Upon hearing Jiangli say this, Xia Xin immediately made a call to Song Taishan to report the incident.
Seeing this, Shang Junxiao got out of the car first.
Jiangli and Fu Shiyan exchanged glances, as if reaching an unspoken understanding, and got out of the car together.
The few of them followed Shang Junxiao from a distance and entered the apartment building in succession.
Afterwards, Shang Junxiao went to the floor where Shen Miao’s apartment was located by taking the elevator alone.
Before leaving, Shang Junxiao told Fu Shiyan that Shen Miao’s apartment was number 808.
It was only after the elevator carrying Shang Junxiao started moving upwards that Jiangli, Fu Shiyan, and Xia Xin took another elevator.
Heading to 808 as well.
Once inside the elevator, Xia Xin had just ended the call with Song Taishan and said with some trepidation, "Ancestor, wouldn’t Ning Mu find out what we’re doing? He’s right by our side, after all."
He remembered that souls absorbed into the Soul Nurturing Talisman by Jiangli seemed to be aware of what the people outside were saying and doing.
Doing this now, Ning Mu must already know, right?
Would he stop them, would he continue to cooperate with them?
Jiangli glanced at him upon hearing this and said, "Little Xiazi, do you think I’m foolish?"
Xia Xin twitched the corner of his mouth upon hearing this awkward nickname.
Jiangli continued, "If you thought of it, naturally, I did too. Rest assured, I took care of it from the beginning."
Xia Xin, sparked by a flash of inspiration, remembered that Jiangli seemed to have taken out an extra talisman after he had collected Ning Mu’s soul.
His eyes lit up, "Ancestor, that talisman is?"
The Prohibition Talisman. He can’t hear anything from the outside," Jiangli explained.
Xia Xin couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up, "Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. No one beats the Ancestor!"
He just knew it, how could the Ancestor let him be so easily slapped in the face!
The Ancestor must have had his own plan!
One should always trust the Ancestor!
Jiangli didn’t look at him.
Fu Shiyan looked at Jiangli and silently smiled.
Shortly, they all reached the floor where Shen Miao lived by elevator. By then, Shang Junxiao had already stepped into Shen Miao’s home ahead of them.
Fu Shiyan’s phone was still on the call screen. When Shang Junxiao had left, Jiangli had instructed the two of them to stay on the call.
Jiangli confirmed with Fu Shiyan, "His call is still ongoing, right?"
Fu Shiyan showed his phone to Jiangli, "Yes, it’s still connected."
Jiangli nodded, "Good. Don’t mention calling the police later. I’ll release Ning Mu."
Fu Shiyan and Xia Xin both nodded in unison.
Only then did Jiangli take out the Soul-Collecting Talisman, removed the Prohibition Talisman from it, and released Ning Mu’s soul.
As soon as Ning Mu touched the ground, he couldn’t help but sway, his legs felt weak, as if he wasn’t used to the corridor’s bright light.
Jiangli waited for him a while, and once he got used to it, he nodded toward the other end of the corridor, "Recognize this place?"
Ning Mu turned to look around and his gaze abruptly froze.
Jiangli said, "Looks like you do recognize it, right? You should have been here before."
Ning Mu looked at Jiangli with horror, "What are you doing bringing me here? Didn’t you promise you wouldn’t call the police?"
Jiangli raised an eyebrow, "I haven’t called the police. I just brought you here to take a look. But you, have you forgotten what you promised me?"
Ning Mu was taken aback.
Jiangli continued on his own, "I told you, I can refrain from calling the police, but you need to cooperate with me in an act. I want to know if you love Shen Miao that much, does she love you the same way? So you cooperate with me in this act, and once I get the answer, I’ll let him go, and I’ll even promise Shang Junxiao to grant you reincarnation. A fair deal, right?"