"Evil magic?! Imprisoning the soul?!"

Upon hearing these words, even though he held a high position and was used to seeing many storms, Deputy Secretary Li's face turned deathly pale instantly!

Mrs. Li's legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground, but fortunately, her secretary next to her helped her up.

"Teacher Ling... are you... are you sure?"

Secretary Li's voice trembled. He would rather his daughter had some strange illness than believe such a mysterious and vicious thing!

"Absolutely certain."

Ling Qingxue's tone remained calm, yet carried an undeniable authority: "His soul is trapped deep within his sea of ​​consciousness, and his aura is entangled and sealed by a sinister force, hence he remains unconscious. Ordinary medicines from the outside world are naturally ineffective."

Ye Meier stood to the side, arms crossed, and sneered, "And this method is quite insidious. It's not a direct attack, but rather a slow, tangling binding, like a spider web, so that no obvious external injuries can be found. But after a while, the soul is exhausted, and the person disappears without a trace. Hmph, the person who did this has some skill, but they're also quite despicable!"

Her words made Secretary Li and his wife feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave!

Gone without a trace?!

This is going to kill their daughter!

"Who is it?! Who could be so vicious?!"

Madam Li could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

Zhang Shaozhong and Mo Huaiyuan exchanged a glance, both seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes.

Things are indeed not simple!

"Secretary Li," Zhang Shaozhong stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, "If I may ask, have you recently encountered any... intense competition or conflict with anyone at work?"

Upon hearing this, Secretary Li's body jolted, and his eyes sharpened instantly. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down: "To be honest, I am indeed leading a large-scale urban renewal project recently. This project involves a lot of people, and the competitors are... also very strong. Among them, a company called 'Dingfeng Group' is competing with our city's planning. Their boss is Zhao Dingtian, whose background is... very deep, and his methods are quite aggressive."

Zhao Dingtian?

Zhang Shaozhong felt the name sounded familiar, but couldn't quite place it.

But Ye Meier raised an eyebrow, as if she had thought of something.

“Regardless of who it is,” Ling Qingxue interrupted, “the most urgent task is to free your daughter’s soul. Although this soul-binding technique is not top-notch, it is quite strange. We need to find its ‘initiator’ or ‘medium’ in order to treat the problem effectively. Forcibly breaking it may damage the soul.”

"medium?"

Secretary Li hurriedly said, "What is it? We will definitely cooperate in the search!"

Ye Meier walked to the bedside, her gaze sharp as lightning, and carefully scanned Li Yue again, finally settling on the intricately woven red rope bracelet on her slender wrist.

The red string looked ordinary, like a common accessory that girls like.

Is it this bracelet?

Madam Li also noticed Ye Meier's gaze. "This was a gift from one of Xiaoyue's classmates for her birthday a while ago. She likes it very much and has been wearing it ever since..."

"Bring it here."

Night Enchantress reached out her hand.

Madam Li quickly and carefully untied the red string from her daughter's wrist and handed it to Ye Meier.

Ye Meier took the red rope, sniffed it lightly, a purple glint flashing in her eyes, and sneered, "That's right! This is it! It's tainted with an extremely subtle aura of filth and resentment, and a little bit... the smell of black magic! Although it's been cleaned up very well, it can't hide it from me!"

"A curse?!"

Secretary Li gasped in shock!

Although he didn't believe in these things, the facts were right in front of him, leaving him no choice but to believe them!

"A gift from a classmate?"

Zhang Shaozhong grasped the key point: "Secretary Li, do you know which classmate gave it to you? Does this classmate's family, or she herself, have any connection with Dingfeng Group?"

Secretary Li immediately looked at his secretary, who understood and immediately went to the side to make a phone call to investigate.

Ling Qingxue took the red rope from Ye Meier's hand, a faint, almost imperceptible white light emanating from her fingertips as she gently brushed it across the rope.

The red rope seemed to be scorched, twisting slightly and emitting a faint yet nauseatingly foul odor before returning to normal.

"It is undoubtedly a medium."

Ling Qingxue confirmed, "This item needs to be made using a specific method, with evil curses hidden inside. If worn close to the body, it can subtly erode the soul. If it goes on for too long, even a god cannot save it."

The Li couple were terrified upon hearing this and repeatedly expressed their gratitude: "Thank you so much, three experts! Thank you! Now, how can we treat our daughter?"

"Simple!" Ye Meier snapped her fingers. "Now that we've found this broken rope, we can just destroy it! Once the evil magic on it is broken, the restraints on her soul will naturally loosen!"

"No."

Ling Qingxue shook her head. "Although the medium has been found, the person who cast the curse may have a backup plan. If we destroy it rashly, we may alert the enemy and it may even cause a backlash, which would be detrimental to Miss Li."

She pondered for a moment and said to Secretary Li, "We need to prepare a few things: a little blood from the comb of a rooster that is over three years old, cinnabar, and a bowl of rootless water."

Secretary Li dared not delay and immediately instructed his secretary to make preparations.

Fortunately, these things were not hard to find, and we quickly gathered them all.

Ling Qingxue personally mixed the rooster's blood with cinnabar, diluted it with rootless water, and then used a new brush to draw a mysterious yet simple rune on Li Yue's forehead, palm, and soles of his feet.

When the last rune was drawn, it seemed to come alive, faintly shimmering with a crimson light!

At the same time, Li Yue, who had been unconscious on the bed, suddenly frowned, her body began to tremble slightly, and she made unconscious hoarse sounds in her throat, as if she was resisting something!

"Keep her calm!" Ling Qingxue shouted in a low voice.

Ye Meier immediately stepped forward, gently placing one hand on Li Yue's shoulder, and a gentle yet domineering stream of demonic energy flowed in, forcefully suppressing the restless evil energy within her body!

Zhang Shaozhong watched nervously, his chaotic energy circulating within him, ready to respond to any unexpected situations.

Ling Qingxue pointed her fingers like a sword, a wisp of pure immortal energy gathering at her fingertips, and struck the red rope bracelet placed beside her with lightning speed!

"break!"

A light scold!

The red string bracelet snapped instantly!

It instantly turned charred black, as if it had been burned, and at the same time, a plume of black smoke rose from the broken end, carrying a pungent, fishy smell, which quickly dissipated into the air!

"Ugh—!"

Li Yue, lying on the bed, let out a short cry of pain and suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes were first blank, then filled with fear, and she gasped for breath!

"Xiaoyue!!"

Secretary Li and his wife wept with joy, rushed to the bedside, and hugged their daughter tightly!

It was a success!

Zhang Shaozhong and Mo Huaiyuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at the very instant the red rope snapped and black smoke billowed out, in a quiet room of a luxurious villa on the other side of the city, a gaunt old man dressed in a strange black robe, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes, spat out a small mouthful of blood, and looked in horror toward the direction of Deputy Secretary Li's house!

"How is this possible?! My 'Soul-Binding Silk' has been broken?! Who did it?!"