"Wait, that doesn't make sense," Ouyang Tianyun frowned. "If they really wanted to supervise, they should watch everywhere. Why only the library?"
Zhu Yanyi’s eyes twinkled. "This library has other secrets."
Yan Aohan added, "What if, just suppose, the book trapping Qingyun’s soul is also in the library? There are so many books there. It is possible for something to hide in plain sight."
Zhu Yanyi’s heart skipped a beat. "If that is true, it explains why they need someone watching the library. Come, while we still have time, let’s enter the library again."
If the book trapping Qingyun’s soul was indeed in the library, it must be in some corner. With five of them searching, it would be faster.
Entering the library was easy for them. Zhu Yanyi’s illusion techniques were very skilled. They did not need anyone to pay special attention to them to get in. Most importantly, even if people had seen them before, the impression would not be deep.
The Yamamoto Library was very large, with three floors. The five of them split up. Sikong Xuran and Yi Yunfei searched the first floor. Yan Aohan went to the third floor. Zhu Yanyi and Ouyang Tianyun searched the second floor.
They had the red spider lily, so finding the target was not difficult. There was nothing on the first floor, and nothing on the second floor either. So, everyone gathered on the third floor with Yan Aohan.
Fortunately, their effort was not wasted. In a small corner on the third floor that people usually ignored, under the bottom board of a cabinet, Yan Aohan pulled out a book. It was clearly stuck down with adhesive tape.
Everyone gathered over. Yan Aohan opened it. Sure enough, Qingyun’s soul was inside. However, his eyes were closed, clearly in a coma.
Yan Aohan placed a Soul-Attaching Pill inside, then closed the book and put it away. He said to Zhu Yanyi, "Let’s go. After these souls wake up, we will go settle the score with Mingchuan Yunzi."
The souls were currently very weak and needed healing first. Plus, Qingyun needed his soul to return to his body, so there was naturally more work to do.
Zhu Yanyi had no objection to this. Right now, Qingyun was the most important. She could put other matters on hold.
Of course, casting spells at their residence was not feasible. Even if Zhu Yanyi could set up an array, it would still cause trouble. So, they simply went to the mountain shrine where the Eight-Headed Serpent lived.
This place was remote, and ordinary people rarely came. With the Eight-Headed Serpent there, they did not need to worry about disturbances. Even if Mingchuan Yunzi came, they did not need to worry; they could let the Eight-Headed Serpent handle it.
Yan Aohan took out the nineteen books and sighed. "Let’s restore Qingyun first."
Yan Aohan released Qingyun’s body. Then, he picked up the book binding Qingyun’s soul and opened it.
She took Qingyun’s soul out and gently placed it back into the body. Zhu Yanyi took out Spirit Spring water and gave it to Qingyun to drink. Then she said, "Senior Brother Qingyun, this time you actually benefited from the disaster."
Because her soul had been out of her body for a long time, but due to the integrity of her body, and because Yan Aohan performed the spell using Zhu Yanyi’s Spirit Spring water, Qingyun’s five senses would become more sensitive than others. Of course, this was only relative to this planet.
"Qingyun is under fifty years old. He can go to the Sage Academy to study medicine," Ouyang Tianyun said. "Although he cannot become a cultivator, he can still become a medical student."
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Yes, a position as a registered student is possible. Studying at the Sage Academy for six months will be beneficial for her."
As they spoke, Qingyun yawned and opened her eyes. Seeing Zhu Yanyi, she was slightly stunned. "Junior Sister, why are you here?"
"It’s all because you went missing and caused trouble," Zhu Yanyi said helplessly, glancing at Qingyun.
Qingyun nodded slightly and sat up. "I remember being taken by a ninja while on a mission. When I woke up, I found myself trapped in a dark space, unable to get out. Later, I slept and woke up, woke up and slept. I didn’t expect to wait until Junior Sister came to save me. I really have good luck."
"You really have luck. Do you know where you were trapped?" His luck was too good. He had been stripped of his soul, yet he hadn’t even noticed.
"Where was I trapped?" Qingyun asked curiously.
"Eh…" Everyone sighed silently. Yan Aohan spoke up. "You were captured, then your soul was stripped away. Your soul was trapped in this book, and your body became a vessel for a soul named Mingchuan Yunzi."
"Mingchuan Yunzi? That name sounds like a woman’s name," Qingyun said casually.
"She is a woman," Zhu Yanyi said directly.
"Wow, what is this situation?" Qingyun was speechless. "A woman used my body. Did she do anything to my body?" Qingyun patted himself up and down, as if checking if she had suffered any loss.
Yan Aohan, Zhu Yanyi, Sikong Xuran, Yi Yunfei, and Ouyang Tianyun: o(￣︶￣)o
They could only pretend not to see Qingyun’s action, turning their backs to avoid laughing out loud.
After calming down, Zhu Yanyi turned to look at Qingyun. "Senior Brother, your body is still your body. It hasn’t become female. You don’t need to be nervous."
"Did you check?" Qingyun blurted out.
"Cough, cough." Yan Aohan spoke up. "I checked for you. If you think the male body is wrong, I can cut off the parts you think are extra." Clearly, Lord Yan was jealous.
"Sorry, sorry." Qingyun realized his slip of the tongue. "I slept too much, my brain got slow, and I couldn’t turn it around in time."
Then he added, "But how was it possible for someone to strip my soul?"
"Don’t ask me. I also want to know how that person did it," Zhu Yanyi said. "She not only stripped your soul but also stripped the souls of many others."
She pointed to the books nearby. "Those books, each one binds a soul. A total of eighteen books. That means eighteen souls, eighteen people."
"Oh my." Hearing this, Qingyun almost thought he was dreaming. He bit himself directly. "It hurts. It’s not a dream. There really are souls in this world."
"If humans have no souls, how can they live? If a person’s soul is destroyed, then the person dies. Souls have always existed. It just depends on whether people can see them clearly," Zhu Yanyi said calmly.
If there were no souls, how could all beings reincarnate? Zhu Yanyi would not say such things, but she could mention that souls always exist.