I didn’t talk, but slowly limp

ed 

toward

him. With 

the

 last bit of my strength, I took out a talisman and palmed it on him. Zhou Tian shook a little bit when I 

hit

 him.

“What are you doing?” He was puzzled. 

“No… Nothing.” 

He was the real Zhou Tian. I exhaled in relief. My eyes rolled to the back of my

 head, and 

I lost consciousness.

When I woke up again, I found myself in 

a hospital

 bed. I was the only 

person

 in 

the

 patient room. I sat up

 and shook 

my heavy head

, realizing 

that I had fainted due to blood loss. 

I didn’t know how long I had been sleeping 

or

 what had happened during 

the

 time I was knocked out

, so 

I felt really worried. 

If that otherworldly item 

attacked

 while I was in the hospital, Zhou Tian must have 

encountered

 grave danger. 

I decided to get 

out of

 bed

, but

 I felt 

a

 sharp pain 

in 

my 

feet

. I lifted the blanket and saw that both of my feet were bandaged. 

“Damn it!” 

A

 flame of anger burned in my heart. I punched the wall. 

Hurting the

 soles of 

your

 feet 

was

 different from having a wound elsewhere. 

I

f 

I

 couldn’t walk, 

I

 wouldn’t be different from a wolf without fangs. 

I

 could only wait for death. 

I understood that I couldn’t finish this case

 alone

. I decided to call Chuyi 

and

Senior Shu

and ask for their help

,

 but 

I couldn’t find my mobile phone anywhere.

 I was at a loss and didn’t know what to do

. 

Then, the door to my room was 

pushed open

, and a

 man wearing a 

lab 

coat entered. He wore a pair of thick glasses and a big surgical mask. He 

smiled 

when he saw me. 

I could see only his eyes, but I noticed a trace of malicious 

intent

 in 

them

. I suddenly had a bad premonition. I hurried to grab the fruit knife on my bedside tabl

e and asked,

 “Who are you?” 

“

Umh

…”

He looked embarrassed 

when

 he saw 

that I was 

stirred up.

“Someone sent you an express delivery parcel. I’m here to give it to you.”

Then, he moved a big carton box into the room and left. 

I exhaled in relief. Although I still felt something was wrong, I couldn’t point out what 

it was. 

I didn’t think much

 of it and tried 

to get off my bed to open the box.

Who 

sent

 this box to me?

Besides 

Zhou Tian’s family, 

did

 someone else know 

that I was

hospitalized

? 

My intuition told me that this box 

didn’t contain anything 

good. However, my curiosity got the best of me. I couldn’t help

 but use 

the fruit knife to open the carton box. 

I was shocked at first glance

 as t

he bronze box was inside the carton box! 

I now remembered what it was that made me feel 

uneasy

. That doctor must be the 

culprit

 behind

 all this

. Perhaps I had met him before. 

That was 

why he wore a mask when he came 

into my

 room.

But why did he want to return the otherworldly item to me? 

Before I could figure out the reason, my chest 

felt heavy.

 I 

lowered

 my head and 

saw

 the 

spirit

 getting out of the box. It had turned into a red mist

 and surrounded 

me. 

Soon, everything in front of me 

became

blood red

. My entire body was in pain. I couldn’t breathe

,

 and I felt my vitality being sucked away. 

As

 I thought I was about to die, the pressure on my body disappeared. I was surprised

 to see that 

the mist had transformed into a human shadow

 and fled 

through the open window. 

Then, I heard hurried footsteps outside. The door sprang open again. This time, 

i

t was Chuyi

. He had come 

to 

my

 rescue

!

When I saw him, I felt 

a lot better.

 I wanted to greet him, but I was too weak to get up. I couldn’t even make a sound. I tried my best to squeeze out a 

smile

.

Chuyi’s sword-like brows slammed together when he saw 

my state. 

When he 

noticed

 the box next to me, his eyes immediately 

turned to

 the window. 

He shouted, “Stay here, don’t move.”

Then, he jumped through the window like a lightning bolt. 

After Chuyi left, Zhou Tian came in. He carefully walked over the bronze box, then lifted me to the bed. 

Next

, he took my phone out of his pocket

 and gave 

it back to me. 

I 

looked at him, and he

 understood

 what I meant. He smiled and told 

me the details. I had been unconscious for one night and one day. During this time, Zhou Tian went to pick up Chuyi. 

It turned out Chuyi had recently wanted to release around one thousand caged animals to 

collect good karma

. He wanted to take me with him, so he tried calling me. However, Zhou Tian 

picked up

 the call

 in my stead and told 

him everything. As such, Chuyi immediately came over to help me. 

Zhou Tian couldn’t help but praise him. “Master Zhang, your friend’s really 

incredible

. When he 

reached

 the corridor, he already 

knew that

 the 

spirit was

 in your ward…” 

“Haha.” 

I felt much more at ease now

. 

Th

at spirit

 was hurt last night

, so i

t didn’t trouble Zhou Tian. T

oday

, it came to kill me but Chuyi interfered. Was 

this fate

? 

I guessed so. 

Around half an hour later, Chuyi returned. He didn’t look pleased

 and sounded 

a little frustrated. “That thing ran too fast. I couldn’t catch up with it.” 

“You’re too intimidating. 

He was so 

scared

 that

he ran for his life

!” I could joke now 

that

 my strength 

had

 recovered a bit. 

I got off 

the

 bed and went to open the bronze box. 

After I gave

 Chuyi the gold-threaded handkerchief and the piece of broken jade, I 

stopped smiling and said seriously,

 “This is the otherworldly item. Do you 

recognize

 it?” 

Chuyi didn’t answer me right away. At first, he studied the gold-threaded handkerchief

. T

hen, his cold eyes assessed the jade

, h

is face quickly 

turning

 serious. 

When I saw

 his reaction, my heart became tense. Zhou Tian also didn’t

dare to breathe aloud. The two of us 

nervously watched C

huyi. 

A moment later, he said, “I got it!” 

“Wha

t is it

?” 

“This is Heshibi!” Chuyi showed 

an

 excited face for the first time

. His 

fair-skinned, oval face 

flushed with color

. 

I couldn’t 

hide my shock, either

. I 

never would have imagined 

that this ordinary-looking jade was the legendary Heshibi

. It was 

Mr. He’s jade!

However

, my enthusiasm soon di

sappeared

. I thought Chuyi was wrong.

I didn’t doubt his keen eyes

, but

 according to histor

ical 

records, after the Kingdom o

f

 Qin destroyed the six other kingdoms, Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered 

his men

 to carve the Heirloom Seal of the 

r

ealm out of the Heshibi. 

From that day on, the Heirloom Seal 

became

 the supreme symbol of the emperor. Generations competed for it before it disappeared in the long river of history. 

E

ven though it was 

a

 long time ago, the Heirloom Seal shouldn’t be

 this low-quality piece of jade

. 

Chuyi understood my doubts and explained, “Heshibi was a perfect

 and 

flawless jade

, but t

he Heirloom Seal 

didn’t consume the whole thing

. If I’m not wrong, this otherworldly item is the jade that was left after they made the Heirloom Seal.” 

“It’s possible,” Zhou Tian 

said. He stroked 

the broken jade. “It looks like the extra material left after something was made out of it.” 

Chuyi nodded. “Do you know Bianhe, the man who lived in the Spring and Autumn Period?”

“I do

. 

Bianhe sailed to the 

W

est. He’s in 

every

textbook

.” Before I could answer, Zhou Tian spoke

.

 He even smiled at Chuyi to earn his favor. It seemed he had become Chuyi’s new fan

.

I felt awkward

 and let out 

a dry coug

h. I corrected 

him.

“Zheng He was the one that sailed West. Bianhe was the first one 

in history

to discover

 Heshibi.” 

Then, I suddenly 

realized something and asked 

Chuyi in fright

,

 “

Are you saying that

 Bianhe’s the 

spirit

?” 

“Yeah

. O

therwise, how could you explain his legless shape?” Chuyi 

said

 firmly.

I remembered the story now. 

It was said that 

Bianhe was a very hard-working farmer 

who lived in 

the Chu 

K

ingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. One day, he found a stone that contained an uncut jade

. 

He offered it to King Li of Chu. King Li asked jade experts to assess the stone. They 

concluded

 that it was just a stone. King Li was angry

 and accused 

Bianhe 

of

 fooling 

him

. Bianhe’s punishment for his apparent deception was 

amputation of his

 left foot.  

Soon, King Li died

, and

 King Wu took the throne. Bianhe 

offered 

this rough jade to him. King Wu also asked jade experts to examine the jade. 

T

he result was the same

. 

It was just a stone. King Wu punished 

Bianhe’s

 deception by chopping off his right foot… 

After King Wu

passed away, King Wen took the throne. Bianhe held his 

jade and cried 

for three days at a mountain foothill. When his tears dried, his eyes started

 bleeding

. King Wen heard his story

 and sent 

his people to ask

 him a question.

 “There are many people 

who have received

 the foot amputation punishment

, but

t

hey didn’t 

become like this

. Why 

are you desperate

?” 

Bianhe answered, “I

’m not

crying

 because of 

the

 amputation. 

I’m

crying

 because people 

have said that

 my jade is just a stone. The future generations will 

never be able to see t

his precious jade!” 

King Wen asked people to cut the stone. Indeed, the stone contained a crystal of magnificent jade. King Wen then named the jade 

‘

Heshibi

.’ 

Later on, Emperor Qin Shihuang 

received

 Heshibi

 and made 

his Heirloom Seal out of it. They carved a line 

that wrote

, “Having received the Heavenly Mandate, may (the emperor) lead a long and prosperous life.” This imperial seal 

became

 the symbol of the emperors of all dynasties. 

I had to admit

 that

 Chuyi

 had sharp

 eyes. That 

spirit

 didn’t have 

feet

 and he cried every time. These features matched Bianhe. However, I didn’t understand why Bianhe 

had become a spirit. After all,

 Heshibi

was now well-known all over the nation

. 

Moreover, who was that old man? Why did he want to use the otherworldly item to kill Zhou Tian? 

I threw these questions 

at

 Chuyi. He rubbed his temple

s and thought for a moment

. Then, he picked up the gold-threaded handkerchief

 and studied 

it carefully. 

I understood that Bianhe’s actions probably had something to do with this gold-threaded handkerchief!