The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 106

The baby looked up at Ji Mingxiao and the others, waving its hand as if in a threat.

“Should we intervene?” Qin Xiu asked.

“No, let them suffer the consequences of their own actions,” Ji Mingxiao replied.

Qin Xiu glanced at the baby again. The woman lifted her hand to rub her neck, looking strained.

Another child stumbled over from a distance and began to climb the man’s leg, eventually perching on his back. The ghostly energy emanating from this child was much stronger than the woman’s.

What did these two do to attract so many vengeful spirits of children?

Yes, many. More and more children’s spirits came running from all directions. Many of them looked disabled.

“We have to do something, or the plane might crash.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at the couple and held back Qin Xiu, who was about to stand up. “No need, they won’t get on the plane.”

The next second, the two people collapsed in front of everyone.

She twitched her lips and called Officer Wang.

Officer Wang was startled awake by the phone call.

“There are human traffickers at the airport. They’ve fainted.”

“Okay.” Officer Wang was instantly alert.

“The airport staff are already here. You can contact them yourselves.”

“Okay.”

“How did you know they were human traffickers?” Qin Xiu asked.

“A guess.”

Their flight number was announced over the loudspeaker.

Ji Mingxiao stood up and went to line up with her bag on her back.

She not only knew they were human traffickers but also knew they abducted children to maim them for begging and to train them as thieves. Of course, many children were also sold.

She hated human traffickers. If she could, she’d wish for them to die on the spot.

However, for now, she could only use the children’s ghostly energy to make them faint.

Ji Mingxiao thought for a moment and then messaged the monks she knew through Qin Wan, explaining the situation and asking them to perform a ritual for the children’s spirits.

She wouldn’t risk her next life for a couple of scumbags.

Xi Ruan looked back several times before darting into Ji Mingxiao’s jade pendant.

In the first-class cabin, it was just Ji Mingxiao and Qin Xiu.

This made it easy to talk to Xi Ruan, but Ji Mingxiao chose to close her eyes and rest, quickly falling asleep.

She opened a tablet and let Xi Ruan watch TV alone.

Because she was asleep, Ji Mingxiao didn’t notice the few black strands of hair that had appeared on the floor, spreading out.

Ji Mingxiao woke up with a feeling that something wasn’t right.

The plane was still a plane. Xi Ruan was still watching a TV show, and Qin Xiu was still asleep.

But she still felt something was off.

Ji Mingxiao got up and went to the restroom, wanting to ask a flight attendant for some water, but she couldn’t find anyone.

She frowned and walked towards the back of the plane.

No one.

There was no one anywhere.

Ji Mingxiao immediately turned around and went back to the first-class cabin.

“What’s wrong?” Xi Ruan asked.

“Something’s happened.”

Ji Mingxiao reached out and woke up Qin Xiu.

Qin Xiu was a little dazed.

“It seems to be just the three of us on the plane. Even the cockpit is empty,” Ji Mingxiao said, looking out the window.

Normally, it should have been daylight, but it was pitch black outside.

“Are we trapped?”

“I think so,” Ji Mingxiao’s face darkened. “I can’t tell if we’re trapped in an illusion, a dream, or another dimension.”

She looked at her own hand. Everything felt too real, with no discernible flaws.

Ji Mingxiao knocked on the plane window.

If it was an illusion, it would have to be based on reality, but she had just gone into the cockpit, and no one came to stop her.

Either the place she entered wasn’t the cockpit in reality, or it wasn’t an illusion.

It was very complicated.

Ji Mingxiao’s mind was in a mess.

She took out a few talismans and shook them.

“What kind of talismans are these? I’ve never seen them before,” Qin Xiu leaned in closer.

Ji Mingxiao’s hand paused.

These were talismans she had seen in the cultivation world. She just wanted to see if they would work.

“I saw them in a book.”

Ji Mingxiao bit her fingertip and threw out the eight talismans in her hand. They arranged themselves into a formation in the air.

She was shocked.

They actually worked.

Xi Ruan also recognized what it was and quickly returned to Ji Mingxiao’s jade pendant.

Qin Xiu was about to speak when Ji Mingxiao grabbed his wrist.

The next second, the world spun.

System A: ???

About two minutes later, Ji Mingxiao and Qin Xiu finally recovered.

They were surrounded by trees. There was no one in sight, and it was very quiet. The day was bright, but they could only glimpse the sky through the gaps in the trees.

“Where are we?”

“Mount Ling.” Ji Mingxiao took out her phone and showed him the location.

“That thing just now was…”

“A teleportation array.”

Qin Xiu: ???

Qin Xiu’s mouth hung open. This was the first time in his life he had heard of such a formation.

However, Ji Mingxiao’s expression was so sincere that he wanted her to elaborate, but she had no intention of doing so.

It was already ten in the morning.

The plane should have arrived at nine-thirty.

Officer Wang’s call came through.

“Miss Qin, are you okay? I heard you went missing.”

“I was trapped, but I’ve found a way out. Don’t worry,” Ji Mingxiao said casually. If she could use the talismans from the cultivation world, things would be much easier.

Officer Wang breathed a sigh of relief. “The two human traffickers have also been arrested. Please be careful, Miss Qin.”

“Okay.”

Ji Mingxiao flicked Qin Xiu’s forehead. “Stop staring.”

Qin Xiu: …

The salted fish also sent her a message.

[Zhou Wei: A bug has appeared. You must have noticed.]

[Qin Wan: Yes.]

[Zhou Wei: Be careful.]

[Qin Wan: Mm.]

System A almost screamed when it saw the salted fish’s message.

What did he mean by a bug appearing? The world did have bugs, but not on this scale. It was absolutely impossible for Ji Mingxiao to use talismans from the cultivation world. The fact that she could now was obviously something the salted fish had amplified.

The salted fish was a walking bug.

It looked at its host and now a second one. It could guess from Ji Mingxiao’s expression what she wanted to do.

Qin Xiu was still dazed. Ji Mingxiao noticed the look in his eyes had changed slightly. It used to be a little casual, but now it was filled with admiration.

“Cousin, can you teach me?”

“No, not for now.” Ji Mingxiao shook her head. She didn’t know yet who the problematic NPCs were, so she naturally couldn’t teach such a life-saving skill to just anyone. “It’s a bit risky to use.”

“Okay.” Qin Xiu was disappointed but didn’t say anything more.

The two of them slowly walked up the mountain along a small path.

Although the ghostly energy was heavy, Ji Mingxiao couldn’t see anything strange.

She narrowed her eyes and released all of her little paper dolls.

Qin Xiu glanced at the paper dolls a few times.

“Cousin, aren’t you afraid they won’t find their way back?”

“No, I’m not. If they don’t find their way back, I’ll go find them.”

The further up the mountain they went, the more trees there were.

Although it wasn’t night, it felt very much like it; it was dark all around them.

Ji Mingxiao had already thrown out over thirty talismans.

Qin Xiu noticed they were all talismans he didn’t recognize, and he was really curious about what they were.

However, Ji Mingxiao still had no intention of explaining.

After walking for an hour, they finally reached the top of the mountain.

The mountaintop was a barren expanse with nothing on it. Ji Mingxiao stretched.

Qin Xiu had already taken out his small notebook and started to take notes. He needed to write a plan for modifying the feng shui. Since they were in a natural environment, it was best to keep it simple.

Ji Mingxiao sat cross-legged on the ground.

“Can you find it?” Xi Ruan whispered.

“Who knows,” Ji Mingxiao’s voice was also low. “It’s too clean here. It’s suspiciously clean.”

Xi Ruan nodded. She had expected to see groups of ghosts here, but there was nothing.

“You two are so strange. You don’t like it when there are ghosts, and you don’t like it when there aren’t,” System A complained.

“You shut up.”

Ji Mingxiao yawned. She saw a little paper doll flying back on a talisman in the distance and immediately straightened her expression.

“There’s a village,” the little paper doll shouted before it even arrived. “The village looks a little scary. There aren’t many people, but they all look like dead people.”

Ji Mingxiao immediately stood up.

“Take me to see.”

“Okay!”

“Cousin, wait for me,” Qin Xiu packed his things and quickly followed.

Ji Mingxiao didn’t use the teleportation array this time. After all, she had never been to that place before, and if she teleported somewhere strange, it would be bad. Teleporting from the plane to Mount Ling was just good luck.

The two of them went straight through, without looking for another path. Fortunately, the mountain wasn’t too steep, and it wasn’t too difficult for Ji Mingxiao and Qin Xiu to walk through, and their speed was decent.

“It’s just up ahead,” the little paper doll’s voice was noticeably quieter this time.

Ji Mingxiao stopped and looked down at the trees in front of her, frowning.

Every one of these trees had three corpses on it without exception. One was tied to the tree, and the other two were hung from it. The skeletons were somehow kept intact and connected.

The sight was extremely unsettling and oppressive.

Ji Mingxiao touched her jade pendant.

This time, Xi Ruan didn’t make a sound. She knew Ji Mingxiao was comforting her.

Ji Mingxiao took a few pictures and sent them to Officer Wang.

Although she didn’t know what was going on with the bodies here, it was definitely not good.

“Look over there.” Ji Mingxiao scanned the area and immediately spotted three corpses hanging from a tree in the distance. They were not skeletons, so they were very obvious.

The two of them walked over.

Ji Mingxiao already had a premonition.

The corpses were still wearing clothes. She took more pictures and sent them to Officer Wang.

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