Chapter 19: Cross

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

During the two days that Zhang Heng was sick, Qi Ying went to school as usual.

Cui Yu, who had witnessed her divination ability, eagerly followed her to and from school every day, afraid that this witch with strong spiritual power would run away.

[Sister Ying, when are you going to prepare the items? I’ll go with you to buy it.]

During class, Cui Yu sent Qi Ying a text message.

It was almost the weekend. Qi Ying had been traveling between school and home every day for the past two days and did not seem to be in a hurry at all.

[Are the things on the list ready?] Qi Ying asked.

[They’re ready. I’ve chosen all the best medicinal herbs and crystals. I’ve prepared two sets of each. You can choose them.]

Qi Ying was amused by Cui Yu’s tone and replied: [Come with me to choose something after school today.]

[Okay.]

Cui Yu even replied with an emoji of a little rabbit saluting.

Sometimes, Qi Ying envied Cui Yu. He seemed to have endless optimism.

The success rate of the exorcism ceremony in two days was not 100%. Even if it was successful, Yan Huai was still in danger of shortening his lifespan.

However, Cui Yu had always been so proactive. He had even told her many times that despite the risk of a shorter lifespan, she would definitely be able to think of a solution.

This Yan family was quite interesting.

After school, Qi Ying brought Cui Yu to an antique shop.

There were all kinds of trinkets in the antique shop. Most of the antiques here were hundreds of years old, but many of them did not look very valuable.

Cui Yu followed Qi Ying through the shelves. She was picking and choosing from time to time, but she still couldn’t see anything she wanted.

He noticed that Qi Ying had picked up a black cross.

Eh, can witches also use crosses?

Seeing Cui Yu’s questioning look, Qi Ying smiled. “Witches can also use crosses. After all, not all witches make deals with evil spirits.”

At first, many witches made deals with evil spirits and used their power to conduct divinations and exorcize evil spirits.

However, later on, the witches gradually discovered that they could master the use of Spirit Mediums through cultivation and use it to expel evil spirits. From then on, the identity of a witch was no longer a person who purely dealt with evil spirits.

They could also use the cross to judge evil spirits and Dark Witches who dealt with evil spirits.

“Dark Witch?” Cui Yu frowned. He was very curious about the world of witches.

“Dark witches usually sign contracts with demons to help some greedy people trade all kinds of things like lifespans, wealth and even love.”

Cui Yu shivered. If that was the case, didn’t that mean that a Dark Witch was behind his cousin’s death?

“Looking at Mr. Yan Huai’s symptoms this time, it’s very likely that he was also harmed by a Dark Witch, so he made a deal with a demon.” Qi Ying seemed to have seen through what he was thinking.

“You’re amazing. You don’t have any mind-reading skills, do you?”

Qi Ying smiled. She did not know how to read minds, but ever since she had a connection with the Yan family, her psychic perception had become stronger, which was a good thing.

Qi Ying put down the cross and picked up a pendulum.

The Spirit Pendulum represented the ability of the wind and was an indispensable thing in the soul summoning ritual.

This pendulum looked very exquisite, but the stone used didn’t seem to be very good. It was a black obsidian without any luster.

“This doesn’t look like anything expensive. Boss won’t scam us, right?” Cui Yu whispered.

Qi Ying did not respond to him. Instead, she took the pendulum and walked straight to the cashier.

The price of this spirit pendulum was very cheap. It was actually less than 100 yuan.

Cui Yu was a little shocked. Why would Qi Ying buy such a thing?

“This doesn’t look expensive. Are we going to use this to complete the ritual?”

Qi Ying smiled, opened her hand, and put it in front of Cui Yu.

The pendulum was not as gray as before. Instead, it had become very shiny, and the golden threads wrapped around it looked colorful under the light.

“How did you do that?”

“These are spiritual and magnetic. If the magnetic field is chaotic, their spirituality can’t be used. By doing this, I can help them realign their magnetic field. That way, I can help them recover their spirituality.”

Cui Yu exclaimed in wonder, “Will this work? Will it become more expensive after the magnetic field is sorted out?”

Qi Ying smiled without saying anything.

Indeed, such a spiritual item would be several times more expensive than the original price.