After hearing this, the fat man suddenly realized. He pointed to the ruts on the ground and said:
"So, this incense ash can help us find the remaining traces, so that we can get to the bottom of it!"
Feng Yun smiled and nodded, which also made the fat man more energetic.
As he walked forward along the ruts, he lowered his head and continued to sprinkle incense ash on the unrutted road.
Feng Yun and Yan Qilin followed the fat man without saying a word. Following the tracks, they should be able to find the final destination of the bus.
However, after a while, the fat man was out of breath from exhaustion. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, straightened up and stretched his muscles:
"What's going on? Why haven't you found the bus yet?"
However, the moment the fat man straightened up, he found Feng Yun and Yan Qilin standing on the roadside in front of him.
This made the fat man a little stunned. He looked back and saw no one behind him.
"Hey...this..."
The fat man quickly came to Feng Yun and Yan Qilin and said suspiciously:
"Aren't you following me all the time? Why did you run ahead?"
Yan Qilin's eyes were somewhat helpless, while Feng Yun's face was calm. Only the fat monk Erzhang was confused.
"Fat man, haven't you noticed that you've been going in circles?"
"ah?"
After Feng Yun said this, the fat man immediately raised his head, but at this moment he realized that he was back to the original point where he found the bus stop sign.
The entire rut is connected together and is basically a circle.
The fat man didn't even realize that he had walked around this circle several times.
"This this……"
The fat man's face flushed with anxiety. He looked at Feng Yun and asked in confusion:
"Director, you discovered it a long time ago, so why didn't you remind me? I almost died of exhaustion!"
Feng Yun said matter-of-factly:
"We see that you are so serious and focused, so of course we can't bear to disturb you, right?"
Yan Qilin next to him nodded in cooperation. This scene really made the fat man very angry.
"However, the few turns you made are not meaningless. At least it can be confirmed that the existence behind the scenes has actually always been on Longhua Road.
Since the unknown existence is here, then the missing person should also be here. "
Feng Yun's words made Fatty react for a long time, and then he looked around:
"But Director, we've been here two or three times, how can anyone be here?"
"Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist..."
As Feng Yun spoke, he took the red bag from Yan Qilin's hand again.
Then Feng Yun took out the contents of the bag one by one.
A stack of yellow paper, a writing brush, a little cinnabar, and a bundle of red rope.
These things were prepared by Fatty and Yan Qilin before, but in fact they had no idea what the use of these things were.
“Now it is basically certain that the person behind it is good at using magic to induce hallucinations.
Although many monsters can do this, when the bus appeared just now, did you smell a strange smell? "
Feng Yun's voice reached the ears of the two of them. Yan Qilin frowned and said:
"Like a bad smell..."
The fat man nodded immediately:
"Director, could this demon be a fox demon? I read that folk tales say that fox demons are stinky. Is this true?"
Fatty himself didn't realize it. Subtly, he had accepted the fact that monsters existed.
After all, the evil experience just now was still fresh in Fatty's memory.
Feng Yun thought and said:
"It's hard to say, I can't be sure yet, but the fact that I can't cover up this self-emanating smell in the illusion shows that this demon's Taoism is not very high.
However, the reason why we can't pursue it is because we are not in the illusion. "
Fatty and Yan Qilin looked at Feng Yun with some confusion after hearing this.
“But we, like those who fell under the illusion, are all on this Longhua Road, and we all saw bus stop signs and buses.
Why are they in the illusion and we are not? "
The fat man finally asked a quality question. Feng Yun glanced at him approvingly, then stood up and motioned for the two of them to follow him.
"This shows that the place where the illusion was planted is not on Longhua Road.
Do you still remember the four people from before? They had no idea that they were entering Longhua Road, and they had no idea that the car coming was Route 444, which did not exist.
This means that Longhua Road is just a place where this demon wants to attract people, but the method of attracting people is not performed here.
I think the illusion is probably outside Longhua Road, such as in those office buildings. "
Feng Yun's words made the two of them suddenly realize, and the fat man then said:
"That is to say, we have to find the place where the magic was performed now. Only in this way can we return to Longhua Road in the illusion.
Clues, maybe hidden in this? "
Feng Yun smiled and patted the fat man on the shoulder:
“Sure enough, he’s smart, but he’s only half right.
We don’t need to find a place to perform the surgery, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive..."
While he was talking, Feng Yun came to the intersection in front of Longhua Road. He was teaching the two new team members a way of thinking in solving non-human cases.
It was already late at night, so there was no car at this intersection and the street lights were very dim.
"Illusion, to put it bluntly, is a power that affects the five senses.
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind do not lose their role in illusion, they are just immersed in a created false environment.
Since that thing's Taoism is not enough, if it wants to cast illusions that can affect many people, it must rely on the yin energy of the extremely yin place.
Let's start from here, in the same extremely gloomy place, and enter the illusion it sets. "
Feng Yun is also imparting some folk knowledge and culture to the two team members, which will be of great use in their future case handling.
"A place of extreme darkness? Where to put it?"
The fat man looked around blankly, but saw Feng Yun pointing to the center of the intersection where the three of them were:
"The crossroads is what I call a very yin place. The yin energy here is very heavy, and the yin energy gathers all year round. Moreover, the crossroads connects in all directions, connecting yang and yin. Over time, it becomes a very yin place.
This is why intersections are always the most prone to accidents.
You never know how many things are hidden in the seemingly deserted intersection, and where they come from. "
Feng Yun's voice turned a little sinister as he spoke, and the fat man subconsciously leaned closer to Yan Qilin.
"Bureau...Director, what you are talking about is not talking about ghosts, right?"
Feng Yun glanced at Fatty, then nodded:
"Nonsense, people have their own paths, monsters have their own paths, and ghosts naturally have their own ways.
Moreover, what we are going to do next will need the help of ghost energy.
Only when the ghost energy suppresses our Yang energy can we step into the demon's illusion..."
