His voice was so loud that even the other people in the teahouse looked over. As the last person from the Tianzhi Sect to disappear before arriving in town, Li Yao was known to many people, and they also stared at her with wide eyes. Soon, a murmur of discussion broke out.
Geng Qi was also shocked. The person who had been taken away for three days had returned alive?
Li Yao was pulled out of the river at the entrance of the town. The first people to find her were the fishermen in the town, who immediately notified the disciples of the Tianzhi Sect.
The man was taken back to the village head's office. When he returned, the corpses that had been scattered all over the ground the night before had been cleaned up, leaving only Yang Wei lying in the newly made coffin at Yandan Gate.
As soon as they stepped into the mansion, "Plaster" pointed loudly towards the backyard: "It's over here."
One of the rooms originally occupied by the female disciples was vacated, and Yuan Xin and several other disciples stood guard outside the door. Upon seeing Rong Yu, they bowed and paid their respects.
Geng Qi followed closely behind, when suddenly a hand appeared in front of him.
Yuan Xin frowned and stopped him: "What are you going in for?"
This girl seemed to be at odds with him; she glared at him angrily whenever she saw him.
Geng Qi smiled at her, "You can't stop me!"
He easily pushed aside her forceful hand and walked in leisurely.
Qinghan, who had parted ways with Yuan Xin outside the teahouse and then met up with him at the village head's residence, bowed apologetically to Yuan Xin.
“You…” Yuan Xin gritted her teeth in anger and quickly followed them inside.
Li Yao was not asleep on the only large couch in the side room; she was sitting curled up in the center of the couch.
I initially thought she was frightened, so I went up to take a look. Her eyes were empty, without any expression, and she was neither sad nor happy, neither sad nor angry. She was hugging her knees with both hands, and her whole body was like a puppet.
Yuan Xin stepped forward and said, "She has been like this ever since she woke up. She doesn't speak, doesn't cry or make a fuss, doesn't eat or drink, and doesn't respond no matter how we talk to her."
"Where is the person who found her?"
"The fishermen in the town were afraid of getting into trouble, so they went back after pulling the person out of the water."
They themselves received the news and went to move the people back to the village head's office.
Those who live in Gefeng Town year-round are all shrewd and calculating; otherwise, they would find it difficult to protect themselves.
Geng Qi examined Li Yao for a moment, then frowned slightly. Her chest rose and fell slightly, and her face showed no abnormalities, so she was definitely still alive. But was she in such a state because she had suffered too much shock and gone insane?
First, a charred corpse; then a body with an identity; and now they're even daring to send back living people. What is this? Is it the murderer's provocation?
Thinking back to the charred corpses that were returned after disappearing in the past, they all had one thing in common: their souls were completely lost.
Geng Qi asked, "Is her soul still there?"
Hearing him speak, Yuan Xin instinctively retorted, "The person is still alive, so the soul will naturally..."
As she spoke, she suddenly paused in surprise.
People die every day in Gefeng Town. Whether it's a case of missing souls that they're investigating or a case of death from other causes, the first thing they do after finding a body is to summon the soul. This method is simple; it only requires a spirit talisman to form an array, and every disciple of the Tianzhi Sect knows how to do it.
However, because Li Yao was still alive, they completely overlooked this point.
She subconsciously looked at Rong Yu's expression and, seeing that he didn't blame her, quickly took out a talisman and set up an array around Li Yao.
This was the second time Geng Qi had witnessed someone else's soul being summoned. The last time, he hadn't received any response from Yang Wei. This time, after the golden light formed an array, it didn't disappear immediately. Instead, a new point of light appeared above Li Yao's head, and something blurry gradually gathered together.
"Ah...ah—"
The sudden sound was extremely shrill, startling Yuan Xin, who quickly withdrew the magic array and took a step back in fright.
Suddenly, Li Yao, who had been curled up on the couch, contorted her face, clutched her head, and collapsed onto the couch in agony, wailing incessantly. It took her a long time to calm down, and she returned to her previous empty and lifeless state.
Geng Qi asked blankly, "What...what's going on?"
Qing Han said solemnly, "The essence of summoning souls is to gather a person's three souls and seven spirits. Although it is centered on the human body, the summoned souls and spirits are gathered on the top of the person's head. The soul governs the physical body, and the spirits govern the consciousness. This method is ineffective for living people, but for people who have souls but no spirits, it is no different from forcibly extracting their souls and spirits from their bodies, which will cause them unbearable pain."
Without consciousness, a person will give up resisting and will be unable to stop their soul from being extracted.
Geng Qi said, "You mean, she has a soul but no spirit?"
Qinghan nodded: "The three souls are all present, but the seven spirits are all gone."
This is precisely the result shown in this soul summoning.
Yuan Xin recovered from her shock and looked at Qing Han with undisguised surprise in her eyes: "You're not that old, but you know a lot."
She thought this boy was just a scoundrel and lecher like his brother!
Qinghan was taken aback, her face slightly flushed: "I...I've read more books."
Yuan Xin smiled at him.
Rong Yu remained calm, but his gaze lingered on the two brothers for a moment, his meaning unclear.
Geng Qi suddenly fell silent, looking thoughtfully at the person on the bed.
A moment later, with a solemn expression, he pulled Qinghan out of the room.
Once they reached the front courtyard, away from the side rooms, Geng Qi looked at the coffin in the yard before lowering his voice to ask, "When you went to examine Yang Wei's body, was it cold or warm?"
Qinghan thought for a moment and said, "It's cold."
Geng Qi's expression froze: "...It's over, we might have been exposed."
"..."
Recalling what Rong Yu said in the teahouse: Yang Wei is long dead.
He was indeed dead long ago, long before he entered that dead end!
...
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