At that moment, the Island Master could no longer keep the truth hidden, and with a somber expression, he said, "This is an item intended for auction, personally delivered by Gu Feng. Sharon thought it looked nice, so she took it to her room to admire. Who would have thought that by the next day she would fall ill and not get up. I suspected the cause might be this item, but how could it be, it’s just a piece of jade!"
Clearly, he still found it unbelievable.
"Yes, it is indeed a piece of jade. However, it has been cursed with witchcraft and carries an evil aura, which can bring misfortune to people. Sharon isn’t sick, she’s just been afflicted by the evil energy." Ai Xiang approached the bedside and looked at the young girl on the bed. "Although her life isn’t in danger for now, if she continues to sleep , without eating or drinking, there will be problems. Even if she is fed nutrition every day, it will excessively consume her life and soul."
"What should we do then?" The Island Master immediately asked with burning anxiety, "Mr. Ai, do you have a way to save Sharon?"
Ai Xiang glanced at Gu Xiaoxi.
Gu Xiaoxi nodded to him and said, "Let’s try this first. If we can cure Miss Sharon, I hope the Island Master can do three things for us!"
"As long as you can cure my daughter, not just three things, I would be willing to do ten." The Island Master, watching his daughter’s breath grow weaker, was frantic with worry.
"In that case, the Island Master can take everyone and step back. I’ll give Miss Sharon an acupuncture treatment to see if we can expel the evil energy from her body."
"Very well! Sharon’s well-being is completely in Mr. Ai’s hands now."
With that, the Island Master swiftly left with the guards.
Once everyone had left, Gu Xiaoxi inspected the entire room and, finding no monitoring devices, confidently walked over to Ai Xiang, looked at the girl on the sickbed, and asked, "Is she truly cursed by witchcraft?"
"Yes!" replied Ai Xiang gravely. The witchcraft is not simple; it drains people’s vitality. Look at her pale complexion and the murkiness in her eyes. Clearly, something has bound her soul."
With that, Ai Xiang turned his gaze toward the Jade Watermelon and said, "And that thing is certainly not simple. It’s both righteous and evil!"
Gu Xiaoxi’s expression grew serious. Liu Yishou had also said that this thing was no ordinary object. Before, she had thought it was just a jade nurtured with Spiritual Power for a longer period and nothing particularly special. Now it didn’t seem to be so simple after all.
The fact that it could harbor witchcraft indicated there was more to it than meets the eye.
"I think that Gu Feng must be very powerful. What do you think, Xiao Xi?" Ai Xiang said with a heavy heart. Whoever could use such strong witchcraft must be no ordinary person.
Gu Xiaoxi narrowed her eyes and nodded. "To have killed my master across countries and stolen his treasures. Now using this object to carry witchcraft and harm others everywhere, he really is thoroughly evil. Indeed, he is powerful, but, I’m not planning to let him run rampant any longer."
"Don’t be reckless. Safety first. As long as we know who did this, we will have our retribution someday. You can’t be impulsive," Ai Xiang urged anxiously.
Gu Xiaoxi nodded, "Don’t worry, I have a plan. Right now, the most important thing is how to save her."
"I’ll use the Golden Needle to seal her meridians and stabilize her spirit, and you’ll use your Spiritual Energy to enter her third eye to summon her bound soul," Ai Xiang instructed. He was known as a spirit doctor not only because he studied medical cases and treated patients clinically, but also because he had learned all kinds of Eastern and Western witchcraft and obscure spells.
Thus, when faced with all sorts of difficult and complicated diseases, he handled them with ease.
Gu Xiaoxi did as Ai Xiang had instructed.
She concentrated deeply, injecting a thread of Spiritual Energy into Sharon’s body.
A moment later, she felt an evil tearing force, as if something was trying to suck her in.
So, she immediately countered with a stronger Spiritual Power to resist the evil force.
"Stop!" Ai Xiang saw that something was wrong with Gu Xiaoxi and immediately told her to halt.
But it was already too late.
Gu Xiaoxi felt a darkness before her eyes and her body grew light. In the next second, she entered a pitch-black place that seemed to be another world, possessed by a sinister and terrifying force.
A powerful pulling force made her involuntarily walk forward.
Shortly after, she saw many light orbs in the distance.
Upon getting closer, she saw that many people were tied with glowing green ropes to a withered branch and were hanging from it.
These people cried out from time to time, screaming "Save me!"
The pitiful cries made her scalp tingle.
Gu Xiaoxi’s mind went fuzzy, and in an instant, she was bound by the ropes and, before she knew it, hung on the dead tree as well.
She looked around, and there were at least a dozen people hanging from the tree, men and women alike.
And the girl next to her, with eyes full of terror, was Sharon.
"You’re here?" Gu Xiaoxi suddenly realized that the Pharaoh’s witchcraft must be real.
He had indeed bound these people’s souls, not just Sharon’s, but so many others.
Using the Jade Watermelon as a medium to extract people’s souls.
Gu Xiaoxi felt her skin crawl as she came to understand.
Fucking hell! She had been tied up here as well.
"Gu Feng, let me out," Gu Xiaoxi shouted angrily.
"It’s no use, no one here can hear you," said Sharon, who was tied up. Although her voice was weak, she was conscious, which seemed far more real than the shell lying on the hospital bed.
Gu Xiaoxi glowered at the rope that bound her, glowing green, which seemed not like a vine of a plant, but rather like something formed out of evil energy.
She struggled several times but couldn’t break free.