Chapter 307: The Lost Song Family Technique, The Combined Divination (2/2)

”How did the murderer know that Officer Xun was hiding here?” Xiaotao frowned as she bit her fist.

The same question plagued my mind but before I could contemplate the answer, Zhang Jiulin walked up to us and said, ”May I have a word?”

We followed him to a deserted area where he explained, ”It’ll be dark in two hours. I plan to start tracking the Yin energy from here to locate the Heartbroken Xun.”

”Will that work?” I asked.

”I can’t be a hundred percent sure, but it does work to some extent,” he answered. “What are you going to do when you find the Heartbroken Xun?”

”The man is extremely dangerous,” Xiaotao uttered through gritted teeth. “We intend to kill him on the spot!”

”That’s likely to intensify the resentment of the Heartbroken Xun,” mused Zhang Jiulin. “But there’s no other way out. After that, you must evacuate the place immediately and leave the rest to me.”

“What will you do?” Xiaotao and I asked in unison.

”Naturally, I’ll have to resolve the Yin energy!”

”Why must we wait until evening?” I asked.

”It’s much easier to track Yin energy at night,” he explained.

”There’s no need for that,” I declared. “I have a faster method of locating the man! Xiaotao, please get me a detailed map of Nanjiang City, a marker pen and some sandalwood incense.”

Xiaotao understood at once that I was about to employ my divination technique. ”Let me show you the miraculous methods of the Song family!” I proudly turned to Zhang Jiulin.

At present, the clues were enough to perform the Triple Divination Technique. Xiaotao quickly obtained what I needed and found an empty room where I could get to work. I spread the map on the ground, marked the eight corners, and crouched on it as I began to mark the location of each attack.

Taking a deep breath, I instructed Xiaotao to light up the sandalwood. In order to accurately pinpoint the murderer’s location, I took out a small bottle containing a low concentration of the Dream Entry concoction and placed it under my nose, inhaling deeply. Suddenly, the world around me turned blurry like a dream.

This time, the technique I used was slightly different. It was a combination of the Divination and Reenactment Techniques. I placed myself into the murderer’s shoes and contemplated his hiding place!

The key elements of the crime poured from my lips along with low murmurs of the divination and reenactment mantras. The map at my feet seemed to transform into the actual Nanjiang City. I looked down as if I were standing up in the sky, thousands of miles from the ground, and my sight quickly fell upon the location where the first attack took place.

I seemed to have become the murderer himself, holding the Heartbroken Xun in my hand as I ambushed Officer Niu on his way home from work. The night was still and no one was around.

Then, I jumped to another location. This time, I hid in the toilet cubicle and peeped through the gap in the door, waiting for Officer Ouyang to enter the restroom. This sort of crime reenactment allowed me to restore many details of the crime that would’ve been otherwise unknown to the police.

After that, I murdered Officer Cui's family. Standing under the street light, I played the Heartbroken Xun so the music floated into the crowded restaurant before I laughed and quickly retreated.

During the reenactment, my hand automatically marked the map. The effect of the Dream Entry powder continued to envelop my body, rendering me intoxicated and dazed. Xiaotao shook me up, ”Song Yang, Song Yang! It's time to stop!”

I opened my eyes and returned to reality, body covered in sweat. Zhang Jiulin looked at me incredulously.

I looked down at my hand, only to find the nib of the marker stuck so hard in one place it was broken. ”That’s it!” I shouted excitedly. “The murderer must be hiding here!”