In the lively mortal world, Niannian saw that her master and senior brothers were soundly asleep at home. After checking and finding that they were just sleeping, the little dumpling skipped back to her own home.
But just as she stepped into the house, floating black dots came swarming towards her.
Niannian instinctively sensed danger and took a few steps back.
The house was so quiet, so quiet that it seemed as if there was no one there.
This wasn't right.
Mom and Dad would definitely sense her arrival the moment she got home and then run downstairs to welcome her.
What had happened to Mom, Dad, and her brothers?
The little dumpling quickly opened her heavenly eyes, and all she could see were dim, floating light spots in the air.
It was bad luck.
But why were these spots of bad luck so fragmented?
Niannian walked into the house and tried to touch these light spots, but they seemed to be alive. As soon as Niannian got close, they dodged away, creating a vacuum area.
But the moment she touched one of the light spots, she felt something unusual.
This wasn't bad luck.
This was medicine!
Niannian once heard from her master that there was a kind of medicine in this world that was alive.
It was similar to a parasitic microorganism.
They could attach themselves to people, reproduce, and grow.
Some were beneficial to humans, while others were harmful.
And those who could control this kind of medicine were witch doctors.
Xia Ji.
The figure of Brother Xia Xia immediately popped into Niannian's mind.
That seemingly ordinary man was a witch doctor.
Could it be his doing?
Niannian wasn't sure how many witch doctors there were in this world. The only one she knew was this one.
Just as Niannian was scratching her head in confusion, her little phone suddenly rang.
It was Meng Chang calling.
When she answered the phone, Meng Chang's voice was full of anxiety.
"Niannian, is your home in City S? A strange fog suddenly appeared near Shuangtuo Mountain there and is spreading towards the city center. There are many evil spirits in the fog hurting people. Hurry up and tell your family to be careful."
"Fog? What kind of fog?"
Niannian remained relatively calm. A fog that could shelter evil spirits from harming people was definitely not a natural phenomenon.
"Green. The fog seems to be alive. We don't have time to figure out what it is now. The relevant departments have already sent people to help, but it will take some time."
"How much do you know about witch doctors?"
The so - called fog was so similar to the medicine in front of her that Niannian couldn't help but associate them.
"Witch doctors? Didn't they die out long ago?"
Meng Chang had heard of them, but he had never seen one.
In his impression, this kind of thing had long disappeared into the long river of history.
Along with it, the spirit cats had also disappeared.
It was said that spirit cats had always been the guardians of the witch doctor clan.
"Okay, thank you, Brother Meng Chang. I understand."
Niannian hung up the phone. She was now sure that the medicine was created by Xia Ji.
But why did he do this?
It didn't make sense.
Could it be that because his sister had died and he felt hopeless in life, he developed the idea of retaliating against society?
But to be able to cooperate with so many evil spirits, it was definitely not something Xia Ji could do alone.
The only ones with such ability and a penchant for retaliating against society were probably the Holy Cult.
Did Xia Ji know that his sister's death was closely related to the Holy Cult?
Why did he choose to cooperate with them?
Niannian was a bit speechless.
Whether Xia Ji knew it or not, if he joined that organization, it made him seem rather stupid.
Divination.
Divining someone's whereabouts without knowing their birth date and time was very energy - consuming.
But Niannian didn't care about that now.
She quickly set up the divination tools and started without hesitation.
To her surprise, she quickly found out where Xia Ji was.
It was in a hotel not far away.
Niannian thought that if Xia Ji was working with the people of the Holy Cult, they would at least try to hide his whereabouts.
Could it be that the people there were not as skilled in magic as she was and failed to hide his tracks?
Niannian thought for a while and finally decided to go and check it out.
But she was just a child. If she went to find someone like this, she probably wouldn't even be able to get in the door.
After much thought, she called Meng Chang.
Just then, Meng Chang and a group of people from the relevant departments had just landed in a helicopter.
Some of them had to go to maintain order, so only Meng Chang was available to go with Niannian to find the person.
Having an official like Meng Chang with her really made things easier.
The hotel was very cooperative. After Meng Chang showed his work ID, they immediately told them the room where Xia Ji was staying.
They went upstairs and knocked on the door. There was soon movement inside.
"Who is it?"
Xia Ji asked from inside.
"Room service. Could you please open the door?"
They waited for a while before the door was opened.
Niannian and Meng Chang were both leaning against the wall, out of sight. As soon as Xia Ji saw them, he immediately tried to close the door.
How could Meng Chang give him the chance? He quickly propped the door open with a cart.
Niannian followed closely behind. She rushed into the room and kicked Xia Ji to the ground.
Xia Ji struggled for a while, only to realize that he had no ability to fight back against this little girl. He finally gave up struggling when he couldn't break free.
Seeing that the man was subdued, Meng Chang pushed the cart out, walked into the room, and casually closed and locked the door.
"Who are you? Why are you arresting me?"
Xia Ji asked first, showing no sign of panic in his expression.
"We just want to ask you a few questions."
Meng Chang had been called here temporarily. He didn't even know that Xia Ji was a witch doctor, so he had to let Niannian do the questioning.
"Just ask whatever you want. I'll tell you everything." Xia Ji's attitude was very calm, showing no intention of hiding anything.
"You have a sister named Xia Xia, right?"
Niannian asked.
"Yes. Do you know her? How do you know her?"
Hearing the name Xia Xia, the calm look on Xia Ji's face showed obvious surprise. Clearly, his emotions were fluctuating.
"Don't move or shout. I'll tell you how we knew Xia Xia."
Niannian said to Meng Chang. Instead of wasting time explaining a bunch of things, she just told the story directly.
The little dumpling told Xia Ji how she met Xia Xia and all the things she saw and heard later.
The originally calm and determined face of the young man cracked when he heard some of the content. Finally, he couldn't hold back his emotions and slumped down, with tears in his eyes.
"What else do you want to ask?"
"Why did you join the Holy Cult?"
"I left the valley to find the person who killed my sister. After avenging her, I was wandering on the street, not knowing where to go. A woman named Qiu Dongmei approached me and invited me to join their organization." Xia Ji replied.
"Don't you know that the Holy Cult has been capturing spirit beasts, extracting their souls, and taking their flesh and blood? Your ancestors and sister were indirectly killed by them. How could you still choose this path?" Niannian questioned.