems to be no different from ordinary incense, but if you look closely, you can find that the smoke of the incense is straight up, and it doesn't look wobbly at all.When one-tenth of the incense was burned, the man suddenly took out a flag out of thin air as if by magic.

Looking at the thickness of the flag, it seems to be made of blue silk cloth. The whole flag is not long, and the edges are jagged. There are only four characters written on it.

The soul returns.

This is the summoning banner!

"Be careful." Joe whispered to the two people behind him, holding Chiyan tightly in his hands, even if that person didn't seem to attack them now, he couldn't be sure whether his spirit-calling flag would have other effects.

The man tidied up the soul-calling banner in his hand, and then looked at the second elder of the Xia family, who had a look of fear but a bit of hope, and said, "Take out the things."

The couple hurriedly responded, Mother Xia went to the kitchen and brought out the live chicken she bought a few days ago, holding a kitchen knife in her hand, while Xia Zhihai took out paper money, incense candles and a brazier.

Before the man could speak, the two of them acted separately. Xia Zhihai put the brazier on the ground and started throwing paper money into it.Xia's mother grabbed the live chicken, and put the kitchen knife on the live chicken's neck very simply, it seemed that she wanted to kill the chicken on the spot.

"Didn't everyone say that chicken blood can exorcise ghosts? Why do they still want to use chicken blood to summon souls?" Yiwei looked strange, not quite understanding how this operation was done.

Before he could figure out the reason, Mother Xia's subordinates cut off the neck of the live chicken very neatly.The scream of the chicken instantly resounded throughout the living room, and it kept flapping its wings trying to struggle.It's a pity that Mother Xia's strength seems to be quite strong, no matter how much she thumps, she still contributed a bowl full of chicken blood.

Soon, the live chicken became a dead chicken, and Xia Mu casually threw it aside.The chicken stared, its whole body twitched, its wings fluttered, and its hoarse and hoarse cry quickly weakened. In this strange living room, it was actually a bit hideous for no reason.

The chicken blood was placed in a small bowl and placed on the altar. It was supposed to be dark red, but I don't know what the man put in it, but it soon turned black, and the stench permeated instantly.

"Chicken blood is not for ghosts, it's for this spirit-calling banner." The man opened his mouth slowly, but he was in the mood to teach Joe and them.Yiwei snorted to himself, and said provocatively: "Then what's the use if you dare to say how to use it?"

"Hehe." The man chuckled twice, stopped talking to him, and only held out the banner of summoning souls.

The soul-calling flag was suspended in mid-air, motionless, the man was chanting words, and kept pinching his fingers, and after 2 minutes, he finally picked up the small bowl of chicken blood and poured it on.I thought the chicken blood would fall down like an ordinary liquid, but when the chicken blood met the soul-calling banner, it was all absorbed, not a single drop was wasted.

"The soul-calling flag can only play its role after drinking enough blood." The man said again, holding the soul-calling flag again, and waved it lightly.

The living room was still quiet, and there was no movement.Joe didn't worry about the three of them, waiting for his next move.

"I'll remind you later, just do as I say." The man told the elders of the Xia family, and then he started his soul-calling.

The four characters "Hunhuilaixi" on the banner of Calling Souls are extremely conspicuous, and with the man's waving, it seems to exude a mysterious atmosphere.After waving for a while, the man finally said loudly: "Let's start."

The second elder of the Xia family hugged Xia Kai's photo and began to cry: "Xiao Kai! Come back! Come back quickly..."

Joe didn't fix his eyes, knowing that they were starting to cry.

Generally speaking, there are two purposes for summoning souls. One is that the relatives of the deceased are unwilling to let the deceased die like this, and want to call his soul back to make him live again.The second is that the deceased had obsessions and could not be reborn, but his body was damaged and he could not be revived, so his family summoned his soul to fulfill his wish, and then reincarnated him as his first child.

It's just that I don't know what the two elders of the Xia family are thinking.

Soon, a strong wind blew outside the window. The wind seemed to have a bit of a gloomy meaning, and there was a faint feeling of sadness mixed in, like a female ghost howling at night, which made people shudder.

Qiao didn't intuit that this was a good opportunity to destroy the spirit summoning formation, but the man's previous words made him hesitate to act rashly. If Yao Xin'an really disappeared into the world with Xia Kai, he would be a sinner.Just so entangled, it seems that something is coming.Gusts of cold wind were blowing in the living room, and the cold penetrated into the bones, which was very piercing.

The two elders of the Xia family cried for nearly 10 minutes, the sound was miserable, it was really sad for those who heard it, and tears for those who listened to it.Their hard work was not in vain. Joe didn't really see a vague figure. As the figure got closer, his face became clearer and clearer.

If he's not mistaken, this is Xia Kai's soul.

"Xiaokai, is it really you?" Mother Xia's eyes were already blurred with tears, but after vaguely seeing Xia Kai's face, she finally knelt down softly on the ground, "My Xiaokai!"

Xia Zhihai was better than her, but she was still in tears.Xia Kai didn't seem to know why he came here, but after seeing his parents, he was only stunned for a moment, then knelt down and called out to his parents softly.

Mother Xia wanted to hug him, but fell silent after her hands passed through his body.

Humans and ghosts are separated, how can they embrace each other?

"Master, master, how can I make Xiaokai come back to life?" Mother Xia turned her head to look at the man with an urgent voice.

The man didn't answer him immediately, but instead said: "Have you thought about it? Use Yao Xin'an's three souls and seven souls in exchange for one of your son's lives?"

"Think it over and think it over." Xia's parents nodded repeatedly, "We are willing."

Before the man could say anything, Feng Yixiu said in a cold voice: "What qualifications do you have to decide Xin'an's life?"

"Hmph, what qualifications do we have? We are more qualified than anyone else!" Mother Xia stared fiercely at Feng Yixiu with her red eyes, "If it wasn't for Yao Xin'an, would Xiaokai die at a young age? Why is he so Shameless, seduced my son and killed him, it is kind enough for me to let him live for a few more years, he should die with my son when my son dies!"

"That's not what you said." Joe didn't frown. "First of all, Xinan didn't seduce your son. It's your son who likes him. It's secret love, unrequited love, and wishful thinking. Do you understand? Second, your son He died when he went out and encountered a natural disaster. It was not Xinan who drove him out or pushed him into the mudslide to die. Do you understand? Third, no one has the right to decide who lives or dies. According to my country The law stipulates that no citizen has the right to decide the life and death of others or himself, do you understand?"

"Regardless of emotion or reason, Yao Xin'an doesn't owe you the Xia family, but you have caused his life and death to be unknown. It is your Xia family who owes him. Do you understand?"

……

The air suddenly fell into a weird silence, Mother Xia seemed to be stunned, she didn't know what to say for a while.Yiwei poked her head out quietly, and couldn't help giving Joe a thumbs up.

Good