Seeing Qiqi's terrified expression, Sister Bai was truly at a loss. Until Qiqi said, "I want to find my mom. She's been gone for so long. She lied to me and said she'd be back soon, but I've waited for her for a year, and she still hasn't come back!"
This little girl has a strong obsession!
Obsessions can be good or bad. Bad obsessions can slowly transform a claw into an evil one, causing harm to the world. But good obsessions simply prevent a claw from being reincarnated.
Qiqi's obsession was simply waiting for her mother to come back.
Sister Bai felt a pang of pity and couldn't help but pick her up, saying, "Alright, brother won't hit you. But you have to explain to brother why you insist on staying here!"
"Mom left and left me home alone, and then I was so hungry. Until one day I woke up and realized I wasn't hungry anymore. Mom always says I'm a glutton, and I want to tell her I'll never be hungry again!"
Hearing Qiqi's words, Sister Bai sighed. A child this young can't really speak clearly, so Sister Bai patted her head and carried her inside.
However, Sister Bai was still a little worried; even claws can lie. So, Sister Bai had Qiqi sit next to her, and she began to investigate the death cases in Jiang City over the past year or two.
Bai Jie searched until almost dawn before finally finding the case concerning Qi Qi. The report was from over a year ago, and it took Bai Jie a long time to find it.
"Several days ago, the body of a girl who had been dead for several days was found in a private house on the outskirts of the city. A forensic examination determined that the girl died of starvation. The police are paying close attention to this case, but they have been unable to obtain any information about the girl's parents..."
A little over a year ago, Qiqi was only four or five years old. At that age, Qiqi had absolutely no ability to be independent. Her parents left, abandoning her and leaving her to starve to death in a miserable state!
Seeing this, Sister Bai truly felt sorry for the little girl. After hugging Qiqi in her arms, Sister Bai smiled and said, "I'll help you find your mother sometime. But I really want to ask you, is it because you wanted to wait for your mother that you didn't reincarnate?"
"Reincarnation? What is reincarnation, big brother?" Qiqi looked puzzled. Sister Bai rolled her eyes. It turned out that she didn't even know what reincarnation was. No wonder she could only stay in this house.
Soon, dawn arrived. Looking out the window, Qiqi saw the first light of day breaking on the horizon, and fear filled her eyes. "Big brother," she said, "the sun is coming up! I'm scared!"
"It's okay, big brother will introduce you to an older sister. She's afraid of sunlight just like you," Sister Bai said with a smile. Then she put Qiqi into the Soul Sealing Ring. Xiao Zhen nodded to Sister Bai and started playing with Qiqi.
However, just as Sister Bai was about to go back to her room to catch up on some sleep, she passed by the room where Mao Jiu was being held and heard him coughing.
Huh? Has Mao Jiu finally woken up?!
Chapter 73 An Astounding Secret!
"Cough cough... cough cough!"
Mao Jiu's cough reached Bai Jie's ears, and she stopped at his door.
The door opened, and Mao Jiu was still lying on the bed, bound like a dumpling. Seeing Sister Bai arrive, Mao Jiu's expression changed, and he asked, "Who are you?!"
Sister Bai immediately sneered and said, "Mao Jiu, that's not very fair of you. Are you going to pretend you don't recognize an old friend?"
"Do we know each other?" Mao Jiu asked with a puzzled look. Sister Bai frowned and said coldly, "Mao Jiu, what do you have to say now?"
Mao Jiu was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes. He seemed to be recalling something. This scene lasted for several minutes before Sister Bai finally became impatient and said in a deep voice, "Mao Jiu, that's enough! I'm keeping you alive instead of soaking you in brine just to find out where the Gu in your body came from!"
"Gu? I understand now, and I remember. Ten years, a full ten years I turned my own daughter into a puppet, dug up her remains, imprisoned a little boy with red eyes, and drove his mother insane. In these ten years, I slowly rose from a junior Celestial Master to an intermediate Celestial Master, and even became Zhongli's right-hand man in the Celestial Master Association! Damn it, I deserve to die!"
Mao Jiu's eyes suddenly turned bloodshot, and he looked as if he would stab himself in the stomach if Sister Bai gave him a knife.
"Are you saying you've been under the spell for ten years? But your daughter has to die before she's three for her to be useful for making your magic puppet, but she was almost twenty when I sent her to reincarnate! Mao Jiu, what's the point of lying at this point?"
Sister Bai's voice was cold and ruthless. Mao Jiu seemed unwilling to explain further, saying, "I know the sins I have committed are irreparable, but I hope you can give me a chance to personally kill Zhong Li! If he hadn't used a curse on me ten years ago, I wouldn't have summoned my daughter's soul, nor would I have done so many heinous things! Sister Bai, give me a chance. As long as I soak Zhong Li in a brine, you can do whatever you want with him!"
"You mean to say that the Gu worms in your body were given to you by Zhongli?!" Sister Bai asked incredulously. Mao Jiu gritted his teeth and said:
"When I was young, I met a Taoist master from Maoshan, who was also my master, Master Changfang. He introduced me to the art, but although I had good aptitude, I still missed the optimal stage. So, no matter how much I learned, I was still only a junior Taoist master. My master said that if I wanted to become an intermediate Taoist master, I had to go down the mountain to hone my skills. I went down the mountain, but I also met the person who ruined my life, Zhongli!"
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