For some reason, Liu Lieyu's expression gave me a strange sense of panic.
"You, let's go." I looked away and pulled You along, ready to leave.
The next second, Liu Lieyu suddenly lunged at me, which startled me, but fortunately, You reacted quickly and blocked him.
Liu Lieyu must have just been hit by the God in the Fourth Palace and hadn't recovered yet, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to stagger back several steps and even kneel on the ground because You Qingqing blocked his attack.
"Hehehehe." Liu Lieyu suddenly laughed deeply. "Why, after all I've done, why did you still leave me, Nuxin?!"
I left without looking back, but before I left, I seemed to vaguely hear a faint voice saying, "Why is this happening? I clearly made a wish to the Eastern Emperor Bell! I paid the price, why?"
My steps suddenly halted. To make a wish? Or what price to pay?
"Xin'er, what's wrong?" You asked, puzzled when I suddenly stopped.
I shook my head slightly. "Wait for me."
I reversed back and stopped in front of Liu Lieyu. "Liu Lieyu, what did you mean by making a wish to the Eastern Emperor Bell?!"
When Liu Lieyu saw me turn back, he raised his dejected head and smiled strangely. "What did I say?"
Looking at Liu Lieyu's appearance, I knew that no matter what I asked him, he wouldn't say anything more.
I glared at him and left angrily.
"Xin'er, why are you asking him this?"
"It's nothing." I shook my head slightly, not telling You what was on my mind.
Although Liu Lieyu refused to say it later, I just heard him talk about making a wish and the price.
Could it be...?
A bold idea suddenly popped into my head. I had always been puzzled as to why Nv Xin would blindly fall in love with Liu Lieyu later on. She was clearly quite strong, yet she chose to conserve her strength. There were many suspicious points.
The Eastern Emperor Bell: making a wish, paying the price.
A plausible explanation kept swirling in my mind.
In the early stages, Liu Lieyu tried various methods to win Nv Xin's heart but failed. Later, he chose to make a wish to the Eastern Emperor Bell, hoping to win Nv Xin and paid a price. This is why Nv Xin continued to love Liu Lieyu even after regaining her memories.
The more I think about it, the more likely it seems. The only thing that puzzles me is whether the Donghuang Bell can be used to make a wish, and what the price would be.
"Xin'er, what are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed." My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by You, and I finally snapped out of my reverie.
Unbeknownst to me, I had followed You back to the human world.
"You, do you know that Liu Lieyu's Eastern Emperor Bell can help its master fulfill his wishes?"
You frowned slightly. "I've never heard of that before."
"Oh." I was somewhat listless.
After thinking for a while, I shook my head and thought, "Forget it, there's no point in thinking about this."
"You, why did we come to the human world?"
Shouldn't we be eliminating resentment? Why did You bring me to the human world instead?
"Naturally, it is to eliminate resentment in the human world."
"But don't they all say that resentment is prevalent in the Heavenly Court, the Ruins of Return, the West, and Hell?" I scratched my head. "The God said that resentment doesn't like to possess mortal bodies."
“That’s true,” You said slowly, gazing into the distance, “but didn’t we discover one case in the mortal realm back then? Who knows if there might be others.”
You's words make sense. The mortal realm is so vast; there may be resentment within it as well.
However, with such a haphazard search, it's unclear how long it will take to find the answer.
"You, searching like this is like looking for a needle in a haystack." I looked at the vast city, densely packed with people.
The deity only taught us how to destroy them, but not how to track them down.
"It is a bit hard to find." You nodded slightly, not denying it.
Suddenly, something occurred to me. "That's right, You, I know! Let's search online."
"Online?" You blinked, looking at me with some confusion. "What online? Does it mean to 'net someone'?"
I burst out laughing. "No, it's the biggest information hub in the world. Almost everything can be found online."
You nodded slightly, seemingly lost in thought.
"In the human world, if someone is possessed by a vengeful spirit, it would definitely be big news." I was a little excited and wanted to drag You to an internet cafe.
But I stopped after taking only one step. "Why did you stop?"
I scratched my head and gave an awkward laugh. "Let me think of where I can get internet access."
Internet cafes are convenient, but we don't have ID cards. If we go there incognito, people will think it's a ghost story.
My gaze swept across the surrounding neighborhoods. I knew it. I couldn't go to crowded places, but it was easy to find a house where no one was home while I was traveling.
"You, let's go to that neighborhood." I pointed to the residential area across the street.
"OK."
Fortunately, You and I did not reveal ourselves in the human world. We randomly chose a room that was not very crowded.
Thinking that this house must have been uninhabited for a while, I pulled You into the house.
The room was surprisingly clean and simply furnished.
"Where's the computer?" I started looking for the computer in the room as soon as I entered.
The next second, I found the computer in the bedroom of this family.
To my surprise, the first one went so smoothly. I was secretly delighted, hoping it was a computer with internet access and no password.
I turned on the computer with practiced ease, and with the familiar startup sound, I picked up the mouse on the table and opened a webpage.
Sure enough, as soon as I typed a few keywords into the computer, news articles about people being bitten to death and going crazy sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
I searched online to find out where these people ended up, and sure enough, most of them went to mental hospitals while some were still being interrogated at the police station.
I quickly browsed the webpage and got the results, and also noted the approximate location of the incident.
"Alright, I know where we should go." I put down the mouse and looked excitedly at You behind me.
You stood behind me, staring curiously at my computer screen. "This thing is really good."
"Right? This is modern human civilization." I proudly showed off to You.
Suddenly, the sound of a door lock clicking came from the quiet room, which startled me so much that I hurriedly shut down my computer.
The moment the computer was turned off, the door was opened by the homeowner, a woman in her thirties.
I breathed a sigh of relief and pulled You away from the house as if we were fleeing. Although I knew the homeowner couldn't see me, I was still shy, probably because I felt guilty for doing something wrong.
"You, let's go to the local police station first." I remember one of the cases happened there. Let's go to the police station first, and if they don't have it, we'll go to the mental hospital.
This time, we showed up as soon as we came out, mainly to make it easier to hail a taxi.
I was too lazy to take You to the local police station.
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