Top Grade Immortal Emperor in the Flower City-Chapter 738 - 747 Little Girl

At the Liu Qiao’er residence, the household was not small, and since they were all fishermen, they often visited each other.

Liu Yuandong, who happened to be Ye Ling’s father-in-law, had three siblings in his family, including a younger sister who also had a daughter.

That is to say, Liu Qiao’er’s cousin was still quite young, merely ten years old and usually studied away from home. It was on a rare Sunday that Liu Qiao’er’s aunt took her to visit Liu Qiao’er’s family.

Who would have thought, what was normally such an uneventful visit turned bizarre, as on the very first day, Liu Qiao’er’s cousin became completely unresponsive.

Yes, unresponsive. Several hospitals were visited but none could determine the cause. She just stared straight ahead with vacant eyes, as if she had gone senile.

On the same day that she was afflicted, she had only chatted for a short while with an elderly man living next to Liu Qiao’er’s home. Astonishingly, that man passed away on the day the girl became unresponsive.

This coincidence made Liu Qiao’er’s family think hard and they eventually decided to resort to the local folk remedy of consulting a shaman to see if the girl was hexed or something similar.

When the shaman arrived, she left straight away, claiming she could not handle this case. She said that Liu Qiao’er’s cousin’s soul had been spirited away, one soul and one spirit, which was similar to what had occurred to Ye Tian initially.

Unwilling to give up, Liu Yuandong and Ye Ling’s mother-in-law, Zhang Yuhua, sought several other well-known and capable locals, but one after another, they simply took one look and left.

Out of options, Zhang Yuhua called Liu Qiao’er; she knew very well that her son-in-law possessed extraordinary abilities.

Hearing what Liu Qiao’er said, Ye Ling nodded. What to do with Qing Yi? In such matters, Qing Yi was like an ancient ancestor.

The Netherworld was practically her family business. If some lonesome ghost or spirit had snatched the girl’s soul, that would be a severe taboo, and Qing Yi would probably annihilate them.

If it was done by some evil spirit or demon, even better, they would just be wiped out. Ye Ling readily thumped his chest and promised to deal with it.

Not daring to delay, Ye Ling immediately set off with Xiao Bai and Qing Yi, having visited Liu Qiao’er’s place before, so he knew the way well. It took them just over an hour to arrive.

Seeing Ye Ling arrive brought great joy to Liu Yuandong and Zhang Yuhua, and then Ye Ling returned to his own home.

Given that Liu Qiao’er married Ye Ling, one would think they shouldn’t lack for anything material, yet Liu Yuandong’s family still lived in their old house.

After all, they were elderly and fond of nostalgia. Ye Ling had once suggested that the two elders move into the city, but they simply refused.

"Dad, mom, where’s Yun Zhi?"

Ye Ling asked as he sat down in the house. Zhang Yuhua brought over two cups of water and handed them to Ye Ling and Qing Yi: "Yun Zhi heard you were coming, so he went to catch some fish for you. He said that fresh fish tastes the best."

Liu Yunzhi, Liu Qiao’er’s brother, was the same little guy who used to look up to Ye Ling and proudly exclaimed how cool his brother-in-law was.

"Oh right, Qiao’er said her cousin was bewitched? She asked me to have a look. Where is she? Let’s go check it out first, that’s the priority right now."

After drinking some water, Ye Ling stood up and Liu Yuandong promptly nodded: "You have no idea, these past few days her aunt was worn out completely."

"Let’s go now, let mom stay and cook. Once we finish handling this, we can come back for food," Ye Ling suggested.

With those words, Liu Yuandong led Ye Ling and Qing Yi outside, with Xiao Bai following behind, its large frame eliciting impressed clicks of the tongue from Liu Yuandong.

"Xiao Bai, remember me? When Ye Ling and Qiao’er got married, I fed you a big piece of meat. Haha, you’ve grown so much, if anyone saw you, they might mistake you for a lion."

Liu Yuandong patted Xiaobai’s back and laughed heartily, Xiaobai curled his lip, tsk-tsk, this was just Ye Ling’s father-in-law, anyone else would’ve been slapped to death by a paw.

About ten minutes away, Liu Yuandong led Ye Ling to a residence where a large fishing net was sunning in the courtyard, used by Liu Yuandong’s sister’s family for sea fishing.

Upon entering the courtyard, they coincidentally met a plainly dressed middle-aged woman with a worried look on her face; Ye Ling recognized her as Liu Yuandong’s sister, Liu Fenglan.

"Brother, what brings you here? Oh, and Little Ling too?"

Liu Fenglan’s spirits lifted when she saw Ye Ling; she had also attended the wedding when Ye Ling married Liu Qiao’er. Before going, she lamented to herself, thinking her niece was foolish to marry a man who already had so many women.

But when she arrived, her eyes were opened wide and she knew very well, that Ye Ling, this fellow, possessed Tongtian’s divine skills.

"Didn’t you see, Ye Ling rushed over as soon as he heard about Xiaoya’s situation? Where’s Xiaoya? Have Ye Ling take a look, maybe Xiaoya will be all right."

Upon hearing Liu Yuandong say this, Liu Fenglan quickly slapped her forehead, "Yes, yes, Little Ling, please take a look at your sister-in-law, she’s about to drive me insane. I mean, I don’t know what happened, she just chatted with Uncle Qi next door for a moment, and after Uncle Qi died, Xiaoya turned out like this!" freewebnoveℓ.com

"Do you think it’s possible that when Uncle Qi died, Black and White Impermanence came to collect souls and that frightened Xiaoya?"

Hearing Liu Fenglan say this, Ye Ling simply smiled and waved his hand, "Auntie, your thoughts are a bit far-fetched. I’ll go in and look at Xiaoya and then I’ll know what’s going on."

As he spoke, Ye Ling entered the room where Liu Fenglan’s husband, Wang Shanhu, sat beside his own daughter with a troubled frown.

The man, usually fearless of both heaven and earth, had also been so worried these past few days he wanted to cry; even his stubble had grown long.

"Big brother, you’re here."

Wang Shanhu glanced at the visitor, let out a deep sigh, then upon seeing Ye Ling and Qing Yi, stood up abruptly, "Big brother, isn’t that Ye Ling?"

Liu Qiao’er’s husband, whom he hadn’t seen at the wedding, but his wife had made him look at pictures of Ye Ling.

Ye Ling nodded quickly, "Hello Uncle, I came to see what’s wrong with Xiaoya."

Wang Shanhu nodded vigorously, and Ye Ling and Qing Yi approached. Xiaoya, sitting next to Wang Shanhu, had a graceful appearance and, honestly, she resembled Liu Qiao’er somewhat in her features.

Ye Ling thought to himself, Xiaoya is going to grow up to be a great beauty.

Xiaoya, wearing her school uniform, sat rigidly on the stool, with a vacant gaze and completely devoid of spirit.

Ye Ling inspected her carefully, then looked at Qing Yi, who was also puzzled; they exchanged glances.

"What do you think?"

"What do you think?" Qing Yi asked, but Ye Ling shook his head, "I feel that you’re more qualified to speak on this matter."

Hearing this, Qing Yi nodded, and Liu Yuandong, Wang Shanhu, and Liu Fenglan, who were standing aside, all perked up their ears, very tense.

"Xiaoya’s soul has been taken by the Underworld Soldiers."

Qing Yi’s words struck like thunder.