Chapter 565: Chapter 565: The Soul Returns to its Place _1
The night finally fell, and Qin Sisi woke from her slumber. Ye You was still fast asleep.
She glanced outside the window, it was pitch black. Knowing she couldn’t delay any longer, she gingerly emerged from the bed, covered Ye You with the quilt, and left the bedroom.
Although it was very dark outside, it wasn’t midnight yet. It should be a while until Lan Di would arrive.
Qin Sisi poured a glass of water, just as she settled on the couch, the door to the guest room opened, Ning Hao came out.
Qin Sisi looked up, although Ning Hao seemed calm, his eyes betrayed fatigue and hidden pain.
"You haven’t slept yet?" Qin Sisi asked quietly.
"I can’t sleep." Ning Hao’s voice was slightly hoarse, he sat on a chair that was neither too close nor too far from Qin Sisi.
Qin Sisi glanced at him, poured him a glass of water and put it on the table next to him, then went back to the couch. Both of them sipped their water in silence, no one spoke further.
Time seemed to pass incredibly slow, slow enough to make people anxious.
The black ashes from the burning of the yellow paper in the northwest corner hadn’t been cleaned up, it was still scattered chaotically around.
Half an hour past midnight, a chilling wind suddenly struck, the black ashes scattered all over.
Then a vortex formed, sweeping up all the aimlessly floating ashes within it. The vortex spun quickly for a few rounds and abruptly stopped. There were now a few more shadows in the room.
Qin Sisi immediately stood up. After recognizing who had arrived, she let out a sigh of relief.
Ning Hao, although he couldn’t see ghosts, could guess from Qin Sisi’s expression what was happening, he hurriedly asked, "Has Brother Lu’s spirit returned?"
Qin Sisi just nodded at him, then hurriedly walked up to welcome the newcomers.
There were three people who had arrived. Lan Di, Lv Yong, and Lan Di’s henchman, Qing Meng.
Too excited to notice earlier, Qin Sisi approached them and only then realized that Qing Meng was injured.
Qin Sisi’s heart sank, she quickly asked, "Didn’t things go smoothly?"
Lan Di replied with a grim expression, "Everything was going fine, but we encountered the Messenger of Death who gave us trouble last time, he still holds a grudge against us. He tried to stop us from retrieving Lv Yong’s spirit and started a fight with Qing Meng. I took advantage of the situation and brought the spirit back."
Qing Meng added with a coarse voice, "That stubborn old guy, he turned around to report to King Yama when he saw he couldn’t stop us from taking the spirit, I had to quickly follow big brother."
It was that narrow-minded Messenger of Death again!
Qin Sisi had thought that last time, his superior had shown some respect towards her, so he would let go of any past grievances. It seemed she thought people too well.
Qin Sisi bit her lip, knowing this wasn’t the time to vent her anger. She looked at Lv Yong’s spirit and asked Lan Di, "Is Brother Lu’s spirit alright?"
Lan Di shook his head, "It’s good. Where’s Black Cat? Let him send the spirit back to the body!"
Qin Sisi faltered, then said to Lan Di, "He’s too tired. You do it!"
Lan Di noticed the pleading look on Qin Sisi’s face and quickly deduced that Ye You must have exhausted too much spiritual power helping Lv Yong heal his body, just like when he had helped Qian Qian reincarnate. He might need a few days of good rest to recover.
So he readily nodded and responded, "Alright, I’ll do it, lead the way."
Qin Sisi led Lan Di, Qing Meng, and the dazed spirit of Lv Yong into the guest bedroom. Ning Hao watched Qin Sisi conversing and expressing varying emotions with the air, knowing that he couldn’t intervene in this matter, he didn’t ask any more questions, only calmly waited outside.
Lan Di followed Qin Sisi into the guest room, seeing Lv Yong’s intact body lying on the bed, he pursed his lips. His normally carefree expression turned very serious.
He led Lv Yong’s spirit to stand in front of him, then used his index and middle finger to touch Lv Yong’s spirit’s forehead. He muttered a few incantations, lifted his palm, and pushed it towards the chest of the spirit. Lv Yong’s spirit then gently floated towards the body.
Lan Di used his spiritual power to control Lv Yong’s spirit to slowly approach his body and start the fusion.
Lan Di also gradually moved closer to Lv Yong’s body, continuing to use his spiritual power to quickly facilitate the fusion of his body and spirit.
Half an hour later, Lan Di withdrew his spiritual power, revealing a tired look on his face.
Lan Di exhaled, turned to Qin Sisi and said, "That’s as much as I can do. If it was Black Cat, perhaps he could wake up quickly. My spiritual power isn’t strong enough, he can wake up only by daybreak."
Just a matter of waiting a bit longer, nothing too serious.
Qin Sisi nodded and gratefully said to Lan Di, "Thank you."
Besides gratitude, Qin Sisi was also filled with guilt, feeling as if she hadn’t been much help at all. Everything was accomplished with the help of Ye You and Lan Di.
Lan Di dismissively said, "Alright, there’s no need to be so formal with me. Now, I should go back, I’m afraid that Messenger of Death might cause more trouble. I need to go see."
Qin Sisi’s heart slightly sank. If Lan Di was taking this so seriously, it seemed the situation might be a bit more complicated.
But with issues concerning the underworld, she didn’t know how to advise, she just thought she would ask Lan Di after things settle down in a few days.
Qin Sisi then turned to Qing Meng. The big and burly man was covered in wounds, yet he hadn’t grimaced in pain from the start.
Qin Sisi sincerely said, "Qing Meng, thank you for your hard work."
Surprisingly, Qing Meng seemed a bit shy at Qin Sisi’s gratitude, he laughed and said, "Oh, it’s nothing, I was just following big brother’s orders."
Now that Lv Yong’s issue was taken care of, Lan Di had his own matters to attend to and didn’t want to stay any longer. He left quickly with Qing Meng.
Qin Sisi told Ning Hao as she walked out the door, "Brother Lu’s spirit is back. He will wake up after daybreak, don’t worry."
Ning Hao nodded, "Okay."
As they locked eyes, Ning Hao’s face showed a mix of emotions, but still couldn’t hide the thinly veiled affection in his eyes.
Qin Sisi lowered her head, and said softly, "I will go back to my room first."
After saying that, she walked quickly to her bedroom.
As she passed Ning Hao, he suddenly had an urge to reach out and grab Qin Sisi’s arm.
His fingers twitched, but he ended up not going through with it.
It’s clear now that they are not meant to be, why force it?
Ning Hao closed his eyes in pain, he walked straight into the guest room without looking back, but he still couldn’t fall asleep.
He stood by the window, lit a cigarette, and gazed at the distant lights in the expansive night, silently waiting for the sunrise.
The night will eventually pass. When the sunlight shines again, perhaps this heart-stopping, excruciating saga would also come to an end!
