The entire hall was as bright as day.
The two men immediately tried to escape, but were quickly pinned to the ground by the Fu family's bodyguards: "Don't move!"
At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the dark red coffin.
Li Zhiyi tossed a talisman onto the coffin, which hissed as it was placed inside. He then kicked open the coffin lid; there wasn't a soul inside, not even a ghost. It was an empty coffin.
"Miss Li, what's going on? Where's my daughter?"
Fu Huai'an asked anxiously. He clearly saw his daughter go into the coffin on the surveillance footage, so why is there nothing inside now?
Both the bodyguard and Gu Siye found it unbelievable. After all, they had just seen it clearly on the surveillance footage: the eldest daughter of the Fu family had entered the coffin. Could it be that Fu Yuyao had grown wings and flown away?
Undeterred, the bodyguard stepped forward and overturned the coffin to the ground. There was nothing unusual under the coffin; there were no holes or secret passages. This was truly bizarre.
“Mr. Fu, that’s not your daughter.”
Fu Huai'an asked incredulously, "Miss Li, can you please explain yourself clearly? I'm getting more and more confused."
“I said that’s not your daughter, or rather, that’s not your biological daughter. As for where your biological daughter went, we’ll only know once we catch that Gu Master.”
"You mean the one who just escaped wasn't my daughter, but a Gu Master? How... how is that possible?" Fu Huai'an simply couldn't believe that the person he spent every day with wasn't his daughter.
"Let's go, let's go see Young Master Fu quickly."
At this moment, everyone rushed to Young Master Fu's inner room. When they arrived, they saw Fu Yanche hanging in mid-air, his face swollen to a liver color from being pinched, and he looked like he was about to die.
As expected, it was a diversionary tactic. In the blink of an eye, Li Zhi threw out a talisman that struck a crazed woman, Fu Yuyao.
"You stinking Taoist priest! How dare you ruin my plans! You just wait...!"
A hoarse, unpleasant male voice came from Fu Yuyao's mouth, and then Fu Yuyao fell to the ground like a puppet on a string.
"Che'er, Che'er, wake up..." Fu Huai'an shook his son in his arms, turning to plead, "Miss Li, please save my son..."
"Okay, put him on the bed." Li Zhi took out the silver needles from the package, closed her eyes and remembered how her master had taught her how to use silver needles to find Gu worms.
If we're talking about how to insert the silver needles, the most difficult part is definitely finding the Gu worms. This is not only because Gu worms are invisible to the naked eye, but also because they are living organisms that will unconsciously scurry around the human body.
Fortunately, as long as the Gu worms do not enter a person's brain, there is no danger to their life. This is why Li Zhiyi used his fingertip blood to touch Fu Yanche's eyes and forehead at the beginning, because this way the Gu worms would not dare to crawl into his head. Li Zhiyi's blood has the effect of expelling Gu worms!
Finally, Li Zhiyi closed his eyes, his hands moving with divine skill as he inserted the needles. The entire sequence of movements was fluid and graceful. When he opened his eyes, a bead of cold sweat appeared on Li Zhiyi's forehead.
She almost lost her magic just now, and only by adding her own spiritual power when inserting the needles at the last moment was she able to complete the most difficult step.
"Ugh..." A dry heaving sound came as Fu Yanche vomited up a lot of small red worms.
It was terrifying to watch!
"Che'er, Miss Li, is my son alright?"
"Well, avoid meat and greasy food for a while and let your stomach recover slowly. There shouldn't be any major problems. But you need to be careful with your fake daughter. She'll probably come back to cause trouble for Young Master Fu."
With a thud, Fu Huai'an knelt on the ground. "Miss Li, please help me! I'm completely lost right now. I was skeptical of you at first, but what was that thing just now? How could it make a male voice? And where is my own daughter?"
"Get up first, Uncle Fu. Where is your daughter? I need to know her birth date and time so I can do a divination for her."
Soon, Fu Huai'an wrote down a note with his daughter's birth date on it. Li Zhiyi was shocked when he saw the birth date! No wonder his daughter was chosen by this evil cultivator. Her birth chart was extremely Yin, which was the kind of fate that evil cultivators liked.
As he spoke, Li Zhiyi wrote her birth date and time on a talisman, then lit incense. Watching the incense slowly burn, Li Zhiyi finally said, "Your daughter is not dead, but she is currently being controlled. If you want to find her, you need to prepare some things."
"Okay, just let me know if you need anything. Miss Li, you are truly a great benefactor to my family!"
"Okay, I'll write down what we need on a piece of paper. Go and prepare it. Also, you must keep this a secret. That evil cultivator is probably looking for your daughter now. The sooner we find your daughter, the greater her chances of survival!"
Although she was confident, her master had said that one should not be arrogant or make promises to others. It was safest to say that one was at most 60% confident, even if one was 100% confident.
He now completely regards Li Zhiyi as his family's lifeline, and he carefully writes down everything Li says, afraid of missing anything.
Fearing that the evil cultivator might make a comeback, Li Zhiyi stayed in the guest room at Fu Huai'an's repeated pleas. When Li Zhiyi woke up, it was already noon the next day.
She had just come downstairs when Gu Siye was waiting for her, presumably to take her back.
In the car, her phone rang. Li Zhiyi answered, and a male voice came through the phone: "Zhiyi, where are you? I have some news to tell you."
"Okay, I'll wait for you at the Chenyue Building. Goodbye."
Little did she know that her words were being misinterpreted.
Gu Siyue watched her happily hang up the phone and thought to himself: They're still at the Chenyue Building, which means this isn't the first time they've met. She's definitely going on another date.
The car braked suddenly, and Li Zhi almost hit the front passenger seat: "Why are you driving so fast?"
"Aren't you going on a date? Go downstairs and let him come pick you up."
Li Zhiyi felt confused by his words. "Who said I was going on a date? I was looking for... I have something to do." Li Zhiyi quickly corrected herself, almost letting slip the secret, but luckily she reacted quickly!
But Gu Siyue understood from her words that she was trying to find something—a person or a treasure? He had already said there was something wrong with her coming down the mountain, and now she almost gave herself away.
What secret is she hiding? If it's a secret, why can she tell that man but not me? Doesn't she trust me?
"Hey, are you moving or not?" The driver behind the car shouted angrily as he rolled down his window when he saw the traffic jam ahead.
Gu Siye stepped on the gas, and the car sped forward.
Only then did Gu Siye realize why he had reacted so strongly. What she wanted to do, what she wanted to find, and who she wanted to see had nothing to do with him.
He then dropped Li Zhi off at the location and drove away, not wanting to know who the man was.
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