After the black shadow disappeared, I wrapped the fragments of the Nuo mask on the table in rags again and put them back in the drawer.
Seeing that the time was almost up, I went out to the living room and took the things Wang Guofeng had prepared and put on the table.
In the center of the living room, I arranged a spiritual summoning circle. The arrangement process is roughly the same, so I won’t go into details here.
After everything was ready, I glanced towards the second floor and saw Wang Guofeng lying on the corridor on the second floor like a thief.
"It's too obvious for you." I complained.
Wang Guofeng stood up helplessly and said, "Mr. Chen, where should I hide?"
"Come down." I said.
Wang Guofeng trotted downstairs, and I drew another talisman for him on the spot and warned him.
"When you reach the age of 18, you can put this talisman on your chest, and then your father will not be able to see you."
"Can you become invisible?" Wang Guofeng said as he took the talisman in surprise.
I nodded: "At least, that's how it is in your father's eyes."
"However, this talisman can only last for ten minutes. You should keep an eye on the time. Once it expires and any accidents occur, you will be responsible for it."
"Okay! I understand, Mr. Chen." Wang Guofeng nodded excitedly.
After that, Wang Guofeng and I sat on the sofa in the living room and chatted.
What he wanted to ask had actually been asked during the two meals today. This was just an awkward conversation.
For example, they asked me what my plans are for the future, whether I am studying well, what the situation at home is like, etc.
I knew that his mind was focused on the soul-calling ceremony for a while, so I didn't feel any offence, so I just agreed casually.
When midnight came, I stood up and reminded Wang Guofeng.
He didn't react, so he pointed to the clock on the wall and said, "Isn't there still three minutes left?"
"The time of your broken clock is slow." I said and came to the magic circle that had been prepared long ago.
After putting Mr. Wang's clothes into it, Wang Guofeng also attached the talisman and stood behind me.
I closed my eyes and recited the soul-calling mantra. It took less than half a minute. When I opened my eyes again, in the magic circle in front of me, the ghost of Mr. Wang was sitting on the ground, staring blankly ahead.
There was not much anger in him, which made me feel relieved.
"Old man?" I asked tentatively.
Mr. Wang raised his head slightly, looked at me, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Who are you?"
"My name is Chen Xian, and I am a member of the Zamen. Does the old man know about the Zamen?" I asked with a smile.
"I've heard of it, but I don't know it in detail. I'm not one of your kind." Mr. Wang looked at the surrounding scene and sighed: "This is my home, right? I haven't been back for a long time."
"Who was entrusted by my family to recruit me?" he asked.
"Your son, Wang Guofeng." I said.
Hearing Wang Guofeng's name, Mr. Wang seemed to perk up for a moment, and cursed: "This bastard, I've been dead for a year, and he doesn't even know how to come and see me, burn incense and wait for me all day long."
Looking at my corpse and treating me as a vegetative state is simply a case of mental illness."
I subconsciously glanced at Wang Guofeng standing nearby.
When he saw his father, he was very excited and almost burst into tears.
But as soon as Mr. Wang said these words, the expression on his face immediately froze, extremely embarrassed.
"I think so too." I responded with a smile: "But old man, you can't blame him entirely for this. Who asked your family to cut off this ancestral inheritance? Then Wang Guofeng is just an ordinary person.
It’s normal to lie.”
Mr. Wang sighed and said: "Cutting off the inheritance is for survival. It is a last resort. You are still young and don't understand this."
"How do you know I don't understand?" I smiled and waved my hand: "Forget it, old man, let's not talk about this. The main purpose of recruiting you this time is to ask you how you died in the first place.
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Asking about the cause of death is one of the taboos in summoning spirits. Ordinary ghosts will not listen to this at all and will become furious when they hear it.
Therefore, I just had a few casual chats with Mr. Wang at first to confirm that he was in stable condition and had not turned into a violent ghost or something, and then I dared to ask.
But even so, Mr. Wang's face still darkened after hearing these words, and said: "Why do you ask this?"
I waved my hand and cleared my relationship: "I didn't ask, it was your son who asked me to ask. You don't want to either. Your son doesn't even know the cause of his father's death, right?"
"That's right." He nodded, then thought about it and said, "I don't remember."
"Old man, what's so funny? How can you forget how you died?" I asked doubtfully.
"You don't understand, this person tends to forget things as he gets older. Besides, it's been so long, isn't it normal for him to forget?"
I narrowed my eyes and said seriously: "But old man, don't forget, you are no longer a human being. Now you are a lonely ghost. I have never heard of any ghost who can take his own life."
The cause of death was forgotten."
Mr. Wang defended in an anxious tone: "Did I really forget? I said you kid is also serious. Why are you so aggressive?"
At this time, Wang Guofeng also patted my shoulder and whispered in my ear: "Mr. Chen, don't be like this. My dad is old. If he really can't remember, forget it."
"What does it mean?" I noticed something was wrong with the soul in front of me. I grabbed Wang Guofeng's collar with my backhand, pulled off the yellow talisman attached to his chest, and then pushed it in front of Mr. Wang.
Facing the sudden appearance of Wang Guofeng, Mr. Wang looked confused. He raised his eyes, looked at me and asked, "Young man, who is this man?"
His words completely exposed his identity.
Even though he quickly made amends: "Oh, I remembered, this is my son, Wang Guofeng. Look at me, I tend to forget things easily as I get older..."
"Pretending to be your mother!" I cursed and grabbed the other person's neck with my backhand.
The soul is very light and soft to the touch, like sand, but when you hold it hard, you can feel its hard physical existence.
Seeing me grabbing the other person's neck, Wang Guofeng became anxious and said excitedly: "Mr. Chen, what are you doing? He is my father! You can't do this to him!"
"Your father?" I snorted coldly: "Even if your father is dead, you can't just recognize him when you see a ghost, right?"
While speaking, I stretched out my other hand, grabbed the soul's chin, tore off his entire face with force!
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a strong wind blew up, and the soul of Mr. Wang who was pinched by me suddenly changed his appearance.
Not only is he much younger, but even his facial features have completely changed, becoming a strange middle-aged man.
When Wang Guofeng saw this, he opened his mouth in shock and said in disbelief: "Who is this...who is this?"