Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 13: Calling the Soul

This involves the understanding and cognition of modern people and ancient people.

Lin Beixuan seldom watched TV dramas, and did not realize that the lantern Wu Qi was talking about was actually the lantern outside the door. He protected the lantern inside, but ignored the outside.

Just a door separates us from each other, and there is a violation of the boundary between yin and yang.

Xu Shounian stepped over the high threshold at his feet, picked up the red lantern that had fallen to the ground and was broken into pieces, and examined it.

The red paper fell off and the bamboo support broke in the middle, as if it was broken by something with great force. The remaining wax had been knocked off, leaving a dark mark on the ground.

"It's not your fault. Something broke the lantern on purpose!"

Xu Shounian stared at the deep and quiet night outside, which was like a huge piece of black velvet covering the world. There was not a single star in the sky, and the road could only be distinguished from a few faint lights in front of the surrounding doors.

Now that there are problems within the Ruan residence itself, who is targeting it at this time?
Xu Shounian sighed, turned around slowly and said, "Go to the utility room and get two more lanterns to hang up. I'll wait for you here."

Lin Beixuan looked deeply outside the door, nodded without hesitation, and walked back.

Ever since the door of Ruan's residence opened, he had been feeling uncomfortable all over as if being pricked by needles. The feeling of being watched that had originally faded increased again, and it increased exponentially, as if there were countless invisible ghosts and monsters hiding in the darkness outside, whispering and talking to each other, and staring at him silently.

I clearly didn't have this feeling when I was wandering outside last night, so why is there such a drastic change today?

Quickly walking through the corridor, the utility room was the first room entering the inner courtyard. There was a sign hanging on the door. Lin Beixuan had passed by it before, so he saved himself the trouble of looking for it.

Pushing open the door and going in, I saw that the items in the utility room were arranged in a rather messy manner. Except for the incense, candles and paper money placed on the shelf, the rest were thrown randomly in the corner.

Fortunately, the lantern was relatively large and easy to distinguish, allowing him to quickly lock onto the target.

He walked over and picked up the two lanterns, but at this moment, his feet suddenly kicked something, making a clanging sound.

Lin Beixuan looked down and found that what he kicked was an iron box. It was dull in color and covered with mottled rust on the surface. There was only a torn piece of yellow talisman paper sealing the lid and the box.

"what is this?"

Out of curiosity, he took the box in his hand, and when he touched the talisman paper, the panel reacted immediately.

[A sealed iron box, with a little bit of the breath of the secular god remaining on it. ]

[Open the iron box, and you will have a 50% chance of obtaining an extraordinary item, and a 50% chance of being infected with the aura of the vulgar god and dying immediately.]

Lin Beixuan frowned and did not open the box immediately.

The most important thing now is to hang up the lantern first. The box can be opened when he is ready to return to the world.

Putting the box in his arms, Lin Beixuan quickly returned to the front door of the house carrying the lantern.

At this time, the housekeeper did not close the door, but sat on the high threshold of Ruan's house, wearing a blue-gray cloth robe, with his back straight, quietly looking at the dark night outside the door, as if he alone could block the countless ghosts and monsters outside the door from coming in.

"Butler Xu!"

Lin Beixuan took a deep breath, called out to the other party, and raised the two intact red lanterns to his chest. The angle was just right to block the iron box he had taken from the utility room.

"Add oil first and hang up the lanterns." Xu Shounian said without turning his head.

Lin Beixuan added wax to the lantern, took out a tinder and lit the wick. He found a ladder and hung the lantern high up. As the red light came on, the front of Ruan's house suddenly lit up, and the four big characters "Ruan's House" were clearly visible in the middle.

After doing all this, the cold wind blowing in from outside seemed to have become much smaller, and the strange and rustling sounds of conversation in my ears seemed to have become less.

At this moment, the butler stood up from the threshold.

"Little Stone has lost his soul. I am going to find his lost soul. During this time, do not close the door no matter what. If you hear or see anything strange, do not leave. Stay here for me until I come back."

Xu Shounian had a serious expression on his face as he gave instructions to Lin Beixuan. He kept moving his feet and walked to the side to pick up the oil lamp.

"clear."

Lin Beixuan nodded, and without saying a word, he sat directly in the seat where Xu Shounian had just sat, with his legs apart, without any fear on his face.

Xu Shounian was not surprised to see this. He patted the box he was carrying, and the box opened miraculously. He took out three green incense sticks and two small paper figures from it.

Without any unnecessary movements, Xu Shounian threw the paper figures into the darkness, and the two paper figures began to burn strangely. The ashes swirled in the night wind and then slowly drifted away.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Shounian took the green incense in his hand and rubbed the top of the incense with his other hand for a few moments. The green incense immediately burned, and the smoke rose, gradually enveloping his whole body.

The next moment, Xu Shounian shouted, "Year Yichou, month Mao, hour Wei, common name Xiao Shitou, ancestral home..."

He walked while shouting, following the direction where the ashes were scattered, and the cigarette trail slowly disappeared from sight.

Lin Beixuan took a deep breath and sat in front of the door with his arms and legs stretched out. As if he lacked a sense of security, he took out the hatchet from his waist and placed it on his legs.

In this strange world, everything is new to him, but within this newness, there is an indescribable weirdness and strangeness.

When the housekeeper said that he wanted to find Xiao Shitou's soul, Lin Beixuan even thought he had come to a suspense novel.

But if you think about it carefully, isn’t this world just as scary and weird as what is described in suspense novels?

A butler has the ability to call back souls, and the old doorman seems to have quite a few skills as well.

Lin Beixuan thought of the post made by the site owner in the communication group. In this world full of demons, ghosts, and gods, which is obviously abnormal, it seems that it is really important to learn a few skills.

Thinking of this, he remembered that he had copied a skill from a vengeful spirit not long ago. Now he didn't know where the vengeful spirit had gone. If he could help it to be reincarnated, would he get a richer reward?

Facing the dark and gloomy streets, Lin Beixuan was thinking about some things of his own, and there was no fear on his face.

After a while, Butler Xu's voice became increasingly distant, and gradually could no longer be heard.

At this time, Lin Beixuan discovered that the lantern above his head shook inexplicably a few times, and the flame inside was flickering as if blown by the wind.

The darkness around him seemed to have its own consciousness and began to encroach on where he was. The halo emitted by the lantern was constantly compressed at this moment, and the strange, rustling sound from before actually emerged again.

Lin Beixuan had a blank expression on his face, just like the butler who was sitting in this position at the time, just watching quietly without any movement.

However, in the next second, in the darkness, a hairy paw suddenly emerged from behind Lin Beixuan.

(End of this chapter)