Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Faced with the unpalatable ball of death energy, Old Dog Bai looked disgusted and didn’t know what to do with it. He held the ball in the air with his fingers, looking like he wanted to make a delicate gesture with his fingers.
Xiao Yao looked at Old Dog Bai with a smile: “If it’s unpalatable, just get rid of it.” It’s not like eating it is the only way to deal with it.
Old Dog Bai frowned: “But it’s such a waste. The death energy contains quite a lot of energy.” After all, it is something that can abnormally strip away life. Death energy belongs to a type of power with high energy.
Xiao Yao: “…”
Xiao Yao rubbed his temples: “…Keep it and leave it for Qing Lan.”
Bai Ju’s eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately put away the ball of death energy that he had just been disgusted with: “Good idea.”
Xiao Yao raised his hand and rubbed the dog’s head.
The two removed the concealment seals from their bodies and walked forward slightly. They saw Sun Daiyang lying on the floor in a contorted position, looking like someone who had been poisoned and died suddenly.
Xiao Yao glanced down and said, “No need to lull him to sleep. He won’t wake up in this state for a day and a night.”
Bai Ju nodded, squatted down, and touched Sun Daiyang’s wrist with his slender fingertips, suspending several silk threads to take his pulse.
There was indeed a hallucinogenic substance, but its effects weren’t very strong, and it probably had a very special trigger.
“This is a bit difficult.” Bai Ju withdrew his hand and frowned. “The death energy was removed without any problems. After leaving this thing on him, he lost contact with the person behind him. But the hallucinogenic pill might be controlled by a drug. The trigger should be in the other party’s hands. If I remove it directly, the other party might run away if they are cautious enough.”
“If that’s the case, and the other side doesn’t go to Haiyin Castle or trigger its magic array and detection devices, the effective clues they can obtain will be significantly reduced, which is a huge disadvantage.”
Xiao Yao crossed his arms, pondered for a moment, and suggested, “Then let’s not eliminate them for now.”
“Sun Daiyang was arranged to cause trouble at Haiyin Castle, and the information they can obtain is limited. At least the trigger won’t be anyone from us or the Special Operations Bureau. Judging from the purpose, the trigger is most likely related to Jing Xia or Haiyin Castle, and at most, Qiu Ziran as well.”
Bai Ju understood upon hearing this: “We can directly control his actions.”
With a little magic similar to being trapped in a maze, they could confine Sun Daiyang to a certain range of movement. In this way, once Bai Ju and the others figure out the trigger, whether they detonated it in advance or completely isolated him, they won’t completely expose themselves.
“We’ll have to trouble Qu Lang to make arrangements for Jing Xia,” Xiao Yao said. “After all, he’s a resident of the island and has a high degree of freedom. Arranging for him to go to sea will explain why Sun Daiyang can’t find anyone.”
“As for Haiyin Castle, restricting Sun Daiyang’s movements is enough; that’s not difficult. The biggest problem now is that we’re unsure if the trigger is time.”
Specific times and locations were often the triggers for hallucinogenic drugs. With the upcoming opening of the seal on Turtle Ridge Island, this time and location were certainly special enough to serve as a trigger.
Bai Ju agreed with Xiao Yao’s point of view. After thinking for a moment, he reached out and patted Xiao Yao’s head, pulling him close and giving him a squeeze, whispering, “Don’t overthink it. We’re just trying not to alert them. If the trigger is the time and location that activates the drug on Sun Daiyang, it proves they’ve already made their move, so there’s no issue of premature exposure.”
“I’ll leave something near Sun Daiyang so I can subdue him immediately and render him incapacitated. That will be more than enough.”
Sun Daiyang was, after all, just an ordinary human being. Despite his obsessions, he didn’t possess particularly strong willpower. Aside from causing disturbances and minor bloodshed, he didn’t have the ability to accomplish anything more significant.
Having finalized their plan, the two didn’t linger with Sun Daiyang. After confining him to his room at nine o’clock, they searched his backpack and suitcase, finding something useful.
Bai Ju held a small black wooden carving in his hand, his expression somewhat grim.
Xiao Yao had just finished speaking with Qu Lang, put away his phone, and turned around to see Bai Ju standing under the streetlight, his expression inscrutable.
“Brother Bai, what’s wrong with this wooden carving?” Xiao Yao frowned. “Isn’t it just an ordinary evil god?”
As everyone knows, ‘wild gods’ were not uncommon in the world of metaphysics. Some, like Bai Ju, were legitimate, choosing a mountain or village to become a mountain god or household guardian spirit, diligently cultivating virtue. But many more were merely monsters with some power, claiming to be wild gods, but actually using mediums similar to deities to gather incense offerings and prayers. These wild gods were generally called ‘evil gods’ or ‘chaotic gods’ in the world of metaphysics. The small wooden deity statue found in Sun Daiyang’s luggage looked just like such an evil god statue.
Evil gods were called evil gods because their methods were unorthodox.
For the same matter, Bai Ju, in order to fulfill the wishes of those who prayed, would painstakingly find the root of the problem, send dreams, offer blessings, secretly lend a helping hand, guide, and subtly change a person’s destiny. This was what made a qualified… wild god. Evil gods, on the other hand, would use every means to plunder wealth, life, and fortune from others to satisfy their “employers'” wishes. They demanded more faith power from their “employers” than ordinary deities, demanding specific offerings as tribute, and gradually escalating their demands until they completely devour the worshipper’s fortune.
The saying “it’s easy to invite a god, but hard to send one away” perfectly described these mysterious evil gods. Once you bring such an evil god’s statue home and worship it, getting rid of it will likely require a huge financial drain. If you discover it early, it’s fine; conversely, if the evil god has already been cultivated into a powerful force, it may be impossible to get rid of it, and you can only try every means to destroy it.
Bai Ju pursed his lips, his thumb tracing the sinister smile on the small statue’s face, as if shattering a shell in an instant.
Xiao Yao was slightly taken aback, frowning: “Fake?”
The small statue in Bai Ju’s hand now looked like an ordinary wooden carving, completely lacking the aura of an evil god.
“It’s not fake, it’s real.” Bai Ju ground his teeth, as if recalling something terrible. “I’ve seen this kind of method before… It wasn’t too difficult in the past. Once an evil god has taken shape and developed sufficient self-awareness, it can easily change its vessel and medium. After all, they aren’t real gods or wild gods, so they don’t rely much on their statues and can leave at any time. This one in Sun Daiyang’s hand is probably one of them.”
Sun Daiyang probably made many wishes and offerings to this evil god before and even brought it with him when he came to Turtle Island today. But unexpectedly, this evil god had already abandoned him, merely covering the statue with a shell, while the inner avatar and consciousness had long since left.
Xiao Yao reacted, realizing that things weren’t very optimistic: “…So, there’s at least one evil god in China now with a relatively complete consciousness and relatively flexible actions?”
Bai Ju casually crushed the now-ineffective wooden carving into crumbs and nodded: “Yes.”
Xiao Yao took a breath.
Evil gods were indeed easy to deal with. Under normal circumstances, mixing cinnabar water and adding talismans to suppress them could cleanse or suppress them. But clearly, this level of evil god was extraordinary.
“It’s alright, at least it’s a clue, we’ve at least gained something.” Xiao Yao smirked. “At least the investigation has a clearer direction than spiritual power or puppets.”
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