I pondered for a while then put the box on the floor

 and used 

my blood to draw some swords and sabers around it. I also sprinkled a layer of salt on 

the

 drawings. 

After everything was done, I nodded

 in satisfaction. That

spirit

 had both of its legs chopped off

, so

 I guessed it would be terrified 

of

 swords. 

S

words and sabers drawn 

with

 blood and refined salt were top Yang tools. I 

was sure

 that they could scare the spirit a lot

.

To avoid 

a

 sudden 

attack

 from the 

spirit

, I asked the little boy to return to the hostel and fetch my bag. I told him to not alert the grannie there. 

I was a little embarrassed as I had ordered the boy to work for me right after I had adopted him. The little boy looked happy

 and hopped 

away. 

After he left, I had nothing to do. I decided to take care of Zhou Tian’s wife. But then,

 I realized

 that she wasn’t breathing

, and her 

body was a little stiff. 

I 

had a sudden realization

. The woman I saw out there wasn’t 

another person

. It was her soul! 

While I was distracted, t

he 

spirit

took the chance

 to possess her and evict her soul. Then, it deceived me

 and made 

me return to the hostel. 

After 

everything was cleared up, I felt 

scared. If I hadn’t learned the spell to invite 

guiding 

spirits, Zhou Tian and his wife would have been killed today. 

I 

immediately

 went out of the house. The woman’s soul was still sitting there. I exhaled in relief

 and read 

the soul-sucking spell to put her into a paper crane. 

L

ess than ten minutes later, the little boy returned with my bag. I opened the bag and found my talismans and the Peach Soul Flower. I felt much more assured

 with my tools. 

“Little Lin, I have to put her soul back into her body

.

W

ait for me outside

 and don’t

 come in

,” I said to the little boy as 

I pointed at Zhou Tian’s wife

. 

Since 

his

 soul wasn’t stable, 

if

 I read the spell to put 

the wife’s 

soul back into her body, he would also be affected. At that time, it would be awkward 

if

 her body 

ended up with

 two souls in it. 

I had named the little boy

 ‘

Lin,

’

 short fo

r Jiulin

. He looked pleased with the name

. He smiled and flew 

out of the house. 

I also 

smiled

. Then, I turned off all the lights in the villa and lit up a candle

, placing 

it in front of 

the wife’s

 head. I released her soul from the paper crane

 and chanted 

the spell to make it return to the body. 

Some 

say that

 beckoning souls 

is

 a complicated t

ask

, 

while others say it is 

simple. In fact, 

i

t

 wasn’t 

difficult to perform the soul beckoning technique

, but great importance

 lay in the reason as to why the soul left the body, the time the soul 

was 

away from the body, and the distance between the soul and the body. When 

the conditions were right

, we could naturally put 

a

 soul back 

in

 the body! 

I placed her on the bed and put Little Lin into the paper crane

. Then, I stuck 

spirit talismans 

in

 every corner of the house. 

After I had confirmed

 that the 

spirit

 couldn’t enter the place, I 

laid

 on the sofa

 and fell 

asleep. 

When I woke up, it was noon the next day. I found myself sleeping on a bed. Zhou Tian and his wife had 

probably 

moved me 

there

. 

When I left

 the room, I saw Zhou Tian talking with his mother in the living room while his wife was cooking. Then, 

s

he also joined the conversation. It was 

the

 harmonious picture of a happy family. 

I was puzzle

d and thought

, 

H

ow did

Zhou Tian change his nature? How 

did

 he become so filial all of a sudden?

I had planned to deal with the 

spirit

 and 

teach

 him a 

lesson

. Since he 

had come back to his senses on his own

, I didn’t need to do 

anything

. 

I cleared my throat

 and walked 

toward them. “Auntie, when did you come here?” 

When they heard

 my voice, the three of the

m 

stopped talking

 and looked 

at me. Zhou Tian 

wasn’t rude this time

. When he saw me, he 

quickly

got

 on his knees

 and thanked 

me for saving his life. 

His wife didn’t kneel, but she looked thankful

 as she stood there

. However, her 

expression was

 complicated. I guessed she remembered 

that she

 had tried to seduce me last night. I gave her a faint smile

, hinting her to forget about it

. Then, I turned to 

look at

 the grannie. She had a plaster cast on her thigh. 

“Auntie, what happened?” I was flustered

.

We 

have

 a proverb that 

says

‘

one should rest one hundred days if 

they

get

 a bone injury.

’

For

 an old woman like her, it 

might as well 

be 

a dooming injury

. Moreover, she was still all right last night. How 

did this happen?

“Son, don’t worry. I just tripped.” The grannie looked happy. I noticed that she was looking here and there, assessing the house. Perhaps it was the first time she 

had come

 to visit her son’s house after he got married. 

Compared to this happiness, the injury on her leg was nothing. The grannie didn’t want to tell me, so I turned to her son. “Zhou Tian, what happened?” 

His eyes reddened. He got on his knees again after he had just got up. He faced his mothe

r and wept

. “Mother, I’m so sorry!” 

Yesterday, after I finished dealing with the 

box

, I 

fell asleep right away

 and didn’t call the grannie to tell her that 

everything was all

 right. It turned out the old woman was worried 

about

 her son and daughter-in-law

, so s

he came here from her hostel 

in the middle of the night

. 

Since s

he was old

,

 her limbs weren’t good anymore. She tripped midway

and had to crawl the rest of the trip to this neighborhood. Eventually, she fainted at the neighborhood entrance. 

Early in the morning, a janitor found her and took her to the hospital. Otherwise, she would have been 

frozen

 to death. 

When Zhou Tian and his wife woke up 

in the

 morning, they found the mess on the ground and me sleeping on the couch. They remembered the situation last night

 and felt guilty

. 

Right b

efore death, people 

would often have a change of heart.

Zhou Tian had 

survived a calamity, and his 

soul 

was reborn

. When the hospital called, he immediately rushed there to see his mother. 

At the same time, the scenes where his

 mother

 cared

 for him appeared in his 

mind

. Zhou Tian was now 

a changed man

. 

He

 cried unceasingly as he talked. The mother 

also 

sobbed. I was touched by the atmosphere

 and secretly wiped

 my tears. 

“Brother Zhou Tian, it’s 

never

 too late.”  

I rubbed my eyes

 and said 

righteously, “

A

s long as you don’t hurt Auntie’s heart, you’ve already shown your filial piety to her.” 

N

o

 person

 could repay 

everything their parents had done for them

. It was already a fortune that 

they

 didn’t disappoint them!  

Anyway, t

he box was still 

where

 it was placed last night

, and t

he blood swords and sabers r

emained 

on the ground. 

However, 

I found some burned talismans on the window. It seemed that the 

spirit

 had come back one more time last night. The talismans had scared it 

off

, so it didn’t dare to intrude the room. 

As

 I 

had

 the box here

, the spirit would definitely come again.

After a few confrontations, I became interested in this 

spirit

. After lunch, the sun was high in the sky, 

which produced 

a scorching light. I took this chance and used a cutting machine to open the box.

T

he moment the box was opened, a dazzling halo radiated. Instinctively, I closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes again, I saw something wrapped 

in

 a handkerchief. 

I picked it up. The item felt heavy and tough. I took another look and dropped my jaw in awe. 

This handkerchief was made of gold threads and there were dragons embroidered 

on it

. Even though I couldn’t recognize the age of 

the

 handkerchief, from its colors and workmanship, 

I knew it was a royal item

. 

In ancient times,

 people

 that could use things with the drawings of dragons belonged to the noble and royal class. 

I couldn’t wait to unwrap the handkerchief to see the thing inside. It turned out to be a piece of jade that didn’t have 

a

regular

 shape. 

Of course, working in the antique business, I had a profound knowledge of jade. At first glance, I recognized it was a really old jade that could be dated back to the pre-Qin era.

There were many types of jade 

with different prices

. Compared to gold and silver, jade was often 

sold at

 prices

 higher

 than 

its

 real value. Moreover, texture and colors were important factors that affected the value of the jade. 

E

ven though this jade was a real antique, it 

didn’t have a regular

 shape. Coupled 

w

ith 

the

 defects on the body, the jade’s value was greatly reduced. 

“Master Zhang, is this jade valuable?” Zhou Tian sounded excited. However, from his look, I knew he understood nothing about jade. 

I told him the truth. 

“It’s an antique, but it’s not worth much

.”

Zhou Tian gave me a nod

 and looked 

a little disappointed.

I suddenly 

realized

 that I hadn’t told them the rules of 

our

 business beforehand. 

I felt 

awkward now.