Chapter 53: Call In Reinforcements
Qu Xingxuan also got down on his knees, muttering “huh” from his mouth. Xuan Xia, caught off guard, saw him casually reach out and take out the thing that was upside down under the bed.
“What’s wrong? What is it?” An Qi stood far away by the door, unable to see clearly what Qu Xingxuan had taken out. Her heart was racing, she didn’t dare come closer, and could only anxiously ask out loud.
“So fierce.” Qu Xingxuan shook the thing in his hand and shared his thoughts.
Xuan Xia: “…” I think you’re the coward.
What Qu Xingxuan was shaking was a Weather Doll, also called a sunny doll.
But this Weather Doll was a bit different. The main body was still white cloth wrapped around cotton batting, tied into a round head, with a few strokes drawn on the head to represent eyes and mouth. However, the lower half of this Weather Doll also had a strip of cloth hanging from it.
The cloth strip was like a piece of paper, only slightly longer than the lower half, with the year, month, and time written on it.
Since it was written in the ten-thousand-year calendar format, Qu Xingxuan quickly converted it and reported the Gregorian calendar date.
An Qi, leaning against the doorframe, shouted out in shock: “That’s my birthday!”
Xuan Xia and Qu Xingxuan both turned back to look at her.
An Qi held the doorframe with one hand, her calf already feeling a bit weak, as if she might faint at any moment.
She had already clearly seen the thing in Qu Xingxuan’s hand, and after hearing her own birth details, all the hairs on her body stood up. With a crying tone, she said to the two of them: “I was born at six-forty-five on the evening of November seventh.”
After hearing An Qi’s words, Xuan Xia and Qu Xingxuan looked at each other.
This was someone deliberately using an object to cast an evil curse.
The other party not only had An Qi’s detailed birth details but also managed to place the thing properly under the bed—something only someone very close could do.
Qu Xingxuan asked: “Do you know what to do next?”
Xuan Xia: “…”
Ever since he had grilled her with questions, Xuan Xia felt his attitude had suddenly changed. When he looked at her now, there was always a kind of disdainful contempt.
She wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination.
Seeing her not speak, Qu Xingxuan thought to himself that newcomers really weren’t up to it.
He changed his posture, plopped his butt down on the floor, and instructed: “Call for backup.”
Call who?
As if she could call anyone.
But his words did remind her. Xuan Xia took out her mobile phone and took a few photos of that Weather Doll.
First the whole thing, then the details, and finally focusing on the writing on the cloth strip.
Qu Xingxuan thought she was using her mobile phone to call for backup, but she was just taking photos.
He asked puzzled: “Why are you taking photos?”
Xuan Xia said naturally: “To preserve evidence, so when tracking down the producer later, we’ll have proof. The handwriting on the cloth strip can also be used for comparison and identification—maybe someone can identify the writer just from the handwriting.”
This kind of heartless method matched exactly with the Mystic Sect villains that Daoist Master Qin had mentioned before.
No matter which sect or lineage this person was from, as long as they existed, they couldn’t escape the six degrees of separation, and in modern society, there were plenty of modernized methods.
Hmm, later she could also have An Qi go to property management to check the surveillance.
Qu Xingxuan was dumbfounded listening.
“What’s wrong?” Xuan Xia looked up and saw his dazed, foolish expression.
Qu Xingxuan looked at her with a mix of emotions, “You still want to find the person who cast the curse?”
What’s the problem with that?
Qu Xingxuan thought the problem was huge!
For people like them in the Mystic Sect, the first thing to do when encountering this kind of thing is to break curse for the person, which means engaging in a magic battle with the one who cast the evil curse.
If you win the battle and break the curse, the caster will naturally suffer backlash—worst case, they could lose their life to it.
Think about it: the other party might already be dead, so why go looking for them? To visit their grave?
Qu Xingxuan thought to himself, as expected of a beginner, she didn’t even understand this.
Of course, he didn’t just think it to himself; he mercilessly said it out loud, properly educating this beginner newcomer.
After hearing it, Xuan Xia only asked him: “What if you lose the battle? No calling friends for revenge? What if the other party doesn’t die? Just let them recover and continue doing evil?”
Do you know what it means to cut the grass at the root?
Qu Xingxuan drew in a sharp breath; he didn’t hear “cut the grass at the root,” but he sure heard “exterminate without mercy.”
But… damn, why did what she said make so much sense? Why hadn’t he ever thought of it that way?
No, his master hadn’t taught him that either.
At least, calling friends and family for revenge after losing a magic battle—definitely not taught.
After exchanging thoughts with Qu Xingxuan, Xuan Xia turned to ask An Qi: “An Qi, has anyone been to your home recently?”
An Qi thought blankly for a moment, “My teammates, plus agent and assistant.”
“Then who knows your exact birth details?”
“Everyone, everyone knows.”
Xuan Xia thought for a moment, turned her head back and asked again: “You said that a few days ago your group had an event, and on the day you drank a bit, did anyone come to your house?”
“Yes.” After saying that, An Qi’s eyes widened.
When looking at Xuan Xia again, An Qi had an expression of disbelief on her face.
“Who was it?” Xuan Xia asked her.
An Qi was on the verge of tears: “My assistant sent me back! I went to take a shower, and she didn’t leave until I finished!”
Could it be the assistant?
An Qi thought of the moments spent with her, and shouted in near collapse with disbelief: “I even treated her like a friend!”
Qu Xingxuan was used to such scenes, so he didn’t feel much about it, and just looked at Xuan Xia again, asking her: “Do you plan to break curse first, or find someone to confront first?”
“Of course break curse first.” Xuan Xia said.
“Then call for backup.” Qu Xingxuan said.
Before, he thought Xuan Xia was very capable, and thought that this house had only been affected by something like a calamity spirit, so he felt it wasn’t a big deal and was full of confidence.
But now his perception of Xuan Xia had greatly diminished, and it was an evil curse, so the two of them definitely couldn’t handle it; no matter what, they had to call someone of his master’s level.
While Qu Xingxuan was thinking, Xuan Xia silently took out another talisman paper, muttered in her mouth “Extinguish sin and heed the incantation”, then “pa” slapped it onto the weather doll’s head.
The next second, a wind suddenly arose in the room out of nowhere, even the curtains were blown to flutter, and the chill in the room intensified.
Qu Xingxuan let out a strange “Ahhh” scream and threw down the weather doll in his hand.
Before he could start cursing, he screamed “Ahhh” again, pointing his finger at where Xuan Xia was.
Xuan Xia’s bag was placed right beside her; with one movement, she directly grabbed a handful of talisman papers, threw them to the side, while stepping back toward Qu Xingxuan, and recited a few incantations.
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Seeing this, Xuan Xia stretched out her hand, grabbed another handful and threw it out, changed the incantation in her mouth, and pinched a hand seal with her other hand.
This time, the bright cinnabar on the talisman paper became even brighter, as if it could glow.
But it also didn’t really glow, because right at the second when it was about to glow, there was suddenly a feeling of a wind mass exploding in the room, and all the previously ineffective talisman paper scattered and flew apart.
The three seemed to all hear the shrill whistle mixed with human and animal sounds rise up, then snap and die.
After that, the talisman paper that Xuan Xia threw out all seemed to lose their vitality, slowly drifting down to the ground.
The chill in the room was suddenly swept away as the talisman paper drifted down.
Qu Xingxuan: “…………”
