But what Qiqi saw was a completely different scene.
Several extremely fine gray threads, almost blending into the air, extended out from a corner of the ward like vicious tentacles.
These tentacles silently connected to the foreheads of several of the weakest children, continuously draining their already meager life force!
The souls of those children flickered like candles in the wind, on the verge of extinction.
"There!" Qiqi's gaze locked onto an inconspicuous corner in the ward, where a lush green plant was placed.
It was a pot of "Golden-edged Spider Plant" with thick, dark black leaves.
Those gray threads were emanating from the center of this plant!
"It's that plant!" Qiqi pointed at the spider plant. "It's stealing the children's soul power!"
The hospital director and the head nurse in charge of the entire ward were stunned, their faces filled with disbelief.
A potted plant?
Stealing soul power?
Why is it that I can understand each word individually, but it's so hard to understand when they're put together?
That sounds absurd!
“Young Master Huo, this…this spider plant was brought by the parent of a child who was discharged from the hospital a few days ago. They said it can purify the air…” the dean tried to explain.
The idea of stealing soul power is utter nonsense.
This is just an ordinary spider plant. Some parents are worried about the air quality in the hospital, so they specially send some green plants without a special fragrance.
Huo Yuwei, however, believed Qiqi's words without a doubt. "Then what should we do?"
"Move that potted plant away first, I'll take care of it," Qiqi said.
Huo Yuwei immediately looked at the dean, his tone leaving no room for doubt, "Move that plant out immediately, and be careful not to touch it directly."
The dean saw that Huo Yuwei didn't seem to be joking; it was just a potted spider plant, and he didn't want to offend the eldest young master of the Huo family over it.
So they quickly had the head nurse put on a protective suit, go inside, and carefully carry the spider plant out, placing it on a mobile shelf in the corridor.
That spider plant looked vibrant and just like any other plant.
The dean really couldn't figure out what ability it had to absorb soul power.
Just kidding, it's not like the spider plant has come to life.
But as Qiqi approached, she could clearly sense the cold, greedy aura emanating from it.
“It’s possessed by the ‘Soul-Eating Demon’.” Qiqi stretched out her chubby little hand and pointed at the spider plant from a distance. A faint golden light entered the leaves. “It’s a very cunning little demon that likes to attach itself to plants with strong vitality and secretly absorb the soul power of weak creatures nearby. It’s very difficult to detect.”
As the golden light entered, the spider plant suddenly trembled violently.
The blades moved on their own without wind, making a rustling sound, and their color turned grayish at a visible speed!
A clearer gray mist emanated from the center of the plant, coalescing into a blurry, palm-sized, writhing worm-like phantom that emitted a sharp, piercing hiss, seemingly as a warning and intimidation.
This bizarre scene terrified the hospital director and head nurse, who turned pale and retreated repeatedly.
"So it was you who was behind this!" Qiqi's eyebrows shot up, showing no fear, and her little hands quickly formed a hand seal. "Bad monster, watch Qiqi subdue you!"
Golden light shone again from her fingertips as she prepared to cast a sealing spell.
Sensing a deadly threat, the Soul-Eating Demon let out a shrill scream, abruptly breaking free from the withering spider plant. It transformed into a gray shadow and shot towards the window at the other end of the corridor with lightning speed, attempting to escape!
"Trying to run?" Bai Xuan on Qi Qi's wrist let out a cold snort, and the aura that had been concealed was released instantly.
A chilling coldness instantly enveloped the area, and the gray shadow visibly slowed down, as if it had sunk into an invisible swamp.
At the same time, Huo Yuwei moved even faster. He didn't bring the Xuanyuan Sword with him today. Instead, he held his fingers together like a knife, and his hand, imbued with talismanic power, made a sharp sound as it slashed through the air, precisely aiming at the gray figure!
"squeak--!"
The gray shadow let out an even more miserable scream, and was struck by Huo Yuwei's hand chop, instantly disintegrating more than half of itself.
Only the very core wisp of gray energy remained, falling to the ground, trembling, unable to maintain its form any longer.
Taking advantage of the moment, Qiqi stepped forward, took out a small jade bottle with a talisman attached from her bag, pointed the bottle at the wisp of gray mist, and said in her clear, childlike voice, "Collect!"
A suction force emanated from the bottle opening, and the primordial energy of the Soul-Eating Demon was sucked into the jade bottle without any resistance.
Qiqi skillfully put the lid on, then affixed a sealing talisman, and shook the small bottle, from which came a faint rattling sound.
At the same time, specks of golden light, like fireflies, drifted out from the intensive care unit.
Those were the sick children in the intensive care unit.
If Qiqi hadn't noticed in time, the Soul-Eating Demon would have drained all the children's soul power, causing them all to die.
Qiqi saved these children, which is equivalent to saving their families, so she has done a lot of good deeds.
"Done!" Qiqi patted the little bottle and proudly raised her chin.
Feeling the increasing spiritual power within her body, the little girl was quite satisfied.
The whole process happened in the blink of an eye; from the moment the Soul-Eating Demon suddenly fled to its subjugation, it only took a few seconds.
The hospital director and head nurse were dumbfounded; their worldviews were severely shaken.
The moment the Soul-Eating Demon was subdued, the data on the monitoring instruments of the children whose soul power had been extracted in the ICU ward stabilized at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Although still weak, the feeling of life draining away had stopped, and even her pale complexion seemed to have regained a little color.
"This...this is truly amazing!" The dean looked at the instrument data, then at the small jade bottle in Qiqi's hand, and was so excited that he was incoherent. "Little...Little Master! Thank you! Thank you for saving these children!"
He now addresses Qiqi respectfully as "Little Master," instead of "Little Friend."
Qiqi waved her little hand, exuding an air of superiority.
Of course, if you ignore her short, three-headed figure.
"No need to thank me, it's our duty to eliminate demons and protect the righteous path! Uncle Dean, could you please check the hospital again to see if there are any other strange plants or items, especially in areas where patients have suddenly become weak? If not, we'll be leaving now!"
"Good, good, good! I'll arrange for a hospital-wide screening right away!" The dean nodded repeatedly, his gaze towards Qiqi filled with awe.
After examination, no other similar cases were found in the hospital.
With the matter resolved, Qiqi gracefully withdrew from the scene.
Huo Yuwei and Huo Yusen, along with her, politely declined the hospital director's repeated attempts to persuade them to stay and left the hospital.
On the way back, Qiqi fiddled with the small jade bottle, her brows furrowing slightly.
Huo Yusen keenly sensed her emotions. "Qiqi, what's wrong? Is there a problem?"
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