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Chapter 635 Don't Release the Hawk Until You See the Rabbit

They stayed for two days, and the innkeeper's wife prepared thick coats and flatbread for them, but Zhu Yu was in a dilemma.

"In the past two days, we've talked to the people here, and we can roughly understand that during that period more than 20 years ago, almost everyone who came near that small wooden building would experience hallucinations and be haunted, but no one was harmed as a result."

Afterwards, out of fear, no one dared to approach that place easily anymore. For nearly twenty years, no one dared to approach that mountain valley, and no one encountered being haunted by nightmares again.

All of this actually confirms my previous point—the person in that small building had no intention of causing conflict with the outside world; all he wanted to do was scare away anyone who tried to get close.

Furthermore, back then, he must have had a fairly large stockpile of sleeping potions and other substances, which allowed him to act with considerable 'large-scale' resources. Now, he only acts when he sees a clear opportunity, and he doesn't even dare to release sleeping potions until someone enters the premises, indicating that his reserves are no longer plentiful.

Why would he go to such lengths to hide inside, preferring to live alone with little clothing and shelter, rather than join the others in this relatively peaceful town?

And then there's that Qilin pattern...

I think we must capture this person alive, no matter what method we have to use, and get to the bottom of this."

“Second Master, what you said makes sense, but… we’ve already tried the antidote pills left by the divine physician, and they didn’t work…” Fu Lu was also at a loss. “Why don’t you all hide first, and I’ll go in myself! When he comes out to drag me away, you guys hold him down on the spot!”

“Then let me go!” Fuwen thought that Fulu’s method was feasible, but there was still one thing that was not quite right and needed to be considered again. “Fulu is too tall and strong. That person couldn’t even drag him before. He could only drag him to a place where he could use him and then throw him away.”

What if we make him go again? That person is too weak to carry the meat, and he's so hungry that if we push him too far, he might not throw it away and just keep it to eat. What would we do then?
"I'm different. Every time he throws me, it's about the same distance as Second Master, so the probability of him carrying me out and throwing me again is much higher."

Zhu Yu was both amused and exasperated. She didn't believe that person had a taste for raw meat and blood; otherwise, they wouldn't have been thrown out unharmed twice after going in.

“The method you two suggested is indeed feasible, but there is one aspect that is not very reliable,” she said to the two brothers. “In order to avoid being noticed, we have been taking routes that are rarely traveled. In addition, the people in this town have learned from their mistakes over the years and dare not go near the mountain pass. How many people do you think will accidentally go there in the near future?”

"The four of us used to always go in and out together. Now, suddenly, only one of us is going in. Won't that person become suspicious and suspect we're setting a trap for him?"

Her words put both the runes and talismans in a bit of a predicament.

The three of them were silent for a moment, and then Zhu Yu's gaze suddenly fell on Lu Qing, who was standing to the side.

“Something’s not right with you.” Zhu Yu frowned and looked at Lu Qing, who hadn’t said a word. “When the three of us were discussing this here, you didn’t say a word and you were so calm… Something’s not right!”
"Honestly, is there something else you're hiding from us?"

Lu Qing did not deny it. She smiled slightly, reached into her pocket, took out a small paper package, placed it on the table, and slowly pushed it in front of Zhu Yu.

"What is this?" Zhu Yu asked curiously as she carefully opened the paper package and saw about a dozen pills the size of soybeans inside.

“Yan Daoxin concocted his own sedative and detoxifying pills,” Lu Qing said. “Before, inside the Immortal Fortress, the old steward and the guards used sleeping incense and drugs everywhere, which made him feel uneasy about the pills he had originally prepared. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to withstand something even more powerful.”

So later, during his time in Brahma's land, he would ponder these things whenever he had free time. While keeping Brahma alive, he also used some medicinal herbs there to concoct a more potent version. However, not long after it was completed, we were put on a prison cart and taken all the way back to the capital, preventing him from having the opportunity to test just how powerful this reviving and detoxifying pill really was.

Before I was taken to meet the emperor for the last time, he secretly handed this thing to me, and I've carried it with me ever since.

When I visited the small wooden house last time, I didn't expect their sleeping potion to be so potent; he really did predict it correctly.

"Master, then let me eat this!" Fu Lu patted his chest. "Perfect, I can test the medicine and capture that scoundrel while I'm at it!"

"To capture him, we need to figure out a few things first. Besides where he's hiding, there's another thing—how does he manage to accurately detect every single person entering the small wooden building?"

The runes and talismans also fell silent.

The first time they went in, they didn't try to be discreet or tiptoe, so it's not surprising that the people inside noticed them.

The second time, however, they were extremely careful and tiptoed around, but they were still knocked out by the sleeping potion as soon as they entered.

The innkeepers said that more than 20 years ago, a group of people from the town, led by a Taoist priest, were about to destroy the evil wooden building when they were bewitched before they even got close.

The fact that they were able to enter the small wooden building successfully both times indicates that the person will only take action after noticing someone has entered their "territory".

Both times they were absolutely certain that they hadn't seen anyone, let alone heard a sound or a shadow.

They were all skilled in martial arts; if the other party were secretly watching them from somewhere, it would be impossible for them not to be detected.

Having been bewitched by the incense twice before, leaving them disheveled and exhausted, they momentarily forgot to consider the problem.

After raising this question, Zhu Yu didn't say anything more. She also had things she couldn't understand about this matter.

"When we were around that little wooden building, were there any signs of secret guards nearby?" After a while, she came up with a possibility.

Lu Qing smiled and shook her head: "No."

Got it!
Zhu Yu sighed.

She knew that Lu Qing and Lu Chao's shared bodyguards, although they possessed the ability to appear and disappear without a trace, were only ordered to relay information and would never intervene in any direct conflict, in order to completely eliminate their presence.

However, not intervening doesn't mean they can't see. They had originally hoped that there was a pair of eyes in the shadows to help them see things clearly, but now it seems that this plan has failed.