Living Sacrifice

"We should be able to start now!"

To be safe, I didn't start summoning souls even after 12 o'clock. Instead, I waited another five minutes before I started.

I first burned some paper on the ground, then I lit up all the candles, incense and the like.

Only after I had done this did I sit down and begin to repeat the mantra the Grand Matriarch had called me.

The higher the cultivation, the faster the person's speed. For someone like me who knows nothing about this sort of thing, it would take at least half an hour. Moreover, it would still depend on luck.

If he was lucky, he might be able to succeed in half an hour. If he was unlucky, it would be of no use even if he stayed overnight.

Moreover, during this period of time, this Soul Art cannot be broken. One must either summon the soul, or continue to chant until the bird calls out and knows its limits. As for the consequences of not doing so, the grandma only said, "If you want to die, you can try."

Just like this, I sat on the ground and chanted the chant again and again. After reciting it for nearly forty minutes, I still hadn't disappeared.

The time was almost up. If they couldn't get there by then, they wouldn't have any hope of coming here for the rest of the night.

To me, summoning a soul is completely useless no matter how hard I try.

However, just when I was about to give up, the temperature in my surroundings abruptly dropped. Furthermore, a faint trace of moonlight could be seen from the sky above my head. A black fog arose for no reason, causing my surroundings to become even darker.

At the same time, the originally calm air current became restless, and from time to time, a gust of cold wind blew by.

Fortunately, no matter how cold the wind was, none of the candles I lit and the incense stick had been extinguished by the wind.

"You here?"

Looking at the changes in my surroundings, I knew that I was about to succeed.

I didn't expect that I would actually succeed, but just as the Grand Preceptor had said, my soul summoning already took nearly fifty minutes. Adding to the five minutes I had wasted before, it was only five to six minutes from one in the morning.

At the same time, due to the increasing amount of Yin Wind gathered by my side, in the end, it actually formed a faint black mist, giving off a feeling as though I had fallen into an ice cave.

In such a cold environment, I felt that I couldn't even speak clearly, but I still kept telling myself that I couldn't stop, couldn't stop!

Suddenly, just as I persisted for nearly three minutes, the surrounding black mist surged. At the same time, a figure seemed to appear within the black mist.

"It's finally here!"

I let out a long breath and stopped.

And looking at the figure, I think I should summon the ghost of this ghost woman.

"Since you're out, why aren't you showing yourself!"

I shouted to the figure in the black fog. Then, I threw a talisman beside me.

As the talisman paper drew near, the black fog that had originally wrapped around the female ghost suddenly ignited into a raging fire. However, the color of the flame was a faint blue.

"This, this won't be burned to death, right?"

I looked at the female ghost standing in the midst of the black fog and said in disbelief.

Because I didn't know the function of these talismans, everything I did was in accordance with the Grand Matriarch's instructions. Thus, I was somewhat shocked by the sudden appearance of this flame.

But then I thought, if I could burn this ghost girl to death, that would be great. I wouldn't need to worry about her pestering me anymore.

However, it was obvious that the situation didn't go as I expected. The fire soon stopped and the ghost lady's figure appeared.

At this moment, both the ghost's appearance and the way she was dressed were exactly the same as the one I had seen in the photographic studio the other day.

"It seems like she really was the victim in this case!"

I sized up the female ghost in front of me and couldn't help but sympathize with her.

On the other side, the female ghost was also standing blankly on the spot, as though she was waiting for me to speak.

Seeing the female ghost's reaction, I finally understood the difference between calling a spirit and meeting a ghost.

The ghosts that she summoned through Soul Summoning were mostly in a state of unconsciousness and semi-consciousness. She would only answer a few simple questions without taking the initiative to attack people, just like a robot.

Of course, this did not mean that the ghosts that had been wronged were always in this state. As for how long they could maintain this form, it all depended on their ability to attract souls.

For people like me, they can only last for half an hour at most.

Therefore, I must convert this ghost girl within this half an hour. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

I spent the next few days asking her questions, like why did her hand appear in the photo? Why would she want to kill me? What did the dead have to do with her?

The ghost lady also cooperatively answered my question, she said that when she was dying, these people passed by Hu Tong, and that's how she extended her hand to ask for their help, but in the end, no matter how much she looked forward to it, none of them went to help her.

Thus, from her point of view, her own death was closely related to these people. That was the reason why she sought revenge on them.

But when I asked her why she wanted to kill me, her answer was that she wanted to kill me because I was too close to them.

When he heard this, he couldn't help but have the urge to hit her. I've only met these people once, and they already treated me as her companion.

It seems that my degree of misfortune isn't ordinary.

"Why did you only come back to take revenge today?"

It was one of the problems that had been haunting me.

After hearing my question, the ghost lady said that she originally wanted to seek revenge on these people after she died, but an old policeman used his body to suppress her. As for the reason, even she didn't know.

And the reason why she was back for revenge was because the old policeman had died of cancer not long ago, which had allowed her to escape.

As soon as he came back, he killed that group of people who didn't save at all.

After hearing this, I seemed to understand the purpose of this old policeman. He probably didn't want to see the ghost girl kill people, so he kept her in his body.

Sealing the ghost girl into his body didn't just require courage, it also required him to make a huge sacrifice.

A ghost was a negative being. Even the most capable person would have problems with their health if they stayed with a ghost for a long time.

I can even be sure that a large part of this old policeman's death is related to him sealing this ghost girl within his body.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but have a sincere admiration for this old policeman.