As soon as these words were spoken, let alone the others, even Zi Yuan was shocked.
After all, Tang Xuan was a renowned Yin Yang master. Although Luo Chen had previously been able to distinguish whether Li Tao was human or ghost, Tang Xuan was the authentic Yin Yang master! If the previous sentence was merely questioning Tang Xuan, then now it was not just questioning, but refuting or even accusing.
Yuan Lianghua was stunned for a moment, then cast his gaze upon Luo Chen, looking him up and down, his eyes revealing disgust and displeasure.
“Young man, your words are a bit excessive, are they not?”
“Do you know who is standing in front of you?”
“This is our famous Yin Yang master of Nanling, hailing from the Celestial Masters of Mount Longhu!”
“You actually dare to say such things in front of him?”
“What qualifications do you have?” Yuan Lianghua’s eyes were full of disdain. He despised this kind of person the most, someone who spouts nonsense and talks rubbish without understanding anything.
“Dad, let me say a few words to you.” Yuan Na stepped forward, leaned in and whispered a few words into Yuan Lianghua’s ear, which made Yuan Lianghua’s gaze towards Luo Chen even more disdainful and contemptuous.
Hearing these words, Tang Long and Zhang Yang also sneered at the corners of their mouths. Perhaps you, Luo Chen, have money, perhaps you, Luo Chen, know martial arts! But do you actually understand the way of Yin and Yang? Relying on a bit of broken money and a bit of broken strength, you think you understand everything? Let us see how you get out of this predicament now.
“Master Tang’s words are beyond doubt and tolerate no questioning. You had better take back those words just now and apologise to Master Tang!” The captain also spoke up seriously from the side.
There had been too many such cases recently, and the pressure from above was immense. Fortunately, they had found Master Tang to intervene, and there was finally some clue and progress. If Master Tang had not intervened, they might truly have been at a loss. Therefore, the captain held a heartfelt respect and admiration for Master Tang!
“Wait!” Tang Xuan suddenly reached out and stopped the captain, signalling everyone to stop talking. He came from the orthodox Celestial Masters sect. Since childhood, he had followed a Celestial Master of the sect to learn Yin Yang arts. At ten years old, he opened his heavenly eye and could see ghosts. At twenty, he could exorcise ghosts and capture demons. At thirty, he could read faces and calculate fortunes. Now at forty, he could already pry into some so-called heavenly secrets. Moreover, he was the famous Yin Yang master of Nanling. Usually, his words were like imperial edicts, like golden rules. Who would dare to question them? Including people like the richest man in Nanling, when asking him for help, they would agree to whatever he said.
Now, a young man who popped up from who knows where also dared to question his words? Thinking of this, a trace of mockery crossed Tang Xuan’s mouth. If he did not teach this young man a lesson today, would he not lose face as the dignified Yin Yang master of Nanling in front of everyone?
Thus, Tang Xuan spoke with that mockery.
“Fine, let me ask you!”
“Do you understand the Eight Trigrams and the Zhouyi?”
“Do you understand Yin Yang and the Five Elements?”
“Do you understand…” Tang Xuan rattled off more than a dozen questions in a row.
“Do you understand these?” Tang Xuan looked at Luo Chen coldly.
And the others also looked at Luo Chen with expressions of watching a joke.
Especially Tang Long. After all, Tang Xuan was his father. Luo Chen had just questioned his father in public like that, not giving his father face, so naturally he was unhappy. Now that Tang Xuan had asked a series of questions, it was the perfect time to embarrass Luo Chen!
Are you not so capable? Let us see what you have to say now.
Zi Yuan, on the other hand, felt deep regret and self-blame. If she had not been so talkative and asked that one question just now, perhaps things would not be like this. Now that Luo Chen could not get out of this predicament, Zi Yuan believed that all of this was her responsibility.
“I do not.” Luo Chen shook his head. These did not even count as the most basic things, so why should he bother understanding them?
“Hmph, since you understand nothing, you still dare to question me?” Tang Xuan clearly intended to hound him relentlessly and give Luo Chen a great embarrassment.
“Although I do not understand these things of yours, what you just said has absolutely nothing to do with this human life!” Luo Chen also sneered. “With you misleading them, it would be a real ghost if they could find the true culprit!” Luo Chen said disdainfully.
“What did you say?”
“I misled them?”
“Ask Captain Zhou. If I had not stepped in to help, they would not have a single clue right now!” Tang Xuan was like someone whose tail had been stepped on, instantly becoming agitated.
“Young man, if you cannot give a proper explanation today, I will take you to the police station for a cup of tea!” Captain Zhou was obviously speaking in support of Tang Xuan as well!
“Since you say it is not a vengeful ghost claiming a life, then tell me, who is the culprit?” Tang Xuan snorted coldly. Daring to say such things in front of a Yin Yang master was truly a joke!
“Since I dare to say it, naturally I know who the culprit is!”
“Oh? I, a dignified Yin Yang master, have been investigating for over a month and have seen dozens of corpses, yet I could not figure it out. You, someone who does not even understand the most basic Yin Yang and Five Elements, have only seen one corpse, and you can determine who the culprit is?” Tang Xuan looked at Luo Chen disdainfully.
“Young man, I advise you not to talk nonsense just to save face, otherwise I will take you directly to the station!” Captain Zhou was not just talking; he directly took out a pair of handcuffs.
“It is not that I am looking down on you, but I am afraid you will never be able to find this culprit in your entire life.” Luo Chen said sarcastically.
“Then why do not you just say who the culprit is!”
Luo Chen did not reply and remained silent for a few seconds. Everyone around looked at Luo Chen coldly, then shook their heads. Was face really that important? Now look, you cannot get out of this predicament, can you?
However, just when everyone thought Luo Chen was just talking nonsense to save face, Luo Chen suddenly stomped his foot on the ground. As his foot landed, the surroundings instantly shook violently.
Before anyone could react, the female corpse suddenly turned over. The sudden turning over instinctively startled everyone. Just as they were preparing to retreat, a black column of smoke shot up into the sky! That black column of smoke was only the size of a bowl’s opening. After shooting into the sky, it vanished into thin air immediately. A wave of murderous aura, which even an ordinary person could feel, rushed directly towards their faces!
Everyone looked at that black column of smoke in horror. This had already surpassed the realm of what ordinary people could understand.
“This is the culprit!”
“Or rather, the culprit is Nanling!”
After saying this, Luo Chen turned and walked away.
There was a huge problem with this Nanling. The one killing people was not some so-called vengeful ghost at all. That night, during the Ghost Festival, Li Tao had been chained and taken away. The one who took Li Tao away was this Nanling! Luo Chen had already noticed that back then! And this black column of smoke was clearly not even the tip of the iceberg. It seemed there was something extraordinary beneath this Nanling!
It was not until Luo Chen had walked far away that everyone slowly came to their senses.
“Master Tang, what did the words he just said mean?”
Tang Xuan’s face was completely red at this moment. He was the only one who could understand the meaning of Luo Chen’s words.
“What he said is correct. The one killing people is indeed not a vengeful ghost, but Nanling!”