A slight smile played on my lips.
The story is quite well-crafted, but it becomes increasingly unreliable starting with that aristocratic family.
Actually, when the fat man first told me about this Taoist priest, I felt there was something wrong with him.
Now that we've come in, everything has been going so smoothly.
We couldn't find the information, but as soon as we opened the door, we found the notes.
As for the bronze mirror, it remains in its original position.
And that Taoist priest, although he didn't appear, he was like a persistent ghost.
"I think it will be useful to keep it!"
Without making a move that might alert the enemy, I stopped what I was doing and put the bronze mirror away.
"But sir, this is a bit dangerous!"
The fat man called out to me.
"I'll perform an exorcism first!" Seeing how worried the fat man was about me, I took out the bronze mirror and then took out some talismans from my backpack to create an exorcism array.
Just as I expected, once the formation was complete, the evil energy on the bronze mirror was easily removed.
"Brother, there was far too little evil energy! You cleared it all away in one go!"
The older woman exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this, finally realizing that something was amiss.
"It seems this bronze mirror cannot be moved!"
The older woman was equally resolute.
"What's going on?"
The man was a little confused by what he heard; he seemed to still not know what had happened.
"You might have been fooled by that Taoist priest! Or perhaps his skill wasn't that high, and he didn't discover anything!"
I snorted coldly and put away the bronze mirror.
"This isn't something to suppress demons! It is indeed a magical artifact, but its purpose is to attract demons!"
I spoke slowly and deliberately.
From the moment I picked up this bronze mirror, I began to study its function.
This thing has a special attraction to demonic and evil energy.
I had seen similar things in the book Yingniang gave me before; their purpose was basically to lure out evil spirits.
I carefully explained the details of this thing to the fat man and the middle-aged woman, and they both nodded at the same time.
"That's about right. I've heard my grandfather talk about something similar before!"
This is something only large sects would have!
The woman took a deep breath, never expecting to encounter a similar magical artifact in this courtyard.
"What sect? What demon-summoning? What are you talking about, sir?!"
The fat man patted his round belly, indicating that he was completely confused by what he was hearing.
"In short, what that Taoist priest said was wrong; it's very likely that the mirror has been switched!"
I gave the fat man a brief explanation.
"What would have happened if you had cut this bronze mirror in half, sir?"
The fat man continued to voice his questions.
I was stunned after hearing that.
If this thing is really as simple as I think, there won't be any major problems after cutting it; at most, it'll just mean losing a magical artifact.
"No, it can't be as simple as I thought!"
I shook my head.
From the letter I just received, it seems that the Taoist priest has been setting a trap for me all along.
The ultimate goal of that scheme was to make me cut the bronze mirror.
But here's the problem: based on the current information, the only consequence of cutting the bronze mirror is that the mirror will break.
The material of this mirror wasn't anything special either; if the Taoist priest really wanted to destroy it, he could have done it himself. So why set up this whole scheme?
"Brother, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing that I was in a daze, the older woman quickly waved her hand in front of my eyes.
I told the older woman and the fat man my guess.
"Is it possible that this Taoist priest has no physical body?"
The woman made a bold guess.
Just like the female ghost inside the bottle, although she can conjure up a certain body, she cannot break the magical artifact with that body.
"You mean the culprit is that Taoist priest?" I was quite moved by this conjecture.
Logically, it can be clearly explained.
"Of course, there is another possibility: this mirror is cursed!"
I know of a soul-transfer spell; once attacked, the body will be taken away!
The woman broke out in a cold sweat as she spoke.
I remember now, I've seen this curse in the notebook the old lady gave me, it's also an extremely evil spell.
"So, you mean that the Taoist priest who helped me before was actually the murderer! His real purpose was for you, sir?"
The fat man next to him was no longer calm.
He quickly forced a smile: "Girl, don't joke around, it can't be that weird."
I thought that Taoist priest was a very nice person, with a kind and benevolent face.
The fat man doesn't seem to believe these things anymore.
"Forget it, Xiao He, we're just guessing! I sense an evil aura not far ahead!"
I patted the fat man on the shoulder, indicating that he didn't need to worry about this issue.
Everything is just speculation right now; none of us know what it is.
The answer lies in this courtyard. Once the evil spirits in the courtyard are removed, the truth will likely come to light.
This time, I led the way to the west courtyard.
"This is the west wing, which is usually where maids and servants live, but there have been very few maids since my grandfather's generation!"
The fat man followed closely behind me and then explained the situation to me and the older woman.
Generally, wealthy families like this have maids and servants.
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