Free Web NovelAfter Lu Xu fainted, Lu Yibei and Professor Ma were stunned for a few seconds, then frantically helped him up and took him to the hospital.
The noisy dormitory fell silent, with only the lingering fragrance of flowers in the air still narrating the chaotic scene from earlier.
The bright sunlight near noon poured into the quiet dormitory through the balcony window, and suddenly, with the gentle swaying of the window, the light was slightly refracted. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
"Whoosh—Bang—!" Without anyone pushing it, the window suddenly opened, and a cool breeze blew into the dormitory, making the clothes on the balcony sway.
Accompanied by the gentle breeze, a young girl in a flowing green dress, as if stepping out of thin air, slowly descended into the center of the dormitory.
She stood still, her somewhat languid eyes peering through the small holes in her strange mask, surveying her surroundings. Her gaze finally settled on the scattered charred wooden pieces on the floor.
"Looks like... this is it?"
The girl muttered softly, taking a few steps forward to pick up a First Light Spring Wind Curse that was not completely damaged. On the uncharred peach wood, the patterns of the spell could still be faintly discerned.
The girl held the talisman in her hand, playing with it between her slender, delicate fingers for a while, a playful smile gradually appearing in her eyes. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Earlier, she was lying on the lawn of the small garden on the rooftop of the library at Huacheng Institute of Technology, enjoying the morning sun while surveying the entire school, searching for the newborn mythological creature that Lin Yiqi had mentioned.
During this time, a strange Spiritual Energy fluctuation suddenly appeared within her range of perception. Logically speaking, with so many ghosts and monsters hidden in Huacheng Institute of Technology, strange Spiritual Energy fluctuations would occur hundreds of times a day. She wouldn't pay attention to ordinary Spiritual Energy fluctuations.
But the Spiritual Energy fluctuation that suddenly intruded was too special. It reminded her of some interesting things. After a long hesitation, she decided to come and see what was going on.
"I didn't expect that someone still remembers how to make this kind of talisman, but..."
As the girl spoke, she brought the talisman in her hand to her nose and sniffed, frowning. "Which idiot made this? Using the core of a urban legend as raw material is too extravagant!"
She paused, then suddenly let out a light laugh. "Heh, interesting. I really want to see which little genius could do something like this!"
As she spoke, she tightened her grip on the talisman in her hand, waved her long sleeve, and a gentle breeze arose.
The gentle breeze, though seemingly weak, carried an inexplicable power. It swept up the scattered talismans on the ground, and as her figure gradually faded, they disappeared as if blown away by the wind, leaving behind only a few pink peach blossoms fluttering down.
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Hua City People's Hospital, in the corridor outside the emergency room.
Lu Yibei sat on the bench against the wall, frowning deeply, thinking to herself and occasionally biting her finger.
The situation was urgent just now, and she was careless enough to forget to do the cleanup. She wondered if leaving those used talismans in Lu Xu's dormitory would cause any trouble.
Tsk, she shouldn't have helped Professor Ma with this in the first place. If she gets involved in some trouble because of this, wouldn't that be too unfair to her?! Lu Yibei thought with a heart full of sorrow.
As Lu Yibei was thinking, a Doctor walked out of Lu Xu's room. Professor Ma immediately went up to him.
"Old Hu, how is my student?"
Hearing the conversation between Professor Ma and the Doctor, Lu Yibei immediately pricked up her ears and moved closer.
The Doctor took off his mask, glanced in the direction of the ward, and lowered his voice to Professor Ma, "Old Ma, tell me honestly, what's going on with this student of yours?"
"He's been severely sleep-deprived for a long time, is listless, irritable, and has a tendency towards violent injury. When he was brought in, he was also overly excited. If we hadn't detected any drug residue in his blood, I would have thought this was a sequela of taking too many stimulants!"
Professor Ma was speechless for a moment, then subtly glanced at Lu Yibei. Lu Yibei, however, turned her back, looking at the ceiling, and whistling expressionlessly.
Lu Yibei's meaning was clear—don't look at me! I don't know anything! I didn't drug him!
Seeing this, Professor Ma reluctantly withdrew his gaze and smiled apologetically at the Doctor, "I don't know how he ended up like this. When I went to his dormitory, I saw him fainted on the ground, so I immediately brought him over."
Both Lu Yibei and Lu Xu were his students, and he cared for both of them. Since Lu Yibei didn't want others to know her secret, Professor Ma still chose to conceal it for her.
Anyway, she didn't do anything bad.
"Alas—!" Seeing that Professor Ma also didn't know the reason for Lu Xu's serious illness, the Doctor sighed softly and said helplessly, "His condition is temporarily stabilized with medication now."
"However, given his situation, my suggestion is to hospitalize him for observation for a period of time. I'm just worried that he... has black night disease. In short, you should pay more attention?"
Hearing the Doctor mention black night disease, Professor Ma's expression became a little strange, and he repeatedly responded, "Yes, yes, we will pay more attention to his condition from now on."
black night disease, a special disease that appeared only after the night began to lengthen, has a cure rate even lower than late-stage cancer. Once diagnosed with black night disease, it is basically equivalent to a death sentence.
Fortunately, having witnessed the scene just now, Professor Ma knew very well that Lu Xu didn't have black night disease at all, but was just entangled by a urban legend.
Uh, come to think of it, the situation doesn't seem much better than black night disease? Professor Ma thought, whether facing black night disease or a urban legend, the strength of ordinary people seems particularly inadequate.
"Okay, you can go in and see him when he wakes up later."
"Okay, thank you, Doctor."
After the Doctor finished his instructions, he left. Professor Ma stood there for a moment, slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, then turned around and walked over to Lu Yibei and sat down.
"Lu Yibei..."
Before Professor Ma could finish his sentence, Lu Yibei interrupted him decisively, "I don't know!"
Anyway, as long as she insisted she didn't know, Professor Ma couldn't do anything to her. He couldn't possibly drag her to the Night Watch, right? Lu Yibei thought.
Professor Ma, interrupted by Lu Yibei, was stunned for a few seconds before shaking his head and saying with a wry smile, "I understand the reasoning. Everyone has their own secrets. If you don't want to talk about it, I won't bother to ask."
"I actually wanted to talk to you about the special characters on your little trinkets."
Lu Yibei tilted her head to look at Professor Ma, quietly waiting for him to continue.
Seeing this, Professor Ma tidied his messy hair, straightened his body, and continued, "Judging from the special characters on those little trinkets, they should belong to the script used by the group of people historically known as East Yi..."
Professor Ma spoke unhurriedly, his somewhat absent-minded spirit also becoming focused. Even if there was only one student in front of him, he would give the same level of lecture as he usually did.
"Although it's called East Yi, East Yi is actually a very broad concept. The 'Book of Later Han' records 【There are nine types of Yi: Quan Yi, Yu Yi, Fang Yi, Huang Yi, Bai Yi, Chi Yi, Xuan Yi, Feng Yi, and Yang Yi】. Judging from the style of your characters, they should be the characters of Feng Yi."
Professor Ma was actually very good at lecturing. Strictness alone couldn't make students study seriously and absorb knowledge.
His magnetic voice narrated, and even somewhat dry content would make people feel like they were listening to the Old man at the village entrance telling old stories.
Lu Yibei nodded thoughtfully at this point.
Feng Yi? No wonder it's called First Light Spring Wind Curse.
"Oh, right, Lu Yibei, regarding this content, go back and look up some information, write a short paper, and consider it your exam for this semester."
Lu Yibei, "???" Is this even allowed? Isn't your transition a bit too fast?
"Anyway, you've probably learned most of the content in the textbook, right? Remember, the short paper must be no less than 10,000 words. If you don't hand it in, your grade will be deducted!" Professor Ma said with a smile.
Lu Yibei, "..." Damn it! What are you smiling at?! You finally got a chance, didn't ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) you?
After assigning the task to Lu Yibei, Professor Ma continued to speak.
"As for the content recorded on it, I roughly deciphered it. The content is similar to a passage in the 'Book of Rites', which can be borrowed for a rough translation." Professor Ma said, as if recalling something, then paused before continuing, "In the month of early spring, its god is Jumang, the rest of the spring months are..."
Lu Yibei listened quietly to Professor Ma. When she heard Professor Ma say the passage that made her feel the style was familiar, something suddenly flashed in her mind. Then she frantically covered Professor Ma's mouth.
"Professor, you can't, you can't! If you keep talking, something big might happen!"
Professor Ma, "???" What is this child suddenly going crazy about?
Seeing Professor Ma's puzzled expression, Lu Yibei explained, "How to say it? It's a bit complicated. From our perspective of the mysterious arts, when you describe a certain urban legend, it will have some sort of reaction, uh, deities are also a type of urban legend."
"Hahaha!" Professor Ma laughed twice after listening, and patted Lu Yibei's shoulder. "Lu Yibei, although I've seen your abilities, I still have to say, aren't you being a bit too sensitive? How can you believe all these things?"
"I've been researching special characters for so many years, and I've come across similar content not a thousand, but eight hundred times. During the research process, reading aloud and silently reading were indispensable. Aren't I still doing well?"
Lu Yibei, "..." If it were really as you said, then I'd also be very curious why you're still alive and well now. You must have some kind of cheat, right?
I only recited Purple Maiden's prayer a few times, and she's still staring at me now!
If you operate like this, wouldn't you be secretly observed by countless pairs of eyes? Lu Yibei thought. Liang Yue's memory was right, studying history is indeed a high-risk profession.
Seeing that Lu Yibei stopped talking, Professor Ma patted her shoulder and said seriously, "Although the mysterious arts have their unique aspects, we should still primarily believe in science, understand?"
"Understand, understand." Lu Yibei replied perfunctorily twice, then subtly moved to the side, trying to distance herself from Professor Ma without him noticing.
Stay away. You guys watch him, don't watch me. It has nothing to do with me.
