Chapter 42: Life-Extending Lamp
Qin Xiaoyi: My dad went on a business trip to Guishui City a while ago. After returning, he seemed like a different person. He felt unwell, talked nonsense, and had temper tantrums. He went to the hospital for a full-body checkup, but nothing was found. Then, by chance, he came into contact with my aunt, and he immediately felt better. Can you guess what happened?
Qi Song: Your aunt is a walking panacea, curing all ailments (dog head).
Zhao Ziyi: Your father was faking illness. Your aunt whispered something to him and gave him a way out, and he recovered.
[Your Highness Qi: Ziyi is right.]
Qin Xiaoyi: ...
Qin Xiaoyi: So you didn't listen to what I said before? You're trying to guess what happened to Shen Zhiyi.
The screen is filled with all kinds of sarcastic emoticons.
Qin Xiaoyi was anxious, and her fingers were tapping on the keyboard rapidly.
Qin Xiaoyi: My aunt suddenly took out a red talisman and showed it to my dad. When my dad held the talisman, the uncomfortable feeling completely disappeared, and he also remembered what he had done in the past two days. Before that, he was often in a trance and didn't know what he was doing. My aunt said that this talisman was given to her by Shen Zhiyi.
Even though she explained it in such detail, her friends in the group still didn't believe her.
They all said that his father was pretending to be sick and just happened to use Shen Zhiyi's talisman to make trouble.
Although Qin Xiaoyi was anxious, she could not think of any more powerful evidence.
I'm so unwilling!
Just then, a member who rarely spoke tagged her.
Pei Dan: @Qin Xiaoyi, my dad has developed the same symptoms as yours, starting after returning from Guishui City. He's still undergoing tests at the hospital, and the results so far show no problems. However, he becomes inexplicably listless, suffers from back pain, and is irritable and has a very short temper.
[His Highness Qi: ...You two agreed on this, didn't you? If you continue spreading superstition like this, I'll kick you out!]
Qin Xiaoyi's blood boiled when she saw Pei Dan's message. She didn't bother to pay attention to Xiao Ruiqi's words and asked her father, "Dad, did you meet Pei Dan's father when you went to Guishui City?"
The father, who was immersed in the ranking list, didn't hear clearly for a moment and replied perfunctorily: "Don't make a fuss, Miss Shen is going to perform shadow puppetry. I didn't expect such a young girl to like this traditional culture. It's really rare. You should learn more from her."
Qin Xiaoyi put her hand over his phone and asked, "Pei Dan's father also has the same symptoms as you."
Father Qin's smile froze. He didn't know what was going on in his mind. After a few seconds, he turned away guiltily: "Let him go to the hospital."
"Dad, you are hiding something from us!" Qin Xiaoyi narrowed his eyes.
Father Qin didn't look at her directly, and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no."
"Dad, please tell me quickly."
"Watch the shadow play. Look, if you don't watch it now, you'll miss it."
My father obviously didn't want to say more, and after a while he turned his back, holding his phone.
Seeing this, Qin Xiaoyi had no choice but to answer Pei Dan first.
Qin Xiaoyi: If the test results are normal, then let's go see Shen Zhiyi.
Pei Dan: You're quite superstitious at such a young age, just like my mom.
Qin Xiaoyi: The end of science is theology! When science can't solve a problem, why not try theology?
Pei Dan: Hahaha, you're really humorous. I'll stop talking and go print out the results.
Qin Xiaoyi was completely devastated.
However, she was immediately revived as soon as she returned to the live broadcast room.
At present, the number of viewers has reached over 230,000 and is still rising rapidly.
The number one on the list is still her aunt!
Second on the list is her dad.
She is number three on the list.
She immediately recharged and continued giving out gifts.
Shen Zhiyi's figure was no longer visible in the camera, only a white curtain.
As Shen Zhiyi explained, the light focused on the middle of the curtain, and the surroundings were pitch black.
Two paper figures jumped out nimbly and vividly.
Judging from their appearance, one is a scholar and the other is a Taoist priest.
The scholar bowed to the Taoist priest and said, "Master, I have heard that you are a highly accomplished Taoist. I would like you to examine my condition."
The Taoist priest waved his whisk and said, "If you are sick, go find a doctor."
Scholar: "The doctor couldn't diagnose me, so I came to you because I had no other options."
Taoist Priest: "Please tell me."
Scholar: "About two weeks ago, I suddenly started experiencing general fatigue, back pain, and poor memory. My temper became uncontrollable, and I was constantly angry for no apparent reason. Even venting my anger didn't help. Every time I vented, my fatigue worsened, and I felt listless. Medicine never helped. Is there something evil at work?"
As soon as the scholar finished speaking, the background music became tense and exciting.
The Taoist circled the scholar twice, then suddenly cried out, "Your life is tied to someone else's life-extending lamp. If the lamp burns out, you will die!"
Scholar: "What is a life-extending lamp?"
Taoist priest: "This is one of the evil arts. In ancient times, people with bad intentions used it to prolong their lives and deceive the King of Hell. By casting spells to control others, using lamps as a guide, they absorb the victim's essence day and night to nourish their body and prolong their life. When the oil is exhausted and the lamp dies, the victim will also age instantly and die soon!"
The scholar knelt down and said, "Master, please save me!"
Taoist Priest: "It's easy! You just need to cut the fuse of the life-extending lamp."
After saying this, the Taoist priest quickly wrote a yellow talisman and handed it to the scholar: "Carry it with you, it will be removed in a moment! If you accidentally lose it, you can destroy the things the caster gave you, which will also alleviate the problem! But if you want to completely eliminate it, you must find the caster to break the evil spell. You lead the way quickly!"
At this point in the play, Qin Xiaoyi was already stunned.
He turned around to look at his equally shocked father, and gradually showed panic.
"Dad, Miss Shen is deliberately telling us that the evil spirit hasn't been completely eliminated! She expected this a long time ago!"
Father Qin clenched the red talisman in his hand, his face panicked: "Get ready immediately, let's go to see Miss Shen."
Qin Xiaoyi pulled him back and said, "Dad, Miss Shen just said that we could cut off the life-extending lamp's pull first. Think about it carefully. Did you get anything new when you went to Guishui City?"
Qin's father hesitated.
"Dad, it's already this late, don't hide it from us!"
Father Qin pointed to the second floor: "The aromatherapy in the bedroom."
Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaoyi immediately ran upstairs and extinguished and smashed the scented candle that was burning day and night.
At the same time, in a dark room, an oil lamp went out without any wind and fell to one side.
In the dim light, a pair of strange eyes widened with murderous intent!
**
After the shadow play ended, Shen Zhiyi turned on the lights and watched the barrage of comments and interacted with them.
There are quite a few sponsors tonight, and they are particularly generous.
After seeing the ID and the message on it, she had an idea.
The first on the list, "Mountain Breeze", is Xiao Lanting's mother Qin Lan, the second on the list, "Brother Yong, Go Forward Boldly", is Qin Xiaoyi's father Qin Yong, and the third on the list, "The Beautiful Girl on the Run", is Qin Xiaoyi.
The reason she went to the trouble of doing this tonight was to show them.
Once the evil magic of the life-extending lamp appears, there will definitely be more than one victim.
She wanted to lure the snake out of its hole and then capture it in one fell swoop.
The three of them spoke very enthusiastically and have now been identified by other fans as her family and friends.
She didn't care.
But I noticed that there were a few IDs that posted sarcastic remarks that looked familiar.
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