Because if Lin Xi doesn't say it now, they probably will never realize this.
Even now that Lin Xi has revealed this detail, they still can't figure out when the old man's body was taken over.
Because they were completely unaware...
As the old man's relatives, the three of them always thought they had taken good care of him, ensuring he had enough to eat and wear and basically fulfilling his wishes.
Little did they know that, unbeknownst to them, the old man was suffering such torment.
Mr. Hu's eyes immediately welled up with tears. Looking at the old man on the bed with his eyes closed, he covered his face with his hands.
Hu's mother and Hu Meng, who were standing nearby, were also very upset.
But besides the old man's situation, they were also worried about Mr. Hu's condition.
The most important thing now is to find the other soul.
If we can't find it, that spirit might just hide in the shadows and continue to curse Father Hu.
So they hurriedly asked Lin Xi about his method of finding that soul.
Finding that soul wasn't difficult, because there were still quite a few traces of that soul left in the old man's house.
Lin Xi quickly took out a talisman and summoned the paper crane again.
Once the paper crane had extracted enough of the soul's essence, it flew away.
Taking advantage of this time, Lin Xi first treated Old Master Hu on the bed, helping to stabilize his soul and allowing it to slowly recover from its oppressed state.
However, this process will be very long, and it is impossible to fully recover to normal all at once.
After giving Grandpa Hu a quick check-up, Lin Xi received a summons from the paper crane.
This time, she didn't let anyone follow her. After instructing Hu Meng and the other two to wait in the house, she quickly left.
The place where the paper crane sent the signal was not far away, only about 100 meters from Old Hu's house.
Upon arriving in that area, Lin Xi immediately spotted the puddle in front of him.
The puddle was similar to what Hu Meng had described before; the surface was covered with a thick layer of duckweed, making it impossible to see what was underneath.
However, the yin energy in this puddle was not just slightly heavier than the surrounding area, as the master had described; it was much heavier.
Lin Xi stared at the puddle in front of him, then suddenly raised his hand, and a talisman appeared in his palm.
Then, she threw the talisman into the puddle.
Bang!
The water surface exploded instantly, scattering the duckweed and finally revealing the true nature of what lay beneath.
To the naked eye, there was nothing strange about the duckweed except for a patch of murky water.
But Lin Xi clearly saw that a malevolent ghost was hiding in the water!
When Lin Xi saw the ghost underwater, her eyes instantly turned cold.
When the ghost in the water saw Lin Xi, it immediately showed some fear and anger.
The power of that talisman wasn't just to part the duckweed; it also significantly impacted the ghost in the water.
It realized that Lin Xi was not weak and was definitely not someone it could contend with.
It was one thing to realize that, but it was even clearer that if Lin Xi really caught it, it would have no chance of survival!
If that's the case, why not fight to the death?
Thinking of this, the ghost in the water immediately mobilized its yin energy, stirring up the duckweed again in an attempt to cover the water surface once more.
This puddle is its territory, and these duckweed and water will also become its weapons.
Once it leaves the puddle, its strength will be greatly reduced, making it easier for Lin Xi to catch it.
Therefore, it must do everything it can to stay in the water.
Then we'll just let Lin Xi watch from the shore, and then we'll use all our strength and means to deal with it.
It's not too late for it to come out when she's almost exhausted from using up her energy and talismans.
Maybe then we can defeat her in one fell swoop.
Another possibility is that Lin Xi has a bad temper and lacks patience, so when it didn't come out for a long time, it simply went into the water.
Little did she know that once she stepped into the puddle, she would be walking into a trap.
The ghost in the water thought its plan was perfect, but it didn't expect Lin Xi to play by the rules at all.
Seeing the ghost hide itself in the water again and play hide-and-seek with her, Lin Xi snorted and took out a water purification talisman.
In fact, the original purpose of this water purification talisman was simply to allow disciples in the wild to drink clean water; it was developed to purify the impurities in the water.
After all, they went down the mountain many times to help the people solve their problems. In addition, transportation was not well-developed at that time, and not everyone knew how to fly on a sword, so they spent a lot of time on the road.
Traveling for one or two days is considered short; longer journeys can take ten days to half a month, often involving mountain roads.
In this situation, the water and food they carry with them will eventually run out, and they will have to make do with what they have on hand.
When they are lucky, they may encounter flowing water, such as streams or rivers, which they will usually drink directly.
If you're unlucky, you might not even find a water source, or you might only encounter stagnant water, such as a puddle formed by a depression in the terrain.
The water in a stagnant pond not only smells very bad and strange because it doesn't flow, but drinking it can also harm your health.
Once, one of their disciples was so thirsty that he couldn't find any water nearby, so he drank a few mouthfuls of water from that stagnant pool.
As a result, I had a stomachache all night.
Later, an elder of the Tai Xuan Sect developed a water purification talisman and ordered each disciple to carry a few with them when they went out, just in case.
Later, this water purification talisman was improved, and it could not only remove impurities and dirt from the water, but also dispel negative energy and other harmful influences.
The effectiveness of a regular talisman may be slightly reduced if it falls into water.
However, this water purification talisman becomes even stronger when it comes into contact with water.
Thinking of this, Lin Xi decisively took out several high-grade water purification talismans, chanted a spell, and quickly threw them into the puddle.
When the water purification talisman is thrown in, it doesn't make a big or obvious noise like other talismans, but the dirt and yin energy in the water are absorbed and disappear at an extremely fast speed.
The most essential element for ghosts to survive and the thing they can use as weapons is yin energy.
Once the yin energy disappears, it's as if the ghost's entire strength and abilities have been drained away.
She wanted to see what the ghost could do to resist now that the yin energy in the puddle had disappeared.
The ghosts in the water were also bewildered.
Because it never expected that Lin Xi would pull such a move, directly eliminating all the yin energy in the vicinity!
That's the source of its power!
Once the Yin energy is eliminated, what qualifications or confidence does it have to contend with Lin Xi?!
Just as the ghost was anxiously thinking, the yin energy in the water was decreasing and was about to affect its soul. It made up its mind and immediately emerged from the water, intending to fight to the death.
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