Qu Mo arranged for Lu Fei to stay in a hotel in the county town. Shen Bing and I sent Wang Zijun home. The little monkey vomited all the way and it was really exhausting for us.
The second day of the Chinese New Year is the day to go back to one's parents' home, especially for newly married young wives, who must bring their new son-in-law home on this day. On the street, there are couples buying gifts, with happy smiles on their faces. But early in the morning, Shen Bing and I received bad news from the provincial capital. The evil sect moved so quickly!
Long Shaohui, who had been silent for a long time, called us and said that Old Yan passed away early this morning. His death was expected because he had reached his final day. But another piece of news made us feel stressed. Except for Old Yan and Lu Fei, all the six great masters in the provincial capital died at home this morning.
The six people died in horrific circumstances, and the police initially determined that it was a supernatural case. The news spread like wildfire among the people, and the people of the provincial capital fell into panic.
This major case shocked the top leaders. In order to stabilize public sentiment, the police station was forced to let Long Shaohui return to work as the chief investigator of the case. Long Shaohui thought of us, so he called for help and asked us to go to the provincial capital to help solve the case.
Shen Bing and I didn't agree immediately, we just said we would think about it. Just after receiving the call, Lu Fei and Qu Mo hurried over from the county town. He also received a call from Long Shaohui in the morning and knew that something big had happened in the provincial capital. Home is not a place to discuss things, so I called Wang Zijun and went to the store together.
As soon as I opened the door of the shop, I found it was a mess. The Azure Dragon and White Tiger statues were leaning to one side, and the Eight Coffins for Suppressing Ghosts were scattered on the ground and broken into pieces of wood. The shelves were tilted, and the magic bottles on them were missing! I couldn't help but be shocked. It didn't matter if everything in the shop was destroyed, but I couldn't lose the magic bottles. Losing it meant losing the weight to fight against the evil!
We quickly closed the door. I looked at the furniture that was tilted all over the place and said with a wry smile, "What is coming will come. I just didn't expect them to come to Shangcheng Town so soon." Then I looked at the shelves with heartache. I really hoped that I was seeing things and the Dharma bottle was not lost.
Qu Mo said: "There is no sign that the shop door has been moved. The evil spirits dare not come in to cause trouble. How did they do that?"
I sighed and said, "Now is not the time to think about this. Let's first discuss how to deal with the evil sect."
"Can't the Lingguan Talisman use footprints to find clues? Use this to find the troublemaker!" Shen Bing said.
I shook my head and said, "Looking at the traces of earth-moving on the ground, it must be the evil sect's disciples who used the 'Shrinking the Earth Method' to get in. The Lingguan Talisman can't find it."
"They are tantamount to issuing a declaration of war to us. I'm afraid they will take action within the next two days." Lu Fei said with a worried look on his face.
Wang Zijun looked at me and asked, "You must have an idea of how to deal with them, right?"
I nodded and said, "We have counted, but we are a step too late. I don't know how many Heavenly Masters were killed today. Sigh, I thought they would take action after the New Year, but I didn't expect it to start after the first day of the New Year."
They all asked in unison: "What solution have you come up with?"
I looked at them and said, "Our ancestors asked me to spread the secret of the Sky Lantern to divert their attention. Although it's too late now, it's not too late to mend the situation. We will spread the false news immediately and say that the Sky Lantern was buried by our great-grandfather in..." At this point, I couldn't think of a suitable place for a moment, because if we want to lure them there, we should go to a wild and dangerous area far away from the human world.
"Tibet, that's the place I dream of going to." Shen Bing said excitedly.
I thought this was a good suggestion. Tibet has more than 600,000 square kilometers of uninhabited area, with almost no human habitation for thousands of miles. It is very desolate. People who have gone there to explore often lose their lives due to food poisoning or getting lost. It is known as a terrifying world.
"Okay, let's say it's buried in the uninhabited area in northwest Tibet. We'll set off immediately to Tibet and lure them all there. Then we'll make a detour to get rid of them and go to Yunnan!"