Chapter 398 More than One Life
Gao Min and the others were just ordinary people after all. As soon as the Yin energy burst out, they felt a bone-chilling cold.
It's not the kind of cold that just stays on the surface and gives you goosebumps, but a chill that seeps into your bones little by little, making you feel like your limbs could freeze at any moment.
Ye Wanxi had obviously noticed this as well, and she casually tossed out a talisman.
The yellow paper covered in talismans flew out and immediately burst into flames, the burning flames like a small spinning top, sucking away all the yin energy in the hall.
An unpleasant smell gradually filled the air, causing the group to cover their noses and wave their hands in an attempt to dispel it.
When the yin energy in the air was completely burned away, the yellow talisman was also burned to ashes.
Gao Min was alright, after all, she had seen some things that couldn't be explained by common sense before with Ye Wanxi, so she was able to remain calm when she saw this scene.
Gao Qiang and Qi Xiaolian were not as calm as her. They stood there dumbfounded, staring at the yellow talisman that had disappeared without a trace, looking like they were questioning the meaning of life.
After a while, Gao Min's cough finally pulled the two of them back from their reverie.
"That just now..." Gao Qiang and the other man seemed to wake from a dream, their eyes shining as they pointed in the direction where the yellow talisman had disappeared.
"It's just something to ward off evil spirits."
"Exorcise evil spirits?"
The group looked at each other, their excitement at witnessing what had just happened fading, replaced by fear of the unknown.
"Hmm." Ye Wanxi brought the broken necklace to the group, shook it, and pulled out a blood-stained hair.
"Hiss..." Upon seeing the hair, the group instinctively took a step back, their intuition telling them it was something bad.
Qi Xiaolian, in particular, turned green when she saw the blood in the hair, and looked like she was about to vomit, as if she had thought of something.
"Miss Ye, what is this? It looks... creepy."
"Your girlfriend's cousin's hair, and blood. It's this stuff that caused you to suffer for your cousin and end up like this."
Qi Xiaolian pursed her lips, her eyes red: "Why did she do this? Why did she treat me like this?"
From a young age, she heard her grandparents say that her uncle's family was wealthy, that he owned a factory and had married a beautiful woman from a big city, and that he was the most successful person in the entire family.
Qi Xiaolian was young at the time and had no concept of what it meant to be rich when her elders talked about it. It wasn't until one year during the Spring Festival that her uncle brought her older cousin home.
Riding in a luxury car, wearing a beautiful dress, and being carried by her uncle the whole time, her eldest cousin became the object of Qi Xiaolian's greatest envy during her childhood.
But it was just envy. Seeing her beloved older cousin, Qi Xiaolian couldn't help but feel ashamed of herself, but she never felt jealous of her.
Even though her eldest cousin, who was spoiled rotten by her uncle and had bullied and insulted her by ganging up with other children in the neighborhood, Qi Xiaolian never harbored any resentment towards her or ever thought of hurting her.
Yet this very person turned around and tried to harm her.
Qi Xiaolian couldn't accept it for a while.
"People are selfish, and so are evil people. They never consider the innocent, nor do they care whether others will lose their lives because of their actions. They only care about their own well-being and how to make their lives better, even if it means getting their hands dirty and donating blood."
Ye Wanxi paused for a moment, then said, "The ghost face sores on your body, each ghost face represents a vengeful ghost who was murdered and came to seek revenge. Each face represents a life, and a second face has begun to grow on your back, which means that as time goes by, the ghost face sores on your body are getting worse and worse, and it also means that your cousin has more than one life on her back."
Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, the expressions of the group all changed.
Gao Min couldn't help but curse, "You beast."
She remembered that Qi Xiaolian's cousin was only a year or two older than her, in her early twenties, yet she already had so many blood debts on her shoulders.
They even planned to shift the debt onto Qi Xiaolian, making her a scapegoat and causing another innocent life to be lost.
Qi Xiaolian's mind went blank after hearing Ye Wanxi's words, and she couldn't react for a moment. However, Gao Qiang proved to be reliable at this time.
Although they were somewhat surprised that Qi Xiaolian's cousin was far more terrifying than they had imagined, they were still able to distinguish between what was important and what was urgent.
"What should we do now? If Xiaolian stops wearing this necklace, will all those things on her disappear?"
Upon hearing this, Gao Min and the other woman realized what he meant and looked at Ye Wanxi with eager expressions.
"Logically, that's correct, but..."
Their hearts jumped: "But what?"
"It's just that she wore this necklace for a long time, and even if she takes it off now, it will take some time to dispel the yin energy that has accumulated on her."
As Ye Wanxi said this, she seemed to remember something and turned to Gao Qiang, saying, "Are you carrying the amulet I gave your sister?"
Gao Qiang froze, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Gao Min.
“Yes, my sister sent us several amulets a few months ago, saying that she got them from a very famous temple in the city. My mom said that these amulets were sent back from a long way by my sister, and that they were a token of her love, so she told my dad and me to put them in our wallets or phone cases and carry them with us.”
If Ye Wanxi hadn't mentioned it, Gao Qiang would have almost forgotten that he had a talisman tucked inside his phone case.
After hearing Gao Qiang's words, Ye Wanxi glanced at Gao Min with a half-smile: "Bought from a temple?"
Gao Min coughed twice guiltily and said awkwardly, "I was just afraid they wouldn't believe me, so I came up with a reason that they would accept, to make sure they would carry the talismans with them."
Ye Wanxi hadn't really intended to pursue the matter, but after teasing her, she steered the conversation back to the main topic.
"It's fortunate that you've been carrying this with you the whole time, and you two have been inseparable lately. Because you've been so close, the talisman on his body has also helped to suppress some of the yin energy in this chain, which is why your ghost face sores haven't spread so quickly. Otherwise, judging from the density of the yin energy on this chain, you would have been half dead by now, even if you hadn't died suddenly."
Upon hearing this, Qi Xiaolian and the other person instinctively gripped each other's hands, their hearts filled with relief and lingering fear.
“The chain is broken, and your cousin will definitely suffer a backlash. But I guess when she put the necklace on you, she probably took some of your hair with her. To prevent her from finding out that you’ve broken the spell and causing any more trouble to harm you, and also so that you can recuperate properly during this time and avoid those vengeful ghosts who mistake you for your cousin and come looking for revenge, you should stay with me for a few days.”
(End of this chapter)
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