Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing abruptly stopped casting the spell.
"Yu Linlin, we're saving you!"
"No! You're not saving me!"
Yu Linlin glared at them, then produced a knife from who-knows-where and held it to her neck:
"Either let it go, or I'll die with it!"
This was Yu Linlin's own consciousness.
"Aren't you police officers? Are you just going to disregard the life of an ordinary person like this?"
Having dealt with so many evil spirits, this was the first time Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng had encountered a possessed person who was about to perish with the evil spirits.
“Yu Linlin, don’t keep talking about dying. Think about your mother. What will she do if you die?” Jian Ming advised.
Yu Linlin, with tears in her eyes, angrily said:
"I don't want to talk to you anymore! Let me go, or I'll die right here in front of you!"
As she spoke, she pressed the knife even closer to her neck.
Upon seeing this, Jianming immediately put down his weapon:
"Okay, okay! Don't get agitated!"
“Mr. Gu, Ms. Lu, let her go for now. The one who is wrong is the evil spirit, not Yu Linlin.”
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing exchanged a glance, but did not withdraw the Nine Nether Lotus Flame.
Lu Qing said in a deep voice, "Yu Linlin, you can fool others, but you can't fool me."
“You’re already dead. Even if you slit your throat, you can’t die again.”
Upon hearing this, Yu Linlin's expression suddenly froze:
"You...you're talking nonsense!"
"Let me go, or I'll kill myself!"
Just then, the homeroom teacher suddenly rushed out of the office.
Seeing Yu Linlin surrounded by flames and holding a knife to her neck, he panicked and rushed over without thinking.
"Stop!" Jianming realized it was too late to stop them.
The moment the homeroom teacher caught Yu Linlin, the evil aura immediately shifted to him.
He then took control of the homeroom teacher's body and quickly fled the scene.
As soon as the evil energy left her body, Yu Linlin collapsed, and her skin began to rot at a visible speed.
"Jianming, you stay here, we're going after them!"
After saying that, Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng went to chase after their homeroom teacher who was possessed by evil spirits.
The two chased each other all the way out of the school gate. The homeroom teacher disappeared into the crowd, and when he touched someone else, he immediately disappeared into another body.
The homeroom teacher immediately fainted, and the evil spirit vanished without a trace.
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing sighed.
They all noticed that this one seemed to react faster and was stronger than the previous ones.
Gu Xicheng called an ambulance and took the homeroom teacher to the hospital first. Then, he and Jian Ming transported Yu Linlin's body back to the investigation bureau.
According to the forensic examination, she should have been dead for two months.
"Do you know how she died?" Gu Xicheng asked.
Jianming lowered his head, pursed his lips, and after a while, uttered two words in a deep voice:
"Rape and murder."
Although he had prepared himself, Lu Qing's brows still furrowed when he heard those two words.
"Qingqing, you figured it out a long time ago, didn't you?" Gu Xicheng asked.
Lu Qing nodded slightly. After noticing that Yu Linlin's appearance was off, she silently performed a divination.
"Captain Jian, I remember the case report said that the five victims were regulars at a high-end club, right?"
Jianming nodded: "These five people have different identities and ages. The only thing they have in common, besides being all men, is that entertainment club."
"Some of the deceased were salespeople who went in to entertain clients, while others were rich kids looking for thrills. In any case, they all frequented that club."
"I've also investigated. I can't say it's completely clean, but there shouldn't be any organized prostitution activities."
Lu Qing: "Check out Yu Linlin's relationship with that club; you'll find something."
Jianming nodded: "I'll have someone investigate right away."
Lu Qing looked at Yu Linlin's corpse and rubbed his temples.
Gu Xicheng gently patted her shoulder, comforting her:
"Everyone has their own destiny. All we can do is seek justice for her!"
Lu Qing nodded slightly.
At this moment, Lu Qing suddenly sensed the little paper figure approaching, so he quickly went out.
Sure enough, Liu Manyun has returned.
She was carrying a large bag of food, her face pale, but her smile was radiant.
"Idol, you haven't eaten yet, have you? I packed a lot of food for you."
Looking at her frail body, Lu Qing felt a lump in her throat and almost burst into tears.
She fought back tears, walked over, and took the bag from her hand.
"Let's go in and eat."
Liu Manyun walked unsteadily, each step feeling heavy.
Although she tried her best to appear fine, anyone could see how weak she was.
Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng didn't ask anything, as if they hadn't discovered anything.
After finishing his meal, Gu Xicheng suddenly handed Liu Manyun a bead that emitted a faint blue light:
"When it recurs, holding this in your mouth should help."
Liu Manyun stared at the bead for a moment, then exclaimed:
"This is formed from the condensation of divine blood!"
Gu Xicheng didn't answer her and walked away.
He had just quietly inquired of the deity in his sea of consciousness and learned some things; this was all he could do.
Lu Qing had a rare poor appetite and only ate a little before stopping.
"Eat slowly, eat more, I'm going to the restroom."
After saying that, Lu Qing left.
She wasn't actually going to the restroom; she was going to find Gu Xicheng.
Do you know why Manyun has become like this?
Gu Xicheng did not hide it from Lu Qing:
"Yes! I asked the gods, and they told me about Liu Manyun. The reason she became so weak was because she was subjected to a heavenly tribulation."
"Heavenly Tribulation?" Lu Qing asked, puzzled.
"What is a heavenly tribulation? Why must she suffer it?"
Gu Xicheng: "Qingqing, you should know that prying into the secrets of heaven comes at a price!"
Lu Qing nodded:
"Yes! Every divination and calculation, every glimpse into the secrets of heaven, will result in a corresponding backlash. If the secrets glimpsed are insignificant, the backlash will be small and negligible for a celestial master. However, if the secrets glimpsed have too great an impact, then the backlash will be correspondingly severe."
Gu Xicheng: "That's right! The Heavenly Mystery Sect has always been interested in uncovering hidden heavenly secrets, so the backlash they have to endure is naturally very severe."
"Therefore, members of the Heavenly Mystery Sect often die before the age of forty due to the backlash. The Heavenly Mystery Sect finds it difficult to cultivate talent, so in order to preserve its strength as much as possible, it invented the Tribulation Assumption."
"The method of 'receiving tribulation' is to select the disciple with the strongest luck from all the previous disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Sect, and concentrate the backlash power on that person, so that the others can live longer."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing understood:
"So Liu Manyun is the one chosen to be robbed!"
Gu Xicheng nodded slightly:
"That's true, but there aren't many people left in the Heavenly Mystery Sect. Liu Manyun shouldn't have suffered such a severe backlash. The reason she's like this is because Liu Mosheng is trying to peek into a huge heavenly secret."
"In addition, when we went missing abroad last time, Liu Manyun forcibly cast a divination, which caused a severe backlash, which is why her body is so weak."
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