The fat woman waved her hand: "Don't call me Master. I'm just a freeloader."
Then, she gestured towards Su Ruyi's pocket, "Alright, I've sealed that soul completely inside the ring! Unless you mention it, he'll never remember reincarnation! So, he'll never run away!"
"Ah, this..." Su Ruyi was overjoyed; this was exactly the result she wanted. "Great!"
"Of course, when have I ever done anything wrong?" the fat woman said smugly, then winked. "There's a treasure hidden inside that ring of yours!"
"What is it?" Su Ruyi asked curiously.
Do you want me to arrest him for you?
"Yes. Thank you for your help, Master."
With a wave of her hand, the plump woman conjured a small brass compass out of thin air in her hand.
At this moment, Su Ruyi immediately felt that the wisp of divine sense she had been keeping outside for vigilance was instantly attracted to the compass and involuntarily wrapped around it!
It's exactly the same as the thumb ring I saw last time!
It seems this is indeed my own.
However, I have absolutely no recollection of this thing!
She asked the plump woman, "Master, what is this?"
"You don't even know what a compass is?" the fat woman said again, sounding annoyed.
"I mean... is this my thing?"
"If it's not yours, then it's mine. I've put it away," the plump woman said, half-jokingly, half-scoldingly.
"No wonder. You people with such backgrounds are probably too clear-headed and can't stand this mundane world."
Dr. Su, this is naturally yours, and...
I'm afraid it's related to where you came from and where you're going.
But I can't point it out right now; it wouldn't be good if I did!
Alright, let's go!
I'm tired, I'm going to sleep!
Su Ruyi and Lan Yu bid farewell to the fat woman whose name they didn't even know.
Lan Yu returned to Xiaomeishan, while Su Ruyi rode her motorcycle directly back to Beijing.
That night, Su Ruyi locked her bedroom door and, following the instructions the fat woman had given her, silently visualized and entered the white mist space once more.
Of course, the white mist was gone by then; it had become a void, a place without heaven or earth or boundaries.
Su Yin was curled up inside, her whole body hunched over like a shrimp, occasionally twitching.
Su Ruyi asked, "Su Yin, did you submit this time?"
Su Yin was a little weak: "Now I know—your white cloud was opium!"
"What?!" Su Ruyi was stunned.
"I said, you devised a poisonous scheme to make me addicted to that white stuff, you're amazing, I admire you! But I'm not convinced by this headache and leg pain, but I can't stand this stuff! Ruyi, good Sixth Sister, give me some more! I'm in so much pain, it's unbearable!"
Su Ruyi never expected that Su Yin's soul would actually become addicted to consuming merit points!
However, this is actually good news—she has better control over Su Yin now!
The fat woman's earlier advice enlightened Su Ruyi—Su Yin was a notorious villain in his previous life, but at the same time, his ten prescriptions saved countless lives!
This has accumulated countless merits for him!
Merit is what Su Ruyi needs most to return to her original world!
Therefore, she wanted to imprison Su Yin in this small ring, so that he could use his clever mind to help her earn merit!
However, the method she previously intended to use to control Su Yin was "heart-moving intent," causing him excruciating pain. But now...
With a wave of her hand, Su Ruyi relieved Su Yin's headache and pain in his feet.
However, Su Yin continued to writhe and convulse as if a thousand insects were consuming her bones.
She spoke softly, "Su Yin, let's discuss a business deal!"
...
"What? I'll assist you, making you the person I was in my previous life? And then I'll receive 10% of the merit?!" Su Yin exclaimed in surprise, then asked curiously, "What is merit?"
“Merit is the white cloud you ate a lot of. For every life you saved with the ten medicine formulas you collected in your previous life, you received a share of merit,” Su Ruyi explained.
"How much is one merit?" Su Yin asked eagerly.
"Not much, but not little either, enough for you to have a few bites," Su Ruyi said ambiguously.
Everything depends on Su Yin's imagination.
"..." Su Yin fell silent.
"Su Yin, I might as well tell you—you are dead!" Su Ruyi dropped the final bombshell. "However, although you are dead, your soul is imprisoned here by me. You cannot leave this place without my permission."
“I know I’m dead!” Su Yin said sadly. “I want 20%.”
“9%.” Su Ruyi said expressionlessly.
"15% is fine, right?" Su Yin quickly conceded.
“8%.” Su Ruyi remained expressionless.
"No, no, no, 10% is fine," Su Yin hurriedly begged.
“It’s too late, it’s only 8%. If you say one more word, it’ll be even lower,” Su Ruyi said. “Su Yin, you’d better face reality—you have no bargaining power with me!”
"Alright!" Su Yin gritted his teeth. "8% it is! My ten formulas, made into a secret Chinese medicine, have saved countless lives! Hahahaha! I'm about to have more merit than I can eat!"
After reaching an agreement with Su Yin, Su Ruyi felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from her heart, and she felt much more at ease.
However, she still couldn't understand the compass that the fat woman had taken out of her thumb ring.
On the way back from the back of Xiaomeishan, she had placed the compass in her spatial storage or held it in her hand countless times to observe it.
The compass needle always pointed in a specific direction—southeast.
No matter how Su Ruyi turned it or flipped it, the pointer always pointed firmly to the southeast.
Where is the compass taking her?
It was already late January, and the Lunar New Year was fast approaching.
The person seeing patients at the Huichuntang branch this last week is Chu Liang'an, who was previously selected by lottery to accompany Su Ruyi to Haicheng.
On a sunny, crisp afternoon, Su Ruyi stood behind Chu Liang'an and watched him carefully write out several prescriptions before heading to the southeastern suburbs of the capital with a compass.
However, no matter how many times the compass spun, it stubbornly pointed southeast when it stopped.
It's not in the outskirts of Beijing, could it be somewhere even further away?
Su Ruyi felt she must be going crazy, because she actually tried to communicate with the compass: "Am I supposed to hold you and keep walking southeast?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the compass needle trembled!
Su Ruyi was unsure whether her hand was trembling or the compass was genuinely responding to her.
When asked again, it remained completely still, without the slightest tremor or other movement!
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