"I've finally found you!"

I let out a long breath. This kind of place is really hard to find.

Fortunately, after so many years, nothing had changed here. According to the descriptions by the elders, this place should have been the crime scene without a doubt.

Of course, I couldn't be so hasty and certain. After all, so many years have passed since this incident happened, there's no guarantee that these elders' memories would have any flaws.

"Grand Matriarch is truly thoughtful!"

I hastily took out the compass the grandma had prepared beforehand. As for whether this was the place I was looking for, I would know after testing it out.

Compass was something extremely mysterious to many people. After thousands of years of history, no one knew how much effort had been put into it.

I originally thought that the compass was used to explore Feng Shui, to search for the Wind Thief's tomb. However, I didn't know that the compass was more than that until today when I heard from the Grand Matriarch's mouth.

Everyone knew that the compass could withstand the wind and water, could withstand houses and tombs, but how many people knew that it could also withstand the sky, land, human, ghost, or even just use it to peer into the mysteries of heaven?

When I asked her how she could use the compass to pry into her destiny, the Grand Lady kept her mouth shut and refused to tell me anything.

Since the Grand Matriarch wasn't willing to speak of it, I didn't pursue the matter any further. On the contrary, the Grand Matriarch had made it clear that I could use the compass to survey the ghost aura, after all, it was what I needed to use.

However, as for ghost aura, I feel that it should be called more of a survey of dead aura, it's more suitable.

Especially this place where I'm standing now. If it really was the scene of the murder back then, it must have contained some of the grievances the deceased left behind.

I picked up the compass and casually walked around the alley.

Sure enough, the further I went, the faster the compass spun. Furthermore, it was spinning randomly from multiple directions. It could be seen how deep the resentment was.

"Alright, it's here!"

I returned to Hu Tong's mouth. After determining the general direction, I casually looked at my surroundings.

This alley was not very deep, it was only about twenty meters long. Furthermore, it was a dead end, and there was only one direction to go in and out.

There were very few houses around the alleyway, and they didn't look like they had been destroyed in the past few years. Looking at their crumbling appearance, it seemed like no one had lived here in decades.

However, after some thought, perhaps this is more reasonable. If there was still someone living here back then, how could a lady die so easily?

Since no one was living here, it was good news for me. This way, when I summon my soul, I wouldn't need to fear being discovered and disturbed by others.

Indeed, the temperature here was several degrees lower than other places. Plus, this place was haunted, so it wasn't that strange.

Because of the excessive yin energy here, staying here gave people an uncomfortable feeling.

However, we still have to continue the soul summoning process. I first chose two Soul Luring Fragrance at the two sides of Hu Tong's mouth.

Soul Luring Fragrance, as its name implied, was here to attract ghosts, so that they could accurately come to your side. Soul luring, in other words, is just a soul luring.

Therefore, the importance of the Soul Guiding Incense went without saying. Without it, even if this ghost knew that someone was calling for her, it probably wouldn't be able to find its specific location.

Of course, this didn't mean that the ghost didn't have eyes, but in the process of summoning souls, in order to ensure that no other ghosts would be attracted, it would usually hide its location.

After covering the Ghost Eye, you can only rely on the Soul Guiding Incense to find where you are.

This was different from the usual incense; the Soul Guiding Incense was entirely made from locust wood. The locust wood was yin and was easy to gather.

After lighting the Soul Guiding Incense, I began my next step of preparation.

The blindfold was basically similar to the soul-drawing, but the difference was, it could draw some incense or light a candle.

First of all, find the east, south, west, and north directions. At the same time, light a candle at each of these four points.

The type of candle does not matter, as long as it is not red wax, of course the best choice is white wax.

Of course, just four candles being unable to make a ghost discover him was obviously a bit of a pipe dream.

After all, ghosts were more cunning than humans. Furthermore, to them, candles were food. If one were to simply light the candles, not only would they not be able to avoid ghosts, but they would also attract ghosts.

Therefore, the next thing I wanted to do was to press the talisman that the Grand Matriarch had left for me under the candle.

The paper talisman served as a camouflage to prevent ghosts from discovering me.

The purpose of these four candles was to give these ghosts some benefits, so that they could eat their fill and quickly leave.

Therefore, only when the talisman and the candle work together can the ghost's eyes be truly blocked. Of course, all of this information was told to me by the Grand Matriarch. As for what was drawn on the talisman, I didn't understand at all.

After the blindfold, I sat on the floor to rest. It was still more than two hours until midnight, and all I could do was wait for it to come.

The method of summoning souls was not difficult. First, he placed a few offerings on the ground to show his respect for ghosts. Afterwards, he sat down and recited a chant. The process of summoning souls could basically be completed.

This mnemonic chant was called the Soul Summoning Secret Art and was specifically used to attract souls. Therefore, many people knew this incantation.

As for why one could summon ghosts with just a mnemonic chant, it all depended on where one was looking for it.

For example, to me, I didn't have the word "spawn", nor did I know her name. The reason why I dared to call upon the spirits was because I chose the location, the place where she died.

Grand Matriarch told me that for people like them who have died a horrible death, the place they want to go the most is the place where they died. As for why, she just said that it was passed down from generation to generation, but she didn't know the specific reason.

However, she reassured me that in all these years, I had never heard of a failure to summon a soul with such a soul summoning technique.

Waiting was probably the longest thing that happened.

Especially in a place like this, where a chilly wind would blow from time to time, making one's hair stand on end.

Due to the fact that this place had been abandoned for so many years, the yin energy had long since overshadowed the yang energy. Thus, the closer we got to the latter part of the night, the colder the temperature became.

More than two hours passed by slowly. Just as I felt that I was about to fall asleep, the hour hand slowly pointed towards the direction of 12.