Jin Jie’s soul left his body, focusing his mind and quickly discerning the direction of the soul-summoning force.
“Ah, that person is very close!” His expression suddenly changed, which meant the other party had likely indeed pursued him and was about to confront him face-to-face.
Shi Pengpeng asked, “How close?”
Jin Jie sensed it and his expression grew even more serious:
“Within a radius of no more than one kilometer.”
“So close?” Shi Pengpeng was slightly surprised.
This was practically right around the venue.
They still didn’t know who this person was, but the area was currently filled with people attending the comic convention.
If the other party decided to act, it was hard to say what kind of scene might unfold.
Without delay, Shi Pengpeng immediately had Jin Jie lead the way, instructing the Cao sisters to stay in the lounge and keep an eye on Jin Jie’s physical body.
Cao Yinru looked at the large piece of ginger sitting on the chair and felt her head spinning, but she still bravely clenched her fist and said,
“Don’t worry, I will definitely protect Teacher Ginger’s body with my life!”
“It’s not that serious. Just put it in a bag and carry it around,” Shi Pengpeng said with a laugh.
“If anyone sees it, just say you bought it to cook with.”
Jin Jie:”….”
Jin Jie weakly said, “Master, can we not make hellish jokes at a time like this?”
It’s really scary for the ginger.
Shi Pengpeng and Jin Jie’s soul followed the force out of the comic convention venue, bypassed a small path, and arrived at a building next door.
“A hotel?” Shi Pengpeng looked at the sign at the front desk, her suspicions growing.
Logically, since the other party had already pursued them here, it would be most convenient to go directly after Jin Jie.
Why would they hide in a hotel and operate remotely?
If it was to keep a low profile, they shouldn’t have chosen to act during the comic convention.
Otherwise, if such a prominent cosplayer were to be taken away during the event, it would truly be big news.
She pondered various possibilities in her mind, but her face remained calm as she walked past the front desk and headed straight for the elevator.
The front desk staff, seeing her in Taoist robes, assumed she was a guest attending the comic convention and didn’t pay her much attention.
The elevator required a key card, so Shi Pengpeng and Jin Jie bypassed it and entered the stairwell, walking up to the third floor.
At this time, most of the guests had already gone out, and few remained in their rooms.
The entire floor was eerily quiet.
Jin Jie couldn’t help but feel nervous.
He swallowed hard, walked down the long corridor, and cautiously approached a room at the end, saying, “It’s here.”
The two of them pressed their ears against the door, listening carefully.
After a moment, Jin Jie scratched his head in confusion:
“Strange, why is there no sound at all?”
Shi Pengpeng, experienced in such matters, said, “Go in and take a look.”
“……Alright,” Jin Jie instructed, “But don’t lose focus. If I call for you, come and save me immediately.”
With that, he took a deep breath, steeled himself, and passed through the door.
The next second, his voice came from inside the room: “Ah, why is it Jin Saosao?!!”
Shi Pengpeng: “???”
When Jin Jie entered the room, he didn’t see the scene of a ritual being performed as he had imagined.
Instead, there was only a young girl lying on the bed, sound asleep.
The girl’s appearance and outfit looked very familiar.
Upon closer inspection, it was none other than Jin Saosao, who had caused a scene at the event that morning and had been forcibly removed by security.
Jin Saosao seemed to hear a sound and suddenly opened her eyes.
She immediately threw off the blanket and jumped out of bed, exclaiming,
“Ginger, you’re here! I knew you still cared about me!”
“What are you doing?” Jin Jie was puzzled at first, then realized something was off.
“Wait, how can you see me?”
He was currently in a spectral state.
Jin Saosao didn’t answer his question.
Instead, she stepped forward and grabbed his arm, complaining in a coquettish manner, “Ginger, you were so mean this morning! You ignored me and even had someone chase me away. Do you even consider me your girlfriend?”
“Ugh, why are you like this again?” Jin Jie felt a headache coming on and tried to push her away, but to his surprise, her strength was unusually strong.
Despite being a spirit, he couldn’t break free.
Jin Jie was shocked and realized something was wrong with her.
He immediately released a trace of his demonic energy, shouting, “Let go of me!!”
“What do you mean?” Jin Saosao pouted, looking hurt.
“Are you trying to leave me again?”
As she spoke, a strange force emanated from somewhere, instantly dispersing his demonic energy.
“What the hell!”
At the same time, there was a loud “bang” from the side as Shi Pengpeng, sensing something amiss, kicked open the door.
“Master!” Jin Jie quickly called for help.
“Take a look at her; she seems to be possessed!”
Without hesitation, Shi Pengpeng formed a hand seal and chanted, “The essence of duality, the yang fire in the heart!”
Ayellow talisman flew out, heading straight for Jin Saosao.
Jin Saosao felt a wave of scorching heat and immediately let go of Jin Jie, stepping back.
Seizing the opportunity, Shi Pengpeng grabbed Jin Jie’s hand and pulled him back.
“Ginger, who is she?” Jin Saosao demanded angrily, her voice trembling.
When she saw that the newcomer was a beautiful girl, she burst into tears.
“So that’s why you treated me like that! You’ve been seeing someone else behind my back!”
“Wait, no!” Jin Jie quickly waved his hands.
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
“No need to waste words with her; she’s already under a spell,” Shi Pengpeng said.
In that brief moment, she had used her talisman to detect a faint demonic aura on Jin Saosao.
The demonic energy had invaded her spiritual core, causing her to have delusions and irrational thoughts, leading to these abnormal behaviors.
“Hold her down; I’ll exorcise the demon,” Shi Pengpeng instructed.
“Got it.” Jin Jie’s form flickered as he appeared beside Jin Saosao, wrapping his arms around her to restrain her.
“Ginger, you’re actually helping another woman against me?” Jin Saosao was both furious and heartbroken, struggling and cursing.
Her strength was immense, and an ordinary person would have been unable to hold her down.
Fortunately, although Jin Jie wasn’t particularly powerful, he was still a spirit and could manage for a while.
Shi Pengpeng quickly prepared a cup of talisman water, pried open Jin Saosao’s mouth, and poured it in.
“Mmm-ugh—” Jin Saosao couldn’t resist, and as the talisman water went down, her eyes rolled back.
Soon, the strange force within her dissipated, and her expression returned to normal.
She looked at the two of them in confusion.
“What happened? Teacher Ginger, why are you here?”
Jin Jie sighed in relief and let go of her, saying, “It’s a long story, but in short, you were possessed.”
“Ah!” Jin Saosao was startled, her face filled with panic.
“How could that happen?!”
“Don’t worry,” Jin Jie reassured her.
“It’s all over now.”
“What were you doing just now? Did you come into contact with anything strange?” Shi Pengpeng asked.
Jin Saosao had demonic energy on her, which must have come from contact with a demonic entity.
Although the demonic energy on her had been removed, the source had not yet been found, so they couldn’t let their guard down.
“I wasn’t doing anything,” Jin Saosao shook her head.
“I’ve been sleeping ever since I got back from the convention.”
Jin Jie also confirmed that this was indeed the case when he came in earlier.
“Is that so?” Shi Pengpeng still felt that something was off, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.
She glanced at the hotel bed, which seemed normal, except for a palm-sized card on the pillow. “What’s that?”
“Oh, that’s a tarot card I drew from Ginger’s fan group,” Jin Saosao explained somewhat sheepishly.
As a long-time fan of Jin Jie, she had joined many of his fan groups.
Recently, one of the groups had an event where a very active member, who claimed to have studied tarot reading, offered free readings to the sisters in the group about their future relationships with Jin Jie.
Most of the group members were still students, at an age where they loved to play around, and they were all very interested in this, eagerly participating.
Seeing everyone else doing it, Jin Saosao also drew a card, and to her surprise, she got the upright Lovers card.
A tarot deck consists of 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 Minor Arcana cards.
The Major Arcana, or the trump cards, are usually used to interpret life’s fortunes.
The Lovers is one of the Major Arcana cards, representing the best card for love.
At the time, everyone in the group was envious of her, and Jin Saosao also felt that the card’s meaning was very good, so she bought it from the reader and had been carrying it with her ever since.
At this point, Jin Saosao looked a bit uneasy.
“Is there something wrong with this card?”
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