On the hospital Heaven Terrace.
Lu Yiyi's eyes flew open.
She saw Xu Yuan put away an ancient-looking Long Halberd, relief spreading across his face.
"Did I fall asleep just now? Wait, what happened?"
Lu Yiyi asked, bewildered.
Xu Yuan brushed it off.
"It's nothing serious. I'm a little superstitious, and I kept feeling there was something sinister about you. I tried to drive it away just now." Once the Witch ascended, she could never come back!
The Witch's fate was sealed!
Xu Yuan was in an excellent mood. He made up a few stories about ghost possession to explain it all.
"I'm telling you, when I was little, I went to an archaeological dig with my dad. It was an ancient tomb, and all kinds of strange things happened there. Before you went in, you had to light a candle at each of the Coffin's four corners. They called it 'a ghost blowing out the lamp'..."
The stories were fake.
The emotions were real.
Lu Yiyi judged people's actions by their emotions.
And now she was lost.
As Xu Yuan told his ghost stories, his skin prickled and he trembled, yet he looked a little excited too.
Scared of them, but loved telling them.
Had something evil really gotten into me?
"Don't tell anyone about this. It wouldn't be good for you. Just remember that I've already dealt with the problem."
Xu Yuan gave her that warning.
"Is that really what happened?" Lu Yiyi still looked puzzled.
"Would I hurt you?" Xu Yuan asked.
"No." Lu Yiyi's doubts vanished at once.
Thinking back to how he had made her put all her things aside, it did seem to fit.
Xu Yuan also told her a carefully selected portion of what he knew about the Witch.
Lu Yiyi grew more