Late at night.
Jiang Qiao walked alone through the dense forest outside Xiao Fang Town.
The surroundings were deathly quiet.
There were no bird calls or insect chirps, as if the world itself had died.
"Hmm?"
As he walked.
He suddenly stopped.
He picked up a dirty white lantern from the ground.
The two characters "Xinlan" were written on the lantern, seemingly the name of a woman. Beside the name were four groups of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, which appeared to be her birth details.
"Soul Summoning Lantern."
Jiang Qiao narrowed his eyes.
Folk legend.
Occasionally, someone would venture into a remote mountain forest or some unclean place and return in a daze, suffering from a persistent high fever.
They called this a lost soul.
Someone had to walk along the route and call the soul back before the person could regain consciousness.
But...
What if the person had died?
If you did not want them to become a wandering ghost, you had to write their name and birth details on a white lantern, light a stick of incense, and walk along the route where the deceased had met with misfortune while calling out, leading the deceased's lost soul home with you.
Of course.
This was merely a folk custom.
It was not to be taken seriously.
But in the real Supernatural Circle, calling a soul was actually how an Evolver summoned a ghost!
"Xinlan..."
"An Evolver."
Feeling the faint shadowy aura on the lantern, Jiang Qiao immediately thought of the Dragon Family. However, he had seen the marriage contract Wei Jinglou produced earlier, and that young lady was called Long Peiyun.
But.
What if the Dragon Family had more than one young lady?
Or perhaps...
Another female member?
It was also possible that this name belonged to a