At this moment, Wang Ping is caught in a dilemma.
There is obviously something wrong with Lin Family Estate, but it is related to the secret of Longxing County, and the reason why Imperial Academy, White Lotus Sect, and Royal Attendant Hall came together.
"To go or not to go?"
Although Divine Intent told Wang Ping that "there is no danger", he became more vigilant because no crisis was found, which only means that the crisis is particularly serious!
After thinking for a moment, Wang Ping took a step back.
As the saying goes, a man with a lot of money cannot sit down in the hall. Since there is danger, then I will not go. As the saying goes, I will not go to the mountain knowing that there are tigers.
"This Lin Family Estate obviously has a big problem. Let's leave it to Monkey and Dog. Those two royal ministers should be more experienced in this, but I can't just report it to them. Otherwise, it will appear that I am timid and cowardly, and I don't even dare to investigate, which will lower my impression score."
Soon, Wang Ping made a decision.
He did not rush into Lin Family Estate, but first found a paper shop in the city, bought a stack of seven-color paper, and picked up a piece of bluestone on the roadside.
The excess part of the bluestone was cut off, leaving only forty-nine inches long, seven inches wide, and forty-nine inches thick.
The seven-color paper is stacked according to white, yellow, red, blue, purple, green and black, and then cut into forty-nine seven-inch-high paper figures, and then pressed under the bluestone.
Immediately afterwards, he concentrated and held his breath.
The hole in the Niwan Palace opened, and the roaring Spirit-Communing Thought emerged, turning into a glow that was difficult to see with the naked eye, and followed the magic spell of Wang Ping lightly falling on the paper man.
"The mystery appears quickly, covering True Person."
[Soul Seizure]!
As soon as the spell was finished, Wang Ping was blown out in one breath, driving the paper figure with rolling Spirit Sense, and the originally ordinary paper suddenly glowed with a dazzling glow.
After a while, the glow dissipated, and Wang Ping looked around. The paper man was nowhere to be seen, but another version of himself appeared in the same place. His facial features were straight and smooth, lifelike. At the same time, he also felt that his original perspective of observing the outside world through Spirit Sense was also transferred to the other person at this moment.
Wang Ping was amazed at this.
Paper Effigy Substitute is an application method of [Soul Seizure]. It extracts one of its seven souls and then attaches it to the paper man with Spirit-Communing Thought.
"This is the most superficial substitute Movement Method."
"Unfortunately, I haven't passed through Human Tribulation yet. I don't have Law Power, and the materials used are ordinary materials, so the refined Paper Effigy Substitute has basically no combat effectiveness."
First Tribulation Realm needs to condense four cultivation qualities, Spirit-Communing Thought, Perfectly Sealed True Body, Cosmic Circulation Breath Intake, Qi-Manifesting Technique. Among them, the fourth cultivation characteristic, Qi-Manifesting Technique, can be called a step of qualitative change, because only by condensing this quality can we refine Law Power and escape from the mortal body.
Only when you practice up to this point can you truly get started.
Including [Qi Suppression], [Soul Seizure] and other Immortal Method techniques, they must be driven by Law Power to be considered complete, otherwise they will always be inferior to Mystery-Pointing.
"But it's enough for me now."
Wang Ping looks relaxed.
After all, he doesn't need the paper man to have much fighting power, he just needs to walk around Lin Family Estate and see for himself what's inside.
Thinking of this, Wang Ping immediately pointed out Hand Seals.
"Disease!"
As soon as the words fell, the paper man Wang Ping, who had a stiff face, suddenly started to move, his facial features stretched, his blood flushed, and his eyes became a little more spiritual.
Immediately afterwards, he strode towards the Lin Household mansion.
Push the door and step forward.
"Boom!"
The next second, Wang Ping saw Paper Effigy Substitute disappearing like handwriting erased by an eraser the moment he pushed open the door of the mansion.
The wind is dark and gloomy.
Through the paper man, Wang Ping raised his head. It was obviously broad daylight before entering the mansion, but after entering the mansion, there were heavy dark clouds above his head.
However, as he operated Spirit Sense, the dark cloud-like scene was immediately pierced and uncovered, revealing the appearance of broad daylight again. This also made him sigh in relief. At least this showed that his advantage as an immortal cultivator was still there. This one was still a torture, and he did not accidentally enter the high-end game.
"Let me see..."
Wang Ping looked around and took stock of the mansion in front of him. The entire mansion had a regular layout, neither big nor small. What he saw was a simple courtyard.
There is also a tea pavilion in the courtyard.
Directly opposite the tea pavilion is a corridor with four doors corresponding to four rooms, and a lantern hangs in front of each room.
The lanterns are all wrapped in white paper.
The firelight inside the cage was pale green, and through the lamp paper, it reflected four large twisted characters [A], [B], [C], and [D].
"... what the hell."
Wang Ping frowned, Spirit-Communing Thought allowed him to see and sense many things that were difficult to detect with the naked eye, just like this scene.
A mortal would only think that this courtyard is a bit cold and groundless, but he can see the Grievance-Baleful Aura deposited in the courtyard. This is the best environment for the birth of a demon. If the Great Shun and Spiritual Qi were not too thin, such a mansion might have given birth to a demon.
"... People died here."
Wang Ping's expression became more and more serious. Not only had he died, but he was able to accumulate enough Grievance-Baleful Aura to breed a demon. He must have experienced great pain before his death.
"Xu Bingzheng... What exactly does he want to do?"
In other words, what exactly does Imperial Academy behind Xu Bingzheng want to do? How many other mansions and compounds in the county have the same experience as Lin Household?
This so-called Unorthodox Arts looks a bit evil.
Wang Ping walks into the tea pavilion.
The whole mansion is filled with Grievance-Baleful Aura, but the tea pavilion has the least amount of Grievance-Baleful Aura, with only a thin floor and filled with various objects.
To be precise, it is a dossier.
The thick file was divided into four parts in an orderly manner and targeted at the four rooms in the corridor. It seemed that it was originally prepared for those who entered the mansion.
Wang Ping opened the first file.
It started with [D], which obviously corresponded to the [D]-shaped room in the mansion. Soon, Wang Ping saw a detailed overview of his life.
"The person who lives in the D-shaped room is named Zhu Wu."
"This man was born as an orphan. He worked as a pickpocket on the street at the age of five. He became proficient in deception and abduction at the age of twelve. At the age of fifteen, he entered a martial arts school in the city as an apprentice."
"After that, he was kicked out of the martial arts school because of bullying his fellow juniors. From then on, he idled around, living a life of poverty and lack of food. Until his neighbor made a small fortune doing business. After he learned about it, he broke into the door late at night with a knife and killed three members of his neighbor's family."
"The neighbor's newborn daughter was not spared either."
"After that, he fled out of the city, changed his name and went to a rural village until he was captured by the county police. According to Great Shun Code, he should be sentenced to Ling Chi."
This is [the person whose sin is unforgivable].
Wang Ping After reading the dossier, he turned his eyes and looked at the other one next to him, which read [C], which was also a life summary.
"The person who lives in room C is named Hua Yingmei."
"This person is a nanny. In the past three years, he has abducted and sold more than ten children from good families, either to the countryside or to other counties."
"On the surface, she is a well-known benevolent person. She takes in orphans in Land God Temple in the west of the city, gives them food, and teaches them skills. Many people call them a beggar gang. However, secretly, she instructs the orphans from the beggar gang to lure children from good families and wait for opportunities to abduct and sell them."
"However, as the saying goes, a hundred secrets and a few sparse."
"After her business grew, it became difficult to hide her secrets. Finally, she was exposed and the county government investigated and arrested her. According to Great Shun Code, she should be punished by breaking a car."
This is [the most sinful person].
Seeing this, Wang Ping glanced at the D-shaped room and the C-shaped room. As he expected, the accumulation of Grievance-Baleful Aura was the most serious in these two rooms.
Continue to view the third dossier.
"The person who lives in room B is called Pang Yue."
"This person is an opportunistic businessman. When he was passing through Longxing County, he encountered a bandit and his goods were robbed. The negotiated business was ruined."
"He was embarrassed to return to his hometown and could only stay in Longxing County. In order to make a comeback, he began to weave a scam, borrowing money to raise interest and continuously compounding the profits, attracting people to join him, and finally ran away with the money, involving hundreds of households in the city. Many of them committed suicide because they had been defrauded of all their wealth."
"The county government attaches great importance to this."
"He was reported to the county government as soon as possible, and police officers from all counties joined forces to finally arrest him across the county. The money he defrauded is still being sought today."
"According to Great Shun Code, he should be punished with the rod."
This is [a person who cannot escape guilt].
There are sinners in the three rooms, but the guilt and punishment in Great Shun Code are from severe to light, from being punished, to breaking the car, and finally to being beaten with a cane.
Then here comes the problem.
Wang Ping's eyes fell on the fourth dossier marked [A]. This time, what came into view was a completely different life profile.
"The person living in room A is named Li An."
"This man usually works as a helper in a blacksmith shop in the city. He has no bad deeds in his life. He has two children at home, his parents are still alive, and his husband and wife have a harmonious relationship."
"On weekdays, I often help poor elderly people."
"Because he is willing to help others, his neighbors in the street speak highly of him. He will send some things to his door every year and festival. He is recognized as a kind and good person."
This is [the innocent person].
Four rooms, four kinds of people, four files, just placed in the tea pavilion... And on the last page of the file, there is an intriguing sentence:
[Let me see how long you can hold on.]
"What do you mean?"
Wang Ping frowned, vaguely guessing that the four kinds of people in these four rooms might be the source of the Grievance-Baleful Aura that now pervades the entire mansion.
Did Lin Sheng kill them all?
Why?
With doubts, Wang Ping continued to search in the tea pavilion, and finally found another yellowed book under one of the files.
"This is... a diary?"
Wang Ping opened the book and saw that the handwriting on it was strong and strong. It was written by a well-off family member who had been well-educated and educated since he was a child.
"My name is Lin Sheng."
"If anyone sees this diary... I should be dead by the hands of the county magistrate Xu Bingzheng. I just hope the truth will not be covered up."
"It starts from the day I was suspended for investigation. The night I returned home, the county magistrate Xu Bingzheng... the dog officer found me. He brought the four people and the corresponding files over, and then asked the Transcendent who was accompanying him to perform some kind of Unorthodox Arts on me."
Accompanying Transcendent?
Seeing this, Wang Ping suddenly raised his eyebrows. As far as he knew, the only person in Longxing County who could be called "Transcendent" was Wandering God True Person.
But that's not right.
"Xu Bingzheng and Chen Haoyan used me as bait before, just to sneak into that Wandering God True Person's dojo and steal that Heaven's Will Soul-Returning Pill."
In this case, the two sides should be incompatible with each other.
Why does Xu Bingzheng still act together with Wandering God True Person?
What's the secret behind this?
Thinking of this, Wang Ping continued to look through the diary.
"That's a very strange Unorthodox Arts. It not only puts me in a state of intense hunger all the time, but also greatly increases my food intake."
"Before leaving, he left some food for me."
"But soon, I finished the food."
Seeing this, Wang Ping already had some guesses. "Interesting, this is deliberately cultivating a demon, which is the same logic as Immortal Sect refining Force Servitor."
In short, it is to enhance the grievances of people before death so that they can be used as materials after death to fully realize their human and animal value.
"Deliberately leaving Lin Sheng in a state of extreme hunger, and then waiting for him to eat up the remaining food, so that he has to rob other people's food, four rooms, four kinds of people, from unforgivable to innocent, this is to break down his bottom line step by step and make him gradually become a villain."
In this way, Grievance-Baleful Aura can also be explained.
"That's right, the food that was enough to survive was taken away by others, and finally died of hunger and despair, so the birth of Grievance-Baleful Aura is normal."
That's why Xu Bingzheng left such a paragraph in the file:
[Let me see how long you can hold on.]
"Lin Sheng is undoubtedly a young agent with a just heart and a firm mind in disputes. Otherwise, Chen Haoyan would not have been suspended from his job for contradicting him."
What Xu Bingzheng wants to do is to crush his persistence.
"You are not allowed in or out of this courtyard. Even if Lin Sheng is willing to degenerate, he will eventually starve to death. As the instigator, he will be swallowed up by Resentful Baleful Intent."
"Then his life will be over."
"And the human sacrifice as a demon will start over."
--Thinking of this, Wang Ping couldn't help but shook his head. "It's a good idea, but again, Great Shun's Spiritual Qi is really too thin."
Spiritual Qi is not enough, this level of Resentful Baleful Intent is not enough to breed a demon.
This plan is doomed to fail.
"If you want to give birth to a demon when Spiritual Qi is not enough, Grievance-Baleful Aura will have to increase it at least three to five times." Wang Ping made a rough estimate in his mind.
Then, he continued to look at the diary.
As expected, the following records should be similar to what he guessed. In order to survive, Lin Sheng kept robbing others of food and even killed people...
[No.]
Wang Ping's thinking came to an abrupt end.
Just because on the next page of the diary, there is only a messy, twisted and crazy handwriting: [Nothing! No food, nothing!]
"No?" Wang Ping was stunned.
Impossible, how could there be no food? Without food, fighting and killing would be impossible, and it would be impossible to breed such Grievance-Baleful Aura...
"... ah."
The next second, Wang Ping suddenly realized.
No food? This is a wonderful misunderstanding that only people who have never been short of food and have never experienced what "hungry" means.
Wang Ping looked at the four rooms in front of him, the four dossier in his hand, and the four living, flesh-and-blood people described in the dossier.
Isn't the food right in front of you?