Lu Qing: "Huh??"
Yin Lili: "What?! I'm about to burst!"
Lu Qing: "Oh, oh!"
...
More than twenty minutes later, Yin Lili came out of the toilet, leaning against the wall, her legs as if she couldn't walk anymore.
Lu Qing went over to help her up:
Are you alright?
"It's nothing, my legs just went numb from squatting!"
Lu Qing helped Yin Lili back to the lounge.
What Lu Qing had just witnessed in the detention room shocked her so much that she didn't even want to interrogate the cannibalistic evil cultivator anymore; she just wanted to verify her suspicions.
"Yin Lili, what exactly happened in the detention room just now?" Lu Qing asked, suppressing his excitement.
"Detention cell?"
Yin Lili was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening:
"Yes! I just went out to look for a toilet, but I couldn't find one no matter how hard I looked, so I ended up here."
Someone inside was calling my name. I was a little scared, but somehow, I just walked over there.
Then, I don't know why, I opened the door and went inside.
The monster inside lunged at me to bite me, so I held its head down, and then it stopped moving.
"Did you feel anything strange at the time?" Lu Qing asked.
"A strange feeling..."
Yin Lili thought about it carefully and said:
"Does feeling cold all over, like stepping into an air-conditioned room from outside on a hot summer day, count?"
A look of surprise flashed in Lu Qing's eyes.
"Yin Lili, would you mind if I explored your soul?"
"Huh? Probe my soul? How do you do that?" Yin Lili asked, puzzled.
"Don't worry! I just need to confirm one thing: just close your eyes, it will be over in a moment."
Yin Lili thought for a moment and then nodded: "Alright then!"
Yin Lili closed her eyes, and Lu Qing then probed her soul with his Qi.
Sure enough, not long after, she saw a snow-white bead in Yin Lili's soul, radiating purifying power.
"It really is the Pure Mystic Pearl!"
Lu Qing hadn't expected that the Pure Profound Pearl would appear before any news had even arrived from the underworld. This must be fate!
But……
Lu Qing looked at Yin Lili, her brows furrowed, and a look of reluctance flashed in her eyes.
The Purifying Pearl can indeed solve the problem of purifying subsequent malevolent energy, but only if it enters the Heavenly Heart Bottle and becomes part of the formation.
In this way, Yin Lili will die.
Now it's another train dilemma, but Lu Qing doesn't have the right to choose between saving one person or saving the world.
When the problem is on her own shoulders, she is willing to give her life without hesitation, because it is her responsibility as a Taoist priest.
But Yin Lili is just an ordinary person.
It just so happens that she is the reincarnation of Jing Xuanzhu.
Lu Qing was too ashamed to even tell her about it.
Yin Lili had kept her eyes closed for too long and was getting a little anxious:
"Are you done?"
Lu Qing snapped out of his daze and quickly withdrew his power.
"alright!"
Yin Lili opened her eyes, only to see that Lu Qing's expression was off.
"What's wrong? Is there something you need to confirm that you haven't made up your mind?"
Lu Qing: "It's all decided, but..."
"Forget it! It's better not to let you know about this, so as not to scare you any further."
After saying that, Lu Qing glanced at the time.
It's already past five in the morning, and the sky outside is just beginning to lighten.
"It's quite a distance from here to the airport. What time is your flight?"
Yin Lili: "It's 7:30, I have to leave now."
Lu Qing: "I'm busy right now, and it's hard to get a taxi at this hour. I'll have a colleague take you to the airport later."
"Thank you so much!" Yin Lili bowed in gratitude.
"You are welcome!"
Lu Qing called a colleague from the Investigation Bureau to escort Yin Lili away.
Before leaving, Lu Qing called out to Yin Lili and asked:
Are you afraid of dying?
Yin Lili paused for a moment, then scratched her head and laughed:
"Of course I'm scared! Who isn't afraid of death!"
Why are you asking me this question?
Lu Qing smiled slightly: "It's nothing, just asking casually."
"That's a strange question. I have food, drink, and a job, and I'm living a pretty happy life. Of course I'd be afraid of dying!"
Yin Lili sensed that Lu Qing was acting strangely, but she didn't ask any further questions.
"I'm leaving now. I'll treat you to dinner next time I come to Kyoto!"
"Bye-Bye!"
Yin Lili waved goodbye to Lu Qing and then got into the car.
Lu Qing watched the departing vehicle and sighed silently.
At this moment, Gu Xicheng walked up behind her:
“She is the reincarnation of Jingxuanzhu. In fact, Ju told me this the moment I saw her.”
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Lu Qing asked hurriedly.
Gu Xicheng: "Because I know you won't sacrifice her, there's no difference between saying it or not."
Lu Qing lowered his head:
"Yes! What difference does it make whether you know sooner or later?"
Lu Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This idea is a terrible one. I should have known the outcome as soon as I learned that Jing Xuanzhu had been reincarnated as a human."
"Actually... that's not necessarily true."
Suddenly, Yan spoke these words through Gu Xicheng's mouth.
"What do you mean by 'not necessarily'?" Lu Qing asked hurriedly.
"You forgot, what you were looking for in the first place was the reincarnation of the young girl Xi Yao, not the reincarnation of Jing Xuan Zhu."
Lu Qing thought for a while before she understood what he meant:
"You mean finding Xi Yao's reincarnation would provide a solution that satisfies both needs?"
Yan: "That's right."
"There are two ways to activate the power of the Pure Profound Pearl. The first is to turn Yin Lili back into the Pure Profound Pearl and embed her into the array of the Heavenly Heart Bottle. The second is to have someone who can control the power of the Pure Profound Pearl activate it."
The Pure Pearl belongs to the Queen Mother of the West, and only the former maiden Xi Yao can control it, besides the Queen Mother of the West.
"If we find Xi Yao's reincarnation and have her control the power of the Purifying Pearl, she can go to the Heavenly Heart Bottle every hundred years to purify the malevolent energy, and that will achieve our goal."
Lu Qing was overjoyed:
"Why didn't you say so sooner? I thought I had wasted my time!"
"Don't be too happy yet. The reincarnated Xi Yao is still a reincarnation. It's uncertain what kind of personality she has now, or whether she's even willing to do this."
"In any case, at least we have a direction for our efforts that doesn't require sacrificing others," Lu Qing said with a smile.
"Let's put this aside for now and go see how the interrogation of that cannibalistic evil cultivator is going!"
Lu Qing pulled Gu Xicheng to the interrogation room.
Wang Yanjun has almost finished his interrogation.
This heretical practitioner was quite straightforward; knowing he couldn't deny it, he confessed everything.
This man's name is Hu Chi.
His father was a chef and his mother a gourmet. Born into such a family, he shouldn't have been this thin, even if he wasn't fat.
But he was born very thin and weak, and was a picky eater. He was later diagnosed with anorexia.
Many foods that others find incredibly delicious, he would spit out as soon as he put them in his mouth.
His parents took him to many hospitals and tried all sorts of delicious food for him, but he just couldn't eat it.
As time went on, his parents got tired and didn't want to take care of him anymore.
After graduating, Hu Chi also became a chef. He wanted to make the most delicious food in the world and cure his anorexia.
He has worked hard for more than 20 years and his cooking skills are superb, but he can only taste one bite of the dishes he makes. He would vomit if he ate more than one bite.
One day, he unexpectedly discovered the most delicious thing in the world.
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