While I berated the yellow-skinned man, I didn't neglect other matters. I told Big Goldtooth: Bring out the Luo Ao Drum and scare these dogs to death.
The yellow-skinned man was caught by the soul-retrieval array. What was left of the yellow-skinned man, which had attached itself to the old man, was just a remnant of the soul. As long as the Luo Ao Drum was played a few times, it was guaranteed that this yellow-skinned man would leave the old man's body.
Upon hearing my words, the yellow-skinned man quickly knelt down and kowtowed to me, repeatedly addressing me as master.
"If you have something to say, then spit it out." If I didn't let the yellow-skinned man speak, it would give others an opportunity to talk behind my back, saying that I wasn't fair in handling matters.
"Master, we brothers didn't do anything unethical. The person you mentioned, we didn't kill him," said the yellow-skinned man.
"Hmph? You yellow-skinned individuals are quite eloquent indeed, even after being swallowed by another person, you still claim that you didn't kill him? Do you think I'll believe that?" I questioned the yellow-skinned man.
The yellow-skinned man hastened to shake his head, saying that the situation was not as I believed. When they encountered Yue Yun, he was already dead. They had only eaten his organs and 'flesh', but...but Yue Yun was already dead at the time, and they had only eaten a corpse!
"Heh, are you treating me like a three-year-old to coax me?" I inquired, "Then tell me, where did the three corpses from Yue Yun's family come from? Was it not you who killed them?"
The day before yesterday, Han Li and I specifically searched Yue Yun's home and found three fresh skeletons filled with blood vessels in their cupboard.
Where did these skeletons come from?
The yellow-skinned man kowtowed again and said that those three people had already been killed by Yue Yun. They had only eaten a corpse.
After hearing the yellow-skinned man speak, I couldn't help but find it amusing. It was true that the yellow-skinned man was astute. Even at the brink of death, he still managed to fabricate lies to deceive me?
You are pushing all the wicked deeds onto Yue Yun? Have you no shame?
At this point, the yellow-skinned man continued to speak: "Master, I reckon you won't believe what we're saying, but in reality, this matter is true! If you don't believe me, you can check. There is a copper coin pendant hanging on Yue Yun's neck, and that pendant was the reason for his madness?"
"Are you saying that Yue Yun went crazy because of that copper coin pendant, and then went completely mad? Then he killed people? How did he ultimately die?" I asked the yellow-skinned man.
The yellow-skinned man said: Yue Yun committed suicide!
"Hmph." I let out a cold snort.
The yellow-skinned man hastily continued: "Master, as long as you verify it, you will know whether I'm telling the truth. If I tell a lie, you can do whatever you want to me."
I gave the yellow-skinned man a look and told him not to play such tricks. Did he think I didn't know what he was trying to do? Allow me to go back and investigate first, then take the opportunity to escape? They say yellow-skinned individuals are astute, can they outsmart me?
The yellow-skinned man continued to kowtow and shed tears as he said, "Please believe me, Master. You are kind-hearted. Trust me this once."
Listening to the yellow-skinned man plead, I began to have some unfounded thoughts. What if the yellow-skinned man was telling the truth? Then I would be wronging someone. Moreover, I might incur karma by wronging him.
If the "Yue Yun" had actually died before the yellow-skinned man ate him, then he hadn't done anything wrong. People die, and it's normal for spirits to eat corpses, although it's inhumane, it's not a capital offense.
I glanced at Big Goldtooth, giving him a signal to see if he had any good ideas.
Big Goldtooth secretly approached my ear and said, "Young Master Li, I have a bag here, it's a magical tool. We can use it to trap these yellow-skinned individuals. They won't be able to escape. First, let's trap them, then we can investigate the truth. If we wronged them, that's it. If Yue Yun was indeed killed by these yellow-skinned individuals, then we can get even with them."
I agreed and decided to trap the yellow-skinned individuals first before making any decisions.
I reached out my hand to Big Goldtooth for the bag to capture these yellow-skinned individuals.
Big Goldtooth didn't give it to me directly, but chuckled and said, "Young Master Li, this bag might not be enough to hold the yellow-skinned individuals. I wonder if the fee..."
Oh, this Big Goldtooth was always money-minded.
I said softly, "Believe me, I'll deduct your...wages?"
"Please don't, I spoke out of turn. Take it and use it." Big Goldtooth rummaged through his bag and took out a yellow bag.
The bag was made of a material similar to silk, and the texture was extremely smooth. I asked Big Goldtooth what material it was made of, feeling quite curious.
Big Goldtooth told me that the bag was made of the bark of a type of red pine tree from Northeast China. The bark was made into pulp and added to fabric, creating this very resilient bag.
Pine trees are known to ward off evil, so it's no wonder this bag was so mysterious.
I held the bag and told the head of the yellow-skinned individuals, "You get off the old man first and enter this bag. Only then will I believe you. If not, I will just extinguish your spirits."
The yellow-skinned man asked me to first capture his brothers, and once they were all captured, he would be the last one to get in.
To prevent me from tricking them, the yellow-skinned man even asked what faction I belonged to.
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Upon hearing my identity, the yellow-skinned man immediately bowed and said, "So you're from the Yin faction. No wonder you're so particular about things."
In the Yin faction circle in Northeast China, everyone would show us respect and praise us for our righteousness!
Now that my identity was revealed, they quickly came in.
"Brothers, you go in first." Huang Pizi motioned to the Huang Pizi at the Soul Lock Formation, and they all stuck their heads inside the bag.
Da Jinya crouched at the eye of the Soul Lock Formation and pulled out the wooden stake.
With a single pull of the wooden stake, all the Huang Pizi were captured inside the bag.
"Only you left!" I said to the leader of the Huang Pizi.
The Huang Pizi nodded, without saying a word, and directly crawled into my bag.
With a swish, he entered very smoothly.
Seeing the rest of the Huang Pizi all entering the bag, I asked the leader again, "Your turn, right?"
"Don't worry, in the Huang family, we keep our word," said the leader of the Huang Pizi. Finishing speaking, a dark mist drilled out of the old man's head and directly into the bag.
I immediately tightened the mouth of the bag.
At this point, the old man seemed to come to his senses, and upon seeing us, he immediately began to curse: "What are you doing? What's in the bag? Sneaky, could it be thieves?"
I quickly put on a smile and told the old man that we were sanitation workers, following reports of many Huang Pizi appearing here and that we had come specifically to catch them.
"Do you have any identification?"
"Oh, catching a Huang Pizi, why do we need identification?" I didn't have any identification.
Big Jinya took out a cigarette and offered it to the old man, saying, "Sir, don't you know? The Huang Pizi in this area are causing chaos. If we don't catch them, this place might as well be turned into a Huang Pizi breeding ground. Don't you think so?"
"Stop the nonsense, what's in your bag? Open it up and let me see. I suspect that you are thieves," the old man insisted on seeing inside our bag.