Chapter 21 She Is About to Die

Lin Qianqian also knew she had made a fatal mistake and, in a panic, hurriedly turned to Luo Tianhe for help. "Mr. Luo… Mr. Luo, save me! What should I do?"

"What else can you do? Hurry back, dig up the real one, and bring it back. Be quick!"

After carefully analyzing Lin Qianqian's situation, Luo Tianhe couldn't help but take Jiang Cheng more seriously. Lin Qianqian's failure was partly her own fault, but Jiang Cheng's scheme was undeniably vicious. This kid lacked grand strategies but excelled in cunning tactics. He was the type who didn't play by the rules and specialized in underhanded methods, making him a difficult opponent indeed.

Relying solely on people like Lin Qianqian and Ding Zhenzong was not enough to deal with Jiang Cheng and Wang Fugui. Luo Tianhe couldn't help but think of his previous guess: there must still be a trump card from the Night Watchman in their group. Yuan Shanyuan and Bai Yu were the most likely, but he couldn't completely rule out Li Bai and Yao Shunyu. After all, judging from the information Lin Qianqian brought back, those two might have already infiltrated Jiang Cheng's inner circle.

His thoughts raced, but the entire process took only a brief moment. Coming back to reality, Luo Tianhe saw Lin Qianqian still standing before him and couldn't help but scold, "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Mr. Luo, in your hand…"

Following Lin Qianqian's gaze, Luo Tianhe suddenly realized he was still holding something white wrapped in an old rag. He opened it and found a crumpled piece of paper.

There were words on the paper.

After reading it, Luo Tianhe's face grew even gloomier. He took a deep breath, looked up at Lin Qianqian, and waved his hand. "Go quickly. It's better if you don't read this letter."

"Letter?"

"Forget it, read it if you want."

Taking the crumpled paper, Lin Qianqian immediately saw several lines of elegant writing.

"Dearest Sister Lin, Hello. Thank you for your cooperation. Wang Fugui and I are safe. I have another good news to secretly tell you, when you see this letter, you are about to die."

"On this parting occasion, allow me to leave behind half a *ci* poem as a memento. Summer melts away, rivers overflow, people may become fish and turtles, who will ever judge the merits and demerits of a thousand years?"

Signed, Your Jiang *gege* who you cannot have.

Lin Qianqian froze after reading the first few words. Then, her face twitched, her fingers trembled, and soon her whole body was shaking. Finally, in a fit of anger, she tore the paper to shreds. "If I don't avenge this, I, Lin Qianqian, am not worthy to be a human being!"

"Alright, hurry up and go. If you delay any longer, even I won't be able to save you!" Luo Tianhe urged.

Tonight, everyone had to dig up a resentful infant jar. This process was called "inviting the infant" (qing ying), which meant bringing the resentful infant out from underground. Now was the time of the dark moon, when the resentful infant's resentment was at its peak. If they couldn't suppress it, they would have to pay the price of a flame of yang energy.

In Luo Tianhe's calculations, everyone would inevitably lose a flame of yang energy in this process. He had already used the Yin Eight Trigrams formation left by Master Wu to borrow a flame of yang energy from Lin Qianqian.

But this ritual would take time, probably until the transition between day and night, that is, when dawn was approaching, he could completely borrow that flame of yang energy from Lin Qianqian to replenish himself.

But the problem now was that Lin Qianqian would lose at least two flames of yang energy in this trip back and forth, and then he would borrow one more… Luo Tianhe took a deep breath. The person who would die tonight would be her.

He didn't particularly value Lin Qianqian as a person; her death wouldn't matter much to him. He simply regretted not making the most of her. Tonight's plan was supposed to be a trap to kill Wang Fugui, or at least weaken Jiang Cheng and his group by eliminating one of them, but now…

This time Lin Qianqian returned very quickly, just as Jiang Cheng had said in his last words: seize the time.

But this time, Lin Qianqian's expression was terrible. She went straight to Luo Tianhe to question him, saying that there was a mechanism under the resentful infant jar, a talisman. The talisman was triggered when the resentful infant jar was pulled out, and she lost a flame of yang energy as a result.

She questioned Luo Tianhe why he didn't tell her in advance.

Luo Tianhe sneered, not giving Lin Qianqian any face. "Because telling you would be useless, it would only increase your worries. With your abilities, you have no chance of resisting the talisman. Not just you, but me as well."

"You also lost a flame of yang energy?"

"Indeed."

After all, she still had to rely on Luo Tianhe, so Lin Qianqian didn't dare to make things too awkward. "But Mr. Luo, I'm not the same as you. I've already lost two flames of yang energy. Just when I went back, I was… I was patted on the shoulder by a ghost. I don't know why, and I don't know the ghost's background. I didn't know anything, and I just inexplicably…"

Waving his hand to interrupt Lin Qianqian, Luo Tianhe's tone softened. "Miss Lin, don't worry. I said before, once that place is broken, don't go there a second time before the matter is resolved. You were backlashed by the formation left by Master Wu, that's why you lost a flame of yang energy for no reason."

"But don't worry, although you only have one flame of yang energy left, at least we can be sure that Yao Shunyu and Li Bai are the same as you. They only have one left. Yuan Shanyuan is the same, so as long as we are careful on the funeral procession tonight, nothing will happen."

"As for Jiang Cheng and Wang Fugui, please rest assured, since you and I have an agreement, I will definitely help you get rid of these two. Tonight is the last time to hold a funeral for Master Wu, the road will definitely not be peaceful, I will look for opportunities in it, maybe… there will be a chance to directly eliminate them!"

"As long as you cooperate with me seriously along the way, I will guarantee your safety."

Lin Qianqian might not believe the same words from others, but she believed Luo Tianhe, firstly because he had the strength, and secondly, she had no other choice now. She had completely broken with Jiang Cheng and Wang Fugui, as well as Yao Shunyu and Li Bai, who were now standing on Jiang Cheng's side.

Just as Lin Qianqian came back to her senses and wanted to confirm the details of tonight's operation with Luo Tianhe, a series of footsteps came from the distance. The footsteps were hurried, and the person was very anxious.

When the footsteps got closer, the two saw an unfamiliar face, dressed in the same way as ordinary servants of the Wu mansion. The person saw Luo Tianhe and Lin Qianqian and knelt down with a thud. "You two… You two masters, please go and take a look! Master… Master is back again!"

Seeing the man's appearance, as if he had lost half his life, Lin Qianqian instinctively sensed something was wrong. After all, it wasn't the first day that Master Wu's corpse had returned at night. Everyone in the Wu mansion knew it, so why was he so scared?

"What exactly happened?"

Lin Qianqian's question was not answered. The person seemed to be frightened, and his body was shaking non-stop.

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, Luo Tianhe grabbed the man, who was as limp as mud, and slapped him hard on the head. After the man calmed down a little, he had him lead the way.