It is strictly forbidden to pay for the ticket after getting on the bus

At dinner time, Si Qi and Lin Jiu brought back a map, a map of the activities of the Obon Festival Summer Festival in Kyoto.

"We speculate that this range of activities may also refer to the range of activities of the Hundred Ghosts of the Night Walk." Si Qi said.

"So according to what you said, we stopped the Night Walk of the Hundred Ghosts and got the tickets for this platform. Will the train really take us back?" Lin Jiu's expectant eyes shone brightly, and he stayed in the platform world for a long time. He often feels in a trance even if he is a human or a ghost.

"I'm not sure yet, don't be too happy, be careful when the time comes." Si Qi poured cold water on him, "What about the way to stop the night walk of ghosts? Didn't the monk tell you?"

"I didn't say it carefully," Bai Jue frowned and shook his head, "but he said that the one that deters all ghosts is a stronger soul, and our soul is too weak, which probably means finding another powerful soul. .”

"Damn! Where can I get such an illusory thing!" Si Qi cursed, and complained brokenly. During the ceremony, set up a sacrifice to summon the soul?"

It was an unintentional complaint, but just after finishing speaking, I was surprised to find that Bai Jue and the other three suddenly raised their heads and stared at her, making her shrink back in fright: "Why are you staring at me? Is there something on me? Is there something?" The kid is lying on my shoulder!? Bring me the candle!"

Si Qi's expression changed, and she began to twist her body crazily. Lin Jiu pressed her shoulders: "Calm down...you don't have anything on you! It's what you just said!"

"What? Summoning souls?" Si Qi suddenly opened her mouth wide and realized, "Yes! Summoning souls! In this kind of world, this is very possible!"

"That's right, it's very possible that these sacrificial activities in Japan are meant to welcome back the souls of our ancestors? Maybe the things that are brought back are not necessarily all the ghosts, and there may be things that can restrain the ghosts of the night." .” Bai Jue clenched his fists.

"The soul that can restrain a hundred ghosts must not be something simple," Bai Luochuan continued his analysis, "It should be something that has a certain spirituality or divinity."

"What is it? Divine soul? Is it related to the shrine?" Si Qi leaned on Lin Jiu and complained, "The monk who only speaks half of the words is really annoying, what kind of secret can't be leaked..."

Bai Luochuan suddenly remembered the scene he saw by the river today: "Dabai, tell me...they put krathongs in the water, does it have any special meaning?"

Bai Jue was stunned for a moment, then slowly recalled: "Water lamp? River? Water...water, soul? The soul of water?"

After he said these few words, his heartbeat started to speed up unexpectedly: "Siqi, show me the map again!"

"Here, here you are," Si Qi handed him the map, "What are you looking at?"

Bai Jue spread the map on the tatami, and looked closely at it. This map is extremely simple and easy to understand. It only shows the names of streets and blocks, some main dance venues, and the names of several mountains and the meandering of rivers. meandering curve.

"Is this the only map you found?" Bai Jue asked cautiously.

Lin Jiu also thought about it carefully: "Yes, we compared it at the time. Although there are other types of maps, the marked things are all exactly the same. It's perfectly fine to just look at one."

Bai Jue nodded: "That's why they only marked the key points...It's understandable to mark the activities' locations, and the mountains and rivers...probably serve as reminders."

"Shanhe? You mean... welcome back the soul of Shanhe?"

"The soul of the green mountains and green waters is beautiful and the most pure. It should be just right for suppressing ghosts!" Bai Luochuan's eyes were shining, and the four of them looked at each other. , found more or less hope for going home.

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When the sun rises, it is a new day, and it is only a little more than a day before the evening ceremony of the Obon Festival.

Pedestrians on the street are mixed with some strange things visible to the naked eye, and the feeling of a 'mask' is even stronger. The place that used to be the most similar to the present world now looks the strangest. Walking, the sky will suddenly appear A bird fell down at the foot, looked down, there were actually three eyes on the bird's head, and it was rolling around, making the hearts of ordinary people like them tremble.

"It is estimated that by tomorrow night, this will be the playground for ghosts." Bai Luochuan said softly.

"If we can't find a way to call back the souls of mountains and rivers today, then they will probably have a good time tomorrow night." Bai Jue glanced in front of his eyes, "A lot of people are going to release water lanterns?"

"It seems that if the way to awaken the water soul is to light up thousands of water lamps at night, then this is the platform reminding us—is the mountain soul also the same method?" Bai Luochuan said.

Lin Jiu suddenly remembered something: "Si Qi, do you remember that we heard an old man on the street say yesterday that there used to be an important festival in the Obon Festival, which was the fire ceremony on the mountain?"

"Ah yes!"

"Damn! Why are you telling such important news now?" Bai Luochuan pinched Lin Jiu's face viciously, it was soft and easy to pinch.

"...The old man also said that his brother went to participate in the lighting before, but he never came back." Lin Jiu rubbed his red face pitifully, "I took it as a story Come on, I don’t remember much, I just remembered when you said that the water lamp was lit..."

"If this is the case, we have to find the materials and methods to ignite the mountain fire as soon as possible. We can't burn down the mountain with just a few fires, right?" Bai Jue paused after finishing speaking, and suddenly blurted out: "Candle!"

The eyes of Bai Luochuan and the others also brightened, with a feeling of seeing the sun behind the clouds: "That's right! The candle must be very useful, and the monk also said that it is not the candle that saves us and deters the ghosts, it must be the candle that can summon Some kind of energy coming out..."

"...something, part of the soul power."

"Does this mean we have to go to the shrine again?" Bai Luochuan looked at Bai Jue and smiled.

Bai Jue also chuckled lightly: "It seems so."

"Hmph! This time I pointed a knife at him! I can't believe that guy didn't tell me everything he knew!" Si Qi moaned angrily.

"You have to be careful that the master is upset and will save you." Lin Jiu frowned, "Let's play it safe."

The corner of Si Qi's mouth twitched: "...You have become more articulate recently, my dear."

Lin Jiu sighed: "This is probably an important skill for your boyfriend not to be mad at you."

Bai Luochuan: "Pfft! Hahahahahaha—Erjiu, don't be discouraged. When I really go out, I'll introduce you to some gentler ones..."

"How dare you!" Si Qi's eyebrows almost stood up, "Whoever dares to come, my sister is not a vegetarian in this world! If you dare to come, I will give her an injection."

Bai Luochuan: "...hahahahahaha——"

Lin Jiu: "... trembling."

They entered the shrine again, but this time they did not see the figure of the monk. The white candles in the worship hall were silent, and the solemnity and solemnity of the shrine came to their faces.

They saw a book similar to Buddhist scriptures placed on an altar in the center of the worship hall. They only saw it when they got closer. There were four Chinese characters written on it: Obon Festival.

Bai Jue turned to the first page, which recorded the meaning and origin of the Obon Festival, and now it has gradually become the day when the ghosts of the dead return home. Later, it began to record the increasing ritual activities of the Obon Festival, and posted Heartily illustrated.

Turning to the last few pages, they saw the offering of Lanshan water lanterns for sacrifice. On the night of the Obon Festival, thousands of Lanshan water lanterns placed by people will light up at the same time in all the rivers that intersect, carrying people’s sustenance. And hope, reawaken the silent water soul of thousands of years of rivers, and endow this world with new vitality.

Turning to the last page, Bai Jue's eyebrows twitched, and his fingers gripping the book tightened suddenly.

The above describes one of the most important hidden items in the Obon Festival-the fire of the five mountains to welcome the soul.

"Five Mountains welcome the soul's fire? Use flames to welcome back the mountain soul?" Bai Luochuan's eyes flickered, "What kind of operation is it?"

Bai Jue carefully read the description in the book: "The sacrifices are made by burning flames into characters. The most famous one is the character "big" on Dongshan Ruyi Mountain. For this character, just this place will do. The method is to combine the words of the five mountains, namely the "big" character of Dabei Mountain, the "Miaofa" of Xishan and Dongshan, the "boat shape" shape pattern of Chuanshan Mountain, and the "torii" shape pattern of Saga Mountain. Only by working together can we meet the soul."

"So troublesome?" Si Qi scratched her head, "There are two methods, we can just choose the simplest one, and light the word 'big' on Dongshan Ruyi Mountain, and the fire to welcome the soul will be ignited, and the mountain soul will also ignite. It can be awakened, and the latter method can be ignored directly.”

Bai Jue read the description silently again, and said hesitantly: "It should be like this, and I remember that the distance between these mountains on the map seems to be quite far apart. So unrealistic..."

"Huh——" Bai Luochuan exhaled slowly, "Okay, we found a way, what about the lit thing? Did you explain that it's the white candle in the shrine?"

Bai Jue nodded: "Yes, using the white candles in the shrine that have been enshrined for a whole year as a guide, after finding the image and lighting it, the flame will spread automatically."

"Okay, then let's get enough candles today, and play by ear tomorrow," Bai Luochuan said in a deep voice.

"Regardless of whether this ticket can bring us back to the present world, we will try our best to get it first!"