N

ot long afterward, Chuyi smoothed his furrowed brows

 and glanced at

 me and Zhou Tian. T

hen, without saying a word

, h

e closed

 the window

. Afterward

, he drew his eight-face

d

 Han sword

 and stabbed

 the gold-threaded handkerchief. 

He just wanted to force the thing inside to 

come

 out

, so h

e withdrew the sword as soon as he touched the cloth.  

The gold-threaded handkerchief sizzled. Then, we heard a seduc

tive woman’s

 voice. “Ouch, why did you have to poke 

me there

…” 

This voice was so captivating that my 

mouth

 felt dry. Instinctively, I read the 

s

acred 

t

ext of Daoism to calm down. Zhou Tian covered his crotch

 and headed 

to the toilet

.

When I pulled myself together, 

I saw a beautiful

 woman 

come 

out of the handkerchief. She wore a white fox fur upper garment

 and a skirt made

 of translucent gauze

.

 Her entire body looked mesmerizing, especially her 

seductive and

 charming eyes. She looked 

a lot 

like the 

legendary fox spirit

 Daji.

When she noticed that I was looking at her, 

she said 

sweetly

,

 “A moment of 

love

 is 

worth more than one

 thousand gold ingots. I can tell you are already tired. How about you rest here with me?”

She then undressed 

and crossed her legs,

 putting a finger in her mouth

. Her

 other hand 

gestured to me

 to 

go

 to her. 

I 

couldn’t

 resist th

e

 temptation and 

wanted to

 jump 

on

 her. Chuyi drew his sword again. This time, he used all of his strength

 to stab 

through the gold-threaded handkerchief. 

The woman shrieked painfully

. She turned 

into a mass of mist

 and dispersed

. I 

noticed

 that the handkerchief 

had lost its luster

. 

Moreover, t

he part that Chuyi had stabbed started to ooze 

a

 black liquid. 

“What happened?” I asked. 

That woman wasn’t 

Chuyi’s

 opponent

, and w

hen Chuyi dealt with spirits, he always chose to help them ascend. This time, he didn’t even give the woman time to talk. I

 was puzzled as he had

 killed 

her

in

 one strike. 

“If she didn’t die, Bianhe would never rest…” Chuyi picked up the handkerchief

 and handed 

it to me

. He asked 

me to sniff it. I cocked my head

 and took 

a 

sniff

of the strong,

 foul smell. I couldn’t help but frown. 

“

Was that woman a fox spirit?

”

“

Yeah, s

he was a fox spirit. This sort of spirit always 

seduces

 men to suck their essence. I d

on’t

 know who trapped this fox spirit inside th

is

 gold-threaded handkerchief

, but since

 the handkerchief 

and

 the Heshibi were in contact

for quite a long time, the two spirits must have 

felt each other’s existence

. I think th

e fox spirit might have tried to

seduce

 Bianhe

.

” 

“Bianhe was know

n for being 

noble and virtuous

, so h

e 

wouldn’t fall for

 the fox’s enticement

. Left with no choice, h

e was forced to become an 

otherworldly

 spirit

,”

 Chuyi explained to me. 

I nodded. 

W

e didn’t need to show mercy to this sort of 

beastly 

spirit

. E

ven though they 

had

 a human form, they didn’t have a 

human

heart. W

e couldn’t tame them or teach them. 

However, 

I 

felt sorry for losing the

 gold-threaded handkerchief.  

Chuyi unwrapped the bandage on my foot

 and

 sprinkled glutinous rice powder on the wound. My soles felt itchy

, so 

I 

subconsciously 

wanted to scratch the wound. Chuyi grabbed my hand

 and said in a serious voice, 

“

Don’t move.

 I’m going to expel the Yin energy in your wounds

.

” 

As he 

increased

 his force, I gradually got used to the feeling of pain 

in

 my feet. I could feel the movement of cold currents in my body, which headed to my soles. Soon, the pure white powder turned 

pitch

 black. 

He t

hen 

took out a small 

container

 from his bag and 

squeezed out some

 paste that looked like toothpaste

. He applied 

it 

to

 my wounds. The pain was so sharp that I 

screamed. 

Zhou Tian and Chuyi held my limbs tightly. 

They didn’t release me u

ntil my feet felt completely num

b.

Surprisingly, 

the

 pain was gone shortly after. I 

looked

at my

 feet and saw 

that the

 wounds had 

closed

. I tried to 

walk

 a few steps. 

There was no

 pain at all! 

I felt happy

 and patted 

Chuyi’s shoulder. “

You're incredible

. If you have time, can you teach me?” 

“Haha.” It was rare 

for

 Chuyi 

to laugh

 out loud. Then, with a cold face, he asked, “Do you know where that old man’s hiding?” 

I pulled myself together. “At that time, 

he noticed me

as I was

 following him

, so

 I 

don’t

 know where he

’s staying. However, since 

he just 

came

 here to finish me off

,

 I’m sure he 

left

a

 trace.”  

With that thought, I rushed downstairs with Chuyi. We bribed the guard 

so that we could

 check the surveillance cameras. Soon, we saw the old man leaving my ward. He went downstairs

,

 took off his 

lab 

coat and mask,

 and left 

the hospital. 

A few hundred meters away from the hospital was a

n intersection, so w

e couldn’t guess which direction he 

went in

.

Chuyi sighed

.

 “If my little Daoist boy 

was

 here

, h

e 

would have been able to track 

the old man’s Yang energy.” 

I now remembered that I 

had

 Little Lin. I released him from the paper crane.

Little Lin was excited

. But a

s he was about to 

roll and jump around, h

e saw Chuyi. 

The 

boy immediately paled

 and rushed 

back to me

. He hid behind

 my shoulder. 

It seemed he 

felt th

reatened by 

Chuyi. 

“Don’t be scared. He’s on our side.” I smiled

 and rubbed 

the boy’s head. Then, I pouted

 and said 

to Chuy

i,

 “What do you think? I adopted him for you

.

” 

Chuyi gave 

the boy

 a faint glance

 and asked,

 “Why are you afraid of me?” 

Little Lin lowered his head.

“Because you’re intimidating

,” he answered slowly. 

Chuyi nodded. He bit his finger 

until it bled and brought it

 to Little Lin’s mouth. I could tell he liked this little ghost. Instinctively, Little Lin moved forward

 to drink 

Chuyi’s blood. However, 

at the

 last moment, he paused

 and looked at me with hesitation. 

I felt touched

 and nodded.

 “Go, boy! He’s stronger than me. He can help you 

revive

 faster.” 

Little Lin happily drank Chuyi’s blood

, becoming his new

 little footman. 

Chuyi asked Little Lin to smell the old man’s Yang energy from the bronze box. 

The boy

 followed the smell

 and roamed 

around the hospital. In the end, he 

was able to

discover

 the old man’s whereabouts. 

All of us 

immediately rushed

after 

him

. 

On the way there, I 

saw

 that Zhou Tian

 didn’t look too 

good. When we

were

 checking the surveillance cameras

, 

I had already noticed

 his strange look. I was afraid that something had happened to him 

when

 we 

weren’t

 paying attention. “Hey, are you okay? 

Is something the matter

?” 

“No, it

’s 

nothing. I’m okay

.

” Zhou Tian shook his head

 and tried 

to look normal

. He walked 

ahead of us. 

Now, I was even more sure that there was something wrong with him

. 

Chuyi 

quietly

 reached his hand to stop me. I turned to him

 and saw him

glancing at

 Zhou Tian. My heart sank, and I became more vigilant. 

After following

 Little Lin for a while,

 we reached

 the construction 

site

 I 

was at y

esterday. It seemed the old man was heading home. 

W

hen we reached the iron bar fence, Little Lin stopped. He 

became flustered and scanned 

the place. 

I 

was already tense, so

 I quickly 

grabbed

 the Yin and Yang Umbrella

 and carefully

watched 

the ground under my feet. Chuyi also drew his eight-face

d

 Han sword

, pressing his back against mine.

 We

 scanned our 

surroundings

, but

 the place was dead silent. There was nothing strange

 about it

. 

A moment later, Chuyi put his sword back 

in

 its sheath

 and looked 

at Little Lin skeptically

. 

“

Did you make a mistake

?” 

Little Lin shook his head

. His 

face 

looked 

restless

 as he looked 

around. However, he couldn’t locate the target.

Eventually, Chuyi waved his hand. “Don’t worry. Just take us there with your 

senses

.”

Little Lin was scared but listened to Chuyi. 

We continued walking a few more miles. 

We started to see fewer 

structures and construction sites

, while the number of

 paddy fields and random wooden lodges increased. From a distance, the lodges looked small and dark. I wondered if people lived there. 

Suddenly, I heard Zhou Tian

scream from a wooden lodge a few hundred meters away. I was aghast

 and turned 

to check. Zhou Tian wasn’t with us! 

“What’s going on?!” 

Chuyi also

 noticed

 that Zhou Tian had disappeared. He frowned

 and asked

, “Who is this Zhou Tian?” 

I told Chuyi the truth. 

“I don’t know if 

there’s something wrong with him

, but the otherworldly item 

has been

targeting

 him since 

the beginning.”

Ever since we 

came

 to this area, Chuyi and I had paid attention to 

our

 surroundings to 

see

 if the enemy would attack

, forgetting about

 Zhou Tian. We didn’t even know 

when

 he 

disappeared

. 

However, I was sure that when Little Lin stopped 

earlier

, Zhou Tian was still with us. At that time, he was holding the bronze box

, and h

is 

expression was strange

. With this sudden memory, I panicked. “Was

 Little Lin flustered 

because of Zhou Tian?” 

“

We have no time to think about that

!” Chuyi didn’t linger

 and sprinted 

toward the lodge in the far distance. With my feet wounded, I was much slower than him. In 

the

 blink of an eye, he was 

already

 ten meters ahead of me. As I was about to run after him, a force held me from behind. Instantly, I felt 

a

 burning pain.