Chapter 215
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However, Shen Luo did not see any trace of Yin Qi being drawn out even after the talisman was completely burned.
"Bring me to Miss Shui Yuan's room," Bai Xiaotian frowned and said to Mother Feng.
Mama Feng immediately agreed and led the group back to the Water Pavilion. They went up to a boudoir on the second floor that faced the river. The room was filled with the fragrance of cosmetics, and the furnishings were a bit messy. There were still traces of last night's events.
Bai Xiaotian lit up another Fiendish Yin Qi Drawing Talisman and walked around the room with two fingers. He watched as the talisman flame gradually extinguished, but he did not find anything unusual.
"It seems that there's nothing wrong with it," Bai Xiaotian muttered.
"Don't jump to conclusions. Wasn't there another pig who drowned in the river earlier? Why don't we take a look at her room?" Shen Luo said.
"I've already checked Yin Que's room. There's nothing wrong with it," Daoist White Water frowned and said as he glanced at Shen Luo with dissatisfaction.
"Since we're here, why don't we take a look again?" Shen Luo only smiled and said.
Daoist White Water heard this and a hint of anger flashed across his face.
"Since you've already checked, there's definitely no problem. I'm just following orders to investigate this matter. Why don't we take a look again? It'll be easier to explain to my father when we return. "Bai Xiaotian saw this and quickly mediated.
"That … makes sense." Daoist White Water heard this and his expression softened.
Mother Feng went to get the key and opened the bronze lock on the door of the adjacent room.
"After Yin Que died, I locked this room and temporarily abandoned it," Mother Feng explained.
Shen Luo and the rest walked into the room and saw that the things inside had already been cleaned up. Only the table, chair, and bed were left. There was a light layer of dust on them.
Bai Xiaotian took out another Fiendish Yin Qi Drawing Talisman and lit it up. He then walked around the room.
Shen Luo came to the bedside and pushed open the tightly shut window. He saw the scenery of the Qinhuai River at a glance. He then lowered his head and saw the corpse of the fat man.
The river water beside the corpse was dark green with a hint of darkness. After looking at it for a long time, it gave people a deep feeling.
"There's no Yin Qi. Seems like it's just a coincidence. There's nothing strange about it," Bai Xiaotian said as the talisman in his hand burned out.
"Just because we can't detect the presence of Yin Qi doesn't mean that there isn't anything strange. I think there must be something fishy about this matter. You'd better not jump to conclusions." Shen Luo withdrew his gaze from the river and frowned.
"Humph, where did this great cultivator come from? The Eldest Young Master and I have already examined it, and there are no problems. Yet you insist that there is something fishy about it. Tell me, what is so strange about it? "
At this time, Mama Feng looked at Shen Luo with some anger in her eyes. They were open for business, so naturally, they didn't want to be implicated in the haunted matter. However, because of Bai Xiaotian, they didn't dare to say anything.
Shen Luo was just about to argue when he saw Bai Xiaotian give him a look, indicating for him not to say anything more.
At the same time, there was a sudden commotion outside the window.
"What's going on? Let's go out and take a look." Bai Xiaotian took advantage of the situation and pulled Shen Luo downstairs.
The old Taoist and Mama Feng hurriedly followed.
When they came to the shore of the backyard, they saw the people who were surrounding the drowned corpse. At this moment, they were surrounding a pale-faced scholar in a scholar's robe and scolding him loudly.
Shen Luo pricked up his ears and listened for a while before he understood. It turned out that the pale-faced scholar had stood on the stone seat of the river suppressing beast in order to look at the corpse of Manager Gao from afar. They thought that it was an act of offending the River God.
"I say, young man, why are you so insensible? You don't respect ghosts and gods. You're a scholar in vain!"
"That's right. You're a scholar who doesn't follow the principles of books. What are you doing here?"
"Offending the river suppressing beast? You're asking for death! If there is really a water ghost coming for our lives, you'll be next … "
"Confucius doesn't speak of strange forces and gods. What you say about ghosts and gods are all nonsense …" The scholar's face turned red from being scolded by the crowd. He couldn't help but defend himself.
Who would have thought that his voice wasn't loud, but it was clearly heard by Taoist Bai Shui. He immediately reprimanded him:
"Where did this ignorant and rotten scholar come from? How dare you spout nonsense over there? Get out of here!"
This angry shout, with only one person's voice, suppressed the noise of dozens of people on the bridge. It scared the scholar so much that his body couldn't help but tremble.
The surrounding people first paused for a moment, then began to loudly denounce the scholar.
The pale-faced scholar was really embarrassed by the scolding. He could only awkwardly jump down from the stone platform under the water beast. He glanced at the old Taoist from afar and intentionally or unintentionally made contact with Shen Luo. Then, he hurriedly squeezed into the crowd and disappeared.
Shen Luo saw the scholar's appearance when he left, and the gaze he briefly made contact with him just now. He felt a strange sense of deja vu in his heart, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember anything about it.
The few of them returned to the Water Heating Pavilion. Bai Xiaotian instructed Taoist Bai Shui to continue to stand guard here and not let his guard down for the time being. Then, he left with Shen Luo.
When the two of them returned to the carriage, Bai Xiaotian saw that Shen Luo was silent. He thought that he was holding a grudge because of his unhappiness with Taoist Bai Shui just now.
He smiled and said, "Taoist Bai Shui has been a High Official of my family for many years. He has always been cautious and conscientious. I have to respect him."
In reality, he didn't know that the person Shen Luo was still thinking hard about was that pale-faced scholar.
"You really believe that there is nothing strange about the Water Heating Pavilion?" Hearing Bai Xiaotian's words, Shen Luo came back to his senses and asked with a frown.
"I'm not stupid. How could there be nothing strange about four people dying in half a month's time? It's just that there are some things that I can't say casually because I can't find the Evil Yin Qi. "Bai Xiaotian smiled bitterly and said in a low voice.
"What do you mean by that? Could it be that you don't think this was done by something evil? "Shen Luo asked doubtfully.
"The Bai family is firmly in the position of the top exorcist family in Ye City. All these years, the Lin and Du families have been competing with us both openly and secretly." Bai Xiaotian didn't say much and didn't say much.
Shen Luo knew that he suspected that someone was targeting the Bai family and did these things on purpose. But for some reason, he felt that things weren't as simple as they seemed.
But what he was thinking now was just his intuition. Without evidence, he couldn't say anything casually.
"You said you were going out earlier. What are you going to do?" Bai Xiaotian asked.
"I want to go to the shops in the city and see if I can buy things like talisman paper and spiritual materials," Shen Luo said.
"I have plenty of talisman paper at home. If it's spiritual materials, what do you want to buy?" Bai Xiaotian asked doubtfully.
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll take a look when I get there. I'll just treat it as broadening my horizons," Shen Luo smiled and said casually.
"Alright. Since I have nothing to do now, I'll take you there to broaden your horizons. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't know where to buy these things even if you walk through the entire Ye City," Bai Xiaotian said with a smile.
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