The moonlight flows under the starry sky.
At the foot of the cliff, a group of people were searching with flashlights, their white light beams sweeping across the mountain.
Bai Ningning and Qinghuai were in the shadows on the cliff. The light could not find them, but it had rotated clockwise above them several times.
If the white ball of light moved down a little more, Bai Ningning would be found, but every time she missed the truth.
Or if Bai Ningning raised her hand slightly, her hand would appear in the ball of light and might be discovered in the next second.
But she didn't want to reach out.
It wasn't that she was afraid that no one would notice and would anger Qing Huai, but she felt it was unnecessary.
Her eyes flickered, and she smiled. "It's a little off track, but still under control."
Qinghuai was a little annoyed.
Bai Ningning's expression showed that she was certain that he would not hurt her.
He certainly wouldn't, but what about Yuan Muyang? Did he want to die?
"Now it's your turn to make a choice."
Bai Ningning seemed to be able to read minds. She pointed at the unconscious Yuan Muyang not far away and said, "You can decide whether he lives or dies. What are you going to do?"
Yuan Muyang was thrown to the ground casually in a twisted posture - no one cared whether an unconscious person was lying comfortably.
Qing Huai only looked at Yuan Muyang with contempt, and this look even had a hint of almsgiving.
He asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill him?"
Bai Ningning was quite certain: "You won't kill Yuan Muyang."
Qing Huai stared at Bai Ningning silently. This woman was even smarter than he thought.
She is very smart.
Qing Huai didn't know where she had discovered his flaw, but he still couldn't go against her words.
So she deliberately mentioned Yuan Muyang's name, just to prevent any accidents and prevent him from taking advantage of the loopholes in her words.
Bai Ningning looked up at him and said with a smile, "You can choose to take back the spiritual power that belongs to you from him, or let him go."
Her tone was quite light-hearted and cheerful, not like she was discussing a person's fate or life and death. Instead, it seemed like she was discussing the moon, the weather, what to eat tomorrow morning, or any other ordinary conversation that might occur in daily life.
The former is uncontrollable, while the latter is bound to happen.
The moon appears every day, the weather rotates regularly, and tomorrow will surely come.
So she was certain that Yuan Muyang would not die, or that he would not be able to do it.
It was obvious that he was standing and she was sitting.
It was he who was condescending.
But she is the one who has the upper hand.
At least that's what she thought.
"You are too naive." Qing Huai stopped confronting her and stared at Yuan Muyang with resentment. "If I take away his spiritual power, he will die."
"Won't."
Bai Ningning's tone was firm.
He clearly didn't say anything, but Bai Ningning knew everything.
"Just follow your heart." She looked at him with a smile, calm and composed. "But there is no third choice. You can only choose one of the two."
Qing Huai suddenly felt that this moment was a little weird.
She seemed to be encouraging him, and there was even a hint of expectation in her eyes.
The golden spiritual power was drawn out from Yuan Muyang's body, and when it met Qinghuai, it was like a river returning to the sea, merging with him into one, and there was no difference to be seen.
Yuan Muyang was still breathing, but rather weak.
Qing Huai noticed that Yuan Muyang was pressing down on him, with a corner of the Four Seasons Chart of the Hell Realm exposed.
Indeed, everything is under her control.
He felt like a rebellious child and wanted to do something that would displease her.
Suddenly, there was some wind on the mountain, and leaves mixed with sand were blown by. Bai Ningning covered her face with her hat, closed her eyes, and said, "See you later."
She even knew he was leaving.
Bai Ningning felt something cold touching her lips. When she opened her eyes again, the wind had stopped and the ghost had disappeared.
Bai Ningning sat on the ground without moving, complaining to the wind: "You didn't even say hello, you can be called a runaway."
Yuan Muyang woke up quickly, woken by the pain.
He asked, "Where is it?"
“A nice place with a nice view.”
Bai Ningning sat cross-legged beside him, her elbows resting on her knees, her chin supported, staring at the stars boredly.
It was still dark, and the deep blue night sky was dotted with stars.
Yuan Muyang climbed up with difficulty, only to find that it was a cliff, and if he was not careful, he would roll down.
He noticed groups of people in the woods below, all holding flashlights and shining them everywhere. He asked, "What are these people looking for?"
Bai Ningning: "Look for us."
She still maintained her original posture, and she remained motionless even after Yuan Muyang woke up.
No wonder Chu Ze likes to daydream in this posture, it really saves energy and electricity.
Yuan Muyang was startled, and the wound where he was touched made a hissing sound of pain.
He asked, "Why don't we go out?"
Bai Ningning said lightly: "I'm still thinking about how to explain your current situation. You should be able to feel it, right? You have no spiritual power."
Yuan Muyang was stunned. He felt pain all over his body. He had previously thought it was caused by the medicine - after all, the medicine Bai Ningning gave him made him feel uncomfortable after drinking it, and it was normal to feel pain all over his body after it flowed into his blood vessels.
Yuan Muyang indeed couldn't feel any spiritual power, so he asked, "Is it your medicine that caused this? Will I never have any spiritual power again? Or is it just temporarily suppressed?"
Bai Ningning didn't answer, but instead asked a new question: "So it's your turn to choose. Do you want to go back to Qingwei Mountain and be an ordinary person, or join me in saving the world?"
Yuan Muyang: "What do you mean?"
Is there any difference between the two?
Why does it sound like he severed ties with her after returning to Qingwei Mountain?
Bai Ningning: "You can live if you go back to Qingwei Mountain, but you will die if you follow me. That's the difference."
Yuan Muyang pursed his lips, thought for two seconds, and said firmly: "I choose to go with you."
"I'm sorry."
Bai Ningning suddenly stood up and swung the knife.
The Jun family searched for him all night but to no avail.
Xu Wanhui was devastated by the double bad news and had no time to think about or question the strangeness of it.
The morning after Yuan Xiushuo passed away, Zhuo Yang called Bai Ningning to verify the news.
Bai Ningning was woken up by his barrage of calls. It wasn't until the sixteenth ring that she lazily answered the phone. Her voice still had the nasal tone of someone who hadn't woken up early, and she asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhuo Yang: "Is it related to you?"
Bai Ningning couldn't even open her eyes: "What does it have to do with me?"
Zhuo Yang was worried about someone listening, so he didn't dare to say it too obviously. He said, "Two pieces of bad news came last night. Don't tell me you didn't know. This is too cruel, isn't it?"
Zhuo Yang waited for a while, but received no response from the other party. He only heard the sound of even breathing - he fell asleep again.
Zhuo Yang: “…”
Is it time to sleep now?!
When Bai Ningning woke up again, she had completely forgotten about it.
She yawned, washed up, and went downstairs for breakfast.
Geng Yiyi was wearing an apron, happily humming a song while making a sandwich. Seeing Bai Ningning, she excitedly greeted her: "Good morning, Ningning, what do you want to eat?"
"Anything is fine." Bai Ningning was not quite awake yet. She yawned again, lay down on the dining table, closed her eyes and rested - and fell asleep again.
It wasn't until Geng Yiyi brought her a sandwich that she woke up completely: "Why are you here?"
Geng Yiyi placed a cup of coffee next to her and said with a smile, "Isn't it time to wake up?"
Death Stare
[You even dared to forget about Little Peach Blossom? Do you want to die? (dog head)]
【This was the hero of last night! 】
Bai Ningning: “…”
Oh, she remembered.
Geng Yiyi pushed the sandwiches in front of her. "They're cut into smaller pieces. Would you like to try them? This one has blueberry and peanuts, which is sweet. This one has egg and ham, which is salty."
Chu Ze, wearing oddly shaped glasses, read the Metaphysics Morning News and wondered, "Were you a thief last night?"
Bai Ningning held the coffee and replied vaguely, "About the same."
Geng Yiyi also sat down next to her and answered for her: "Yes, she stole someone back and I carried it for her."
After all, Bai Ningning can only use the Gate of the Underworld as a portal for herself, and cannot bring others through the gate.
She tried it, and it didn't work.
The last time I successfully brought Yuan Muyang through the door, it might have been because his soul-leaving symptoms were so severe that he appeared to be in a state of suspended animation, thus deceiving the underworld.
Geng Yiyi stared at Bai Ningning with a dagger in her eyes and accused her, "She just disappeared without a trace, saying she wanted to go back to sleep and asked me to find a way to bring someone back. Now she's asking me why I'm here."
Bai Ningning explained with a wry smile: "My biological clock is relatively stable."
Geng Yiyi didn't argue with her and reminded her softly, "You promised me yesterday that we could meet."
Bai Ningning stared at the sandwich in a daze, as if she had completely forgotten about it.
Geng Yiyi's death stare came again.
Bai Ningning felt goosebumps on her back and quickly said, "Oh, yes, we'll have a meeting later. Call Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai as well."
Chu Ze glanced at her and asked, "Are you addicted to holding meetings?"
Bai Ningning thought he was a bit noisy and asked, "Where are the others?"
Chu Ze: "I've already had the small banquet."
Geng Yiyi said, "Yuan Muyang hasn't woken up yet—I'm not responsible for making his breakfast. I advise you to quit while you're ahead. I'm a star, not a nanny."
Bai Ningning pretended not to hear and continued to eat the sandwich with a sob.
The meeting is just a cover, mainly to get everyone to meet each other, and some plans need to be laid out to avoid accidental injuries.
By the way, let Geng Yiyi see Fan Wujiu.
Although she felt that Fan Wujiu was really hopeless and would not remember him no matter how many times she looked at him, she also didn't know why Geng Yiyi was so infatuated with him.
Gathering Chu Ze, Chu Yuyan, Heibai Wuchang, Yuan Muyang and Geng Yiyi together, almost all the people she can use are here.
She briefly described what happened yesterday and said, "Yesterday I asked Chu Yuyan to hold Yuan Xiushuo back, but I was worried he might get hurt or be exposed—after all, his tactics were a bit shady. So I asked Qinghuai to stay with him for protection, just in case."
Chu Yuyan: "But he killed Yuan Xiushuo?"
Bai Ningning shook her head and said firmly, "Yuan Xiushuo committed suicide."
“?!”
Bai Ningning explained simply and clearly, "He followed the method provided in the information and only intended to reclaim the spiritual energy that didn't belong to Yuan Xiushuo. But Yuan Xiushuo was afraid that he would retaliate against his son, so he chose to self-destruct, hoping to perish with him."
Yuan Muyang lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
Chu Ze asked: "Where is the evidence?"
Bai Ningning's expression was firm: "The evidence is that he hasn't lost control yet."
Bai Ningning could still sense Qing Huai's condition, and he could not disobey her words.
She even believed that if she had told Qinghuai not to leave yesterday, he would have been forced to stay.
Therefore, it is impossible for Qing Huai to kill Yuan Xiushuo on his own initiative.
Chu Ze grumbled quietly: "You are too subjective."
"Ningning is right."
Yuan Muyang suddenly spoke.
The eyes of everyone at the table were focused on him.
He is also one of the parties involved and a family member of the "victim", so his credibility is higher than that of Bai Ningning, the family member of the perpetrator.
Yuan Muyang said soberly: "If I really lost control, I would have died yesterday. And..."
Yuan Muyang suddenly choked up. He wanted to defend his father, but he couldn't say anything. His mind was in a mess, and he finally said only one sentence: "He is indeed that kind of person."
Bai Ningning knocked on the table. "The Gu family is currently suspected of colluding with us, so I hope that the ghost officials will be nicer when they encounter the Gu family. Of course, I know you have old grudges, but let them fight for a while. We have more important things to do now."
Fan Wujiu sneered when he heard the name Gu family, and after listening to her, he responded reluctantly.
Xie Bian asked, "Why are you suddenly mentioning the Gu family?"
Bai Ningning: "Because what happened to the Yuan family will also be blamed on the underworld."
She paused, then picked up Yuan Muyang and said, "So we have to send Yuan Muyang back to Qingwei Mountain."
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