I heard you had a white moonlight who died young.

Everyone here knows that the new leader of Tianyun Sect, Bing Nandong, is deeply in love with his missing young Daoist partner, Fan Zhiyi.

Bing Nandong has never denied this, which is why in today's world, everyone wants to be Fan Zhiyi, and everyone wishes they were Fan Zhiyi.

Investigations revealed that some powerful families had hired individuals resembling Fan Zhiyi to imitate his mannerisms and speech. These individuals used secret techniques to alter their appearance and voice, changed their names to Fan Zhiyi, and were sent to the Tianyun Sect, where they were publicly proclaimed to have found the sect leader's former partner. Those sent to the Tianyun Sect disappeared without a trace after entering, their fate unknown.

The moment Gao Xiao saw this young man, who had broken into the mansion alone on a rainy night, he felt that although the face was only slightly similar, the mannerisms and gestures were reminiscent of an old friend. Gao Da had the same feeling. But since he was a member of the Fan family, it was hard not to have some suspicions. The current probing was very likely another trick the Fan family had pulled.

That person won't come back. Otherwise, if he loved Bing Nandong so much, why would he willingly leave for twenty years without a trace? Twenty years—he wasn't a cultivator; even if he were still alive, he would be nearing the end of his lifespan. They all knew this, yet none of them were willing to easily draw a conclusion about him.

What's more, only a few of them knew that Bing Nandong had fallen in love with his master. Beneath Bing Nandong's current gentle and compassionate exterior lay a soul that had gone completely mad. He had gone insane because of the immortal venerable who had been forced to extricate himself.

Thinking of this, Gao Xiao frowned, but so what? If Fan Zhiyi really could come back, he would help him beat Bing Nandong countless times, even every time they met. Then, the world would be vast and Fan Zhiyi could do whatever he wanted; they would absolutely support him, as long as he could come back…

If only we could go back to the beginning.

He is determined to kidnap Bing Nandong on this trip, and there is still room for reversal.

As soon as Gao Xiao finished speaking, Fan Zhiyi withdrew his gaze and took a step forward, but Gao Da immediately helped him up: "This way."

Gao Da's attitude towards Fan Zhiyi was even better than before, which made Fan Zhiyi feel a little guilty for lying.

Gao Xiao lit the candles in the room and placed them on the square table, gesturing for Fan Zhiyi to sit down.

Fan Zhiyi had only managed a few bites of the dry biscuit in his hand when he choked terribly and became extremely annoyed. Fortunately, Gao Da gave him his water bottle, which allowed him to barely eat about half of what he needed. Fan Zhiyi decided to do what he saw in TV dramas and put the remaining biscuits in his pocket so he could continue eating them when he got hungry again.

In this kind of environment, it's good enough to have food at all; you can't be picky.

"Now I'll try to see if I can remove the miasma from your eyes." Gao Da said, placing Xiao Man against the wall and having Fan Zhiyi sit facing him. Gao Xiao stood to the side, arms crossed, leaning against the wall and watching them.

A warm spiritual energy covered his eyelids, and Fan Zhiyi felt it, but after a few seconds, Gao Da withdrew the spiritual energy: "Your eyes were not harmed by the miasma. The person who cast the spell is more powerful than me. Do you have any guesses about who did it?"

Is there even a need to guess? It's that jerk male lead.

Fan Zhiyi thought to himself, but on the surface he shook his head innocently, pretending to be extremely anxious and flustered because he couldn't cure it: "What should we do?"

Gao Da sighed: "I'm sorry, Gao Xiao and I can't help with this."

Upon seeing this, Gao Xiao straightened up, his gaze sharp as needles: "You really don't know who blinded you?"

"Ah."

"Why didn't he just gouge out your eyes instead of resorting to this kind of trick?"

You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? That's why they say the male lead is out of his mind. Fan Zhiyi was also confused, but he had to thank the male lead for not actually gouging out his eyes like in Gao's novel.

"I don't know." To prevent them from pressing him further and making it impossible for him to cover up his lie, Fan Zhiyi rolled up his sleeves. "Then do you know anything about this mark..." Fan Zhiyi paused, because he noticed that the seven-pointed star mark was missing a corner. What was going on?

Upon hearing what Fan Zhiyi said, Gao Da looked down and placed his hand over the mark in the air to sense it: "It can't be removed. I've never seen this kind of mark before, but it's extremely sinister. It seems to be something like a curse."

"A curse?" Fan Zhiyi repeated it. He hadn't noticed whether he already had this curse in his hand when he first transmigrated. "Bai Bai, did I have this curse with me as soon as I transmigrated?"

"I'm sorry, host. I was busy explaining to you at the time and didn't notice."

"..." Then let's just assume it was the male lead who did it. Anyway, he's done a lot of bad things, so we won't wrong him.

"And there's more..."

Before Fan Zhiyi could finish speaking, Gao Xiao impatiently interrupted him: "Why do you have so many problems? What happened this time?"

Fan Zhiyi was somewhat listless after being scolded, but he still shamelessly asked, "Could you help me examine the Gu inside my body?"

"You've been bewitched?" Gao Xiao asked, his expression bewildered. "What exactly did you do to offend so many people?"

"..." Could he say that he only offended the male lead? "The Fan family... planted a curse on me."

Fan Zhiyi immediately started to shift the blame to the Fan family.

Gao Dayi glanced at Gao Xiao, signaling him not to be too impulsive, and then, as Fan Zhiyi requested, he circulated his spiritual energy throughout Fan Zhiyi's body before saying, "I didn't sense any other aura. If we want to undo this, it seems we can only find the person who cast the Gu."

Fan Zhiyi sighed, somewhat disappointed: "Fine." He'd been looking forward to nothing.

However, this was also within his expectations; it would be strange if the obstacles the male lead had set for him were so easy to overcome. Ultimately, if he wanted to get rid of these things, he could only turn to the male lead.

Bai Bai suggested, "Host, why don't you just read out the lines generated by the system? What if the male lead really shows up and takes you away?"

"That's a good suggestion, but don't give it again next time." We've only met once, and you've already left him battered and bruised; what would happen if we met twice?

He's just trying to stall for time. The male lead has left him with psychological trauma, so Fan Zhiyi really doesn't want to see him until he's mentally prepared. He'd rather stay here and hide with Gao Da and Gao Xiao.

Seeing that the host was not taking the initiative, Bai Bai was able to understand him for once: "It's already dusk. According to the correct time, it will be dark soon. Congratulations to the host for successfully surviving a day in the haunted house."

What, do I need to achieve some kind of survival achievement? Fan Zhiyi complained, "Twilight, commonly known as the hour of the demons, I hope this kind of thing doesn't exist in this novel world."

"There is no danger around here at the moment. Host, please stay here with Gao Da and Gao Xiao for a while. Do not leave them without permission until I return."

"Where are you going?" What am I supposed to do if you leave? You damn system, you're not going to abandon me and run away, are you?

"No." Although it had persisted for so long without any malfunctions, Bai Bai was still a little worried and decided to go offline for a while to check the data and other aspects at headquarters to ensure that this transmigration would go smoothly. "However, since the host often calls me a dog system, it wouldn't be a big deal if I abandoned the host halfway through, right?"

"..." I didn't realize you were such a vengeful system.

"Alright, enough joking. It's only been a ten-minute absence. Keep up the good work, host. And don't worry, your mind-reading and object-detecting abilities won't fail even if the system is temporarily gone." Bai Bai only dared to log off after ensuring Fan Zhiyi's safety. "Remember the male lead's name is Bing Nan Dong. Hopefully, you won't encounter him before I return."

Most likely, you won't encounter it. This is just wishful thinking, considering it's only been ten minutes or so.

"Oh."