"You said that Gode's internal organs disappeared?"

Browning seemed to be thinking. He asked back a question, but without waiting for Lu Ban and Xia's answer, he just muttered to himself.

"My remains have the characteristics of a mud monster. It can absorb the souls of other people and mimic the corresponding people. After being attacked by me, it separated its internal organs and turned into someone else?"

"But you must have met everyone in Stormy Mountain Villa. No matter who he wants to become, he will be discovered, unless... he becomes someone who doesn't belong here."

Browning looked at Lu Ban and Xia Ya.

"Did you meet anyone else who wasn't here from the beginning?"

Thunder roared at this time, and it seemed that trees in the distance were struck by lightning, bursting into raging flames, shining brightly in the dark night, reflecting the deep purple lightning, as if it was the end of the world.

"Yes, his name is Byron, a charlatan. He got a few pages of your treatise and gained extraordinary powers. He was invited here by Gode, but was locked in a wine barrel in the underground wine cellar."

Xia briefly explained the situation they encountered.

"Byron is now with our companions and is in good custody."

Hearing this, the expression on Browning's face became serious and gloomy.

"broken."

Browning sighed and then spoke.

"This Byron is probably a mimic of my remains. God and him are just different manifestations of my soul. After being killed by me, he hid himself as Byron, waiting for an opportunity to strike. Now, your companions have probably come into contact with him. He is likely to deceive your companions with sweet words, trying to find my existence and complete the soul-calling ritual."

Hearing Browning's words, Xia raised an eyebrow.

So far, there is nothing wrong with what Browning said, and it is basically logical. The Summoning Night is indeed carried out by Gode and Byron, and they do have many doubts. Since the mission is to survive the Summoning Night, Byron, as an unstable element, does need to be dealt with seriously.

But who can guarantee that the Taoist Heming in front of him will not hurt himself?

Of course, endless suspicion has no end, it will only make you hesitant and unable to move forward.

"So what do you want us to do?"

Lu Ban asked directly.

Now they have no choice but to help Taoist Heming. If that doesn't work, they can solve his problem first and then get rid of Taoist Heming.

Since he said that there was a problem with his sublimation, Lu Ban felt that if he gave him a song sung by a great being, perhaps he would be more obedient.

"It's very simple. Just find Byron, use this thing to petrify him, and then bring him to me."

Browning's fingers passed through the air, and the trajectory of his fingertips formed a trail of a meteor. A character appeared in the air, and then Browning waved his hand, and the thing floated towards Lu Ban and Xia.

The words stayed in front of the two people, and Xia quickly discovered the use of them.

“Is this knowledge?”

Shia looked at Browning.

"right."

Browning nodded slightly. This was concrete knowledge. As long as it came into contact with it, it would flow into the brain. Naturally, pollution would follow. This was the price.

"If I wanted to harm you, your bodies and minds would be controlled the moment you saw me. There's no need to do it at this time."

He added that he meant no harm.

"Me first."

Lu Ban thought that he was not afraid of these things anyway and that they would just melt, so he reached out and touched the tracer words floating in the air.

The moment his fingers touched the words, Lu Ban felt something trickling into his brain.

The tingling feeling on his scalp lasted for a moment, and Lu Ban immediately felt knowledge emerging in his mind.

It was some kind of simple ritual, but it could cause great trauma to the mud monster. As long as the ritual was successful, the mud monster hit would become a glass flower as hard as cement, allowing others to move it.

Those mud monsters were not dead, but seemed to be sealed.

"The Taoist Heming can master such a spell, so we have reason to believe that he can indeed control the mud monster."

Xia whispered in Lu Ban's ear.

"really."

When Lu Ban nodded, Xia also touched the text at the same time. She was obviously in more pain after enduring all this. The expression on her face was slightly distorted. The young wizard closed her eyes and then opened them, as if she was pondering the essence of this sealing spell.

"This spell is very simple. It just requires touching the opponent. But on the other hand, if Byron is aware of this, he might turn around and attack us first."

Shia said quickly.

They had seen those evolved mud monsters in the abandoned city ten years ago. Just looking at them could make a person's internal organs burst and turn into glass flowers.

After ten years, no one knows what this mud monster has evolved into.

Lu Ban and Xia Ya carried the old butler out of the mourning hall, put him to lie down in the next room, and prepared to go directly to Byron's room.

But before that, they had to discuss it with Stone first, and no one knew what Stone and Byron had said.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the corridor where the house was located, they saw Stone coming towards them.

Lu Ban saw that Stone's expression was serious, as if he had just learned about something serious.

"I have something to tell you."

Stone said very seriously.

"What a coincidence, we also have something to tell you."

Lu Ban responded.

The three of them looked at each other. The storm outside the window had still not stopped. It made an extremely harsh noise, covering up most of the whispers.

"You may not believe it, but I met Taoist Heming."

Stone said in a deep voice.

"We believe."

Lu Ban immediately patted his chest and said.

"Don't worry, the person I met may not be the real Heming Taoist. He said that the will of Heming Taoist exists in this Stormy Mountain Villa. It is the will of Heming Taoist that is trying to destroy his own body. When the Soul Summoning Night comes, the will of Heming Taoist will kill us."

Stone explained simply.

Xiaya and Lu Kan looked at each other.

"Byron is Heming Taoist. He merged himself with the mud monster and tried to become an Old One. He was blocked by the master of the Wasted City, a real Old One. Part of his soul was bound in Stormy Villa. This is the source of the abnormal situation we encountered."

Stone further explained.

After hearing Stone's words, Xia and Lu Ban looked at each other again.

"You may not believe it."

Lu Ban said to Stone seriously.

"We also met Taoist Heming. He said the same thing to us, but it was just the opposite. Taoist Heming's body was the culprit of the Soul Summoning Night."

"?"

Stone felt that something was wrong.