The Destiny Of Our Lifes
Chapter 6: Guqin the Spirit Summoner

Days change. Right now, Lin Jiang was walking with Zhou Lan. Both were walking in the market. Breathing in fresh air while thinking about yesterday's problems.

The market atmosphere is quite crowded. Lin Jiang with his fan walked firmly and authoritatively. Be the girl there. Zhou Lan followed Lin Jiang in silence. The young man was thinking hard. Especially, the way he could escape from Lin Jiang's sight.

"Zhou Lan, do you want to buy something here?" asked Lin Jiang.

Zhou Lan shook his head slowly. The young man put on his flat look. Making Lin Jiang grunt softly.

"Come on! Yesterday you had an expression on your face. Why are you putting that flat face back on now?!" said Lin Jiang.

Zhou Lan flicked her shoulders. The young man walked ahead of Lin Jiang. Look around carefully.

Faintly, Zhou Lan sensed that there was a dark aura there. An aura that resembled the aura of an undead on Mount Weiyin. The young man quickened his footsteps.

"Eh, uh, Zhou Lan, where are you going?! Hey, wait for me!" Lin Jiang also accelerated his pace following Zhou Lan.

Apparently, the aura came from a music store that was there. The music store sells guqin, flute, sitar and some other traditional music.

Zhou Lan looked closely at the music store, "Lin Jiang, did you feel anything strange from there?"

Lin Jiang frowned. The young man sharpened his detection ability. His eyes sharpened when he sensed an aura being said by Zhou Lan.

"This aura, is similar to the aura in Weiyin Mountain" said Lin Jiang.

Zhou Lan nodded her head. The young man sighed, "Let's go in". Zhou Lan pulled Lin Jiang into the store.

The music shop was quite crowded. Lin Jiang and Zhou Lan had even accidentally bumped into some customers. Both of them remained focused on finding the source of the strange aura it came from. But neither of them found it.

"This aura is like a black aura. You know that, right? It comes from the power of darkness. Gripping and making us feel like we are in a quiet and dark place", Lin Jiang nodded. Justifying Zhou Lan's words.

"Zhou Lan, is it possible for a musical instrument here to bring out its aura? Like a weapon that sometimes has a spirit, is it possible that some musical instruments here are also inhabited by spirits?" Zhou Lan turned his head towards Lin Jiang.

"Perhaps", Zhou Lan stepped back her legs. The young man approached the ranks of the guqin place on display.

Lin Jiang followed Zhou Lan from behind. Zhou Lan noticed the guqin's goals there. There was one guqin that Zhou Lan had looked at very carefully.

The guqin was dark black with exquisite dragon carvings. The carving was given a golden color. Looks very pretty. Emitting his own aura that managed to make Zhou Lan interested.

On the other hand, Lin Jiang looked at Zhou Lan in confusion. The Guqin that Zhou Lan was looking at, in Lin Jiang's eyes looked extremely worn and dusty. Very old, but antique.

"You're interested in this obsolete thing?" said Lin Jiang while pointing at that guqin. Zhou Lan frowned.

"Open? This guqin has the aura we feel. Besides, this guqin looks beautiful, Lin Jiang", Zhou Lan replied.

Zhou Lan raised the guqin and touched it slowly. The guqin gave off a hint of light and aura that Zhou Lan and Lin Jiang had sensed earlier.

"I'm gonna buy this. Maybe this guqin chose me as its master", Zhou Lan brought the guqin and paid for it. Zhou Lan was seen as a little strange by the visitors. In the eyes of the customers, Zhou Lan was carrying a worthless worn guqin.

But, Zhou Lan did not care about that. Zhou Lan kept the guqin with him. The young man could feel a strong aura coming out from the guqin he was holding.

Lin Jiang looked at the guqin closely. For a while, Lin Jiang was like being bewitched to the aura he was starting to feel. And it came from the guqin bought by Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan invited Lin Jiang to come back. The two young men were already in the Lin clan residence. Zhou Lan brought Lin Jiang to his room in the Lin residence.

Zhou Lan put her guqin on the small table that was there. He tried to test the sounds of the guqin by plucking the strings one by one. After feeling his tone was right, Zhou Lan started playing it.

Miraculously, when the guqin was played, both Zhou Lan and Lin Jiang sensed that there was a foreign aura billowing around. Vaguely Zhou Lan could feel the presence of spirits around him. His forehead is groaning strangely.

"Zhou Lan, what song did you play just now? Why do I feel the presence of spirits around us?" asked Lin Jiang.

Zhou Lan looked at his guqin. The young man stroked his guqin gently. There was an inscription carved on the edge of the guqin. The word is 'Hun' which means soul.

"No. I just play a regular song. It seems that it was because of this guqin. Look, there's the inscription 'Hun' which means soul. Could it be that this guqin had the strength of his own to be able to summon spirits? Plus, if we flow our spiritual energy into the melody we play. I'm sure, that's the cause of the summoned spirits" Zhou Lan explained.

Lin Jiang nodded. The young man had heard of a musical instrument that could indeed summon spirits. But, Lin Jiang had never seen him in person.

Now, Lin Jiang felt it. He even felt a spirit presence as Zhou Lan played that guqin. Luckily the one who was called was not an evil spirit that harmed both of them.

"Zhou Lan, I guess, this guqin is named hun. As engraved on this guqin. And also, I can feel there is a spirit presence on this guqin" said Lin Jiang.

Zhou Lan nodded confirming. The young man looked at Lin Jiang who was sitting beside him. Zhou Lan watched that Second Young Master Lin closely.

"Lin Jiang, I don't think I can stay here too long. There's still a lot of work to be done out there. The undead problem can be solved over time" Zhou Lan said.

"Eh? But how am I supposed to find you? The matter of the undead must be resolved as soon as possible, Zhou Lan. Not without reason I asked for your help. I can see your incredible potential. I'm very sure if we handle this together, everything will be finished quickly" said Lin Jiang.

Zhou Lan sighed softly, "I know. Lin Jiang, you can look for me at Jiang's restaurant. You can tell the waiter there that you're looking for me. I'll come later" Zhou Lan replied. The young man then cleaned up his things quickly.

"Lin Jiang, I'm leaving huh. Give my regards and thanks to Chairman Lin and Young Master Lin Yan. I'm leaving!" Zhou Lan immediately left with teleportation power. Leaving Lin Jiang alone in the room.

"Zhou Lan, you amaze me with all your abilities. In fact, you can recognize the spirit summoning guqin. What else do I not know about you?" muttered Lin Jiang.

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