Before Odis traveled through time, when she was in college, she talked with her roommate about interesting stories about Wong Tai Sin and the like.
He keenly realized at the time that the most crucial step in feudal superstitious activities was gaining the trust of the target.
Once you get the target to believe that set of ignorant and superstitious logic, they will believe whatever you say afterward.
At least at the time, I believed it.
So Odis focused on designing his entrance, making Viscount Wade... not only Viscount Wade, but everyone around him believed that he was the real wizard. Even Sequence 6 Bivis thought that the "wizard" in front of him was very skilled.
This made Odis feel that her spirit was very active, and even the magic potion was loosened.
He realized that his role was on the right track. Apart from wizards like Gandalf who had misplaced their skill points, wizards should be mysterious and wise, possessing knowledge of all kinds of magic.
Odis waved to Viscount Wade: "Since I have appeared on your inevitable path, then it is fate that has sent me to help you."
He leaned on his staff, pretended to look around the living room, and then said to Viscount Wade, "Just as I expected, an evil being is watching this place and has brought you misfortune."
Bivis frowned. Why didn't he sense any evil gaze?
Viscount Wade quickly asked, "Then what should we do?"
"Don't rush, let me take another look." Odis looked at the roof as if he were looking into the distance, and after a long while he said, "This evil being comes from the underworld, and is the lord of a region there."
"His gaze was very secretive, as if… as if he were using the spirit of someone living in this house as cover."
Bivis was a little confused. He knew about the underworld and lords, but he didn't know that one could use a human spirit to conceal their gaze.
Upon hearing Odis's words, Viscount Vede's gaze towards those around him immediately changed, and he began to see everyone as suspicious.
Finally, he asked Odis, "Should we replace all the servants?"
When the servants in the drawing room heard the Viscount's words, many of them looked bewildered and reluctant.
Although this family has a bad temper, everyone still cherishes this stable job.
Fortunately, Odis said, "No need, we just need to find that person and exorcise the evil spirit for him."
"Besides, that person should be a family member of yours, otherwise it wouldn't affect your family's fortune."
Many servants breathed a sigh of relief.
Viscount Wade immediately said, "I'll call my family right away."
"I'm not calling them here, I'm going to look in their room," Odis said. "That person's room is often connected to the underworld, so there should be some clues there."
He paused and then said, "I need you, as the owner of this house, to help me search, but if you go alone, it's easy for that evil being to turn its attention to you, so you can't go."
Viscount Wade was slightly taken aback: "I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand. If I can't go myself, how can I go with you to search?"
Odis said calmly, "I will take your soul with me."
Viscount Wade suddenly became a little nervous: "I... I don't have the ability to leave my body or anything like that."
As a nobleman, he was certainly aware of the existence of extraordinary beings, which is why he so firmly believed in Odis, thinking that the wizard's magic and extraordinary abilities could help him.
However, he found it difficult to fulfill the other party's request.
Odis said, "I'll help you. Don't worry, you won't be in any danger."
Upon hearing this, Viscount Wade immediately beamed with joy: "You truly are a powerful wizard!"
Bivis was about to step forward to dissuade him, because extraordinary operations involving spirits are generally very dangerous, but he hesitated for a moment and ultimately chose to stand by and watch, intending to intervene only when he discovered the danger.
Odis began directing the servants to move the sofa aside so that Viscount Vedd could sit on a single sofa. Then Odis took out a pen and the spiritual materials he had prepared beforehand and began to draw a magic circle.
Once everything was ready, Odis took out a palm-sized crystal ball and placed it in one of the positions within the magic circle.
He explained, "Your spirit will enter this crystal ball in a moment, but you cannot speak, move, or hear anything; you can only see."
"Don't be nervous. I'll send you back after we find a clue."
Viscount Wade, lacking such experience, was indeed somewhat nervous: "Alright, alright."
Finally, Odis opened a small medicine bottle, held it to Viscount Wade's nose, and let him smell it.
Viscount Veders slowly slumped onto the sofa, as if he had fallen asleep.
Odis began chanting the incantation in a deep and solemn tone. If any fellow countrymen were present, they would be surprised to find that he was chanting in a mumbled manner: "Spring slumber is unaware of dawn, everywhere one hears birds singing... I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, I lower my head to think of my hometown... Steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer's eyes..."
These spells were of course ineffective; the most crucial element was Odis's infusion of spiritual energy into the magic circle to activate it.
However, in order to make it seem more ceremonial, he had no choice but to put on a show first.
In fact, what Odis just said about sending Viscount Vede's soul into the crystal ball was just a charade. Possessing a spirit onto an object is a very advanced and extraordinary ability, which Odis's magic circle cannot currently do.
The magic circle he drew was actually a "line of sight extension magic circle," which could establish a close connection between one's own or someone else's line of sight and a certain object.
As long as you are within 50 meters of the magic circle, you can use that item to quietly observe the situation in the distance, or cleverly bypass obstacles to observe.
After Odis used drugs to put Viscount Vader into a semi-conscious state, his body could not move or speak. Only his vision followed Odis away, so Viscount Vader felt that his spirit was attached to the crystal ball and followed Odis.
After the performance was nearly over, Odis infused the magic circle with her spiritual energy, and Viscount Vader's gaze fell upon the crystal ball.
Half-asleep and half-awake, Viscount Wade thought his spirit had left his body and immediately tensed up, his muscles stiffening all over.
As darkness fell, the servant turned on the gas lamp. Under the light, the magic circle drawn with occult symbols, the Viscount Veder lying stiffly on the sofa, and the medicinal fragrance in the air made the scene look extremely eerie.
Seeing that the magic circle was working properly, Odis picked up the crystal ball and said to the people around him, "You all stay here and guard the Viscount."
Bivis nodded. He used his "spiritual vision" to see that Viscount Wade's spirit was still inside his body. He wanted to see how this wizard would handle things after Viscount Wade woke up.
The others, unaware of this, all agreed in unison, "Yes."
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
Many servants secretly swallowed, trying to hide their nervousness.
They were very curious whether Viscount Wade, who was now lying on the sofa, was still alive.
Odis, carrying the crystal ball, arrived at the bedroom door of the Vader family member without any guidance.
However, the butler followed closely behind, partly to avoid being impolite and partly to avoid losing any valuables.
Besides his son Bishop, Viscount Wiede had two other sons and two daughters. One of his daughters was already married, and his eldest son was also married.
The family members living in the house had all been drawn into the living room by the wizard's "spell performance," so there was no one in the room now.
Accompanied by the butler, Odis began searching room by room.
They soon arrived at the third room, the bedroom where Bishop had once lived. Odis stood at the door and suddenly stopped.
The butler asked, "Did you find anything, sir?"
Odis did not answer, but strode into the room and pulled out something illusory from the bedside.
Whew~
As Odis made the pulling motion, a ghostly green light appeared in his hand, startling the butler, who quickly retreated.
The firelight quickly disappeared, and Odis said solemnly, "Bring the owner of this house here; we must exorcise the evil spirit from him immediately!"
The butler was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wizard, the owner of this room is already dead."
"Dead?" the murderer Odis asked in surprise.
"Yes."
"That's easy," Odis said. "Come on, let's go back to the living room."
The two returned to the living room, and the wife immediately greeted them, asking, "How did it go? Did you find out who it was?"
Odis did not answer, but instead put the crystal ball back into the magic circle.
The butler quickly replied, "Yes...it was found in Master Bishop's room..."
He didn't know how to describe what he had just seen.
"Oh, poor Bishop," the lady said sadly. "No wonder he died so tragically."
Before Odis could say anything, the lady had already started making connections.
At this point, Odis severed the connection between Viscount Ved and the crystal ball, and then gave the Viscount a potion to inhale.
Viscount Wade slowly woke up: "My God... my God, what I just experienced was so amazing. It's hard to believe that I actually entered such a small crystal ball."
Bivis, standing to the side, was somewhat surprised: What? The Viscount's spirit entered the crystal ball?
This was something he hadn't expected at all; the Viscount's spirit was still inside his body just moments ago!
At this point, Bevis fell into deep self-doubt.
However, no one noticed the surprise on Bevis's face, because everyone was quite surprised at the moment, and many servants were making gestures of the moon and stars on their chests, or making gestures representing storms and lightning.
"Unbelievable! That…that will-o'-the-wisp…yes, the will-o'-the-wisp was pulled out of Bishop's pillow!" Viscount Wade said, somewhat excitedly, but then his voice turned sour with disappointment: "I never expected it to be Bishop."
Odis said, "The problem has been found. Now let's talk about how to solve it."