Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 152

Tan Wenbin woke up at daybreak and planned to go to the bathroom to flush the toilet before coming back to take another nap.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Brother Xiaoyuan sitting at the desk. On the wall hung a newly completed painting. The person in the painting was holding a candle, looking eerie and scary.

Tan Wenbin immediately sat up and walked silently behind Brother Xiaoyuan.

He was very surprised. Is the river water coming again?

Li Zhuiyuan said, "Notify the others and put them on alert."

"it is good."

Tan Wenbin put on his clothes, walked out of his dormitory and came to the door of Ayou's dormitory.

At this time, everyone else in the dormitory is fast asleep, and knocking on the door directly would disturb their rest.

Tan Wenbin reached out and patted his left shoulder.

The resentful baby raised his head and the evil spirit spread.

He knew that no matter how soundly Ah You was sleeping before, his pupils would be wide open at this moment: there is an evil spirit!

Sure enough, the dormitory door was soon opened. Lin Shuyou rubbed his eyes and looked at Tan Wenbin: "Brother Bin?"

"Notify Runsheng and Mengmeng to go on alert."

Lin Shuyou immediately became serious: "Understood!"

Tan Wenbin immediately went to the bathroom to flush the toilet.

He asked Ayou to do the communication, not because he was lazy, but because he knew that Ayou, who had just joined the team, liked and enjoyed this sense of participation.

Even if it is just a simple errand job, he is happy to do it, which can continuously deepen the cognitive impression that "I am part of the team."

When Tan Wenbin first joined the team, he also went through this period. He felt itchy all over because he had nothing to do.

In the dormitory, Li Zhuiyuan continued to look at the painting he had drawn.

He now needs to sort out two issues.

The first question is: Is the fifth wave coming?

No, it shouldn't, it can't be that fast.

The fourth wave has been resolved ahead of time, and there should be a long period of stability, or rest and recuperation, afterwards.

Even if Jiang Shui wants to continue changing his strategy, he can't rely on quantity and fast pace to win, making you breathless. This is not in line with the aesthetic taste of the person who set the question.

From another perspective, if it were really so low-level, Li Zhuiyuan would be happy to see it.

Therefore, this should not be its own fifth wave, and it is not driven by the river water.

The second question is purpose.

During lunch in the afternoon, Jinshi opened his eyes to himself.

When you sleep at night, the lion spirit enters your dreams and conveys messages to you at the cost of burning itself.

Is it warning itself or seeking help from itself?

Similar things have happened before. The big fish in the second wave and the corpse-driving Taoist priest in the fourth wave were actually asking for help from me.

But that is when you are walking on the river, you have to face it, and when the other party asks you for help, it also means that you can get certain benefits and help from it.

Therefore, Li Zhuiyuan believed that the Lion Spirit was warning him.

It's not a request for help, because the relationship is not that serious and the other party hasn't given me enough benefits, so I won't meddle in other people's business.

Of course, if you warn yourself, there are also interests involved, but the interests come later.

Once you confirm that the warning is real, solve the problem, and acknowledge its kindness, you will definitely want to repay it.

After sorting out these things, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the people in the painting much more clearly.

how,

Are you coming to see me?

Drink soup,

Do you think you are Meng Po?
Tan Wenbin is back.

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and said, "Brother Binbin, take down the painting. Let's have a meeting."

"okay."

The basement of the store is very private and suitable for meetings.

The downside is that it's a bit dim. Even though there's a light bulb, it glows yellow when turned on, making it even more gloomy, but it's quite in line with the spirit and atmosphere of the meeting.

Entering alert is a term used in the "Code of Conduct for Walking on the River".

After the notice was issued, all members of the team immediately cut off all unnecessary social interactions, maintained short-distance communications, and no longer acted alone.

These are summaries of lessons learned that are recognized by everyone.

However, this was how I had dealt with river travel in the past, and I would only enter this state when I felt the waves wet my nose.

"This time, I don't think it's the waves."

Li Zhuiyuan's voice echoed in Runsheng's room.

Yin Meng's room is not suitable as a meeting room because someone wants to smoke.

Tan Wenbin sat there and lit a cigarette.

Lin Shuyou stretched out his hand, wanting to learn how to light one, but Tan Wenbin slapped the back of his hand and glared back at him: You are a bad student.

In fact, Li Zhuiyuan knew that there was another reason why Tan Wenbin couldn't quit smoking, that was that with the passage of wave after wave, the two resentful babies on his shoulders had gained certain merits and were further revived. The original seal had become somewhat unable to isolate them from their influence on the host.

Tan Wenbin would always suffer from anxiety and distress, especially when thinking, his emotions would obviously fluctuate, but he always restrained himself and did not tell anyone.

Runsheng lit up a cigar.

He is not good at thinking about the whole thing, but fortunately, his brain is not needed in the team.

But during meetings, he still hopes to understand more.

In addition to being dim, the room was also filled with a layer of smoke.

If someone passed by outside and climbed down to look inside through the half-broken window, they might mistakenly think they saw a group of ghosts having a meeting inside.

Xiao Hei continued to sleep soundly, sniffing through his nose, inhaling the fragrant mist exhaled by Run Sheng, and seemed very comfortable.

In the past, when Runsheng smoked incense in the room, Xiaohei would follow him and smoke it, using it as an exhaust fan.

Xiao Hei sneezed from time to time, and the cigarette smelled impure today.

Yin Meng hung up the painting with a rope. There was a handle in the middle of the rope, which allowed the painting to slowly rotate in front of everyone.

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's not that we are walking on the river, but that the lion spirit is giving us a warning. I suspect someone is plotting against us."

Tan Wenbin: "Who could it be? We have always been kind to others and we really don't have any enemies."

This is the benefit of seeking revenge by going after the household registration book.

When you're looking for enemies, it's easy to use the process of elimination because basically all of them have been eliminated.

Li Zhuiyuan: "It may not be aimed at me or my group, but at Qin Liu's family. Uncle Qin's failure to escape to the Yangtze River was a result of someone plotting against him."

Runsheng took a long puff of incense. He had to avenge his master.

Tan Wenbin pursed his lips and asked, "Do I need to report to the old lady?"

The force that dares to attack the Qin and Liu families who fled across the river must be extraordinary. Ordinary sects and families simply don't dare to have such courage.

Moreover, this time, since Zou Jiang is not involved and there is no cause and effect involved in Zou Jiang's case, the old lady can take action.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Although the Qin and Liu families are sparsely populated, if the old lady really gets angry, she can still make the outside world wary with Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu.

It is true that Uncle Qin's attempt to escape to the Yangtze River was due to someone's plotting against him, but the old lady could only guess which families would do this, but she could not pinpoint the actual culprit.

This should be the tacit understanding and unspoken rules of competition among the Dragon King family.

I believe that since the other party dares to take action, they will definitely handle the details carefully and leave no traces.

There is no need to tell the old lady about this now."

When Li Zhuiyuan said this, a look of pain appeared on his face.

Fortunately, the light was dim and there was smoke everywhere, and he lowered his head in time, so he hid it.

From a purely rational perspective, the right thing to do is to tell the old lady right away.

The old lady was able to endure Uncle Qin's affairs and suffer in silence; now that she is older and values herself more than she did Uncle Qin, it is impossible for her to choose to be tolerant again.

Therefore, after telling the old lady about this, she would only have one choice left, which was to take Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu to find those forces that might take action and provoke them to death.

I don’t know which family did it, it doesn’t matter. I’ll randomly pick an unlucky person, the old lady, Uncle Qin, and Aunt Liu, and at least one of them will have to be sacrificed to give that family a piece of meat.

In this way, other families will be fearful and thus scare away the hand that is trying to reach out.

For the collapsed Qin Liu Dragon King's gate, there is only this one solution.

The murderous intent revealed by the old lady when she listened to herself and A'li playing the piano during the day was actually a manifestation of her thoughts. She was already preparing to sacrifice herself.

This "correct" approach was suppressed, and people began to act emotionally, causing Li Zhuiyuan to feel painful.

The expression on Li Lan's face when she washed her hands suddenly appeared in his mind, which was a look of disgust at "stupid thinking".

In order to ease his inner torment, Li Zhuiyuan began to look for new logical consistency.

That is, if the old lady did this, it would trigger another possibility, making those forces realize again that the Qin and Liu families' generation of migrants are unusual, which would make it even more impossible for them to grow up and revive their family.

Therefore, not only will that hand not be scared away, but many more hands may appear and reach out to you together.

Moreover, it is not ruled out that there are forces of the next level below the Dragon King Family who want to take advantage of the situation and stir up conflicts, allowing the Dragon King Family to engage in internal conflicts first, thus freeing up space and opportunities for them.

If it were the Qin family or the Liu family in the past, they would have more ways to deal with such a thing, and they wouldn't even have to take action. They could just communicate with each other in the same circle and let them know, and the problem would be solved.

But now, the old lady has very few cards in her hand, so it is easy to judge the order in which she will play her cards.

call……

Li Zhuiyuan breathed a sigh of relief and felt better.

Lin Shuyou asked curiously, "Can you kill people directly like this?"

Tan Wenbin explained: "Normally it's not allowed. Zou Jiang represents justice for the heavens. If you want to kill someone who has Zou Jiang, you can, but there must be a direct cause and effect to make sense, or you have to pay a corresponding price for it.

Just like Zhao Yi that day, as long as he kept shouting about defending the right path, we would not be able to eliminate this competitor in advance. "

Lin Shuyou: "Are they willing to pay a huge price to get rid of us?"

Tan Wenbin pointed at the painting and said, "If you want to, why don't you just send a few real experts instead of making this thing?"

Hearing this, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly raised his head and his eyes fixed.

"Everyone, I suspect that my calculations were wrong from the beginning."

Everyone present was stunned when they heard this, and some of the "cigar ash" in Runsheng's hand fell off.

Everyone had long been accustomed to being able to remain calm and foresighted no matter what happened under Xiaoyuan's extraordinary brain. This was the first time that Xiaoyuan denied himself right when things just started.

“That hand is much smarter than we thought.

I don’t know if there is another Dragon King family behind that hand, but since it dares to stretch out its hand, it means it is confident and at least thinks it is no less powerful than the Qin Liu family at this moment.

This is the first time I felt the heritage of the Dragon King family."

A smile appeared on Li Zhuiyuan's lips.

The opponent's planning level was very high. This kind of opponent did not scare the young man, but instead made him excited.

The effect is no less than controlling a head to fall dead.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Paper and pen."

Runsheng immediately took out paper and pen from the mountaineering bag beside the bed and placed them in front of the boy.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up a pen and casually drew four waves on the paper.

“As Ah You just asked, the other party is certainly not willing to pay the price for this.

Not only was that hand unwilling to pay the price of killing the man who escaped from the river for no reason, it was also unwilling to face the extreme revenge from the Qin and Liu families.

It is laying out,

The plan was a one that would make all other people who crossed the river feel terrified and fearful in retrospect.

That lion spirit was not just a warning, it was just part of the plan.

The reason why I was wrong from the beginning is that... we have a cognitive depth that exceeds that of normal river walkers.

This can be clearly seen from the comparison between our team and Xiong Shan’s team in the last wave.”

Tan Wenbin added: "Those who walk along the river..."

He understood.

But in order to take care of the three people whose eyes were still clear,
He circled the key points.

The main purpose is to save Brother Xiaoyuan from the trouble of further explanation.

Brother Xiaoyuan refers to them as "Zoujiang people". Xiong Shan is not a Jiang wanderer, but he has rich qualifications and experience. So, what Brother Xiaoyuan means here is that their team is much superior to their peers of the same level because of the "Zoujiang Code of Conduct".

This also paves the way for what is said below.

Li Zhuiyuan: “If we lower our cognition to the level of a normal person crossing the river, then you will immediately find that this matter has changed.

First, Lion Spirit gave a warning, and here I got this picture.

Our first reaction,

What should it be?

Lin Shuyou answered quickly: "New wave, this is the clue."

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Lin Shuyou and nodded, "Yes, that's right. As a reward, you must copy the "Code of Conduct for Walking Along the River" and the "Secret Scroll" ten times."

Lin Shuyou: “Uh…”

Book friend Lin really wanted to ask why he had to copy the answer even though he got it right.

Li Zhuiyuan added: "Because you were least influenced by these two books."

Lin Shuyou lowered his head.

You are asked to lower your cognition and try to put yourself in the shoes of the person, and you succeed in doing so right away, which means that your cognition is already at this level.

Tan Wenbin, Runsheng and Yin Meng nodded later. They were indeed trying to switch their thinking, but it was a bit difficult. At the same time, there was one thing they could not avoid, which was that the connection between this wave was too fast.

Li Zhuiyuan continued: "Ayou's program was temporarily merged. We are following the normal process here. It stands to reason that there will be no collision of programs of the same category, so there must be a problem on the other side.

The compromise solution is to merge the two original programs into one. When two stranger lions go on stage together, they are bound to compete with each other.

What we did yesterday afternoon was actually a deduction under normal circumstances.

The Lion Spirit gave a warning and brought out the clue of Zou Jiang Xin Yilang. This is a causal line that can be reversed. We will trace the source and look for the Zhou brothers, the program organizers, and the relevant personnel of the other school again, and follow this line upstream.

In addition, I suspect that in the next few days, a second and third line will appear and touch us, forming a combined force.

And this is the clever part of this hand."

Tan Wenbin immediately said, "Fuck, it's simulating a river walk for us!"

Yin Meng continued, "If we fail in the river, then even the old lady will have to admit it, and the real mastermind will be able to avoid all suspicion and be safe."

"Moreover, if that hand is guiding us to find this person..." Tan Wenbin reached out and patted the painting, "it means that we took the initiative to provoke him, or in other words, we took the initiative to eliminate the Demon Guardian. Then the causal price that the hand needs to bear will be very small."

Runsheng exhaled a thick smoke ring: "It doesn't touch either end."

Tan Wenbin took a deep breath and said, "This is killing someone with a borrowed knife. It has become an art form."

Seeing that everyone had spoken, Lin Shuyou echoed: "It's quite scary."

Li Zhuiyuan: “There is a loophole.”

Tan Wenbin, Yin Meng and Runsheng said in unison: "Too fast."

For our own team, the fourth wave has just ended, and the fifth wave should not come so early. This is the biggest unreasonableness.

Li Zhuiyuan: "But this is where the opponent is really smart and scary. That hand can even calculate the frequency of our movement across the river."

As he spoke, Li Zhuiyuan took a pen and drew a line on the fourth wave he had drawn on the paper:
"Right now, isn't it time for us to start the fourth wave normally?"

Everybody stood up and looked at the line. At first, they were all confused. Then, one by one, they showed a look of realization. Then, they gritted their teeth, inhaled, or pursed their lips.

They understood.

The reason for this loophole is that under the leadership of Brother Xiaoyuan, everyone completed the fourth wave ahead of time.

This, the hand...did not know.

Therefore, it chooses to launch at this moment. At this point in time, normally, the third wave is about to end and the stable period is about to end. It is time to put away your thoughts and concentrate your attention to capture any waves of the river.

Excluding the impact of this loophole, that hand has really calculated the overall situation!

Tan Wenbin: "No wonder, Brother Xiaoyuan, you just said that you saw the true background."

Yin Meng: "So, all we need to do next is ignore the clues that appear in the next few days to avoid running into this thing in the painting?"

Tan Wenbin: "That hand can guide us to find that thing here, but can't it guide this thing to hit us? It's just that if we ignore it, the hand will pay a higher price for it."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Let's start assigning tasks now."

Tan Wenbin and Runsheng put down the cigarettes and incense in their hands, and Yin Meng and Ayou also straightened their backs.

"Lin Shuyou."

"exist!"

"Go contact the Zhou brothers, contact the organizers, and contact the relevant person in charge of the school who selected the program. You are responsible for moving this line that has already appeared upwards for me."

"Understood!" Lin Shuyou straightened his chest and agreed, "I will never let Brother Xiaoyuan down!"

Lin Shuyou was very excited that he could finally stand on his own!

Li Zhuiyuan: "Just investigate step by step. Even if you encounter obstacles, that hand will give you clues to help you overcome difficulties and guide you to continue.

If you can't find out the truth, it will be more anxious than you."

Lin Shuyou: “…”

Li Zhuiyuan: "The rest of you, after daybreak, continue your activities as usual and act as if you are actively receiving the river water, so that the other party can pass the next clue to you. You can go out more often."

"understand!"

Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his finger and poked his temple:
"There is one thing you need to pay attention to. This time is different from the past. After receiving the clue, you are not required to be fast, but slow. Every step, please slow down as much as possible.
Any new progress at any stage must be communicated and reported in a timely manner. If you are out, report the progress to Lu Yi in the store.

Tan Wenbin, give Lu Yi a raise."

Tan Wenbin: “I understand.”

Li Zhuiyuan: "We have already done the experiment. Let's recall in our minds how we went to Zhangjiajie in the last wave.

I ask you to start thinking about your own script lines from now on."

The boy held the pen and drew another wave on the vertical line he had drawn earlier:
"Isn't that hand trying to set up a false wave to lure us in so that it can kill someone with a borrowed knife?

This time,
We will divert the real river water over there and let it drown!"

……

"Click!" Deng Chen, who was sleeping, heard the door of the photo studio opening.

He immediately sat up and reached out to take out two eyeballs from the pool of solution used for developing photos in front of him.

He shook it, exhaled, lifted up his pajamas to wipe it, and then pressed it back into his eye sockets.

There were three small figures swimming in the potion pool. They were his three good brothers.

I pushed open the door of the room leisurely, walked to the front desk, and saw Tan Wenbin sitting on the small sofa with his legs crossed.

Tan Wenbin has more than just the key to the dormitory door.

Deng Chen: "Please give me your orders."

Tan Wenbin: "I'm sorry to bother you with your rest. Come, let me lend you my eyeballs to help you roll them."

A painting was handed to Deng Chen.

"Please wait."

Deng Chen took the painting back and started working.

Not long after, he took out a long, large photo.

Tan Wenbin took the photo and rotated it himself. At the same time, the person in the photo who was holding a candle and lowering his head was also turning around.

Deng Chen: "I made some supplementary details, so there may be some deviation from the truth."

"It's okay, it's fine, you're great."

"he is……"

Tan Wenbin was a little surprised and said, "Why, you know it."

"No, I don't know him. Since we became conscious, the four of us have been living in hiding. We don't know as much about the world as you do.

But from Xiaoyuan's paintings, I felt the feelings that Xiaoyuan wanted to express.

It’s scary.”

"What else do you feel?"

"When I developed this photo, I was afraid it would suddenly rear its head."

"Go on, anything else?"

"Brother Xiaoyuan's painting skills are really good."

"Brother Yuanzi is not here, so there is no need to flatter him. Just provide me with some valuable clues, and I will flatter you in your tone when I return."

“It’s the texture of the painting.”

“Texture?”

“It may not exist in reality.”

This should have been nonsense, after all, it was something I saw in a dream.

But Tan Wenbin narrowed his eyes, moved closer to Deng Chen, and whispered, "Tell me more details. Come on, organize your words."

He could feel that Deng Chen had discovered something, after all, the other party was the Black Python Eye.

It’s just that the other party’s language description is lacking and he can’t hit the point.

Deng Chen rolled his eyes a few times, and finally raised his hand and patted the back of his head, taking off the two eyeballs and handed them to Tan Wenbin.

"I made another copy in my eye. This is how I feel. Please experience it."

"how to use?"

“That’s how it’s used.”

Tan Wenbin held an eyeball in each hand and placed them in front of his eyes.

This action is very similar to playing marbles when we were children, placing two marbles in front of our eyes and observing this bizarre world.

He saw it.

The person holding the candle is still in front of me.

However, this time, the figure of this person changed from real to virtual and then from virtual to real, which was indeed a very strange texture.

Tan Wenbin frowned. He felt that when Brother Xiaoyuan painted this picture, he just tried his best to depict the charm of the scene he saw in the dream. Brother Xiaoyuan himself might not have a deep perception of this.

This is very normal in the bureau. Finding physical evidence is the first step. The next step is to hand it over to a professional department for analysis so that the physical evidence can speak for itself and more information can be obtained. Deng Chen is in the analysis department.

finally,
Tan Wenbin expressed his feelings, a sentence that sounded more like nonsense than Deng Chen's:

"This guy seems to exist in a dream."

……

Affordable store.

Lu Yi was a little excited and a little nervous.

His salary here was already quite high, exceeding his income as a tutor, and it was also on campus, which was very convenient.

Therefore, he would skip some of the unnecessary classes just to stay in the store a little longer to justify the salary.

Earlier, when he just entered the store, Tan Wenbin came over, patted him on the shoulder and told him that his salary had been raised again, and it was a 50% increase.

The additional work content was that he had to record and promptly convey the calls made by this small group of people to the store.

In fact, he had done the same thing before and didn't feel it was hard or tiring. It was just a matter of answering the phone and passing messages. Although there was a time when he felt inexplicable palpitations when answering the phone, he was so scared that he went back to the dormitory and rearranged the altar.

But in retrospect, it might be caused by poor sleep recently.

Tan Wenbin’s request for a salary increase could not be refused, so Lu Yi finally accepted it.

He had a feeling that he had been having good luck ever since he started to pay tribute to that fellow villager.

Lu Yi clasped his hands together, waved them in front of him, and muttered silently:
"Red Sausage Ghost bless you, Red Sausage Ghost bless you!"

While worshiping in the void, Lu Yi saw Yin Meng and Run Sheng walking out side by side.

Yin Meng asked him, "How many classes do you have today?"

Lu Yi shook his head: "It's almost the end of the semester, and I don't have many classes. I can stay here all day. It's just right that I can review for the final exam when there are no customers."

"Then you'll have to work hard. I'll take Runsheng out to buy clothes."

"OK."

Lu Yi smiled and nodded, feeling a little strange. He knew that Yin Meng liked to go shopping, but Runsheng didn't like to go out. Runsheng only liked to move goods in the store.

But why bother with other people's business?

Lu Yi picked up the phone and dialed the button. He planned to call home and ask his parents to send him some more sausages.

Runsheng and Yin Meng walked out of the store. As soon as they stepped down the stairs, Runsheng sighed unconsciously.

He would rather deliver ten trips of goods to Uncle Li a day or move bricks at the brick kiln factory when he was in his hometown than go shopping with Yin Meng.

"Didn't you just buy clothes?"

"I only bought a few pieces. Yesterday, only a top and a pair of pants fit. I'll have to return the rest later."

"That's enough. There's no need to buy new clothes until they are worn beyond repair."

"How can we create opportunities for that hand to deliver clues if we don't go out?"

"You can ask Zheng Jiayi to go shopping."

"If I call her out now, I'm afraid she will be implicated."

Runsheng nodded. He agreed with the reason and continued to follow Yin Meng.

Yin Meng was very happy. She raised her hand and said, "Hey, why are you so unhappy? When I was a kid, if someone could take me to buy new clothes, I would be so happy."

Runsheng: “That’s a human trafficker.”

Yin Meng rolled her eyes at Run Sheng: "When you were a kid, didn't you want to wear new clothes and show off in front of your friends?"

Runsheng: "My grandfather and I fished out corpses. We smelled, so no children wanted to play with us."

Yin Meng's tone suddenly sank, and he said, "Me too, the same age kids on the street were all asked by their parents not to play with me, saying that my family runs a coffin shop, which is unlucky.

When I was a kid, even if my grandfather bought me some toys and dolls, I had no one to show off to, haha."

As Yin Meng spoke, he lowered his head and sniffed hard twice.

Runsheng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and finally he could only quicken his pace and walk to the front, then turned back and urged:
"Let's go buy some new clothes."

Yin Meng reached out and wiped away the tears that didn't exist at all, pretending to smile:

"Okay, let's go!"

The pickup truck was driven away by Tan Wenbin, and the two could only walk to the school gate.

Yin Meng: "I'll go get a taxi."

Runsheng: “Take the bus.”

Yin Meng: "Alas, when I was a kid I was so envious when I saw other people taking taxis, but unfortunately...hahahahaha!"

As she spoke, Yin Meng couldn't hold it in anymore and started laughing.

Then, she nudged Runsheng with her elbow and asked, "Didn't you see that I was pretending to be pitiful?"

Runsheng: "I can see you are pretending."

Yin Meng: "Then why don't you just listen and go out with me to buy clothes?"

Runsheng: "The regrets of childhood are not fake."

Yin Meng paused, then put his hands on his waist and said bitterly:
"I wish I could whip you and ruin my good mood when I go out today!"

……

Lin Shuyou came to Jinling University. During dinner yesterday, the Zhou brothers told him about their departments. They also said that they both knew lion dance and were quite famous in the school.

After asking around, Lin Shuyou found their dormitory, but their roommates said that the two of them had gone out early in the morning.

Lin Shuyou noticed that a large pink star wallpaper had been newly pasted on the wall in the corner of their dormitory.

If Li Zhuiyuan or Tan Wenbin were here, they would definitely go forward and look inside to see what traces were being covered up, and then they would notice the charred black color of the wall.

But Lin Shuyou just thinks that putting this kind of wallpaper in a boys’ dormitory is quite feminine.

Then he left.

Next, he found clues by asking students on the road, and came from the school living area to a remote river adjacent to the school.

He actually found the two brothers of the Zhou family.

Zhou Cheng and Zhou Feng were talking to a newly buried pile of earth, then they turned and left with red eyes.

After they left, Lin Shuyou walked to the pile of earth, took out a trident from his bag, and planned to dig to see what it was. After all, this should be an extremely important clue.

He had just dug the soil twice when he heard footsteps behind him.

Turning sideways and looking back, he saw the two Zhou brothers who had returned, one holding paper money in one hand and the other holding a candle.

The Zhou brothers looked very ugly, and their eyes, which were originally red from crying, turned red with anger.

Lin Shuyou: "I'm sorry, please listen to my explanation."

Zhou Cheng: "Okay, I'll listen to you..."

Zhou Feng dropped the candle in his hand, rushed forward quickly, and then kicked Lin Shuyou.

Lin Shuyou dodged sideways, then habitually raised his leg and hit Zhou Feng's waist.

This is an instinctive reaction of a martial artist. Yesterday, when he was performing on stage, carrying a lion on his body was a great restriction for him.

Because of this push, Zhou Fengfei changed the direction of his kick, and his legs penetrated deeply into the soft earth pit where the lion's head had just been buried.

Seeing this, Zhou Cheng raised his fist and rushed forward.

The three of them immediately became friends enthusiastically.

……

In the dormitory, Li Zhuiyuan set up a calculation formation for himself.

He sat in the middle of the formation, lit three candles, and began to recite spells and deduce at the same time. He was trying to calculate for himself.

He stopped calculating halfway.

Calculating oneself is a taboo, and he would not make this mistake again. He just wanted to find out through this method whether someone was calculating himself.

Couldn't sense it.

This means that the other party may have a more sophisticated way, or at least a more complete arrangement, which is not surprising considering the background of that hand.

After erasing the formation, Li Zhuiyuan turned the bronze mirror and activated the isolation formation in the dormitory.

Then he squatted beside the bed, pulled out the large package from under the bed, then walked back to the desk and opened it.

This "Evil Book" caught fire last time, and after I opened it this time, there was no sign of recovery.

Li Zhuiyuan spread it out, glanced at the burnt paper, and found a page that was only yellowed and curled.

He adjusted the color wheel, picked up the brush, and began to paint on the paper. He was not in a hurry to paint the person holding the candle and bowing his head, but instead painted the burning lion in his dream last night.

The lion was only half painted when "The Evil Book" spontaneously completed the remaining half.

Then, the whole painting gradually faded away, and a line of words appeared:

"The lion spirit came to me in my dream and burned itself to warn me."

There is nothing wrong with the Lion Spirit warning itself, but what is problematic is the way it is deployed.

Li Zhuiyuan drew it first, not to seek answers, but to test whether this "evil book" still has any effect.

Facts have proved that this book stands up for the disabled and has a strong will.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the paintbrush again, and this time he painted the man holding the candle with his head bowed.

The boy suspected that this "evil book" recognized this guy.

Since that hand wants to make plans for itself, it certainly cannot use the existence related to its power, and it must also look for the "third party evil thing" relatively objectively.

Only in this way can we better justify ourselves with the Way of Heaven.

Moreover, this guy must ensure that he has enough strength advantage to defeat me. Even if he cannot kill me directly, he must at least seriously injure me and force me to light the lamp and admit defeat for the second time.

Therefore, this guy is most likely not an unknown person.

In its own eyes, "The Evil Book" is a dynamic encyclopedia, and it may really know who this guy is.

At the same time, judging from the situation he was facing now, the person who had set a trap for Uncle Qin might not be the same person who was setting a trap for him now, but the calculation standards of both parties should be roughly the same.

After all, anyone who dares to play dirty tricks on the Dragon King's family can't be an ordinary person.

Moreover, in terms of absolute strength, the hand that set the trap for Uncle Qin would only be stronger than the one he used this time, because Uncle Qin started traveling along the river after he became an adult, and he was well prepared.

I remember that Uncle Qin once used "they" to describe the people who were plotting against him. Does it mean that there is more than one hand plotting against Uncle Qin?

Under such a difficult situation, although Uncle Qin was forced to flee into the river and failed, he was able to come back alive, light a lamp and admit defeat, and now he can still stand up and continue walking, which shows Uncle Qin's strength.

This also reminded me that the other party might simply regard me as an ordinary person from the Qin and Liu families. They would use all their strength, but most likely they would not put their most valuable assets on the line.

And this is where your opportunity lies.

Without the old lady's help, the strength would certainly be very asymmetrical if I faced that hand.

But fortunately, I am walking on the river.

Just yesterday, Professor Zhu pointed out a new perspective for me to understand and observe the river water. I didn’t expect to use it now.

There is identity and struggle between myself and the river water. Now is the time for the identity to come into play.

"I don't know what your real purpose is towards me, but at least for now, no matter what I think, I am willing to eliminate evil and defend justice, and do things in the way of a righteous person.

No matter how much we compete with each other, it is a matter between us, an internal conflict between the two of us. What does it have to do with the hands of a third party?
Look, that hand is imitating you and blaspheming you. What does it think of itself?

You can tolerate it, but I can't.

I guess you had no choice before and could only impose a little karmic punishment.

Okay,

I'll help you make the connection this time, and we can play a big hand together."

Li Zhuiyuan didn't know if saying these words was of any use. Anyway, his hands were painting and his mouth was idle anyway.

When I got to the feet, I couldn’t draw any further.

When the pen tip touched the page, it was no longer visible.

It seems that the book has learned from the lesson of the last time it was burned, and this time, it doesn’t allow me to draw on it.

Moreover, a few lines of words began to vaguely appear next to this almost completed painting.

The words appear and disappear, and even people with the best eyesight cannot tell what they are.

Because the original intention of "The Evil Book" is to tell itself that it already knows who this guy is, but it just won't tell you.

It is controlling itself.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the brush and wrote beside it:
"Tell me the answer. After it's done, I'll promise you a request that doesn't violate the standards of righteousness."

The words written by Li Zhuiyuan disappeared, and a short line of words appeared:
[You are cheating on the book]

Obviously, the book and the person got to know each other after several rounds of contact.

The Evil Book knew that Li Zhuiyuan would not make any deal with it.

Li Zhuiyuan did not show any embarrassment at being exposed. Instead, he picked up the pen again, dipped it in ink, and wrote on the page. Every time he wrote a line, the Evil Book immediately gave feedback:
"The Yin-Yang Fire Demon-Slaying Array"

[Please give me something to replenish the ink on the pages.]

"Breaking the Evil and Slashing the Yin to Chop the Dragon Formation"

[Please have pity on me and give me some random things]

"Eight Desolate Thunder Pond Demon Subduing Formation"

[You are such a hard-hearted person, don’t you have any compassion at all?]

"Blue Dragon and Red Blood Heavenly Punishment Formation"

[My life is so bitter, so bitter]

Li Zhuiyuan dipped the brush into red paint and poked it on the page of the book.

A red dot immediately appeared on the page.

The boy's eyes were cold. After the pen tip left the page, he would start to destroy the book.

He believed that "The Evil Book" could sense his truest emotions through the tip of his pen.

The best threat is the most truthful statement.