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Chapter 171: Soul Summoning Technique
After midnight today, the paper shop was not open to ghosts.
Murong Duoduo, disregarding my objections, organized the paper shop. She took down the talismans that were hanging in mid-air and packed them away, while the cluttered paper figurines and paper sedan chairs in the room were meticulously arranged on both sides of the main hall. Anything that couldn't fit was placed inside the back room.
She set up a table in the center of the hall, then pulled out a bell, a wooden block, an incense burner, as well as some incense, candles, and joss paper from her bag.
Next, she placed a fire basin in front of the table and walked behind it herself.
I stood to the side, quietly watching her finish these tasks, and smiled as I said, "Are you sure you can do this?"
"Can you? Then why don't you come and try?" Murong Duoduo retorted.
"Experts usually wait until the end to take action!" Although I said this, I didn't truly believe it because Liu Yiyi was an outsider who had left home at a young age without an ID. Even the police had no way to trace her. Captain Wang had sent Liu Yiyi's body to the crematorium, and until now, there had been no contact with Liu Yiyi's family for identification.
Murong Duoduo mocked me for a moment before picking up the bell with her left hand. With her right hand, she struck the table three times with a board, then began to shake the bell while saying to me, "Aren't you going to come help?"
"Tch!" I disdainfully walked up to her and followed her instructions to light three candles and insert them into the incense burner. Then I grabbed two bundles of incense (three sticks per bundle), lit them, and placed them in the burner.
"Heaven is Qian, Earth is Kun, Yin Yang Five Elements, Six Realms deities! Yin Yang family Shaosi Ming Murong Duoduo sets up the altar again; spirits come!" After saying this, Murong Duoduo struck the table again with the wooden block.
I couldn't help but want to laugh; it felt like she was performing a comedy skit!
However, next, the smoke from the incense began to swirl erratically. A sudden chill swept through the paper shop as a gust of wind rustled the paper products on both sides. The five-watt bulb in the shop flickered on and off.
Then suddenly, with a creak, the previously closed door of the paper shop swung open. Before I could comprehend what was happening, six Hanged Ghosts suddenly appeared in front of the table.
They are called Hanged Ghosts because their tongues hang long and low, and their heads droop down. They all stand motionless in front of the table, dressed in funeral garments.
Murong Duoduo took out two photographs from her pocket and placed them on the table. One was of Liu Yiyi, and the other was of Guo Yang. She pointed to the two photos and said, "I would appreciate it if you could help me find them."
The six Hanged Ghosts suddenly raised their heads, looked at the photographs on the table, and then glanced at the brazier placed in front of the table.
"Don't worry!" Murong Duoduo said with a smile. "I won't trouble you too much."
After saying that, Murong Duoduo took out a stack of ghost money, lit it with incense, and placed it into the brazier.
The six Hanged Ghosts lowered their heads again, and I felt a gust of wind pass by as the paper-covered door slammed shut.
"Is this your soul-calling technique?" I couldn't help but ask.
Murong Duoduo replied while burning ghost money from her bag, "The Yin-Yang family is different from your Paper Craftsman. We mainly serve ghosts; we don't understand spells or charms. Naturally, calling ghosts requires ghosts to do it."
"But isn't this like looking for a needle in a haystack?" I couldn't help but say. "With only six ghosts to find two, how long will that take?"
"This kind of thing depends on fate," Murong Duoduo said as she handed me the ghost money. "You need to burn this here; unless they come back, you can't stop day or night."
"Why should I?" It's ridiculous; she calls souls while I keep watch? What kind of arrangement is this?
Murong Duoduo yawned and slowly walked toward the inner room, saying as she walked, "It's not good for girls to stay up late; men with good skin will be seen as pretty boys."
At that moment, I really wanted to rush over and grab her. However, the laws these days are quite troublesome; even touching a finger could lead to accusations of harassment! It's simply infuriating.
Hanged Ghosts, also known as long-tongued or big-tongued ghosts, are indeed the best choice for assistance.
But I felt that hope was very slim! After all, there were only six Hanged Ghosts, and the Underworld is so vast. Moreover, it's nighttime now; wandering souls can be everywhere—where would we even begin to look?
"Stop right there!" I said to Murong Duoduo, who was about to go inside to sleep. "Your method won't work. If you want to burn something, you do it yourself. When it comes down to it, you still need to rely on me!"
"You?" Murong Duoduo looked me up and down and said, "A loser?"
I ignored her, threw away the paper money in my hand, and took out two Paper Figurines from a corner of the wall. I knew Guo Yang's birth date, so I wasn't worried about finding him. However, for Liu Yiyi, I could only stick her name behind her Paper Figurine.
After taking out the Paper Figurines, I placed them in the center, then took out a pen, Cinnabar, and an inkstone. Holding the pen in my right hand, I rotated my wrist three times counterclockwise, then three times clockwise, and quickly dipped it into the inkstone. After applying Cinnabar, I swiftly drew eyes on the Paper Figurines.
"Urgent Order! Go!" I shouted, quickly tossing aside the brush and making hand signs with both hands before pushing the two Paper Figurines forward.
The two Paper Figurines instantly came to life, stumbling out of the paper shop.
"Oh, not bad at all!" Murong Duoduo continued burning paper and laughed, "I didn't expect this loser guy to have some real skills!"
"Don't joke around. Without some real ability, who would dare to go up Mount Liang? I bet my Paper Figurines will definitely find Guo Yang before yours!" I was quite confident about this.
While burning paper, Murong Duoduo said, "Guo Yang is easy to find; it's Liu Yiyi that's hard to get!"
What?
Does Murong Duoduo also need to know Liu Yiyi's birth date?
"Liu Yiyi is the key to the whole matter! Only by finding Liu Yiyi will everything become clear," Murong Duoduo continued. "Today, I received a call from Captain Wang; Liu Yiyi was stolen from the funeral home."
"What?" I was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Why didn't you say so earlier? Do you know who did it?"
"The surveillance footage from the funeral home shows that the body snatcher was a monster," Murong Duoduo said.
A monster?
I am still Ultraman!
However, upon a second thought, I remembered Bianhan! I hurriedly asked, "What does the monster look like?"
Murong Duoduo looked up at me and then said, "About the same as you, strangely odd."
Isn't that funny? I couldn't be bothered with Murong Duoduo and felt it was necessary to check the situation at the police station. If it really was the work of that chicken, it could only mean that the whole thing had been set up from the very beginning! The incidents involving Liu Yiyi and my junior Shenbao were clearly orchestrated by the same person, and that person was likely Liu Er!
When someone seeks revenge, one must start investigating motives! Liu Er had a motive; he hated my junior Pan Shenbao and equally despised me. Even if my junior were dead, he wouldn't want him to have peace in the afterlife. As for me, it was highly likely that after dealing with my junior, he would come after me next.
But if it wasn't just one person but several, then connections needed to be found. Liu Yiyi and Guo Yang were just an ordinary couple. I didn't know if my junior had known them before; all I knew was that I didn't recognize Liu Yiyi and Guo Yang at all. But why? Why were they connected to this matter?
Suddenly, I recalled the death scenes of Liu Yiyi and Guo Yang!
After Guo Yang died, his body was dismembered (one reader asked why he wasn't cremated; I can only say they didn't read carefully enough because that chapter already provided an explanation). When I found Guo Yang, his body had already started to bloat and was hidden behind glass. Meanwhile, Liu Yiyi's position was just a short distance in front of the glass, where she died from being pierced by a steel bar. It could be said that their positions were directly opposite each other.
"I understand now!" At that moment, I suddenly murmured, "So that's how it is!"
"What do you understand?" Murong Duoduo asked while burning paper.
I didn't respond but instead pulled Murong Duoduo, who was on the ground, toward the door of the paper shop.
"Hey, what are you doing! I can't stop burning paper! And don't forget, Captain Wang said that if you dare touch me, I'll sue you for harassment!" Murong Duoduo shouted as she squatted down.
I forcefully dragged Murong Duoduo to the entrance of the paper shop and then opened the door, directly pulling her outside.
"You!" Murong Duoduo exclaimed while trying to hold onto my hand as she squatted down.
I said impatiently, "If you want to know where Liu Yiyi is, then come with me! As long as we find Liu Yiyi and solve the case, Captain Wang will help us move Three-Way Emperor's Tomb. Then we can successfully break the Seven Gates Ghost Sealing Formation, and you can leave!"
Murong Duoduo hesitated for a moment and said, "But you have to let me change my shoes first, right?"
Huh?
I looked down at Murong Duoduo. She was wearing a white shirt on top and jeans on the bottom, but she had on a pair of flip-flops. The worst part was that they were my flip-flops, the ones I had never been willing to wear! It was only early autumn!
"Don't touch my things!" I couldn't help but say.
Murong Duoduo ignored me and hurried inside to change her shoes after I let her go. After changing into a pair of sneakers, she said, "Let's go!"
I swore that once this matter was over and I cleared my name, I would make sure to kick her out of the Paper Shop at the first opportunity.
Our destination was, of course, the cemetery in the outskirts. It was just past three in the morning, which was the perfect time. I hurriedly took Murong Duoduo toward the Cemetery.
Everything was going smoothly until we hadn't gone far and were still in the central area when a little girl in a Red Dress appeared in the middle of the road. "Uncle, Auntie, do you want to buy a Red Dress?"
She stood in the middle of the road under the dim light, looking somewhat desolate; of course, she had no shadow.
This wasn't my first time seeing the little girl. The last time I failed to catch Liu Yiyi, she had also appeared outside the Paper Shop. But why was she here now?
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