Hypnosis and illusion techniques were fundamentally different.
Hypnosis could work on ordinary people, but people who practiced Daoism had stronger wills. I couldn't create the conditions to hypnotize Zhang Rong, so I could only use the illusion technique from the Hexagram Character Formula.
After snapping my fingers, I tested him and found that his conscious mind was no longer active.
"Zhang Rong, why did you pretend to be asleep at the clinic?"
He said nothing.
"Did you lie?"
He still said nothing.
I immediately frowned, somewhat surprised.
In the past, anyone caught in my illusion technique would answer my questions truthfully, no matter what I asked.
But Zhang Rong didn't. He had a very strong psychological defense mechanism. He must have received specialized training in this area.
Could a Daoist priest at Qingyang Temple have trained him?
But Qingyang Temple was just a Daoist temple. It taught principles and methods, or techniques. Why would it train Zhang Rong in something like this?
Unable to pry his mouth open for the moment, I could only give up and search him instead.
I found a phone, a bank card, and an ID card on him.
I didn't dare turn on the light for fear of waking him, so I could only shine my phone's light on the ID card. The name on it was Zhang Rong. It was his ID card.
But when I saw his date of birth, I was dumbfounded.
The year was right, but the month and day weren't July 13 at all. They were April 8!
This was the only ID card he had on him, and Boss Lei had looked at it as I'd instructed.
Then Boss Lei had told me it was July 13.
Boss Lei had lied to me!
Not only had Boss Lei lied