Chapter 792
Soul
Hongyan, terrified, chased after them. She glanced at Xiaohong, who was frantically tearing at the tree, then at Pan Yun and the others squatting in a row. She silently composed herself and squatted down next to Pan Yun: "Aren't you going to do anything about it?"
Pan Yun: "Venting emotions is good for physical and mental health."
The woman remained silent and squatted there.
Xue Shao and Xi Jin hurriedly caught up, still catching their breath. When they saw the people squatting in a row, they paused for a moment, then turned to look at Xiao Hong, who was frantically pulling up tree trunks.
Pan Yun warmly greeted him, "Take a rest, take a rest."
Xue Shao stood there catching his breath for a while before silently squatting down beside Hongyan.
Xiao Hong tore at the tree from noon until night, finally tearing the huge locust tree into pieces and even pulling out the trunk.
Pan Jun and his group gathered some firewood nearby to start a fire, and also hunted two plump rabbits and two plump pheasants.
Unfortunately, there was no water source nearby, so they had to take out the sealed water buckets stored in their space and use the water they had stored.
Just as the group had finished covering the pheasants in mud and throwing them into the fire, and skewering the rabbits and putting them on the fire, Xiao Hong ran over crying, holding up all ten of her fingers.
Hongyan immediately rushed over and hugged her: "Don't cry, don't cry. When I was gathering firewood, I found you a tree that's really easy to tear. It was dry, and it tore apart in one go."
She asked cautiously, "Do you want to tear it?"
Xiao Hong sniffled and shook her head, saying, "I don't want to tear it anymore, my hands hurt."
She walked directly to Pan Yun and sat down next to her, extending all ten fingers in front of Pan Yun with pitiful, tearful eyes.
Pan Yun glanced at her twice, then pushed her hands away with a finger, saying, "You're a ghost. Tearing things only damages your soul power. You don't have a physical body, so why would it hurt?"
“Yes, it’s soul power.” Xiao Hong insisted on putting her finger back in front of Pan Jun’s eyes.
Pan Yun paused for a moment, and just as she was about to push the little red nose away with force, it started twitching.
Pan Jun's heart softened, and with a sigh, he still took her hand and gave her some golden light of merit and some Yuan energy.
Xiao Hong felt warm all over, as if she had soaked in a hot spring.
No, that's not right. The hot spring is too hot. It's like a child soaking in its mother's amniotic fluid, feeling the mother's body temperature.
After feeling warm and cozy, she felt a surge of energy coursing through her body, and she felt like she could tear down two more trees.
Perhaps sensing her thoughts, Pan Jun tightened his grip on her hand and said seriously, "It's good to vent your anger. If you waste any more soul power, I won't give it to you anymore."
"Oh," Xiao Hong replied disappointedly, silently pulling herself back to the two rabbits skewered on the fire. "Are there enough for so many of us? Don't you have plenty of food in your storage space? Why don't you take it out?"
Miaozhen: "Will you do it?"
Xiao Hong looked at Miao He.
Miao and Mu were blankly turning over the rabbit. When they saw her looking over, they said, "I'm too tired today and don't want to cook."
His gaze shifted to Tao Yanbai.
Tao Yanbai: "I didn't want to either."
Great, if neither of them wants to cook, then there's no one else to rely on.
After all, other people can fast to avoid cooking, or even eat two meals in a row from the same bowl.
Xiao Hong looked disgusted and stood up, saying, "Bring out the ingredients, I'll cook for you!"
Miaozhen immediately responded: "Xiaohong, I knew you were the most virtuous."
Xiao Hong said apologetically, "I'm really sorry to have troubled you all today. It's my duty."
Xiao Hong prepared a sumptuous dinner for them, and the roasted rabbit and beggar's chicken from the fire became their late-night snack.
Pan Yun, a rabbit leg dangling from her mouth, carefully examined the yellow talisman wrapped in red cloth. She traced patterns in the air with her fingers, noting, "This guy's skills aren't up to par. He wanted to kill you, but he lacked the ability. He could only suppress you. He even tried to purify the evil energy on you, but it backfired, causing you pain and nourishing your soul. Tsk tsk tsk, if he hadn't set up a spirit-binding array to trap you here, you probably would have run away long ago." Little Red, squatting beside her, asked in confusion, "Wouldn't it have been better to run away sooner?"
“Of course not,” Pan Yun glanced at her and said, “If you run away too early, what if someone incites you to commit murder or arson? You’ll be full of malice, and I’ll beat you up as soon as I see you. How can we still be friends then?”
Pan Jun shook his head and said, "That's it, every cloud has a silver lining. Xiao Hong, this is your good fortune."
Xiao Hong gave a seemingly unconvinced snort, but the corners of her mouth turned up, clearly indicating that she agreed and was very happy.
"Quickly take me out, put these three bones back, and I'll lie back down to see if I can remember anything." Xiao Hong gritted her teeth: "Those who killed me, I will tear them to pieces!"
Pan Yun quickly devoured the rabbit leg in her hand, grabbed a handful of leaves and rubbed them together. She then took out the box, used her Yuan Power to envelop the Soul-Suppressing Nails on the three bones, and pulled them out.
Xiao Hong winced in pain, but this time she didn't go crazy.
She looked at it, found the right spot, and put the bone back.
Xiao Hong lay back down with a whoosh, and the three soul-suppressing nails embedded in her soul reappeared. Pan Yun removed them with the golden light of merit as before.
Miaozhen, Wang Cong, and the other three each occupied a corner, silently reciting a soul-summoning incantation in front of the wooden box.
Xue Shao thought for a moment, then sat down cross-legged and began to silently recite along with him.
Once the soul-suppressing nail was removed from her soul, Xiao Hong's entire ghost collapsed, almost sinking beneath the bones.
A gentle breeze blew, and Pan Jun suddenly looked up. Accompanied by the five people's incantation, several unseen energy fluctuations came with the breeze and gradually disappeared into the wooden box.
Pan Yun murmured, "The lost soul is really here."
Pan Yun immediately sat cross-legged and silently recited the incantation to summon the soul.
Pan Xiaohei, who was lying by the fire, raised his head and meowed. He then got up, walked to the wooden box, lay down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Black cats ward off evil spirits and allow righteous souls to return; other random wandering ghosts and spirits should stay away.
Bangchui and Xijin were left, each holding a beggar's chicken and eating with relish, occasionally glancing up at the people working hard around the wooden box.
Xi Jin felt it was too quiet and he wasn't used to it, so he looked at Bang Chui and asked, "Why are you playing PUBG too?"
Bangchui: "If I don't eat chicken, what will I eat?"
Xi Jin looked down at the dirt under her feet and said, "Shouldn't you eat this?"
Bangchui, holding the chicken, moved a few steps to the side, distancing himself from him.
The incantation to summon the soul continued until midnight, when the eerie breeze turned into a biting, icy winter wind, and the group finally stopped.
Pan Yun peeked at the sleeping Xiao Hong, silently closed the lid, and called to everyone, "Add more firewood, then hurry up and get some sleep."
"When Xiaohong wakes up tomorrow, will we be able to find out the truth?"
Pan Yun didn't have high hopes: "I hope so."
As it turned out, Pan Yun's feeling was correct.
The next day, a spirited and cheerful Xiao Hong stood before them and introduced herself: "My name is Liu Xiao Hong, I'm from Liuxi Village. When I was twelve, my father sold me to Wanchunlou and changed my name to Chaoyan! Although Chaoyan is a nice name, I still prefer to be called Xiao Hong!"
Pan Yun and the others looked up at her.
Little Red blinked her big eyes and looked at them happily.
Pan Yun: "That's it?"
Xiao Hong: "That's all?" (End of Chapter)