I hope he can be reborn into a good family in his next life, sigh.

After everyone left, Lin Xi told Lu Zhe about her upcoming trip to the capital, and then, as planned, went to a hot pot restaurant for a hearty meal.

The next morning, Lin Xi boarded a plane to the capital.

Three hours later, she successfully met up with Xu Fei at the Capital Airport.

The first thing Lin Xi said after seeing Xu Fei was...

"I'm here now, can you tell me what you're going to give me?"

The implication is that since she's right here, there's no need to worry about her standing him up.

Upon hearing this, Xu Fei chuckled awkwardly twice.

"Don't worry, senior, this will definitely be a surprise! I didn't tell you on the phone before just to keep you in suspense and double your surprise. Since you've said so, I'll tell you the details now."

"What we're preparing to give you this time isn't actually a physical object, or rather, to be precise, something that's not quite a physical object."

Seeing that Xu Fei was still bragging and keeping everyone in suspense, Lin Xi was interrupted.

"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me what it is."

The next second, Xu Fei decisively abandoned the long string of words that followed and said succinctly.

"Something that looks like a bell but can't be rung."

Lin Xi: "?"

So isn't it still a bell?

As for why it won't ring, it's probably because the right method wasn't found, or rather, the user doesn't have enough power to ring it.

However, based on what Lin Xi knows so far, there are still quite a few capable members in the special department.

If all else fails, can't one person do it? Surely a whole group of people can do it too?

Or is it that this bell cannot be rung simply by strength, and requires some other medium?

Regardless, after Xu Fei mentioned it, she did become somewhat interested in the bell.

Moreover, if it were just a bell that wouldn't ring, Xu Fei certainly wouldn't have called him from so far away to pick it up.

This bell is definitely not an ordinary object.

Now that they knew what the "gift" was, Lin Xi didn't waste any more time and urged Xu Fei to hurry back to the special department headquarters.

The special department headquarters was much the same as when she came before. Everyone was either studying cases, drawing talismans, or disciplining the brats.

Although the department was a mess, with imps and magical artifacts flying around, Lin Xi and the other members were already used to it.

Lin Xi dodged a little imp serving tea and water, then helped pick up a magical artifact that had accidentally bumped into the wall and fallen to the ground, before finally following Xu Fei to the room where the bells were kept.

Almost as soon as the room door opened, Lin Xi instantly felt an extremely strong, even domineering, spiritual energy!

Moreover, under this intense spiritual energy, she also sensed a familiar aura.

This aura...

The next second, when Lin Xi's gaze fell on the bell hanging on the wall, her eyes widened suddenly, filled with disbelief and surprise.

"The Soul-Suppressing Bell of the Tai Xuan Sect!"

The Soul-Suppressing Bell of the Tai Xuan Sect?!

Xu Fei, who was about to introduce the bell to her, was suddenly dumbfounded.

So this thing actually belongs to the Tai Xuan Sect!

It's truly a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple; the family no longer recognizes each other.

Xu Fei breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that Lin Xi not only recognized the bell, but was also very familiar with it.

Great! Now this bell will finally have a use!

“Senior, I never expected that this bell would be an item of your Tai Xuan Sect. What a coincidence.”

"No wonder we felt it was no ordinary item when we first found it. Now that we see it, it's definitely one of the finest products from the Tai Xuan Sect!"

This wasn't Xu Fei exaggerating; the bell simply had such abundant spiritual energy that even they could sense it.

With such abundant spiritual energy, if one were to accept and utilize it, it would undoubtedly become a very handy and powerful magical artifact.

Unfortunately, they had all tried, but no matter what they did, the bell just wouldn't respond.

It's like there's a mountain of gold standing in front of them, and no matter what they use—shovel, hoe, or even electric drill—they can't pry it up.

They could only watch longingly.

Since that's the case, we can only hand it over to someone more capable.

Lin Xi was in a good mood upon encountering her former magical artifact again.

As she walked toward the Soul-Suppressing Bell, she spoke to Xu Fei.

"This Soul-Suppressing Bell does indeed belong to my Tai Xuan Sect, but to be more precise, it is actually mine, because I have already nurtured it with spiritual energy and it has recognized me as its master."

It's like being bound to her; she can only use it.

Thinking of this, Lin Xi felt a little relieved.

Fortunately, she used spiritual power, not her blood essence, when she bound the Soul-Suppressing Bell.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be sure if she could successfully activate the Soul-Suppressing Bell.

After all, her body is no longer the same as it was a thousand years ago, and her blood must be different too.

As they spoke, Lin Xi had already arrived in front of the Soul-Suppressing Bell.

She reached out and took the Soul-Suppressing Bell down, looking down at the bell in her hand.

Although the name "Soul-Suppressing Bell" sounds very imposing, the actual size of the Soul-Suppressing Bell is not large; it is only about half the size of a palm.

The Soul-Suppressing Bell is dark gold in color, and the outside of the bell is engraved with runes of the Tai Xuan Sect.

Once the Soul-Suppressing Bell is activated, the runes will emit bursts of dazzling golden light.

However, at this moment, both the bell itself and the runes seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, their light dim and lifeless.

Lin Xi tried to slowly channel spiritual energy into the Soul-Suppressing Bell, and a miraculous scene unfolded.

The runes on the bell's exterior began to shimmer with a faint light, and as Lin Xi transferred more and more spiritual energy to it, the light grew brighter and brighter.

Finally, only when the bell core in the middle of the bell started to shake actively and made a crisp sound could Lin Xi confirm that the Soul-Suppressing Bell had finally been awakened.

The activated Soul-Suppressing Bell was overjoyed to sense its master's presence. It lay in Lin Xi's palm and rolled around incessantly, the bell ringing continuously.

Xu Fei's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw the lively bell.

This is nothing like the bell they tried so hard to make before, which they couldn't even make a sound.

They practically wanted to shake it so loudly that the whole world could hear it!