Chapter 1, Leaf One (Below)

  The sun was setting slowly towards the western hills, and the last ray of sunlight was about to disappear from the horizon. I pulled that old woman and ran to Ye Yi's side, not daring to look back.

  Ye Yiqi said to us: "Don't look back, move forward, can you see what I put down there?"

  I said I saw it.

  "Don't look back, find that big rooster in that pile of things and make it crow."

  What kind of requirement is this?

  Yeyih said very seriously to me: "If you don't want to die, hurry up. I can escape, but you will definitely die."

  The old lady came back to her senses and shouted angrily: "Who are you trying to scare?"

  "Then you can turn back now."

  I looked at the old woman next to me, she really turned her head back, and then... a shrill cry fell to the ground, eyes rolled back, foaming at the mouth, limbs convulsing.

  "Never mind her, just do as I say. Don't look back."

  I'd rather die than turn back! Just take a look and that's it, I reckon it won't be too strong anyway.

  The sun was about to disappear, I ran towards the thing that Ye had placed in front.

  A five-flower big rooster was in the cage, I opened the cage with one hand, pinched the rooster's wings and shouted: "Crow, crow quickly." Behind me came a series of angry roars from unknown objects, as well as Ye Yi's curses.

  I was anxious and frustrated, the rooster just wouldn't crow no matter how hard I tried to get it to. I was so angry that I almost... wanted to call its father. It's a matter of life and death, calling its father might save my life, I'd even acknowledge it as my own. When all else failed, I suddenly thought of the great Zhou Bapi, didn't he learn how to crow like a rooster and get the rooster to follow along? I took a deep breath and started making "cock-a-doodle-doo" sounds.

  The rooster gave me a lot of face, I learned about three or four calls, and when the leaves rustled with curses getting closer and closer, the rooster finally opened its throat and let out a loud crow. Then, my 'brother' and I took turns calling out to each other, exchanging techniques for making the perfect rooster call.

  The strange roar from behind finally disappeared, and Ye Yi's voice was more solemn than ever before. Moreover, I could already feel him standing behind me. As for that old woman... who still cares about her life or death?

  In the next moment, Ye Yi was already squatting beside me, snatching the rooster from my hand and using a small knife to open up the rooster's blood-red comb. I understood this principle: the rooster's crowing dispels evil spirits at dawn, while the comb is a yang object that can break through obstacles and kill evil spirits. The blood of the comb was a good thing for controlling evil objects.

  Here I want to talk about Ye Yi's equipment. First, there is a rooster, and then there is a package. The package was opened by Ye Yi in front of me, inside were several bottles and jars. There was also a large blue porcelain flower bowl. The chicken crown blood was dripped into the center of the flower bowl. Lifting his head, Ye Yi suddenly asked me "Are you Tongzi?"

  I wanted to hit him at that time! Really! Being asked by someone of similar age if you are a virgin, wouldn't you want to hit them? But this was a matter of life and death, I unusually didn't blush, didn't lie, and weakly said: "Okay, okay, I guess so..."