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Chapter 289: Do What You Were Hired For
Hui examined the array closely, floating near, then far, circling around it to get a full view of the intricacies of the spell. Although at a passing glance, it looks similar to Senior Chen Wuyas, on closer inspection well, lets just say that Senior would probably peck me to death if I suggested it looked like his array. Its quite sloppy and amateurish. In fact, it really reminds me more of of, er, my attempt to modify his array to turn it into a ghost flag. But that was an emergency situation! Of course it would be a bit sloppy.
This array is doing something with her soul, and her qi I could simply destroy it with death qi, but I dont know what its doing. If destroying it kills her, then He flicked his eyes at the guard, still standing just outside the isolation barrier and patiently waiting for a signal. Its not like she could actually harm me, but given the ruckus killing a direct heir to a clan would cause, Id attract too much attention. Playing dead wouldnt be an option, either, not without abandoning the entire clone who knows what theyd do to my poor corpse in their rage, after all!
So in the end, I have to at least understand what this spell is doing, if not why or who put it in her.
Hui sent an experimental bit of qi into the array. The array began to glow red and spun slowly. A second ring of marks appeared and rotated counter to the first set, the two nested inside one another. Hui focused on the array with his third eye, but even then, he couldnt quite figure it out. Her soul shifted, subtly rotating, and showed different angles of itself.
But why? Hui wondered, frowning. A spell to rotate her soul? What does that even accomplish? Besides, at this low of a level, her soul is barely different from a mortals. I dont understand what the purpose of this spell is.
Experimentally, he grabbed on to a portion of the spell and froze it in place, preventing it from circulating.
Fu Liyu shuddered. Her complexion turned ashen, and she coughed and spat a mouthful of blood. Her soul trembled and showed signs of breaking apart into its component souls, and her dantian, likewise, began to quake and crack.
Whatwhat are you she stammered.
Outside of the isolation array, the guard tensed.
Hui released his hold on the spell and backed up.
Immediately, Fu Liyus complexion improved, and her soul and dantian stopped breaking up. She wiped her lips and scowled at him. What did you do?
Hui started to back away, then stopped himself. Now is not the time to back down, Hui! Stand firm, or youre about to get thrown out and executed! He fixed her with a fierce glare and frowned deeply, a look of great concern on his face. Fu Liyu, has someone put a curse on you?
A a curse? Fu Liyu asked, startled. She frowned, then shook her head. I cant think of anyone who would
You cant? You treat servants like shit, and you cant think of anyone who might want to curse you? Hui shook his head internally, flabbergasted. Externally, he put a hand on his chin. I found a strange array inside you. It appeared shortly after the foreign auras reappeared on your body I believe the two are connected.
An array inside me? What kind? Where? Fu Liyu asked, paling.
Hui shook his head. Im not sure what kind of array it is, nor what its purpose is. As for where He pointed to her dantian.
Fu Liyu glanced down and swallowed. She looked back up at him. Can you remove it?
I tried, but He glanced at the bloodstains on her robe.
Fu Liyu followed his gaze and nodded. I understand. So its impossible?
Hui shook his head. I didnt say that. If I know who put it on you, or why its there, I can almost certainly remove it. Even now, I could remove it, but until Im sure it isnt keeping you alive, I dont want to blindly remove it.
Keeping me alive? Why Fu Liyus voice trailed off. She furrowed her brows. 𝚗ovp𝚞b.𝚌om
Did Young Miss think of something? Hui asked.
Fu Liyu shook her head. No, its just that it suddenly reminded me. My mother died suddenly of a mysterious illness when I was young. Is it possible that I have the same illness, and someone secretly put the array inside me to keep me alive?
Can you think of anyone who could do that? Hui asked.
Fu Liyu paused thoughtfully. Father, of courseour clan Patriarch, Fu Renyi. Theres also the clan physician, Han Qin. He isnt properly a member of the clan, but is instead a wandering immortal physician who treats several of the small clans in the area. Aside from that She scowled. If its instead a killing curse, I can think of a culprit. That bitch Ying Min.
Ying Lin? Hui asked, startled. That little servant girl? She doesnt even have any cultivation!
Who? Fu Liyu asked.
Er, one of your servant girls? Hui tried.
Fu Liyu shook her head. Oh, her. No, not her. Ying Min is an immortal of my generation from the Ying Clan. She stole my fianc from me the moment our Fu Clan fell on hard times, then threw him aside when her clans status continued to grow. Now that theyve been absorbed into the Mysterious Heavenly Forest Sect as a sub-clan, she thinks of herself as a little princess of that great sect, even though theyre little more than the sects errand boys. Shes coming to the banquet as well, probably only because she heard I was going and she wanted to cause trouble. Any time I try to do anything, Ying Min will surely show up and ruin things. I dont know when she would have cast it on me, but if anyone would have tried, it would be her!
Hui frowned. Do you have any idea why Ying Min holds such animosity against you?
Fu Liyu shook her head dismissively. Probably some trifling nonsense. Shes always been petty, ever since we were children.
Hui pressed his lips together. If I had to guess, it isnt Ying Min. I didnt sense killing intent from the array, and besides, it doesnt seem to be directly harming her unless someone messes with it or removes the foreign auras from her body. I guess Ying Min would have the motivation to do it, and maybe shes petty enough to put an array in Fu Liyu to force her to have foreign auras in her but I dont know. Their conflict seems far too petty to me for the amount of effort it would take to formulate a spell array and sneak it into Fu Liyu.
Which leaves Han Qin or Fu Renyi. A physician or her father if its really for healing her, theres no problem with asking them why its inside her. But if theyre the ones who created the array, and its there to keep her safe, why didnt she already know about it? After all, if its purely beneficial, theres no reason to keep it a secret from her.
Dammit, I cant just ignore the reasons after all. I need to understand who put this in her before I fix it! If its even something that can be fixed
