A passerby in a horror movie

Immediately, a man's excited cheers came from the other end of the phone.

"James, are you telling the truth? Is it true that someone can catch ghosts with their bare hands? Can they make you see ghosts without using the Mengjie Sponge?"

At that moment, Yoshiharu Hashimoto, who was in his office, stood up from his chair with great excitement and walked back and forth, dragging his lame leg.

"That's right. If you don't believe me, you can visit Li tomorrow. He also wants to meet you."

James said with great pride.

"No, I'm coming right now. You wait for me there."

"I can't speak," Hashimoto Yoshiharu quickly replied.

Having encountered such an extraordinary person, Hashimoto Yoshiharu was unwilling to wait until tomorrow and wished he could fly there right now.

"Li, Mr. Hashimoto is coming."

After hanging up the phone, James spoke to Li Haotian.

"Oh, you can't wait that long?"

Li Haotian said with a smile.

After learning about the details of Yoshiharu Hashimoto's request, he became very curious about this guy.

Becoming a ghost was not difficult for Li Haotian, because he had cultivation and had received the ordination.

After death, the underworld will register it. Even if Li Haotian is now contemplating suicide, he can still condense his soul and become a Yin God.

But for ordinary people, it is extremely difficult.

After all, the conditions for becoming a ghost are not so simple.

First, you must have a strong conviction.

If a person has no obsessions, once they die, their celestial soul disappears, and their terrestrial soul will be summoned by the underworld and directly escorted back to the underworld by the ghost messengers.

The human soul can also quickly disappear when it loses its support.

However, once a strong obsession takes hold, the earth spirit will awaken and break free from the call of the underworld.

If you're even luckier and get some energy replenishment, you can become a ghost.

Of course, creating ghosts by human intervention is also an option.

Through talismans and magical artifacts, one can increase the power of the soul, or use special spells to transform a person into a ghost.

But there's a prerequisite: that person must be a normal person.

A normal person's three souls are stable, and most sorcerers have the means to cultivate a person into a vengeful ghost, so Li Haotian can naturally do the same.

But Li Haotian wasn't sure if all the people here were like James.

The Heavenly Soul was incomplete, and there was even special energy residing within it. Li Haotian dared not act rashly in this situation.

"How about we ask around and find out what's going on!"

Li Haotian thought for a moment, and since he couldn't figure it out himself, he decided to ask the people below him.

If so many people have incomplete celestial souls, the people of the underworld will certainly not ignore it once they discover it.

He could send the little boy to the underworld through a ritual to help him see the ghost messengers.

Li Haotian also knows how to perform rituals, and Uncle Nine taught him methods for delivering souls and summoning ghost messengers.

However, Li Haotian's cultivation level is still relatively low, so he cannot directly use his magic to summon ghost messengers and needs to make some preparations.

Li Haotian took off his backpack, took out a few incense sticks, and then secured them with something.

He lit a few more talismans and then chanted scriptures.

"At that time, the Heavenly Venerable Who Saves from Suffering pervaded the ten directions, constantly using his divine power to save all sentient beings..."

After reciting the Sutra of Salvation from Suffering, Li Haotian felt the surrounding yin energy dissipate, and Li Yaoxi's soul opposite him was purified.

But that's all.

The passage to the underworld was not opened, and no ghost messengers appeared.

Li Haotian frowned, recited the scripture again, and this time, he increased his magical power.

However, after reading it once, the situation remained the same.

Only Li Yaoxi's soul grew weaker and weaker, almost becoming transparent.

At the same time, some of the black hair between his eyebrows was also exposed.

"Is there no one in the underworld? Or did I recite the scriptures incorrectly?"

Li Haotian stood up, his brows furrowed.

Generally speaking, if there are ghosts, then there must be gods, and the underworld or netherworld probably also exists.

The world of the Ghost Silk cannot be like the real world, where ghosts and gods have disappeared; otherwise, Li Yaoxi would not have become a ghost.

But even after he recited the scriptures several times, there was still no response from below, which was very unusual.

Although his magical power wasn't particularly high, it wasn't a particularly difficult task to deliver a wandering soul to the afterlife; surely there would be some reaction.

His ritual procedures were all correct, and the yin energy was purified, but unfortunately, no ghost messengers came.

Li Haotian's mood became heavy.

There are only two possibilities for this phenomenon.

One possibility is that the ghost messengers don't want to respond to him, or rather, the underworld doesn't want to respond to him, and they don't recognize Li Haotian's Taoist identity.

Another possibility is that there is no underworld here, and therefore no ghost messengers.

Neither of these situations is optimistic.

If ghosts exist in this world, then if the underworld doesn't exist, wouldn't there be wandering ghosts everywhere?

However, Li Haotian only found one ghost in the vicinity: Li Yaoxi, and it was a wandering spirit with a very weak soul.

Therefore, Li Haotian can conclude that the world of the Cursed Silk must have a mechanism to deal with the souls of the dead.

It's very likely related to that mysterious silk.

"Li, what were you doing just now? Hey, that little boy looks like he's about to disappear!"

James was very interested to see Li Haotian performing some kind of mysterious ritual, and he was especially surprised when he saw that Li Yaoxi's soul was fading.

"Ahem, it's nothing, I just wanted to send this guy to the afterlife."

The next day, he shook his head and said something without further explanation.

"After I meet with Yoshiharu Hashimoto, I'll go and visit the surrounding Taoist temples or Buddhist monasteries tomorrow."

Li Haotian thought to himself.

If you can't summon the ghost messengers, then try another method. He doesn't believe in gods and he won't pay attention to him.

After confirming that he couldn't summon the ghost messengers, Li Haotian decided not to do anything and just waited there.

Soon, a commotion was heard outside the door, and Yoshiharu Hashimoto rushed over.

"Hello, Mr. Li, I am Yoshiharu Hashimoto, the leader of the antigravity research group."

Hashimoto Yoshiharu spoke to Li Haotian in broken Chinese.

"Hello, Mr. Hashimoto."

Li Haotian responded politely.

"Mr. Li, I heard from James that you are a Taoist priest who can see ghosts and catch them, is that right?"

Yoshiharu Hashimoto was very direct and asked the question bluntly.

"Hehe, Mr. Hashimoto, why don't you spray some Mengjie sponge in your eyes and see what happens?"

Li Haotian didn't explain, but instead pointed to the whisk on the chair in the corner.

After listening, Hashimoto Yoshiharu followed Li Haotian's instructions and sprayed the spray into his eyes.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw Li Yaoxi bound to a chair.

"This is unbelievable!"

I saw a ghost with my own eyes, and the ghost was trapped by a whisk.

Even Yoshiharu Hashimoto, the inventor of the Mengjie sponge, was quite shocked.

Although the Mengjie Sponge has magical effects, including the ability to see ghosts, it is also very precious and rare, and extremely difficult to produce.

However, the whisk on the chair was clearly made of ordinary materials, yet it had such a magical effect.