......

"Little Daoist, this is it. ”

The old lady took Xia Fan to her house.

Xia Fan took advantage of the light of the oil lamp in the room to glance at Ruqiu, who was hiding behind Mrs. Tian, and there was indeed obvious fear and weakness on his face.

"Do not enter without notifying you. He commanded, and then went into the house, and slammed the latch of the door.

This house is the most common type of residence in the county, the largest is a hall, about 10 square meters, with a door on the left and right, a kitchen on one side, and a bedroom on the other. There is also a small narrow door in the kitchen that leads to the latrine and backyard.

Xia Fan took a minute to take a cursory walk around the house, and after confirming that there was no one else, he opened the bedroom window.

Li, who was already in place, quietly turned into the house.

At this time, she is like a person from the rivers and lakes, although she is wearing ordinary cloth clothes, but with the blessing of the hat and the rain, she looks full of chivalry, if she is equipped with a long sword at her waist, it is an authentic sect swordsman style.

As for the characteristics of the fox demon, it is completely covered by clothing, and its behavior is basically the same as that of a human.

"What, does it still fit?"

"My chest is a little tight, but it doesn't affect my movements. Li replied.

Clothes that perfectly match your body shape...... It's going to be harder to find. Xia Fan cleared his throat, "What should we do next?"

And so on. She walked over to the edge of the bed and sat down, "You can only make an accurate judgment if you see the vision with your own eyes." ”

"Don't need to turn off the lights?"

"No," Lai's eyes looked like he was looking at a fool, "how do you observe them when they're out?"

"I thought...... Ghosts are afraid of light. Xia Fan replied embarrassedly, used to hurting people......

"If they're afraid of light, they don't need a monk to deal with the evil spirits. The fox demon let out a sneer, "Even the charm that is most affected by the light will not run away when it sees the light, let alone anything else." Besides, I don't think that old lady encountered a ghost. ”

"Why?"

"Demons are the most difficult of the evil spirits to deal with, and they mostly appear in the form of corpses, and it is not their style to hide their heads and tails. And once it appears, it will most likely set off a bloody storm, and it is unlikely that the two people in the house will be allowed to live until now. ”

Xia Fan found that she vaguely understood the temper of the fox demon - although she did not miss every opportunity to laugh at humans, she would still do what she promised seriously, even if it was to explain, she could take the trouble to start from the basics, rather than in a word.

"How are these cults classified?"

"According to my master, it must have been passed down by word of mouth for thousands of years, but the Privy Council has only made a further subdivision, adding the four categories of ghosts and ghosts before demons and monsters - the two correspond to each other, but the latter is used to refer to weaker evils. Of course, there are all kinds of folk names, and it is normal to use any name. ”

"That's why you say that there is no essential difference between the charm and the demon in the night......" Xia Fan suddenly said.

"But this classification is not without loopholes," Li snorted, "It makes no sense to classify demons as evil in the first place, it is purely the selfish desires of human beings, if you really want to divide them into categories, you should also belong to them." Second, it can't contain all anomalous things, such as certain spirits......"

At this point she paused abruptly and looked up at the roof.

"What's wrong?"

"Shhhh ”

Xia Fan couldn't help but hold his breath and follow her gaze upwards - under the reflection of the oil lamp, only one side of the beam above his head emitted a dim reflection, the rest of the part was hidden in the darkness, and with the large shadows on the tiled roof, he could see extremely limited details.

In the silence, he heard a slight "click, click".

At first, Xia Fan still needed to listen attentively, but since he heard it, the voice gradually became distinct, as if it was far away for a while, and sometimes it seemed to be coming from his side.

He realized that what Mrs. Tian said was true, this was neither a psychological effect nor an illusion, there was indeed something more in the room!

Sometimes it walks along the beams of the roof and sometimes skims over the closet, as evidenced by the small, clear footsteps.

Even after the baptism of the Great Wilderness Night, Xia Fan still felt the pimple on his back.

No matter how he looked, he couldn't find the source of the sound.

It's no wonder that Tian's wife will be tossed and unable to sleep all night - in the face of such a strange situation, she can still sleep peacefully, and her psychological quality is by no means ordinarily high.

But if it's just invisible, he can't deal with it!

Xia Fan took off the wooden sword behind his back and held it firmly in his hand.

He was waiting for the moment when the evil thing was exposed.

Half an hour later, the oil lamp shook suddenly, and a wooden cup on the low table at the head of the bed was knocked down with a "clang" and fell straight to the ground—

Almost at the same time, Xia Fan made a move.

Attentively, the five senses, strengthened by Qi, clearly captured every detail of the cup being poured, it first tilted to the left, then it was pushed outward, and if there was anything there, it must be behind the cup, and the route was from right to left!

Xia Fan swung his sword and slashed towards the predetermined position - according to the frequency of the click, it was impossible for it to dodge this blow!

"Smack!"

The strong impact made him almost unable to hold the hilt of the sword, and the wooden sword landed on the table almost without any obstacles, and its recoil force shook Xia Fan's palm. Except for a dent left on the low table, there was no further success in this shot.

The clattering continued, sounding as if he was being laughed at.

"Hahahaha...... "This time someone is really laughing.

Li held his stomach and laughed for a long time, until the smile turned into an uncomfortable look—it was clear that the laughter had touched the wound.

"Chief, you—are you alright?" asked suspiciously.

"It's okay...... I'm catching ghosts!" Xia Fan shook his numb hand and glared at Li angrily, "Is it so funny to miss once?"

Li Yiyi nodded solemnly, "It's really interesting to see the way you are engrossed in chopping the air." ”

"Air? it obviously knocked over the cup—" Xia Fan suddenly frowned in the middle of speaking, "Wait, do you know the exact location of that thing?"

"Yes and no. ”

"What does that mean?"

This means that as long as you don't see it, you'll never know where it is. ”

Don't see ...... I don't know, the problem is that I don't even know the location, how can I talk about it when I see it? Xia Fan looked puzzled.

"The trick is to find a way to see each other," Li raised the corners of his mouth, "I already know what we're looking for." ”

"Well, what is it?"

"Blame, or rather...... A sprite. The fox demon replied, "This is also the most branched category of evil spirits, as the so-called strange and strange, there are no strange things, if I am not mistaken, it should be the void, the kan, and I am the same kind of genus." ”

Xia Fan immediately took this knowledge to heart, even if he couldn't understand its meaning for the time being, "It takes a spell to see what you said...... Void?"

"I don't know. Some magic techniques may be possible, but Master didn't teach me. "But before there were alchemists, people also figured out ways to see the Void. ”

"What kind of method?"

"You'll know right away – just until then, I'll need a big stack of window paper, the more the better. ”

......

It was not easy to gather a large pile of window paper at nine or ten o'clock in the evening, and it took Xia Fan and Mrs. Tian a lot of effort to borrow or buy five or six rolls of oil paper from their neighbors.

Li quickly connected them end to end and glued them into three "paper tapes". The tapes were taped horizontally to the ends of the walls, dividing the room into several areas. After that, she lit more than a dozen candles, which were all the reserves of Mrs. Tian's house, and distributed them in various corners of the house.

"So...... That's it. After making these preparations, Li clapped his hands and said.

"Are you sure?" Xia Fan doubted, "It feels like there are just a few more banners made of window paper hanging in the room." ”

"For visions, the more complex they are, the more effective. The fox demon took off his hat and sat cross-legged in front of the paper, "The void is the embodiment of qi, and the reason why you can't see it is because you pay too much attention to your eyes. ”

"But didn't you say before that the lights are out and it's more difficult to observe?"

"Indeed, because darkness not only does not make you give up using your eyes, but will increase your focus on vision, and the effect will naturally be worse. ”

Xia Fan thought for a moment and found that what the other party said was also reasonable, "Then what is the purpose of these papers?"

"What you see through the window paper will be more blurry, which will weaken the scene in your eyes. This will force you to realize that your eyes are no longer reliable, but can perceive things that are not normally directly observed. ”

The problem is that it's only your own brain that deceives you...... Just as he was about to doubt his beliefs, a dark shadow suddenly jumped on the paper.

And there should be nothing else in this room except for him and the fox demon!

Through the oiled paper, Xia Fan could see the shadows of the bed frame reflected by the hazy candlelight and the light, while the walls, windows, and other things that were a little farther away completely disappeared behind the paper, as if it were an infinite space. At the top of the bedframe's silhouette, the shadow wriggled and moved slowly forward—everything was like a rough shadow puppet, and the shadow was its stage.

"I see it. Xia Fan said softly.

"It's not really seen yet. Before they were perceived, they could appear in any possible location, or even the world in which they were located, which was different from ours. The moment it knocked over the cup, the body was not necessarily near the cup, and in my Master's words, we could not understand the movement of the Void Spirit because we were bound by the rules of heaven and earth. ”

Bound by the rules?Xia Fan couldn't help but silently recite in his heart, "Can Wei go beyond the rules?"

"The closer you get to chaos, the harder it is to use common sense. Isn't that how visions manifest?" Li said, "and as long as this void spirit is perceived, it will be re-bound by heaven and earth, and become an entity that can be touched. It's time to see what it really looks like. ”

"How?"

"Just walk over there. ”

Xia Fan nodded, slowly bypassed the oiled paper banner, and looked at Tian's wife's bed frame-

I saw that there was an extra cat on it, a raccoon cat that was so ordinary that it couldn't be more ordinary, probably sensing something, it turned around and opened its mouth towards Xia Fan, and barked softly.

"Meow-woo. ”