Chapter Seven, Summoning the Soul with a Spirit Lamp

Xie Caiwei was taken aback and turned to look at the stone wall, only to see that the stone wall seemed to have transformed into a semi-transparent jade disc. A shadow was actually retreating from the depths of the stone wall. Although it was just a silhouette and the facial features were not discernible, the figure's stature and shape unmistakably belonged to Song Jiahao

Du Siyu was also terrified, tightly gripping Xie Caiwei's arm

"If you don't believe it, then forget it." Ding Ermiao shrugged and said, "The life lamp on the copper coin can only last for five minutes. If you don't call for the soul within those five minutes, Song Jiahao will never return."

Ding Ermiao pointed at the stone wall with his hand and exclaimed, "Quick, look, it's here!"

The three copper coins on top of his head and above his two shoulders also fell down.

After three loud shouts, Xie Caiwei stared at the stone wall for half a minute, but saw no unusual phenomena. Turning her head, she noticed that Song Jiahao was still leaning against the driver's seat, motionless

Ding Ermiao smiled slightly: "Fortunately, Song Jiahao's soul has only traveled five hundred miles, at thirty-five degrees southeast, and has not yet reached the gates of hell, so there is still time to catch up." As he spoke, he tucked the five-colored small flag into the umbrella, took out three copper coins from his pocket, and then opened the front door of the sedan.

Later, Ding Ermiao turned around and said: "Now, my work is done. Whether Song Jiahao can come back to life depends on you calling his soul."

Du Siyu was once again making a fuss, pouting and glaring angrily at Ding Ermiao

"... ... Why can't you tell him?" Xie Caiwei asked, puzzled.

Half a minute later, Song Jiahao seemed to awaken from a dream, shaking himself awake and rubbing his eyes as he said, "I am truly sorry, I actually fell asleep."

However, he is still in a coma. Brother Ding Ermiao, do you have no way to wake him up?

Du Siyu shouted loudly: "I also want to open my yin-yang eyes, I also want to see what ghosts look like!"

The small flag and copper coins that Ding Ermiao was fiddling with just now were exceedingly strange. As an atheist, Xie Caiwei decided to open a so-called "Yin Yang Eye" to see what was really going on

Ding Ermiao glared: "Is eating the only thing you know how to do? Calling a soul is the simplest thing in the world! Listen up, walk seven steps to the southeast, then raise your voice and shout 'Song Jiahao, you bastard, come back quickly!' three times in a row, and that will do."

Ding Ermiao gave a cold smile: "Not only have you fallen asleep, but you also had a dream, right?"

You are incapable; just look at you, not even eighteen years old. A petty person sees a ghost, which is detrimental for the future. Ding Ermiao shot a glance at Du Siyu, opened her backpack, and took out a yellow talisman and a small brush.

Ah? But we don't know anything at all... Du Siyu was on the verge of tears. She was worried that the boy in front of her, who was pretending to be mysterious, would make her go to the underworld to find Song Jiahao's soul.

Song Jiahao, you bastard, hurry back...!

It resembles a one-handed salute of Taoism, yet upon closer inspection, it is distinctly different

At this moment, Xie Caiwei had already reached the side of the sedan. She checked Song Jiahao's breath with her hand and exclaimed in delight: "He really has come back to life, that's wonderful, Song Jiahao has truly come back to life!"

Xie Caiwei and Du Siyu stared at Song Jiahao's face, feeling anxious and uneasy in their hearts

"Thirty-five degrees southeast? Isn't that the direction of the stone wall in front of us?" Xie Caiwei asked, half in doubt. "With the stone wall blocking the way, how... how can you catch up?"

Ding Ermiao nodded, pulled his hand out of his pocket, and found a yellow talisman in his palm. He muttered incantations, raised the paper talisman, and slapped it above Song Jiahao's head, then quickly withdrew his hand.

"Is it really just shouting at the stone wall like this?" Du Siyu turned around and asked

Xie Caiwei and Du Siyu exchanged a glance and together took seven steps towards the southeast, arriving precisely in front of the stone wall by the roadside

"This... is good, I will just take a look to see if there are really ghosts in this world!" Xie Caiwei seemed to have made a great decision as she said to Ding Ermiao: "Please help me open the Yin-Yang eye."

This is Song Jiahao's life lamp. Originally, when a person dies, the life lamp would extinguish. Now, in order to find his soul, it is necessary to first light his life lamp

Ding Ermiao also ignored Du Siyu, he instructed Xie Caiwei to close her eyes, then placed the talisman in his hand over her face, and used a brush to draw a few strokes at the position of Xie Caiwei's eyebrows through the cloth talisman

As long as you call his name, his soul will return. The reason I let you call him a bastard is because ... I do not like him. " Ding Ermiao chuckled.

Ding Ermiao smiled without speaking, nodding in response.

These matters, even if I tell you, you would not understand. Ding Ermiao chuckled and said: "A person cannot see the wind, a ghost cannot see the earth, a fish cannot see the water, a dragon cannot see the fire... The stone wall in front can block an ordinary person, but it cannot block the soul of Song Jiahao"

One could see a glimmer of fluorescence emerging from the square holes of the copper coins atop Song Jiahao's head and on his shoulders, rising two to three inches high and continuously spinning in the air

While speaking, Ding Ermiao had already placed the three copper coins in his hand on the top of Song Jiahao's head and on both of his shoulders. Then, with his right hand open and raised to his chest, his thumb jumped a few times, pinching against his middle finger, forming a peculiar shape

At this point, Xie Caiwei and Du Siyu, holding a mindset of "better to believe it exists than to believe it does not," took a deep breath and shouted loudly at the stone wall:

The parking area for the sedan is located to the southeast, where there is a massive stone wall that rises straight into the clouds.

In just a few days, I will turn eighteen!" Du Siyu murmured

Xie Caiwei's gaze followed the approaching figure, and she saw that shadow pounce on Song Jiahao before vanishing in an instant. Meanwhile, Song Jiahao in the car was jolted, his head tilting to one side

Ding Ermiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Of course, but... after he wakes up, you must not tell him about what just happened."

Then... then let's keep it from him. Xie Caiwei said hesitantly

Having received the cloth talisman and the brush, Ding Ermiao smiled and said: "Alright, sister, you all hurry up and call the soul. After you shout three times, you will witness the process of Song Jiahao's spirit possessing the body."

"What is this?" Xie Caiwei's voice trembled: "Is this ghost fire?"

Song Jiahao, you bastard, hurry back!

Song Jiahao, you bastard, hurry back!

"Ding Ermiao, are you not playing us for fools?" Du Siyu shouted

"Alright, I'll call! I'll call!" Xie Caiwei nodded eagerly. Now it was a matter of trying anything in desperation, hoping that a blind cat might stumble upon a dead mouse.

Xie Caiwei was taken aback: "Is it really that simple?"

"It's done, mission accomplished!" Ding Ermiao snapped his fingers, collected the copper coins, and said to Du Siyu, "Hey, little sister, you were really scary when you were shouting just now. Remember, be more ladylike in the future, or you won't be able to get married."

The three individuals each harbor their own thoughts, yet none of them speak.

Xie Caiwei wanted to ask something further, but suddenly covered her mouth, revealing an expression of disbelief on her face

The fluorescent cyan is tinged with red, both brilliant and eerie, resembling nothing of the earthly realm

"Because..." Ding Ermiao said, "Song Jiahao does not know that he has died once; he will only regard everything that just happened as a dream. Although his soul has returned now, his three souls and seven spirits are still unstable. If he learns the truth and is shocked again, he will disintegrate, and even the immortals will find it difficult to save him"

"Is it you who told us to shout?" Du Siyu glared at Ding Ermiao and asked again, "By the way, why did you ask us to call him a bastard? Is it necessary to shout 'bastard' for his soul to return?"

"Wait a moment..." Ding Ermiao continued, "Beautiful sister, would you like to see what Song Jiahao's soul looks like? If you want to see, I can help you open your Yin-Yang eyes."

Suddenly, a flash of red light appeared, and Ding Ermiao instinctively reached out and caught the returning red flag in his hand. Subsequently, the surrounding flags danced gracefully, and the remaining four small flags also flew back one after another

In just an instant, the shadow swiftly passed through the stone wall and floated towards the sedan parked by the roadside

Du Siyu also rushed over, equally surprised and delighted