The Blade-Wielding Legend
Chapter 407 - 248: The Rooster Spirit Summoning

Chapter 407: Chapter 248: The Rooster Spirit Summoning

"Daoist, shall we make the Soul Summoning Banner?"

Li Yan asked.

During his time in Ancient Water Village, he had witnessed Wang Daoxuan conducting soul summoning. Simultaneously operating the magic platform while someone shook the Soul Summoning Banner.

"This time it’s different."

Wang Daoxuan shook his head, "That was a common person, the meddling entity’s Dao was also mediocre. This Daoist friend is from Mystical Sect, and even though her soul has left her body, she knows the way to return."

"Looking at how her fists are tightly clenched and her jaws are shut tight, she used the ’Firm Grasp Method’ to stabilize her body. It’s clear she sensed danger and used this method to prevent her body from being occupied by wandering ghosts."

"What we need to do is to build her a pathway!"

Saying so, he turned to look at Guan Peide, "Guan Layman, please help me find a large rooster, preferably five years old."

"Okay!"

Guan Peide didn’t waste words and immediately turned to leave.

In their village, every household raised chickens, so a five-year-old rooster wasn’t something rare.

Following that, Wang Daoxuan started making arrangements with the group.

He first took out some Evil Exorcism and Blessing Money, placing them respectively on the old woman’s forehead, chest, lower abdomen, hands, and feet.

Next, he tied a red rope around her head and pulled it towards the back, going all the way into the courtyard.

They had ample resources now, so they were naturally generous in their approach.

All these red ropes were purchased from the City God Temple.

Yu Lingzi had given them a discount, so naturally, they prepared plenty.

Wang Daoxuan then took out a compass and wandered around the courtyard, searching for an empty spot. He directed a maid to get a ceramic basin for burning paper, setting it on the ground.

Around the ceramic basin, they densely stuck twenty to thirty red chopsticks into the ground, with red ropes wound around them, vaguely forming an Eight Trigrams Array, with a foot-wide path left between the symbols.

As he worked, he explained to everyone.

"What the yin soul sees is entirely different from us, the living..."

"At night, it’s pitch black with dense fog, like the icy hell, suffering endlessly. That’s why wandering ghosts often stay put. Only those with strong Dao dare roam about."

"To them, living people are like a warm stove, like a boat in a cold night, and they desperately want to crawl in."

"During the day, when the sunlight is intense, it’s like a fiery hell to them. Staying even a second longer would turn them into ashes; they can only seek refuge in a place with strong evil energy."

"So wandering ghosts aren’t really to be feared. In life, they were people, just unfortunate to remain in the realm of the living, deeply resentful, very pitiable. Hence, temples and Taoist temples regularly provide offerings to transcend them."

"But if one loses their three souls and seven spirits, they must be found quickly. What we need to do is not ’capture’ but ’guide’ and ’summon,’ since what yin souls perceive differs from us. Once there’s too much noise, they’ll get scared and start running about..."

Among them, Li Yan was skilled in combat, Lv San was an expert in beast taming, and Sha Lifei was a layperson. When it came to rituals and folklore, Wang Daoxuan had to take the lead.

Of course, Wang Daoxuan was not one to withhold knowledge. Whenever he encountered anything, he would teach everything he knew, ensuring that everyone had an understanding, even if they couldn’t master it.

After setting up the Eight Trigrams Array, Wang Daoxuan turned to look inside the house, "The lost soul of this Daoist friend, I’m afraid, has been taken by something and is not in the village."

"This Eight Trigrams Array is akin to a guiding bridge."

"The rooster corresponds to xun, its direction is southeast, where the Ghost Gate is located, and being of the wood element, which pertains to the liver that houses the soul, acts as the Guiding Messenger to bring her back."

"Brother Yan, give me one of your Grass Spirit Paper Men."

Li Yan, without saying a word, took out a Grass Spirit Paper Man.

Just then, Guan Peide also brought a large rooster, with intermingled red and green feathers, a large comb, and pale golden feet, looking very majestic.

Seeing this, Wang Daoxuan nodded in satisfaction, took the rooster, examined it closely, and then said, "At midnight, we shall begin the soul summoning."

"Brother Yan, your Grass Spirit Paper Man is where the Daoist friend’s soul is hiding. Once the rooster breaks out of the Eight Trigrams circle, the Grass Spirit Paper Man will follow the red rope and fall onto the Daoist friend, and our task will be accomplished!"

After speaking, his expression turned solemn, "At that time, something might attempt to interfere. I will be conducting the ritual and cannot be distracted. Brother Yan, as the protector, whatever it is, just scatter it!"

"Okay!"

Li Yan nodded solemnly.

Sha Lifei, however, seemed puzzled, "Didn’t we spread wood ashes outside the village? Can something still get in?"

Wang Daoxuan sighed, "It’s not the same thing. The wood ashes aren’t for blocking, but for confusing."

"That ’Blood-imbued Beam,’ I read about it in ’Mysteries from Beyond’ that we found. It’s a malicious secret technique left by Fang Xian Dao."

"To create it, you need to kill forty-nine people, make a blood pool, soak wooden beams in it, and use Evil Technique to consecrate it. The wronged souls of these people will then cling to the blood beam, transforming into forty-nine Blood Ghosts."

"Should a tomb raider enter, they’ll be bewildered by the Blood Ghosts.