Back at the Hou Mansion, Li Xin already knew and chose to wait at home for Li Ao's return.
While he was waiting, Li Fan reported in detail his journey to Qianlongyuan.
Li Fan actually mentioned the general process in his letter and arrived home a few days earlier than himself.
But the details about Zhong Ke's obsession with the devil and the disappearance of the idol are not yet clear enough.
It also involves the secret of the Longjiang God Crocodile and Li Fan himself being tainted with the weirdness of the statue, which is related to the future development.
Soon after, Li Fan went to Li Xin's study, and the father and son withdrew and had a secret conversation.
Li Chuan told the story of his battle with the giant crocodile and the capture of the Yangmu statue, and also talked about matters related to dealing with Wu Feng.
He completed this matter relatively neatly, without involving too many outsiders.
The Hou Mansion and Tiangang Hall reached a tacit deal, which could be regarded as a good exchange of exchanges.
"How could there be such a change..."
After learning the whole story, Li Xin also fell into deep thought.
At the moment, he was thinking more about the giant crocodile and the Yangmu statue.
Li Fan couldn't help but ask: "Didn't grandpa talk carefully about this statue back then?"
Li Xin shook his head slightly: "He didn't have time to say. In fact, when he got this statue, he didn't hold it for too long, and he quickly stored it temporarily and sealed it.
Strangers with his status have many opportunities to obtain rare treasures, and it is impossible to understand every one of them. "
Li Fan was slightly startled when he heard this, and immediately realized that he had made a mistake that he had taken for granted.
Even if you have the true eye, you may not be able to know all the information about a rare treasure, let alone those who don't have the true eye?
Most of the exotic treasures are actually unknown to strangers, and they really don't have the time, energy and capital to find out clearly.
"Now I have been infected with the weirdness of the Yangmu Statue, and I can be considered to be controlling it in disguise. However, the body of this rare treasure is a bit weird. The spiritual will contained in it is too powerful. As long as there is contact, it will Subtly influencing..."
Li Fan thought for a while and told Li Xin what he saw and knew.
"So, the giant crocodile did not directly control the Yangmu statue, but just swallowed it into its belly by chance, thus gaining extraordinary vitality?"
"Now that I think about it, it is indeed the case."
"That's no wonder."
"Actually, I thought about it carefully and felt that the reason why Zhong Ke fell into evil might have something to do with the statue.
He must have directly touched the statue with his palm at that time, and was contaminated by some of its strange power.
Although he finally broke free from the illusion, the pollution was already there.
The power possessed by this statue is truly astonishing. Just holding and touching it can give the giant crocodile an abnormal growth form. It is not surprising that it has a greater impact on smaller humans. "
"What you said makes some sense. It seems that we should be careful and avoid direct contact as much as possible."
Li Xin nodded and agreed with Li Chuan's guess. ….
This thing is indeed much more dangerous than expected.
After leaving Li Xin, Li Ao returned to his east courtyard, where a group of maids and Huang Ying were waiting. They were filled with joy when they saw him, and they all gathered around to greet him.
Li Chuan took a bath and changed clothes, then lay comfortably on the rocking chair, enjoying the service of feeding melons and fruits, and asked about the strange changes in Huang Ying and Ru Yue's body.
[It has been running stably for many years. It is comparable to the old version of the book chasing tool and is used by all old bookworms.
Enough to last three to five years without collapse.
This kind of alien depends entirely on maintenance. The better it is maintained, the longer it will live.
Compared to someone like me who needs to fight frequently and use strange abilities, it is much easier.
However, in comparison, such aliens have extremely limited development of their own abilities, and basically have no chance of becoming a truly strong person.
When it really gets worse and you want to solve it, you often need to rely on the power of the organization or a truly strong person like yourself.
Sometimes, benefits often mean constraints, and hardships also mean opportunities.
What kind of path should be chosen cannot be said in one sentence.
Li Fan didn't know how he felt for a moment, but compared to this kind of life, he still preferred to control it by himself.
…
That night, Li Fan spent the night in Huang Ying's room. After a brief farewell that was better than a wedding, he fell into a deep sleep.
During this period of time, he had almost been relying on the curse of drinking caused by the golden wine.
Although this power is a curse, in a certain sense, it also gives him a strong energy that never stops, and he can stay awake for more than half a month, holding on without falling into weakness.
Moreover, Li Fan has gradually become accustomed to this state and has long been accustomed to it.
It wasn't until I returned home, surrounded by a warm spring night like a warm home, that I finally relaxed and rested.
But in his sleep, Li Fan seemed to feel a strange itch.
In the darkness, a ferocious monster with the body of a sheep and the face of a human and tiger teeth seemed to appear on the right hand. It was glowing with blood and was eating its own arm.
It seemed to have an extremely cruel demonic aura, which made people feel that the whole soul was frozen like ice, and even the thoughts seemed to be at a standstill.
In this inexplicable sleep, Li Chuan's thoughts were running very sluggishly, and he was almost unable to fight against it.
But for some reason, while the monster was chewing, it suddenly touched the wooden nail nailed to its arm, as if it was being choked, showing a painful expression.
It howled and opened its ferocious mouth full of teeth.
Li Fan glanced at it and suddenly found that it was covered with residue like sawdust. Every piece of flesh and blood he had chewed before was actually made of Yang wood. Even the monster's terrifying bite force that could tear apart tigers and leopards could not be shaken. It didn't make any difference, but was stabbed by it.
Those tiny wounds began to grow roots like flesh sprouts, and the scars in the mouth turned into strange insects that were struggling and twisting like earthworms, and then continued to grow under the gaze, filling the monster's mouth.
After a while, a large number of roots filled the gaps between the teeth, almost blocking the monster's entire mouth.
The monster roared, biting the whiskers into pieces and swallowing them.
But after a while, new roots began to grow out of the corners of his mouth and face, continuing to grow at an alarming rate.
Li Fan frowned and looked at all this, feeling as if his arm had been completely numb and no longer belonged to him. .
Don’t ask the common people, ask ghosts and gods
