After finding empty seats for his parents and sister, Rong Zhigao went to order food and pay the bill.
The food was quickly prepared, and Rong Zhigao and Rong Lianhu hurried to serve it. There were two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and a soup, enough for the four of them.
While away, Rong Jiaojiao dared not feed Ziling anything; she could only communicate with it through her spiritual sense and would feed it meat when they returned to the guesthouse.
With so many people talking, they only chatted about their families' recent situations, and the meal was quickly finished.
The family was about to go back to the guesthouse to have a proper talk when, just as they reached the town entrance, Hou Rongzhi said, "Mom and Dad, Jiaojiao, you go back first. I'm going to use the restroom and I'll come back later."
Ronglian's father waved his hand: "Go!"
Rong Jiaojiao and her parents returned to the guesthouse and went into their room together. They started taking things out, first giving Ziling some food.
Then he took out a whole bunch of things he had prepared for Rong Zhigao, including meat sauce, dried meat, braised meat, and steamed braised fish, all of which were ready to eat as soon as they were opened from the oil paper packaging.
Rong Lianhu pulled Rong Jiaojiao aside and said, "Jiaojiao, you took too much. How can he eat so much by himself?"
Rong Jiaojiao patted Rong Lianhu's arm to comfort him, "Dad, don't worry, we still have plenty. I'll make you more after we finish eating."
Rong Lianhu said embarrassedly, "That's not what Dad meant."
Rong Jiaojiao nodded: "I know."
Fu Ya couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then all three of them laughed heartily.
Rong Zhigao came in at this moment and asked, "What are you all laughing at?"
Zi Ling was eating when Rong Zhigao came in, and the hair on her body stood on end.
It squeaked, "Master, my brother has a bloodthirsty aura on him. He should be the demonic spirit that Master mentioned, but the aura isn't very strong."
Seeing Zi Ling squeaking and looking warily at Rong Zhigao, and her daughter also looking serious, Rong Lianhu asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Before Zi Ling could know that the demon spirit wasn't strong, Rong Jiaojiao asked Rong Zhigao first, "Big brother, what strange thing did you just encounter?"
"No, what's wrong?"
Zi Ling was ready and said, "Master, I can trace the source based on the aura on my elder brother."
After giving the three of them defensive and exorcising talismans, Rong Jiaojiao said, "Mom and Dad, my older brother encountered something unclean. Don't leave here. I'll be right back."
Fu Ya said anxiously, "Jiaojiao, can't we not go?"
Rong Jiaojiao shook her head: "Mom, I have to get rid of it while it's still weak, otherwise it will cause endless trouble."
"But how do you know where it is?"
Rong Jiaojiao pointed at Ziling: "It will lead me there, don't worry, I'll be fine."
Rong Zhigao said, "I'll go with you."
Rong Lianhu also stood up: "I'll go too."
Rong Jiaojiao shook her head: "No, you can't keep up with me."
Seeing their anxiety, Rong Jiaojiao said, "Don't worry, if I can't beat them, I'll run away."
After saying that, she quickly ran out the door with Zi Ling. It wasn't that she disregarded her parents' feelings, nor was it that she was showing off, but rather that Zi Ling could sense that the other party wasn't strong.
She wanted to eliminate it before it grew too powerful, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable if it escaped or strengthened.
She placed Zi Ling on her shoulder and used her lightness technique to quickly rush in the direction Zi Ling indicated.
They chased after her all the way to the town, through an alley, and arrived at a relatively secluded residential area. Zi Ling stretched out her paws and squeaked, "Master, it's the house on the far right."
Rong Jiaojiao scanned the area with her divine sense and found it to be a very simple farmhouse courtyard, inhabited by a family of seven: two elderly people, a middle-aged couple, and three children of different ages.
The family was having a harmonious meal in the main room, and everything seemed normal, but the youngest child had wisps of bloody aura surrounding his head.
Rong Jiaojiao thought to herself, "This is bad. This child is probably possessed."
Rong Jiaojiao didn't want to waste time explaining herself, and besides, she had no way to explain, so she simply stuck an invisibility talisman on herself and used her lightness skill to fly into the courtyard.
The child was just over a year old and was being fed by an adult while being held in their arms.
Rong Jiaojiao entered without anyone noticing, but the little girl's eyes immediately became wary.
This is clearly a case of possession, but it's unclear whether the child's original soul is still intact.
Rong Jiaojiao didn't have time to think much. She used her spiritual power to draw a sleeping talisman on the adults on the table, and the adults immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Zi Ling immediately used her magic to make them all climb onto the table, and by then the child had already slid to the ground.
Rong Jiaojiao quickly pushed open the door and went in. As she approached the child, she saw that the child's eyeballs and whites were no longer visible; his eyes were completely blood red, and a sinister smile appeared on his lips, as if mocking her approach.
Zi Ling's voice echoed in Rong Jiaojiao's mind: "Master, the child's soul is still there, but it has been suppressed and fallen into a deep sleep."
Rong Jiaojiao said coldly, "Leave the child?" As she spoke, she conjured a soul-driving talisman above his head.
The child chuckled and said, "I'm not coming out, haha, go ahead and kill the child if you dare."
The childish voice and the sinister words made Rong Jiaojiao very uncomfortable.
Is this because they are certain that Rong Jiaojiao wouldn't dare to lay a hand on a child, and therefore feel that everything is foolproof?
Rong Jiaojiao transmitted her voice to Ziling: "Ziling, I'll try using the Soul-Driving Talisman to see if I can drive the demon spirit out of the child's body."
"I suspect that this talisman might expel the child's soul from his body. Be prepared, and if you see the child's soul, protect him immediately. I will deal with the demon."
"Yes, Master."
Purple spiritual energy condenses; get ready.
Just then, a soul-driving talisman landed on the child's forehead, the mocking expression still lingering on the child's face.
But the next second, two things, one white and one black, were expelled from the child's body.
A small figure could be vaguely seen in the white light; it was the child's soul. The black light, on the other hand, exuded a sinister and evil aura, truly a demonic spirit.
Zi Ling acted swiftly, a flash of blue light enveloping the child's soul and carefully protecting it in her arms.
A child's soul is very fragile and must be carefully protected.
At the same time, the demon let out an angry roar. It had clearly not expected that Rong Jiaojiao's talisman would be so powerful that it could expel both its soul and the child's soul.
It tried to re-possess the child's body, but Zi Ling's protection thwarted its plan.
It tried to focus on the bodies of those adults, but was blocked by a barrier created by Jiao Jiao, who had already lost weight.
It tried to escape again, but Rong Jiaojiao threw out a spatial sealing talisman, trapping the demon spirit and itself in a small barrier.
"You wretched little brat, how dare you ruin my plans!" The demon spirit uttered a sharp and piercing voice, sounding utterly exasperated.
The malevolent energy swelled and spread towards Rong Jiaojiao, but unfortunately, his strength was too low to break through Rong Jiaojiao's spiritual energy defense shield.
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