Nan Xian rested her chin on her hand, staring intently at the glass bottle.

Upon closer inspection, the tree spirit's essence appears as a soft mass, with faint, fine lines visible on the outermost layer. The color deepens towards the center, and it shimmers gently like breathing.

She reached out her hand and placed her fingertips on the bottle.

The body heat was transferred to the cool bottle, causing a thin mist to spread out.

The tree spirit swayed a few times and floated happily toward her. Then, a small tip, shaped like a tender bud, emerged from its round body and touched Nan Xian through a layer of glass.

...So cute!

Nan Xian's eyes lit up, and she moved her finger to a different position. The little sprout followed her, wobbling along.

She couldn't help but chuckle, teasing him for a while before murmuring softly, "Little one, being trapped in there must be uncomfortable... But how can I rescue you?"

During this time, Nan Xian had tried dozens of methods to open the bottle—twisting it by hand, prying it with a knife, smashing it with a hammer, using a door clamp...

However, this seemingly ordinary glass bottle, which no one would care about if thrown on the roadside, was as sturdy as a diamond. Despite her various attempts to handle it, she couldn't leave a mark on it, not even a scratch.

Just as he was feeling discouraged, he suddenly remembered what Kou Xiangxin had said outside the door earlier—

"That old Taoist priest insisted that I come back to get something..."

Old Taoist priest.

Nan Xian had no knowledge of Taoism, but she could make the connection that perhaps it was the old Taoist priest Kou Xiangxin had mentioned who had added an incantation to the glass bottle that prevented it from being opened.

As a famous internet saying goes: Only magic can defeat magic.

After figuring out the key to success, Nan Xian immediately decided to consult a professional.

【.h】

Since the incident where Yu Lin was possessed, Nan Xian has placed more trust in [.h].

Although Situ Ting had repeatedly emphasized that Nan Xian could turn to her for help with any difficult situations in the future, Nan Xian didn't fully understand her background, identity, and capabilities. Moreover, Situ Ting was someone who worked for the country, and it would be easy for her to manipulate her...

The spirit essence of a tree is obviously extraordinary. If it is "handed over to the state," who will she cry to?

But she wasn't foolish enough to reveal the whole truth to [.h], only saying that she had recently become very interested in metaphysics and wanted to know if there was a way to seal items to prevent them from being opened.

[.h] seems to be offline, as there has been no reply for a long time.

As Nan Xian waited, she scrolled through the chat history and suddenly realized that [.h] hadn't sent her any messages in the past two days, nor had he proactively suggested a voice call in the evening.

Before, no matter how late it was, he would always say goodnight to me, and if he was delayed by something, he would quickly explain...

She held her phone, her fingertips lingering on the timeline of their last conversation, lost in thought.

Perhaps... he's very busy?

Hearing the constant notifications on his phone, He Mingxiao was extremely anxious.

God knows how embarrassed he was at that moment!

That day, he did indeed discover the broken fox jade pendant by accident.

He immediately guessed that Nan Xian had encountered an accident.

Following the method the old Taoist had taught him, he pierced his chest, extracted his heart's blood, and reassembled the broken fox jade pendant.

The old Taoist priest said that his relationship with Nan Xian was not a one-life romance; the ties from their past lives still bound them together in this life.

Guided by bonds, he poured his heart's blood into a jade pendant imbued with the aura of an ancient god, thus signing a pact with the deity.

If Nanxian were to be in critical condition again, he would give his own life to save her.

But having lost his heart's blood, he became extremely weak, and even faced an emergency situation he had never experienced before.

After he turned into a cat, he could no longer regain his human form!