piecing together the soul

Chapter 64 Chapter 41

I packed Master Xu's bag and checked that Xiuying's bones were still inside. Master Xu also remembered to throw that dagger in his busy schedule. I just grabbed a handful of other things and put them in. Dirt or something.Then I leaned hard and pushed the bag over first, and then I crawled over there by myself.

Master Xu has fixed the flashlight over there, and I see that the ground on the other side seems to be a little far away from the hole we opened. How did Master Xu get down just now?
"Hey, here I am, how do I get down?"

Master Xu frowned: "I forgot that your skill is not as good as mine. Turn around and get off your feet first, and I will follow you."

"Can it be done?" I asked.

"Why not? I can pull you up, but I can't catch you?"

I thought about it, so I retracted, put my feet into the hole, and rubbed over there.Feeling that Master Xu's hand had caught my feet, I felt confident, and continued to go down. Master Xu hugged my legs and took me down.

"I have to train you when I go back. How can I bear to drag me down like this?"

"It's agreed that I won't come next time."

My words seemed to surprise Master Xu, the corners of his mouth twitched and smiled: "Are you kidding me? Who insisted on coming today?"

"That's it for today, I won't come next time." I was really scared.Before, I thought I was brave and not afraid of ghosts, but I was so frightened by the howling of wolves that I couldn't stand up.Moreover, I was particularly afraid of the ruthless water and fire. I thought that digging bones was dealing with soil and had nothing to do with fire. I didn’t expect that I had just encountered a fire.

Master Xu was carrying his schoolbag, pulled me forward, and said, "Don't do this, if you don't meet the real soul, I will die, let alone Xiuying. You can cure it."

Hearing what he said, I quickly took the opportunity to ask: "I don't understand this. You taught me how to get rid of the real soul. Why do you have to die when you meet him alone?"

Mr. Xu looked like "Little Sunflower Mother's class has started", and said solemnly: "First, I can't see him. The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. What a disadvantage; second, Xiuying thinks I am a For people with a lot of dead energy, Shihun prefers people like me."

"No." I said, "When you were pulling the ladder, Shihun was lying on the ladder, so you should like him more than me, right?"

"To please him..." Mr. Xu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard my description like this.

"Then what should I say?" I asked back, "In his eyes, you are more delicious?"

"Just make it right."

"Then why did he jump at me instead of you."

Xiuying smiled at the side: "The real soul goes to the ghosts around you. You can't see it yourself. There were many ghosts around you waiting to seduce you at midnight, but now they are gone."

I understood: "So, it followed me later because it wanted to eat the ghosts around me."

"Smart." Xiuying laughed.

"Then why did he run away then?" I asked, "as if there were better..."

Speaking of this, my mind turned a few times. Could it be that he has eaten all the ghosts around me?He is heading for a new goal again?

"That's right, there are better ones." Master Xu said, "At that time, Xiuying was almost eaten by another real soul. The real soul next to you felt that she wanted to eat Xiuying's real soul, so she left you. .”

Xiuying also sounded surprised: "Xiaohan, you mean there are two real souls?"

"Yes," Master Xu said, "Have you heard of 'Siren'?"

I immediately asked, "In Greek mythology, that sea monster with a human face and a bird body?"

"What siren?" Xiuying asked.

"Yes, she flies on the sea and has a voice like a celestial being. She often sings to the passing navigators and sinks the ship on the rocks, and the crew becomes the siren's lunch." Master Xu explained, "The real soul has nothing to do with it. A siren is a bit like that. The cry of 'Brother Xiu' that Xiuying heard was the first real soul's call, just to lure him over."

"How did he know that Xiuying would pass by?" I really felt a little unbelievable.

Master Xu laughed and said, "He didn't say 'Brother Xiu', what Xiuying heard was her own heart."

Speaking of this, I dare not look at Xiuying anymore, and suddenly felt uncomfortable. In order not to mention this, I hurriedly tried to change the topic: "Wait a minute. Then, why Xiuying was not eaten immediately, but the real soul appeared Look like Xiuying?"

"Because Xiuying is still a conscious ghost, if it is a ghost wearing clothes or something, the real soul will 'suck it' and eat it."

Master Xu's onomatopoeia made me feel uncomfortable: "That's obviously the sound of zombies eating human brains."

How can Master Xu's mouth be forgiving?Immediately he said, "It's as if you heard your brain being eaten."

My scalp was numb immediately, and I continued to ask: "Master Xu, since the real soul is afraid of me, why did the real soul rush towards me after I passed by and not attack you anymore?"

"At that time, I felt that I was hot all over, and I just wanted to eat cold food." Xiuying said suddenly, "I just missed one, and when a colder one came, I naturally turned around."

Master Xu said: "Actually, I wanted to eat me first, but I couldn't eat it. Then Master Guo came, and she brought a group of ghosts. Naturally, it was even colder, so you rushed over."

"So, it's not me who is really soul-stirring?"

Master Xu nodded.

Master Xu is in front of me on the right, and Xiuying is walking beside me. I can see his doubts on his face: "But, since they are both real souls who want to eat me, why are the feelings different these two times?"

(End of this chapter)