Although Song Xiyin and Mu Chuchu were rivals, seeing Mu Chuchu so heart - broken at this moment, she couldn't help but feel a twinge of pity. She reached out to help Mu Chuchu up and asked, "Niannian, what should we do about her situation?"
A flicker passed through Mu Chuchu's eyes. When she looked up again, her face was full of grief. "I don't blame the child for hating me. I just feel sorry for her. She was so young and never even got to open her eyes to see the splendor of this world... Nian An, you're so powerful. Please send her to reincarnation as soon as possible."
Yu Nian stood there quietly, saying nothing. Her side face was hidden in the shadow, looking rather cold.
Mu Chuchu wanted to say something else, but when she met Yu Nian's gaze, she shut her mouth awkwardly.
Yu Nian looked down at Mu Chuchu, her expression unfathomable. After a long while, she slowly opened her mouth, her voice as cold as ice. "Mu Chuchu, I can't help you."
Mu Chuchu's pupils suddenly shrank, and her voice was full of disbelief. "Yu Nian, what do you mean? Don't you practitioners advocate compassion? Or do you still hold a grudge against me for our previous feud and refuse to help?" She took a deep breath and took out a bank card from her bag. "This is the deposit. As long as you can help me solve this trouble completely, I'll pay you a large sum of money after it's done."
Song Xiyin was taken aback. "In your eyes, is your child just a trouble?"
Mu Chuchu was stunned and forced a smile. "I didn't mean that..."
Yu Nian said calmly, "I won't help you because you're lying."
"A person has three souls and seven souls. When a fetus is aborted, the seven souls disperse first. Then the heavenly soul returns to the sky, the human soul guards the corpse, and the earthly soul goes to the underworld for judgment. After 49 days, the souls gather together, and the person is reborn. By calculation, that child should have been reincarnated long ago. According to your statement, you had an abortion in the hospital last year, but only recently have you been having frequent dreams about her. This only means that she has been forcibly detained in the human world, and the resentment around her is getting stronger. Mu Chuchu, have you touched something you shouldn't have?"
Mu Chuchu's face turned pale in an instant. "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Really?"
Yu Nian strode to the window and pulled all the curtains shut. The room instantly became dim.
While Mu Chuchu was feeling confused, she saw Yu Nian suddenly reach out and draw something in the air in front of her.
Mu Chuchu immediately felt a cold wind blowing from behind. She slowly turned her head and saw a baby with a distorted face sitting on her shoulder. Black mist was swirling around it, and it was looking at her with a smile.
Mu Chuchu let out a shrill scream and frantically thrashed and slapped her own body. It was not until Yu Nian pulled the curtains open again that the child disappeared.
Mu Chuchu's face was as pale as paper, and she collapsed on the ground. After a long while, she took off the pendant hanging around her neck and tremblingly handed it to Yu Nian.
Inside the pendant was a golden baby the size of a thumb. No one knew what material it was made of, but it emitted a strange light under the sunlight.
Song Xiyin was a bit confused. "What is this?"
Yu Nian said, "It's a Kuman Thong. Mu Chuchu made her own child into a Kuman Thong and kept it with her. This is what is commonly known as raising a little ghost."
Raising a little ghost is a type of spirit - controlling technique. It means forcibly detaining a child's soul in the human world and nourishing it with fingertip blood, hair, etc. to satisfy one's own desires.
No one with a bit of merit in the Xuanmen would ever get involved in this because this technique is not only vicious but also harmful to one's merit.
Song Xiyin was stunned and looked at Mu Chuchu in disbelief. She felt that the woman in front of her was scarier than a ghost. "You actually used such an evil method to trap your own flesh and blood. Are you crazy about becoming famous?!"
Mu Chuchu suddenly raised her head, and a hint of ferocity appeared on her beautiful face. "I've suffered so much. What's wrong with wanting to be famous?! Do you think everyone is as wealthy as you and has no shortage of resources?"
Yu Nian looked at her indifferently. "So you chose this method and sacrificed your child's chance of reincarnation to achieve a glorious stardom for yourself?"
Mu Chuchu suddenly covered her face and sobbed softly, her voice hoarse. "I didn't want to do this either, but my career has been going nowhere in recent years. Since she's my child, why not let her serve one last purpose... I went to Thailand and found a famous master to make her into a Kuman Thong. I wanted her to accompany me in another way."
Yu Nian said slowly, "Although the Kuman Thong is called a Buddhist amulet in Thailand, it has no Buddha nature. It can indeed increase your luck and has protected you to become famous quickly in the past year. But this is ultimately an evil technique. As the little ghost is nourished by the host, its power will become stronger and stronger, and the resentment of being unable to be reincarnated will also become deeper and deeper. Eventually, it will get out of control and backfire on the host."
This time, Mu Chuchu was really scared. Her eyes looking at Yu Nian were full of fear. "Yu Nian, I really know I was wrong."
Seeing Yu Nian sneering silently, she said again, "For the sake of my poor child, please tell me what I should do. I'll do whatever you say!"
Yu Nian was silent for a moment. "Where's the child's body?"
Seeing a glimmer of hope, Mu Chuchu quickly said, "It's hidden in the cabinet in my house."
Song Xiyin's expression twisted for a moment. She felt a wave of nausea in her stomach and retched several times.
Yu Nian glanced at Mu Chuchu, her eyes full of coldness. "If you really want to live, bring the child's body with you. Come to Qingxin Temple at noon tomorrow."
...
The night was deep, but the inner courtyard of Qingxin Temple was still brightly lit. Yu Nian stood in front of the altar and placed the pendant on it. With a solemn expression, she took out three incense sticks and softly recited a few incantations. Then, the pendant began to shake violently. Before long, a little child wearing a red bellyband suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
He Zhiping and Ming Ming were startled, but they saw the child sitting obediently on the altar, neither crying nor making a fuss. With a pair of big, bright eyes, it curiously looked around, looking no different from an ordinary child.
Yu Nian said, "Don't be afraid. She won't hurt anyone for the time being."
The moment the child saw Feng Chengyuan, its eyes lit up. It seemed to like him very much and waved its arms babblingly.
Feng Chengyuan's eyes softened for a moment. "Can I hold her?"
Yu Nian nodded. She gently slapped a talisman on the back of the child and turned it into a physical form.
The moment Feng Chengyuan picked her up, the child was stunned, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.
Feng Chengyuan was startled. He thought he was holding her in the wrong way and gently patted the child's back.
His movements were very gentle, but unexpectedly, the child who had been very well - behaved just now burst into tears, sobbing more and more sadly.
Feng Chengyuan was at a loss and could only coax her in a low voice.
Hong Xi propped his chin and looked at the child. Suddenly, he sighed with melancholy. "This little ghost is really pitiful. She finally got a chance to be reincarnated as a human, but was betrayed by her own mother like this."
Maybe the word "mom" was too sensitive for the child. She suddenly stopped sobbing and let out a shrill scream from her throat. The blood - red light around her soared, and her face quickly rotted and distorted. She suddenly opened her blood - red mouth wide and was about to bite Feng Chengyuan.
Yu Nian's eyebrows twitched. She quickly grabbed the child. As they looked into each other's eyes, the child silently shed two streams of blood - red tears.
Yu Nian was stunned and let out a soft sigh. "Why do you have to do this?"