Chapter 016: Rice Husk Pressure Symbol (Seeking Recommendations, Collecting)

  He used to be half-believing and half-doubting about Hei Niu, but now he completely believes what Yi Tian said. The several ancient copper coins in his hand moved spiritually and made a sound, which he truly felt. Through Yi Tian's previous account, the ghostly treasure would move on its own when encountered, and he became somewhat panicked, hoping that Yi Tian could think of a way to solve it.

  Zhang Lao San heard Hei Niu's words and saw his expression, thinking that he didn't want him to come in and was just messing around. Zhang Lao San shook his head slightly and smiled: "Alright, you two have fun here, I'll go take a look outside!" He turned around and left.

  Just as Hei Niu was about to say something, Yi Tian quickly waved his hand to stop him and made a "silence" gesture.

  When Zhang Lao San walked out of the room, Hei Niu was surprised to find that Gu Tong Qian had finally calmed down!

  "Is my Kaiyuan Tongbao still working?" Yi Tian asked in a low voice.

  "Nothing... nothing's moving!" Hei Niu exclaimed.

  "It's all right now, that ghost has gone away with Zhang Jiaolao!" Having said this, Yi Tian sat down.

  "Brother, why didn't you let me tell Third Uncle earlier? By the way, aren't you supposed to be highly skilled and powerful? Why didn't you just eliminate that ghost directly, it would have been much better!" Black Cow asked in puzzlement.

  "Tell him? I've told him, do you think he'll believe it? Besides, do you know what that ghost's purpose is? Look, as soon as he left, the ghost disappeared too. If I'm not wrong, that ghost's target is your Third Uncle!"

  "And you think I'm that formidable? It's already a blessing if they don't wipe me out, and I don't even have an attack-type treasure on me. Are you expecting me to go up against ghosts with my bare fists like some kind of boxing match?" Yi Tian scolded.

  The Demon-Slaying Sword was left at home by Yi Tian, and he only brought the Kaiyuan Tongbao with him. From start to finish, he never thought that these two items were any powerful treasures. However, the Kaiyuan Tongbao was a copper coin from the Tang Dynasty, and its value was not insignificant, so he often carried it with him.

  Through this matter, he really discovered that Long Ao Tian was not boasting about the effect of Kaiyuan Tongbao. At the same time, in his heart, he secretly thought that next time he encountered such a situation, he must carry the Bixie Sword with him.

  Hei Niu was taken aback, then responded with an "oh..." and immediately reacted, frowning: "No, it was you who said your skills were profound, how can't you even handle a small ghost?"

  Yi Tian slapped the desktop with one hand, making a "pa pa" sound, and said casually: "Recently, I've been feeling quite hot-tempered, so I'll just blow off some steam."

  “……”

  Before long, it was five o'clock in the afternoon. The sky had already darkened. In front of Zhang's mourning hall, Old Xu wore a Taoist robe and held a soul-calling banner, making fierce gestures with his teeth and claws.

  Yì Tiān, who was standing beside him, was also dressed as a Taoist priest and was ready to hand things to Old Man Xú at any moment.

  As for Xu's old routine, he had seen it many times before and wasn't very interested anymore, so he turned his attention to the direction of Zhang's family.

  At this moment, a tall and thin man caught Yi Tian's attention. Looking at his face, although he was sad, he couldn't hide his anger, especially when looking at the coffin, there was still a flash of anger in his eyes.

  Yi Tian walked slowly to the side of the black cow behind him and asked in a low voice, "Black Cow, who is that man wearing a black fur-lined coat?"

  Following Yitian's gaze, Heiniu said: "Oh, you're talking about him? He's one of Zhang Lao Wu's buddies, nicknamed 'Ma Gan'. They get along pretty well and often hang out together. Don't look down on his appearance, but he has a really sweet mouth, and the women around him are all very beautiful!"

  "I had seen him before, and he was with a woman who looked like a movie star. I was really puzzled, what's so good about this guy?" Black Bull said with a disgruntled expression.

  He nodded slightly and didn't say much more, but he felt a sense of unease in his heart. "They're friends? They look more like enemies to me."

  As the ritual proceeded, Old Xu stepped forward to the front of the Zhang family members and asked: "May I ask which relative or friend had the closest relationship with the deceased? I hope he can take this piece of clothing in my hand, go north in the courtyard, and summon the soul of the deceased."

  Upon hearing this, the Zhang family members looked at each other in dismay. Just then, Ma stepped forward and said loudly: "Let me do it instead! I'm Old Five's best friend, our relationship is especially good!"

  Just as he was speaking, Yi Tian noticed a hint of an evil smile at the corner of Ma Gong's mouth.

  Although he was somewhat perplexed in his heart, he couldn't figure out why the other party would have such an expression, so Yitian focused on examining this somewhat strange guy.

  Ma Gan waved the clothes non-stop, facing north and shouting three times: "Zhang Wangcai, come back quickly..." Then he handed over the clothes that Zhang Lao Wu had worn before his death to Xu Lao Tou.

  He held the clothes in his hand, and Old Xu furrowed his brow, thinking to himself, "Why didn't Wusè Liuliye sense anything? The program was correct! Where's the soul?"

  Seeing Xu's unpleasant expression, Yi Tian approached and understood the reason, "Damn, his soul hasn't returned! It seems that it was done by that scoundrel!"

  He muttered to himself and whispered to Old Xu: "That pole is a bit suspicious, the soul not coming back might have something to do with him, why don't we try someone else!"

  Xu Lao Tou opened his eyes wide in shock and looked at Yi Tian incredulously, whispering: "How did you know?"

  "Ah, this is a long story, I also have a treasure that can distinguish between ghosts and humans on my hand, let's talk about it when we get back!" Yi Tian said seriously.

  Xu old man nodded slightly, then casually found an excuse to call Zhang Lao Er to summon his soul, while Yi Tian didn't care about anything else and looked at Ma Gan's expression again, his evil smile increased instead of decreasing.

  "Damn it, things don't seem right!" Yi Tian had a bad premonition in his heart.

  After Zhang Lao Er called out three times in a row, Xu Lao Tou's face looked even more unsightly.

  The soul cannot be summoned back, and the deceased will not be able to attain liberation, let alone transcendence.

  There are usually several situations, either being controlled by others, or having already lost their soul, or unwilling to return, wandering outside and becoming a lonely ghost, but the possibility of this situation is the smallest.

  After a moment of contemplation, Old Xu said: "Yi Tian, hand me that rice chaff sack!"

  "Alright!" responded Yi Tian, handing over the sack of rice bran.

  Taking the sackcloth, Old Xu said to the crowd in the courtyard: "Trouble everyone, please move to both sides and give me a clear space. I'm going to take the final step of summoning the soul!"

  For this point, Yi Tian is aware that now Old Man Xu is not doing the summoning, but rather testing, using rice bran to verify the reason why ghosts cannot return.

  After the crowd dispersed, Old Xu took out a yellow talisman from his bosom, grabbed a handful of rice husks and pressed them onto it, spreading them out to form a line about one finger wide and one meter long.

  At a distance of one meter from the rice husk pressure symbol, he took out another yellow symbol and arranged it in the same way to form another rice husk pressure symbol. In this way, two parallel rice husk pressure symbols were formed.

  Xu old man held the soul flag, constantly swinging it back and forth. Only to see that the rice husks slowly fell off the talisman paper with the wind, as time passed, all the rice husks on the talisman paper were blown away, but the talisman paper still stuck to the ground without moving.

  Just as everyone was quietly observing, Old Xu stopped his actions, because he already knew the answer!

  Then he slapped his single hand on the two talismans on the ground, and the two talismans suddenly caught fire, turning into ashes in an instant.

  Everyone who saw this was stunned and looked at Old Xu with a gaze of admiration.

  Actually, for this talisman paper, Yi Tian is the most understanding. It has been soaked in phosphorus water and will ignite like a match when it encounters friction. Nothing to be surprised about.

  Of course, for those who don't know, it's a different story, and they think that some kind of magical power was used to achieve the result.

  This is the second time Yitian has seen Old Man Xu use rice bran paper compression to test for a soul that refuses to return.

  In front of a strip of rice paper, only the paper is left. If the soul-calling flag does not wave the paper, it means that the distant soul cannot return due to special reasons.

  The talisman paper at the back didn't move, indicating that the reason for the death in the family cannot be returned.

  Both talismans didn't move at all, which can only mean one thing... that is, their souls have scattered!

  For these, Yitian still knew, and at the same time became more curious about this guy, "If I didn't guess wrong, this guy knew from the beginning that the soul wouldn't come back, now the deceased's soul has already disappeared, it must be related to this person, but how did he do it?"

  Suddenly, Yi Tian thought of something and furrowed his brow, "Damn, almost forgot, that one in the Zhang family wasn't Zhang Lao Wu's soul, who was it?"

  ……