soul collector

In the dead of night, two figures came out of the camp, shoulder to shoulder and bowed their heads, walking up the mountain.

"What happened in that cave?"

"I found a pattern on the wall, it feels very special."

Jiang Qiao, who was striding forward, stopped when he heard the words, "I thought you found the treasure..."

Tang Xiu looked at him helplessly, "My intuition is usually right, let's go."

A certain director sighed, and while muttering darkly and coldly, he resignedly took off his scarf and wrapped it around Tang Xiu's neck.

At night, the cave becomes very humid.Tang Xiu and Jiang Qiao were holding two bright flashlights. There were only two white lights moving back and forth in the dark cave. Tang Xiu walked in front with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Jiang Qiao couldn't help but help him from behind, "You Be careful."

The old ancestor seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and looked back at him, "By the way, are you afraid of ghosts?"

Jiang Qiao was silent for two seconds, "Do you know that it's scary for you to ask this kind of question now?"

"Scary?" Tang Xiu was stunned for a moment, "How scary?"

Jiang Qiao gulped.

The ancestor's skin is very fair, with a kind of fairy spirit, turning around expressionlessly in this deep and dark cave, the horror index is almost close to five stars.

Fortunately, a certain director did not tell the truth out of his desire to survive, but only said: "I used to be a materialist, until I met you, and you told me that there are actually ghosts in the world. Although I can't say that I am afraid, there is always something wrong with me." Comfortable."

Tang Xiu let out a groan and turned his head back. The calmness that was no different from usual was especially scary in this situation.

The hairs on Jiang Qiao's back began to stand on his head, and he immediately shook his head, trying to recall in his mind the small movements made by his ancestor on the bed every night, trying to relieve the tension in his heart.

Speaking of it, it was supposed to be a beautiful camping night, and instead of happily talking about life in bed, I ran to this ghost cave to find some important discoveries.

A certain director sighed heavily.

While thinking about messy things in his head, Tang Xiu stopped suddenly, Jiang Qiao slammed the brakes and almost hit Tang Xiu.

"That's it." The old ancestor helped him and said softly.He held up the flashlight and waved it toward the rock face, where there was a narrow ribbon-shaped notch.The flashlight moved up and down, leading Jiang Qiao to look over.

"See? That circular pattern?"

"How can there be a circle?" Jiang Qiao looked at it carefully for a while, "No."

Although logically a daughter-in-law is the cutest in everything she does, but at this moment he feels as if the old ancestor is teasing him.

Tang Xiu's flashlight swung around a point, "This is it, didn't you see it?"

"No."

The old ancestor sighed, holding a flashlight in one hand and gesturing along the outline of the pattern with the other, Jiang Qiao suddenly realized, "Ah. Have you ever done the graphic psychological test questions?" "Graphic psychological test questions?"

"The same picture, different people will see different patterns." Jiang Qiao sighed, "The ravines and ravines on the rock wall are what you see is a circle, but I didn't combine these points in the first day of junior high school. , what I saw was a hexagram inlaid inside the circle."

Tang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and the strange feeling in his heart became stronger.

The two stood facing the wall for a while, and Jiang Qiao couldn't help yawning. It was too cold in the cave, so he stepped forward to hug his ancestor with some distress, and said in a low voice, "Baby, the way you stare at nature in a daze is so cute. , let's go back."

Tang Xiu's face darkened, "It's full of clichés, how many times have I told you not to read those love guides on blogs again."

"Then give me another few hundred years to find out your temper." Jiang Qiao smiled good-naturedly, and when he saw that Tang Xiu didn't insist, he hugged him decisively and walked out, "Let's go, Xiaoxiu will cry again after a while gone."

Tang Xiu hummed unwillingly, but couldn't help turning his head to look again.There are countless patterns on the rock walls of the cave, much more complex and interesting than this, but he was only attracted by this.

There seemed to be a secret instinct telling him how this symbol would help him.Perhaps, it has something to do with the No. 80 one soul character.

On the way back, the ancestor was very silent. Jiang Qiao wanted to make people happy, so he lowered his head and searched on his phone for a while, and then said: "This mountain is actually quite famous. It is said that there was a famous martial arts senior here more than 200 years ago. , he formed a bond with his disciples on this mountain, and passed on all the knowledge he had learned throughout his life to his disciples. He was both a teacher and a friend, and it became a good story."

Tang Xiu didn't say a word, he didn't pay attention to the story at all.Jiang Qiao sighed, and the two walked outside the camp in silence. Jiang Qiao was about to take a look around and sneak into the ancestor's tent, but Tang Xiu, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"what happened?"

Tang Xiu pointed to the dark forest in the distance, and asked uncertainly, "Look there, are there two people?"

Jiang Qiao looked over, it was dark, and he stared for a while before he could make out the outline, "It seems to be true, an adult and a child? It's too far away and too dark to see clearly."

There is only one child in the crew, and that is Kexin.Tang Xiu suddenly thought of something, he waved to Jiang Qiao, "Come with me."

The two of them walked lightly to the outside of Lu Xinrong's tent. Tang Xiu lifted a corner of the curtain lightly, and then sighed, "The man in the woods should be Lu Xinrong. Something is wrong with him in the theater today, and he showed too much concern for Kexin." .”

"No way." Jiang Qiao said in astonishment, "One o'clock in the middle of the night, what can he say when he is a big man and a little girl of a certain age?"

"I don't know." Tang Xiu frowned. Lu Xinrong is a very upright person, but this person has been weird all day today. The old ancestor sighed and said, "Don't worry, let's just keep an eye on it and sleep after the little girl goes back. .”

Jiang Qiao nodded and said good, and took two steps forward only to find Tang Xiu turned and walked towards the tent. A certain director was stunned for a second, "Where are you going?"

"Go back to sleep."

"Am I watching alone?" Jiang Qiao said, "I'm afraid you're teasing me."

Tang Xiu looked at him seriously, and explained: "The reason why Wang Yu's evil spirit can enter your banner is probably because you first mentioned the idea of ​​using the mobile phone to trick him out. But in fact, I was the one who fought him that day. , I was worried that these wisps of souls would be recorded in my head, but luckily not.”

Jiang Qiao said, "It's so clear what to do, and a lifetime is so long, are you still afraid that I won't be able to complete the task?"

Unexpectedly, the ancestor shook his head, "It's not that simple, you are not a soul collector yet, even if you collect all 36 souls, you may not be able to live forever. If you can't become a soul collector in the end, I will sleep with you in this world , I will definitely not be able to complete the soul-gathering mission in this life. So to be on the safe side, I will try my best to let you carry out actions related to soul-gathering in the future, and make sure that it is you and not me who gets the soul."

Jiang Qiao, "Sounds very reasonable... But when you say flowers, it actually means to let me squat alone in the cold wind in the middle of the night?"

Tang Xiu nodded, "It's almost like this."

"..."

Leaving aside the dissatisfied murmurs of a certain director, the ancestor entered the tent alone.

The symbols encountered in the cave seem to have taken root in his mind and cannot be lingered.He turned on the light with a hint of expectation in his heart, stood in front of the soul-collecting flag and watched it quietly for a while, but the soul-collecting flag did not move at all.

Xiao Xiaoxiu heard the sound coming out from under the bed, the dog looked at the old ancestor sleepily, and whined tentatively.

Tang Xiu knelt down and patted it on the head, "What kind of symbol is this fuzzy mass on No.80's soul character? Can you understand it?"

Xiao Xiaoxiu glanced at Jihun Banner ignorantly, sat down on his buttocks, squinted his eyes and began to push his chin desperately with his hind feet.

Tang Xiuchang sighed, and was about to give up this unreliable idea, but the curtain of the tent was lifted suddenly, and Jiang Qiao walked in and said, "I just remembered, so I can't just stand there alone, can't I? Take Xiaoxiu to me, if I'm found, I can still say I'm walking the dog..."

Xiao Xiaoxiu seemed to understand what he said, turned around and was about to get under the bed, but just as Jiang Qiao slid in, before he had time to run to catch the dog, the soul-collecting banner suddenly lifted up, making the same rustling as last time sound.

Tang Xiu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately said, "Come here, stand closer!"

Jiang Qiao walked over, and the rustling of the soul-collecting banner became even more joyful. The number 80 soul grid lit up, the symbol was shaking and shaking, and the blurred edges gradually became clearer.

For the first time, that vague lump had changed.

Tang Xiu stared at the symbol in shock, and after a moment he raised his hand and pointed at it stiffly, "Round shape! Did you see it?"

However, Jiang Qiao said, "Round? It's obviously a hexagram."

At this moment, the two turned their heads at the same time, and saw the same shock in each other's eyes.

Tang Xiu slightly traced the outline of the circle with his fingers, "Are you sure what you saw is a six-pointed star?"

"Sure." Jiang Qiao opened his eyes wide, "The edges and corners are sharp and unconventional."

Half a minute later, Jihun Banner fell silent.

"Do all of you soul collectors have the same soul banners?" Jiang Qiao asked suddenly.

Tang Xiu looked at him, "Not necessarily. The 81 soul grids will form a disc, but the shape of the soul-collecting banner itself will be different. For example, my soul-collecting banner is a well-regulated rectangle, and the bottom side has some irregularities. But Ye Zhiheng's soul-collecting banner is a standard square, which looks a size smaller."

Jiang Qiao said, "Could my soul-collecting banner be in the shape of a hexagram? What kind of symbol does everyone see, and what shape does his soul-collecting banner have?"

"This doesn't make sense." Tang Xiu shook his head, "If that's the case, what I see is a circle, and my soul-collecting banner should be round."

Jiang Qiao sighed.

There are thousands of clues, but there is no complete logic to organize these clues.

Tang Xiu said slowly: "But this coincidence is exactly the same as what happened in the cave just now. This cave may provide more clues, and I will study it when I shoot tomorrow. It's too late, you go back first."

Jiang Qiao snorted, "Where's the dog leash? I'll take Xiaoxiu to be a flower protector for a while."

"On the ground." Tang Xiu said as he turned around to get the dog leash, but just as he turned his head, he heard footsteps acutely.

The next second, Lu Xinrong's voice came from outside, "Are you asleep? I passed by outside, and I seem to have heard you talking."

Tang Xiu froze for a moment, and Jiang Qiao also froze.

"Tang Xiu, are you asleep?" Lu Xinrong's voice softened and came in with a trace of uncertainty.

"Oh, here we come." Tang Xiu walked over and opened the door curtain. Lu Xinrong was wrapped in pajamas with a long down jacket, and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry to disturb you so late, is it convenient for you to talk?"

Tang Xiu looked from his side to the distance, but his heart was no longer in the place just now.

When Jiang Qiao came out, Lu Xinrong was a little surprised, "Director Jiang is here?"

Jiang Qiao hummed calmly, "Tell me something. I'm done talking, let's talk."

"it is good."

Jiang Qiao looked back at Tang Xiu, and gave Tang Xiu a slight nod. "I'll go for a walk, you guys go to bed early after chatting."

Tang Xiu knew what he meant to make sure Kexin was safe, so he nodded and said to Lu Xinrong with a smile, "Come in."