"Sister~"
After Ban Nu vomited blood, Ban Shu grunted and wanted to step forward and open the cage.
Song Siyuan quickly stopped in front of him: "It may not be back to normal. Let's wait."
After all, awakening spiritual wisdom is not a trivial matter and must be treated seriously. If this is just Ban Nu's strength disappearing, it will be more dangerous if a living person passes by.
As the musical instrument team continued to play, Ban Nu finally stopped covering her ears, and her heart kept rising and falling with her breathing. Then, she propped up half her body on her back elbows, looked down at her trembling hands, and finally a human voice came out of her throat: "I What's going on here?"
"Sister?" Ban Shu saw that Ban Nu could speak, which meant that her intelligence was back. He hurriedly pushed away the shadow puppet light box and walked to the cage.
Ban Nu in the cage raised his eyelids and looked at Ban Shu with distracted eyes: "Are you...?"
Ban Shu was so happy that he remembered that he was only four or five years old when his sister lost his mind. Now he is in his thirties. It is normal that he does not recognize her. He pointed at himself and said word by word: "I... Ban Shu."
"Ban Shu... Ban Shu... Xiao Shu."
Ban Nu murmured the name, his distracted pupils focused little by little, and the memories of thirty years ago were constantly awakening. He stroked Ban Shu's face through the cage: "You are already so old, I am... crazy. How long!"
Song Siyuan carefully observed Ban Nu's actions. Through the warm light of the light box, she could see that her eyes had returned to black and white. As long as she had clear eyes, she was out of her animal nature. This showed that the shadow play had awakened Ban Nu's soul. wisdom.
"Someone, open the cage."
After that, the craftsmen outside the house opened the door and walked in. They didn't know that Ban Nu's state was abnormal, so they had to test it a few times to make sure that Ban Nu had recovered his human sanity, and then they took out the key and opened the cage. , and at the same time, he also took off the chains on her hands.
According to Ban Nu's age, she is already seventy or eighty years old. She should be the same generation as Uncle Yue and the others, or even older than Uncle Yue. Yue Guanchao and Song Siyuan walked over and called: "Senior Ban, you are finally awake." .”
"Who are you?" Ban Nu was very unfamiliar with the people she met.
"Sister, let's go to the side hall first, and I'll tell you slowly."
There were not many rooms in this stone building. Ban Shu took her out of the main hall and went to the side hall. He found someone to change her clothes and freshen her up. Then he revealed the identities of Yue Guanchao and the others and what had happened these days. Tell Ban Nu everything.
After listening to Ban Shu's explanation of the past, Ban Nu sighed: "It turns out that I have been in a coma for thirty years. No wonder you look so good that I don't even recognize you. However, I didn't expect that Ghost Fang Zong has not given up on entering the tomb. "
"Senior Ben, since you are awake, there are some questions we would like to ask clearly?"
After all, there was no evidence for Song Siyuan's guess about the clan elder's purpose. She had to ask Ban Nu for confirmation. With the opinions of Ban Nu's client, she could more quickly confirm that her guess about the clan elder was true. At the same time, she could also confirm it through Ban Nu. Learn more clues, they now have too few clues.
Ban Nu looked at Ban Shu: "Are they trustworthy?"
Ban Shu nodded: "Sister, they used this method to wake you up."
Ban Nu looked at Song Siyuan: "Miss Song, just ask. As long as I know, I can tell you."
Song Siyuan thought for a moment and decided to ask based on her strange state!
Although Ban Nu's crazy behavior is a real situation, in her opinion, it may not be a punishment from the Wushan God. After all, in the known world, she has never seen a real ghost curse. Many curses are actually just The embodiment of fear and obsession, or simply a trick played by some people.
Even if there is a white mist shadow like Yue Guanchao's, it is not entirely caused by ghosts. It may be because the tiger talisman is an extraterrestrial stone. These stones caused some pathological changes in his brain, and due to changes in the magnetic field or breath, the There is a lot of unknown consciousness or energy gathered around.
Generally speaking, for them, gods and Buddhas are always in their imagination, rather than actually seeing gods and Buddhas appear. Since she is a staunch materialist, for her, Ban Ruo was punished by the Wushan God. Need to find out clearly.
Out of curiosity about the Wushan God's curse, she asked slowly: "Senior Ban, how did you lose your mind? Was it your own will, or was it someone who designed you to act like crazy!"
Ban Nu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked at her: "I mistakenly thought this was a curse from Wushan God. In fact, my crazy behavior is a product of human design."
"Man-made?"
When Yue and Song heard these words, their expressions were shocked: "You mean, someone deliberately designed you to become like this. Could it be that the curse of Wushan God is fake? What happened to the corpse of Luo Shennu in Chao Yuntai? What’s going on!”
They had also seen Chaoyuntai beforehand, and the death state of Luo Shennu in that temple was indeed completely different. Under Ban Shu's introduction, they could only preconceptions that Luo Shennu would be punished by the Wushan God if she had feelings. Now Ban Nu told them that she was set up, which caused ripples of doubt in their hearts.
"Yes, I used to think that these goddess-falling girls were really punished by the Wushan God and became crazy and bloodthirsty. It wasn't until I fell into the trap myself that I realized that this was just a curse triggered by humans. It had nothing to do with the Wushan God, only the human heart. Something sinister."
Ban Shu could basically guess what Ban Nu meant by these words: "Sister, it's Fang Zong, the old ghost of the clan!"
She nodded: "Yes, Ghost Fang Sect used some secret techniques to turn me into this bloodthirsty state."
"But why would he let you go crazy? As long as you are still alive, he can find the tomb through you."
This is what Ban Shu is most curious about. In the past, he thought that Sister A lost her mind voluntarily, and the clan leader Guifang Zong had no choice but to abandon her to train a new Luo Shennu. Now it seems that Guifang Zong has more intentions than he thought. Even deeper.
Ban Nu shook his head and retorted: "Rather than looking for the tomb, he is more afraid that the Luo Goddess will not be controlled. For the clan elder, a disobedient Luo Goddess will only make his affairs more difficult. In this case, it is better to Give up on me completely, use the curse of Wushan God, let me go crazy naturally, and when I find a new Luo Shennu, I can take her place."
Mentioning this point, Ban Nu thought about the past and continued: "Back then, after Guifangzong cooperated with Huasheng Trading Company, he promised Huasheng Trading Company to find the Yin-Yang Fish Pendant. He approached me and asked me to use the magic of falling gods to find the tomb. I noticed When he had bad thoughts and was afraid that Sun Tianqi would be threatened by him, he wrote a letter in advance to tell him to prepare for it."
"After that, I originally wanted to escape with Sun Tianqi. Later, he noticed my thoughts and used some secret techniques to make me lose my intelligence. He claimed to the outside world that I was punished by the Wushan God, and Sun Tianqi ran away to find a way to solve it. , completely cover up this matter.”
After listening to Ban Nu's words, Song Siyuan found that they were very different from what she had guessed, with only some slight differences in some details. She continued to ask: "Then why do you object to him going to the tomb? Do you not want anyone to suffer losses, or do you want to go to the tomb?" What's the danger?"
She was really curious about this, and she couldn't figure it out. Could it be that she had already seen that Huasheng Trading Company was not a good thing at that time? There must be something hidden in it that made her rather risk offending the clan elders than go to the tomb.
When Ban Nu heard her mention this, his face became solemn: "It's because the clan elder has sinister intentions."
"Are you referring to finding the Yin-Yang Fish Pendant for Huasheng Trading Company, or what else?"
If it refers to getting the fish pendant, this can be regarded as a transaction at most. After all, Huasheng Trading Company is very willing to give money. If the clan elder is looking for the tomb for profit, this is not considered sinister, but he has made a lot of money. It’s just money that should be earned.
"It's just one of those things."
Ban Nu's tone became mysterious: "In addition to looking for the Yin-Yang Fish Pendant, the old ghost Fang Zong is also looking for something. This thing is called the soul-catching bone. If they just help Huasheng Trading Company find the Yin-Yang Fish Pendant, I won't do it." Go against him, anyway, he has asked me to find other ancient tombs with the Divine Falling Technique before, so it’s not a big deal.”
After saying that, she paused and seemed particularly frightened: "Only taking away the soul-capturing bone will not work."
Sure enough, the elder ghost Fang Zong had been planning for thirty years, and it was not just as simple as finding the Yin-Yang fish pendant for Huasheng Trading Company. When everyone's speculation came true, it could also be seen from Ban Nu's expression that the Soul-Captivating Bone was definitely Very important stuff.
Yue Guanchao asked: "Soul-catching bone?"
Chief Ban Nu exhaled and nodded: "I don't know the purpose of the fish pendant that Huasheng Trading Company is looking for, and I don't think it's scary. What I'm really afraid of is that the elders take away the soul-stealing bones and don't want to go to the tomb. It’s all because of this.”
"Is this thing more important than the fish pendant?"
He really didn't know what the Soul-Capturing Bone was.
Ban Nu also knew that they did not know the origin of the Soul-Capturing Bones, so he coughed a few times and continued to explain: "In traditional mythology, there are only three real underworlds, namely Beihai Underworld, Taishan Underworld, and Wushan Underworld."
"The status of the three is completely the same. The Beihai Yin Palace is responsible for accommodating the souls of the dead in the barbarian land in the far north, Mount Tai accommodates the souls of the dead north of the river, and the Wushan Yin Palace accommodates the souls of the dead south of the river and along the river. These hells are all It’s the place where the souls of the dead really go in folklore.”
She had just regained her strength and was weak when speaking. After taking a break, she continued: "Except for these three hells, other places are just places for the souls of the dead. The main deity of Wushan Ghost Mansion is the Wushan Goddess. It is said that she has a soul-catching bone. Twelve sticks can attract the souls of the dead south of the river into the underworld."
"In other words, because of the existence of the Soul-Capturing Bone, Luo Shennu can use the Soul-Destroying Technique to affect the underworld after accommodating Wushan God's soul. If Gui Fangzong gets the Soul-Capturing Bone, he doesn't need to use Luo Shennu to When you come to do things, you can control all intelligent things. It is said to be the spirit of all animals, and even those who have developed spiritual intelligence cannot resist its influence."
"It is because of this thing that the Wushan Yin Mansion can gather countless dead souls. If he takes away the soul-catching bones, then the Wushan Yin Mansion will be completely destroyed. Thousands of dead souls will return to this world without restraints. What will happen to this world?" For me, it’s an absolute disaster.”
