"Are you really willing?" Lu Qing asked again to confirm.
Gu Qirui nodded seriously:
"Although I do find it hard to believe what you're saying, you saved me, and Brother Jue even signed me to his company, so I'm willing to help you."
Gu Xicheng smiled and nodded: "I didn't misjudge you."
Lu Qing: "Then get ready. We'll let you know the specifics of what to do later."
"Okay!" Gu Qirui nodded emphatically.
After discussing it, Lu Qing asked Wang Yanjun to find someone to pose as a stalker and contact Youmeng, requesting to see Gu Qirui.
Youmeng readily agreed this time, but the meeting was scheduled for two days later.
She'll probably make her move on Gu Qirui in the next couple of days.
Fearing that Youmeng would notice something was amiss, Lu Qing left only a paper figure for Gu Qirui, instructing him to live as usual and pretend he knew nothing.
That day, after finishing his dance practice in the studio, Gu Qirui felt something was wrong behind him on his way back to his residence, as if someone was following him.
He felt a little flustered and walked faster and faster.
At that moment, the paper figure in his pocket crawled out from under his clothes to his collar, touched his face, and gestured for him not to be nervous.
Gu Qirui took a deep breath and slowly calmed himself down.
Just then, he felt a numbness in his neck and then fainted.
The little paper figure hid inside his clothes and secretly passed the message to Lu Qing.
Upon receiving the news, Lu Qing immediately notified Wang Yanjun:
"Youmeng has made her move. Get everyone ready. We're going to try and catch this guy tonight!"
“Okay!” Wang Yanjun immediately acted according to the plan.
Here, Gu Qirui was taken to a car, and the little paper figure quietly peeked out from his collar.
In the driver's seat was a woman wearing sunglasses and with long, wavy hair.
The car left the city and arrived at a former air-raid shelter, where it drove around for a long time before finally stopping.
The little paper figure immediately crawled back into the clothes.
The woman lifted Gu Qirui off the back seat; she was very strong and lifted Gu Qirui up with one hand.
Once the location was confirmed, Lu Qing immediately sent the message to Wang Yanjun, instructing everyone to surround the air-raid shelter and set up formations at both the front and rear exits to prevent the evil energy from escaping.
"Brother, you take some men and guard this place. I'll go in with Gu Xicheng to rescue them!"
"Okay! Be careful!"
Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng drove over there.
It was very large inside, and the paths were very complicated. If it weren't for the little paper figures inside helping them, they probably wouldn't have been able to figure out where they were even after they found this place.
Just as the woman was about to turn Gu Qirui into a dummy as well, Gu Xicheng kicked the door open:
"stop!"
Upon seeing the woman's appearance, Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing were both stunned for a moment, and then they released the Nine Nether Lotus Fire and the Fire Technique to trap her.
The evil energy struggled wildly within her body, and she struggled and roared in response:
"Let me go! Let me go!!!"
Gu Xicheng was about to burn away the evil energy directly when Lu Qing stopped him:
"This evil aura seems to be more powerful than the previous one, and I think I just heard it speak human language. It must have become intelligent. Maybe we can get some information out of it."
"Okay! Let Jianming come over and peel it off first!"
Soon, Wang Yanjun and Jian Ming arrived with their men.
Jianming used a jar sealed with Maitreya clay to extract the evil energy and then sealed it back inside.
Even after leaving the human body, the evil energy still roars:
"Let me go! If you don't let me go, I will kill you all when my master breaks free from his seal!"
Lu Qing frowned: "It seems it knows quite a lot!"
"Take him back for questioning!" Gu Xicheng said.
Looking at the woman again, without the evil aura, she looked even stranger than before.
Her face looked like she had botched plastic surgery; the edges of her face were uneven and looked stiff. She was also very thin, almost like a skeleton.
Without the support of evil energy, she was extremely weak and collapsed on the ground, unable to even stand up.
The space here is very large, with many beds, and more than thirty idols who have been made into mannequins are lying on the beds.
Wang Yanjun had them all taken back to the Investigation Bureau.
Wang Yanjun and Jian Ming were responsible for interrogating Youmeng, while Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng dealt with the evil spirits.
The evil energy sealed in the jar was not well-behaved at all, running amok everywhere. Even when Gu Xicheng revealed the Nine Nether Lotus Flame, it did not stay still.
"Go ahead and burn me if you dare! I won't tell you anything!"
Lu Qing raised an eyebrow and smiled: "Still pretty arrogant! The last one who was this arrogant and wicked is already behaving himself!"
"Hmph! I am not like those lowly brutes, and I will never submit to the tyranny of you humans!"
“The Li Clan!” Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing exchanged a glance.
"You still have a people!"
The evil spirit seemed to realize it had let something slip and revealed a hint of human-like annoyance.
"Hmph! It's alright to tell you, we are not evil at all, but the great Li Clan."
Lu Qing's eyes flickered slightly, then he said disdainfully:
"What great Li Clan! They don't even have a shape, they're like a fart, how dare they brag about it!"
The evil spirit was instantly enraged:
"What do you know! Insignificant humans! Although we don't have a true form now, as long as we absorb enough malevolent energy, we can transform into any form."
This wisp of evil energy was clearly susceptible to provocation, so Lu Qing continued to provoke it:
"Alright! You're already a prisoner, stop bragging!"
"And what about that master you just mentioned? Your master is being interrogated right next door. She can barely protect herself, let alone save you!"
The evil aura said, "Hmph! She is not my master. How dare a mere human be worthy of being my master!"
"My master is the most powerful evil king in the world. He was formed by absorbing the evil energy of heaven and earth and is the most evil and powerful in the world."
"Tch!" Lu Qing scoffed disdainfully.
"You make it sound so good, but it hasn't even dared to show its face yet. If it's really that capable, why don't you let it come out and have a contest with me!"
"Master, it..."
He paused, realizing he had said too much.
"I know! You did it on purpose; you want me to reveal the master's location!"
The evil aura was furious: "You cunning human, I won't fall for your tricks!"
Lu Qing shrugged helplessly:
"What a pity! We were just one step away from finding out where that guy was!"
Gu Xicheng: "It's alright! At least we learned some more information!"
Lu Qing glanced at the evil aura, narrowed his eyes, and said coldly:
"I'll give you one more chance. Tell me the whereabouts of the Wrathful King, and I might spare you!"
The evil spirit said, "Burn me! My master will avenge me!"
After thinking for a moment, Lu Qing finally burned it.
This evil energy has already developed intelligence and is quite powerful; keeping it around will only cause trouble sooner or later.
Moreover, if this evil energy doesn't dissipate, those dummy figures won't be able to return to normal, so after weighing the options, it's better to burn them.
But to Lu Qing's utter surprise, even after the evil energy was burned away, those people still didn't return to normal.
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