"Got it!"
Long Feicheng gave the blonde guy two more forceful punches, making him yelp in pain.
Finally, he drew his Caiwei Sword and said, "Brother Yan, since he's a sorcerer, why don't I just take him down and uphold justice for heaven!"
Yan Shouyi nodded. "Indeed, sorcerers are sinister and evil. Killing them accumulates merit. Go ahead, I'll handle the cleanup later."
Hearing this, the blonde guy immediately covered his head and shouted, "I'm not a sorcerer! I'm not!"
Yan Shouyi raised his hand, signaling Long Feicheng to stop. He stood up, leaned forward, and looked down at the blonde guy with an oppressive aura.
"Didn't you just say you met a master when you were a child?"
The blonde guy had no idea that Yan Shouyi was the true master who had already seen through his lack of genuine skill.
He quickly confessed, "I bought a charm for casting spells from someone else. I didn't know if it would work, but thinking about how Director Lu had arrested me before, I decided to use it on him..."
Yan Shouyi sat back in his chair, squinting in thought.
The blonde guy really knew nothing; his sorcery was also achieved through other charms.
What about the other two?
Possessed by evil spirits, cursed talismans, could they also have been bought from others?
If these powers were to flood the civilian sector, the consequences would be dire, far beyond what Xia Zhi could handle.
Xia Zhi also realized the seriousness of the matter and said softly to Yan Shouyi,
"We should trace the source and find out who is selling these charms behind the scenes."
"Mm, the interrogation should still be left to you, Officer Xia Zhi," Yan Shouyi nodded.
Xia Zhi retracted her gaze and looked back at the blonde guy. "Who sold you the charms?"
"It was... it was... I don't know that person's name, but he has already gathered several local gangs, and those gangs have started helping him sell the charms."
"Oh? Is there any way to find him?"
"I can only take you to see my boss..." the blonde guy said timidly.
Xia Zhi nodded and immediately called for officers to take the blonde guy to the station for detention.
The clues were now very clear: someone was selling these evil charms to the public. Once obtained by thugs or bad guys, they could freely wield these powers to retaliate against those who had wronged them.
This was a terrifying matter.
As the saying goes, "The Dao cannot be lightly transmitted." Traditional sects would not easily accept disciples. Even if accepted, the Daoist school requires learning from the "Dao De Jing" first, and the Buddhist school chants scriptures and recites Buddha's name daily, all to ensure that disciples can still control themselves after learning their skills.
But if ordinary people obtained these transcendent powers, their desires would turn them evil, and the world would fall into chaos.
Currently, it was just a nascent stage. Once the charms flooded the civilian population, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Xia Zhi said solemnly, "I will organize manpower tomorrow night, with the blonde guy leading the way, to clear out those gangs. As for the person behind the gangs..."
Yan Shouyi directly stated, "I'll go along then."
Xia Zhi nodded. With Yan Shouyi taking action, things were certainly foolproof.
While the two were discussing, the personnel Xia Zhi had sent to arrest the con artist also returned. The con artist was successfully apprehended.
After interrogation, the two learned:
This person was a shrew in her forties who harbored resentment towards Lu Xiong after being arrested years ago. She had been seeking revenge since her release from prison.
By chance, she obtained a cursed talisman said to induce hallucinations. She then disguised herself as a caregiver, sneaked into Lu Xiong's hospital room, and placed the cursed talisman under the bed.
Unexpectedly, the cursed talisman worked, and Lu Xiong's condition worsened day by day.
But what the con artist didn't expect was that things would be exposed so quickly, and she would be arrested so soon.
After interrogating the con artist, Yan Shouyi became even more certain that a group was selling Dao talismans in Rongcheng.
Sun Peng was likely in the same situation!
Xia Zhi was already getting a headache. "According to these two suspects, the group selling Dao talismans has been active for at least two weeks. Over these two weeks, who knows how many people have bought them. It's foreseeable that we will soon receive countless bizarre cases, and ordinary police officers probably won't be able to handle them."
Normally, when such matters occurred, Xia Zhi could seek help from the Lushan Sect.
Even if Xia Zhi didn't ask for help, the Lushan Sect would proactively intervene to deal with these disrespectful individuals.
After all, Rongcheng was the Lushan Sect's territory. Someone selling Dao talismans in Rongcheng was tantamount to defecating on the Lushan Sect's head, which they could not tolerate.
However, the Lushan Sect was currently under Lu Xin's control, and for some reason, Lu Xin had been reluctant to act.
Therefore, this trouble could only be resolved by Yan Shouyi.
He said, "If you encounter any insurmountable trouble, you can contact us anytime."
Fortunately, Yan Shouyi now had many companions. When he was unavailable, his companions were more than willing to help.
Every successor of a folk sect would not miss an opportunity to accumulate merit – except for those lazy guys from the New Xuan Mountain Sect.
With Yan Shouyi's promise, Xia Zhi felt much relieved.
Among the three suspects, the con artist and the blonde guy had no background. The last one, Sun Peng, had some background, and it was unclear if he had gone into hiding beforehand.
Therefore, they waited until late at night, but no news of Sun Peng's arrest came.
In desperation, they had to return to wait for news.
Fortunately, Lu Xiong's condition had improved, and there were no further worries. As for arresting the suspects, it was only a matter of time.
Before leaving, Long Feicheng took out two exorcism talismans he had obtained from Yan Shouyi and gave them to Lu Caiwei.
"Caiwei, keep one of these exorcism talismans with Uncle Lu, and the other with yourself. With the level of those bad guys, as long as you have these talismans, they won't be able to harm you."
Lu Caiwei accepted the talismans and thanked Long Feicheng gratefully, "Little Long brother, thank you."
Little Long brother?
Upon hearing this, Long Feicheng was completely dumbfounded.
Indeed, I'm still quite good!
There's still a possibility for Caiwei and me!
Long Feicheng's mood lifted instantly, and he even skipped out of the hospital.
Old Jin, walking behind him, patted Long Feicheng's shoulder and chuckled, "The wind has stopped, the rain has stopped, and my little brother feels like he's back in the game!"
"Get lost!" Long Feicheng flicked away Old Jin's hand disdainfully and said, "Good things take time. Caiwei and I are destined to be together!"
Yan Shouyi laughed heartily, "Little Long, Caiwei is the daughter of an official. If you work harder, maybe you can be a kept man like me!"
Hearing this, Long Feicheng pondered seriously, seeming to be genuinely considering the possibility of being a kept man.
Xia Zhi saw this and shook her head helplessly, unable to stop herself from thinking about the fifteen pages of records of girlfriends and prostitutes that had appeared on the police officer's phone when she had checked Long Feicheng's ID earlier.