It seems that Yunwen was right. The sound of jumping out of the window just now should be the sound of its escape. After all, I have some impression of that sound. There was a special strong wind when it jumped down, and the frequency of the sound brought by this strong wind was somewhat special. Although it was fleeting, my ears rarely make mistakes. The sound of jumping out of the window just now was the same as the sound of something jumping into the sea when the Sea Monster was burned. From this, it can be accurately judged that the gray powder operator has been in Yingchun's house.

"Cough, cough." Yunwen made a sound in her throat.

I woke up from my thoughts and realized that I was pressing Yunwen against the wall, covering her mouth with one hand and supporting her with the other hand through her shoulders, like some kind of wall-dong action. I was in a trance just now and didn't pay attention. Now I was really embarrassed and hurriedly let go of my hands, but in my haste, I let go of the wrong hand. I let go of the wall and immediately lost my support with my left hand, and my body fell towards Yunwen.

But I lost my strength and was afraid of hurting her with my hand covering her mouth, so I quickly let go. Then, my mouth was pressed against hers. We were both shy for a while. The key point was that Bai Lu had just come up from downstairs at this time. We were standing in the shadow and there was no light in the corridor. If we moved or were seen clearly, she would inevitably feel uncomfortable, as if we two were deliberately irritating her.

So I could only stay like this for now, with our lips pressed tightly together and our bodies close together. I waited until Bai Lu entered the room before I slowly let go of Yunwen. She laughed tenderly, pushed me away, and said, "You're disgusting! You must have done it on purpose."

Since there was not enough oil, everyone had to use their oil bowls sparingly recently. When it was completely dark at night and the sun was out, no one would stay on the second floor anymore. So not long after talking with Yingchun, everyone went back downstairs and gathered around the campfire, waiting for me to arrange tonight's night shift.

I happened to have something to discuss with Yunwen, so when I made the arrangements, I was in the first class, Yunwen was in the second class, Yingchun was in the third class, and Bailu was in the fourth class. Yunwen was so understanding that when she heard my arrangements, she immediately understood what they meant and winked at me.

After everyone washed up, they followed the order of night watch, some went to sleep, some stayed up. Only Yunwen, who was supposed to sleep, got up and came to find me after the Song sisters went to bed. This was a tacit understanding between the two of us. If I arranged for her to go after me, it was probably because I had something to discuss with her, and I had to discuss it after the Song sisters went to bed.

After she got up, we made some hot tea by the campfire and drank it while she said that she would wait for me outside Yingchun's room tonight. She only said half of the words, and there was another part that she didn't say. The general meaning was that after I left her room, she repeatedly connected the clues together, and figured out why the wild buffalo attacked people, why the ghost vine killed people, and why the previous aphrodisiac incident continued to ferment.

The only reason that can explain it is that the gray powder operator has been staying in this house all the time, otherwise it would be impossible for him to know our whereabouts so accurately. The bison, without mad cow disease, would be at least two or three kilometers away from its territory and would attack us alone. The ghost vine has no ability to attack actively, and it kills people as soon as Yingchun comes down to the ground. It can be seen that it has been near us and tracking us, otherwise it would not be able to do it.

There is also the aphrodisiac incident. If it hadn't been nearby, it would not have been able to control me all along until I sweated it out. In addition, the aphrodisiac incident began with a sudden abnormality in the sea. After the ghost ship burned, it jumped into the sea, and then I became abnormal. This is not a coincidence, but it has invaded our lives since then.

Yunwen said that in order to help find the two dragon-seeking adzes, she searched everywhere for a month, but did not see it. The only place she did not look for was Yingchun's room. By integrating all the clues, there was only one possibility, that is, the manipulator behind the scenes had been staying in Yingchun's room.

Now I understand why it doesn't make us suicidal, but instead wants us all to die directly. It's because it can only promote and stimulate the strengthening of consciousness, but not directly replace consciousness. Humans have the ability to regulate their emotions, and the risk of failure is very high. Once it fails, and I find clues and discover that it is nearby, and find its real self, it may be in big trouble. So it can only achieve its goal by using dreams to instigate and sow discord among Yingchun. In this way, there will be no traces of its crimes left, and it will be easy to protect itself.

From my point of view, the incense was deliberately lit in the room to cover up the smell of the incense burner and minerals. The wooden man seemed to have moved, which meant that it was very likely hiding in it just now. There was no way it could run away. It was almost certain that it had been hiding there all the time, but it was just frightened by Yunwen's words just now and jumped out of the window.

"But I don't understand what its purpose is in doing this. Is it going to kill us?" Yunwen asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, what it wants is not to kill people, but to kill our bodies, use the gray powder to destroy our spirits, and turn us into ghosts that it can control. In this way, we become its slaves, and without the control of the spirit pool, it can use us to do anything." I said.

"I'm afraid that's the case. What should we do then? Especially since I'm not good at talking. We let it know tonight that we know its whereabouts, and it still escaped. Will it use more extreme methods to deal with us?" Yunwen said.

"If enemies come, we will fight them with soldiers; if water comes, we will block it with earth. There is no point in being afraid. I just don't know what such a powerful thing is. I only know that it may come from an incense burner or an alchemy furnace, otherwise there would be no such smell." I said.

Unexpectedly, in the next two or three days, it was surprisingly quiet and nothing strange happened. I also unexpectedly heard Yingchun and Bailu talking about these things. She said that she hadn't dreamed of the Longhu hermit in the past few days, and then she scolded Yunwen and me, thinking that it was because of us that the immortal didn't come.

Yunwen and I also took advantage of Yingchun's absence to sneak into her room and conduct a surprise search. We fiddled with the wooden man, but we could no longer feel the life in it. It was just a pile of rotten wood, a pile of wood that had been trimmed and chiseled by Yingchun. We also felt around outside the window, but found nothing except some gray powder.

All signs indicate that it is no longer there. Perhaps it knows that there is no place for it to live or hide here, so it dares not stay here any longer, and thus disappears without a trace, and dares not reappear for fear of risk.

This is fine, although I never see his true face, but for some opponents, it is better not to meet them. Fighting in silence and ending without breath is enough.

Yingchun was completely depressed. It seemed that her plan of resurrection was hopeless. But this also made her realize her mistake. After her sister taught her a lesson, she had no choice but to make peace with me. After all, her so-called backer had disappeared without a trace, and she was panicking. Besides, no one continued to instigate her, so I soon took the initiative. Yingchun's personality was relatively simple and she was easy to guide. Otherwise, how could she be easily deceived?

Perhaps its original form was too weak and was afraid of being hurt, so I never saw any trace of it again. Since it was not in the house, it would not know where we went. Without knowing our whereabouts, even if it wanted to harm me, it would have nowhere to find me. So I tried to go out to find food, and I thought nothing was wrong.

As a result, we found a lot of stranded fish and shells on the coast, and collected some fresh wild vegetables, grass roots, wild mushrooms, etc., which were all fine.

I thought this would be a particularly troublesome problem, but I didn't expect it to be solved so easily, which surprised me a lot.

But it was not until the seventh day after that thing disappeared that I had a dream that night. I dreamed of a tall man who was blurry like smoke and sand, with his back to me.