UCS Chapter 99

The kidnapper felt he had a huge advantage.

The kidnapper went all in.

The kidnapper called GG.

Gao Shi dragged the kidnapper like a dead dog, leading the kids toward the distance where a white van was parked. The van was frantically spinning in circles, the driver in the seat looking terrified, his face pale as a ghost—hardly looking like a living person.

Ying Bujie stood to the side with his hands behind his back.

Bathed in moonlight, his robes fluttering, he looked as if he would ascend to immortality the next second.

But when he saw Gao Shi, all that sharp edge was restrained. He walked to Gao Shi’s side, looking like a small animal seeking praise.

Gao Shi smiled, “Very good, thank you.”

Gao Shi, Ying Bujie, and Kongmiao had traveled from City B to City A, and happened to pass by here when they saw a white van lurking suspiciously in the shadows.

The streetlights in this area were broken, and the van was parked in such a remote spot. Gao Shi instinctively felt something was wrong. After some indirect probing, the other party revealed his true colors.

It turned out this driver was a human trafficker responsible for meeting his accomplices, who had gone to kidnap a young girl.

Seeing the urgent situation, Gao Shi had Ying Bujie handle this driver while he went ahead to rescue the victim. He never expected such a big surprise.

Gao Shi looked at Yun Zhiyi, “You’re the victim. You need to go to the police station.”

Yun Zhiyi blinked. Having just left the police station, she remembered the process vividly.

Going to the police station twice in one day because of human traffickers—who else could say that?

Ying Bujie made the driver who was still spinning circles stop. The driver came to his senses, saw the reliable-looking Gao Shi, and immediately rushed over in tears, trying to hug Gao Shi’s thighs.

Before Gao Shi could move, Ying Bujie coldly kicked him aside. Without seeing how Ying Bujie moved, the kidnapper was already tied up with rope and knocked unconscious.

Kongmiao walked over and strung the driver and trafficker together like grasshoppers on a skewer. Master and disciple cooperated seamlessly—if you didn’t know better, you’d think they had a side business.

Gao Shi was stunned. He looked at Ying Bujie, who was looking down, his gaze colder than ever before.

He had never seen Ying Bujie angry before.

Among the three souls, the shuang soul had the greatest influence on personality. Ying Bujie’s shuang soul was incomplete, making him normally more dazed and wooden than others.

Gao Shi had never considered this before—after Ying Bujie’s shuang soul returned, would his personality differ greatly from now?

However, the next second, Ying Bujie seemed to sense Gao Shi’s gaze. The coldness from before seemed like an illusion. He walked over, clearly half a head taller than Gao Shi, yet lowered his head to rest his forehead on Gao Shi’s shoulder, his manner indescribably dependent.

Gao Shi instinctively stroked his long hair, and that trace of doubt immediately dissipated.

He thought maybe because Ying Bujie had spent the most time with him since coming down the mountain, he had developed a severe attachment like a baby bird, just as small animals instinctively compete for their mother’s attention.

…Oh no, what he needed to consider now was how to reduce Ying Bujie’s dependence. What if Ying Bujie really saw him as a mother or father?

He wanted to find himself a lover, not find Lele a brother.

As Gao Shi’s thoughts wandered, he suddenly heard Kongmiao say, “Xiao Gao Shi, disciple, come here. I have something to tell you.”

Kongmiao’s face was serious. Surprised, Gao Shi walked over with Ying Bujie, not forgetting to tell the kids to wait a moment.

Kongmiao casually set up a soundproof barrier, “This trafficker is a bit strange. I located the opportunity for disciple’s shuang soul on him.”

“What?”

Gao Shi was shocked.

How could Ying Bujie’s shuang soul be related to a human trafficker?

Kongmiao pressed his temples, “It’s very blurry. I can’t see through it. I can only determine that this trafficker has some relationship with the shuang soul, but not a direct one. There should be some intermediary in between.”

Gao Shi thought for a moment, looked up and asked Ying Bujie, “Daoist Ying, can you use that spell that trapped people in illusions one more time?”

Ying Bujie nodded and pointed his finger at the trafficker who lay like a dead dog.

The trafficker opened his eyes. The originally dazed man suddenly widened his eyes, as if seeing something extremely terrifying. He immediately knelt on the ground and began kowtowing loudly.

He kowtowed very forcefully, his forehead hitting the ground, blood spattering.

Just as everyone thought he had done something guilty, they heard him shout loudly.

“Please help me, True Immortal!”

Of course, there was no true immortal to help him in the illusion, and the illusion didn’t change at all. But he showed no discouragement. Though his whole body was trembling, he still repeatedly kowtowed, using more and more blood to worship the True Immortal he spoke of.

Gao Shi and the others sensed something was wrong. Kongmiao cast a spell on himself, walked before the trafficker, and said, “What do you seek?”

The trafficker finally received a response and was overjoyed, “True Immortal! Please help me! I will bring more virgins to provide extreme yin energy for you!”

The moment he spoke these words, his body suddenly began to rapidly expand, swelling into a meat ball, about to explode like a balloon.

Kongmiao rapidly formed hand seals. The meat ball was squeezed by invisible pressure and slowly returned to human form.

However, the next second, the kidnapper’s soul gradually left his body and floated toward a direction.

Ying Bujie acted, grabbing his soul and stuffing it back into his body. Spiritual energy surged from his hand, temporarily blocking the distant pull. The trafficker fell heavily to the ground, his face pale as paper.

Gao Shi frowned and asked, “What’s going on?”

Gao Shi didn’t have yin-yang eyes. To see things from the yin realm, he needed external help, like the cigarettes rolled with talisman paper that Kongmiao gave him.

Where the smoke passed, ghosts would reveal their forms to his eyes.

Since he hadn’t lit a cigarette, he could only see the trafficker suddenly expand like a meat ball, as if some evil organization was doing human experiments.

Kongmiao’s face was serious, “It seems this person has been placed under a silence seal. Saying certain forbidden words will cause death. After death, the soul explodes and becomes impossible to find, while the spirit is summoned back as a slave.”

“His forbidden words—perhaps ‘extreme yin energy’? Or the act of trafficking young girls to provide extreme yin energy?”

Kongmiao frowned, “I’ve never heard of this ‘extreme yin energy’ concept… Although we’ve temporarily saved this trafficker’s life, as long as the True Immortal isn’t eliminated, he can only survive in this half-dead state. Once his consciousness is awakened, the True Immortal will discover his whereabouts.”

“The clue to disciple’s shuang soul is broken again.”

Gao Shi shook his head and put away his phone, “Not necessarily.”

…

Twenty minutes later, the group arrived at the police station.

The police officer on duty was stunned when he saw Yun Zhiyi, “Young lady, why are you back again? Do you have something to add?”

Yun Zhiyi coughed lightly, “No, nothing to add. I wanted to… deliver another human trafficker.”

…

Gao Shi used his high-level clearance to access information about City A’s recent serial disappearance cases. The final destination for all the trafficking groups seemed to be an extremely remote mountain range in the east.

Gao Shi said to Kongmiao, “Old man, try divining again. Is Daoist Ying’s opportunity right here?”

Kongmiao frowned and performed calculations, then his eyes widened with joy, “It really is here! How did Xiao Gao Shi know?”

“City A recently had a serial disappearance case. All the missing were young women, ages ranging from 14 to 22. The trafficker just said he would capture more women to provide extreme yin energy to that True Immortal. It seems related to this major disappearance case.”

The police mobilization in City A during this time was probably because they found this lead and mobilized forces to the east.

Kongmiao nodded, “Good! No time to lose—let’s go!”

Gao Shi said, “Wait, bring Lele. I’m afraid it’s not safe for him to be alone in City B.”

Kongmiao agreed wholeheartedly, “Good idea. That boy’s constitution is too dangerous. It’s best if he stays by your side.”

Around Gao Shi and his group, whether coming openly or secretly, they could block it. But in City B, that wasn’t necessarily the case.

Last time when Master Zhang cast his spell, Gao Gusheng was possessed by a ghost even in a heavily protected house. If Ying Bujie hadn’t arrived in time, something would have happened—truly impossible to guard against.

As for Gao Gusheng’s side, they couldn’t continue with this volunteer activity.

Never mind that they’d encountered traffickers twice in one day since arriving in City A—just the second incident where Yun Zhiyi was attacked sounded an alarm for them.

Because after police interrogation of the driver-trafficker, they learned that he and the traffickers on the train were accomplices.

Among those arrested were their mother and brothers. They were angry, and since Yun Zhiyi was beautiful and could be sold for a large sum, they decided to take revenge.

After that young couple left the police station, feeling City A was unsafe, they directly booked tickets back to City B and left overnight, providing them an opportunity.

Although after police interrogation, they learned there really were no more accomplices, the students didn’t dare truly believe their words. Not all students had Yun Zhiyi’s combat skills. If they encountered them, they would truly face danger.

Reluctantly, the group had to abandon this volunteer activity.

However, fortunately in their misfortune, Yun Zhiyi’s group had assisted police after all. As team leader, Yun Zhiyi applied to the school for volunteer hours. The application was approved quickly—after all, the volunteer location was chosen by the school, and the school didn’t dare let students continue staying in City A, so for now students didn’t have to worry about volunteer service hours.

So after saying goodbye to everyone, Gao Gusheng followed Gao Shi and the other two, embarking on the journey east.

At this time, Yun Zhiyi answered a phone call.

“Hello? Sister?”

“Visit the set?”

“Sure!”

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