The Daily Life of a Lazy Author Transmigrating into a Book and Doing Nothing

"Efficacy? What kind of efficacy?"

"This item was originally a superior magical artifact, which my mother obtained by chance. It is divided into two halves, one yin and the other yang. When the two halves are combined, it can capture all demons in the world. It is said that this jade pendant was originally crafted by a couple. Their child was harmed by demons, so they crafted this magical artifact to subdue the demons. Activating this artifact requires extremely powerful spiritual energy, which my mother lacked, so she had to sacrifice her life. Moreover, if the two jade pendants are fused together, along with specific incantations and magical power, the demons sealed within can be released."

"Since it is such a precious item, why did you hand it over to me, Young Master Zhou? Wouldn't it be better to keep it with you? Aren't you afraid that I might have some evil intentions if you give it to me?"

Zhou Yun smiled slightly: "I have complete faith in Miss Yun's character. As for why you didn't leave it with me..."

As he spoke, Zhou Yun's smile gradually turned bitter.

"I really can't say any more. Please leave quickly, Miss. Although Miss Yun's martial arts are high, if we get too involved, there might be unforeseen circumstances. My conscience would be troubled if that happened."

"Forgive my bluntness, but if you hand over the jade pendant to me, you're already dragging me down with you. You might as well tell me the whole truth, so that I can understand something when I die."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yun was immediately shocked: "Miss Yun, what are you saying? As long as you accept the jade pendant, I guarantee I will immediately send someone to take you away from this place."

"Is Young Master Zhou absolutely certain that my sister and I can leave?"

"This……"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou, but my sister is the kind of person who either doesn't care at all, or she cares deeply. So if you still don't plan to say anything, then you can say goodbye."

"Do you two ladies really want to know?"

Although he didn't know what the strange word "bye-bye" meant, Zhou Yun could roughly understand it just by looking at Yunmeng's attitude.

Silence fell in the room; at that moment, silence was the best answer.

Zhou Yun finally sighed, his tone tinged with helplessness: "Alright. Actually, this demon is too powerful. Even though my mother sealed it inside the jade pendant, it still has the ability to bewitch people. However, this power has been weakened considerably and needs to be accumulated over time."

"So your sister was affected?"

"Not only my younger sister, but also my father."

Zhou Yun seemed to be lost in a memory, and a look of self-reproach appeared on his face.

"When I went out to travel, I entrusted the jade pendant to my father to ensure its safety. Although my father never wore the jade pendant directly, he was influenced by my brother and me every day, and my sister was even more affected by it. When I returned home a few years later, the two of them were no longer the same as before."

"So what's wrong with them? Have they become more irritable? More mean? These shouldn't be enough to warrant such vigilance."

Upon hearing Yu Xianxian's question, Zhou Yun chuckled softly, but the laugh seemed strangely melancholic.

“My younger sister grew up listening to our mother’s stories and always wanted to become a cultivator. When I returned, she had already begun cultivating and made some progress. At the time, I didn’t realize the seriousness of the problem. Instead, I was happy that my sister was capable of protecting herself and contributing to the people. But I don’t know where she got her hands on a forbidden technique that could not only make people more beautiful but also help ordinary people prolong their lives. When I discovered this, I was shocked and quickly went to discuss it with my father. But I didn’t expect that my father already knew about it and tacitly approved of it. He even sometimes helped my sister perform the forbidden technique.”

"What kind of forbidden technique is it?"

"I don't know its name. I only know that this forbidden technique requires drawing a magic circle pattern first, then bathing in it with fresh human blood, and then eating a piece of human flesh every night for nourishment."

Yu Xianxian, who was eating meat: ...

He quickly put down his chopsticks and pushed the plate of fragrant meat aside.

Human flesh is definitely hard to obtain, so we certainly won't feed them, right? Right?

"No wonder? Is it because children's blood is the best?"

Recalling the description of the two children's deaths in the letter for help sent to the Immortal Sect, Yunmeng immediately understood why the two children had been drained of all their blood.

“That’s right. Because children’s blood is the most vibrant, many children in the city have already been murdered. My father spread rumors that there are human traffickers in the city to cover up their dirty deeds. By the way, how did Miss Yun know this?”

"Young Master Yun, there's no need to worry about that. I was just guessing. May I ask how often this forbidden technique can be used?"

"About once every seven days."

Oh, once a week? That's pretty regular working hours.

"Since a magic array is needed, it must be located in a stable location. Does the young master know where that is?"

“I don’t know. I once followed my younger sister to the rockery in the backyard, and in the blink of an eye she was gone. My father found out, and we had a big fight. My father then sent me away and said I couldn’t go back for a year. Yesterday was the day the year was up.”

"Oh, and we just happened to run into it, how unlucky."

Although they were whispering, the sound was clearly audible given the distance between the three of them.

"Fairy!"

Seeing Yunmeng scold her, Yu Xianxian immediately became obedient and invisible again. She never wanted to experience the horror of having a bowl of cilantro in half a bowl of noodles again.

“What Miss Xianxian said is absolutely right. If you hadn’t saved me, neither of you would have been involved. In fact, my sister has already used you two as sacrifices for the next forbidden spell.”

"Young master, you knew there was something wrong at home, yet you still brought my sister and me back. Why is that?"

Yunmeng is a very suspicious person. If she feels something is even slightly unreasonable, she will suspect that the other party has ulterior motives.

Zhou Yun knew exactly what Yunmeng meant. He smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Yun, just consider this my last bit of hope. I just wanted to come back and see if everything was different. I wanted to see if my father and sister had returned to their original state. But now it seems that it was all just wishful thinking on my part."

"By the way, Young Master Zhou, how did you manage not to be bewitched by the jade pendant?"

This is also a problem for Yunmeng. It doesn't make sense that the other two members of the family have turned evil while he alone has maintained his integrity.

"Actually, when I saw the changes in my father and sister back then, I immediately thought it might be the jade pendant, so I took it back from my father. Then I sealed the jade pendant in a specially made box, and only took it out today."

"Wait, you got it back? So easily? Wasn't it supposed to be that the seal could be broken by putting the two jade pendants together? Then why didn't your father and sister release the demons after you've been traveling for so many years? Are you too hard to fool?"

"No, it's because my mother used a spell to make the jade pendant so that only my sister and I could each use one. To others, it's just a jade pendant. So as long as I'm not bewitched, it's fine."

"Then you can hand this hot potato over to my senior sister and let her be bewitched... mmm mmm."

Yu Xianxian, whose mouth was covered, was very dissatisfied. When Senior Sister Yun let go of her, she wanted to have a verbal battle with this guy.

Bah! He keeps calling himself a savior, but he stabs you in the back every day. What a piece of trash.