Chapter 42: The Heavenly Net Formation
Jingwu and the princess sat in the garden for an afternoon. Although they were served delicious food and drinks, they were still a little bored.
She stood up, rubbed her numb bottom, and looked at the princess who was yawning.
"Princess, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now. The Crown Prince can come find me again once he's made up his mind."
"No, no, no." Yun Fanjing quickly grabbed the hand of the person next to her, blinking at her, "Don't go, just stay with me."
Jingwu looked down at her and smiled helplessly.
She knew what the Crown Prince was thinking; he simply didn't trust her and wanted to confirm with Yue Huai.
She understood; after all, it's always right for the crown prince to be cautious in his actions.
But what's the point of keeping her trapped here?
Did he intend to wait for Yue Huai to come and investigate, and if it turned out to be untrue, then punish himself?
It's just a little baby ghost. Just send it to the underworld with a ritual. It's something that can be done in an hour, but she had to waste an entire afternoon here.
As Jingwu was thinking this, he sensed a mysterious aura emanating from the Xuanmen sect.
She frowned slightly; it was indeed as she had thought.
A moment later, the maid came in.
"Princess, young lady, His Highness requests that you proceed to the main hall."
Yun Fanjing nodded and pulled the person beside her toward the main hall.
As soon as Jingwu entered the room, he saw the familiar figure of the young man squatting in front of the wheelchair, carefully examining his legs.
"The young lady has arrived." The prince said gently, patting the boy's shoulder. "This is the master I was just talking about."
Yue Huai stood up, turned his head, and saw a familiar figure. His eyes lit up: "Miss Jing."
"You two know each other?"
Just as Yue Huai was about to speak, Jing Wu spoke up: "We've met a few times."
Upon hearing this, Yue Huai's expression darkened slightly. What did he mean by "having met a few times"? They had clearly interacted quite a bit.
Jingwu walked up to the Crown Prince, looking down at the infant ghost: "Has the Crown Prince thought it through? Do you want to get rid of this ghost?"
“Of course, but my cousin is also a member of the Xuanmen sect. You two should discuss it together,” the Crown Prince said with a smile.
Jingwu nodded, reached out and grabbed the infant ghost on his knee, turned to face the boy: "This infant ghost looks only a few months old, it must be a pet ghost raised by some family."
The infant ghost struggled fiercely in her hands, babbling incoherently.
Yue Huai looked at the infant ghost and shook his head: "It cannot be sent to the underworld for the time being."
Jingwu suddenly understood his meaning, handed the infant ghost in his hand to him, and then formed a hand seal, casting a tracking spell into the infant ghost's body.
She raised her eyes and winked at the person in front of her.
Yue Huai received his look and immediately pretended to flinch, letting the infant ghost go.
"Why did you let it go?" The prince looked at the small figure, which quickly crawled out using both hands and feet and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"We need to use it to lure out the person behind the scenes. The person behind the scenes actually put a little ghost on you, and they're after your life. They didn't succeed this time, but they'll definitely do it again." Yue Huai said calmly, then squatted down, took out silver needles, and inserted them into the acupoints on his legs, channeling spiritual energy into them to remove the yin energy from his body.
"Why didn't you say so sooner? Do you know that in three days, your legs will be filled with countless yin energies and you will be completely unable to move them?"
The crown prince smiled somewhat embarrassedly upon hearing his words.
It's just because we had a fight, and I don't want to swallow my pride and take the initiative to talk.
He looked up at the girl not far away and changed the subject: "This... Miss Jing, thanks to you this time, I will try my best to satisfy you with whatever you want."
"Give her a bigger reward," Yue Huai said while administering acupuncture.
Jingwu felt that the person in front of her had hit the nail on the head, and immediately nodded: "Just give me the payment."
Seeing the two of them working together so well, the Crown Prince smiled meaningfully and said, "Alright, I'll have the steward prepare it. Ah Huai, you haven't been back for a long time, let's have a good drink tonight."
"You should get some rest. You haven't slept well these past few nights because of the baby ghost. Now that he's gone, you should get a good night's sleep."
Yue Huai pursed his lips and said in a muffled voice.
The Crown Prince chuckled and agreed, "Then, I'll leave Miss Jing in your care."
Jingwu found these words rather strange, but upon seeing the princess's meaningful smile, he understood what was going on.
She twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "Your Highness, I need to go to your bedroom to set up a formation so that we can capture them all at once."
"good."
The Crown Prince led the two into his bedroom. Jingwu checked the layout of the bedroom and, seeing that there was nothing unusual about the feng shui, began to set up an array.
She sat cross-legged, channeling her spiritual energy, rapidly unfurling hand seals while chanting ancient incantations.
Countless golden, shimmering ropes were woven into a net and floated above the bedroom.
Then, he used his spiritual power to draw several talismans and placed them in the four directions.
Yue Huai looked at the formation and couldn't help but feel surprised.
I had seen the Heavenly Net Formation in books, but I had never seen it in person.
This formation is extremely complex; perhaps only the Elders' Council in the entire Xuanmen could possibly contain it.
His eyes gleamed as he stared intently at the girl who was setting up the formation.
Jingwu looked up at the inescapable net he had set up, and then stood up with satisfaction.
She stumbled, and immediately a hand caught her.
She looked up and met a pair of radiant eyes.
Jingwu was about to say something when spiritual energy flowed into his body from the wrist that was being held by him.
One stream, two streams...
A continuous flow of spiritual energy.
Jingwu noticed the abundance of spiritual energy within his body and couldn't help but look at him with delight.
"you……"
Yue Huai also noticed the loss of spiritual energy in his body and subconsciously let go of his hand.
Immediately, he took her hand and realized that his spiritual energy was draining from his body.
Meeting her surprised eyes confirmed what he had just thought.
His spiritual power could enter her body.
Jingwu was naturally excited, after all, Heaven had gone mad for some reason, preventing her from absorbing spiritual power, and she could only rely on her meager merits to keep going.
Now that she has discovered that other people's spiritual energy can also enter her body, she is naturally happy.
Now, it was Jingwu's turn to stare intently at the boy.
Seeing the two exchanging glances, the Crown Prince cleared his throat and said, "Ah Huai, I heard that the number one restaurant in the capital has new dishes. Why don't you take Miss Jing to try them?"
Yue Huai then came to his senses, nodded, and agreed.
"I want to go too!" Yun Fanjing exclaimed excitedly upon seeing this.
"Jing'er, I can't find a document. Come with me to the study to look for it." The Crown Prince looked at her with a smile.
Yun Fanjing understood what her brother meant, and her face immediately fell. She replied in a muffled voice, "Okay."
Seeing this, Yue Huai smiled and looked at the girl: "Let's go."
Jingwu nodded and followed him out of the Crown Prince's residence.
As she walked down the street, her mind raced, trying to figure out how to make more contact with spiritual energy and gain more spiritual power.
The next second, Jingwu pretended to be bumped into, and plopped down on him, immediately grabbing his wrist and waiting for the spiritual energy to enter his body.
But after several seconds, there was still no response.
She frowned, pretended to lose her balance again, and grabbed his wrist, but found that she still couldn't penetrate him.
why is that?
Yue Huai looked at the pensive girl with a helpless expression.
He reached out and grabbed her wrist, and immediately a surge of spiritual energy flowed from his body into hers.
Then, he let go of her hand.
Jingwu realized that his little scheme had been exposed, but he wasn't embarrassed at all and followed him around happily.
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