The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 339 - 337: Brainwashing and Mental Control

Chapter 339: Chapter 337: Brainwashing and Mental Control

"He’s been dead a long time, the body has already turned into white bones."

Liu Xiaopeng’s eldest son was named Liu Hua, and his body was found in the sewer. Based on the clothes on the skeleton, the police found surveillance footage of him falling into the sewer and thus confirmed his identity.

Several months ago, this road was under construction, so the sewer manhole cover wasn’t on. One night, Liu Hua was passing by and fell into the sewer, dying from a fractured skull.

"This doesn’t fit with the other three people’s causes of death."

I thought Liu Hua had died of heart failure, but I didn’t expect this to be the cause.

Qin Zhao felt it was strange. "Didn’t you say that the local families in Jiangling only adopted those three deceased children? Why was Liu Hua also in Jiangling?"

Lao Liu was about to explain when an older police officer beside him sighed.

"Because Liu Hua wasn’t adopted. He was Liu Xiaopeng’s eldest son, and Liu Xiaopeng brainwashed and persecuted him for over a decade.

Later, after Liu Xiaopeng was sentenced to death, Liu Hua still believed that his father was right, even considering the other children’s adoption by their families as a betrayal to their father.

We found many psychologists to treat him, but none were successful."

The older police officer had dealt with Liu Xiaopeng’s case and was rather familiar with the details.

And this Liu Hua, he was the one who left the deepest impression on him.

"Liu Hua was older and had formed his own set of entrenched values. His blind worship and fervent devotion to Liu Xiaopeng were etched deep into his bones.

He refused to be adopted by anyone and even ran away from the orphanage. Once, he encountered his adopted younger brother and beat him so severely that he nearly killed him.

After the adoptive parents reported the incident to the police, he was sentenced to three years of reformation through labor.

Upon his release, we observed him for a while and found that he wasn’t doing anything bad. Later, he moved to another city to develop, and we lost track of him."

During this time, the older police officer took them to see Liu Hua’s skeletal remains.

"I don’t know when he came back. If we had known he was back, we would have definitely sent someone to keep an eye on him."

"Liu Hua’s death doesn’t match the others. Could it really have been accidental?"

Seeing the cracks on the skull, Ren Baishan murmured.

"I don’t know, let’s summon his soul and ask."

Liu Hua’s skeleton was right there, Qin Zhao didn’t need to know his date and time of birth to conduct the Summoning Soul.

They had planned to check the other two scenes and then visit the deceased’s family to ask if they could see the skeletal remains.

They could summon the other two victims’ souls to ask if there were any other clues.

They hadn’t even finished examining the scene when they discovered that another one of Liu Xiaopeng’s children had died.

"Why is there no response?"

Five minutes passed without any soul appearing.

"Summoning Soul, such a spell, consumes a lot of a person’s spiritual power. You’ve already performed a Summoning Soul today; could it be that your power is insufficient? Maybe we should try again tomorrow."

Ren Baishan couldn’t perform Summoning Soul, but he had some understanding of the spell.

"It’s not my issue."

According to Qin Zhao’s current level of cultivation, she could summon a hundred ghosts today without feeling pressured.

"It’s that guy who’s refusing my Summoning Soul. He doesn’t want to come see me."

Qin Zhao’s eyes carried a hint of contemplation, "Normally, ordinary souls don’t have the power to refuse my Summoning Soul, unless it’s a soul with the cultivation level of an Evil Ghost or higher."

"A cultivation level higher than an Evil Ghost? Could there be something wrong with Liu Hua’s soul?"

Shangguan Qiu thought about what the old police officer had said—if Liu Hua harbored great hostility towards the other children, and after death had become an Evil Ghost, it was highly possible he would do something to harm them.

Qin Zhao was about to speak when she suddenly felt something was off—the mark she had left on the little girl’s soul had reacted.

"He’s gone to find Lele!"

Qin Zhao’s expression changed, and she rushed out of the police station.

Lele was the little girl’s name, and after they had sent her back home to her foster parents, Qin Zhao had left her own mark on her.

Because Lele had said something wanted to eat her, this mark could protect Lele.

Qin Zhao was the first to arrive at Lele’s home, where she found the entire floor shrouded in dense yin energy.

Lele’s foster parents had already passed out, and the little girl’s soul cowered in the corner, a faint golden barrier surrounding her.

Not far away, an evil ghost with blood-red eyes was lurking ominously.

"I’ve been squatting here for so long, and you finally came back—get out of that shield now!"

"No! Don’t come any closer!"

"Are you coming out or not? If you don’t, I’ll kill them, eat their souls!"

"Don’t hurt mommy and daddy! I’ll come out for you to eat, but you have to promise not to hurt them!"

Seeing the evil ghost lunge at her foster parents, Lele panicked and actively floated out of the golden light shield.

Liu Hua sneered coldly, "I can finally fulfill my father’s last wish. As long as you all die, I can be redeemed, and I won’t have to go to hell."

His mouth gaping wide, he was about to devour Lele when suddenly, a powerful attack flew in from outside, sending him flying.

Qin Zhao entered, controlling her sword, and landed in front of Lele, shielding her behind her.

"Big sister!"

Lele looked at her joyously, immediately feeling a wave of relief.

Qin Zhao patted her small head and started to deal with the ferocious evil ghost in front of her.

"Go to hell? You’re not even worthy of that—a scattered soul is more fitting for you!"

"Who are you?!"

Liu Hua looked at Qin Zhao warily.

"Are you blind?"

Qin Zhao couldn’t be bothered with his nonsense, her overpowering spiritual power dragged him closer, and she pressed a fingertip to his forehead, using the Soul Searching Technique on him to quickly understand the reasons behind everything.

Because her spiritual power was very strong, this spell caused severe damage to the soul; he would likely end up a senseless ghost.

But when dealing with such wicked evil ghosts, Qin Zhao didn’t care about the means—his soul was bound to be scattered anyway.

Before long, she learned the reason Liu Hua had caused the three children to separate from their souls.

It was all to kill them.

The souls of the other two had already been devoured by him. Lele’s sense of danger had been higher and she had run off after sensing something amiss, which is why she hadn’t been eaten.

In fact, he had been plotting how to kill these children all along, but before he could carry out his plan, he accidentally fell into an uncovered sewer drain.

After his death from the fall, Liu Hua’s soul did not go on to be reincarnated; instead, through some fortunes, he became an evil ghost.

His overwhelming obsession while alive had been to kill the other six children, and after death, he continued to harbor this desire.

Thus, he used the Soul Separation Technique to lure their souls out and devoured them.

The reason he so desperately wanted to kill his siblings was because of something his father had told him before he died.

It was this very saying that turned Liu Hua into a demon just like Liu Xiaopeng.

He worshipped Liu Xiaopeng as a deity, fervently following his ideology, which led Liu Hua to develop an irredeemable and twisted personality.

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