Chapter 324: Traces of Possession
Ye Wanxi and her companion were already quite curious about the "old charlatan" that Duan Jiliang had mentioned, so they naturally had no objection to Duan Jiliang's suggestion.
The old charlatan lived in a secluded tile-roofed house in the southeast corner of Caojia Village.
According to his fellow villagers, he fled to their village more than 20 years ago. He had no parents, no children, and they had never heard of him having any relatives or friends with him.
Over the years, he has barely made a living by doing some mysterious and unpredictable things for people. Because he is quite accurate at fortune telling, many people from his own village and other villages like to come to him when they encounter any misfortune.
But he was eccentric and often talked nonsense. People would go to him for fortune telling, but they didn't dare to have much contact with him, for fear that if they got too close to him, they would be tainted by some unclean things.
Therefore, the old charlatan lived in a very remote place, in a dilapidated house, and there were hardly any people around.
If Song Junbao hadn't mentioned it, causing Duan Jiliang and his men to notice something was wrong and come to arrest the person, they might have died inside for days without anyone knowing.
When Ye Wanxi and the others arrived, a group of people were guarding outside the old charlatan's dilapidated house, each carrying a real weapon.
Fortunately, many people from Caojia Village were arrested this morning because of the human trafficking case.
Those who remained peaceful and innocent were also keeping their gates tightly shut, not daring to come out.
Otherwise, with this kind of momentum, it might scare some timid people to death.
"The forensic doctor examined the body this morning and determined that the time of death was between five and six in the morning, and the specific cause of death was a sudden myocardial infarction. Originally, we planned to take the body back for a more detailed examination, but everyone thought about what happened in Linjia Village and felt that the old man's death was suspicious, so we didn't move him easily. We just had someone guard him outside to prevent unrelated people from getting close."
Ye Wanxi nodded and glanced around briefly as soon as she entered the room.
The old charlatan's house was small, and there were very few things inside.
A bed, a table, and a small cabinet.
It's worth mentioning that the old charlatan collapsed from a heart attack right in front of that small table, which contained things like yellow paper, gold foil, and cinnabar, now scattered in a mess.
It was obvious that the man was still fiddling with these things before he died, but the heart attack came too suddenly. This attack not only cost him his life, but also messed up all these things.
Seeing that the corpse was still lying on the ground without moving, Ye Wanxi roughly knew what they were worried about, and asked casually, "Is the forensic doctor who performed the autopsy still around?"
"Yes, yes," Lou Jiancheng called out to the door. "Go and call Lao Wang."
Within two minutes, a thin figure rushed in from outside in a flustered manner: "Who's looking for me?"
All eyes in the room immediately turned to him, and Ye Wanxi stared at him with a serious expression for a long while.
Duan Jiliang and his companions' hearts jumped instantly: "Miss Ye, he..."
"Oh, it's nothing." Ye Wanxi waved her hand, indicating that he could leave.
Duan Jiliang and the others breathed a sigh of relief and patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, saying, "You're all done here, go back now."
Old Wang: "???" Are you kidding me!
After confirming that there was nothing unusual about Lao Wang, Ye Wanxi turned her attention back to the corpse.
Just as he was about to reach out to touch it, Feng Tianyu stopped him.
"I'll do it."
Ye Wanxi didn't insist and withdrew her hand to stay by Feng Tianyu's side.
Feng Tianyu took the rubber gloves handed to him by Zou Yiluan, put them on, and pressed them against the corpse's neck. His eyes flickered slightly: "It's him."
The expected answer still made Ye Wanxi's face darken: "As expected."
Duan Jiliang and the others couldn't sit still any longer as they listened to their cryptic conversation: "Miss Ye, have you discovered something?"
"The formation in Linjia Village was set up by him."
"That……"
"If the formation is broken, the person who set it up will also suffer a backlash."
Upon hearing this, Duan Jiliang's face lit up with realization: "I heard from Daoist Zou that last night you worked together to pierce the heart of that vengeful ghost, which is the core of the magic array, and that's how you broke the array. Because you pierced the heart, the backlash caused a heart attack?"
"Um."
Out of caution, Lou Jiancheng took a few steps closer to the corpse and asked with some unease, "Is he really dead?"
"He's completely dead. Don't worry, he won't come back to life."
Lou Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Then what's inside..."
"Try not to take it out of this room. It would be best to burn it all, including the body."
"OK."
Duan Jiliang and the others naturally had no objection to this. In fact, if they hadn't wanted Ye Wanxi to come and take a look to confirm whether this person was related to the Linjia Village incident, they would have wanted to destroy these things long ago.
"If there's nothing else, I need to take care of some personal matters with a friend, so I'll take my leave now."
The group could roughly guess what personal matters Ye Wanxi was going to handle, so they didn't linger.
Ye Wanxi and her companion had not gone far from Caojia Village when they saw a wisp of black smoke rising from the location of the old charlatan's house.
Watching the billowing black smoke rise, Ye Wanxi asked in a low voice, "Did you find anything just now?"
"There are signs of possession."
Ye Wanxi was not surprised; instead, she felt a sense of "I knew it" disappointment.
"His face showed signs of an early death, yet he somehow managed to live for over twenty years longer. The one who possessed him must be an extremely difficult old monster to deal with."
But then I thought, if he weren't an old monster, he probably wouldn't have been able to cause such a commotion.
Feng Tianyu's expression was rather grim: "He escaped."
"It's alright. The formation backlash caused him serious injuries, otherwise he wouldn't have abandoned his body and fled in panic. Now that he's injured and doesn't have a suitable body to rely on, his vital energy is greatly depleted. Even if we can't find him, he won't cause any trouble in the short term."
Feng Tianyu was certainly aware of this, but he was still uneasy about leaving such a potential problem unresolved.
Especially since they broke the formation, in a sense they had made enemies with the other side, and it was hard to guarantee that the other side wouldn't come looking for trouble as soon as they returned.
Feng Tianyu subtly rubbed his fingertips, which had just touched the corpse, while secretly plotting how to lure the old monster out to prevent future trouble.
If necessary, you can ask the third brother for help. That guy is not only good at making medicine, but also an expert in taming beasts. Back then, he was the most famous intelligence broker in the surrounding area.
There was nothing he didn't know about within the sect, and eventually, this business even expanded to cover the entire continent.
Unaware that he had been targeted, Jun Wuduan suddenly felt an itch in his nose and sneezed loudly at his big cat.
He was met with a disdainful glance from the big white lion and a push that prevented him from getting closer.
Jun Wuduan grabbed its paw pad and squeezed it, muttering under his breath, "Who's thinking about me? It can't be anything good."
Former top star in the surrounding area: "..." I really do thank you! Your comment has completely ruined my image as a former intelligence chief!
(End of this chapter)
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