It was close to the limit of its coverage.
He suspected someone nearby was manipulating this black energy.
Because he remembered seeing this black energy somewhere before.
That time, when they returned from狸猫村 (Li Mao Village), they were attacked.
When they finally captured the tongue-less woman, her head exploded.
What shot out from her head carried this black energy.
At that time, because the thing ran too fast, Chu Tian only felt it for a fleeting moment as it escaped.
Later, when he expanded his divine sense over a large area, he only saw a tail at the edge of his divine sense, which then ran out of his range.
It was only for a mere fraction of a second. Although he had some impression at the time, he couldn't recall it immediately.
On the way back from Qinling, he and Gao Kai had discussed the female esper and the other two missing bodies.
Everyone felt that they were likely puppets being controlled by someone.
And the medium controlling them was the thing that had escaped from their heads.
At this moment, Chu Tian's divine sense instantly expanded to its limit, and the next second he almost fainted, clutching his head.
Gao Kai quickly supported him and asked, "Xiao Tian, what's wrong?"
Chu Tian waved his hand, trying to persist.
Releasing divine sense in the city was completely different from doing so in a quiet forest.
The noisy city, especially near the hospital, had a very large flow of people and vehicles.
He suddenly expanded his divine sense to a distance of over two thousand meters.
The chaotic information flooded into his mind, like a sledgehammer striking his head.
Chu Tian persisted for two minutes, finally getting used to the cacophony.
However, he found nothing within his divine sense. The only thing he discovered was a place behind the hospital with a chilling aura.
Upon closer inspection, he found it was the hospital's morgue and mortuary.
That place was the only one in the city that felt out of place.
But he thought it was quite normal. Chu Tian observed the area carefully. Besides being a bit grey and chilly,
there was nothing frightening.
As he retracted his divine sense, feeling somewhat dejected, suddenly…
He felt an aura beside him that was even colder and sharper than that of the morgue.
Chu Tian was stunned, realizing that this aura was appearing and disappearing, emanating from Gao Kai.
His attention had been entirely focused on the distance and the outside, and he hadn't paid attention to his immediate surroundings.
This discovery startled him, and he turned to look at Gao Kai.
"Brother Kai, you..."
"What's wrong?"
Gao Kai was also stunned to see Chu Tian looking at him strangely.
At that moment, in Chu Tian's perception, Gao Kai was emanating a faint, dark red aura.
"Heh… this kid is good. The 'Qi' he's cultivating is actually killing intent!"
Suddenly, the voice of Dao Tian, that old man, echoed in Chu Tian's mind.
Chu Tian was startled, but then felt relieved.
So, when Brother Kai mentioned breaking through last time, he had also become a 'Qi' martial artist.
He concluded this because Chu Tian remembered that when he first advanced to a 'Qi' martial artist,
his body emitted a faint green light, similar to the way Gao Kai's aura was circulating now.
It's just that Dao Tian had said his Qi was the essence of plants and trees, hence the pale green color.
If Dao Tian hadn't suddenly spoken, he would have thought Gao Kai was the one controlling the black energy within Yan Pengkun.
This was because when Gao Kai entered, the black energy between Yan Pengkun's nostrils had suddenly retracted into his body.
If it wasn't Brother Kai, then why?
"It's because of him..." Dao Tian's voice sounded again.
"What do you mean?" Chu Tian immediately asked.
"Killing intent is the nemesis of Yin entities!" Dao Tian prompted.
Chu Tian paused, then asked in astonishment, "Are they really possessed by ghosts?"
He recalled what Jing Kaiyu had said about water monkeys.
Dao Tian remained silent for a long time. After a while, he said slowly, "Yin entities are not necessarily ghosts!"
Chu Tian was taken aback again, contemplating the meaning of Dao Tian's words.
Yin entities are not necessarily ghosts, what did that mean?
Did that mean ghosts were definitely Yin entities?
Did that imply that ghosts still existed in this world?
"I didn't say that!" Dao Tian naturally knew what he was thinking.
Chu Tian pressed, "Then what did you mean just now?"
But Dao Tian no longer spoke.
"Xiao Tian... Xiao Tian?"
Gao Kai waved his hand in front of his eyes.
Just now, Chu Tian had been talking to him and suddenly became lost in thought.
Looking at Gao Kai before him, Dao Tian said: his 'Qi' could restrain Yin entities.
Could that mean Gao Kai could drive out the so-called Yin entities within them?
At this moment, Yan Pengkun's father returned, his expression not good.
He didn't speak to Chu Tian and the others, and just sat down on the stool opposite the bed.
Chu Tian didn't pay much attention. Anyone would be too worried about their son to entertain others.
He stood up, pulled Gao Kai, and walked out.
His divine sense remained locked onto Yan Pengkun. As they left the ward,
the black energy between Yan Pengkun's nostrils slowly drifted out.
Chu Tian's eyes lit up. It seemed that thing had truly sensed Gao Kai's proximity and had all shrunk back.
He shared his thoughts with Gao Kai and asked, "Brother Kai, can you control 'Qi' to enter other people's bodies now?"
Gao Kai was also astonished by Chu Tian's idea. He was also a novice who had just entered the 'Qi' stage.
He only knew that martial artists without 'Qi' couldn't even be considered beginners.
Having 'Qi' meant truly stepping onto the path of a martial artist, and such martial artists were almost all found in various hidden sects and aristocratic families.
He had never heard of any "wild" martial artists like him and Chu Tian.
Seeing Chu Tian's hopeful expression looking at him, Gao Kai could only say that he could try.
As the two prepared to return to the ward, Chu Tian noticed several strange individuals had entered the room.
He quickly walked a few steps forward and reached the doorway.
He saw an unfamiliar old man and two young people inside the room.
The old man, with his hunched body, was by Guo Ga's bedside.
Guo Ga's mother stood beside the old man, saying anxiously, "Master, you must save my son. I'm willing to pay any price."
As she shouted, the gazes of the other three families in the room immediately lit up.
They all crowded around. Yan Pengkun's father's eyes also brightened, but the next second he shook his head, sat by the bedside, and stared intently at his son.
Chu Tian was also carefully observing the old man called Master. However, he couldn't detect anything unusual. The old man looked like an ordinary person.
Could it be that he truly possessed some special ability that he couldn't perceive?
However, when Guo Ga's mother uttered the words: "willing to pay any price."
The old man's expression remained unchanged, but the two young men behind him showed excitement and greed in their eyes.