Shen Miao gently patted Da Bao's head and said, "You're right. On the contrary, you've given your mother another way of thinking. Perhaps your mother was just being stubborn before."

Hearing this, Da Bao was very happy: "Then can I help Mommy?"

“Yes, you can,” Shen Miao affirmed.

Da Bao was even happier. The other three children were a little envious when they saw Da Bao receive praise, and they racked their brains to think of a solution to the problem.

However, they are still too young. They may occasionally come up with some ingenious ideas, but they are far from solving problems.

After dinner, the children went to their cub class, while Shen Miao and the other two continued to discuss the mysterious deaths of Xuan Ran's soldiers. Shen Miao was the first to offer her opinion: "I think Da Bao's statement makes some sense. We have been searching for many days, and the other party has committed many crimes. It can't be completely clean every time, unless it is not human to begin with."

Qingchen nodded: "Also, ordinary orcs have a hard time even crossing the outer barrier. As for those inside the camp, I've been paying attention lately and haven't seen any strange people."

“But did you notice?” Jiuying followed up, “that the beastman we captured from Shenmiao House that day was a real person, not some ghost.”

"Is it possible that they aren't working together, but just happened to be in the same group at the same time?" Shen Miao asked.

Jiuying nodded: "That makes sense. I have a plan."

Shen Miao looked at Jiu Ying, but Qing Chen said, "You want to use the Soul-Trapping Array to trap that troublesome soul?"

“Yes, I need to confirm whether the other party is a human or a ghost.” Jiuying nodded.

If it is a human, this formation is useless, but if it is a soul, it will definitely not be able to escape the Nine-Headed Serpent's Soul-Trapping Formation.

Hearing their lively conversation, Shen Miao, completely clueless, couldn't help but ask anxiously, "What are you talking about? What's this Soul-Trapping Array? What's it for?"

Jiuying then explained it to her, and Shen Miao clapped her hands and said, "This is a good method. Even if we can't catch it, we can still rule out the possibility of it being a ghost."

"I'll go set up the formation." Jiuying stood up, not wanting to waste a moment.

Shen Miao followed behind: "Let's go together."

Qingchen remained seated. Drawing an array wouldn't require two people, and besides, someone needed to stay home. With Shenmiao and the others gone, they probably wouldn't be back until tomorrow.

Of course, this is the ideal outcome; if we don't manage to catch anyone, it will probably take even longer.

Xuanran's army continued its training as usual, but the orcs' morale was clearly not as good as before. Shen Miao did not intend to punish them before catching the culprit.

After all, anyone facing the constant threat of death wouldn't be in a good mental state.

Shen Miao couldn't draw the Soul-Trapping Array, so Jiu Ying was in charge of it. Setting up the array required a lot of spiritual power, especially since the array was very large, almost encompassing the entire Xuan Ran Army's garrison.

By the time the Soul-Trapping Array was completed, Jiuying was exhausted. Since there was still some time before nightfall, Jiuying closed his eyes, sat in meditation, and slowly recovered his spiritual power.

Shen Miao walked around the area, looking for clues. She had actually checked it many times. The illusions and mazes on the outside were intact, and even the traps had not been moved. This meant that the other party was either a ghost or someone from inside the Beast Realm.

As darkness fell, Xuanran's army finished their training and went back to rest in twos and threes. They talked quietly, and some said they wanted to sleep together because they were afraid that the murderer would continue to appear.

Shen Miao took out beef sauce from her spatial storage, put it in a pancake, and ate it with Jiu Ying, which served as their dinner.

"Do you think we can catch that thing?" Shen Miao asked softly.

Jiuying whispered back, "If it's a ghost, it can be caught."

After finishing her meal, Shen Miao burped and said, "I'd rather those ghostly things were caught once and for all, so they wouldn't cause any more trouble."

As night deepened and the temperature dropped sharply, sleepiness followed. Shen Miao, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, was now lying down because she couldn't sit up straight anymore.

Jiuying, however, sat upright, like a strict and obstinate old man.

Shen Miao yawned and beckoned to Jiu Ying, saying, "Lie down for a bit. We don't know when you'll be able to come over. If you're asleep when you arrive, it won't be worth it."

"It's alright, you rest, I'll keep an eye on things."

Shen Miao felt too embarrassed to sleep, so she whispered to Jiu Ying, asking him why he knew so much. Jiu Ying said that he had been raised as the clan leader since he was a child, and he had to learn everything.

Furthermore, the clan leader possesses an ancient book passed down from their ancestors. Jiuying has been reading that book since childhood, and many things within it are unknown to outsiders except for the clan leader.

Shen Miao clicked her tongue in admiration. She had thought the children here were very fortunate, not having to be forced to learn various things. But Jiu Ying's experience taught her that no matter the era, hard work is indispensable to becoming a superior person.

The moon was already gradually setting in the west; it was already late at night.

Shen Miaodu was getting anxious. She was no longer sleepy and began to think about what to do next.

Just then, Jiuying suddenly whispered, "They're here!"

Shen Miao was stunned. She looked around but saw nothing.

Just as she was about to ask, she was surprised to see that the array that Jiuying had drawn on the ground suddenly shone brightly, and a shadow inside was frantically running around.

But no matter which way it goes, it will always be blocked by the light.

Shen Miao looked closely and found that it was just a shadow, without any physical form. If it weren't for this formation, she wouldn't have been able to find it no matter what she tried.

No wonder this thing can kill so many people, and it comes and goes without a trace. Since it has no physical form, naturally none of the barriers outside can do anything about it.

The two waited a while longer, and seeing that nothing else came, Jiuying used her special ability to gradually close the formation, finally shrinking it to the size of a bag, which she then held in her hand.

This formation was far more mysterious than Shen Miao knew, and she looked at it with great envy.

She watched as the thing was forced to shrink gradually until it was only the size of a palm, and couldn't help but ask, "Can this thing kill people?"

Jiuying stared at the thing that kept baring its teeth and said with certainty, "It's a beast soul, and someone is controlling it."

Ordinary beast spirits will not easily attack people unless they are manipulated by a beast shaman. In that case, they will become like machines, and can only do whatever the beast shaman tells them to do.

For example, the beast spirit in front of us was probably ordered by the beast shaman to kill everyone in Xuanran's army.

The beast soul, held in Jiuying's hand, was extremely agitated, constantly trying to escape and running around inside, clearly having been raised to have a bloodthirsty nature.

"It devoured the beast crystals of the Xuanran Army, and its power is increasing." Jiuying's expression was solemn.