Chapter Eleven: The Turning Point

  It's a dead end, no solution... Tian Qi has searched for many materials over the past two days, but it can be said that nothing was gained.

  Just as he was at a loss, his mentor, Moon Yanyue, called and asked about the Changsheng clan. Tian Qi happened to tell his mentor about this unresolved matter that was currently on his mind.

  Although it seems that Zhang Xin can't be seen for the time being and can't understand more about the Changsheng tribe, Yuetan Ming didn't expect that Tianqi would come back in a short time and encounter these strange people and things, and there are many masters among them. This also solidified his determination to return home, as people get older, they all want to return to their roots.

  Putting down the phone, Tian Qi was waiting for the teacher's email in front of the computer. Although this situation is strange and is known as an unsolvable situation, Yuezhan Ming had indeed studied it early in the year and found a way to break through it.

  Soon, Tianqi received an email and printed it out with a document. However, the solution on it still made Tianqi sweat.

  "This is the solution my teacher gave me, but this method requires you and your wife to work together, and you may still be in danger. As for whether or not to do it, I hope you consider it." On the third day of meeting with Director Chen, Tianqi handed Chen Yu a printed document that recorded the method of solving the Soul Lock Bureau.

  "I agree, my wife won't have a problem with it either, she'll help out," Chen Yu had wronged two people in his lifetime: one was his deceased ex-girlfriend Wang Xin, and the other was his current wife Zhang Yao. At first, he thought Zhang Yao only married him because her father intervened, so after they got married, he didn't treat her well, always finding ways to torment her. However, Zhang Yao silently endured it, never arguing with him, and did her best to be a virtuous wife.

  Later, he accidentally overheard Zhang Yao and his father's conversation and only then did he realize that his father had done everything before and Zhang Yao was unaware of it, and he had wrongly blamed her. Tian Qi told his wife about the whole story, including Wang Xin setting up a trap for herself, and her soul had been in the library all along without leaving.

  Zhang Yao felt that she owed Wang Xin a debt, although it wasn't her doing, but after all, it was because of her, so she often let Chen Yu go to the library to take a look at Zhang Yao.

  "Director Chen, are you certain about this? If you regret it now, there's still time. Everything has its cause and effect. Your heart is already set on it, no need to force it." Tian Qi advised.

  Everything has a price, and breaking the notorious "Dead Soul Lock" is no exception. The first step is to extract the two souls and six spirits of the deceased's most beloved person, then guide them into the Dead Soul Lock, leaving only one soul and one spirit in the body to preserve their life.

  Humans have three souls and seven spirits. The three souls are heavenly soul, earthly soul, and human soul. After a person dies, the seven spirits disperse, one of the three souls returns to the grave, another returns to the ancestral tablet, and the third soul goes to the underworld for judgment before being reborn. The seven spirits refer to joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hatred, and desire, which exist in material form, so when a person's body dies, the seven spirits also disappear.

  If a person loses all three souls and seven spirits, then this person is truly dead and cannot be saved. As long as there is still one soul and one spirit left, there is still hope for survival. However, if two souls and six spirits are not returned to their rightful place before dawn, the consequences will be dire: at best, the person will become an idiot, and at worst, they will lose their life.

  "Go ahead, I believe in you," said Zhang Yao, the wife who had been standing beside Chen Yu and hadn't spoken much, looking at her husband. She knew that what she said now would be a great comfort to him, making his heart feel more at ease.

  "If I, if I couldn't come out, then the child would suffer for you later, and I wouldn't be able to forgive myself." Chen Yu's heart was moved. What virtue did he have, what good fortune did he have, that in this life he could meet two such "women", but due to a twist of fate, he had wronged both of them. Although now he and his wife were loving and affectionate, and the child was healthy and strong, in his heart there still lived another "woman". For Zhang Yao, this was already a kind of infidelity.

  "Don't talk nonsense, I believe in you, just believe in you, no ifs or buts."

  The unlocking ceremony officially began. At 11 o'clock in the evening, the library had already closed its doors. Director Chen let all the staff on duty go home today and there would be no one to disturb them.

  "These are three wax candles, Director Chen. When you enter, they will be lit. You will hold one in your hand when you enter. When that one burns out, a new one will immediately appear in your hand, corresponding to the ones outside. Before the third one burns out, you must come out. Otherwise, you won't be able to return. You must remember this," said Tian Qi.

  Chen Yu nodded, picked up one of the candles, and his wife Zhang Yao lit it for him. The fat man handed over a rectangular mirror, Zhang Yu held the lit candle in both hands, looked at himself in the mirror, and silently recited to himself.

  "You are me, I am you, the you in my heart, the me in your heart"

  This is what the mentor wrote in the email to Tianqi, and there must be some profound meaning that Tianqi doesn't understand yet, only knowing that this can bring out the two souls and six spirits from his body.

  Less than two minutes later, Chen Yu's body fell backwards and landed on the 'bed' that had been prepared for him.

  "My goodness, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes," A person's shadow only appears in the mirror when they are standing in front of it, but Chen Yu was already lying on the 'bed', yet there was still another Chen Yu standing in the mirror.

  Tian Qi pinched the fatty to keep him quiet, as this was the most inopportune moment for any disturbance. With his three souls and seven spirits not fully within his body, his soul was in an unstable state, and even the slightest unexpected event could have irreparable consequences.

  He and Qiu Shen walked over, lifted the mirror, then used a key to open the door of the small house in the library, positioning the front of the mirror facing the doorway. Chen Yu Zhen, who was inside the mirror, emerged from it holding a lit candle, then entered the house.

  Director Chen has already entered, Tian Qi lit the three candles in sequence and put them into the three incense burners. One of them had been burning for about a fifth, which was the first one used by Chen Yu.

  According to common sense, when a candle is lit, it should start burning wax oil. However, strangely enough, although all three were lit, only the first one was burning wax oil. When the first one burned out, the second one would start, which is an inexplicable phenomenon that cannot be explained by physics and chemistry.

  Tian Qi asked the instructor this question, and the instructor's explanation was that candles are spiritual objects, given rituals will follow the rituals, a bit like a tool that listens to orders, you let it do what it does, even if it changes the nature of material combustion.

  Chen Yu's wife, Zhang Yao, stood beside Chen Yu who was lying on the 'bed', gazing at her husband.

  There was no expression on her face, Tian Qi didn't know what she was thinking. At this moment, shouldn't her mood be very tense? Doesn't she worry that something will go wrong with her husband and he won't come back?

  "I feel like something is going to happen, be careful." Chou Shen said in a low voice to Tian Qi. The library was now empty except for Chen Yu who had just entered, and outside were Tian Qi, Chou Shen, Pang Zi, Chen Yu's wife, and Chen Yu himself who lay on the "bed" in a state of coma with only his soul remaining.

  Tian Qi and Qiu Shen won't make any unusual moves, but it's hard to say about the others.

  "Fatso, keep an eye on the candle!" Tian Qi had Fatso sit in front of the candle to prevent any accidents from occurring while it was burning.

  "Don't scare me like that, I almost blew out the candle! Fatso's courage has grown a bit now, but he can't help being nervous. Tianqi's sudden words startled him."

  "Mrs. Zhang, what are you going to do?" Qiu Shen suddenly jumped lightly and appeared beside Zhang Yao, grabbing one of her hands. Qiu Shen's martial arts disciple Tian Qi was aware of this.

  "I saw him sweating, I thought of taking out a tissue to wipe it for him," Zhang Yao was somewhat surprised by the sudden appearance of Qi Shen, but quickly regained her composure and took out a pack of wet wipes from her pocket.

  "Wait, sorry about this, it's a critical moment and any move could ruin the whole ceremony. Don't mind." Tian Qi quickly pulled Qiu Shen back.

  Qiu Shen didn't say a word, he looked at Tian Qi, his eyes blinked twice. After a long time of contact, the two people had an understanding, Tian Qi understood that Qiu Shen was conveying a message, Zhang Yao had a problem.

  Now she didn't make any bad moves either, they couldn't go up and search her or tie her up, let alone need her help for Director Chen to return safely.