Upon hearing Yue Jiuling's explanation, Xu's uncle frowned and looked at the portrait, saying, "A person wearing a tiger-head mask? Hmph! That person is indeed cunning. He killed someone while wearing a mask, so even if he did it in a place with surveillance cameras, others might not be able to recognize him."
Xu Bei's mother stood to the side, looking at the portrait. She wiped away her tears and said, "This murderer is too cunning. How should we find him?"
"Oh, right, although we don't know who the murderer is, Xiao Bei should know. We can help Xiao Bei summon his spirit and ask him if he knows who the murderer is."
Uncle Xu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and slapped his head as he spoke.
They were too preoccupied with their grief when they arrived to even think about looking for Xu Bei's ghost. If they had found Xu Bei's ghost, they might have been able to find out who the murderer was.
However, as soon as Uncle Xu voiced his idea, Ya Zi ruthlessly interrupted him, looking at them apologetically and saying, "I'm sorry, we forgot to tell you earlier that Xu Bei's ghost is no longer here. According to Da Tou Gui and the others, the murderer took Xu Bei's ghost with him before leaving."
"What?! That despicable murderer even went after Xiao Bei's soul?!"
Because the souls of those with cultivation are generally stronger than ordinary souls, and even if the body is dead, if the soul is intact, it can still be retrieved and nurtured. Xu's uncle initially planned to retrieve and nurture the soul before searching for the murderer, but he didn't expect the murderer to take Xu Bei's soul away as well.
Uncle Xu was furious, he was so angry he almost exploded. He said to Xu Bei's father, who was also his elder brother, "Brother, what should we do? Xiao Bei's soul has been taken away too, do you think he might..."
When Xu Bei's mother heard that Xu Bei's soul had also been taken away, she burst into tears again. She grabbed her husband's hand and cried, "Honey, what do we do? Can you find Xiao Bei's soul? Waaah... Honey, please think of something!"
Xu Bei's mother was just an ordinary person. Although she married into the metaphysics circle, she was still an ordinary, weak woman. So when she saw her son in trouble, she was helpless and could only ask her husband for help.
Mr. Xu kept a straight face the whole time, except for crying for a short while. It was obvious that he was holding back something.
He looked at his wife, then turned to look at his son on the ground, and finally said, "I've thought of a way that might bring Xiao Bei's soul back, but we need to take Xiao Bei's body back first."
Upon hearing Mr. Xu's words, the Xu family members present all wore thoughtful expressions, clearly understanding what he meant by that method. However, they remained silent, while Mr. Xu's younger uncle exclaimed with a mixture of excitement and worry, "Brother, is that really the only way?"
"Okay, you don't need to worry about it, I know what I'm doing."
After finishing speaking, Mr. Xu turned to Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi and said expressionlessly, "Gentlemen, we'll head back now."
"Okay, please be careful on your journey. And please accept my condolences."
Watching the Xu family take Xu Bei's body away, Yue Jiuling said to Ya Zi, "Hey~ let's go, the sun's almost up, what should we eat?"
Ya Zi thought for a moment and said, "I don't know either. Why don't we go and see if any breakfast shops are open first?"
It was already past five in the morning, and the sun was about to rise. However, in the human world, this time was still considered very early. So, after searching around the neighborhood, Ya Zi and Yue Jiu Ling finally found a breakfast shop that was opening its doors and preparing to do business at a street corner.
"Boss, is the door open yet?"
Ya Zi peeked into the shop with her phone to see the owner, a middle-aged man, who was busy setting up tables and chairs. He had only set up a few chairs when the first customer of the day arrived.
This breakfast shop has a wide variety of items, including congee, noodles, rice, snacks, and desserts. Yue Jiuling looked at the menu and said, "I've been hungry all night, let's eat something good. I'll start with a bowl of congee with preserved egg and lean pork, a basket of xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), and two chicken feet."
She ordered the food and pushed the menu to Ya Zi. Ya Zi was also hungry, but looking at the dishes on the menu, he felt like he wanted to eat everything, so he simply ordered everything he liked.
Yue Jiuling was already used to Ya Zi's appetite, so she didn't say anything when she saw this. However, the owner stood to the side and said cautiously, "Hey handsome, you've ordered so much, can you finish it all?"
Ya Zi ordered almost everything in his shop in one go, so he was worried about whether Ya Zi and his group could finish it all.
Yue Jiuling saw through the boss's thoughts, and she smiled and said to him, "It's okay, we can pack up the leftovers, so you can go ahead and do your work."
Ya Zi patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, we can eat a lot."
"Alright, you'll have to wait a bit then~"
The boss eventually went to cook for them, but he didn't do it alone; he went upstairs and called his wife to help.
Seeing that the boss and his wife had gone to work, Yue Jiuling took out her phone and communicated with her colleagues in the work group while talking to Ya Zi.
Yue Jiuling looked at Ya Zi and said, "Tell me, what methods do you think the Xu family have to retrieve Xu Bei's soul?"
Ya Zi noticed the table was a bit dirty, so he pulled out a few tissues from the tissue box next to him. He wiped the oil stains on the table with the tissues and said, "I don't know, but I've heard before that some families have some forbidden secret techniques. Maybe the Xu family has a secret technique that can find Xu Bei's soul."
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