Chapter 37: The Evil Spirit Disperses

  The damp air that permeated the air raid shelter disappeared without a trace under the driving force of Lu Ke and She Ruiwen's brutal spiritual power, and the air became dry. However, due to years of invasion by the earth's energy, this air raid shelter was still more humid than the outside world.

  As the aura of moisture disappeared, so did the originally thriving life machine. It actually disappeared after both of them made their moves at the same time, and even Lu Ke and She Ruiwen, who were sensitive to spiritual energy, couldn't feel it anymore. No wonder they became wary of each other after making their moves, thinking that the other had taken away the source of the life machine. However, upon further thought, they realized that if the other had such an ability, they wouldn't have tolerated the existence of their enemy. So, the source of this life machine should still be in the air raid shelter, it's just not easy to feel it now.

  Lu Ke and She Ruiwen searched for a long time but to no avail, and they began to suspect that the source had been destroyed by spiritual energy. After all, neither of them had seen the appearance of this source before, nor did they know what form it existed in, so it was not impossible that it had been destroyed. However, after this ordeal, they could confirm that there was no spiritual vein here, and since there was no spiritual vein, this place had lost its appeal to Lu Ke and She Ruiwen. The sky was about to brighten up, and it was time for them to head back.

  Lu Ke and She Ruiwen came out of the air raid shelter and saw Su Qi lying on the ground, soft and weak, with a half-dead look.

  It seems like there's a wicked ghost here! Shui Ruwen suddenly remembered that wasn't there a young girl who was possessed by the ghost's soul separation technique? Su Qi seemed to have gotten excited and gone to fight the ghost. Now that Su Qi is fine, did she defeat the ghost? Shui Ruwen turned his head and saw Yu Sisi lying on the ground as well, so he was certain that the ghost had been defeated by Su Qi. However, a ghost tribe that wasn't even a match for her could be defeated with just one move, why was Su Qi in such a state? Had her spiritual power decreased? Was it possible for him to eat her now? After struggling all night, there would finally be something to eat, Shui Ruwen thought excitedly. He happily ran to Su Qi's side and squatted down to poke her. Eating half-dead food wasn't as good as fresh food, but as long as he could eat her, he would make do with it! Su Qi lazily opened her eyes and saw that it was Shui Ruwen, then closed them again, feeling too tired. Her muscles ached all over, it didn't even feel like her own body, the amount of exercise she got tonight was equivalent to four years' worth in college.

  "Alas!" Si Ruiwen sighed, Su Qi's body was weak, but her spiritual power not only didn't weaken, but also showed a growing trend. Wasn't this wrong? How could he still eat her like this? Si Ruiwen looked up at Lu Ke, who seemed to have no reaction to Su Qi's growing spiritual power. How could this dead scorpion be so calm again? Did he have some way to confirm that he could devour Su Qi?

  "The sky is about to brighten up." Lu Ke cast his gaze towards the eastern horizon, where the fish belly was slightly white. Su Qi's power was like this morning sun, and it was likely that one day it would grow to a point where people couldn't look directly at it. The Divine Clan... Lu Ke suddenly revealed a faint, bloodthirsty smile. There's still a long way to go, but one day, Su Qi will become his prey!

  "What to do?" Su Qi struggled to sit up, facing Yu Si Si who was lying on the ground. As for Yu Si Si's current state, she wondered how she would explain it to her when she woke up.

  Lu Ke came to Yu Si's side, raised his hand and gently placed it on hers, slowly infusing spiritual energy into her. Before long, the wound on Yu Si's hand disappeared. Su Qi Ruo was stunned by the change in Yu Si's hand, she had never thought that spiritual energy could be used in such a way, why didn't she know about this before? Shouldn't she learn from Lu Ke? Lu Ke then infused spiritual energy into Yu Si's other new wounds, and they all disappeared one after another.

  After healing SiSi's wound, Lu Ke arranged, "Later let Qi Ruwen send her back, she won't remember tonight's events."

  "Hey! Why is it someone else's turn?" Shi Ruiwen spoke out in dissatisfaction, having been tossed about for a whole night without discovering anything, and yet still had the nerve to order him around, what did he take him for?

  "You don't have to send it." Lu Ke didn't force Ji Ruiwen after all.

  "Shi Ruwen, Shi Ruwen!" Su Qiruo immediately flashed a brilliant friendly smile at Shi Ruwen. It was almost dawn, and if Shi Ruwen didn't help send Yu Sisi back, how could she possibly lift Yu Sisi? What if they were late and Yu Sisi woke up halfway, how would she explain it? Just thinking about it gave Su Qiruo a headache. "Can you please help me out, shouldn't we be helping each other as classmates? Can you help send her back?"

  "Hmph!" Si Ruiwen turned his head proudly, ignoring Su Qi's flattering smile. You ask me for help with just two sentences, what do you take me for?!

  "Shi Ruwen, how about I treat you to dinner? Please, help me out!" Su Qiruo's tone was somewhat pleading.

  Lu Ke rolled her eyes at Rui Wen, calmly opening her mouth, "If he doesn't help, I'll send both of you back." Lu Ke helped Su Qi Ru up and made a move to pull the unconscious Yu Si Si who was lying on the ground.

  "Hmm?" Si Ruiwen looked at Lu Ke with suspicion, why was the scorpion suddenly so kind? Was there some conspiracy? Or was it to please Su Qi and get something from her? "I'll reluctantly help you guys." Si Ruiwen rushed to help Yu Sisi up before Lu Ke could, and then said, "Helping isn't free, after all."

  Su Qi saw Yi Ruiwen willing to help and was delighted. Without thinking, she blurted out, "No problem, what do you need?"

  "This is it!" Si Ruiwen thought for a moment, eating your request is not excessive, but Su Qi will definitely not agree, besides, the dead scorpion is still there, "Wait for me to think about it and tell you, don't refuse when the time comes."

  "How could it be!" Su Qi looked at Yang Ruiwen's cunning eyes, suddenly felt that he had spoken rashly, and immediately changed his words to "Do my best, do my best."

  "Give Grandpa a good wipe!" Xie Ruwen suddenly threw something at Su Qiruo, "This request is not counted."

  Su Qi took it subconsciously and looked at it carefully, it was a clean white stone, "It's already so clean, why wipe it? Where did you get it from?"

  "It's okay." Si Ruiwen had already helped Yu Sisi walk back and forth.

  "What's the point of picking up stones?" Su Qi murmured, carefully examining the stone but finding nothing special about it. Lu Ke supported Su Qi and also saw the stone that Xi Ruiwen had picked up, indeed there was nothing special about it, why did he pick it up?

  "Ah!" Su Qiruo suddenly exclaimed as she walked, startling Lu Ke and Shen Ruiwen to turn their heads and stare at her. They saw that the unremarkable white stone in Su Qiruo's hand was rapidly disappearing into her palm.

  Shi Ruwen realized that this stone was not ordinary, when he entered the cave there was no such stone inside, and when he came out it suddenly appeared. Originally just curious and intended to take it back for research, unexpectedly in Su Qi's hand an abnormal change occurred, could the source of life in the cave come from this stone? Shi Ruwen immediately took action to seize it.

  Lu Ke didn't know the origin of this stone, but he worried that it would pose a threat to Su Qi's life. Now his own life was tied to Su Qi, and Su Qi absolutely couldn't have anything happen to her. Lu Ke quickly took action to stop it.

  The two of them made their moves at the same time, and the impact from the collision of their different spiritual powers stimulated the spiritual power within Su Qiruo's body. Her spiritual power burst out uncontrollably from her palm, completely suppressing Lu Ke and She Ruiwen's spiritual powers. The two of them watched in shock as the stone drilled into Su Qiruo's body and disappeared without a trace.

  "How are you?" Lu Ke's tone was unmistakably worried. The stone had come from the Ghost Tribe's territory, and now it had entered Su Qi Rao's body. If this stone was a plot by the Ghost Tribe to infiltrate and take over a human body, then Su Qi Rao, who was only half a god, might not be able to avoid disaster.

  Shi Ruwen didn't say a word, but his eyes were fixed intently on Su Qiye, unwilling to miss any detail that might be revealed. Now he was eager to know what would happen if the stone invaded the human body, and if this stone really had some great power, he must find a way to dig it out from Su Qiye's body.

  Su Qi's gaze was still staring blankly at her palm, she had not yet come to from the shock of the stone entering her body. Everything had happened too quickly, so quickly that she only saw the stone enter her body and hadn't even reacted before everything disappeared. If someone were to tell Su Qi at this moment that it was just a hallucination, that nothing had actually happened, Su Qi would definitely believe them.

  "Su Qi Ruo!" Lu Ke couldn't help but roar in anger, seeing that Su Qi Ruo didn't have the slightest reaction. Now his life was tied to Su Qi Ruo's, if she dragged him down with her slow reactions, he would die with his eyes open! In this life and the next, he would haunt her, making her wish she were dead!

  Su Qi suddenly turned her head to face Lu Ke, whose anxious and worried eyes were a rare sight on him. Why did seeing him like this make her heart feel warm all of a sudden? Had she unknowingly fallen for him?

  "Su Qi Ruo! Wake up!"

  Su Qi blinked her eyes and asked weakly, "What's wrong?"

  "What's wrong?" Lu Ke gritted his teeth and repeated, then roared, "You tell me what's wrong! Are you sick or something?! What's the point of having a brain?! You've got rocks in your head and you're still asking me what's wrong?! You tell me what's wrong!"

  Lu Ke's continuous roar made Su Qi suddenly wake up, she knew that Lu Ke's outbreak was always tyrannical and if he hadn't been affected by her Soul Binding Curse, she would have definitely been left with nothing. "I don't feel anything." Su Qi immediately expressed her current state in a straightforward manner.

  "Nothing's wrong?" Lu Ke furrowed his brow, scrutinizing Su Qiruo. The stone had entered her body, yet she didn't feel anything at all - how was that possible? Lu Ke grasped Su Qiruo's hand, wanting to use his spiritual energy to probe her body, but then thought better of it, realizing that his spiritual energy would clash with hers, rendering the test useless. He could only instruct her in frustration, "You try circulating your spiritual energy yourself and see if there's any problem."

  Su Qi Ruo pressed according to Lu Ke's words, and the spiritual power circulated to various parts of her body. The circulation was smooth and unobstructed, and her true heart had no hindrance. Su Qi Ruo could only reiterate, "Really, there's nothing special about it."

  Shi Ruwen carefully observed Su Qi for half a day and didn't notice anything unusual, and after hearing Su Qi say that there was nothing abnormal, she still couldn't help but ask again, "Really no feeling at all?!"

  "No!" Su Qi Ruo replied firmly, looking at Yang Ru Wen's concerned eyes. Su Qi Ruo was slightly moved, this guy Yang Ru Wen wasn't so bad after all.

  Shi Ruiwen retracted his gaze, his own painstakingly obtained stone was actually cheaper than Su Qi's. His desire to eat her grew stronger, even if he couldn't eat her now, absorbing some of her pure spiritual energy would do. Fortunately, there was still her promise, he had to think carefully and make up for today's loss!

  Lu Ke can temporarily put his mind at ease, but the origin of that stone is unknown and it has now entered Su Qi Ruo's body, so he doesn't know if there will be any impact in the future. He needs to be careful and also think of a way to investigate the source of the stone.

  "It's almost dawn, shouldn't we head back a bit earlier?" Su Qi reminded Lu Ke and Shen Ruiwen.

  "Go back." Lu Ke didn't say another word and supported Su Qiruo as they walked back.

  "Right, won't this place have any more ghost tribes in the future? Won't it be that one evil spirit is eliminated and then another appears?" Su Qi thought of this question as she looked at the ghost tribe that still hadn't disappeared.

  Lu Ke glanced at the ghost tribe still wandering aimlessly in the distance and said, "It won't happen again. The feng shui here has been broken, and no more ghost tribes will appear."