"Uh?"
Hearing that Su Su had lost her soul, Wang Yulin immediately became at a loss and asked anxiously, "What should we do?"
"What else can we do? Summon the soul!"
As I said this, I had jumped out of the window again. When I came back, I had a shiny piece of wood in my hand. Since I didn't have any experience in summoning souls, I could only do it as best as I can according to what I had read in the books.
For summoning a soul, you definitely needed a "soul summoning flag". The so-called soul summoning flag, also known as a spirit flag, was a kind of flag used to summon the souls of the dead in ancient times. It was in the middle of the night, where could I find such a thing? I could only make one myself based on the limited conditions at hand.
The stick I was holding was none other than the branch I had just torn off from the ancient locust tree downstairs!
Locust wood belongs to the Yin, making it suitable for making soul summoning flags. Given the limited conditions, I had to make do and quickly tore a piece of paper, just like when I "invoked the pen fairy" before, and made it into a soul summoning flag. I then used a mixture of ink and blood to draw some simple "soul summoning symbols" on it before tying it to the locust stick.
With everything ready, I said to Wang Yulin, "Take off her clothes!"
"What?"
Wang Yulin looked at me warily, and subconsciously asked, "Is this appropriate?"
"Come on! Where were you thinking?" I gave Wang Yulin a speechless look and said, "I meant her outerwear! Otherwise, we would have to cut a strand of hair, you choose!"
"Oh, okay, okay..."
Hearing this, Wang Yulin quickly nodded and took off Su Su's outerwear in a few moves and threw it to me.
Taking the outerwear, I wrapped it around the summoning flag and loudly recited, "Roaming soul, where do you linger? The three souls descend early, the seven spirits arrive. By the river, in the wilderness, in temples and villages, in palaces and prisons. In the graves and mountains..."
The "soul summoning curse" was ridiculously long, with over a hundred words. But for the sake of effectiveness, I dared not skip any part and obediently chanted each and every word.
Just as I had chanted halfway, a cold wind suddenly blew in from the window. My heart was overjoyed. I thought, could it be that her soul had been so easily summoned back?
However, I quickly became disappointed because the soul I had found was not Su Su's "congenital energy" soul, but an unknown lonely spirit hiding in a corner!
"Get lost, I'm not looking for you!"
Without time to guide it, I waved the soul summoning flag in my hand and drove away the lonely spirit, continuing to chant, "Summoning the mountain god today, the generals of the five paths, the earth gods, the household deities, the souls are gathered, the soul is collected, the body is possessed..."
Again, before I could finish, I saw the flame of the candle on the ground suddenly flicker, changing from red to completely white, and the fire sputtered and crackled non-stop. At the same time, a white mist floated in through the window and directly enveloped the soul summoning flag in my hand.
"It's here!"
This time, the owner had clearly come. Delighted, I immediately raised my voice, "The heavenly gate is open, the earth gate is open, a thousand miles of child send the soul, Su Su, the lost soul. Please come, Laozi, urgently as ordered!"
After finishing the incantation, I pointed the soul summoning flag in my hand at the still unconscious Su Su and exclaimed, "It's time to return, so when else!"
The white mist seemed to sense something and left the soul summoning flag in my hand, flying directly towards Su Su's body.
My heart was in my mouth. Watching Su Su's soul returning, at this moment, the door of the dormitory was violently kicked open from the outside, and four or five policemen rushed in, shouting, "What are you doing?"
Along with the leader's loud shout, the white mist seemed to be startled as well and fled out of the window. Not just the white mist, even the remaining two souls and seven spirits inside Su Su's body were startled out in an instant, following the white mist and leaving the place!
"Nonsense!"
Just as success was within reach, it was gone in an instant because of the shout from the police. I was so angry! I almost didn't stab the policeman in the heart!
"Hands up and heads down!"
Seeing my furious face and that I was holding "a weapon", the policeman immediately drew his gun and aimed it at me, saying, "You there! Drop the weapon, or I'll shoot!"
"You damn..."
Despite my anger, I released the soul summoning flag in my hand. I blamed myself for being too absorbed just now, and I hadn't sensed anyone approaching. Otherwise, how could this have happened?
"What have you done to her?"
The leading policeman rudely pushed Wang Yulin aside and examined Su Su's body, then sneered, "Attempted rape! Cuff both of them and take them all back to the station!"
What? Attempted rape?
As soon as I heard this, I was dumbfounded. Seriously, did your one-eyed see us trying to mess things up?
Before I could react, two police officers took out handcuffs and went directly to me and Wang Yulin.
"Brother!"
Wang Yulin had never seen such a scene, and immediately panicked. She struggled continuously while urgently calling out to me.
"Wait!"
I shouted quickly, saying, "I can go back with you, but this girl is in a trance and must be brought back quickly! Otherwise, she will never wake up! When she wakes up, everything will be clear to you!"
"Hmph!"
The leading police officer looked at me disdainfully and then sneered, "If you're going to lie, come up with a more believable reason. Soul lost? Possessed by a ghost? Just handcuff them!"
He then pointed his gun at me and said, "Dare to resist, and I will shoot you on the spot!"
As soon as I heard this, I was furious and felt helpless. It was really difficult to explain now.
Indeed, two big men appeared in the girls' dormitory in the middle of the night, and there was an unconscious girl lying beside them. I was also holding her clothes... Damn, even if I were a police officer, I wouldn't believe it!
But how did these police officers arrive so conveniently? Did Li report to the police after she escaped? But it couldn't have been so fast!
"Brother, what should we do?"
On the other side, Wang Yulin had already been handcuffed by a police officer, and she was panicking, calling out to me.
I wore a gloomy expression, feeling helpless at the moment. I could only let another police officer handcuff me as well, and then I said to Wang Yulin, "It's okay, just go with them for now!"
"It's okay?"
The leading police officer coldly looked at me, then punched me in the chest and said, "When you get to the station, you'll find out whether it's okay or not!"
After that, they took us out of the dormitory. I heard the leader order the other two police officers, "Take the girl to the hospital first, and take away all the suspicious items from the room!"
Oh no! My Thunder Striking Wood is still inside!
As soon as I heard this, I became anxious. I could only watch as a police officer took my Thunder Striking Wood and the newly made Soul Calling Flag out in a bag.
Even the rope that Li had just cut was now evidence of our crime!
Seriously, what's going on? Did my talisman from Lao Zhang fail? Why am I so unlucky?
This commotion naturally alarmed the other people in the girls' dormitory. A large group of girls stuck their heads out of their dormitory doors, looking at me and Wang Yulin with disdain, gossiping.
"Oh, isn't that Wang Yulin from the cabin crew? How could he do something like this?"
"Yeah! I used to secretly have a crush on him, and I never thought he would be such a person!"
"Hmph, you don't know it, this kid used to like Su Su! It's not surprising that he did such a thing..."
"Oh, poor Su Su... she probably won't be able to stay in school anymore..."
Everyone has a gossipy heart, and at that moment, everyone was gossiping about Wang Yulin. As for me, no one knew me, so I was completely ignored!
Hearing the girls' gossiping, Wang Yulin's face had turned red, as if she wanted to die.
Concerned, I quickly comforted her, "Don't mind them, the truth will come out eventually..."
"Yeah, brother, I believe you!"