Free Web NovelThat night, at the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration, Office Lu.
Inside the room, display shelves were filled with various strange bottles and jars. On the long metal table, an Alchemy cauldron continuously heated a dark red potion, while a glass vessel next to it cold-brewed some kind of herb.
At the desk in the corner, An Qing sat slightly leaning back, propping her face with one hand and twirling a pen with the other. Her pair of lazy and charming eyes scanned back and forth across the computer screen.
Displayed on the screen was an application document, sent five minutes ago by a member of the Special Operations Team permanently stationed at Hua City Central Hospital.
The general content of the application was about a Huacheng Institute of Technology student named Jin Yecheng, who was suspected of encountering a urban legend incident. The application requested the use of Alchemy medicine during the treatment process to clear residual Spiritual Energy fluctuations.
Ordinary people like Jin Yecheng, who have had contact with urban legend and survived, need to report to An Qing if Alchemy potions are required during their treatment.
"Hmm, no problem..."
After confirming that the Alchemy potion reported in the application was fine, An Qing mumbled, put down her pen, moved the mouse, and clicked 【Confirm】 in the lower right corner of the screen.
Other than being overly frightened and developing mild autonomic nervous system dysfunction, Jin Yecheng did not show signs of contracting black night disease. He only needed to have the residual Spiritual Energy fluctuations cleared and stay in the hospital for a few days of observation. There were no drugs requiring strict review.
"Dong dong dong—!" A knock on the door sounded.
"Please come in."
An Qing responded, and immediately after, the office door was pushed open, followed by a rustling sound from behind.
"Li Gan Yuan (Officer Li) and your esteemed Junior Sister are truly deeply affectionate fellow disciples! You push her around in a wheelchair wherever you go. Tell me, what are you looking for me for in the middle of the night?" An Qing teased.
That sound came from the wheels of a wheelchair; she recognized it. Earlier, Li Xuan had borrowed a wheelchair from her for Hua Sang.
There was no response from behind. Doubt gradually appeared in An Qing's eyes. She turned around, and the corner of her mouth twitched instantly, "Holy crap, who are you? Why are you sitting in Hua Sang's wheelchair?"
A man with a swollen face sat in the wheelchair, looking at her with resentful eyes. Large areas of redness, swelling, and eczema covered the skin on his hands and feet exposed by his short-sleeved summer clothes.
A girl with messy long hair stood behind the man, her right hand wrapped in a bandage, holding the handles of the wheelchair with both hands.
An Qing looked at the man and then at Hua Sang with a strange expression, tentatively asking, "This is... your Senior Brother?"
Although there was suspicion of asking the obvious, she had never expected that Li Xuan would end up using the wheelchair that was supposed to be for Hua Sang.
Hua Sang nodded, "Yes, he needs treatment."
An Qing rubbed her temples, sighing silently, "..." A perfectly fine gentle man with an ancient style is almost losing his human form. Of course, he needs treatment.
"I can see that. Hmm... why don't you wait in the lounge for a bit? I'll call you when it's ready."
Hua Sang looked at Li Xuan, her gaze lingering on his swollen face. Only after seeing him nod in agreement did she withdraw her gaze and bowed slightly to An Qing, "I'm troubling you."
"If... if there's anything you need help with, just call me anytime. I've studied some Alchemy and healing Spells, and I've read some medical books as well."
Her eyes were cast down, her words carrying a hint of eagerness, as if she had done something wrong and was desperately trying to make up for her mistake.
Li Xuan, "..."
Please don't help anymore, just leave quickly!
If you help any further, I'm afraid I might die today.
Thinking this, Li Xuan quickly cast a pleading look at An Qing.
An Qing gave a wry smile, shook her head at Hua Sang, and said gently, "It's okay, just leave it to me. Why don't you go rest for a while? After all, you just went through something like that during the day."
Hua Sang hesitated for a few seconds, nodded, and quietly pushed the door open and left.
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"Click!"
With a soft sound, the office door closed again.
An Qing took a chair, sat down in front of Li Xuan, casually took out gloves from her white coat pocket and put them on, then reached out and gently patted his cheek, "Come on, stick out your tongue."
"Well, well, you're really sick!"
"This one, this blister is the most standard blister I've seen in my many years of practicing medicine! It makes me want to cut it off and make a specimen." Seeing the dense blisters on Li Xuan's tongue, An Qing smiled slightly.
Hearing this, a chill ran down Li Xuan's spine. He knew this woman wasn't joking. If he were a corpse, his tongue would most likely already be in the specimen preparation stage.
"This time, like the last time with the diarrhea, was it an accident?"
"Sigh!" Li Xuan sighed, "My Junior Sister didn't want this either. She's quite pitiful too."
An Qing pursed her lips and pressed on, "Speaking of which, the problem with your Junior Sister's Spirit Mark is so severe, haven't you reported it to Da Chunyang Palace?"
"If this continues, be careful, a big problem might arise!"
The recent black night disease epidemic had already made An Qing very tired. She was somewhat worried that Hua Sang's abnormality might trigger a new epidemic. free𝑤ebnovel.com
According to her observation, Hua Sang had the potential to become a source of black night disease contamination.
Li Xuan looked at An Qing and sighed silently, "Of course I asked, but my Master said that Junior Sister Hua Sang had used Spiritual Energy with high intensity before, and this situation never occurred. This time, he doesn't know what accident happened."
"My Master also said that the Sect Leader doing this must have his deeper meaning, and told me not to worry blindly all day."
"Oh, that person..." An Qing nodded thoughtfully, then checked the eczema on Li Xuan's body. After getting a general understanding of his condition, she turned and walked towards the display shelves, took down several clay pots of different colors, went to the operating table, and began preparing the potion.
Since the legendary Calamity-level Psychic who can glimpse heavenly secrets, the 【Black Emperor】, said there was no problem, she could feel a little more at ease. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
For now, it seems like at most, only Li Xuan is unlucky.
Moreover, it's just bad luck. Even if the erosion is more severe, he can fully recover in at most a month.
The office fell silent once again.
An Qing stood in front of the operating table, mixed several dried herbs together, carefully ground them into powder, dissolved them with fire salamander tears, and then set them aside to preheat the Alchemy cauldron for heating.
"Speaking of which, there are clues about the identities of those two guys we caught at the airport earlier."
"Oh?" Li Xuan frowned and asked, "Did you finally pry their mouths open? It couldn't be that kid Lu Yibei who came to interrogate them, could it?"
An Qing filtered the prepared liquid medicine once, poured it into the Alchemy cauldron, turned around, and tilted her head, "Why do you think that kid was the one who got the information?"
The two looked at each other in silence for a few seconds, then simultaneously held their foreheads, as if they had both gotten the answer from the other.
"You know."
That kid Lu Yibei, he's so troublesome, probably no person, no, not even a urban legend can stand it! Li Xuan thought.
"Okay, pretend I didn't ask."
He really is quite talented. In a large city with more manpower, he could even work in a "mental hospital." That's where he could truly utilize his talents, perhaps even becoming the "director." An Qing thought.
"It wasn't Lu Yibei who got the information, but a brother organization from a neighboring country who interrogated them. They also caught Psychic who caused similar incidents. As for how they got the information..." An Qing shrugged.
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"In this world, there are many types of Spirit Marks, and their abilities are bizarre and varied. Someone can always figure out a way."
"That's true." Li Xuan nodded, "So what did they find out? Do they know who instructed them?"
"They didn't find out anything that specific." An Qing explained while pouring the boiled potion into a beaker, "They only know that the recent attack incidents were carried out by Miracle Order members. They seem to be looking for something."
"There are no more specific clues. Those guys' memories are severely damaged; they could only get this far."
"Miracle Order? That's a bit troublesome!" Li Xuan sighed.
"Tell me about it!"
Although in the long run, the Miracle Order's harm is not as terrifying as the Eclipse Society, their short-term destructiveness is far higher than the Eclipse Society, based on their modus operandi.
It's like the difference between a psychotic with antisocial personality disorder and a terrorist who possesses high-end technology.
Li Xuan couldn't even figure out what searching for something had to do with creating Spiritual Energy attack incidents.
Among the members of the Miracle Order, there is a saying circulating—Do as you please, and there will be a miracle!
Their way of doing things has always been beyond normal logic. When you can understand their thinking, you're likely already one of them.
In front of the operating table, An Qing added the last ingredient into the beaker, catalyzed it with Spiritual Energy for a few seconds, and handed it to Li Xuan, "Here, drink this first."
Li Xuan glanced at the Alchemy potion An Qing had prepared, his eyes wide as he looked at her, his gaze seeming to ask, "Are you sure?"
In that small beaker, there was half a cup of glowing scarlet thick liquid, steaming hot, looking like molten lava.
"Of course! If you're not feeling well, drink more lava!" An Qing nodded and teased, "Aren't you itchy all over with eczema? In your situation, it's more practical to stop the itching before treatment."
"......"
Li Xuan remained silent, unmoved.
It was itchy, but he could still endure it.
Seeing this, An Qing tilted her head, smiled charmingly, took a step forward, leaned close to his ear, and spoke with slightly parted red lips, "Imagine a swarm of mosquitoes biting all your finger joints."
"Then a little hand, holding a feather, lightly strokes back and forth, back and forth... on those mosquito bites... Just at this moment, you come into contact with something you're allergic to, and your back, where you can't scratch, starts to itch, and then..."
An Qing's words made Li Xuan's eczema all over his body feel as if it had been activated. He was unbearably itchy all over. He finally couldn't stand it and said through gritted teeth, "Stop talking, I'll drink it!"
After saying that, he raised the beaker, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.
The next moment, he felt as if a little Thomas train, all covered in fire, had sped through his throat. His face instantly became as ugly as a live streamer who had eaten a large black plum.
Facts ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ proved that under An Qing's "gentle persuasion," no patient could refuse to take their medicine obediently.
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The night was deep.
Huacheng Institute of Technology, Four Gate Main Street.
Under the erosion of the black mist, the already dilapidated small warehouse had three of its four walls collapsed. The exposed steel frame was also twisted and deformed, on the verge of collapse.
Around the small warehouse, all vegetation within a ten-meter radius died, turning into clumps of sludge. Even the soil and rocks showed a scorched black color, as if burned.
The black mist was not only corrosive but also exhibited burning characteristics. Wherever it passed, there was no visible fire, but it left behind scorched marks.
It was like a greatly degraded version of the Black Sun Fire Seed. After quietly observing for over an hour, Lu Yibei had this thought, combined with Zhang Shuo's identity as a high-level member of the Eclipse Society.
After the black mist emanating from the time capsule completely dissipated, she observed for quite a while longer and then instructed the Paper Cicada Immortal to conduct a probe, only then temporarily confirming that the threat had been eliminated.
"You can come out now, stay back a bit, I'll go up and take a look."
Deactivating the defensive Spell, Lu Yibei climbed out of the pit. While directing the Headless Senior and a group of Little Freaks to retreat, she cautiously approached the small warehouse.
Inside the small warehouse, on the scorched black ground, two time capsules were completely damaged, their fragments scattered.
The items stored in the time capsule belonging to the Headless Senior had long turned to ash, while the fragments of the time capsule belonging to Hu Chuan were piled up, slightly bulging, seemingly pressing down on something.
Seeing this, Lu Yibei had a thought. The Paper Cicada Immortal following behind her rushed up, flying and jumping, and started searching through the pile of fragments. Soon, they made a discovery.
Two Paper Cicada Immortals, twisting their small bodies, dragged out several fragments of the time capsule and arranged them in a line on the ground.
On the inner walls of those fragments, some twisted Spell patterns could faintly be seen.
Lu Yibei carefully distinguished them, but couldn't discern anything crucial for a moment. She could only take out her phone and take pictures to record them.
Following that, several Paper Cicada Immortals found a necklace. It was a thin one, finely crafted.
The necklace seemed to be pure gold, which allowed it to be preserved under the black mist's erosion.
Two Paper Cicada Immortals, one on the left and one on the right, flew to Lu Yibei with the necklace. She carefully examined the necklace and nodded thoughtfully.
This should be the gift Hu Chuan planned to give to the Headless Senior.
He bought this thing, and he had contact with it. Using this should be enough to complete the soul-summoning ritual. Lu Yibei thought.
Just as she was thinking, several Paper Cicada Immortals made a new discovery.
From the pile of fragments, they dug out a small figure that was entirely black.
"......"
A group of white little figures surrounding a black little figure, the scene is inexplicably subtle!
I always feel like the Paper Cicada Immortal will suddenly become violent towards it...
Lu Yibei muttered inwardly, controlling the Paper Cicada Immortals to disperse. She walked forward, carefully observed the pitch-black little figure, and frowned.
She had initially thought the little figure turned black because it was eroded by the black mist, but upon closer inspection, she discovered that the little figure was actually made from the hair of some kind of creature.
A small, oily, dark red wooden nail was inserted into its chest, piercing through its body.
Spell Poison Doll!
The term 'Spell Poison Doll' flashed through Lu Yibei's mind. Then, without changing her expression, she secretly glanced behind her at the Headless Senior, who was hiding under a peach tree and peeking.
Could the hair used to make the little figure be the Senior's hair?
If it was the Senior's hair, did Hu Chuan put it in at the beginning, or later?
Lu Yibei had seen Spiritual Energy items like Spell Poison Dolls in the si ye book and in the knowledge of the Great Serpent God. Similar items exist in shamanic cultures around the world, and their purpose is usually only one thing: to Spell someone to death.
If Hu Chuan had put the Spell Poison Doll made from the Senior's hair into the time capsule from the start, perhaps he didn't kill the Senior on impulse at all, but rather...
Premeditated murder!
Thinking of this, a chill ran up Lu Yibei's spine.
