Inside Xu Lanyue's room.
Mu Luo's pupils contracted sharply, and he trembled as he looked at the scattered limbs on the bed. A lone head rolled on the floor, facing his direction, with a slight frown, as if still carrying the pain of death.
Mingming's heart was perfectly intact when it was put in, and Xu Shensheng carefully put it back in.
"when……"
"Who is it...?"
Who was it that provocatively destroyed her body completely...?
"Who is it?!"
He frantically clutched the head and broken limbs to his chest, desperately trying to piece the gentle woman back together.
"Where is my heart..."
Mu Luo murmured as he looked at the woman's empty chest.
There should have been a heart there.
But then they disappeared.
He searched the room in a daze, repeatedly asking, "Where's my heart?"
"Senior sister, where is your heart?"
Where has the heart gone?
Where is your heart?!
It seems that all the tears have been shed.
He knelt blankly before Xu Lanyue, whose limbs were mangled, his eyes gradually filling with a crimson light.
"Senior sister, who took your heart away?"
Qi Yu stood at the doorway. Hearing the noise inside, her fingers trembled slightly. She wanted to open the door, but then withdrew her hand.
She sighed softly, placed a small wooden box at the doorway, and walked away slowly.
A gentle breeze rustled through a willow tree in front of the door, causing a few tender green leaves to fall and softly cover the small wooden box, as if to adorn the plain wooden box.
Mu Luo opened the door, and the door leaf knocked the small wooden box on the ground away.
He was holding a burlap sack in his hand, tilting his head in confusion, and bending down to pick up the wooden box.
"Senior sister, is this your heart...?"
A round pill was placed in the center of the wooden box, and a piece of paper floated to the ground.
[Senior brother, these are Foundation Establishment Pills that Senior Sister Lan Yue bought from me. It's a surprise she wanted to give you.]
Please take good care of yourself.
Mu Luo blinked his scarlet eyes, and a tear suddenly slid down his left eye.
The left eye gradually regained its clarity, but the right eye remained scarlet like a demon.
He kissed the round pill tenderly, then put it in his bosom and walked away step by step.
Goodbye, Spirit Institute.
"Senior sister, I've come to find you."
Among the scattered fabric of his clothes, a tattered booklet could be vaguely seen, and as he walked unsteadily, a single word was faintly visible—
"……division".
...
The Lingyuan was in complete chaos, with disciples everywhere looking terrified and dejected.
Qi Yu wandered through them, walked to the back of the mountain, and sat on a rock to think quietly.
She looked at the dark gray clouds in the sky and suddenly said:
"System, since this is a world of cultivation, there must be something called a soul, right?"
The system replied:
[Yes, there is. What do you intend to do, host? Interfering in the affairs of other people's souls is an act of bad karma.]
"If there is a soul, how long does it typically remain in the world?"
In this world, the soul of the deceased usually stays at the place of death for seven days, host.
Qi Yu lowered her eyes; Xu Lanyue's death always made her feel guilty.
She murmured, "Then how can the dead be brought back to life?"
The system remained silent for a long time. Qi Yu thought that it couldn't handle such a matter concerning life, death, and the soul, so he could only sigh softly.
Suddenly, an image of a blue lotus with overlapping petals appeared in her mind, and a mechanical description began to play:
[Double-petaled blue lotus—originating from the same pond as the lotus that supposedly reshaped Nezha's body. Simply place the soul of the deceased into the lotus's heart and nurture it for three years to obtain a small lotus flower that has been reborn.]
[The price is only based on points, you won't regret buying it!]
Qi Yu: "..."
How many threes?
She slowly opened the system panel, looked at the balance of points and fell silent.
That seems unlucky.
She looked at the merit points again, stung by the two bright red characters.
-7!
I simply can't afford this double-petaled blue lotus!
Qi Yu struggled to ask, "Are there any other cheaper props?"
The system pondered for a moment, then said: "To resurrect the dead, the double-petaled green lotus is already the cheapest option."
Qi Yu lowered her head in disappointment, regretting that she hadn't done more good deeds and earned more points, and that she had failed again at the crucial moment when she needed to use those points.
"However..." the system continued, "Doesn't the host have an item that can collect the souls of the dead? Save the souls for now, and you can buy the Double-Petaled Green Lotus later when you have enough points."
"Hmm?" Qi Yu recalled the items she bought from the system, but found nothing related to souls. "What is it?"
【That silver hairpin, host.】
Qi Yu suddenly raised her head, her eyes shining, and said, "That works too?"
Isn't that an evil magic weapon of demonic cultivators, absorbing soul power into the hairpin and then converting it into power for attack?
It can actually be used as a container for the soul?
The system explained: "As long as the host doesn't use the Soul-Capturing Hairpin and only treats it as a magical artifact for preserving the soul, there will be no problem."
It seems feasible.
Without hesitation, Qi Yu stood up and ran towards Xu Lanyue's room.
Panting, Qi Yu ran to the door and bumped right into Xu Shen, who was coming out.
Xu Shen's eyes were still bloodshot. She glared at Qi Yu fiercely before rushing into another room.
Qi Yu knew that Xu Lanyue's death was a huge blow to her and did not want to provoke her.
Although she felt guilty and wanted to revive Xu Lanyue, she was still too short of points and it was uncertain whether she would succeed in the end, so she didn't tell Xu Shen Shen.
She entered Xu Lanyue's room, only to find it empty. Mu Luo was gone, and the body that should have been placed on the bed was also missing.
It was probably taken away by Mu Luo for burial.
However, this does not have any impact.
Qi Yu took out the silver hairpin from her storage bag, took a deep breath, and infused it with spiritual power.
The skull on the silver hairpin's eyes glowed red. She closed her eyes and vaguely felt a wisp of power being drawn into the hairpin.
It felt as if a cold wind had passed through her body, stirring the strands of hair around her ears.
It felt as if someone had gently hugged her.
Qi Yu felt the extra energy emanating from the silver hairpin and relaxed her brows.
"System, is this okay?"
The system replied: [No problem. Remember to save up points to buy the Double-Petaled Green Lotus!]
Qi Yu laughed and said, "Do you have sales targets to meet? Are you urging me to buy?"
The system didn't reply, only saying: [Congratulations, host, you have completed your daily good deed task. We have good news for you: your good deed today will affect the fate of several important characters in the book, thus influencing the development of the entire world. You are rewarded with 5000 points!]
Qi Yu's smile slowly faded.
The system, which had always been so stingy, suddenly rewarded her with 5,000 points.
No matter how I think about it, it's wrong.
Qi Yu looked at the silver hairpin in her hand, her pupils trembling slightly.
Yes, she is now in the world of a book.
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