Chapter 30: The Incident
Li Yaohua and his entourage went to the yamen again, and when they arrived outside the yamen, they had not yet called the guards to pass the word, and suddenly saw Lord Wu rushing out of the house with a group of people.
"Eh, girl?" Lord Wu was surprised and delighted when he met them and his group, and immediately rushed forward and said excitedly, "Several Dao Masters, did you catch that demon last night?"
"Nope. Li Yaohua was a little puzzled, "Did something happen?"
"No?" Lord Wu was more confused than Li Yaohua, "But I just received the news that five people have woken up." ”
"Awake?" Li Yaohua became more and more puzzled in her heart.
"Yes. We were about to take the adults to see what was going on. An official who was with him interjected.
"Then let's go and have a look. ”
Li Yaohua's proposal, Lord Wu naturally did not refuse, and the group left the mansion and ran to the homes of several awakened people.
When the group arrived at a house, the family was still busy exorcizing evil spirits and making a fuss.
Finally, when the toss was over, Li Yaohua and Wu Da had the opportunity to see the victim. The man was still lying on the bed, a young man, but because of the long-term absence of the soul, the whole person was bloodless, and the half-dead generally did not see the vitality of the living.
"Juan Yi?" an official called.
"My lord?" the young man raised his eyes and lowered his eyelids, and his voice was very weak, and his breath in was less than his breath, as if he would run out of breath at any moment.
The body and soul of ordinary people are interdependent, and when the soul weakens, the body will also weaken, and if the soul is away from the body for too long, the body will die, and on the other hand, the soul that is detached from the body will also die if it is not properly placed......
"Do you remember what happened before you fell asleep?"
The young man nodded slightly.
"What do you see?"
"See...... A woman was seen. ”
"Is the demon really a woman?" Wen Xiu asked Li Yaohua in a low voice.
"Don't make a decision yet!" Yaohua glanced at Wen Xiu.
"Senior sister, is the demon a woman?" Wen Xiu was silent, and Yaoling came up again.
Li Yaohua stared at her and said in her heart, "Don't speak!"
"Yes. Yaoling held back.
"Very beautiful woman, like a fairy......" At this point, there was a hint of fascination on the young man's face, "she is lost, ask me to send her home...... And then I was confused......"
This man's narrative is very similar to that of ordinary banshees, attracting young men with their beauty, and then trying to devour their spirits.
Li Yaohua stared at the young man and spoke, never spoke more, and only finally arranged for Wen Xiu to check the man's condition before he came out of the Hu family.
As soon as she got outside, Yaoling finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Senior sister, do you and senior brother know anything I don't know?"
"Let's talk as we go!" Li Yaohua asked Master Wu to take them to check the situation of the rest of the houses, and on the way, she told Qingchi's analysis, but at the same time she also said her doubts.
"Senior sister, that person just said that it was a woman. Yaoling also seems to be a little biased that it was the banshee.
"That'...... Is that really a banshee?" Lord Wu also asked anxiously.
Li Yaohua glanced at Master Wu, and then stared at Yaoling, "A powerful demon can transform into a form, he is just an ordinary man, what he sees may not be real." ”
"Makes sense!" Lord Wu sighed.
Yaoling suddenly realized, Li Yaohua saw that she seemed to be thinking, and the words of reprimand were temporarily withdrawn.
After that, I asked the rest of the houses, and everyone who had seen them was different-
There was a middle-aged man who was a merchant who said that he saw an old man he didn't know, and the old man played tricks on him and robbed him of his money bag.
A beggar said that he saw a vaguely familiar old woman, who was chased and beaten by the old woman, fled to a strange place, and lost his way away;
Another farmer said that he saw his neighbor working in the field, and the neighbor asked him to help, so he went and kept working;
The last one was an old man who fought on the watch, and he said that he had seen a ghost, and the ghost wanted to arrest him, and he kept running away, and hid for a long time in a daze......
After asking the last one, Li Yaohua and the others returned to the yamen with Lord Wu of the opposite sex, and the envoys of the yamen were even more panicked than before along the way.
Lord Wu hesitated for a long time and then asked.
"How many Dao Masters have a clue?"
"I'd like to see the rest of the people who haven't woken up yet. ”
Lord Wu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "Okay." ”
The other twelve families, Li Yaohua has all investigated, except for one person, the souls of the rest have all returned to their places.
"Senior sister, could it be that the monster was afraid of a few of us, so he put the soul back?"
Li Yaohua stared at Yaoling coldly again, and Yaoling immediately shut up again.
Except for that Zhang Qi'er, all the souls were released, and these people only needed to recuperate for a while to recover, but she was not happy about it at all, she was faintly worried, and always felt that something big would happen.
On the way back to Yamen, Lord Wu couldn't help but ask again, "Girl, do you have any clues? Is it a demon or a man? Will he still come? Can you still catch him?"
"My lord, you ask so many questions at once, how can we answer?" Because Li Yaohua seemed to be thinking deeply about something and didn't speak, Yaoling rushed to choke Lord Wu.
"Yaoling, don't be rude to Lord Wu!"
"Yes!"
After Li Yaohua saw Yaoling admit her mistake, she apologized to Lord Wu.
"My lord, the current situation is really unexpected, so we have to discuss it with our senior brothers and sisters, can we go to the yamen to inform your lord after we are sure?"
Lord Wu hesitated for a long time, and finally agreed, "Okay...... Alright!"
Lord Wu was also neat, and after speaking, he led his own people and left.
Because of this strange incident, the daytime in Anding Town is also a little deserted now.
Li Yaohua walked down the street with Yaoling and Wen Xiu, as well as Youqin, who followed silently.
Li Yaohua pondered for a moment and then began to speak, "When I heard that Hu Anyi just now, I still suspected that he was demonized as a beauty to confuse him, but after listening to the situation of the successor later, I think those people should not be the murderer's illusion. ”
Yaoling nodded as if she didn't understand, and Wen Xiu also bowed slightly.
"Transforming into different people originally requires a considerable amount of mana, and these people have been killed one after another, so no matter how high the mana of this murderer is during this period, he must have consumed a lot. If the murderer is a demon, it is impossible for him to not reveal the demonic qi in the slightest due to his weakened mana, and if it is a human being, we have originally speculated that this person's cultivation of evil law is not deep enough, so if he goes through this kind of consumption again, he will definitely need to recuperate for a long time. In this way, no matter what the identity of the murderer is, it is impossible for him to return his soul!"
In fact, what made Li Yaohua the most strange thing about this incident was that the murderer took away the souls and souls of these men, but now almost all of them were returned unharmed. What is he doing this for, and what is he trying to do?
"I don't think this person took the soul for cultivation, he did it for other reasons. "But what else can be done?" she couldn't figure out.
"Senior sister. Wen Xiu called her, then hesitated for a moment, and then said hesitantly, "I suddenly have a potentially absurd idea, I don't know whether to say it or not?"
"Wen Xiu, let's talk about it!" Li Yaohua just had the idea of listening to it. She still remembered that she came back here to experience Wen Xiu and Yaoling, and if the two of them could have their own independent thinking ideas about things, they would definitely live up to that person's expectations.
"Is it possible that what he did before was to attract us?"
Li Yaohua couldn't help but be taken aback by Wen Xiu's bold guess, and it was no wonder that Wen Xiu was not confident.
After thinking about it before and after, Li Yaohua said, "Logically speaking, if the soul of a cultivator is used for cultivation, it is more useful than that of ordinary people. But this idea is still untenable, "But a cultivator may not be easy to deal with, he doesn't need to take such a big risk!" And he still shouldn't return those souls. "Unless he has the perfect way. ”
If the murderer was really coming at them, what was the best thing he could do?
"If I were the demon, I would ...... Get in with us, befriend us, and then find the right time to strike!"
Li Yaohua muttered to herself, suddenly felt a chill in her back, and Wen Xiu seemed to suddenly realize something, and the two of them turned around at the same time to look at Youqin, who had been following silently.
Youqin stood there holding Qin, her hat covering her face, and she couldn't see her expression, but she was very eye-catching on the street in red clothes, which inexplicably made Li Yaohua feel that she revealed a kind of coldness.
"Miss Li is really smart!" Youqin sighed lowly.
"Yaoling, get out of the way!" Li Yaohua shouted.
She didn't think it would really be Youqin, as long as she didn't admit it, she wouldn't believe it was her at all.
"Little junior sister!"
Wen Xiu grabbed Yaoling and pulled Yaoling, who was still ignorant, to this side, facing Youqin, and the three of them formed a confrontation with Youqin.
Seeing that Yaoling was safe for the time being, Li Yaohua waved her hand, and a golden light flew out-
"Senior sister, what are you doing?" asked Yaoling puzzled.
If it weren't for Wen Xiu grabbing her, maybe she would rush up to stop Li Yaohua.
Youqin didn't move, and an invisible wall bounced the golden light away.
The golden light shone on the white wall next to the street, and immediately a pile of bricks collapsed. When the people in the streets saw this, they were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
The red dress fluttered lightly, and the curtain of the hat also flew up, and suddenly, I saw a smile on the corner of my lips.
Li Yaohua waved his hand back, and a golden light burst through the ground, giving birth to a sword array, and the golden light sword surrounded Wen Xiu and Yaoling.
"Aren't you a disciple of Kunlun Mountain?"
She was angry, from last night to just now, she had at least believed in Yuqin for a moment, and she was angry about it.
"I said I was. Youqin's voice was still as gentle as last night, but there was a faint coldness.
Yaoling opened her mouth to ask, but Wen Xiu covered her mouth.
"Listen well! Look!" Li Yaohua transmitted a voice into Yaoling's heart.
Yaoling nodded resignedly, staring at Youqin with wide eyes.