Free Web NovelIn the evening, in a unique Hunan cuisine restaurant in the Hua City Four Seasons Hotel.
Ju Meng sat by the window, arms crossed, pouting as she looked out, as if she was angry at someone.
She was completely infuriated the entire day today!
Following Lu Yibei to the old building of Tangcheng University's School of Literature, she didn't devour many urban legend sealed in the cultural relics, which was fine. In fact, as long as she wasn't caught by those thieves who attacked Taoyuan, she wasn't in a hurry, but being treated like a child was very infuriating.
What was even more infuriating was that after Lu Yibei went out with that Miss who was suspected of being an insider, she disappeared without a trace, and she didn't know what she did for seven or eight hours.
I think she doesn't have me in her heart at all!
Although I hid quite a few things from her regarding the matter of helping to find the kimchi jar, she shouldn't just abandon me either!
I didn't intend to harm her, the ally mark can testify!
Thinking of the ally mark, Ju Meng's gaze dimmed slightly, and she sighed silently.
Leading the suspected insider away and then disappearing without a trace is really quite worrying.
If it weren't for the ally mark on the back of her hand being intact, she would have unilaterally declared Lu Yibei dead and prepared a funeral for her.
That's right, as the sole faith of all the citizens in Taoyuan, when she was in Taoyuan, Ju Meng not only presided over weddings and celebrations, but sometimes also officiated at funerals and memorial °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° services. She could not only be a master of ceremonies but also played the suona exceptionally well, truly versatile.
Professor Ma, who returned after ordering, saw Ju Meng's unhappy look and said with a chuckle, "Liu Xiaoyou, are you still thinking about Lu Yibei?"
"Hmph!" Ju Meng snorted lightly through her nose and said, "No way, it'd be better if she just died outside!"
"Hey!" Professor Ma waved his hand and said, "Little Girl, you shouldn't say things like that."
He paused, then looked at Ju Meng's expression again, and said with a smile, "Liu Xiaoyou, I know you like Lu Yibei, I can tell."
"But you're a child, you don't understand Adult feelings yet. This kind of liking you have is different from love. Well, it's complicated to explain, maybe your feeling could be called dependence."
Love is a natural human attribute, and children are also people. Professor Ma felt that this topic shouldn't be avoided in front of them, and proper guidance is necessary to help them establish a correct view of love.
Especially for girls.
If they are shielded from it everywhere, letting them grow up like canaries in a cage or princesses in a castle, the probability of them being bullied in the future is very high.
Ju Meng looked at Professor Ma expressionlessly, "..."
That's right, I'm talking about you, always treating me like a child, which makes me particularly unhappy.
I am a dignified 0.418 marriage god, and you're telling me I don't understand love?
So, the thirteen thousand six hundred and twenty-seven couples I successfully matched before, were they conducting human gene hybridization and breeding experiments? Ju Meng thought angrily.
"Mr., your meal is complete."
"Thank you." Professor Ma thanked the waiter who served the dishes, then looked at the still unhappy Ju Meng and asked gently, "Liu Xiaoyou, are you eating?"
"Eating!" Ju Meng replied fiercely.
After speaking, she grabbed her chopsticks and forcefully picked up a piece of tea oil duck and put it into her mouth, looking as if she had a blood feud with the table of carefully cooked dishes.
Munching it down, eating away the sadness. Life is short, have another bowl.
Just as she was eating her third bowl, a familiar figure suddenly walked quickly past the window.
On the street at dusk, golden-red sunlight spilled onto the snow by the roadside. Among the crowd hurrying home with their heads down, the figure of Fu Xinyi flashed past.
Her eye-catching blonde hair and the tightly wrapped pure white puffer coat were quite distinctive, making her unforgettable.
Watching Fu Xinyi's figure gradually swallowed by the crowd, Ju Meng was momentarily stunned and fell into deep thought.
Who was that? Didn't she go out with Lu Yibei?
Why is she walking on the street alone now?
And she looked very anxious... No, I have to follow her and see what she's up to!
Thinking of this, Ju Meng looked at Professor Ma and said in a milky voice, "Grandpa Ma, I need to go to the restroom!"
"This..." Professor Ma's hand holding the chopsticks stiffened, and he said awkwardly, "Do, do you want me to take you?"
You wish! Ju Meng muttered inwardly, shaking her head, "No need, I can go to the restroom myself."
After speaking, she climbed down from the chair which was slightly too high for a child, and happily trotted towards the restroom.
Professor Ma watched the small figure leave, hesitated for a few seconds, got up and followed, then stopped in the corridor in front of the restroom and waited quietly.
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Taking advantage of her small stature, Ju Meng climbed out and jumped through the window of the restaurant's restroom.
Steadying herself, she looked around, took out a baseball cap from her jacket pocket and put it on, pulled the brim down, walked out of the alley, and trotted after Fu Xinyi in the direction she had just left, finding her figure. freewebnoveℓ.com
After locking her sight on Fu Xinyi, Ju Meng slightly slowed her pace, concealed her Spiritual Energy fluctuations, and followed behind her at a not-too-far, not-too-close distance.
When Fu Xinyi came out to act, she was actually very careful, but she could never have imagined that she would be followed by an old monster with the appearance of a six or seven-year-old but the soul of several thousand years.
Thus, five minutes later.
Ju Meng stood in front of room number 7017 at the Tangcheng Four Seasons Hotel, looking at the "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on the door, and the corner of her mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Damn Lu Yibei, I worried about you so much, and you actually came here to have fun with someone?
And you have the nerve to say you have Charm Power?
I bet it wasn't just a Charm major failure, but she got counter-Charmed by someone!
Ju Meng thought angrily, rolled her eyes, and was about to leave when suddenly, a strange Spiritual Energy fluctuation touched her spiritual sense.
An eerie, twisted, and almost imperceptible Spiritual Energy fluctuation flashed by, so fast that Ju Meng almost doubted if she had hallucinated.
If it were other Psychic or urban legend, they would likely ignore this anomaly, but Ju Meng would not.
Even though her current state is weak and her Spiritual Energy level has dropped to only around C-, her spiritual sense as a Calamity Level Strange Story will not be affected in the slightest.
Her spiritual sense told her that behind the door in front of her, there was an annoying 'little thing' hidden, and there must be.
Thinking that Lu Yibei had been with Fu Xinyi before, Ju Meng frowned, cautiously approached the door, and gently placed her small hand on the door.
As soon as her hands touched the door, Ju Meng noticed something unusual.
"There's a Spell that isolates Spiritual Energy fluctuations? Clear Wind Guard? Heh, interesting."
As a wind-element sealing Spell that isolates Spiritual Energy with an invisible wind field, its strength is not considered low, but the interesting thing is that this Spell was comprehended by the ancestors in Taoyuan while admiring Ju Meng. In a sense, it's not wrong to say that she created it.
While mocking Fu Xinyi's bad luck for running into her, Ju Meng closed her eyes and, relying on her skilled mastery of spiritual sense, calmly integrated her spiritual sense into the sealing Spell. Using the Spell as a medium and cover, she spread her spiritual sense into the room.
Her spiritual sense penetrated through the walls and wooden door into the room, and soon, like a freely splashing oil painting brush, vividly and heavily outlined the situation of Spiritual Energy fluctuations in the room in Ju Meng's mind.
This detection greatly surprised her.
Inside the room, there was a mass of evil, scarlet Spiritual Energy fluctuations slowly extending and eroding in all directions.
The entire room was filled with a cold and slippery aura, feeling as if the whole room was filled with viscous blood close to freezing point, yet it harbored a strong vitality.
If it weren't for the Spiritual Energy fluctuation being very weak, and Ju Meng couldn't determine the opponent's strength, she would have suspected that a wicked god whose Power was related to blood was sealed in the room.
Tang City is already chaotic enough right now, when did such a big guy arrive?
No wonder Lu Yibei's Charm ability failed. If she were to use her Charm ability on this kind of urban legend, she would probably suffer a major failure directly, then hear terrifying screams that don't belong to the human world, see unbelievable terrifying shadows, and instantly fall into madness.
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Thinking this, Ju Meng lowered her head and glanced at the faintly visible emerald green mark on the back of her hand, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and decided to wait and see.
The ally mark did not show any anomaly, meaning Lu Yibei has not been harmed yet, or the opponent's Power can suppress her Power. Regardless of the situation, it is not suitable to rush into the room.
There's also that person in the room who is suspected of being an insider!
If she rushes in now, conflict will definitely occur, and the people in this hotel will suffer then.
What's more, Little Ma is still waiting for me at the restaurant. If I'm gone for too long, he'll get anxious and cause trouble.
Mumbling inwardly, Ju Meng activated her Spiritual Energy, placing several difficult-to-detect Spiritual Energy threads at the door of room 7017 that were almost integrated with the clear wind, then tiptoed to the side, turned, and walked towards the Hunan restaurant.
This way, when Fu Xinyi enters or leaves the room, she will be able to immediately detect it. It won't be too late for her to come over and investigate later, after she distracts Professor Ma and Fu Xinyi is also gone.
Tsk, that bastard Lu Yibei, didn't help at all, and I, your Sister, have to save him!
So, boys should also learn to protect themselves when outside. Look at Lu Yibei, he followed some Miss to open a room, and something big happened, right?
And I, your Sister, have to clean up his mess. Those who don't know would think I owed him in my past life!
Ju Meng cursed fiercely in her heart, suddenly thinking of a rumor Turtle Elder had mentioned to her, saying that before, there was a beautiful female cultist who flirted online, invited many naive young men out, and then, when they thought they had encountered a romantic encounter and were extremely excited, she cruelly killed them and offered them as sacrifices...
At that time, she only considered that rumor as an interesting anecdote in the urban legend circle and just laughed it off. Who knew that today, a similar plot would actually happen right before her eyes.
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After finishing dinner, after Ju Meng proactively suggested going home, Professor Ma immediately and without hesitation sent her back to Chunfeng Residence, handing her over face-to-face to Liu Banxian, only then did he leave at ease.
Recovering cultural relics, time is tight and the task is heavy, there is still a lot of work to do on the project research team's side.
He is very clear about his nature; once he gets into work, he easily ignores other things.
Without Lu Yibei watching Ju Meng, it is a very dangerous thing for a Little Girl to wander around aimlessly in that room full of pottery, bronze ware, and even ancient weapons. Professor Ma was not at ease.
Standing at the alley entrance in front of Chunfeng Residence, looking at Professor Ma's departing back, Liu Banxian's brows were tightly furrowed, and he muttered, "Lord Ju Meng, you said he went back to continue interacting with those things, won't there be danger?"
"After all, urban legend are locked in there!"
Ju Meng crossed her arms over her chest, rolled her eyes at Liu Banxian, and said, "Don't worry! I went and saw today, they have hundreds of items there, only two are kimchi jars, and they were all eaten by me."
"That's good, I got along quite well with Brother Ma. If there is really danger, I really must help him calculate a few hexagrams."
Ju Meng, "..."
"Please don't! What kind of fortune-telling ability do you have? Don't you have a clue?"
"If it weren't for you calculating a hexagram for me before, saying that this time I would be safe after a scare and reborn after a calamity, could Tan the Wealthy's pawnshop have been blown up by someone?"
Ju Meng complained a few sentences in her heart, glanced sideways at Liu Banxian, and said in a deep voice, "Little Liu, do you have any plans tonight?"
Liu Banxian thought for a moment, rubbed his bulging belly, and said seriously and with a wronged expression, "Yes, staying at home to rest during pregnancy..."
"Do you really think of yourself as the child's mother?" Ju Meng's mouth twitched, and she said irritably, "Don't worry, that's not a real child, it's just a surge of vitality. Disturbing the fetal qi, it hurts a bit, but it won't kill you. How about helping me with something tonight?"
"This..." Liu Banxian hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said with a solemn expression, "Just give the order, this humble one will go through fire and water, and will not refuse!"
Given Ju Meng's current situation, it's not much better than a sure-death situation. The tasks she assigns at this time, I'm afraid each one will require risking one's life.
Perhaps, I really have to use that this time. Liu Banxian thought.
His divination ability, for targets other than himself, is actually not that he can only calculate bad things, not good things, but limited by the special nature of his Spirit Mark, he can only calculate for someone else once in his life.
He originally planned to save it, and if he still hadn't found his daughter before he died, he would calculate a hexagram for his daughter. Using it to repay Ju Meng's kindness seems like a good choice as well.
"Silly, I'm not sending you to your death!" Ju Meng rolled her eyes, interrupting Liu Banxian's self-indulgent fantasies. "I'm just asking you to help me secretly observe someone. If the situation isn't right, you can retreat anytime."
Hearing this, Liu Banxian breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his old face. "Please say it, please say it!"
"..." Ju Meng mused for a moment and said, "There was a guy before who said he possessed a large number of kimchi jars and wanted to invite me to meet at night, acting all mysterious."
"I won't go, only a fool would go, but I'm still a bit curious about him. Tonight, you go check it out on my behalf, see what kind of trickery he's up to, just observe from a distance, and then tell me what you see truthfully."
This matter, originally should have let Lu Yibei go, but she can't even protect herself now, I still have to find a chance to save her.
Can only act separately and let Little Liu make a trip. Ju Meng thought.
Liu Banxian, "..."
"Only a fool would go... Is Lord Ju Meng cursing me in different ways?"
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23:07 at night, Tangcheng University, old building of the School of Literature.
Before the project research team borrowed the old building as a temporary site for identifying cultural relics, this place had been abandoned for a long time. Classrooms were closed up early, and only a few remaining offices and meeting rooms were occasionally still in use.
Under the night sky, the old building was almost completely dark, only one of the offices lent to the project research team was still lit.
The surrounding walls were covered by withered yellow vegetation that had grown wildly and then withered in winter, looking exceptionally desolate.
Just under these desolate walls, an open space had been cleared of snow. A figure sat on a stone stool, his figure hidden in the darkness, smoking cigarettes one after another, as if waiting for someone. The burning light of the cigarette was like a glowing eye in the darkness, blinking non-stop.
Mao Sanyou originally didn't really want to help Ju Meng. Coming to Tang City was just following his father's last wish to quietly observe the changes of this city, but now, he couldn't stand it anymore.
"A group of people, what kind of ability is it to bully a Miss?"
"Although this Miss could originally beat a group by herself..."
This is also where Mao Sanyou felt confused. Logically speaking, even with sneak attacks, underhanded tricks, or even using Power to restrain her, trying to defeat Ju Meng within a radius of 800 li around Taoyuan is almost impossible.
Given her Calamity level urban legend standard, with the enhancement of the earth vein aura within a radius of 800 li, her Spiritual Energy fluctuations can be raised to an unbelievable level. Wanting to press eight hundred to a thousand A-Level or B Level Psychic or urban legend onto the ground and beat them is also an easy matter.
"Unless..."
Mao Sanyou was pondering when a series of light footsteps suddenly entered his ears.
Although the person coming deliberately controlled their footsteps, they were still caught by his ears in front of this old building in the dead of night.
He spread out his spiritual perception, and after touching those two unknown Spiritual Energy fluctuations around B+, his expression sank, and he immediately activated his Spirit Mark.
Accompanied by a faint green light flowing beneath his skin, his figure was as if weightless, rising up with the wind, drifting towards the direction from which the two Spiritual Energy fluctuations came, then silently lay hidden in the crown of a large tree, casting his gaze towards those two Psychic.
"Haven't seen them before, these two figures shouldn't be in the Tang City territory." With the aid of Spiritual Energy, after seeing the people clearly, Mao Sanyou frowned.
"If they are not Psychic from the Tang City territory, then they are from outside. If they are from outside... Could they be sent by the guys who attacked Ju Meng?"
"They actually found their way here? How did they find their way here?"
Mao Sanyou was mumbling inwardly, his eyes gradually darkened. He leaped, silently landing behind the two people, and placed his two hands on their shoulders, one on the left and one on the right.
"Gentlemen, excuse me, are you students from Tangcheng University? Coming to the old building of the School of Literature so late, what are you planning to do?"
He said with a grin, and in his deep, dark eyes, a golden light slowly flashed, just like the sun rising.
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The rooftop of the old building of the School of Foreign Languages, separated by a main road from the old building of the School of Literature.
Liu Banxian, who was ordered to come and stake out Mao Sanyou, was wrapped in a military coat, shivering. After waiting for a long time, he actually started to feel a bit drowsy.
Just as he couldn't control himself and was about to fall asleep, two screams rang out almost simultaneously, as if an illusion, converging into one sound that entered his ears. He instantly woke up.
Those two screams were too strange; they clearly sounded exceptionally tragic, yet it was as if they had just been uttered and were then forcefully and brutally stuffed back down the throat, abruptly stopping.
Liu Banxian scrambled to the edge of the rooftop, and with the aid of Spiritual Energy, looked towards the direction of the old building of the School of Literature. When he saw the terrifying scene in front of the open space of the old building, his pupils instantly constricted violently.
