Chapter 42: Prime culprit

When Xia Fan returned to the wing, the old lady's words of gratitude were

still echoing in her ears.

"How about it, the first time it feels to help people get rid of the ills?"

The fox demon looked at him with a smile, with a hint of joking in his tone,

"Do you feel that you have become the savior and can control the fate of

others in your hands?"

"To be honest, it's pretty good." Xia Fan automatically skipped the second

half of her sentence, "I know why Master took this road-compared to entering

the Privy Council, traveling around like this for It feels like a not bad

choice for the people to eliminate harm."

He realized now that even though his master had a lot of problems, he was also

a monk who could draw breath into the body. The advantage of entrapment alone

is enough to allow him to find a stable job in a big family or escort, and not

spend most of his time like a homeless man.

The reason why Master took the road may be because of these thanks.

If it wasn't the only way to learn about the mysteries of the world by

entering the Privy Council, he would have made the same choice as Master.

After all, things like chivalry and justice are almost everyone's illusion.

In addition, the old lady's complaint about the Privy Council also made Xia

Fan quite concerned. When he wandered with his master, he had heard several

instances of the Privy House alchemist cutting off evil and protecting the

safety of one party. The government also promoted the Privy House as an

institution to deal with all abnormal phenomena. This seemed to conflict with

what Old Lady Tian said.

It's just that he doesn't have any method of verifying it now. Master never

mentions this aspect. When encountering an alchemist, he also avoids it.

Probably only after he enters the Privy Council can he know whether there is

any misunderstanding.

"By the way, I still don't understand." He brought the topic back to the

spiritual knowledge that he was most interested in. "If a cat can become a

sprite after death, wouldn't it be possible for other animals? What chickens,

sheep, and cows? Ah... there should be sprites everywhere in the streets, but

my actual feeling is not like that."

This is a conservative statement. Xia Fan looked down at his palm. If you

count the microbes, bacteria die in his palm every second, and new bacteria

will be born. If these creatures are all You need qi to be born, and you can

become a sprite when you die, so the world is a bit too lively.

And how do you perceive bacteria... Cats can still see a fuzzy shadow with

window paper. Not to mention the microbes. The microscope magnification is not

high enough for visual inspection. How can we remove it?

"There is no way to become a sprite for no reason, no matter what kind of evil

it is, you need to rely on strong emotions to have a chance to transform." The

fox demon shook his finger, walked to the coffee table and sat down, and

poured himself and Xia Fan down. Cup of tea, "This emotion can be anger, pain,

unwillingness, resentment, or ecstasy and bliss, or any other indescribable

feeling."

"Just as a large number of the dead can form the Great Desolate Night,

although they die and their consciousness disappears, but the aura full of

strong resentment will last for a long time until they cause a vision."

She pushed the tea to Xia Fan, "Then you found the key to this?"

Xia Fan immediately understood the meaning of her words, "The key is

diversified emotions."

Li nodded, "Your response is one of the few things to be praised."

That's how it turns out...According to the fox demon, creatures with more

diverse emotions are more likely to leave traces after death. This can also be

understood as the stronger the consciousness, the easier it is to have an

impact on the objective world. The microorganisms that were previously

worried, because they don't have complex consciousness, will naturally not

become evil.

As far as the richness of emotion is concerned, man is definitely the first of

all souls.

Not right... Xia Fan glanced at Li, perhaps adding a demon.

It's just that the number of monsters is much lower than that of humans, so

it's not that obvious.

From this, it can be concluded that the probability of human beings turning

into arrogance is much higher than that of other species, and it is more

harmful.

Thinking about this, Xia Fan felt a heartfelt satisfaction, and the veil of

the world seemed to fade to him again.

It really was the right choice to turn the fox monster over.

But another question came to his mind.

...What is the emotion that turns a cat into a sprite?

Tian's wife seems to have said that Ahua died of illness, but animal deaths

are a common occurrence. Even if livestock fell in pieces due to the plague,

there was no major problem.

Xia Fan's mind suddenly flashed.

He looked at Li with a little surprise, "That cat...wasn't that sick and

dying?"

The latter seemed to have expected that he would ask such a question, "Even if

it is a human being, it is difficult for him to resist when he knows his time

limit is approaching, let alone a cat? Want to impress him. , Ordinary

encounters are no good."

Then the answer is ready.

Only pain can impress the souls in the shortest time.

It was tortured to death.

And the perpetrator did not aim to kill it, but to prolong the painful process

as much as possible-if it was only to slaughter, it would not make the fox

demon say "ordinary encounters are not acceptable".

"It's not... Tian's wife made her own hand, right?" Xia Fan felt a little

fluffy behind her back.

"It's not very likely," Li's answer made him a little relieved, "If the tabby

cat died at the hands of the Tian family and it was too late to escape before

his death, how could he wander around the house leisurely after his death. In

addition... that The woman’s feelings for cats should come from the heart."

"That's fine." Xia Fan raised his head and drank a big sip of tea. As for who

was responsible for A Hua, I am afraid that there is no way to verify it, and

it is impossible for him to trace it to the end for a cat-after all, for

people in this era, Cruelty to animals is nothing at all, not to mention legal

punishment, and there will be no moral condemnation.

But if you think about it, what if the real purpose of the abuser is not to

torture the tabby cat, but to murder Tian's wife?

This person knows that by inflicting enough pain, there is a chance that

ordinary creatures will die but not disperse and become evil. Then only a

little bit of attention is needed. The first scourge of evil must be the

living person of the Tian family.

No... These ideas are too conspiracy theories, so there shouldn't be such a

coincidence. Xia Fan shook his head and put the distracting thoughts behind

him. Since no perpetrator could be found, the above guesses would always be

guesses and could not be confirmed.

A sentence Li said before suddenly rang in his ear--

"Spirit is the cause~www.mtlnovel.com~ but not necessarily the culprit."

Did she think of this at that time?

If Ruqiu really died of physical weakness, whether it was intentional or

unintentional, the person who tortured the cat would be considered a murderer.

After solving this sudden "haunted" incident, it was almost midnight, and even

Xia Fan felt a little tired. He yawned and motioned to the fox demon, "It's

getting late, let's rest today."

Li nodded, got up and walked towards the back room.

As he approached the door, Xia Fan called her again, "Also, what happened

today...I'm sorry."

"Oh?" The fox demon glanced at him with interest. It turned out that the

alchemist would also apologize to the demon. For some reason, her mood

suddenly improved a lot. But this point cannot be easily revealed, otherwise

the other party will think that he is too easy to compromise, and he has to be

deeply aware of today's problems.

"You didn't do anything wrong, why do you need to apologize. As you said, I

helped you, not them. This is just repaying the previous life-saving grace--"

"I'm not talking about this." Xia Fan's answer surprised her, "It is clear

that we helped the Tian family together, but in the end I was the only one who

received their thanks. However, the real meritorious people can only succumb.

Behind the scenes, in other words, I monopolize the gratitude you deserve."

"What..." After a moment, Li looked away, "I don't care about human thanks."

"I care. One day, I hope people will know that the demon helped them; one day,

you don't have to hide in the dark when you help others." Xia Fan looked into

her eyes and said softly, " With this level of contact... humans will also

take the initiative to help the demon."