At this point, Wang Yulin finally noticed something and couldn't help but ask in confusion.
I didn't have time to explain to him; I said, "Let's deal with the matter at hand first, I'll tell you later!"
Except for the streetlights outside, all the lights in the dormitory were off. The room was pitch-black, but Su Su's roommate quickly lit a candle. She directly ignored my presence and happily said to Wang Yulin, "Yulin, I didn't expect you to be interested in playing 'Fuji'! You should have said it earlier..."
Her words gave me goosebumps, and I couldn't help but hit Wang Yulin and whispered, "You rascal!"
"Hehe..."
Wang Yulin modestly smiled and said, "It's nothing much..."
Damn, I'll tell my uncle when I go back and let him teach you a lesson.
It seems that Su Su and Wang Yulin did not tell Xiao Li the real purpose of our visit, so she thought we came here just to play "Fuji" and quickly took out a brush, dipped it in ink, and excitedly asked, "Who wants to go first? Or shall we play together?"
Seeing Xiao Li's affectionate gaze at Wang Yulin, I quickly pushed him out and said, "Yulin, you go first with her!"
"What?" Upon hearing this, Wang Yulin was immediately startled and hurriedly waved his hand, saying, "I can't..."
"I can teach you if you don't know!"
Without further ado, Xiao Li grabbed Wang Yulin and directly put the brush in his hand. However, Wang Yulin still shook his head. He looked straight at me for help.
The kid had just heard me talk about the pitfalls of playing "Fuji", so how could he dare to participate again? Not only him, even Su Su also looked at me with concern. It seemed that Su Su was also worried about this kid, Wang Yulin.
"Heh..." Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but smile. I comforted, "Don't worry, with big brother here, you won't lose."
"Annoying! Do I have to lose to him?"
Xiao Li obviously misunderstood and glared at me with shyness, then corrected Wang Yulin's grip on the pen. I saw that she and Wang Yulin interlocked their hands, both holding tightly to the ink-soaked brush, suspended in mid-air above a piece of white paper.
Xiao Li seemed to be an expert at the "Fuji" ritual, and her actions were professional. She then chanted the incantation seriously.
Watching her serious demeanor, I couldn't help but remember the "Maoshan technique" that Old Zhang had mentioned before. This technique also involves inviting spirits to possess a person. It is said that once the spirit is successfully summoned, the person will immediately gain the power of the possessed spirit, becoming invincible, able to fight ten people at once.
However, the spirits summoned in Daoism are genuine "divine spirits," such as the ancestors of various sects or the deities worshiped in Daoist temples. This seemed to be completely different from the so-called "Fuji," and in fact, the opposite.
After earnestly chanting the incantations several times, the brush held by the two of them still showed no response, as if nothing was happening.
"Weird..." At this moment, Xiao Li frowned, stopped chanting, and looked puzzled, "This is strange. It's been so long. Why is there still no movement?"
"There's nothing strange about this…"
Unable to successfully invite the "spirit-writing" to appear, Wang Yulin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then immediately looked puzzled and said, "Isn't it said that it's not always successful to summon the spirit-writing?"
"Impossible!" Xiao Li shook her head directly, then brimming with confidence said, "That's impossible for ordinary people, but who am I? As long as I summon, there's nothing I can't summon..."
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, I narrowed my eyes, couldn't help but stare directly at Xiao Li! There's a problem, this girl definitely has a problem. Where does she get this much confidence that she can summon the spirit-writing?
Perhaps sensing my gaze, Xiao Li's eyes flickered, then returned to normal. Frowning, she asked, "Check it, there must be something filthy on your bodies that the spirit-writing dislikes!"
"Filthy things?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel amused. I thought, the "spirit-writing" itself is filthy, right? How could it be afraid of filthy things?
Seeing our puzzled expressions, Xiao Li explained, "It's things like jade pendants or copper coins. If there are any, quickly throw them away, otherwise the spirit-writing won't come!"
"Oh..." Upon hearing this, I suddenly realized, it's about warding off evil things, right?
Indeed, "spirit-writing" mostly consists of lingering spirits and lonely ghosts. Naturally sensitive to objects used for warding off evil like jade pendants or copper coins. With these things around, how could they possibly approach human bodies?
Everyone checked themselves, but didn't find any objects that the "spirit-writing" would dislike. I secretly activated my qi within, directly blocking the scent of the "burning stick" in my hand.
If talking about warding off evil, then clearly nothing is more powerful than the peach wood thunderbolt in my hand. Perhaps, it's because of its presence that the "spirit-writing" doesn't dare to approach easily here?
After confirming that there was nothing offending the "spirit-writing," Xiao Li once again invited the "spirit-writing." This time, I deliberately listened carefully to what she was uttering.
Sure enough, I quickly discovered something! Superficially, what she was uttering was nothing but some commonplace phrases like "spirit-writing, please come quickly," not much different from ordinary people playing "spirit-writing".
However, strangely, I noticed that every time she finished reciting a passage, her mouth paused for three seconds, and she uttered some very strange syllables in a vague manner!
It seems that this girl named Xiao Li indeed has a problem! No wonder she is so confident that she can definitely summon the "spirit-writing"! There must be a special way for her to communicate with the "spirit-writing," and because of this, she could confidently believe that she could definitely summon the "spirit-writing"!
To be cautious, I didn't immediately expose her, but secretly pulled Su Su behind me, while closely watching Wang Yulin who was sitting directly opposite Xiao Li. He's my cousin, naturally I had to watch him closely and not let him suffer any harm!
Su Su looked at me suspiciously, but I gestured for her not to speak.
Impressed by my skills just now, Su Su obediently followed my instructions, hiding behind me, stretching her little head, and staring wide-eyed at Xiao Li and Wang Yulin, looking like a curious baby.
Xiao Li recited for about a minute, suddenly, the candle flame on the table flickered, and then the light became dimmer! Everyone was startled.
"It's here!"
Without opening my Yin-Yang eyes, I quietly tapped my shoulders and head.
For an ordinary person, this would undoubtedly be a very dangerous move. According to the Daoist's belief, a person's body has three flames that repel evil, also called the "three real fires." Each shoulder and the top of the head has one. When the real fire is strong, ordinary spirits are rare to approach. However, once extinguished, they will easily influence a person!
But as a practitioner, I wasn't afraid of these things. In fact, extinguishing these three real fires would allow me to easily see spirits, with almost the same effect as opening the "Yin-Yang eyes."
Sure enough, right after I extinguished the "three real fires," I saw a male ghost in black clothes suddenly drifting in from outside the window, almost exactly as Su Su described earlier!
It's him!
As soon as the male ghost entered the room, his eyes, emitting a dim blue light like a cat's eyes, immediately looked at Su Su behind me.
Damn! It turns out to be a lustful ghost! No wonder Su Su sometimes wakes up naked!
Seeing me blocking in front of Su Su, the male ghost seemed very displeased, and immediately blew a cold wind towards me!
Instantly, a bone-piercing coldness rushed over.
To avoid alerting the ghost, I didn't dare to make rash moves or resist, and could only pretend to be very cold and took a few steps back.
Actually, by now, I could have directly confronted it. But I still haven't figured out what role Xiao Li has played in this! I want to know what unsavory role this girl, who looks no more than seventeen or eighteen, has played in this!
At that moment, Xiao Li also seemed to have sensed something and hurriedly said with a respectful tone, "Spirit-writing, have you come?"
Hearing Xiao Li's call, the male ghost withdrew his gaze from Su Su and walked directly to the middle of Xiao Li and Wang Yulin, holding the brush in their hands, and drew a circle on the paper!
"It's here! It's here! The spirit-writing has come!" Xiao Li said excitedly and whispered to everyone.
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Wang Yulin was suddenly startled, subconsciously wanting to pull his hand back, but was firmly held by the male ghost, unable to move at all.
Beside me, Su Su also seemed to react and subconsciously hugged my arm, trembling all over, murmuring, "It's come! It's here!"
"Huh?" Seeing Su Su hugging my arm tightly, the male ghost's eyes flashed with anger and then released the brush, and once again floated towards me!
Damn, where does this jealousy come from? Are you treating her as your wife?