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Outside the factory, the lights were still bright. On a makeshift platform constructed from several wooden planks and stakes, two wooden pillars were bound together in a cross shape, with what appeared to be coarse hemp ropes that had already fallen off.
The only difference was that the ropes had been dyed a vivid red. From the smell, I could tell for certain that they had been stained with Vermilion.
On either side of the wooden platform, two long pieces of yellow cloth hung down like banners, trailing on the ground, adorned with intricate and obscure runes that flowed across their surface like water.
Scattered around the platform and on the ground were some disjointed runes, and the platform itself showed signs of tilting and collapse.
Zhou Zhen and He Si stood nearby with grim expressions, while Chen Sheng, Uncle Cai, and Aunt Qiu seemed to cower in fear at a distance.
When Gu Chen and I returned, I dismounted from Gu Chen's back and looked at the empty wooden platform along with the mysterious scattered runes. My gaze fixed directly on Zhou Zhen and He Si.
A bad feeling surged within me; could it be that we had returned too late? Had something happened to Mu Yan?
I looked at Zhou Zhen and He Si in disbelief, then angrily charged forward, grabbing He Si by his collar and shouted, "Where is Mu Yan? What have you done to her?"
"Xiao Lin," Zhou Zhen quickly stepped in to intervene.
I angrily pushed his hand away and shot him a fierce glare. "And you! You know very well that Mu Yan is different from the others, and she has saved me time and again. Yet you didn’t even try to stop this!"
"Xiao Lin, it's not like that. Let me explain," Zhou Zhen tried to clarify.
But I interrupted him furiously. "Shut up! I don’t want to hear your explanation."
He Si, being held by his collar, seemed a bit angry as well. He said helplessly, "Lin, let go of me first."
"I won't let go!"
With an angry roar, I raised my fist again, ready to strike. However, this time Gu Chen stopped me. He looked at me with exasperation and said, "Xiao Lin, don’t be impulsive. Mu Yan might be fine."
"Fine? Master, look at those runes over there and that wooden platform! Tell me she’s fine!" I didn’t release my grip on He Si’s collar and shot back at Gu Chen.
The hand that was raised to strike He Si was caught firmly by Gu Chen.
He didn't explain anything to me; instead, he frowned slightly and pried my hand away from He Si's face. Then he released both of my hands, patted my shoulder, and said, "Calm down for a moment."
I remained silent, only letting out an angry huff, feeling an inexplicable sadness and heartache within me.
At that moment, I remembered something—Mu Yan was still carrying my child. Although I knew that the child would likely not be human after birth, it was still my child.
One corpse, two lives; it made me feel somewhat better.
Gu Chen then turned his gaze toward He Si and spoke in a deep tone, "Xiao Si, what exactly is going on? Where is Mu Yan?"
"Mu Yan? What else could have happened? She must have been killed by him," I couldn't help but retort.
Seeing that I had calmed down a bit, Zhou Zhen spoke again, "Xiao Lin, Mu Yan was not killed by him."
"What do you mean he didn't take action against Mu Yan?" Zhou Zhen's words made me furrow my brows in confusion as I looked at him.
The wooden platform before us and the scattered talismans around were all symbols indicating that He Si had indeed performed some kind of ritual here. So who else could it be targeting if not Mu Yan?
Zhou Zhen nodded and said, "He did intend to act against Mu Yan, but in the end, she was taken away."
Taken away—Mu Yan had been taken away.
Zhou Zhen's words made my frown deepen even further, disbelief washing over me.
Taken away? By whom?
It was important to note that Mu Yan was no ordinary person; she was a ghost, and one of the lowest rank equivalent to a Ghost General. Who could possibly take her away, especially with both He Si and Zhou Zhen present here?
I looked at He Si in front of me, my eyes filled with confusion as I furrowed my brow tightly.
Gu Chen, hearing this, also turned to He Si and asked again what was going on.
At that moment, He Si, somewhat speechless, adjusted his clothes and shot me a glance. "Young people are always so impulsive. I, the master of Qingwei Sect, specialize in lightning techniques. If I had truly killed that ghost girl named Mu Yan, it would have been through a talisman incantation, summoning the divine lightning to strike her down. So how could the scene before us be like this?"
I remained silent, but hearing him say this did ease my mind somewhat.
Then He Si turned his gaze back to Gu Chen and called out in a calmer tone, "Senior Gu," before continuing, "According to your instructions, I used the Soul Capturing Technique to draw out the ghost girl named Mu Yan from the jade and bound her to this Wood Platform. I was preparing to use a talisman incantation to perform the Lightning Summoning Technique to strike her down. However, when I saw that she was pregnant with a Demon Fetus and Brother Zhou mentioned that this ghost girl had a kind heart and no malicious intent, I hesitated for a moment."
At this point, He Si glanced at me again. I still didn't speak, but when he mentioned preparing to use the talisman incantation to kill Mu Yan, my lips involuntarily twitched slightly.
Only when he said he hesitated and Zhou Zhen pleaded for Mu Yan did my expression soften considerably.
After a pause, he continued, "Then something unexpected happened."
"What unexpected thing?"
Gu Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly, his expression shifting. My curiosity piqued even more.
He Si looked at Zhou Zhen and said, "Why don't you explain it?"
Zhou Zhen wasted no time and directly stated, "I’m not sure what exactly happened either. At that moment, I just felt a gust of wind pass by, and then Mu Yan had already vanished from the Wood Platform."
A gust of wind passed by, and Mu Yan disappeared.
I couldn't help but look at Zhou Zhen in astonishment; such an answer seemed too unbelievable.
Gu Chen frowned slightly and turned to He Si. "He could only feel a gust of wind; what about you?"
He Si nodded, his expression grave and somewhat pale as he said, "I only saw a shadow, but it moved too quickly for me to stop it. Then Mu Yan was taken away by that shadow."
A gust of wind, a shadow.
Both Zhou Zhen and Gu Chen's responses felt absurd to me, and I couldn't help but ask, "What exactly does that mean?"
At that moment, Gu Chen turned around with a serious expression, his tone equally heavy as he replied, "It means simply that there is a presence more terrifying than Mu Yan that took her away."
A presence more terrifying than Mu Yan.
I furrowed my brows tightly as I looked at Gu Chen, struggling to understand the specific meaning behind his words.
He used Mu Yan as a metaphor, rather than saying someone stronger than He Si or Zhou Zhen took her. Coupled with what Zhou Zhen and He Si had just said, it all felt so mysterious.
A gust of wind, a shadow. What exactly is this terrifying presence? Is it human or something else?
And why did it take Mu Yan from He Si? Was it to save her, or did it have some other purpose?
I couldn't make sense of any of this and became deeply entangled in my thoughts.
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