"Third Senior Brother, are there many tattoo artists who can cast spells?"
Niannian tilted her little head and asked in confusion.
She remembered that the unlucky ghost who wanted to harm her father was also sealed in a tattoo.
She always felt that these two situations were surprisingly similar.
"Not many. Nowadays, tattoo artists use machines to tattoo others. Tattoos imbued with spells can only be done using the ancient tattooing method. Skill is one thing, and without inheritance, one cannot master the method of casting spells through tattoos."
Xiaotuanzi suddenly understood and nodded.
"I once saw a person with a tattoo that sealed an unlucky ghost."
Hearing this, Shen Weixun's expression turned solemn.
"Niannian, tell me in detail everything that happened to you after you went down the mountain."
Shen Weixun was 100% certain that Niannian had never seen such things when she was on the mountain before.
So what Niannian said must have been what she saw and heard after going down the mountain.
Tattoo artists who could cast spells through tattoos were rare.
After Niannian went down the mountain, she had seen so many mysterious and unpredictable things one after another. No matter how one thought about it, it seemed abnormal.
Not to mention ordinary people, even a Taoist priest who often traveled around, like the Second Junior Brother, might not encounter many troublesome things throughout the year.
But now, Xiaotuanzi had encountered them all.
Niannian was very obedient. She obediently told everything she had seen and heard after going down the mountain.
Although she couldn't explain some things very clearly, at least her speech was in order. She could clearly tell the timeline and the location where the events took place, so it wouldn't make people feel too confused.
Some words would be automatically completed in Shen Weixun's mind when he heard them, so it was easy for him to understand what she meant.
"There are no 100% coincidences in this world. The person who sent the unlucky ghost to harm your father on the first day of the lunar new year and the person who tattooed Xu Nuannuan are very likely to be the same person."
Shen Weixun quickly came to this conclusion.
Niannian's family members had been repeatedly tripped up, and most of the incidents had occurred after Niannian went missing. This was enough to judge that they were targeting her family because of Niannian.
Shen Weixun roughly understood what his master meant.
If things were really as he guessed, then Niannian would really have to solve these things.
It would be useless for any of them to step in.
Blood relation was a bond set from birth.
This bond would affect a person's whole life.
If the Holy Cult was only targeting individuals, simply wanting to make Niannian's family miserable, then the impact on Xiaotuanzi would be very weak.
But if they killed her family because of Niannian.
Even if Xiaotuanzi was unaware, she would still bear the karmic consequences.
This was the principle of "I didn't kill Boy Ren, but Boy Ren died because of me."
If their senior brothers or master stepped in and Niannian didn't participate, and if something unexpected happened during the process and one of them failed to protect her family, Niannian would bear the blood debt of killing her relatives.
But if Niannian participated and made efforts to protect her family, even if she couldn't protect them in the end, she wouldn't bear the blood debt.
This karmic relationship would become a feud between Niannian and the Holy Cult.
But Shen Weixun still couldn't figure out why the Holy Cult had to target Niannian.
What was so special about Niannian?
Was it just because of the merits on her body?
But there were many people with merits in this world. There were even great benefactors who had accumulated merits for generations through doing good deeds.
There was no need to single out Niannian.
"We have to start with Xu Nuannuan and find the person who tattooed her. No matter what method we use, we should try our best to keep Yu Qiu away from Xu Nuannuan. Don't give them any more chances to contact each other, lest Yu Qiu lose his mind and make a big mistake."
Shen Weixun quickly came up with a countermeasure.
They had to follow the clues and find the lair of the Holy Cult.
There was no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Since they had already determined that they were on opposite sides, they should start from the root.
Even if they couldn't wipe out the Holy Cult all at once, they had to pull out the members of this cult one by one.
Anyway, they had plenty of time. Sooner or later, they would be able to exterminate them completely.
As for Yu Qiu, the main thing was to control him.
As long as he didn't get close to Xu Nuannuan, all problems would be solved.
His unbalanced mentality would eventually return to normal. Yu Qiu's character should not be as bad as they thought.
"Did you notice Yu Qiu's reaction when Wu Siqi threatened him?"
Liu Chen suddenly spoke up to remind them at this moment.
As soon as these words were spoken, Niannian and Yusheng looked confused.
But Shen Weixun was greatly shocked. His face instantly turned cold.
"Damn it, hurry back to the venue!"
Forget about eating. Shen Weixun picked up Niannian and rushed out.
He got in the car and told the driver to turn around quickly.
He had just thought that he seemed to have missed something.
Originally, judging from Yu Qiu's appearance, his disaster was not going to come so soon. But after a round of analysis just now, he had only thought about Niannian's matter and forgotten about Xu Nuannuan, this catalyst.
When Wu Siqi threatened Yu Qiu just now, the fleeting ferocity and killing intent on his face were thought-provoking.
When they saw it, they were just watching the excitement, so they didn't pay much attention.
They just thought that Yu Qiu was very unhappy after being threatened and was emotionally overwhelmed, so he showed such an expression.
But after being reminded by Liu Chen, Shen Weixun thought that Yu Qiu might not have been emotionally overwhelmed at that time.
He really wanted to kill Wu Siqi.
Yu Qiu was a bit arrogant.
He had always been an excellent person in the eyes of others.
Even though he was already so excellent, he had never given up on learning and making progress in private.
He was a person who liked to stand under the spotlight and enjoy the flowers and praise from others.
Such a person was very motivated.
But at the same time, it also meant that he might not be able to accept his own failure.
Especially after the Yu family encountered trouble.
He had tried his best to get into the best business school. Without relying on his family's influence or wealth, he had completely fought his way in.
After coming back, he didn't even want to rest and couldn't wait to start taking over the family business. It could be seen how much he wanted to prove himself.
Then listen to what Wu Siqi said.
That couldn't just be her own thought. I'm afraid all the wealthy families in this city thought so.
Yusheng went to a public school.
The family backgrounds of the students in public schools were diverse, and there weren't many snobs, so he couldn't feel how much his family had declined.
But Yu Qiu had always attended a noble school.
I'm afraid after the Yu family declined, others had mocked him a lot.
Even if they didn't openly ridicule him, there would be no shortage of secret discussions.
The students in noble schools all came from wealthy families. When they made friends at school, they had already started to consider future interests.
It was normal for them to flatter the powerful and bully the weak.