I heard you had a white moonlight who died young.

Even though Fan Zhiyi still had many questions he wanted to ask, Qian Hu clearly didn't want to say anything more to him. Or rather, he had already said what he wanted to say and knew what he wanted to know. So he said goodbye to Fan Zhiyi and left.

The night was unusually peaceful, and nothing happened.

The next morning, the members of Tianyun Sect gathered together to discuss how to handle the situation. They naturally couldn't remain in this passive state, waiting for the possessed person to appear and doing nothing else.

Yesterday, in addition to talking about Qian Hu, they also checked the death list in this area over the past month, including suicides, homicides, and various accidental deaths, but no matter how they investigated, these deaths had nothing to do with Qian Hu.

At that time, Lu Changfu and others used magic to search very quickly. Fan Zhiyi had only finished flipping through one record book when they had already read several.

During this time, they did not ask or pay attention to Fan Zhiyi. They even flipped through the books that Fan Zhiyi had already looked up, making no attempt to hide their targeting and distrust of Fan Zhiyi. Lu Changfu did not stop them. Xu Qing may have been a little unable to stand it and wanted to say something, but in the end, she did not speak.

Since that was the case, Fan Zhiyi felt there was no point in staying there any longer, since he couldn't be of any help anyway, so he went back to the Qian residence early yesterday morning.

Today, under Lu Changfu's arrangement, they inquired about the specific circumstances of the possessed women and then reported back to Lu Changfu. Before dark, they finally found a clue and drew the women's paths after they were possessed on a map, discovering that they all came to the Qian residence from the same route.

In short, there is only one route from being possessed to arriving at the Qian residence, so logically, they need to pay close attention to this route if they want to see the ghost.

After summarizing, the timing was perfect. Lu Changfu immediately arranged to secretly block off a section of the route ahead and a section behind, and had Xu Qing, the only girl in the team, act as bait, wandering back and forth on that road in an attempt to lure out the ghost, but there was still no movement.

Three days passed without any progress, and the possessed ghost that caused trouble at their door did not recur. It seemed as if the ghost knew they were coming and deliberately hid away.

When they staked out the place again tonight, the others, being cultivators, were fine, but Fan Zhiyi, an ordinary person, couldn't sleep well during the day and stayed up all night. His body simply couldn't take it. He had dark circles under his eyes, yawned constantly, looked haggard, and aged several decades.

In order not to hold them back, Fan Zhiyi didn't say anything. If he didn't say anything, then the others naturally wouldn't say anything to show their understanding and let him rest. Moreover, even if Fan Zhiyi did say something, most of them would probably just ignore him.

But in the end, Xu Qing couldn't stand it anymore, or perhaps Fan Zhiyi's death-like state was too much of an eyesore. Before setting off as bait, Xu Qing took the initiative to speak to Fan Zhiyi for the first time: "Fan Zhiyi, you should go back and rest tonight."

Fan Zhiyi also wanted to, but given his constitution and how weak he was right now, if he went back alone, he might be targeted by a ghost at any moment.

So Fan Zhiyi waved his hand and politely declined. One of the other disciples said with a displeased look, "With your half-dead appearance, will you be able to run away if a fight breaks out? If something really happens, Senior Brother will probably blame us to death. I don't know why Senior Brother is suddenly so concerned about you."

Fan Zhiyi had heard this kind of talk many times. When others were malicious towards him, he would respond with a smile. He was truly a good person.

So Fan Zhiyi raised the corners of his mouth and gave them a sinister smile. With his current appearance, he really did look like someone who was mentally unstable and might go crazy at any moment, which scared the man so much that he didn't say anything more.

However, based on Bing Nandong's instructions, Lu Changfu decided, "Junior sister, why don't you travel together with Fan Zhiyi? It's on the way, so you can take him back."

"Okay," Xu Qing replied.

Since Lu Changfu had spoken, Fan Zhiyi was indeed upset, so he didn't refuse this time.

The streets were deserted, and the weather was getting colder and colder. Fan Zhiyi sniffled, shivering from the cold. He seriously suspected that he had caught a cold because he hadn't been exercising lately.

However… Fan Zhiyi glanced at Xu Qing. The opportunity to be alone was hard to come by, and his physical discomfort was not a big problem!

So Fan Zhiyi tentatively asked, "Um, Miss Xu."

Xu Qing found the title strange, looked at him without saying anything, and waited for Fan Zhiyi to continue.

Fan Zhiyi then continued, "Do you know..." Fan Zhiyi subconsciously touched his ear, feeling that no matter how he asked, it was rather strange, so he carefully considered his words, "Senior Brother once went to the back cliff of the bamboo forest..." As he spoke, he glanced at Xu Qing's expression.

Fan Zhiyi didn't know how many people went to the back cliff of the bamboo forest every day, but it shouldn't be anything special for Bing Nandong to go there occasionally. Perhaps he should have made it clearer.

However, what was both unexpected and reasonable was that Xu Qing, who had been looking normal, suddenly frowned and her face showed some anger: "Why bring this up again? Senior Brother clearly said that this matter is over and should not be mentioned again."

It seems something really did happen, and it must be related to me. What exactly did the original owner do to Bing Nandong back then?

If he asked any further, he was afraid he would anger Xu Qing, but if he missed this opportunity, he didn't know when he would have another chance to be alone with her. He really wanted to know; he had such a damn curiosity.

Fan Zhiyi decided to take a gamble: "I want to know what I made an appointment with my senior brother back then..."

"It really was you!" Xu Qing's attitude changed drastically, hostility rising in her eyes. She stopped in her tracks. "The incident of Senior Brother falling off the cliff back then was already suspicious. Everyone knows who it was related to, but Senior Brother didn't say a word about it and wouldn't allow us to ask any further questions!"

The more Xu Qing spoke, the angrier and more helpless she seemed to become. She closed her eyes slightly to calm her breathing, and then refused to look at Fan Zhiyi again or speak to him anymore.

Falling off a cliff? Was it the original owner who pushed him?

It seems that Xu Qing doesn't know the details of what happened; perhaps only the original owner of this body and Bing Nandong, who are present, know the truth.

Fan Zhiyi realized he shouldn't have asked that question at this time. He instantly felt that Xu Qing, Bing Nandong's little tail, was incredibly kind for not abandoning him in a fit of anger.

Upon reaching the entrance of the Qian residence, Xu Qing turned and left. Fan Zhiyi sighed and then knocked on the door of the Qian residence himself.

The moment the door opened, Fan Zhiyi's eyes widened slightly: "Patriarch Qian? Why is Patriarch Qian here in the middle of the night?"

"I'm feeling uneasy tonight and can't sleep, so I thought I'd come here to wait for you immortal masters," Qian Hu replied with ease.