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Chapter 113: Hundred Grievances Soul Locking Formation
Upon hearing this, I was immediately startled, and a bad premonition arose in my heart. I thought, could something be wrong? Otherwise, why would such a thing happen?
I began to worry, so I ran from the east side of the village to the west. I found that Old Zhang indeed showed symptoms of losing his soul, so I called his soul back. When he woke up, my first question was whether he had gone out and where he had been.
Old Zhang said somewhat aggrieved, "I didn't go anywhere. I had dinner early and stayed at home. But not long ago, someone suddenly knocked on the door. I went to open it, but there was no one outside. Then I heard someone calling my name, so I went out to see, and then I fainted outside."
After listening to what Old Zhang said, it was clear that he had been called away by a ghost. Ghosts calling souls is quite common, especially in the countryside, where the population is relatively sparse. At night, when the yang energy weakens, it is easiest for malevolent spirits to cause trouble.
Ghosts calling souls means that a ghost is calling your soul. In the countryside, elderly people often remind young people or children that if they suddenly hear someone calling their name at night or while walking alone, they must not respond casually because it might be a ghost calling them. If you respond or follow the voice, you will fall into their trap.
In fact, it's not just ghosts that can lure souls; some spirits can do so as well. For example, I remember a person named Erwa. After working in the fields all day, as evening approached, he passed by a large tree and suddenly heard someone behind it calling his name. He casually responded.
After responding, Erwa turned around to look under the tree to see who was calling him, but when he looked back, there was not even a shadow of a person under the tree. He wondered who was calling him and ran over to look for them but found no one after searching for a while.
Confused, Erwa returned home and told his family about it. At that time, his family didn't think much of it. That night, Erwa was fine and continued to work in the fields the next day. However, the following evening when he passed by that same tree again, he heard someone calling his name once more: "Erwa, Erwa..."
Erwa thought it must be some mischievous spirit playing tricks on him, so he hurriedly turned around and ran to the tree. But when he got there, he encountered a large venomous snake coiled beneath it. Before he could react, it bit him.
Erwa realized something was wrong and rushed home. However, when his family took him to the hospital, he succumbed to snake venom on the way there. At the moment he passed away, his family happened to be walking right under that tree...
Later on, Erwa's family recalled what he had mentioned about someone calling his name and felt something was off; however, by then it was too late. An elderly person later said that Erwa had been called away by a Tree Spirit; others claimed he had been called by a ghost. In any case, regardless of who or what called you if you do not see anyone calling your name, you must never respond casually.
I digress; let's get back on track. At this moment, Cao Qilong asked me how so many cases of lost souls could suddenly occur and whether something was wrong somewhere.
I had this worry in my heart early on, and seeing that he thought the same made me even more uneasy. I tried to recall everything I had done in the past few days to resolve the unfavorable situation, and there was no oversight anywhere. Could it be that Mound was causing trouble?
Thinking of this, I prepared to call Cao Qilong to go with me to check out the Mound where the Yin hole was located. However, before I could leave, someone rushed in in a panic. Seeing this, I became flustered; before the person could speak, I grabbed him and asked if someone had lost their soul again.
The person nodded vigorously and said that Old Liu and Xiao Qing were also in trouble. My heart sank; it was clear that something serious had gone wrong.
Rescuing people was the priority, so Cao Qilong and I split up. I went to Old Liu's house while he went to Xiao Qing's house, and we agreed to meet at the village Mound after we finished our tasks. Additionally, I instructed several villagers inside the house to notify everyone not to go out tonight and not to respond casually if they heard someone calling. The situation was becoming increasingly evident; there were Evil Spirits haunting the village, and if the villagers did not take precautions, it would lead to serious consequences.
I ran to Old Liu's house, and sure enough, someone was still losing their soul, with someone outside calling his name. After retrieving his soul, I warned them not to respond to anyone anymore and then headed towards the center of the village at Mound...
After leaving Old Liu's house and walking a few hundred meters, two figures suddenly appeared ahead. They were both nine feet tall—one dressed in white robes and the other in black robes—standing dazedly not far in front of me. In the moonlight, I couldn't see their faces clearly, but I knew they were definitely not human.
I was startled and thought that the Evil Spirits had indeed come. So I formed a hand gesture and slowly walked over while preparing a talisman to exorcise ghosts.
When I was about ten steps away from them, I shouted at the two figures: "How dare you Evil Spirits invade the village and harm innocent lives! Today, Master will not spare you!"
However, when they turned around, I was stunned; it turned out these two figures were the Black and White Impermanence I had seen before.
At that moment, Cao Qilong also rushed over. Upon seeing the two Evil Spirits, he screamed: "Ah! Black and White Impermanence!"
With a startled shout, he turned to run. But for some reason, after running a dozen steps, he turned back again and hid behind me, staring fearfully at the two figures in front of us.
At this time, the Black Impermanence glared at us as if I owed him money. He said fiercely: "You little Yin Yang! You haven't resolved the trouble from last time at the Wanzang Pit, yet you've caused me more trouble again! Are you really not afraid of death or are you truly seeking it?"
Hearing this, I was once again taken aback; my mind couldn't process it all at once. I said: "Two esteemed Yin generals, have I made another mistake somewhere?"
The Black Impermanence rolled his eyes and said: "Do you really not know you've made a mistake? Let me ask you: Did you order people to move the graves in the east, south, west, and north directions of this village?"
I innocently nodded my head.
At that moment, Black Wuchang asked again, "Is it you who has brought back the spring water that was originally dried up in the village?"
I nodded again, thinking to myself that I was doing this for the villagers. What's wrong with that?
Just as I was confused by his questioning, Black Wuchang suddenly raised his crying stick and struck me on the back. I was startled and felt a hard blow; it felt as if my soul was about to be knocked out of my body, and the pain deep in my soul made my scalp tingle.
Cao Qilong was also frightened, his face turned pale, and he trembled on his legs. Then, he hurriedly stepped forward and stood in front of me, clasping his fists to Black Wuchang and said, "I am also involved in this matter. I am the Senior Brother, and he is my Junior Brother. If you want to hit someone, hit me instead!"
Upon hearing this, I suddenly found Cao Qilong's silly demeanor particularly endearing. I never expected that he would stand in front of me to take on Black Wuchang's anger despite being so scared. Perhaps in his heart, he had already regarded me as his only family member in this world?
At that moment, I also got up. I pulled Cao Qilong behind me and said to Black Wuchang, "Yin Shuai, you can hit me; I accept it. But you have to give a reason, right? If I really made a mistake somewhere, even if you hit me a few more times, I would still accept it."
Black Wuchang said, "This village was set up a Hundred Grievances Locking Yin Formation by a Yin-Yang master a hundred years ago. However, you broke it, and now the grievances are pouring out from the center of the village. Do you think you should be punished?"
"What? Hundred Grievances Locking Yin Formation?" Upon hearing this, I was instantly stunned.
Although I had never seen the Hundred Grievances Locking Yin Formation, I had heard of it. It is said that places where such formations are set up are often extremely sinister locations, such as gathering pools of yin energy, mass graves, ancient battlefields, execution grounds, and other places filled with Evil Spirits and Vengeful Spirits. Because there are too many Evil Spirits and Vengeful Spirits that cannot be transcended or suppressed, they must use the Hundred Grievances Locking Yin Formation to confine these malevolent spirits in one place.
Thinking of this made me completely bewildered. Could it be that this village is actually the Hundred Grievances Locking Yin Formation? So I asked Black Wuchang, "This village is clearly the Four Ghosts Coffin Raising Formation; how could it be the Hundred Grievances Locking Yin Formation? Could it be... could it be that I misunderstood?"
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