Ji Yuze had also handled many exorcism requests from remote and impoverished areas. Each time, he had to deal with these stubborn villagers who believed in some kind of self-contained deity in various ways.
This time, however, he learned a new method: he could simply find out what the villagers believed in first, and then pretend that the gods were effective.
Aside from the humiliating experience of receiving the devout worship of the villagers, everything else was fine.
When Qu Jin appeared, he seemed quite used to everything. After demonstrating his ability to summon wind and rain to the villagers, he casually took Xiao Jin and left.
The story, up to this point, seems to have a happy ending.
However, there is actually an indispensable premise to this matter.
Everyone around Xiao Jin either died or avoided him; when something happened, no one would save him.
The only exception was Ji Yuze, because he didn't belong to this world at all and knew about many subsequent developments. So, his bad luck didn't stay away from him at all, and even when he was tricked, he would always appear around him from time to time.
So on the night Xiao Jin was almost killed by the villagers as a jinx, Ji Yuze was also entangled in a strange and messy matter.
A middle-aged woman with a disfigured face suddenly pestered him, claiming to be his first wife. It turned out that Ji Yuze, this heartless man, abandoned his wife and children after achieving immortality through cultivation, becoming a treacherous person.
Ji Yuze was speechless. His father opened the door to him, saying that he didn't even know this disfigured woman. At the time, he was just an anomaly who suddenly appeared in this world. How could he have a child with a woman who looked a decade older than him?
If we consider Ji Yuze at that timeline, he would have been only fifteen years old. He had a child with this woman who was in her early twenties when he was just born.
The situation seemed very strange, so he decided to resolve the issue with the woman first.
They claim to solve problems, but in reality, they half-coax and half-drag people to a secluded place, and only after a barrage of threats and inducements do they finally understand what happened.
A gentle-looking man gave her ten taels of silver and asked her to lie to frame Ji Yuze.
He immediately realized that something was definitely going to happen to Xiao Jin.
For no other reason than that his sole purpose in coming to this illusionary formation was Xiao Jin. His entire life had revolved around her. Ji Yuze had no conflicts with anyone, and the only reason he could be targeted was because of Xiao Jin.
That's why he was able to rush back and witness the whole process of Xiao Jin being taken away by Qu Jin.
Before that, Ji Yuze was still somewhat skeptical of what Ji Mofan had said.
The trust stemmed solely from Ji Mofan's past character; he believed that this person would not lie or deceive others.
But this time, he felt a genuine and unusual suspicion towards Qu Jin.
If Qu Jin had only happened to encounter Xiao Jin in distress today and kindly rescued him from danger, why would he have excluded this potential variable in advance?
The only possibility is that Qu Jin already knew about his acquaintance with Xiao Jin and stood by or even fueled the injustice he had suffered in the past.
Only in this way can he be pushed into the abyss, thus becoming the god who pulls him out of the abyss.
He guessed that the reason he had kept Ji Yuze around was probably because he hadn't affected what Qu Jin wanted to do, which was why he hadn't made a move.
Otherwise, it would have been very difficult for him to escape unscathed from Qu Jin's clutches.
Ji Yuze quietly stayed with Xiao Jin in the illusionary formation until the very last second before the demonic cultivators officially challenged the border of the cultivation world.
When he opened his eyes, after spending more than ten years in a dream, he looked up at the sky and it seemed that less than half an hour had passed.
This formation is really a good thing.
"Is it that the incense stick also has a scaly luster, looks pitch black when there is no light, and reflects colorful light when it is illuminated?" Ji Mofan suddenly asked.
Ji Yuze's thoughts were interrupted. He carefully recalled the scene in his dream and nodded. "Yes, and that thing looks like it was made from something whole, without any cracks, and it doesn't look like it was sculpted after a second plastic surgery."
Ji Mofan's expression was not good. "From your description, it might be rhinoceros horn incense."
Ji Yuze had never heard of such a thing before, and looking at him with a confused expression, asked, "What is that?"
“Raw rhinoceros horn cannot be burned, but when burned it has a strange fragrance. If it touches clothing, people can communicate with ghosts.[1]” Ji Mo Fan said, “It is said that as long as you have this thing, you can let the living meet the dead.”
No wonder he didn't smell anything unusual during the search.
According to ancient records, the fragrance of rhinoceros horn incense is not meant for humans to smell; the scent of its burning is only detectable by the dead, which is why they are attracted to it.
"But this thing is only recorded in ancient books from many years ago. I don't know if its effects are real or not, and the method of making it has been lost for a long time. So how could it reappear in the world?"
After muttering to himself, Ji Mofan suddenly fell silent.
Didn't he just see several ancient books in Qu Jin's study?
Qu Jin himself is an old-fashioned person, so what's so strange about him knowing some long-lost secret techniques?
Ji Yuze clearly realized this after Ji Mofan gradually fell silent. He scratched his head and asked, "But why would the Supreme Venerable make something like this?"
“He may be collecting the resentment of the dead,” Ji Mofan said. “When I was exploring the Supreme Venerable Hall just now, I found a treasure pavilion in his bedroom filled with the belongings of those who died violent deaths.”
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