After the incident with Li Sanniang, Cui Wu and Cui You had left their contact information for Yan Sinian.
When he made the call, it was Cui Wu who answered.
Initially, the attitude was indifferent, but it turned into surprise as soon as he recognized Yan Sinian’s voice.
"Senior Yan, I didn’t expect you would actually contact us," he said.
Yan Sinian got straight to the point and recounted the recent events.
Cui Wu immediately fell silent, and after a moment, he spoke, "These matters should indeed be handled by us; it’s just that we didn’t expect the oversight from the people in Zhuancheng, to not have discovered it in time, and yet the senior had to intervene."
Yan Sinian raised an eyebrow, sensing from his words that not only does the country have a special agency for such unusual incidents, but also an operational monitoring body on regular days.
However, since the incident occurred in a school, it was normal to have missed it momentarily.
Yan Sinian reported the information to the other side; as both parties were cultivators, there was no need for extended records—mentioning it once was generally enough to remember.
"Alright, I will have someone rush to Zhuancheng as soon as possible, and we might need the senior’s help at that time," he said.
Yan Sinian hummed in acknowledgment and hung up the phone.
On the other side, Yue Qingqing had also finished reflecting, "Senior brother, how did it go?"
"If all goes well, the matter should be resolved quickly," he replied.
Yue Qingqing immediately cheered up, knowing that Senior Brother Yan handled things steadily; since he said so, naturally there wouldn’t be any accidents.
With the matter resolved, Yue Qingqing could also put down a significant burden.
As her senior brother walked her into the residential area, she suddenly thought of something.
"Senior brother Yan."
"Was this incident really just an accident?" she asked.
Yan Sinian inquired, "Why do you ask?"
Yue Qingqing started calculating on her fingers.
"Killed by a blunt object represents metal, grain represents wood, drowning represents water, buried alive represents earth, and burned to death goes without saying."
Yue Qingqing had never witnessed or played with the Pen Immortal.
She naturally didn’t know whether it could really summon spirits.
But the spirits possessing the five children neatly corresponded to the five types of death: metal, wood, water, fire, earth.
It seemed too coincidental.
Yue Qingqing didn’t believe that her senior brother hadn’t noticed it.
Yan Sinian, of course, had realized this point when he heard the story.
But he had planned to investigate it on his own, so he hadn’t spoken out.
The clever little junior sister couldn’t be kept in the dark after all.
Yan Sinian sighed lightly, gently pinching Yue Qingqing’s cheek with tenderness.
"Aren’t you still young? Isn’t it better to grow up happy?"
Yue Qingqing puffed her cheeks and flicked her senior brother’s finger away.
"I might look young, but haven’t you forgotten? I also had a past life," she said.
Yan Sinian chuckled, "When you were struck by lightning in your past life, you were only eighteen as well; just of age in this world, yet you still try to act like an adult."
Moreover, in her last life, the junior sister was physically weak due to a change in her fortune, and hardly ever went out.
She’d tumble over with a mere gust of wind, only able to rest inside the cave dwelling.
In the eyes of her several senior brothers, her mental maturity was not different from that of a teenager.
The few times she went out were when she was lured by an unscrupulous master to sneak into the villages in the mortal world to steal some food.
They felt there was no danger, so they turned a blind eye.
So what was she pretending to be now?
Feeling belittled, Yue Qingqing pursed her lips, "If you won’t tell me, it’s fine; I can investigate on my own."
Yan Sinian squinted, "Feeling itchy for a spanking?"
Shrinking her neck, Yue Qingqing, rarely scolded by her senior brother, timidly turned her head away.
Acting as if nothing had happened.
As they reached the downstairs area, Yan Sinian carefully advised, "Whatever you do, ask your senior brother first; don’t act on your own. Do you hear me?"
Yue Qingqing’s eyes on the ground, she rolled around.