The old Daoist asked another question.
“Do you think Yao Wenli killed his own younger brother?”
Feng Xingyun replied, “No.”
The pattern drawn on the talisman pasted to his face had already mostly faded.
This meant the old Daoist could only ask one more question.
“Do you know how to leave this place?”
Feng Xingyun replied, “If you keep walking along the small path down the mountain, you can leave.”
As soon as he uttered the last word, the pattern on the paper talisman vanished completely, and Feng Xingyun snapped back to his senses.
He reflexively turned his head to look at his shoulder.
However, there was nothing on his shoulder.
“What happened?”
He raised his hand and peeled off the blank paper talisman stuck to his head.
“Just now...”
At this moment, he had actually forgotten what had just transpired. But looking at the paper talisman in his hand, he could guess that he had definitely been targeted.
He then hurriedly walked in the direction of Zuo Lin'an.
Having finished casting the spell, the old Daoist wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Lin Xiaolei quickly came over.
“Grandpa, are you okay?”
The old Daoist nodded. “I'm fine.”
Just now, he had used a paper puppet to target Feng Xingyun with a Beguiling Talisman and a Truth Talisman.
Logically speaking, the effects of these two talismans should have lasted at least several minutes at worst. He had used them on Lin Xiaolei before, and even his own grandson, who possessed excellent talent, had been firmly controlled for four to five minutes.
But on Feng Xingyun's end, it seemed to have lasted less than half a minute!
To be precise, only about sixteen seconds.
He really found it hard to imagine just how much power was hidden inside Feng Xingyun, who appeared to be an ordinary person.
“Grandpa?”
Seeing the old Daoist looking a bit dazed, Lin Xiaolei couldn't help but call out.
Only then did the old Daoist snap out of it. He then told Lin Xiaolei all the answers he had just obtained.
“You guessed part of it correctly earlier. Yao Wenli indeed wanted to kill his younger brother, but he didn't actually go through with it, and the butler didn't kill anyone either. So, his younger brother really did commit suicide.”
“And the two brothers actually had a very good relationship. From this, we can infer that the younger brother didn't want to be a burden to his older brother.”
“Perhaps he knew his brother wanted to kill him, or perhaps he didn't.”
“But no matter what, he had already decided to commit suicide.”
“Evidently, he believed that as long as he died, his brother could start a completely new life without him holding him back.”
Right at this moment, they suddenly noticed a change in the main quest.
The four black characters of 【Investigate the Truth】 suddenly turned green.
“The quest... is complete?”
Lin Xiaolei had just checked his main quest and before he could even speak, the old Daoist grabbed his hand and dragged him forward.
“Let's go!”
The two ran forward at top speed. Finding the stone steps, they rushed down.
Lin Xiaolei followed behind the old Daoist, finding it a bit difficult to keep up.
However, right at this moment, Zuo Lin'an made his move.
He positioned his specter body on the steps leading down the mountain, specifically near the peak.
Consequently, the old Daoist duo hadn't fled far before they spotted the specter.
“Oh no, a Fierce Ghost is blocking our path! He knows we're trying to leave!”
“What do we do, Grandpa? Our talents are all on cooldown!”
And their other methods were useless as well.
The old Daoist glanced at his talent. The talent he had drawn, 【Perception Confusion】, had a cooldown of two hours, but less than an hour had passed so far.
Compared to Lin Xiaolei's one-day cooldown, two hours was actually quite good. However, when it truly came down to a critical moment, the length of the cooldown made absolutely no difference unless it could be used continuously.
Zuo Lin'an slowly turned around, staring at them with cold eyes.
At this moment, he was incredibly glad that he had set the path of survival at the edge of the white mist furthest from this mountain.
No matter how fast these two ran, it would take them at least several hours to get there from here. Just like this morning, they had spent an entire day just making a round trip.
And now, if they wanted to run over there, it would still take at least several hours.
This way, he would have multiple opportunities to strike.
Calculating the time, there were less than twenty minutes left until eight o'clock.
In other words, in a bit over four hours, his time acceleration could be used again.
Seeing those eyes flashing with a crimson glow in the dark night, Lin Xiaolei felt fear rising in his heart, and his body couldn't stop trembling.
Lightning techniques?
Useless.
Even Grandpa's Heavenly Thunder Talisman was useless.
The strongest lightning technique he could perform right now didn't even have half the power of a Heavenly Thunder Talisman.
Furthermore, his grandfather wasn't using any other means to attack the specter.
Just as Lin Xiaolei was at a complete loss, the old Daoist whipped out two paper talismans. He stuffed one into Lin Xiaolei's hand and held the other in his own.
“This is...”
Upon seeing what the talisman looked like, Lin Xiaolei instantly realized what his grandfather wanted to do, but he had no time to stop him.
“Xiao Lei, I've told you about the talisman in your hand before. You know how to use it.”
“Remember, do not waste the time I'm buying for you.”
“Once you teleport over, you must use the talisman in your hand as fast as possible!”
Lin Xiaolei's expression changed dramatically.
“Grandpa, wait! I—”
The old Daoist didn't wait for him to finish. He activated the talisman directly, and Lin Xiaolei, who had been standing there a moment ago, vanished instantly.
Zuo Lin'an was also slightly startled to see this.
He hadn't expected the old Daoist to have such a trick up his sleeve. As expected of an Old Heavenly Master adorned in purple robes!
As for where Lin Xiaolei had gone, he saw it immediately.
He was actually right in the middle of that small path leading to the end of the white mist.
In other words, Lin Xiaolei was now only halfway from where the path of survival was located.
Even if he ran with all his might, it would still take two to three hours.
But before sending him away, the old Daoist had stuffed an identical talisman into Lin Xiaolei's hand.
He had also told him to use it immediately after teleporting.
Which meant...
Oh no!
Zuo Lin'an immediately concealed his figure and gave chase.
The old Daoist's gaze hardened. Completely disregarding his own safety, he gave chase in the direction the specter had vanished, but he found nothing.
And at this very moment, a somewhat familiar figure gracefully landed not far away.
His long hair fluttered, his posture tall and elegant.
Who else could it be but Feng Xingyun?
Seeing him, the old Daoist frowned slightly. “So it's the butler? I wonder why you've come here so late at night? Did you also witness what just happened?”
Feng Xingyun was somewhat puzzled.
“What just happened?”
“What do you mean, Master?”
At this point, the old Daoist was no longer willing to keep up pretenses and sneered.
“The specter that appeared just now and chased my grandson and me.”
Feng Xingyun looked confused and slowly shook his head.
“Where would a specter come from in this world? Master, it's better to believe in science. Don't think that just because the young master believes in some Daoist spells and Heavenly Masters, you can use that to fool me.”
The old Daoist was utterly speechless. Believe in science?
Then who was the person who just flew over?
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