My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 182: Seven Evil Souls
"A few months ago, a serial murder case occurred in Xishen City. The victims were all children as young as seven years old. They were hanged on the beams of their own houses. And the manner of death was exactly the same. They were all dressed in red clothes, their limbs were tied tightly, their heads were pierced with iron needles, and their feet were hung with weights."

"Because the case had such a huge impact, the police station was also pushed to the forefront. Inspector Tiger investigated for more than two months but did not find any clues. Under pressure from his superiors, he had to temporarily close the case as suicide."

"However, although the police station's case file said so, Inspector Tiger never gave up on finding the truth and privately hired a private detective to continue the investigation in secret."

"After some investigation, the private detective found clues about this case from a Feng Shui master."

"According to what the Feng Shui master said, these children who were hanged on the beams of the house were probably the ones who were practicing the evil art of 'Seven Evil Souls'."

"This kind of evil magic requires a child with pure Yin in his birth chart as a medium, and uses the five elements to extract the lifespan of his soul, thereby enhancing one's own magical power."

"The private detective told Inspector Tiger about his findings and gave him all the clues he had found."

"Inspector Tiger began to investigate based on these clues, and finally found the Maoshan Sect Altar. Unexpectedly, at this time, Inspector Tiger suddenly fell ill and died of a serious illness."

"After the child saw the detective notes left by his father, he realized that there was something fishy about his father's death, so he went to the Maoshan Sect to investigate the truth behind his father's death."

"However, it was driven away by the Maoshan Taoist priests, who even wanted to completely eliminate it. But before that, the child had already discovered something unusual and escaped from the Maoshan Sect Altar in time before the other party turned hostile."

"Those Maoshan Taoists were also relentless in their pursuit. It's hard to imagine what would have happened if you hadn't covered up for the child or had allowed it to be taken back to Maoshan."

"After listening to the child's story, what will you choose next?"

"Will you choose to play dumb and let the child die? Or will you send it home safely and persuade it to come back for revenge when it grows up?"

"Or should we hand the child over to the Taoist priests of Mount Mao as a token of our loyalty to the Taoist priests?"

There are three options: either ignore the incident, send the child home, or hand the child over.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while and decided that ignoring this option was undoubtedly an option that he definitely could not choose, otherwise the subsequent plot would have nothing to do with it.

The choice he has to make now is to choose between the following two options to participate in the subsequent plot.

Which one should I choose?
Jiang Xinghuo thought it over, weighed the pros and cons, and decided to send the child home.

If he hands over this child, he might be able to enter Maoshan smoothly, but the subsequent plot will have nothing to do with him. If he misses something good, he will regret it.

"You want to send the child back home and persuade it to come back for revenge when it grows up."

"But the child is very stubborn. He must find out the truth and make the murderer who killed his father pay a heavy price."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Are you going to investigate this matter with the child? Or will you let it act on its own?"

"Of course, you can also choose to take the notes and investigate the truth behind this case yourself."

There are still three options, but this time, Jiang Xinghuo chooses to take the notebook and investigate the cause of the inspector's death and the real murderer of the serial murders himself.

"You expressed your thoughts. The child was a little hesitant, but he finally believed you. You saved him twice, and he believed that you would not deliberately deceive him."

"However, the kid hid the detective notebook at home. You have to go back with it to get it."

"You killed those Maoshan Taoists."

"You have obtained, Incense +500."

"You brought the child back to Xishen City and found the detective notebook."

"The child said that he will not leave Xishen City. If you have any problems in the future, you can come here to find him at any time. He hopes that you can find the culprit behind the scenes and avenge his father and those who died in vain." "You have obtained the detective notes of Inspector Tiger."

“Where are you going next?
Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the sub-map option, found the Fuchun Teahouse in Xishen City, and chose to go there.

"You chose to go to Fuchun Teahouse."

"The journey is ongoing..."

"Please wait……"

"You have arrived at Fuchun Teahouse."

"You walked into the teahouse, found the storyteller, gave him 100 incense sticks, and wanted to ask about the news of 'Seven Evil Souls'."

"The storyteller's 'Golden Box Collection' has been activated."

"Keyword automatic recognition..."

"Please wait……"

"Keywords found..."

"The storyteller found relevant information about 'Seven Evil Souls' in the ancient documents stored in the Golden Box, and is reading it for you..."

"The reading of the golden box is complete."

In less than a minute, there was feedback from the storyteller, and new game text popped up on the screen.

"The Seven Evil Souls are a legendary evil magic that has been lost for many years. The conditions for casting the spell are extremely harsh."

"First, we need to use a child whose birth date is pure Yin as a medium, and then use the Five Elements method to obtain his soul for sacrifice."

"Then integrate the soul of the dead into your body and gradually absorb the essence and vitality contained in it, thereby quickly improving your cultivation."

"It is difficult to find a child with pure Yin in their horoscope, and at least seven children must be sacrificed to succeed. More importantly, they cannot be over seven years old."

"But the murderer seemed to have locked onto his target long ago. He didn't hesitate at all. He was quick, accurate, steady and ruthless."

"You triggered it, Inspector Tiger's notes."

"Inspector Tiger wrote in his notes that he suspected the culprit of this serial murder case was the elder of Mount Mao, Gui Yunzi."

"According to Inspector Tiger's investigation, Gui Yunzi is an outer sect elder of Mount Mao. He is well versed in the art of incantation, especially the art of calling back souls and startling people. If a child is frightened or attracts an unclean thing, all he needs is a yellow talisman with the birth date written on it, and the child can be restored to health."

"In addition, Inspector Tiger visited the families of the victims and they all said that Gui Yunzi had come to their homes before the incident and gave the children some elixirs, saying they were elixirs that could strengthen their bodies."

"The last entry in the detective notes is that Inspector Tiger took a gun and went alone to the tiger's den, heading to the Maoshan Sect Altar, wanting to find Gui Yunzi to find out what was going on, or to simply arrest him and bring him back to the police station to close the case."

"But this is the end of this notebook. There is no follow-up content."

"Because Inspector Tiger is dead, his body is buried in the cemetery in Xishen City. Do you want to go there and pay your respects?"

I had an MRI this morning and got the report this afternoon. There is no organic lesion in my brain. Everything is normal. It seems that I can only see a Chinese doctor in a few days... It's so worrying...

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