When we left the Rain City, Mr. Zhao and I went our separate ways.
When Mr. Zhao returned to the mortal world, he found that only A Chang and Dou Jiang were by his side. He immediately guessed that I might not have returned to the human world, and prepared to help me gather spirits.
They had to summon the spirits at night, but when they returned, the sky was about to brighten. There were still many things that they had not prepared yet.
After discussing for a while, they decided to come to Cypress City's Funeral Home. There were many corpses in this place. As long as the windows were covered, the Yin Qi would soar to the sky.
So they found a big box and put paper men next to it. Mr. Zhao is a man, he has Yang energy, so he hid in the courtyard to avoid running into me. This place was presided over by Xia Xin.
After hearing Xia Xin's words, I turned around to look. Sure enough, there were a few small paper men placed around the box. They were small but delicate, with all sorts of details. The banners and the coffins were vivid and lifelike.
I asked Xia Xin, "What time is it now?"
"Ten in the morning," Xia Xin replied.
She crossed her arms and looked me up and down. It took five hours to summon your soul back.
I bitterly smiled and said, "A funeral procession suddenly appeared. Who knows what it is? Of course I had to think about it, and then I came back. "
Xia Xin rolled her eyes and said, "Your courage has yet to increase. "Alright, I'll go call your second uncle."
A moment later, the Mr. Zhao entered. I asked him, "Where are the others?"
The Mr. Zhao said, "It's broad daylight now. Although A Chang had a physical body, he was still a dead person. And Dou Jiang is simply a lonely ghost, so they have all hidden themselves. "
I asked in bewilderment, "Dou Jiang didn't go home?"
Mr. Zhao said, "It seems like he really wants to go back, but he wants to wait for you to come out and thank you face to face."
I nodded and asked the Mr. Zhao, "If … "Don't you know the words' birthdate '? Can you still help me recruit souls?"
Mr. Zhao said, "Are you joking? I am your second uncle, how can I not know the meaning of your birth? "
That made me a little speechless. Was his focus a little too far off? I could only patiently say, "Other than using the word 'birthday', is there any other way for you to call my soul over?"
Mr. Zhao said: "I do, but it's a little troublesome."
I said to the Mr. Zhao, "Then I will have to trouble you to do that again. Someone is trapped in a place called Novice Village and hasn't come out yet. "
Mr. Zhao was startled: "Someone else?"
Then he realized, "I remember. When we left the rainy market, you seemed to have brought someone with you. Right, right, that's right. If you hadn't added someone into the mix, we wouldn't have gotten separated. "
I nodded.
Mr. Zhao said, "Who is it?"
I scratched my head and said, "Little Tang Wei."
Mr. Zhao started to laugh. His smile was so mischievous that I felt I had been struck by it.
Xia Xin asked me with interest, "Who is Little Tang Wei?"
I cleared my throat and said as sincerely as I could, "It's a high school student. Because of me, I mistakenly entered the rainy market. That person is still young and still at school. She has a bright future ahead of her. I can't bear for her to die in a muddle, so I decided to save her … "
Xia Xin said, "Oh, I remember now. It's that Immortal Jump."
Mr. Zhao chuckled on the side. "Eldest Nephew, just now, you were too prim and proper. You're too fake. Haha, haha …"
I sat down on the box and said with a bitter face, "You won't just stand there and watch me die, will you?"
Mr. Zhao said, "We still have to save him. After all, he is a human. However, it's not that I'm saving you, it's that you're saving me. "
I was stunned. "How can I save him? I can't even save myself. "
Mr. Zhao said, "Because I don't know of her birth date, I can't help her gather her soul. You have to ask her what the word "birthdate" is. "
I curiously asked, "How am I supposed to ask?"
Mr. Zhao said, "You just came out of that world and it's only been a quarter of an hour. There is still a trace of a connection between you and that place. I have a way to send you in. "
He took a red rope from me and tied one end to the foot of the bed and the other to my wrist.
He took out another piece of yellow paper and pressed it into my hand. "When you see her, ask her first name, then her birthday, and then burn the yellow paper. I'll get it then. After you finish these things, you can just walk back along the red line. There is one thing to remember, if the red line put on the head, you can't pull, do not force, in case the red line broke, you will stay in that world. You've already been summoned once, so it's going to be difficult for you to summon another soul. "
I cautiously nodded my head and then suggested Mr. Zhao to change the red string into a stronger one.
Mr. Zhao said, "If that's the case, you won't be able to pull it out."
He patted me on the shoulder.
He led me a few steps and I saw a chair in front of me. On the chair was an iron basin filled with clear water.
He lit a candle at the water's edge and pressed my head.
I bent down to look at the calm water. The water was calm, but the light reflected from the candles were not. The little ball of flame kept jumping.
Water and fire were incompatible, but the water reflected the shadow of the fire. This was truly amazing.
While I was lost in thought, I suddenly discovered that the fire in the water had changed. It was rapidly expanding until it finally looked like a human.
This man is exactly the same as me.
How did the fire come to be my face? Could this be an inverted image? That doesn't seem right either.
Before I could figure out what was going on, the other one in the water suddenly reached out a hand and grabbed my arm. I plopped into the basin.
I thought the basin would clatter to the floor and I would change clothes. But the basin did not fall, and I entered the world of water.
"Hu Chujiu, Hu Chujiu..." I heard someone calling my name.
I opened my eyes. Little Tang Wei. She crouched down beside me and shook my shoulders. "What's the matter with you? Are you sleeping or having a stroke? "
Slowly I sat up and looked at her. "I'm back," I said.
Little Tang Wei looked helpless: "What are you going back for, you haven't left, okay?"
I shook my head. "I just returned to the human world. After talking with Mr. Zhao for a while, we specially came here to bring you out. "
Little Tang Wei muttered: "Looks like I'll have to send you to psychiatric hospital to check it out."
I dug around and took out the yellow paper.
Little Tang Wei asked in surprise: "When did you hide this piece of paper?"
I said, "Stop fooling around, I really did make a trip back to the human world. You write your name and date of birth on it. and then burn it, and you can get out. "
When Little Tang Wei heard that she could go out, her eyes shone brightly. Then she whispered, "What name is it?"
I looked at her, puzzled. "How many names do you have?"
The Little Tang Wei said, "Can you write a nickname? I think the name Little Tang Wei is pretty good. "
I said, "Write the name on your ID card. You'd better be strict in case you can't get out. "
Little Tang Wei clenched her teeth and said: "Don't peek."
I curiously said, "I'm only writing down a name. Is there a need to be so mysterious?"
Little Tang Wei snorted: "I've heard that there are some unorthodox and evil people who, after knowing the names of others and the word 'birth.' What hypnosis, what parasite. I have to be careful of you. "
I bitterly smiled and said, "Stop messing around. If I had the ability, I wouldn't have been trapped here for so long."
I didn't tell her that I, Mr. Zhao, was going to read the name written on the yellow paper. Otherwise, she would be even more unwilling to write it.
Little Tang Wei finally took the yellow paper and began to worry. "There's no pen here."
I said, "Bite your finger and write with blood."
With a troubled expression on his face, Little Tang Wei looked over to my hand and said, "Don't try to trick me."
Little Tang Wei bit her lips and finally stuffed her finger into her mouth.
She bit it, but did not break it. She bit it again, but did not break it.
I helplessly said, "Can you use a bit more strength?"
The Little Tang Wei said with a bitter face, "I can't swallow. I'm afraid of pain. "
I could only say, "Forget it, forget it. I'll help you."
Little Tang Wei was overjoyed. She handed the yellow paper to me: "Thank you, thank you."
I pushed the paper back, grabbed her fingers and stuffed them into my mouth. "No need to thank me. What's the big deal?"
Little Tang Wei looked at her finger dumbfoundedly, then suddenly jumped up and pointed at me while cursing, "Hu Chujiu, you really are a bastard."
I looked at her a little innocently. "Even if you want to kill a donkey, isn't that a bit too fast?"
With his back facing me, he started to write "Birthday". As he was writing, he complained and asked me if I had any infectious diseases.
Good people these days, I thought.
She had finally written down her name and her birthdate. Then he folded the yellow paper and asked me, "Is there a fire? How do I burn yellow paper? "
I pointed at the courtyard at the side. "Let's go inside and search."
This village was called Novice Village, and it was filled with dead people. Logically speaking, dead people didn't need to make a fire to cook. There might not be any fire in it. But we soon found a box of matches. It looked very similar to a human village.
I burned the yellow paper. The Little Tang Wei waited with a face full of anticipation.
After about five to six minutes, she suddenly sat up straight and looked in the direction of the village entrance with a surprised expression on her face.
I asked her, "What's the matter?"
Little Tang Wei's body trembled. "She's here. The funeral procession. "
Relieved, I said to her, "Don't be afraid, just follow the funeral procession. If you lie in the coffin, you will return to the human world very soon. "My friends are pretty capable. When I get your body back, you can continue living an ordinary person's life."
Little Tang Wei nodded and said solemnly, "Thank you. I was in the wrong when I tried to cheat you earlier. I apologize. Actually, I'm not that bad. You'll understand it later. "
I was not used to her being so serious.
Little Tang Wei slowly took two steps forward, then laid down. I knew she was in the coffin.
I saw her lying on the ground with her eyes closed as if she were asleep. After about ten minutes, her body grew dimmer and dimmer until it finally disappeared.
I heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that I had finally returned to the human world. At that time, if I had returned even later, Little Tang Wei would not have been able to see me.
Sending Little Tang Wei away, it's time to go home. I looked around me and suddenly felt a buzzing in my head. Then, I started to sweat.
What about the red line? Why was there nothing around him?