C56 (1/2)
His voice was so soft that he could barely hear himself, let alone the others in the distance.
Unknowingly, the river began to wind, waves of cool autumn wind blew, causing the grass to sway with the wind. The yellow paper on the ground was also swaying in the wind, combining with the flickering of the candles to form a strange and mysterious picture.
Just as Zhang Nan had said, this set of ceremony, props, tools, could only be used on sinister beings. If it was an ordinary person's soul, it would not have any effect. The process of using this method was similar to summoning a mortal's soul. However, it ended with the demise of an evil and yin object.
Zhang Nan sat cross-legged on the ground and started chanting without moving, like a black statue. Everyone waited anxiously, feeling that time was passing by very slowly.
Chen Jing was the closest to Zhang Nan. She realized that the yellow paper was shaking even more than before.
After a while, the yellow paper started to shake violently. Zhang Nan's expression became serious, and the speed at which he chanted the incantations became faster and faster. This time, not only Chen Jing, everyone noticed the abnormality.
Wang Mei held Hu Qian, and stood behind him. Her heart was already in her throat.
The others were also very nervous, the terrifying atmosphere of that night was even more intense than the night that the Master Ouyang did things.
The yellow paper was still wildly swaying about. Gold, silver, copper, iron, and iron slowly emitted ”dang dang dang” sounds as the four rings rapidly trembled.
After a moment, the trembling of the gold, silver, copper, and iron became even more violent and loud. The candles on the ground were all extinguished in an instant.
When everyone's hearts were in their mouths, Zhang Nan shouted loudly: ”Sun Tiangui!”
Wisps of black smoke seeped out from each of the yellow papers and slowly rose into the air, quickly condensing into a ball, right above the piece of gold, silver, copper, iron, and iron.
Zhang Nan looked at the black smoke in the air and continued to chant without stopping.
Everyone understood, this was Sun Tiangui's evil spirit that was summoned by Zhang Nan!
Under Zhang Nan's constant chants, the gathered black smoke started to distort and shatter. It even produced a low and deep sound that tore at one's lungs, making one's hair stand on end.
This situation continued for a long time, and the people from Zhangze Town were already on the verge of suffocating. Finally, after the mass of black smoke frantically twisted and distorted, it actually turned into a human face — a painful and ugly one — and loudly asked, ”Who is it?”
This voice, the people of Zhangze Town were very familiar with it, all of the remaining suspicions on their minds were dispelled, as the black smoke that was being emitted, was definitely Sun Tiangui's voice!
Zhang Nan only replied: ”You deserve to die!”
Then, Sun Tiangui's evil spirit became extremely sinister, accompanied by many muffled sounds, it opened its mouth wide, as though it wanted to swallow Zhang Nan whole!
However, underneath Sun Tiangui's evil spirit was gold, silver, copper and iron. At the moment, the sound of gold, silver, copper and iron were extremely ear-piercing, completely overpowering the sound, and there was even a suction force that wanted to suck Sun Tiangui's evil spirit into the gold, silver, copper and iron.
Sun Tiangui's evil spirit saw that the situation was not good, and started to twist even more, the pressure made Zhang Nan feel like he was suffocating. Zhang Nan tried his best to calm his mind and continuously chanted incantations. He knew that he was only one step away from success and he definitely could not slack off.
They were stuck in a stalemate for a long time, when suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew and Sun Tiangui's evil spirit could breathe. He actually aimed at Wang Mei and Hu Qian who were at the side, baring her fangs and brandishing her claws, rushing over.
At this time, Zhang Nan took off his sunglasses. In the chaos, only Chen Jing noticed Zhang Nan's actions. In that moment, a muslin like light shot out from Zhang Nan's eyes and shone onto Sun Tiangui's evil spirit.'s evil spirit released a wail, and then stopped in mid air, the result was that under the force of the gold, silver, and bronze, it started to fall quickly. Finally, Zhang Nan shouted: ”Sun Tiangui, go!
Sun Tiangui's evil spirit transformed into a thin strand of black smoke, coiled around the Gold Silver Copper Coin, and then the four layers of the gold, silver, copper, and iron rings started to revolve at the same time, releasing waves of mournful, furious roars. The gold, silver, copper, and iron started to tear the evil spirit up and scatter, surging in all directions, releasing a wave of energy that even sent Zhang Nan flying far away.
After a while, everything returned to tranquility, the black smoke disappeared and the gold, silver, copper and iron were no longer moving. Zhang Nan picked up his sunglasses, put them on again, then stood up and looked at the crowd.
From Zhang Nan's expression, everyone understood that he had succeeded, Sun Tiangui's Evil Soul was completely destroyed. So far, Sun Tiangui had lost his soul.
Although they had eliminated Sun Tiangui, in order to be conservative, Zhang Nan and the others were still with Wang Mei and her daughter until their son's time. After Wang Mei's family's bell consecutively rang for twelve times, seeing that Hu Qian had safely passed her twentieth birthday, Wang Mei's tense heart finally relaxed. She excitedly said to Zhang Nan: ”Mr. Zhang, thank you for saving my family's miss!”
Afterwards, Zhang Nan told Chen Jing that he had a pair of red eyes since she was young. They were a type of Spirit Communication Eyes that was even rarer than Yin Yang Eyes, so he had to hide it with his sunglasses. Moreover, his sunglasses were specially made, otherwise he wouldn't be able to see clearly in the mortal world.
Chen Jing then asked Sun Tiangui if the Evil Soul had been completely destroyed, which Zhang Nan confirmed with his answer. Furthermore, the disappearance of the black dot on Hu Qian's forehead confirmed this point, which meant that the curse Sun Tiangui placed on Hu Qian had been removed, allowing Hu Qian to be saved.
Other than Wang Mei, the people of the Xu Family all thanked Zhang Nan for saving Xu Juan. On the other hand, Xu Yao mentioned a question.
”The body of a human is like a shell. When the soul is no longer there, the body is useless. So Wang Hu is now like a person who just passed away, I just don't know where he is. ” Zhang Nan replied.
Since the matters had been resolved, Zhang Nan prepared to take his leave tonight. Chen Jing had also said that she would be going to the city district in a while and that he would treat Zhang Nan to a meal then.
One night, in another coffee shop opened by the Mr.Jia, Wang Zili stirred a cup of coffee and said to Zhang Nan with a smile: ”Not bad, not bad, without my help, you could have settled such a big issue. Un, you're better than before.”
Zhang Nan was in a very good mood right now, and joked: ”It's better to have you help, but it's better for Sun Tiangui.”
”Damn you. I was kind enough to lend you my car, that's what you call me.”
As the two of them were talking, Mr.Jia brought Zhang Nan's coffee, and asked: ”Is it done?”
Zhang Nan nodded and replied: ”I think so.”
After the Mr.Jia left, Wang Zili said: ”What do you mean you should be answering with such an unpleasant tone, it's not your style.”
”What do you think I should say?”
”Alright, alright, stop being long-winded and don't play word games with me. Tell me about it, do you know anything else about this whole situation?”
”I was just thinking …” Zhang Nan's expression became serious again, ”How did Sun Tiangui absorb the girls' Yin Qi? Do you know, because I am not clear about Sun Tiangui's methods, I am unable to solve any problems on Xu Juan and Hu Qian's bodies, and can only rely on destroying Sun Tiangui's Evil Soul to achieve my goal. ”
”Who cares what method he uses, he cultivates an evil technique, you don't know anything about this thing.” ”Just like when we police handle a case, the primary objective is to capture the culprit. Everything else is secondary, do you understand?”
”Well, that's what I say, but there's always a knot in my heart.”
”Aiyo, stop it! Come, come, let me toast you with a cup of coffee!” Wang Zili acted as if he knew what Zhang Nan was going to say and touched the cup with it.
”Moreover …” Zhang Nan was still lost in thought, ”Why are all girls so punctual when they die? All near midnight. ”
Wang Zili quickly blinked his eyes, and said: ”Probably Sun Tiangui has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and likes to cause trouble at that time, right?”
Zhang Nan shook his head and replied: ”Your logical reasoning is so strict that it's invulnerable.”
”You're too kind.” Wang Zili laughed.
Zhang Nan took a sip of his coffee and continued, ”There's one other thing that I care about the most.”
”What is it?”
”Those ancient jades.”
Oh, you mean the thing that Sun Tiangui hung on the wall?
”Yeah, I keep having the feeling that there's something wrong with those ancient jades, as if they have some sort of use. Normally, Sun Tiangui loved to collect ancient coins. Then, why did he take out the jade coins used to make treasures and hang them on the wall? Didn't he put them in his wooden box like the other ancient coins? Furthermore, the strangest thing is that he has already erased the words' governing the path to treasure '. What is the meaning behind his actions? ”
Wang Zili pondered for a moment, then said: ”Nan, do you know that your greatest strength and weakness are actually all the same? It's just that your considerations are too complicated. There are times when it's good to look at something from a complicated perspective, but other times when you may be thinking about something simple. ”
Zhang Nan admitted that what Wang Zili said was reasonable, and replied: ”Based on what you said, I was overthinking it?”
”I'm not sure. But I just feel that for a godly person like Sun Tiangui, you can't use normal people's thoughts to judge him. Who knows what he's planning to do with the ancient jade on the wall, it might be an unexpected reason that has nothing to do with the whole thing, don't you think? ”
Zhang Nan nodded, after Wang Zili's analysis, he finally felt a lot more relieved. Trying to guess at the thoughts of a God Stick was not a rational thing to do.
Just then, Zhang Nan's phone rang, he did not look at the caller ID, and immediately picked up.
A gentle voice came out of the phone, ”Mr. Zhang …”
The person who spoke looked sickly, Zhang Nan was unable to tell who he was.
”Who is it?” Zhang Nan asked.
”Mr. Zhang, you said that you would save me.”
Hearing that, Zhang Nan shivered, and then he heard some wind sounds, as well as a faint, gloomy sound.
”Who are you?” Zhang Nan repeated.
”Xu Juan.”
”Xu Juan?”
Zhang Nan's heartbeat unconsciously accelerated. He asked himself: I already talked to Xu Juan on the phone yesterday, why is she still calling me?
”Mr. Zhang, you said that you would save me, yet you lied to me!”
Zhang Nan suddenly stood up. This was the first time in his life that he had felt fear.
”Xu Juan, speak properly … What happened? ” Zhang Nan forced out these words.
”I'm dying.”
Zhang Nan felt a chill down his spine. He slowly stared at Wang Zili and asked: ”What day is today?”
”November 2nd.” Wang Zili answered seriously.
Zhang Nan's mind was in a mess, he didn't understand what this date meant at all. He then glanced at the coffee shop's clock, which was 11.43 p.m.
The strange sound from the phone became clearer, as though Xu Juan was being surrounded by an unknown force and was slowly losing control.
”Mr. Zhang, save me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! ”
This was the last sentence Zhang Nan heard from Xu Juan, but even if Xu Juan did not speak, Zhang Nan still placed the phone by her ear, and did not move it away, because there was still a light breathing coming from the phone, it was definitely not human breathing. Accompanied by the strange breathing, Zhang Nan's heart was beating erratically.
When the call ended, Zhang Nan understood that although he had saved Hu Qian, he had not escaped from bad luck. Under the current circumstances, Xu Juan might very well be dead.
Zhang Nan's expression was in pain, his entire body was weak, he was so angry that he slammed the table, both Wang Zili and Mr.Jia had never seen Zhang Nan's reaction before, and could not help but be dumbstruck.
”What's the matter? Who's the caller?” Wang Zili asked.
”The girl at the bar.” Zhang Nan replied in a daze.
”What happened to her?”
”He should be dead.”
”Huh?” Wang Zili was also extremely shocked, ”Aren't you... Did you say that that matter was resolved? ”
”Yes, I thought it was settled, but it wasn't.”
”What's going on?”
”I don't know!”
Zhang Nan was suddenly at a loss on what to do.
”Calm down. Think carefully about which segment has gone wrong!” Wang Zili said loudly.
Wang Zili's words finally brought Zhang Nan back to reality. Zhang Nan told himself: The strong and the weak are right, I need to be calm! Think about it. This matter had not been resolved yet, but Xu Juan's death laws still continued. This meant that the culprit might not be Sun Tiangui, or maybe Sun Tiangui had some tricks up his sleeves!
Thinking of this, Zhang Nan hurriedly said to Wang Zili: ”Let's go! Let's go find Xu Juan. Even if she dies, I have to find her! ”
”Right, no matter what, let's first confirm that she is truly dead!” Wang Zili agreed.
They rushed out of the café. Mr.Jia did not speak and did not ask any further.
”Where are we going?” Sitting in the car, Zhang Nan asked.
”Of course we have to go to that girl's place first!”
”Should I give Cheng Siqi or Cheng Qiuna a call?”
”Let's not fight first. Let's go over and take a look first!”
Wang Zili shot a glance at Zhang Nan, but he realized that Zhang Nan was panicking.