Sending Yin (5)

Sending Yin (5)

Yu Xing understood.

Zhao Ruru was telling him that she had already "lost a life," but was still going strong. After losing one life, she was no longer suffocating, and had somehow, in defiance of science, gotten the chance to dig herself out.

Deductionists really did have a lot of lives.

And after losing one, they got a brief period of safety.

But this kind of "gift" couldn't last forever... No one had told them how many times they could die before they were doomed to sleep forever.

"You're quite the remarkable young lady." Yu Xing followed Zhao Ruru without showing what he was thinking. His expression was cool, and he still had the violent air of a bodyguard chief. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No." Zhao Ruru knew he was asking if she had any aftereffects from dying. She shook her head decisively. "Or maybe not yet. I just had a powerful will to survive, so perhaps the pain has been dulled for now?"

"Mm." Yu Xing could faintly hear running water. They must be close to a source. He glanced at the little bell clutched in Zhao Ruru's hand. "There are plenty of ghosts in these mountains. That bell of yours seems to have some power over them?"

"Haha, it's a treasured relic of my clan. The Archbishop offered me to a Dog God I'd never even met, then chained me up so I couldn't run away. I was furious, so what's wrong with stealing a treasured relic?" Zhao Ruru laughed heartily. "Serves them right!"

"..." Yu Xing could guess why the Dog God Clan was so determined to get Zhao Ruru back.

So she'd stolen something important.

Zhao Ruru continued, "It really can restrain spirits, but it's not much use in my hands. It just