I used folk talismans to ward off the evil spirit.

Chapter 36 The Transformation of the Suppressing Object, Entering the Fusion Realm

"Name?"

"Zhou Ping... the child's name is Zhou An..."

Inside the interrogation room of the Qingjiang City Supernatural Affairs Bureau, Zhou Xia, under Zhao Chen's guidance, was questioned in detail about her experiences from the previous night.

Zhou Ping held the child in her arms, patting his back to comfort him while trying to recall: "It was just a little kid, carrying an old schoolbag, who came in and asked his cat..."

"But his cat was actually in the bag. He tripped and fell, the zipper broke, and the cat jumped out. Because An'an is allergic to cat fur, I took him to hide, and I don't know what happened after that, I only know that there was a murder..."

Zhou Xia asked gently, "Everyone else perished. Do you know how you survived?"

Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment, then took the pendant out of Zhou An's collar: "This must be what saved us, mother and son."

Zhao Chen stared intently, first puzzled, then a hint of uncertainty flashed across his face: "This is... Gui Buxu? Where did it come from?"

Zhou Ping shook her head: "It was probably a gift from one of the guests yesterday. I can't remember exactly, and An'an... probably doesn't know either."

Zhao Chen asked softly, "Can I borrow it for a moment? I'll return it in an hour."

Zhou Ping whispered a few words to Zhou An, and then the child took off the pendant himself and ran to Zhao Chen to hand it over.

Zhao Chen reached out to take it, but Zhou An refused.

After a moment of eye contact, Zhao Chen tentatively asked, "Thank you?"

Zhou An then smiled and handed him the pendant, before running back to Zhou Ping's side.

Zhao Chen and Zhou Xia asked a few more questions before ending the inquiry.

Zhou Xia led the two to the dormitory of the Department of Supernatural Affairs: "That monster is still in Qingjiang City. Although you escaped this time, it is still not safe for you. Why don't you stay here for a few days?"

Zhou Ping thanked her repeatedly, then hesitated for a moment before asking, "What is 'guibuxu'?"

Seeing that she truly didn't know, Zhou Xia explained in detail: "This is a folk item called a 'zhenwu' (镇物)..."

On the other side, Zhao Chen took the interrogation record and went to the office of the detachment leader, Su Tie.

After listening to the report, Su Tie analyzed, "It has been preliminarily determined that the monster causing this disturbance is a new species discovered in Qiannan Province, which we have tentatively named 'Buried Catman'."

"This is an elite-level monster with a fixed pattern of killings: it will stage an accident to kill the victim's family, fall to the ground, and then the black cat will come out and claim the body."

"The only family that escaped unscathed before had a preschool teacher in their family. She was very careful with the children, and when she saw the little one about to fall, she reached out and caught him."

"That brat wouldn't give up and kept trying to stage accidents, but the teacher treated him like a problem child and gave him a long and patient lecture. Seeing that he couldn't get what he wanted to do, he had no choice but to leave."

After Su Tie finished his explanation, he frowned and said, "But the mother and son who escaped this time clearly don't fit this pattern. After all, the pattern of murder has already been triggered."

Zhao Chen handed over the small pendant: "This must have protected them."

Su Tie was initially puzzled, then his expression turned serious as he examined the pendant for a moment: "It's forbidden by ghosts? It truly is forbidden by ghosts! But why...?"

He tentatively activated the strange object, sending a wisp of its strange energy to touch the pendant. The pendant flashed with a clear light, dispelling the strange energy.

He flicked out another wisp of yin energy, but the pendant did not react.

Su Tie raised an eyebrow and guided the wisp of yin energy into the pendant.

The next moment, a peculiar aura emanated from the pendant, annihilating the yin energy.

With a "snap," the pendant turned to ashes.

Zhao Chen was stunned: "Team leader! I'm supposed to return this to the child!"

Su Tie's gaze turned solemn as he savored the aura he had just encountered: "What...what kind of power is this? What path does that person intend to open up?"

*

At home, Jiang Jun is still studying the Fusion Realm technique, accumulating foundation for opening the path.

Suddenly, his brow twitched slightly as he focused his senses: "That pendant... it's broken?"

Since completing his spiritual cultivation, he has become more adept at using the power of suppressing objects, and has gained many new uses. He then began to try to expand the application scenarios of suppressing objects.

While both are "Guardian of Ghosts," ordinary talisman clones can only be hung on the wall to ward off ghosts and monsters from the outside.

However, after he imbued it with the essence of the talisman and nurtured it with true qi, "Gui Bu Xu" gained two more uses.

First, the one hanging in Qingzhu Temple can conceal objects, including the aura of strange creatures, which can only be detected by the naked eye.

Secondly, the pendant given to Zhou An could conceal the wearer's aura, making it undetectable to strange creatures, achieving the effect of "the devil is in the dark."

He was already able to locate and investigate the distribution of the talisman clones within a certain range, not to mention that both of these talismans contained his true energy.

Although it still cannot achieve the effect of remote monitoring under the golden light of merit, it can still detect damage as soon as possible.

"Something happened to the child?" Jiang Jun's heart was heavy.

Suddenly, the phone rang at home.

He had just put the receiver to his ear when he heard his roommate Kong Lingchen's anxious yet relieved voice: "Jun-ge! Thank God, you're alright!"

Jiang Jun's mind raced: "What happened?"

Kong Lingchen spoke quickly: "The news came this morning. Last night, Jia Ke's entire family was wiped out... supposedly by some supernatural force!"

"Last night?" Jiang Jun asked, puzzled. The pendant had clearly just broken.

Kong Lingchen hummed twice: "But it's not exactly wiping out an entire family. His ex-girlfriend and that child seem to have been saved by the Department of the Supernatural."

"Hey, Jia Ke's family, and his ex-girlfriend's family, they're really scum. They ignored the mother and daughter for two or three years, but now that Jia Ke is dead, they want her to go and live as a widow... Isn't that just a ghost marriage?!"

Jiang Jun cursed a few more times and then hung up the phone.

"It seems the Department of Mysteries discovered something amiss with the pendant and is testing it with yin energy? I wonder what they can discern..."

He put the matter aside for the time being and continued to ponder his own cultivation method.

He had already thoroughly mastered the three volumes of Dharma teachings from Qingzhu Temple. He had also basically grasped the essence of the manuscripts from Yuanguang Temple.

If one cultivates solely for one's own benefit, forcibly breaking through to the Fusion Realm would be an easy task, if not a piece of cake, but certainly within reach.

But what he wanted was to pave a path that could be widely adopted, which required him to be extremely cautious with every step he took.

Time flies, and he participated in several folk exchange meetings as a newbie "Black Cat Sheriff," successively acquiring several incomplete Fusion Realm cultivation techniques.

During this period, he also met Cai Liang several times at several exchange meetings.

This cheap apprentice is indeed a reporter; he has quite the ability to navigate social situations skillfully.

He used Jiang Jun's influence to his advantage, making connections with both the Divine Bureau and the Green Bamboo Temple, and he had no shortage of cultivation resources for the Concentration Chapter.

Jiang Jun noticed that his cultivation progress was still a bit short of the "Calming the Mind" stage, so he continued to let him grow freely and focused on his own cultivation first.

Gradually, inspiration began to emerge in his mind, and finally, one day, he had a burst of inspiration.

"Hahaha! I did it!"

In the sea of ​​consciousness, the spirits of the three protective objects drifted over and landed on the three petals of the Pure Lotus.

Jiang Jun circulated his divine sense and interacted with the spirit of the object, quickly entering a state of complete absorption in the object.

His lips moved slightly, and a mantra gradually took shape: "Like a mirror reflecting a shadow, like water reflecting the moon. Unmoved, unrejected, and unattached. With a clear mind, the spirit naturally unites."

The next moment, in the sea of ​​consciousness, the spirituality of the three protective objects slowly melted and gradually merged with the lotus petals below them.