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Looks like this question has already exceeded the scope of normal people's thoughts. No matter how much I think about it, it is of no use. Now I can walk on the ground. If I don't touch it intentionally, the pain in my leg can still be endured. The next step is to find a leopard cat, because I promised Old Madame Zhao that I would help her go home. But how can I, as a commoner, understand the workings of this technique, so I can only find a leopard cat to guide me in this matter.

We went to see the leopard cat, but we passed by Uncle Fu's house. I was secretly surprised when I entered the yard. The poplar tree in Uncle Fu's yard was dead, dead, without a single leaf on it. The branches were bared and clawed like devils, the trunks stripped of their skin to reveal the black trunks, and the fallen leaves swept up against the western wall of the courtyard.

It was said that all plants had a spirit. This tree had lived for so many years, and absorbed so much sun and moon essence. With wind, frost, rain, and dew, it could be considered to have some cultivation experience, so why did it wither overnight?

I asked Uncle Fu if there was any activity last night.

When Laifu heard me mention this, his face turned green and he calmed down for a while before slowly saying, "I've lived for most of my life and have never encountered such an evil thing. Yesterday was windy and rainy, so I was almost scared to death."

Wind and rain? I don't understand that. Where did the wind and rain come from last night? Besides, there is not a single trace of rain on the road today. When Glass heard this, she was also interested and hurriedly asked what was going on. That's what I'm dying to know.

Laifu hurriedly explained that it was not very accurate to say that it was wind and rain, because later on he realized that it was not as simple as wind and rain. Thus, I told him everything that happened last night in detail. He said it in a very simple manner, because of Uncle Fu's unkind words, he usually finished the whole story in a few words. I summarized what happened and told him the whole story.

Uncle Laifu followed my instructions last night and closed the door after an early dinner. Then he did a dream of a man in white crying to him, saying thank you for all his years of care, but now he had to go. Laifu woke up in shock. When he woke up, he could hear the sound of wind in the yard. The poplar trees kept making rustling noises, mixed with the clashing of branches. The sound of the wind was lingering in the yard and did not stop. After who knows how long had passed, the sound of rain could be heard. When Laifu heard it was raining, he knew it was not good. The clothes were still hanging in the yard to dry during the day, and because he had slept too early, he had forgotten to pick them up.

After all, he had experienced so many strange things recently, so he was a little scared. After some thought, he decided to go out and bring the clothes in, because the clothes were in his yard, and he would take care of the clock the whole time. At this point of time, it should not be a big deal.

Laifu had made up his mind to open the door. The moment he opened it, he was so scared that he almost sat on the floor. Because a person stood at the door of the main house. This person was dressed in white, and his clothes were a bit big. His clothes were pulled down to his feet, similar to those worn by ancient people, and his long hair covered his face. The man just stood there, crying and whining. When Uncle Fu opened the door, the man didn't react at all.

There was a man in white standing in front of the door in the middle of a stormy night. The man in white was still crying. Laifu was stunned for a moment before he reflexively slammed the door shut. He firmly locked the door and hid behind the door, gasping for breath. In his own words, his heart was about to jump out of his stomach.

Laifu was quiet for a while before he realized what was going on. It was not the sound of the wind, but the sound of the man in white crying. The sound of the rain was actually the sound of the leaves falling.

When it was close to midnight, the crying gradually died down, and the outside also became quiet. Only then did Uncle Laifu feel at ease to sleep. However, just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard someone knocking on the courtyard door. Laifu obviously didn't dare to open the door, so he pretended to be asleep and ignored him. However, the knocking became more and more urgent. Finally, he kicked the door open with his foot and shouted for the fire. Laifu thought to himself, what are you doing borrowing fire in the middle of the night? It's obviously a ghost borrowing fire. He made up his mind that even if you kicked down the door, you wouldn't open it.

After a while, the knocking on the door disappeared, but there was the sound of rain outside again. It was quite loud, and there were voices mixed in with the rain. Laifu listened carefully, as if someone had told him to get up and collect his clothes. After experiencing the story of the man in white, Uncle Laifu didn't even think about collecting his clothes. He just sat there motionlessly on the edge of the bed.

After a while, the sound of the rain stopped and everything became quiet again. It wasn't until the sun had risen that Uncle Fu dared to open the door. He then realized that the white poplar tree was dead and its leaves had covered the entire yard.

"Ghosts borrow fire, ghosts rain." "The former seems so stupid, but the latter is so much more astute!"

"Shut up, you're still in the mood to joke!" I glanced at the glass.

It seemed like this time it was all thanks to the flower leopard cat's gossip, or else Uncle Fu would really be out of luck this time. Uncle Laifu said that he dreamt of a man in white crying and complaining to him. He even thanked him for taking care of him for all these years. When he opened the door, he saw the man in white, and the man in white didn't seem to mean anything to him. Are these two men in white the same person? The reason why it was windy and rainy was to remind him not to go out carelessly. From this, he could be considered as the savior of Uncle Fu. But in Uncle Fu's dream, could he make the right decision?

I asked about Aunt Gui Hua's situation. I knew that she could barely walk on the ground, so I was relieved. Thus, we went straight to the flower leopard.

When we arrived at the house, he was still sitting under the willow tree by the pond, sipping his tea. Before I could greet them, the leopard cat said, "Erlang has arrived!" He looked very friendly.

His attitude was completely different from the last time I came. This time, his attitude was clearly relaxed.

"Yes, Uncle Li."

Just as I finished speaking, the glass behind me burst out into laughter. I turned around and the glass pointed at the face of the leopard cat. The leopard cat's face was still swollen, blue and purple. I knew that yesterday, but I just can't understand how a leopard cat could be so romantic after what happened. Very generous, I thought. But he couldn't show it, so he pulled on the glass to signal him to be quiet. Glass had to laugh secretly and whisper in my ear, "Who beat you up so fat?"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing that we were silent, the leopard cat pricked up his ears and listened to us for a while. He didn't seem to notice that Glass and I were discussing him, so he asked, "Erlang, what's the matter?"

I hastily took two steps forward, squatted down, and respectfully asked, "Uncle Li, I know that you have great abilities. I've come to find you to ask you about something today."

"Do you want to ask about sending the ghost home?"

I thought to myself, "In the end, it's a flower leopard cat. It can always predict. No wonder our people worship it so much. It really has a few tricks up its sleeve."

"Then, in your opinion, how should I carry it out?" I asked.

The leopard took a sip of tea and laughed. "It might be difficult for others to handle this, but if you were to do it, it would be quite simple."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"To send a ghost back home is actually to bring back the soul and bones of a dead stranger back to their homeland. This is called returning a leaf to its root. This is a common wish shared by the deceased before and after their death. This was because the souls here were the ghosts that everyone often spoke of, and the voices of bones and ghosts were also very similar. As a result, after a long time, the ghosts would be directly sent back to their homeland. The sending of ghosts consists of three parts, one after the other, called soul summoning, soul luring, and soul breaking. Breaking through barriers is often difficult, but with your identity, you should be able to succeed. "

At this point, I finally understood why the flower leopard cat said that I could easily complete this quest. The reason is because my identity is unique, and it is precisely this special identity that allows me to easily complete the quest of breaking through the barrier.

Soul summoning was easy to understand. It required a person's soul to be called back from countless souls. There were two requirements. The first was to find out where the soul was, and the second was to prevent other evil spirits from taking the opportunity to call back the wrong soul. Soul luring could lead a person's soul on the road all the way to their destination. The meaning of breaking through the barrier was to break through the barriers formed by the other lone souls, thus ensuring that the soul gathering process proceeded smoothly.

The three of us will do some simple preparations. It's midnight tonight, so the spirits are the most concentrated. Although it's a bit dangerous, it's still more likely to attract Mrs. Zhao's spirits." The location was where the old lady's body had been found in the south of the mountain, or at a fork in the south side of the mountain. The fork in the road was divided into three directions. One led north to the mountain, the other to the western mountains, and the last to the eastern mountains. This east and west road is located a hundred meters south of the mouth of the trumpet ditch. I used to walk through it twice when Glass and I went to the south side of the mountain. The flower leopard's explanation was that there were more ghosts at the intersection, so he might be able to find one. After confirming the time and place, I felt a little guilty because the southern part of the mountain was originally very evil. To go there in the middle of the night, isn't that just scaring people to death? The flower leopard, on the other hand, insisted that it had to be done at this hour. Other times, it might not succeed. And the character is I have to go, come rich uncle, flower leopard cat. The leopard cat had to go, that was easy to understand, because only he understood this. Even if he was blind, it didn't matter, because in the middle of the night, everyone was still blind and could not see anything. I don't understand why Uncle Fu has to go. The leopard cat said she was clearing the accounts for him, so that he wouldn't lose his life because of the broken bones. I just couldn't figure it out. However, at this time, the leopard cat could say whatever it wanted. It was like a big hand on a happy occasion. When Glass heard that he was gone, she became anxious and shouted that she would go too. The leopard cat said that it could be of some use to him, but considering his safety, it refused him anyway.

And at this time we have to prepare the things we need.