This is a simple hut. Sunlight shines through the narrow window, providing a small light source in the house. It is dim, humid, and stuffy. If it weren't for the sound of brushing teeth coming from the bathroom, it would be difficult for Lu Ning to believe this ghost. The place is actually inhabited.
The young man in charge of the local "special ability" external affairs on the phone got up when she arrived. He yawned and said hello, then got into the bathroom and started washing up, leaving Lu Ning here to dry.
After getting a little accustomed to the indoor environment, Lu Ning sat on a wooden chair that looked cooler and looked at the structure of the "living room" - if it could be called that.
An old-fashioned TV was placed on the cabinet in the corner. There was also a radio placed on top of the TV. The antenna was extended to the side of the only window. The walls were covered with advertisements, news clippings, and sticky notes. A large pile of documents was piled randomly on the sofa, leaving a place for one person in the middle. The trash cans were full of plastic bags of instant coffee and disposable lunch boxes, which had begun to emit a slight odor in such an environment.
"Ah...Sorry, the air conditioner is broken."
The young man wiped his face with a gray towel and walked out of the bathroom. He looked much fresher than the confused look before. He sniffed twice, then took out the garbage bag from the trash can, opened the door and put it outside. Then he took out two glasses from the cabinet and placed them on the coffee table.
"any drinks?"
"Water will do."
The young man walked into the kitchen, took out a large mineral water bottle with the label off, poured water into two cups, and took a deep gulp before letting out a sigh of relief.
"What do you call me? My surname is Lan, and Lan from Zhilan is also known as Lan Yushu. You can call me something else if you want."
"My name is Lu Ning."
Lu Ning simply skipped the opening remarks and took out the jade string from her backpack.
"oh?"
Seeing the jade string, Lan Yushu's face suddenly showed an expression of interest.
"Where did you find this?"
"A man who was fighting backwards wanted to take action. I saw it and intercepted it. However, when I got it, the evil spirit of this thing was about three times as strong as it is now."
"what have you done?"
Lan Yushu took the jade string and looked at it carefully. Seeing that he seemed to know something, Lu Ning told him what he might have been dreaming about in the past few days.
But Lan Yushu didn't think it was a dream problem: "There are many ways to eliminate evil spirits, but they definitely do not include this situation. A more reliable explanation is that the jade string conflicted with something when it was causing trouble, causing it to be consumed. the power of."
"conflict?"
"Ha, maybe you have been targeted by another evil thing. The fight between these old evil things is also very fierce. You have a little spiritual energy, so it is normal to be entangled by them - how about it? Want me Help?"
Lu Ning nodded immediately.
"One hundred thousand, deposit." Lan Yushu immediately made an offer.
Although this price was expected, Lu Ning actually didn't have that much money.
"It's too expensive. I can see that the evil spirit has been reduced. At least I can tell that it cannot affect me at the moment. As for some days, I may not have time to consider this danger."
"How long will it take?" Lan Yushu raised his eyebrows, "What did you come to Danma to do?"
"My mother is a witch, or something similar to that. In fact, my mother is of the same lineage. But not long ago, my mother passed away in a bizarre way. I felt very strange, so I moved a little bit. Means investigation…the results are here.”
Lan Yushu heard this description and knew that Lu Ning had concealed a lot of things. He couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows: "But you went astray... It seems that you know some of Danma's situation."
"Should I say lucky or unfortunate? I've been involved - it seems you don't know anything about it?" Lu Ning asked back.
The young man with psychic ability stood up from the sofa and walked around the room. He didn't stop until Lu Ning felt dizzy. He rummaged through the pile of documents and pulled out a stack of bound forms. , said:
"How much do you know?"
"Hospital, church." Lu Ning spread her hands, "Do you know about the wildfire that broke out on the mountain yesterday and what happened in the cemetery at night?"
"Some are clear, and some are still investigating." Lan Yushu threw the form into Lu Ning's arms and crossed his hands, "We don't dare to station too many people in Danma. Even we can easily die from the weirdness in this place. But at least we There is also an information network, and the form contains the information of the people we have recently investigated..."
"Pei Xuan." Lu Ning only checked the profile picture, but the speed was still very fast, "Who is this person in the church?"
This was the name of the man who gave him a threatening expression when he left that day.
"He and Yu Chan were abandoned babies who were taken in by the church when they were young. They were probably less than twenty years old. When they grew up, they lived in the church and did some work like helpers. Some nuns originally hoped to let these two children join the church. But the priest said that they should wait until they are eighteen years old and have a clear understanding of the world before letting them choose."
"Father?"
"Paradel, he is a very good priest. Everyone calls him priest out of respect." Lan Yushu picked up the water glass and took a sip, and continued, "He never forces others to believe, nor does he refuse outsiders to visit. . Of course, he is very strict about prayers and the like, but this is normal. On the other hand, even if people without faith ask for help, he will patiently solve it. It is not an exaggeration to call him a psychiatrist... He has nothing here. Notoriety.”
"But that's weird, isn't it?"
Lu Ning turned the page and saw the information of another girl named Yu Chan.
"There is no person in this world that everyone likes. It would be possible if this was just a village of a few dozen people, but the population of Danma..."
"Yes, it's a pity that we can't conduct an in-depth investigation."
"How to say?"
"There is something stopping us, and this 'something' is probably something you can have access to." Lan Yushu smiled, "I'll help you solve the jade string problem, and you provide us with information, how about it?"
"make a deal."
"You are very cunning, little girl." Lan Yushu picked up a torn book under the coffee table, stuffed it into a rucksack on the sofa, and opened the door.
"This damn place is getting hot to death. Please lead the way. At least the hotel provides air conditioning."
Psychic abilities exist in this world, perhaps just to correspond to the evil spirits of ghosts and monsters. The Psychic Association is also a secretive semi-official organization with no fixed base. All members travel across the country to investigate supernatural events that may cause harm.
Naturally, the anomalies in Danma over the years cannot escape investigation. However, this place has been developing better and better in recent years, and there have been no major incidents. The association has no choice but to put down some surveillance personnel. In addition, it has to do field work. It is impossible to mobilize a large number of manpower. Stay here.
"So how many people can you use?"
"If there is a problem, we can even contact the army." Lan Yushu held the torn book and looked at the room, and only gave a rough answer to Lu Ning's question.
"That means there aren't many people now."
"Less than two slaps." Lan Yushu sighed.
"So few..."
"There are very few people with psychic abilities. Some of them only want to make money by relying on their abilities, and some don't want to get involved in danger. After these are removed, the association will be able to reach its current scale. Seriously, do you want to wait until this incident is resolved? Join? The ability of eyes has always been a scarce resource."
Lu Ning was stunned for a moment.
"But couldn't you see the evil spirit on that thing before?"
"I have a simple Feng Shui array in my house, and I can't see it when I take it out."
This is exactly what Lan Yushu is good at. The Feng Shui master was good at setting up formations and conducting military drills, and it was not lost even after being handed over to Lan Yushu. After a detailed survey, Lan Yushu quickly locked several corners of the room.
"You really have a problem here."
This is not surprising. Lu Ning just nodded, and then asked: "Then can you tell when the problem started here? This is very important."
"That's a bit difficult. The source is not with you. I may have to look for it. Do you have time in the past two days?"
"Sorry, I have some arrangements related to this matter..."
"That's fine." Lan Yushu interrupted Lu Ning, "We have been investigating here for a long time and have found nothing. Now that we have found clues from you, we cannot let it go. I will tell you my contact information. If you find anything new, please contact me as soon as possible. I will call others to investigate together. What else do you need?"
"I am not good at self-defense except for my eyes. I hope to have some self-defense, including weapons and spells."
"This is not difficult."
Lan Yushu flipped through the book, grabbed three or four pages, pulled them out, and handed them to Lu Ning.
"There are basic formation formulas and formation diagrams for illusion [Confusion], formation [Wood and Stone], breaking [Sirius] and killing [Zi Shu]. You can probably use it after you study it carefully. Remember to remember it later. Give me."
"Thank you... take that jade string. It should be a very good magic weapon."
"Then I'm welcome." Lan Yushu stuffed the jade string into his backpack, took out a charcoal pen and wrote and drew on several corners.
"This will probably keep you safe from that weird thing for two or three days. I hope our investigation will make progress during this time."
"Will do."
At this time, someone suddenly knocked on the door. Lu Ning looked at the door alertly and found that it was Xiao Shifan and Ye Fei, so she opened the door.
"We are back...do you have guests?" Xiao Shifan looked down and saw the orchid jade tree indoors.
"I found help, what did you find?"
"Song Baoguo's body can't be found. It's like nothing happened in the cemetery." Xiao Shifan sighed. Ye Fei next to him had a pale face and a haggard expression. He looked very frightened at first glance.
"It's just that it's hard to deal with missing people..." Lan Yushu walked out, nodded to Xiao Shifan and said hello.
"We have searched every place. There are priests watching over them, but we can't dig graves directly..."
"If there is really a corpse, how many people can you send to intervene?" Lu Ning suddenly remembered something and immediately looked at Lan Yushu.
