Could this really be like that middle-aged man had said—soul reapers were here to snatch souls away, and anything that heard the bells would have its soul taken?
I didn't believe it.
It wasn't as if I'd never seen soul reapers before. Even if they really existed, I didn't believe they would stay in one place for so long, harvesting souls.
"Jingle, jingle, jingle..."
The ringing continued.
Following the sound of the bell, I began walking forward.
This was no ordinary bell. Even the rhythm of its shaking was deliberate—four rings, then four pauses.
It was a ghost-shaking bell, also known as a ghost-summoning bell.
Interesting. Someone was actually summoning souls in a place like this?
Without another word, I directly opened my Heavenly Eye. Tonight, I was going to find out what this was all about.
As the Heavenly Eye opened, everything around me became crystal clear.
Under the Heavenly Eye, there was no sinister yin energy or evil aura nearby.
Only a faint ghostly aura permeated the area, all of it drifting over from the hospital.
That was normal. Hospitals were naturally heavy with yin and ghost energy.
After seeing nothing too unusual, I softened my footsteps and continued forward.
"Jingle, jingle, jingle..."
The bell continued to ring.
I kept going. After passing the walkway ahead, I finally saw where the sound was coming from.
In a small plaza within the park, a man dressed in black was sitting cross-legged.
He had his back to me, so I couldn't see his face, but his back was visibly hunched into a high arch, and his hair was slightly gray.
He was probably an old man.
In front of him stood an oil lamp, three sticks of incense, and a black clay jar.
The words "Soul Sealing" were written on