Stars fall and locust trees grow

The bones in the Qiankun bag were about five feet and three inches long, and there was not a speck of dust on them, obviously having been specially cleaned by Hu Di.

Gu Chuanlin moved his fingers slightly, and the rustic wooden box instantly appeared in his palm.

Just as Hu Di had just said, the talisman placed in the box did have Li Chi's name and birthday written on it, which was the eighth day of July half a month later.

The material of the talisman paper is the most common yellow paper. If you touch it carefully, one side is smooth and delicate, while the other side is rough and rough. The pattern on the paper is generally brown, but the color varies in depth. The direction of the pattern is also strange and complicated. It looks like it was drawn directly by someone with blood on his fingertips.

"Although I am not a talisman practitioner, I still have some basic understanding of talismans."

Hu Di said seriously, "All talismans must be drawn with a talisman pen and spiritual energy. Red lines are ordinary, yellow is medium, green is high, purple is the best, and gold is immortal. Just looking at the talisman in front of us, no matter the color or the lines, it seems that we are not familiar with it."

Furukawa Lin naturally understood what he meant.

Even though he was a top-grade talisman practitioner and had read through all the books in the Mingyue Islands, he was still unable to identify the function and grade of the talisman in his hand.

However, as for the thumb-sized piece of bone that exuded a strange fragrance, he felt as if he had seen it somewhere.

After thinking for a while, Gu Chuanlin finally remembered the origin of this thing. "It's not a strange fragrance, it's an illusion."

"Hallucination?! What hallucination?!" Hu Di was confused.

Gu Chuanlin picked up the bone and placed it in front of his eyes to examine it carefully. Then he waved his hand slightly, and the strange fragrance that filled the room disappeared instantly, leaving only a strong smell of blood.

"Ugh!" Hu Di was so irritated that he covered his nose and retched, "What the hell is this?!"

Gu Chuanlin frowned, "It should be the toe bone of the Ghost Car."

"Ghost Car?!" Hu Di seemed to have suddenly remembered something and immediately showed a look of astonishment, "You mean, the Nine-headed Ghost Bird?!"

Gu Chuanlin nodded, then took out a thick booklet from his bracelet, turned to a page, and placed it on the small table in front of the two of them.

"It is said in the book Shanhai Fengwu: "The Ghost Car" is also called the Nine-headed Ghost Bird. It is red in color, with a human head and a bird body. In the past, it had ten heads, but later a god bit off one of them, leaving it with nine heads and ten necks. Its headless neck often drips blood, and produces a strange fragrance that causes hallucinations. Wherever it goes, it turns into disaster. Its other leg bones are strange, and it is good at eating people's souls. People call it an ominous bird."

After reading what was written in the book, Hu Di couldn't help but touch his chin, "There has never been such a thing as a nine-headed ghost bird in our Spirit Realm, so where did this toe bone come from?! And why did it appear in the Juyun Sect?!"

Gu Chuanlin remained silent.

Hu Di thought about it, then suddenly turned his eyes and looked at Furukawa Lindao: "I have a bold idea."

He propped his chin up and said, "Do you think there is such a possibility?"

"Suppose, the corpse in the Qiankun bag is indeed the child's, and the toe bones and talismans of the nine-headed ghost bird are used to help the child gather souls?!"

Gu Chuanlin's heart moved, "Did you discover something?!"

"This time when I went to Shuozhou, in addition to asking Fu Xiling for his notes, I also went to Feitian Peak on purpose." Hu Di said, "The kid said that he woke up in a coffin on the top of Feitian Peak."

"I went to check it out. The coffin the child mentioned must have been taken away, leaving only a few traces on the boulder. I suspect that this was done by the person who resurrected the child. Moreover, he already knew about the child's resurrection and might even be lurking around the child."

As Hu Di spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his bracelet and handed it to Gu Chuan Lin.

"What is this?!" Gu Chuanlin looked at the pattern drawn on the paper and his pupils suddenly shrank.

It looks very much like a magic circle for making puppets, and these are "human puppets" using human corpses as carriers.

Hu Di said: "Thousands of years ago, the spiritual energy of Hengtian Mountain was destroyed and there were no living creatures. Who would have thought that after thousands of years, greenery would quietly grow there."

"However, these new grass sprouts are not evenly distributed. Some places are tall, and some places are short. I stood on the big rock and took a closer look. Then I found that the sunken places can be connected into a pattern similar to a magic circle. So I took a piece of paper and drew it."

"But don't worry!" Hu Di patted Gu Chuanlin's shoulder, "After I finished painting, I shoveled all the grass sprouts to the same height to prevent others from seeing them."

"Thank you!" Gu Chuanlin said solemnly.

"Thanks are not necessary." Hu Di said, "I hit it off with the kid right away, and after more interactions, I feel that he is very much my type, so being able to do something for a friend is what I really want to do."

"It's just that you've been staring at this piece of paper for a long time, but do you know what this formation is used for?!"

Gu Chuanlin looked solemn, and slowly said what he was thinking, "It is a human puppet, but not completely."

"Is it the kind of human puppet made from the corpse of a recently dead person?!" Hu Di was shocked, "Isn't this a sorcery that is expressly prohibited by our alliance?! How could someone use this kind of magic on a child's current body?!"

"Moreover, the human puppet shackles the soul of the original body, and marks the other party as its own exclusive puppet through the contract. I just don't know how this shackled soul became the child's?!"

"This formation has been improved." Gu Chuanlin said: "I have used my spiritual sense to explore his body. Although there are some abnormalities in his spiritual sea, I did not find any signs of being marked."

"That's good." Hu Di exhaled lightly, "Otherwise, both you and he might be in danger."

"However, the thing that bothers me the most right now is the mysterious person who resurrected the child."

"Is he a friend or an enemy?! What is his purpose in resurrecting the kid?! If I don't figure out these secrets, I'm afraid I'll have to live in agony for the rest of my life."

Furukawa Lindao: "No matter what his purpose is, I will not let him succeed."

"Are you going to tell the kids about these things?!"

"At present, it is only known between you and me." Gu Chuanlin replied.

"Okay!" Hu nodded in agreement.

However, seeing that Gu Chuanlin was staring at the Qiankun bag on the small table with a frown on his face, he quickly changed the subject, "Ah! By the way! I heard that this is the kid's first time to carry out a sect mission, and I don't know how long it will take for him to come back?!"

Gu Chuanlin: "The mission is simple. If everything goes well, it will only take three days."

"Oh my! Then I will stay here for a few days and plant the locust tree with you. Then we will return to Jiangzhou after celebrating the child's birthday." Hu Di stood up from the small table. "Now, I have to go to the guest room to find the largest room, and then go to the bamboo forest to see those furry and bald little cuties. Goodbye!"