At this moment, everyone was dumbfounded. Their gaze involuntarily returned to me, filled with shock.
I had previously said that in the small town, I was just an unknown person. Apart from those who I had scolded or helped, to most people, I was just an orphan and a student at the Old Wa Town Secondary School.
As for my status as a Taoist, even fewer people knew about it; not even Pang Dun's parents were aware. At this moment, I had revealed the secret of these grave mounds with a single sentence—how could it not be shocking?
The people who had cursed me earlier now had obviously softened their attitude, even appearing a bit pleading, "Brother, we were wrong to wrong you. But what's going on? How could the body inside the tomb be missing?"
I silently glanced at them, our eyes met, and they immediately lowered their heads, their eyes filled with fear and a hint of guilt.
I calmly said, "The grave had long been tampered with. It's a shame that despite your age, you couldn't even see through this. You dare to speak to me about bullying the small? Thank you for reminding us, without you, we wouldn't have known."
"Yes, yes," several people nodded in agreement. "Thank you for the reminder, little brother. We wouldn't have noticed without you."
I nodded slightly, and my slight displeasure had already dissipated. In fact, despite getting a little bit angry just now, these people in front of me were just ordinary folks.
They don't understand me, and that's normal. When I saw a few people, they were all humbly apologizing. How could I still hold a grudge against them?
As we talked, the person who said he would tear my mouth apart also stood up from the grave and walked to me with a gloomy face. At this moment, the guy had no more arrogance. As he approached me, he suddenly said, "I'm really damned. Little brother was clearly helping me, but I misunderstood and said those things. I'm not a human being at all."
"Huh?" I looked at him with surprise. "Didn't you just say you were going to tear my mouth apart?"
Upon hearing this, his face turned even more ugly and conflicted. He began to bow repeatedly, "Little brother, don't take it to heart. I went too far just now. I thought little brother was disrespecting my father, didn’t expect little brother was actually helping me. If you can't forgive me, I'll tear my own damn mouth apart."
"Heh heh," I laughed and said, "You are indeed a filial son, knowing that digging up your father's grave is disrespectful to your father. But now, your old man's body has been taken away by someone, and you still have the nerve to act tough with me?"
"I'm damned, I'm damned," suddenly, he began to fiercely slap himself, and then actually used his hand to tear his own mouth, blood oozing from the corners.
Seeing this, I helplessly said, "Stop messing around, it's a waste of time. The priority now is to quickly find someone."
Saying this, I looked at Fatty's parents and said, "Uncle, auntie, do you have any of Fatty's personal items on you?"
They responded with an "Oh", then quickly searched themselves and finally found Fatty's phone, asking, "Little Mu, is this okay?"
I looked at Fatty's phone and said helplessly, "Never mind, let's give it a try."
The closer the personal item is to Fatty, the better. This way, it would have Fatty's aura on it and could sense him from a great distance. What did I bring Fatty's personal item for? Naturally, to find someone.
After taking the phone, I told everyone present, "Please step aside, I'm going to perform a ritual. I don't want to be disturbed, and it might also scare you."
"Okay," everyone responded, then hurriedly turned their heads. However, driven by curiosity, although people turned away, many of them secretly looked back.
Ignoring them, I picked up Fatty's phone with one hand, and suddenly found a small butterfly while searching my body with the other hand. This wasn't an ordinary butterfly, it was a paper butterfly folded from paper.
With a paper butterfly in one hand, I quickly made three counterclockwise rotations on Fatty's phone, followed by three clockwise rotations, while chanting a spell: "Mang, Mang, Mang, a butterfly with an inch long, let the Yellow River water flow through, and the path in the sky be separated into two."
At the moment the spell was chanted, a miraculous scene occurred. The paper butterfly in my hand began to flutter lightly. At the same time, I suddenly threw the paper butterfly high into the air. Then, the paper butterfly fluttered its wings and flew directly.
However, the night was too dark, and after the paper butterfly flew into the air, ordinary people wouldn't be able to see it with their naked eyes. Only the one who cast the Butterfly Spell could feel the presence of the paper butterfly.
The Butterfly Spell is a spell used to find people, and it can also be used to find livestock. If someone's cows or horses run away, as long as you pick up some cow dung from the cowshed, using the Butterfly Spell will help find the missing livestock.
The Butterfly Spell, also known as the Sensing Spell, is used to locate people through their aura. However, it has its limitations. Most people with some skills know how to avoid the Butterfly Spell's tracking, making it almost useless against people with some knowledge of the Dao.
But to my delight, the Butterfly Spell I just cast actually worked. Moreover, the paper butterfly danced and immediately began to move in a certain direction.
I was overjoyed and quickly called on Fatty's parents, "Alright, I already know where Fatty is, follow me."
However, when I turned around, I was stunned because a group of people were looking at me as if they had seen a monster, all with shocked expressions on their faces.
Hearing my voice, everyone shivered, then came back to their senses, and someone couldn't help but ask, "Who are you, how come you have such amazing abilities? Just now, that paper butterfly..."
I helplessly said, "Please hold off on the questions for now? I'm just an ordinary person. Finding someone is the priority. Also, wasn't your ancestors' graves disturbed? We might be able to find the body soon, hurry and follow me."
If my guess is correct, Fatty must have been taken away by someone. Judging from those new graves' traces on the hill just now, there must be people from the Dao near this graveyard. They not only tampered with the graves but also took away the bodies inside.
As for what this person is up to, I don't know. But what I can tell is that Pang Dun was probably also taken by this person. Because, from the phone Pang Dun left behind just now, I smelled the stench of death.