C34 Watch your soul

I walked along the yellow line until I reached the traffic light and kept going. A speeding car was heading for me, and I tried to dodge but kept on going.

The car crashed straight into me, and I saw the part of my body that had been hit by the car disintegrate into pieces.

As the car drove by, the debris came back to my body and I began to float rapidly through the air.

I looked down at my feet and saw that they were flat and I wasn't standing on tiptoe.

My mind widened a little as I tried to steady my mind and walk away to see what would happen next.

My body moved so fast that I finally returned to the village where I was born.

When I reached the village, my body fell to the ground, and I began to run in the direction of my home.

My yard and house were long gone, the place had become a road.

I sat there on the road, full of sadness and despair.

I held on to my knees, tears streaming down my face. I felt so tired of living, and I didn't want to live anymore.

A violent shout rang out and I was so shocked that I trembled.

I looked up and saw a strange old man standing in front of me. A taxi was parked on the side of the road, and the driver was looking at the old man.

The shattered pieces of my body that had been hit by the car were still hanging in the air. The only parts of my body that were intact were my head and my neck.

"You should go back. If you don't, you really won't be able to go back." The old man said in a deep voice.

"What happened to me?" I blurted out the question, but the old man didn't seem to be able to hear it either.

"Meeting is fate. Since I've met you, I will help you to the end." After the old man finished speaking, he formed a complex hand seal.

As the old man pointed his forefinger and middle finger at me, the debris in the air gathered towards me, and my body began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Please watch your soul. You might not be so lucky next time." While I was still in a daze, the old man had already returned to the taxi and left.

After the old man left, I hurriedly ran back to my rented place.

When I got back to my room, I saw that I was still asleep, though my face was a little pale.

As soon as I touched my bed, I lost consciousness.

At noon on the second day, I was awoken by a knock on the Aunt Zhen's door.

I opened my eyes and quickly sat up to examine my body. I didn't have two more of my own.

After a long sigh of relief, I felt sore all over.

Aunt Zhen's voice came over, asking if I was awake. I replied him and got off the bed to change into pajamas to open the door.

Originally, I wanted to tell Aunt Zhen about what happened after I fell asleep last night. After opening the door, I saw that Yu Kexin had come over, so I didn't tell him much for now.

I said goodbye to Yu Kexin, who waved at me, then pointed to the fruits on the tea table and told me to go eat.

I nodded in agreement and went to the living room after washing up.

After Yu Kexin had lunch with us, she begged me to accompany her shopping. She said that Aunt Tao would lock her up in the hotel all day so that she could learn the ways of the ghosts.

My whole body was aching and I didn't want to go out at all. Yu Kexin had always been hard and soft with me.

Because there's something between Yu Kexin and I that we have to deal with in Aunt Wang, I didn't want Yu Kexin to think that I had ill will towards her. In the end, she agreed to follow her to shop.

Yu Kexin was shopping in high-end shops. She did not even look at the prices when she bought things, as long as she liked it, she would buy and buy. No matter how expensive the things were, she would not blink when she swiped her card.

I followed behind Yu Kexin carrying a big and small bag, quite looking like a lackey.

Yu Kexin asked me how Aunt Zhen took care of me and I said it was good.

Yu Kexin told me that since we can't live the lives of ordinary people, we should enjoy some of the pleasures that ordinary people can only dream of, such as willful shopping.

The card that Aunt Tao had given her did not have an overdraft, so no matter how much money she had overdrawn, Aunt Tao would not say anything.

Yu Kexin's words made me smile bitterly in my heart. I didn't understand what she meant by showing off, but I understood that she was very important to the Aunt Tao.

When I went to another shop, Yu Kexin asked me why I didn't buy anything. I honestly said that I couldn't afford it nor could I use luxury goods.

Yu Kexin was astounded. Her face flushed red as she apologized to me repeatedly, saying that she didn't do it on purpose. She thought that Aunt Zhen would treat me the way she treated me.

Looking at Yu Kexin's sincere eyes, I laughed and said that I was fine.

I don't care if Yu Kexin is sincere or not. Perhaps, when she leaves this city again, we will meet for good.

Until dusk, Yu Kexin called the Aunt Zhen and said that she would not go back to eat dinner with me. After dinner, we still had to stroll around for a while longer.

Hearing that Yu Kexin still wanted to stroll around after dinner, I was speechless.

The place Yu Kexin chose for dinner was a high-priced place. I looked at the dishes on the table, but couldn't find a single one that I could call out to.

During dinner, I told Yu Kexin that she had bought enough things, and after we finished eating, we would go back to our own homes.

Yu Kexin nodded her head in agreement, but after the meal ended, she didn't mention anything else and went back to her own place, acting cute and fawning on me as she pulled me to continue shopping.

Filled with helplessness, I continued to stay with him.

After strolling around until almost ten in the evening, Yu Kexin was finally satisfied. I was already so tired that I was about to vomit blood.

I rejected Yu Kexin's offer and went back to rent a place to stay alone.

When I got home, the TV was still playing in the living room. The Aunt Zhen was already asleep on the sofa.

I woke Aunt Zhen up and told her to go back to her room to sleep. Aunt Zhen got up from the sofa and turned off the TV, she squinted her eyes and looked at the time, saying that Yu Kexin and I are really too good at shopping.

Aunt Zhen urged me to wash up and rest as she walked towards her room.

Seeing the tired look on Aunt Zhen's face, I hesitated and still called her to stop and told her what happened after I fell asleep last night.

If I couldn't figure out what had happened to me last night, I wouldn't dare to sleep tonight.

When I had finished speaking, I went and knocked on the Aunt Zhang's door, then repeated what I had told her to Aunt Zhang.

Seeing Aunt Zhen's reaction, my heart also tensed up, and I quietly waited for Aunt Zhen and Aunt Zhang to answer my question.

After the Aunt Zhang finished listening to Aunt Zhen's narration, she turned off the lights in the living room and sat in the darkness to tell me. My situation was similar to that of a soul leaving one's body, but it was different from a soul leaving one's body.

I asked the Aunt Zhang if there was any difference. The Aunt Zhang told me that when my soul leaves my body, my soul and consciousness will separate from my body. My consciousness is very clear, and I can think about how to control my soul.

Only when a person was on the verge of death, practicing spiritual cultivation, and suffering from a ghost press without waking up in time would their soul leave their body.

I don't belong in any of the three situations. I can think, but I can't control the actions of my soul.

Who was the one that pulled my soul? A soul reaper can easily control the movements of their soul.

A soul reaper could only be a human.

I silently listened to Aunt Zhang's reply, and my forehead tightly wrinkled. I couldn't think of anyone who would want to hook my soul.

After Aunt Zhang is done speaking, I will ask her what would happen if I didn't get the old man's help.

Aunt Zhang told me that when a person's soul leaves their body, they will immediately think of taking a walk.

However, as long as he left the place, that thought would automatically disappear.

Within six hours, the soul that left the body would return to the body, and the soul that left the body would return to the body. Only then would it return to the state it was in before the soul left the body.

Otherwise, he would truly die.

If I didn't have the old man's help, I wouldn't be able to wake up from the illusion, and my soul that left my body wouldn't be able to recover.

I asked Aunt Zhang what I should do. When she returned to her room, she took out a transparent pearl and hung it on my neck with a red string.

Aunt Zhang said that the pearl is the Soul-Sealing Pearl. As long as I don't leave the pearl on my body, no one will be able to hook my soul away.

There were two conditions that a soul reaper needed to meet when trying to hook a soul: the soul reaper had seen the soul reaper and the soul reaper was sleeping soundly.

She and Aunt Zhen will find out who the soul reaper is as soon as possible, so I just need to wash up and rest in peace.

I nodded silently and went to wash up and rest. I lay on the bed and thought about what had happened last night and I couldn't calm down.

Recalling the appearance of that strange old man who saved me, I realized at this moment that he looked somewhat similar to the old Daoist Priest that I saw at the foot of the Taoist temple.

My whole body ached from walking around for too long. Even though my heart couldn't calm down, I quickly fell asleep. I didn't know how long I had slept when I suddenly woke up again.

Seeing that the room was still dark, I lied there unmoving. Even though the Aunt Zhang had said that as long as I don't leave the Soul Nesting Pearl in my body, no one would be able to hook my soul, I was still afraid that my soul would succeed again.