Rebirth: A Super Foodie and Her Cat Demon Husband

Liu Yuanyuan asked in confusion, "Why is this happening? Why can't I practice cultivation?"

"It's simple. The amount of Qi that can be absorbed by living beings is so rare that it's practically non-existent. That's why people no longer believe in such things.

"In fact, someone like Grandma Zhao, who has cultivated perception through her own abilities, is already quite remarkable. If she were in the past, when Qi was abundant, she would have been a prominent figure," Tang Ziji explained to Liu Yuanyuan.

"Then what about you? You said you acquired this ability by accident, not through practice. Could it be acquired through other means?"

Tang Ziji nodded and gave Liu Yuanyuan an approving look. "Yes, that's right. It's too difficult for ordinary people to obtain Qi from nature, but some people want to gain special abilities, so they have to find other ways. But Qi already exists in the bodies of humans and animals."

Hearing Tang Ziji's words, Liu Yuanyuan's eyes immediately lit up, and she immediately continued, "So, there are people who practice evil cultivation to collect those souls, right? And the souls of those children in the city's pediatric hospital are collected by someone to practice evil cultivation, right?"

"Yes, very clever, that's exactly what it is. You are quite good at answering questions."

Liu Yuanyuan raised her eyebrows: "It's not that I'm smart, isn't it written like this in novels now?" she said proudly.

Tang Ziji frowned. "A novel? There are people who write novels like this. They must be from the same field. I just don't know how they acquired their abilities. What's the title of the novel? Who's the author?"

Liu Yuanyuan was stunned and opened her mouth, unable to explain for a moment.

Indeed, at that time, there weren't many novels about cultivating immortals. Those classic novels that founded a new genre hadn't even been published yet.

She could only smile awkwardly: "I don't remember that. I was just flipping through it at a second-hand book stall. I don't even remember the title, let alone the author."

"That's a shame. I was thinking I could look for it myself and perhaps gain some insights from it. But what the book says is true. There are indeed people who practice by collecting souls. But what about the city's child care you mentioned?"

Liu Yuanyuan quickly told Tang Ziji everything that had happened since she met Qingqing in Shi Erbao, but she omitted the part about Daju and Daitong.

Because there were many things she didn't understand, she wanted Tang Ziji to clear up her doubts. So, apart from the relevant parts, she spoke carefully about the rest and didn't notice that Tang Ziji was looking at her with a look that was half-smiley and meaningful.

Only after she told him the whole story did Tang Ziji regain his serious expression, nodded, and explained to her: "The death energy you saw at the Municipal Children's Health Center should be used to confuse and bind souls.

Originally, something like death energy was supposed to permeate the underworld. It was a guide used by ghost messengers to lead the dead souls. It only appeared when a ghost messenger or a soul that had been in the underworld appeared. It was meant to attract the dead souls.

Of course, undead spirits that have become evil spirits sometimes produce this kind of deathly energy.

However, souls also need Qi to cultivate, which is one of the reasons why evil spirits hurt people. But under natural circumstances, there will not be such a strong and concentrated dead energy as you said, such as the one in the city's pediatric health care.

From your description, it seems that there is something that can produce dead energy, and in order to control this dead energy, someone has specially set up a barrier in the city's children's health building. Your friend's soul is trapped in it, which is probably caused by these dead energy and the barrier.

As for why he couldn't return to his body and wasn't guided into the soul ball by the dead energy, this truly requires further investigation. I may not be able to help you with this, but if you're truly curious, you can investigate it yourself. However, I must warn you that this is a very risky matter. It could be fatal.

When Liu Yuanyuan heard what Tang Ziji said, she smiled and waved her hands: "Well, forget it, I'm just curious, but not curious enough to risk my life for such a thing.

Mainly because I saw you cooperating with the police before, I thought you might know some more detailed inside information. After all, it seems the person behind this is the director of the city's children's health care department."

Unexpectedly, Tang Ziji shook his head and said with certainty: "It's not him. And I do know something, but you also know that this is inside information, I definitely can't tell you.

But if you are really curious and want to know what is going on and what I do, I will tell you the conditions."

As soon as Tang Ziji said this, Liu Yuanyuan's alarm bells immediately rang.

She quickly forced a fake smile, waved her hand firmly at Tang Ziji and said, "Thank you, no need, I suddenly don't want to know anymore."

Tang Ziji looked at Liu Yuanyuan's alert expression, raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled mischievously, and shrugged: "That's really a pity. Since you don't want to know, then forget it."

But he was thinking about the long time ahead. However, he still had a trace of doubt in his heart. It was about Liu Yuanyuan's acquisition of abilities and the peace locket she was wearing.

But Liu Yuanyuan clearly didn't know anything about this either. Better let him study it carefully before making any comments.

"Okay, let's get back to the point. Now that you know what death energy is, I want to tell you that although my grandfather isn't tainted with death energy, he still has a faint lingering scent of it.

Ordinary people may not be able to smell it. But I can smell it. So my grandfather's near death this time is definitely not that simple."

After hearing what Tang Ziji said, Liu Yuanyuan's eyes widened instantly: "What did you say? You mean that Grandpa Tang's hospitalization this time is also because someone wants to use death energy to bind his soul. But Grandpa Tang's soul has always been around his body.

But your ability to smell death is like that of a small animal."

Liu Yuanyuan recalled that Dai Tong had just told her a few days ago that he could smell the scent of death. And it was obvious that Dai Tong was very proud of this ability.

I just don’t know what kind of expression he would have if a biped had the same ability as him. Thinking of this, Liu Yuanyuan couldn’t help but smile.

Unexpectedly, Tang Ziji didn't deny it. He even raised his eyebrows with a hint of pride: "Yes, it is indeed similar to small animals. Maybe if I want, my sense of smell can be much sharper than that of a puppy or kitten."