Chapter 263 Trap within a Trap

Feng Ruoxing also asked in confusion, "The only ghost or god we've interacted with is Hei Ye Xiao. He's with Lao Liu; he couldn't possibly help us!"

"Never mind that for now!" Ye Yang ran back to Bai Shou Zhang's courtyard as quickly as possible.

Cang Tianji was still sitting in the courtyard in the same posture, and the corpse was still kneeling in front of Cang Tianji without moving.

Ye Yang stepped forward and said, "Are you Cang Tianji, or the ghost or god of Shuangji Town?"

When Cang Tianji slowly raised his head to meet Ye Yang's gaze, his eyes had already turned black.

Cang Tianji was possessed by a ghost or god!

Cang Tianji slowly said, "How did you escape from my grasp?"

Feng Ruoxing said unhurriedly, "We weren't fooled from the start."

"The dream in the Mountain God Temple was something Bai Shou Zhang left behind. You can't do anything about Bai Shou Zhang, you can't even erase him, so the hints he left behind could only lead us to negate that dream."

"If you hadn't left four clay figures in the Mountain God Temple, perhaps Li Po would have really fallen for your trick. But that superfluous touch of yours allowed Li Po to see the true meaning of the dream!"

Feng Ruoxing paused slightly and said, "Before Li Po left the house, he slipped something into his hand. It was a spiritual medicine specifically used to capture ghost snakes. He also took the opportunity to write three words in my palm: Zhang Bai Shou."

"He was telling me to think about everything in reverse."

"Isn't there an old saying that dreams are the opposite of reality? In fact, Zhang Bai Shou's hint was that simple."

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, the Eight Great Thieves are inseparable, so their names shouldn't deviate too much. How could one person be called Chen Qingyan, and another be called Bai Shou Zhang?"

"Zhang Bai Shou's dream is not only a hint, but also a trap. He tells us: ghosts and gods never intend to give anyone a way out, so the so-called one-third chance of survival simply doesn't exist."

"But, you know about the dream left by Zhang Bai Shou, but you can't understand its meaning. Therefore, you will subconsciously imitate Zhang Bai Shou's dream to lure others into Shuangji Town."

"When you imitate his dream, you lose."

"You have to come directly out of hiding before you can complete the final so-called two false and one true hint beside us."

"The moment your true form appears, your death isn't far away!"

The ghost or god said through Cang Tianji's mouth, "You're deliberately deceiving me! Li Po has already fallen into my trap. I know exactly what he's thinking after he leaves this courtyard. He..."

Feng Ruoxing sneered, "That's what Li Po is best at! He's best at seizing the opportunity to counterattack, sometimes he can even pinpoint the timing to the last second."

"He started to counterattack you one second before he fell into your ambush."

"When he supported me, he tapped a few times on my back. That's our secret code: he told me that you overthink, and I don't."

"At that time, I knew that he had placed the leadership of this mission on me and Ye Yang, and he himself became the bait."

"At first, I didn't understand what he meant. It wasn't until he slipped the snake medicine into my hand that I understood his intentions."

Feng Ruoxing raised his hand and said, "You probably don't know that one of Li Po's masters is known as the Snake King. Whether it's a demon snake or a ghost snake, none can escape his grasp."

"You used the Ghost God Heart Devour to deal with Ye Yang, but Li Po could directly catch the poisonous snake. The reason he didn't do it himself, but let me do it, was to tell me that he was going to take a risk."

Many people hearing this would probably ask: do animals have souls after they die?

The answer is: yes. If animals don't have souls, why are there Leopard Tail, Bird Beak, Fish Gill, and Wasp in the Underworld, the four Yin Generals who specifically manage the souls of birds, beasts, fish, and insects?

Feng Ruoxing said, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to see through other people's thoughts. At that time, Ye Yang was seriously injured and wouldn't think about anything. I was watching Ye Yang, even if I understood the key, I wouldn't dare to leave easily."

"You kept staring at Li Po, so he never thought in the direction of his real plan."

"In fact, when you were laughing at Li Po for having a little cleverness but not being able to escape your grasp, he was also laughing at you, laughing at you for being too stupid!"

Cang Tianji's face turned ashen, "I don't believe it, Li Po could have predicted that I would use the Black Snake Curse to kill Ye Yang in advance!"

Feng Ruoxing laughed, "He doesn't need to predict these things. He just needs to grasp the general direction and then adapt to the circumstances. As for the black snake! I can only say it was a coincidence. If Ye Yang hadn't caught the snake, but had caught something else, we wouldn't have been able to find him so easily!"

Cang Tianji said in a deep voice, "Where exactly did I go wrong that made you discover where I was hiding?"

Feng Ruoxing replied, "To put it bluntly, it's nothing big. It's just that Cang Tianji isn't someone who doesn't know what's important. She knows that it would be easier to break the situation if she stayed by our side, so why would she sit still?"

"Your sitting here means that you're afraid we'll see through your identity."

Feng Ruoxing asked with a smile, "Do you have anything else to ask?"