Zhu Yanyi’s eyes darted around, and she looked at Yan Aohan. "Aohan, can a book trap two souls?"
Yan Aohan saw the look on Zhu Yanyi’s face and knew what she was thinking. "You want to throw Mingchuan Yunzi’s soul into the book where Mingchuan Yangzi is?"
"Yes, yes." Zhu Yanyi nodded seriously. "Don’t you think I am very kind? Look at what they did. One soul in one book, dark and lonely. I put the sisters together. Am I not very kind?"
"Yes." Yan Aohan rubbed Zhu Yanyi’s head. "Very kind. Do what you want."
Zhu Yanyi pointed at the sky. "Will she have an opinion?"
Yan Aohan laughed. "No. You are not killing for money. Besides, Mingchuan Yunzi’s body is still here. With you, she won’t die. You can put her soul back anytime."
Why did Yan Aohan speak as if this were a puppet? If the puppet moved, put a soul in. If it didn’t move, take the soul out.
"I can cross souls, but how do I pull a soul out?" Zhu Yanyi asked Yan Aohan.
Yan Aohan smiled slightly. "Focus your mind. Put your hand above her. If you want to pull the soul, you can. You have my mark of the Yan Queen on you. So you can pull the soul directly without damage."
Zhu Yanyi remembered the Yan Queen flower on her back. She smiled slightly. She followed Yan Aohan’s instructions, placing her hand above Mingchuan Yunzi. She closed her eyes and focused. Soon, a thin wisp of smoke came out of Mingchuan Yunzi’s body.
Zhu Yanyi quickly grabbed it. A complete soul appeared in her palm, though it was currently unconscious.
Yan Aohan raised an eyebrow. Zhu Yanyi understood. She walked to the book containing Mingchuan Yangzi, opened the pages, and tossed the soul in. It landed right next to Mingchuan Yangzi.
Mingchuan Yangzi had been sitting in the corner with her knees hugged. She saw the pages open. Before she could speak, she saw Mingchuan Yunzi’s soul. She was startled and looked at Zhu Yanyi. "What did you do?"
She crawled over to Mingchuan Yunzi and pushed her gently. "Yunzi, Yunzi, what’s wrong?"
"Don’t worry. She won’t die. She is just unconscious now." Zhu Yanyi spoke slowly. "See how good I am to you? I know you are empty, lonely, and cold. So I brought Mingchuan Yunzi’s soul to be by your side. I am very kind."
"What you did is wrong. It goes against the will of the Heavenly Gods," Mingchuan Yangzi said angrily.
"You talk about the Heavenly Gods now? When you dealt with those eighteen people, why didn’t you talk about the Heavenly Gods? Are they not people? Just because you are people and have souls, do they not deserve to live?" Zhu Yanyi sneered. "Only true fools call others fools, just like you."
"But those people did it for me," Mingchuan Yangzi said directly.
"What do you mean 'for you'? Is your life more noble than others?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Mingchuan Yangzi.
Mingchuan Yangzi said, "I want to live. But my birthday is bad. It is the Ghost Festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. I had good luck since childhood, but my body was weak. A great master of the Mystic Gate told my fortune. she said I would not live past twenty-five. To live, I needed eighteen men born in sunny months and days to form the Nine-Nine Return Array to help me. I didn’t believe it at first. But the day after my twenty-fifth birthday, I had a car accident. Yunzi set up this array to save me. She paid a lot. So if you want revenge, come to me. Do not look for Yunzi. Yunzi is innocent."
"No." Mingchuan Yunzi had woken up without anyone noticing. "I said I would protect you. As long as you can live, I don’t care if I fight the whole world. It is just a few people’s lives. I only trapped their souls."
Mingchuan Yunzi looked at Zhu Yanyi with an arrogant expression. "I trapped those men’s souls. I already had their bodies disposed of. I also had Yu Qingyun caught because her body was the best. As long as Yangzi’s soul nourished in her body for forty-nine days, plus the yang energy souls of the other men, Yangzi could live."
"You are lying," Zhu Yanyi said, looking at Mingchuan Yunzi.
"Those bodies did lose their vitality. Even if you bring the bodies back now, they cannot be used because the soul was away for too long. But you said you disposed of their bodies. I absolutely do not believe that. You probably gave their bodies to someone?"
"How do you know?" Mingchuan Yunzi was slightly stunned.
"I didn’t know before. But now that you say it, I know." Zhu Yanyi smiled. She had just been bluffing.
"None of you Chinese people are good," Mingchuan Yunzi said directly.
"Us Chinese people?" Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow, catching her slip of the tongue. "The person who asked you for the bodies is also Chinese."
Mingchuan Yunzi did not expect Zhu Yanyi to be so sensitive. She could find the hole in her words like that. She had to say, "Since you have guessed it now, I might as well tell you. Yes, the person who asked for the bodies is Chinese. But I never saw her face. She always wore a mask when meeting me."
"Masked man?" Zhu Yanyi was slightly stunned. She looked back at Yan Aohan. Yan Aohan shook his head slightly, indicating it was not that masked man.
Since Yan Aohan said it was not that masked man, it meant it was not him. If not, did it mean there were other masked men in the world?
"If you never saw her true face, how do you know she is Chinese?" Zhu Yanyi asked.
"Although we and you Chinese are both of the Eastern race, our basic actions are different. Drinking tea is different first. From the way that person tasted and drank tea, I saw he does not know our Japanese tea art. But he is skilled in Chinese tea art and very familiar with it. So I can be sure he is Chinese."
Mingchuan Yunzi explained her discovery.
So, opposing or cooperating with women requires caution. Because women’s observation skills are often more careful than men’s. On this point, Zhu Yanyi believed what Mingchuan Yunzi observed.
"Even if she is Chinese, why did you give her so many bodies?" Zhu Yanyi asked.
"I did not ask. I wanted souls, he wanted bodies. We cooperated very happily. So this transaction was formed. Since it was a happy cooperation, I would not ask about private matters," Mingchuan Yunzi said seriously.