Why are you trying to steal her destiny? She's the little ancestor of the Xuanmen sect!

Chapter 106 The Ingenious Use of Split Arrays

"Tick tock."

The room was completely quiet.

Xiao Jiujiu calmly threw away the basin upstairs.

The coal briquette flashed by and disappeared.

downstairs.

The two, who had been fighting, stiffly let go of each other's hands.

"Hey, have you regained your senses?" Xiao Jiu Jiu leaned against the railing, smiling as she looked down at them.

Water spilled all over the ground.

Ye Xuan's exquisite makeup was shrouded in black water.

The water left a layer of soot, like the bottom of a pot, all over my face.

This is water mixed with the ash after the talisman paper has been burned.

"This……"

Ye Xuan collapsed to the ground, looking utterly disheveled.

Qin Yuyang felt a chill run down his spine from head to toe.

Their arrogant demeanor vanished without a trace.

He wiped the water off his face, getting his hands covered in dust, and forced himself to remain calm, saying, "Xiao Jiu, what are you doing?"

“You were arguing with Aunt Ye just now, and you were being too aggressive. I was scared, so I wanted to help you calm down.”

Little Jiu Jiu slowly climbed down, her face full of innocence: "Daddy won't be angry with me, will he?"

Qin Yuyang calmed down.

Xiao Jiu wouldn't say that casually; there must be a reason.

"What happened?" He took the wet towel handed to him by the butler and wiped himself.

The white towel turned gray when it was applied to the face.

Ye Xuan, who was standing next to me, was also puzzled: "I feel like I get angry very easily. I don't know why. Is there something wrong with me?"

"Meow~"

That's not just a problem, it's a complete mess!

The coal ball shook its claws, and two small black insects fell to the ground.

They are still alive and wriggling.

"what!"

Ye Xuan was so frightened that she jumped onto Qin Yuyang, yelling, "Old Qin, ahhh! A bug!"

Qin Yuyang instinctively hugged Ye Xuan and took a few steps back.

"Don't come here!"

The maids who rushed over with mops didn't know what had happened and could only stand a short distance away.

"Is this the same kind of bug that was in the room last time?" Qin Yuyang remembered that Coal Ball had saved them not long ago.

The coal ball stretched out its paw and pinned them down: "Meow~"

【Yes】

Xiao Jiu Jiu pointed at the Gu worms on the ground, her voice tinged with coldness: "Dad, you've been cursed again. You should thoroughly check the house."

This is a wine poison that can change color to match the wine and enter a person's body through the wine.

Once a person is corrupted, they will obey the person controlling the Gu.

The coal briquette was clearly well-informed.

It crushed the two Gu worms.

The soft, squishy worm burst with juice, splashing all over the carpet.

"what!"

Ye Xuan was startled and wished she could ride on Qin Yuyang's neck to get away from the insect.

"Don't move!"

Qin Yuyang patted Ye Xuan on the shoulder and frowned, saying, "Have someone replace everything here!"

"Yes, sir."

The butler nodded and immediately went to make the arrangements.

Xiao Jiu Jiu frowned at them: "Dad, Aunt Ye, why don't you go back and change your clothes first? I'll tell you later."

"Ah."

Qin Yuyang carried Ye Xuan and prepared to go upstairs.

Then Xiao Jiu Jiu said, "By the way, Dad, no one is allowed to leave the house except the housekeeper."

When Qin Yuyang saw Xiao Jiujiu's bright smile, he felt a chill run down his spine for some reason.

"Ah."

After the two left, Xiao Jiu Jiu looked at the puddle of mud on the ground and whispered, "Where did so many Gu worms come from?"

Cultivating a Gu worm is no easy feat.

Now the Qin family has five or six of them, as if they're free.

Coal Ball whispered, "Perhaps someone is specifically targeting the Qin family, or it could be targeting you."

"Aimed at me?"

Xiao Jiujiu curled her lips into a cold smile: "Then I must repay them properly."

Be careful, we don't know what tricks they'll pull.

"We'll find out soon enough. Aren't we going to their aunt's husband's father's birthday party in a couple of days?"

Okay, I'll go with you.

Coal Ball flicked its tail, looking somewhat disgusted, and said, "I think my feet stink. I need to wash them."

"Go."

Xiao Jiujiu turned around and prepared to go upstairs.

As I passed by, I noticed that the sofa had been lifted up a little.

A jade pendant lay there quietly.

The jade pendant is a Buddha image, and the chain is pure gold.

Xiao Jiujiu's brows furrowed slightly.

She thought she saw something flash across the surface of the jade pendant.

“Hey, a jade pendant.”

A maid gasped in surprise.

The maid next to him squatted down and reached out to take it.

"and many more."

None of the maids dared to reach out.

Only the one who had reached out his hand remained frozen in mid-air, too afraid to move.

Xiao Jiu Jiu walked over, took out a handkerchief from her pocket, and picked up the jade pendant: "Whose jade pendant is this? I've never seen it before."

The maid kept her head down and didn't say a word.

Her hands were tightly gripping the handkerchief.

Upon seeing this, the butler hurriedly came over to check.

“Ninth Miss, this is Madam’s jade pendant. Madam Yang sent it to us yesterday,” the butler replied respectfully.

Xiao Jiujiu tilted her head. "Who is Madam Yang?"

"She is the second young lady and the young master's aunt."

Playing with the jade pendant in her hand, Xiao Jiujiu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll take it first."

"Ninth Miss, let me clean this jade pendant before giving it to Madam," the maid suddenly said.

Glancing at the maid, Xiao Jiu Jiu looked at the slightly dusty jade pendant. "No need, I'll wash it clean."

Xiao Jiu smiled sweetly at the maid, took the jade pendant, and went upstairs.

The maid looked up and glanced at Xiao Jiu Jiu's back.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and move everything out of here, and have them send over a new sofa."

The housekeeper urged them a couple of times, and the maids quickly got to work.

Upon reaching the top of the stairs, Xiao Jiu Jiu saw a crack in Qin Xin's room, from which two fluffy little heads peeked out.

"You two have been hiding there watching for ages, why don't you come out and take a look?" Xiao Jiujiu looked towards Qin Xin's room.

Qin Xin poked her head out: "Sister, have Mom and Dad calmed down? How is Mom?"

"Everything's fine, no one's dead," Xiao Jiujiu said casually.

Qin Hao came out and pointed at Xiao Jiu Jiu: "You just poured some dark water downstairs, didn't your parents scold you?"

Why are you cursing me?

Little Jiu Jiu looked at them amusedly: "I saved them~"

"You..." Qin Hao pointed at Xiao Jiu Jiu, unable to speak for a long time.

Glancing at them, Xiao Jiujiu said, "You guys go back to your rooms and don't come out unless necessary."

"Okay, sister." Qin Xin nodded.

Qin Hao, standing nearby, was quite displeased: "Why are you calling her 'sister'! I..."

"Ok?"

Xiao Jiujiu tilted her head, her tone sinister: "If you're so naughty, I'll arrange for a few ghosts to chase after you tonight."

"you you you……"

Qin Hao pointed at Xiao Jiu Jiu, speechless for a long time.

Xiao Jiujiu glanced at Qin Hao and smiled.

In his eyes, he was like a devil.

"Haohao, you're tired, go and rest."

Qin Xin opened the door and pulled Qin Hao out.

"sister……"

"Be quiet."

Qin Xin dragged Qin Hao back to his own room and closed the door.

"Sister, it's okay, I'll go back now." Qin Xin gave Xiao Jiu Jiu a sweet smile.

"Wait."

Xiao Jiu Jiu walked over, took out a talisman and gave it to her: "Take good care of this, and don't let it get wet, understand?"

"it is good."

Qin Xin paused, then asked somewhat shyly, "Sister, Hao Hao, he..."

"Give it to him, it'll be a waste if he throws it away." Xiao Jiu Jiu knew that Qin Hao had never liked him.

I'm usually polite to her because I'm afraid of her.

Qin Xin didn't ask any more questions and carefully put the talisman away: "Thank you, sister."

"You're welcome."

Back in the house, Xiao Jiu Jiu saw Coal Ball wiping his feet on the mat.

"Have your feet been washed clean?" Xiao Jiu Jiu asked with a smile.

Coal Ball rolled its eyes: "It stinks horribly, you dead bug."

"Come and see this."

Xiao Jiu Jiu went inside, sat down on the carpet, and handed the jade pendant in her hand to Mei Qiu: "I found this under the sofa."

[Place it on the ground]

Coal Ball strolled over to the jade pendant and carefully examined it with its emerald green eyes.

Little Jiu Jiu lay on the ground beside her, resting her chin on her hands, smiling as she looked at the coal ball and the jade pendant.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, Coal Ball pressed its claw down on the jade pendant.

Little Nine-Nine: "Did you find anything?"

"Meow~"

This jade pendant is quite interesting.

Coal Ball stretched and placed its fleshy paws on the jade pendant.

"Hehe, you've noticed it too, haven't you? There are actually Gu worms inside, and they can even split, unlike the wine Gu."

Little Jiu Jiu's eyes sparkled, as if she had discovered a toy.

Coal Ball pushed the jade pendant towards Little Nine-Nine, his tone less cheerful and more serious than Little Nine-Nine's:

[It's not that simple. This jade pendant has an array. The Gu worms should split through the array. I'll have to look up the specific array in a book. I don't know much about arrays.]

"Split through an array?" Xiao Jiu Jiu immediately became interested.

She picked up the jade pendant: "Can I put other things in it and still have them split apart by the array? Is it really that magical?"

Xiao Jiu raised her head and held the jade pendant up to the lamp.

By looking through the light, you can see two or three slender little insects swimming around inside.

[The formation should be specifically designed to target Gu worms, there's no such thing as a free lunch.] Coal Ball raised its paw and patted Little Nine-Nine's hand.

"Humph!"

Xiao Jiujiu snorted, quite dissatisfied: "Can't I even just think about it? What if it actually happens?"

No, if that were to happen, the world would be in chaos, and how could the laws of nature function?

Coal Ball pressed the jade pendant under its paw and moved back to its side: "You'd better stay away from the jade pendant; what if it goes to you?"

"Why would Ye Yun give this to Aunt Ye? Isn't she Aunt Ye's younger sister?" Xiao Jiu Jiu asked, puzzled.

Coal Ball: [Humans are very complex creatures. No matter what, you should be careful.]

"Okay~"

Xiao Jiu Jiu reached out and snatched the jade pendant from under the coal ball's claws: "Should we destroy this thing right away?"

Let me play with it first.

The coal ball used its claws to hook the chain of the jade pendant and pulled it over.

Little Jiu Jiu sat up and poked the coal ball's head: "Give it to me, give it to me, I'll take it and smash it."

Let me look into it first. Ugh, you're so annoying.

Coal Ball, hooked on the jade pendant chain, turned around, its backside facing Little Nine-Nine.

Seeing this, Xiao Jiu Jiu got up and lay on the bed, looking down at the coal ball and jade pendant: "How are you going to study them?"

Never mind that, let me take a look.

Coal Ball scratched the jade pendant with its claws.

Both the person and the cat could clearly see a mark on the jade pendant.

The mark was very small.

"Hey, hey, it's gone!" Little Jiu Jiu watched helplessly as the traces suddenly disappeared.

The coal-shaped man's fuzzy face was grave: "In that case, this jade pendant cannot be kept."

"Is it because the jade pendant has also been tampered with? Not just the array, but more than one array?" Xiao Jiu Jiu scratched her head in distress.

She has never learned any formations and knows nothing about them; she can only draw talismans. It seems she still needs to learn.

Coal Ball nodded: [Yes, the jade pendant has been placed under a restriction. Ordinary methods won't work; we'll have to use some special means.]

"You mean, this is related to Little Black Purple..."

Xiao Jiu thought for a moment, then shook her head: "It should be fine, right? Maybe I'm overthinking it."

[There have been a lot of mystical events happening around you lately, so you should be careful. I'm worried you might be being targeted.]

Coal Ball looked up and stared intently at Little Nine-Nine.

Xiao Jiujiu: "I want to go back to Liuhuai Village. Maybe Grandpa will leave me some clues at home."

"You can't go back," Coal Ball immediately objected.

Frowning, Xiao Jiu Jiu asked in confusion, "Why won't you let me go back? I can look at those books about Grandpa's tragic past."

"You can't go back, it's too dangerous there. If you really want to see it, just have someone bring it back for you," Coal Ball repeatedly rejected Little Nine-Nine's idea.

Xiao Jiu Jiu sighed helplessly: "Alright, alright, we've gone off on a tangent. Let's deal with this jade pendant first."

"Wrap the jade pendant in a thunder talisman, put it in a glass bottle, and don't draw the thunder talisman too well, or the glass bottle will explode," Coal Ball instructed from the side.

Xiao Jiujiu looked around: "Where are the glass bottles? It really is..."

"what?"

Her gaze fell on the small square not far away.

There was a message in a bottle there, filled with neatly folded little stars: "That'll do!"

Xiao Jiu Jiu got out of bed and dragged a stool to the desk.

She climbed up and took the message in a bottle down: "Hehehe, this is it."

After digging out all the stars, Xiao Jiu Jiu took out the talisman paper she had drawn earlier: "Shall we stick this on?"

"No, this painting is a bit too high-level," Coal Ball quickly stopped them, even reaching out its claws to press down on Little Nine's hand.

"Okay, then I'll change it."

Xiao Jiujiu rummaged through the drawer and found new talisman paper and cinnabar. He then redrawn a thunder talisman.

The strokes of this thunder talisman are deliberately crooked and twisted.

"Ta-da! How about that, not bad, right?" Little Jiu Jiu looked at the coal ball with a smug smile on her face.

Coal briquettes: ...

[Not bad, not bad, you clearly put a lot of effort into it.]

Coal Ball offered a perfunctory compliment.

Xiao Jiu Jiu didn't pay any attention, wrapped the jade pendant in talisman paper, and threw it into the glass bottle.

[You can chant the incantation now]

"Ow..."

Xiao Jiujiu chanted a spell over the talisman in the bottle.

"bass!"

The talisman crackled and emitted purple lightning.

Immediately afterwards, the talisman burst into flames, and a ball of black flame emerged from the bottle.

The flames completely enveloped the jade pendant, and a scent wafted out.

"This smells like roasted meat," Xiao Jiujiu muttered to herself.

Coal briquettes: ...

Eat, eat, eat, just eat!

After the talisman was burned clean, the jade pendant inside the bottle was shattered into pieces, with tiny purple lightning bolts visible from time to time.

The worms that were originally hidden in the jade pendant all came out.

Those were several small green worms, very small and thin, like threads, only one centimeter long.

After splitting, there were now three worms inside the jade pendant.

They writhed and twisted inside the bottle, as if they had just endured immense pain.

"Tsk!"

Xiao Jiu clicked her tongue lightly and tightened the cap on the glass bottle: "Is this all you need to do?"

[Put a talisman on the lid, otherwise they'll escape.]

The coal ball offered two reminders.

Xiao Jiu Jiu quickly used the thunder talisman she had previously used to seal the bottle cap: "How about this?"

"Okay, now it's safe." Coal Ball nodded the cat's head.

After glancing at the time, Xiao Jiu Jiu, holding the bottle, said, "Alright, let's go wait for them in the study next door."

She still had something to confirm with Qin Yuyang and the others.

If Ye Yun really wants to target them, she has some tricks up her sleeve to retaliate.

【Um】

The person and the cat went to the study and opened the door wide.

Another half hour passed.

Qin Yuyang and Ye Xuan arrived at the door of the study...