Chapter 47: The Roadblock Ghost and the Ghost-Raising Jar

Although I had recovered, I still felt a little weak. They asked me, and I was silent for a while before saying, “I heard my master tell a legend, and very few people in the folk know about it. I was able to quickly determine what we had encountered, and it was because I thought of that legend.”

Su Rou was considerate enough to hand me the water while I was talking, saying, “Have some, it will wake you up.”

The water, which had been sitting there for so long, was already a little cold when it ran down my throat, and it made me feel much better. I drank a few sips and then gave the water back to Su Rou. I said, “That’s good. Let’s rest here for a while before we go. I’ll tell you more about it.”

In ancient times, there was actually a legend that was only passed down among a few people, and that was raising ghosts to guard the door.

This method of practice required the help of a sorcerer at the time, and ordinary people could not do it.

This method is generally used for the tombs of nobles and secret treasure houses.

The choice of ghosts is also very important. It is necessary to choose the kind of ghosts that have the ability to “ghost fight the wall.” The so-called ghost fight the wall is to make people have an illusion of being on the right path, thinking that they are moving forward, but in fact they are not moving at all, or in a familiar environment, they can’t find the way out, or they can’t reach their destination.

Ghosts are a large category, and they are all ghosts, but just like we are all human, all abilities are different. Some ghosts are full of resentment, and when people see them, they may die suddenly. Some ghosts are good at using their cold aura to cause physical discomfort in people, etc. This ability to make people get lost is not too rare, and it is not too difficult to find such ghosts.

In general, it is the ghosts of the abandoned graves, the ghosts that have not returned to their roots, and the ghosts that have not been released, who are always looking for their homeland! This is the most basic method of finding them, and there are many other special cases, but they are not worth mentioning.

I said this, and Su Rou said somewhat inexplicably, “Why do they bother with ghosts? It’s a lot of trouble!”

“Huh, how many people do you think are qualified to do this? Even if someone is qualified to do this, they may not be able to find the person who trapped the ghost for them. Why? Look at our situation. Why do you think this is? Being lost in the tomb passage forever and being trapped here is not the best way to protect it, right?” I think Su Rou’s question is simply naive.

“So how can we trap the ghosts here?” Ling Ruyue blinked her big eyes, and it was obvious that her question was much more sophisticated than Su Rou’s.

“I often ask you questions about your sorcery, and you still say it’s a secret.” I don’t want to be generous with this stingy girl.

“Oh…” Ling Ruyue trailed off, then blew a strange whistle at the somewhat listless Hua Feifei, who was lying on the wall, and then shouted, “Feifei, come here…”

I quickly said with my eyes closed: “Generally, you use a soul-collecting talisman to collect the ghost, then use a soul-nourishing jar and place it in a corner of the wall. You carve a soul-locking formation on the wall, which is actually not difficult at all, but it is too cruel to the heavens and earth. Not many wizards are willing to do it, and many do it under duress.”

“Oh, Third Brother, why are you closing your eyes? Feifei is tired, I want to let her rest.” Ling Ruyue said innocently, and put Hua Feifei into a bamboo tube, then gave her a handful of black food. I don’t know what it is.

This little girl is so innocent. I’m so tired of her. But Su Rou is still a good friend. He patted my shoulder and said, “Okay, Sanwa, you’re opening your third eye, so it’s hard for you. Bite me once, and I’ll admit it. I knew that something was wrong with you at the time, and you must have had some thoughts, but next time before you bite me, can you give me a hint?”

“No, if you give me a hint, you won’t let me bite you.”

“How do you know?”

Because you are more afraid of pain than I am.

While Su Rou and I were talking nonsense, Ling Ruyue was watching with her eyes wide open. After we were done talking, she said, “Third brother, let’s go look at that soul-sealing jar. I know about lost souls. I want to see what the difference is between that soul-sealing jar and the jar we use to raise the gui.”

“I also know about the wall of ghosts. I was just about to ask if we had encountered a wall of ghosts. Hey, this is nothing new. There are several legends in the village, and they all say that it will be fine once it’s light out.” Su Rou also said, “This kid is a hero after the fact. Now he’s not afraid anymore.

“Nonsense, of course it will be fine when the sun rises. When the yin dissipates and the yang grows, which ghost has a problem and still appears? But do you know that it is also easy to be confused by ghosts at noon? However, I don’t want to tell you in detail! Anyway, my master said that this kind of thing is actually not a problem. As long as you dig up the grave and expose it to the light, you can usually prevent this in large-scale excavation and archaeological work, and then dig it down little by little. As for tomb robbers, I don’t know how many have been trapped like this, but they also have ways to prevent it. After saying all this, I was a bit tired, so I took the kettle and drank some water.

It seems that the preparations of this kid, Su Rou, were not completely useless.

As I and Su Rou exchanged questions and answers, Ling Ruyue, the little girl, became impatient and said, “Third Brother, are you going to accompany me to find the ghost jar?”

I thought to myself that this tomb was already powerful enough, and I had already seen the wall ghost after not walking for long. I really didn’t have the heart to accompany her in her nonsense, but this girl could only be coaxed, not forced. I only said, “This ghost-raising jar must be different from your jar of ghosts. It is made of human ashes mixed with clay. Besides, when we go out later, we might see it in the corner of the wall.”

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go.” Ling Ruyue was very excited. Doesn’t this little girl know what fear is?

I stood up and said, “We can go, but let’s go back. We can’t continue on in this Hungry Ghost Tomb.”

“Third brother, we’ve come this far, aren’t we going to stop? Now that the roadblock ghost is gone, we can find Grandma and the others soon.” Ling Ruyue was dissatisfied. I was already sure that this little girl really didn’t know what fear was.

Even in that moment of lucidity, she was only accusing me of stuffing her mouth, not being afraid.

“Sanwa, I think Ru Yue is right. Let’s keep going.” Su Rou was also persuading me to continue.

It doesn’t make sense. Su Rou was clearly scared, so why would he ask to continue? Compared to my master, my character is obviously not decisive enough, and I can’t stand being provoked. When they said that, I even hesitated.

My master once said that my biggest obstacle on the path of cultivating my mind was procrastination, and he was absolutely right.

“Su Rou, honestly, why are you so enthusiastic?” I was serious. At least I had to understand the reason, right?

“Why else? I want to see gold and silver! Such a big tomb must have gold and silver.” Su Rou’s eyes lit up. This kid’s pursuit of money has undoubtedly reached the extreme.

“But this is a hungry ghost…” I was about to say that, but then I suddenly remembered what my master had said, that this tomb was a tomb within a tomb, and that the tomb of the hungry ghost was most likely built on top of it.

Thinking about this, my curiosity came too. I said, “Okay, let’s go find Master and the others, but I’m afraid there may be more than one such ghost blocking the road. Anyway, you guys take the agarwood beads. If anything goes wrong, just stuff them in your mouths. As long as they don’t confuse us and make us take the wrong path, there’s no danger.

The two of them saw that I had agreed and quickly nodded happily. Although Ling Ruyue seemed to be the stronger one, I was undoubtedly the one who made the decisions.

Then, the three of us walked out of the secret room that we had seen twice before, and we were stunned as soon as we stepped out.

Because the tomb road revealed its true face. Except for the first five minutes we walked, it was a real road. Later, we were actually just standing in the same place, taking a few steps in front of the secret room!

The chaotic and overlapping footprints on the ground said it all.

This ghost is really something. Not only is it so powerful, but it also has the ability to confuse people into continuing to walk. I have some doubts. If it weren’t for the poisonous flower Feifei, would we have been able to solve it? The blood from my middle finger is probably not enough!

“Look, the ghost jar!” Su Rou shouted. Sure enough, there was a jar in the corner of the wall ahead, and in front of the jar, there were three forking roads. This was the true face of the tomb passage.

Moreover, at this time, I had already seen the complicated patterns on the ground and walls, and a piece of jade inlaid in the wall. A very peculiar symbol was drawn on the jade, which was a devilish, angry face, expressed with just a few simple strokes!

But I am sure that the jade is the center of the formation.

We walked up to the jar that contained the ghost, which was actually similar to a jar that contained ashes, except that it was a pale color because it contained ashes. Ling Ruyue opened the lid with a small hole in it and found that it was empty.

“There’s nothing in it. Do you think ghosts are tangible?” I stared at the ancient jade and said to Ling Ruyue absentmindedly.

“Ghosts are of course invisible, but this is not necessarily the case.” Ling Ruyue muttered to herself, but I didn’t care.

At this time, I made another interesting discovery. Although I am not very proficient in formations, I can still see that there is more than one soul-seizing formation here, and there is also a very small gathering of yin formation. The two formations are actually running at the same time with one formation!

“A Yin-gathering formation. No wonder this roadblock ghost is so powerful. Raising ghosts, raising ghosts. This person is really raising them!” I was a little shocked, but there is another explanation that I didn’t tell Ling Ruyue and the others. It is that the formation relies on the magic weapon of the formation to support it. There is no motivation in the world for no reason!

In other words, the more powerful the magic power attached to the magic weapon, the longer the formation will last. The magic power on this jade must be amazing!

Thinking about it, I walked toward the ancient jade embedded in the wall, and asked Su Rou to give me the kitchen knife.

Su Rou handed me the kitchen knife, and I prised the jade off the wall. At this point, Ling Ruyue said, “Brother San, which of these three roads should we take?”