Capítulo 75: She Arrived, But To No Avail
Thirty minutes earlier.
Xie Jian arrived at the school.
"What's the situation here?"
All of the information she knew was that the school had some sort of explosion and that Lan Xiang with Ye Qingle went inside to fix it.
That was what Lu Xifa said on her message.
She was shocked to see the actual phenomenon happening.
Although it was not even noon, as she got closer and closer to the school, the clouds darkened, until she arrived on-site.
The sun was nowhere to be seen, as were the clouds.
The sky was pitch black.
"Ah, it's Young Mistress Xie." Ren Zhao hurriedly bowed as he always did when she visited the mansion years ago.
"...Butler Ren? How did you get so thin?"
"Ahaha, it's a family secret."
After exchanging greetings with everyone, Xie Jian talked to the pale Lu Xifa.
Her condition was much better than before when she couldn't even stand up straight as she overdrew her qi.
Of course, as only half an hour had passed, she still hadn't nearly enough time to recover even a tenth of her Spatial qi.
"Xifa, Xiaoqin, tell me what happened here."
Lu Xifa explained the situation in depth, keeping the fact that the Yin necklace was hers a secret. She had never told anyone about the reason she came here all the way from Pei Luan except for Lan Xiang, after all.
"If the explosion came from the necklaces, then shouldn't you have just teleported the necklaces instead of everyone?"
Lu Xifa shook her head. "When both Yin and Yang necklaces are in contact with each other, they disrupt any and all disturbances around them while they pair, that's of course including qi disturbances. It's not possible. Besides, where else would I transport a multitude of ghosts? They would wreak havoc wherever they go."
Xie Jian pursed her lips. "When did they go inside?"
"About an hour ago." Ren Weiwei responded this time.
"...Does it take that long to exorcise ghosts?"
Jiang Yilun shook her head. "It takes even longer than just an hour, even for just one ghost. Of course, since I'm counting the time to prepare and locate the ghost inside a building, it might be an inaccurate estimate."
She glanced at the school building. "Although it's a massive building with 8 floors, it's filled to the brim with ghosts, so they're cramped. Lan Xiang and his friend should meet with a ghost in every corner."
"In the end, there's no telling how long it'll take, huh." Xie Jian scratched her head. "That's it, I'm going in."
"Wait, wait!" All of them blocked her path.
"What is it?"
Xie Jian's expression right now was not one that she would want Lan Xiang to see. Filled to the brim with coldness, her gaze pierced their minds and intimidated them, especially since not one of them was a match for her.
"Jian Jian, calm down!" Zhang Xiaoqin forced herself to speak up. Ever since they became friends, she rarely saw this angry version of Xie Jian. Her expressions were either indifferent, excited, or happy.
Xie Jian saw everyone being scared of her and sighed. She suppressed her impatience and reeled in her expression.
"So, what do you want to say?"
Zhang Xiaoqin was relieved. She would only ever see this angry expression whenever Lan Xiang was involved. 'Back at the Jade Academy, as Lan Xiang was notorious, some students would occasionally talk about him and laugh. Whenever that happened, Xie Jian would approach them and... well, I don't really wanna recall that.'
"Well, you know that place is filled with ghosts, right? Lan Xiang only entered because Jiang Yilun here gave him a manual for exorcising the ghosts. However, you don't have any kind of protection against ghosts. How do you suppose you enter there?"
"Hmph, I have many tricks up my sleeve."
This time, Gao Xiandao interrupted. "Trust me. Any attack, whether it be physical or qi-based, won't work. At most, it'd serve as a distraction."
Xie Jian scratched her head. "Then give me a copy of that exorcism manual."
"Sorry, I only had one copy of it." Jiang Yilun shrugged. "Besides, are you of the Wood element?"
"...No."
"Then you couldn't have used it anyways."
Xie Jian furrowed her eyebrows. She was worried sick.
"Xiang has been inside the building for an hour by now, who knows what might've happened inside?" She suddenly felt tears welling up in her eyes just thinking about it.
What a traumatic experience it was for her to witness Lan Xiang to fall into a coma for 3 months. She swore to herself to protect him to make sure that never happened again.
"...Think about it from his perspective." Ren Weiwei suddenly spoke. "If he learns that you're alone inside a building filled with ghosts, with no protection against them, he would also worry about you."
"But...!"
"Then, you'd be a burden. It's already tough to exorcise the ghosts without anything worrying him."
Xie Jian glared at Ren Weiwei, who avoided her gaze.
In the end, the former spoke. "...You're right. I just have to trust him and wait until he comes out, without any injuries."
For another 30 minutes, Xie Jian paced around the school field nonstop.
When she needed to rehydrate, she would procure her own water and drink from it. Qi recuperates faster than her thirst, after all.
"Qingle!" Zhang Xiaoqin saw Ye Qingle coming out of the building entrance.
"-! Where's Xiang?" Lu Xifa, Ren Weiwei, and Xie Jian all uttered at the same time.
"Hm? Jian, you're here?"
"Nevermind that, where is he?" Xie Jian calmed down for a bit. Seeing Ye Qingle's carefree expression, she assumed that nothing bad happened to him.
"He's waiting inside the school. I can't continue as his companion anymore, I'm out of qi."
"What...! You, out of qi??" Xie Jian was shocked.
Ever since they became friends, she had never witnessed Ye Qingle run out of qi at all.
"Yeah, I need someone to replace me in supporting him. You'll need to distract the ghost while he charges the exorcism finger thing of his."
"Then I'll go." Xie Jian was pleased at this golden opportunity.
No one opposed her suggestion.
Ren Zhao hissed in his mind. Young Mistress Xie is fiercer than I thought. I don't think she would share Young Master Lan with my sister.
In the end, he placed his frustrations on Lan Xiang. This playboy, why do you have to make my sister suffer, huh?!
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