Chapter 536: The Token of the Lord of Eight Hundred Li Taoyuan

Some say there are two things in this world that cannot be looked at directly: one is the sun, the other is the human heart.

Lu Yibei stared at the Poisoned Doll, thinking of that guy named Hu Chuan. Getting involved with the headless senior sister, it was very likely that from the very beginning, he harbored malicious intentions. She couldn’t help but feel a chill run down her back, but at the same time, her chest burned hot.

It was as if a fire was blazing inside her, and the hair hanging down her back gradually turned red.

Just as Lu Yibei’s murderous intent was rising, a small stone flew from afar, hit her on the top of her head with a “pop!”, then fell to the ground and rolled into a dark corner.

She snapped back to her senses, rubbing the top of her head as she looked in the direction the stone had come from, frowning slightly.

In the distance, the headless senior sister was hiding under a thick pear tree, half her body peeking out as she waved over here, her eyes earnest and worried.

Is senior sister worried about me?

Lu Yibei felt a warmth in her heart. After nodding to the headless senior sister, she withdrew her gaze and looked at the Poisoned Doll and the time capsule fragment engraved with strange incantations on the ground. Her eyes lingered for a few seconds, then with a thought, she put them, along with the Paper Cicada Immortal, into the nascent Divine Land.

Immediately after, she took the gold necklace from the floating Paper Cicada Immortal’s hand, turned, and walked toward the headless senior sister.

She crossed the scorched, barren ground where not a blade of grass grew.

Standing before the headless senior sister, Lu Yibei raised the necklace in her hand and said expressionlessly, “Senior sister, I found this thing. I should be able to use it to complete a targeted summoning.”

As if she’d never seen it before, she deliberately concealed the existence of the Poisoned Doll and the strange incantations.

The headless senior sister had suffered enough.

Before things were resolved, there was no need to add more negativity to her heart.

After waiting a few seconds and seeing the headless senior sister remain silent, Lu Yibei continued, “If you have no objections, I’ll take this with me for now?”

“I’ll go back and study how to complete the targeted summoning, then come find you.”

The headless senior sister gazed meaningfully at the necklace in Lu Yibei’s hand for a few seconds, then nodded.

After a pause, she suddenly seemed to remember something and shook her head. “Wait, I think… maybe forget it?”

“Why forget it?” Lu Yibei asked, puzzled.

“Because…” The headless senior sister lowered her eyes, hesitating to speak.

Seeing her like this, Lu Yibei guessed her thoughts and tilted her head. “You don’t want to see him, right?”

The headless senior sister hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “Mm, I’ll leave the summoning to you. Just tell me the result afterward, is that okay?”

“Of course, no problem,” Lu Yibei said.

It was understandable that the victim wouldn’t want to see the perpetrator again.

“Also, I want to leave Hua City for a while…” The headless senior sister looked up into Lu Yibei’s eyes. “I want… I want to go see my mom and dad.”

She hadn’t been able to freely leave Hua City University of Technology before, but now she wanted to go back and see them.

Hearing this, Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, then a gentle light appeared in her eyes. “That’s a good thing! But when you go, be careful not to scare them. Go early and come back early!”

“If you run into any trouble, just use my… my friend’s name. Say you’re the best friend of the Lord of Eight Hundred Li Taoyuan!”

Although the headless senior sister was already considered a Class B- haunting, and among the many hauntings could be counted as mid-tier strength, going far from home always carried risks.

What if she ran into a Class A Haunting hunting her?

Ever since the pesky little sister got through her crisis, her reputation had soared. Dropping her name usually worked.

“Here, take this. It’s a token…”

As Lu Yibei spoke, she flipped her small hand, and a withered tree branch the size of a finger appeared in her palm, which she handed to the headless senior sister.

While helping the pesky little sister clean up the battlefield in Taoyuan, she’d picked up a lot of oddly shaped “trash,” and this branch was one of them.

Whether it was useful or not, it was always right to pick it up!

That was a bad habit she’d picked up from playing open-world games.

Although, as the pesky little sister’s power and the Fusang divine tree’s connection had been greatly weakened, apart from a faint psychic energy fluctuation and being especially hard, it no longer had any magical effects.

But at least it still carried the pesky little sister’s aura, enough to deter petty evildoers.

To put it nicely, it could be called divine might, like those deity statues that ward off evil.

Or like clothes worn by a beautiful girl, which would carry a lingering girlish scent that set people’s imaginations running wild.

But Lu Yibei thought the principle was probably the same as cats and dogs leaving their scent in places they’d lived, telling other cats and dogs that this was their territory.

Sensing the aura of some powerful, unknown haunting on the branch, the headless senior sister looked at Lu Yibei with shining eyes, hesitating a little. “This… this must be something very precious, right?”

“Not… not really that precious…” Lu Yibei awkwardly avoided the headless senior sister’s gaze and scratched the back of her head.

Anyway, I’ve got over a hundred pieces of junk like this!

Seeing this, the headless senior sister still didn’t quite understand why Lu Yibei wouldn’t let her use her name, but she accepted the branch, nodding and solemnly taking it with both hands.

——–

In the early morning, Jingyi Apartment, Phase Three, Building Three, 9th floor, Room 903.

After the group of little Hauntings went out, the empty apartment was dark and silent, with only the vague outlines of furniture visible.

Second floor of the apartment.

The oddly shaped little Hauntings gathered around a white, round, chubby meatball, the atmosphere tense.

Suddenly, the meatball squirmed, and the little Hauntings were startled, instantly retreating two or three meters away.

“Did you see that just now? I told you, that thing moved, but you didn’t believe me!” Eyeball shouted loudly. “Now you believe it, right?!”

“Could it be about to hatch?” Hairball said seriously.

“We’re doomed. If this thing hatches, we’re done for!” Denture said mournfully.

“Denture bro, what do you mean by that?” Hairball asked.

“Think about it, that woman is never home. If this thing hatches, she probably won’t carry it around with her. By then…”

“By then we’ll become its babysitters?” Hairball suddenly realized.

“Bah! Wishful thinking!” Eyeball said indignantly. “We’re not her husband, not her parents! This is her egg–why should we be the ones to take care of it when it hatches?”

“About that…” Hairball reminded, “I suggest you don’t say that in front of her.”

“What am I afraid of?” Eyeball said loudly. “Even if that demon woman were standing right in front of me, I’d say the same thing!”

As soon as the words fell, the other little Hauntings all distanced themselves from Eyeball.

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“Oh? What is it you want to say to me?”

A bell-like voice rang out in the pitch-black room, sweet yet carrying a hint of menace.

Eyeball squirmed and turned around, only to see a curvaceous shadow at the stairway, eyes half-closed, golden light flickering in her gaze in the darkness.

“……”

Recalling how Lu Yibei nearly bled it dry last time, Eyeball decided to back down for now and show its willingness to help Lu Yibei take care of the hatchling.

So, after a quick calculation in its mind, it shouted, “I don’t mind being your husband!”

The little Hauntings: “……”

At that moment, they seemed to see the word “death” quietly floating above Eyeball’s head.

In silence, they all turned away and looked out the window.

“The moonlight is beautiful tonight,” Hairball sighed.

“Ah—-!” Eyeball’s scream came right on cue.

“The wind is quite noisy too!” Denture chimed in.

“Ah—-! Help! Help! Help…”

Listening to Eyeball’s screams, Nightgown shivered and said weakly, “Why don’t we just make today Eyeball’s memorial day every year from now on?”

After speaking, the three little Hauntings exchanged glances, squirmed in unison, and said together, “That sounds great!”

——–

When teaching Eyeball a lesson, Lu Yibei felt no psychological burden at all.

All of this was thanks to a chip from Dream Come True Entertainment City.

A haunting tainted by the world’s malice would suffer eternal torment and almost never die a normal death.

Here, normal death included being killed by physical attacks…

After hammering Eyeball until it lost the ability to move, she fetched her tools, tied it up, made a small cut on its body, and happily drew some blood.

To equip Paper Cicada Immortal with Alchemical Bombs, she still needed a large amount of blood infused with the world’s malice.

After dealing with Eyeball, Lu Yibei called over Hairball. After understanding the whole story, she frowned and looked at Wang Yingying on the nightstand, crossing her arms and furrowing her brow.

“So, you all just now noticed it moved?”

“Reporting to Lady Witch, it did move. Today alone, it moved at least two or three times,” Hairball replied.

“Did you sense any psychic energy fluctuation?”

“No, it just squirmed a few times,” Hairball said, pausing slightly before cautiously guessing, “I think it might be fetal movement. What do you think?”

“Hmm…” Lu Yibei propped her chin with one hand, pondered for a moment, then nodded. “That’s possible. You all keep a close eye on it, and if you notice anything, let me know immediately.”

According to the Void’s analysis, Wang Yingying theoretically couldn’t awaken on her own in a short time. The occasional squirming was just instinct.

Maybe, as Hairball said, it was just “fetal movement,” and there was still a long way to go before awakening.

Although hatching an egg was an interesting thing, Lu Yibei had more important matters to attend to right now.

She put headphones on Wang Yingying, played <Crosstalk Collection>, and instructed the little Hauntings to switch to a different “prenatal education” course every hour. Then she sat cross-legged on the bed, laid the Pure Lotus Sword flat on her knees.

This time, I must get the Ancestors to teach me the directional soul-summoning spell formation!

With confidence, Lu Yibei closed her eyes and let her consciousness sink…