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I went out to look for Jun Chong since I couldn't find him anywhere, but aside from Molin sitting in the living room, there was no sign of Jun Chong.
"You're awake?" Molin put down the book he was holding and pointed towards the kitchen. "There's food over there. You've been sleeping for several days; you should eat something!"
"Where did Jun Chong go?"
I stood still, feeling uneasy at not knowing his whereabouts.
Little Qiongqi jumped into my arms from the sofa, finding a comfortable spot to sleep. I stroked its fur and recalled the time when Jun Chong had used it to scare me; it was a fond memory now.
"After you all returned, he left with Cangling."
I furrowed my brow and sat down on the sofa. "He left with Cangling? Did he see Cangling?" Seeing Molin nod, I felt a surge of joy. "That means we can directly break the Sixth Seal since Cangling is the Sixth Seal."
At that moment, I remembered that I hadn't seen how Jun Rui had sealed King Jun Chong's body, so I didn't know why he had placed each layer of seal on the Ancient Beast.
When Jun Rui demanded that Jun Chong relinquish his seal, he must have wanted him dead; why would he resort to such a tactic?
Perhaps only Jun Rui himself knew the answer to that question.
"Has he not returned yet?"
Molin shook his head. "He came back last night, but you were still asleep. Seeing that you were fine, he left the Qilin Hairpin and went to the Underworld."
"He went to the Underworld alone?" My heart raced as I stood up from the sofa. "No, I have to find him. He must be going to retrieve his body, but since Jun Rui has sealed him, he won't let him take it back easily. The Seventh Seal isn't something that can be broken so simply."
"But even if you go, it would be useless. If you stay here safely, he'll have peace of mind and a stronger belief that he must return."
My body trembled suddenly, and then I lowered my head, curling my legs up on the sofa and wrapping my arms around them.
Molin handed me the Qilin Hairpin. I held the icy Hairpin in my hand, gazing at the lifelike Golden Qilin on it, as Su Yi's curse echoed in my mind. The seal of the Soul-Calling Bell was not for any other reason but to verify the curse of the broken Qilin Hairpin.
“Molin, you said that if the Qilin Hairpin breaks, Jun Chong will really abandon me, right?” The ferocious madness of Su Yi from that day still lingered vividly in my memory, stirring my heart. “Qi Zhi and Jun Rui both said that once the Qilin Hairpin is broken, he will leave me. Is our fate tied solely to this? Once lost, everything we had will be in vain?”
Molin moved his lips but ultimately said nothing. Instead, he got up and went to the kitchen to fetch some food.
I tightened my body, staring at the dazzling Qilin Hairpin, gritting my teeth to shake off Su Yi's expression from my mind, and reinserted the Qilin Hairpin into my hair.
“We have been through so much together; we won’t be separated because of this little loss. I believe in myself, believe in Jun Chong, and believe that heaven won’t be so cruel.”
“But what if it really breaks? What if he truly lets you go?” The door suddenly swung open, and Chitaki walked in with a toothpick in her mouth, her eyes shining brightly as she fixed her gaze on me. Each of her words pierced my heart as she asked, “Anxin, what matters is what you will do?”
“What will I do?” I looked down at my palms and suddenly smiled.
“I only have him in this life. Xiao You once told me that once I die in this life, there won't be a next one. So my time is limited, and being with him is even more precious. If—if—” I sniffled and adjusted my emotions before continuing, “If he truly wants to abandon me, then even if it takes my entire life, I will chase after him. Even if he never looks back at me again, just being able to see him until death would be enough for me.”
As soon as I finished speaking, both Chitaki and Molin were taken aback. Then Chitaki stepped forward and gently embraced me, stroking my hair like a Big Sister.
“Child, you’ve suffered. Why did you have to fall for him?”
“I was created by him; without him, there would be no Anxin. So if he doesn’t want me anymore, I won’t be angry. After all, I have had him for so long. In this love, although there may be many regrets, there has never been any regret.”
“Regretful yet without regret?”
Chitaki murmured to herself and fell silent.
In truth, she had come this time because the situation had changed. After all, we were friends; since Molin had come down from the mountain and she had nothing else to do, she decided to visit.
“Anxin, let me ask you one last time: will you take me as your master?”
Chitaki had asked me many times before, but I had never agreed. Now that it was brought up again, I felt a strange sensation inside. So I smiled and said, "Why must I take you as my master?"
"To prevent you from going to the Su Family," Chitaki replied seriously. "I heard from Molin that you know about your past life. I've also found out some things about the Su Family and Su Xun's generation through various channels. The Su Family is not a good lineage; even if they are dead, some things remain unchanged for millennia. They are pursuing your reincarnation to enter the Su Family, and I suspect that Su Xun's obsession is even more terrifying than Su Yi's."
"Thank you, Chitaki," I said, still smiling. "But I cannot involve you in this. Everything began because of me, and it must end because of me."
In the end, I did not agree to Chitaki's request, and he did not press the matter further. We both waited together for Jun Chong to return.
At the same time, a place in the city was afflicted by Miasma. Within just one day, many people had died, and by nightfall, the Miasma had increased significantly.
"This Miasma had disappeared for so long; it only appeared once during the Qiongqi incident. Now that it has suddenly reemerged in large quantities, is the demon realm about to take action?"
Molin circled the locations of the Miasma on the city map with a red pen.
"These areas are around that hospital from before. Look, although it's only half visible, you can vaguely see a semicircle with other patterns inside that resemble formations. The places where these people died were all first afflicted by Miasma, then killed, drained of blood, and finally consumed by the Miasma. It seems the demon realm has a purpose behind this."
Tao Wu nodded from the side. "Moreover, all of that generation's Eerie Aura has completely vanished; not a single one survived. It took me a long time to find a ghost that escaped, but even that ghost couldn't remember much before it died."
"But Qizhi is not here," Chitaki said, resting his chin on his hand as he looked at the strange half-pattern. "I have been specifically tracking his movements these past few days and have found no clues whatsoever."
I also couldn't make sense of it. "The last time I was attacked by Miasma, Qizhi said it wasn't his doing."
Chitaki countered, "He's from the demon realm; can we trust what he says?"
I pursed my lips and remained silent. After encountering Qizhi in my past life, my perception of him changed entirely. He was actually a pitiful person—so kind-hearted yet born into a place he should not have been.
Born as a demon and still the Second Prince of the demon realm, he could never escape that fate.
Xiao An and that child were both so kind-hearted, yet because of him, they ended up being killed in the end.
I don't know how he managed to endure for twenty thousand years. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to survive even a single day. If Jun Chong dies, I wouldn't want to live on.
So sometimes men are stronger than women.
Due to the emergence of the Miasma, Molin, Chitaki, and Tao Wu split up to investigate. After all, lives were at stake. If the demon realm infiltrated the human world and breached the underworld to release the Demon King, then humanity would suffer as well.
I couldn't help much; I could only wait each day. Days passed, and when the doorbell rang, I thought they had returned. I hurried to open the door, only to find Su Ziqian standing outside.
"Why are you here?"
I was surprised to see him alone, dressed in white as always, looking gentle.
"Xiao You wants to see you. Come with me! I'll tell you what the truth is."
"What truth?"
Su Ziqian smiled broadly, looking down at me without making things difficult. He spoke directly.
"Ancient texts record that tens of thousands of years ago, an unprecedented war broke out in the underworld that nearly destroyed it entirely. The culprit was the use of eighty-one pure yin and pure yang souls to open a passage between the underworld and the demon realm, allowing a large number of demons to invade and destroy the Forbidden Tower of Yama, releasing a notoriously evil Demon King. It is said that Yama spent a millennium of cultivation to prevent the Demon King from being born."
"I remember this; Molin told me about the demon realm at first. But these facts don't align with reality."
Su Ziqian shook his head. "But one thing is the same."
A shiver ran down my spine as he looked at me like that, but I still asked defiantly, "What point?"
"The eighty-one pure yin and pure yang souls. This can indeed open a passage between the underworld and the demon realm, leading directly to the Forbidden Tower of Yama. This time, the demon realm aims to take over both the human world and beyond. The leaders of the demon realm are not just those who perform rituals."
"Are there other leaders?"
I had actually thought about this issue as well. The Demon Realm has endured for so long and is now making a comeback; it’s impossible that there isn’t a leader behind it.
At first, I suspected Qi Zhi, and even now, I still think it might be him. After all, as the Second Prince, even if he is unwilling, there are some responsibilities he cannot evade.
But now, after what Su Ziqian said, I am even more puzzled. If there is another leader in the Demon Realm besides Qi Zhi, then who is that person? To stir up such a huge commotion while Qi Zhi is nowhere to be seen suggests that this individual must be someone capable of suppressing Qi Zhi.
“If you want to know, just follow me!” Su Ziqian refused to tell me right away. With his hands in his pockets, he added another piece of information: “If my sources are correct, Rong Zhi is probably struggling to protect himself in the Underworld right now.”
“Shizui!”
I was astonished. He had gone to the Underworld because he sensed the aura of the Demon Realm. Since both Jun Chong and I had our consciousnesses transported back to our previous lives, we had spent ten days in total—one after the other—and a lot can happen in ten days.
So at this moment, I knew nothing about what was happening in the Underworld.
As for those who died, we only investigated how they died and where it happened, but we didn’t check their birth charts. If pure yin or pure yang souls are indeed effective, then that would be disastrous.
“I need to tell Molin about this.”
I didn’t want them to worry about me, and some information needed to be conveyed to them so they could investigate as soon as possible.
Su Ziqian didn’t refuse. After I finished my call, he took me away.
Su Ziqian’s car drove toward the place we visited last time. Watching the scenery rush by in reverse, I clenched my fists. “Xiao You, I hope it’s not you.”
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