The Soul Caller

Name: The Soul Caller
Author: Spend the Rest of My Life Following the Dawn

喊魂人

by Spend the Rest of My Life Following the Dawn (余生随曦)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 250k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Mystery & Supernatural
Updated: 1y ago
Source: Fanqie

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[Mystery and Supernatural + Folk Horror + Maoshan Taoism]

My grandpa was a soul-caller, my dad was a soul-caller, and now I'm a soul-caller too.

Whenever someone's soul goes missing within ten li, a kid cries in the middle of the night, or a strange smell of incense drifts from someone's courtyard, you can bet they'll come to my family for help.

Grandpa always said, "If someone calls your name at night, don't look back. If someone by the water calls to you, run. And if you ever find yourself walking in circles in the same place..."

Then don't fight it. Your uncles, aunts, grandparents, and the rest of the family are probably already burning paper money at the village entrance, muttering, "Burn some more. That kid probably isn't coming back. Better that than him freezing over there."

I always thought these were just stories the older generation told to scare kids, until the day...

My dad went to call back a soul, then vanished without a trace overnight.

Some say a water ghost dragged him away. Some say he broke a taboo of soul-calling. Others say he'd discovered something ancient buried in the reservoir, and someone had set their sights on him.

Whatever the truth, I have to bring Dad home.

So I put on a copper bell, picked up a soul-summoning lantern, and walked down the stone steps by the reservoir...

Then I called out, and a familiar face rose on the water. Its eyes opened, and it smiled at me.

"Kid, why haven't you come down yet?"

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