Cao Er's choice of location. Deep within the ecological park, it was deserted during the night, making it perfect for murder without witnesses."Ugh... Ugh... Ugh..."Cao Er knelt on the ground, his hea...Chapter 155: The Ghost Child (Recommendation Request)

The moment Xiao Yu placed his hand on the 'female' figure's wrist just now, he felt that there wasn't a single bit of flesh on her body. It was as if her arm had only skin wrapped around bones.

While feeling the pulse for the 'female', Xiao Yu looked up at the girl’s face. Although she was heavily covered, leaving only two eyes exposed, by carefully observing, Xiao Yu noticed that the woman's eyes were deeply sunken into their sockets.

A hint of disbelief flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes as he continued to feel the pulse for the 'female' before him. After about a minute or so, Xiao Yu released her hand and gestured for her to switch hands. He gently placed his hand on the other wrist, finding that it was similar to the first one—it felt like there wasn’t any flesh at all, only skin covering bones.

After another minute, Xiao Yu softly let go of her wrist and fell into deep thought. The state of this woman puzzled him greatly; her pulse rate was barely forty beats per minute, and her blood flow was extremely slow.

The pulse indicated that the 'female' should be in the final moments of life, but at present, she sat here unharmed except for a slight weakness. Her movements were unaffected by this state.

Moreover, her vitality and essence were rapidly depleting, which explained why she had only skin left on her body, much like an ancient mummy that had been preserved for hundreds or thousands of years.

If a normal person were in such a condition, they would have died long ago. Yet this woman was alive and well despite her extremely slow blood flow and heartbeat.

Her situation made Xiao Yu think of the legendary living dead as well as the turtle breathing technique often mentioned in novels.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu realized that the woman’s vitality and essence were depleting rather than dissipating. Could this be why she was still alive

The human body is a marvelously complex entity, resembling an intricate array diagram more perplexing than talismans or magic arrays. It operates in an obscure manner, controlling the dispersion of life force within the body.

When one is born, their internal diagram is at its most perfect state but also very fragile due to being newly constructed. A slight misstep can cause the entire system to collapse, leading to a rapid loss of vitality and death for the infant.

Each time a person falls ill, it is because this array diagram has been damaged by internal or external forces, causing the speed of life force dissipation to increase. Treating illness with 'medicine' is essentially repairing this array diagram.

Xiao Yu looked at the woman before him; her body's array diagram had suffered some damage but not fatally so. However, what was strange about her condition was that her life force wasn't dissipating due to an ailment—it seemed to be mysteriously vanishing, as if being consumed by something within her!

Xiao Yu couldn’t find any similar cases in Zhong Kui’s memories and thus had no clue how to treat it. Frowning deeply, he asked the woman: "How long have you been sick"

"From when I first felt something was wrong until now, it's already been over two months," she said after hesitating.

“Two months” Xiao Yu murmured to himself as he sat there with a furrowed brow.

"Wait here for a moment while I look up some information!" After a short while, Xiao Yu said and then went into the rest room, sitting cross-legged on the bed.

Seeing Xiao Yu appear to be sleeping with his eyes closed, he was actually searching Zhong Kui’s memories. Xiao Yu had just searched through Zhong Kui's memories before becoming an Exorcist but hadn’t found what he was looking for. Now he was searching Zhong Kui's memories after becoming an Exorcist.

Since Zhong Kui’s post-Exorcism memories were vast, Xiao Yu had usually seen something familiar to Zhong Kui and the relevant memory would emerge from his subconscious on its own. However, this time was different. Now he was actively searching through Zhong Kui's memories, a task so immense that it required all of his concentration; otherwise, even with the strength of his spirit, Xiao Yu might lose himself in the ocean of Zhong Kui’s memories.

The woman saw Xiao Yu enter the room and her eyes flashed with panic. She was about to leave when she suddenly thought of something and looked down at her hands and touched her face, sighing inwardly; how could anyone recognize her now Even her own parents probably wouldn’t be able to.

Approximately two hours later, Xiao Yu, who had been sitting cross-legged on the bed, opened his eyes. His gaze was somewhat bewildered but quickly cleared as he looked at the familiar surroundings around him.

Xiao Yu checked the time and sighed with relief when he saw that only two hours had passed; when searching Zhong Kui’s memories just then, it felt like he had lived for centuries in a world filled with wonders. He almost lost himself there.

In the end, because he couldn't bear to part from his loved ones, Xiao Yu forced himself to stop exploring Zhong Kui's memories.

However, Xiao Yu was not entirely without gains. From Zhong Kui's memories, he discovered that Zhong Kui had also encountered a case similar to this woman's condition before; it just took the other person over fifteen to sixteen years to reach such a state, whereas looking at her now, she became like this in merely two months.

"Two hours have already passed. Hasn't that person left" Xiao Yu suddenly thought of this and was surprised by how long he had taken.

Xiao Yu hurriedly went outside to see the woman sleeping on a chair. He couldn't help but be slightly stunned, then walked over to sit at the consultation desk, looking at the sleeping woman on the chair and gently coughed once.

The woman asleep on the chair suddenly opened her eyes upon hearing Xiao Yu's cough, with a look of panic on her face and fear in her eyes. She looked around frantically as she moved her head left and right, causing her bones to crackle. When she saw that she was still in the clinic, she breathed a sigh of relief, gradually regaining composure.

Xiao Yu didn't expect his coughing to cause such an intense reaction from her; it seemed like she was avoiding something, indicating that her background wasn't simple.

With furrowed brows, Xiao Yu stared at the woman and said sternly: "Put your hand here!" He then pushed forward the pulse-taking pad in front of him.

Xiao Yu carefully felt the woman's pulse. As he did so, his originally furrowed brow gradually relaxed; as he thought, it was indeed like that. However, soon after, his brows tightened again.

Releasing the woman’s wrist, Xiao Yu left the clinic and went outside to open his Yin-Yang eyes, scanning the surroundings continuously. Suddenly, Xiao Yu paused, his gaze fixing on a corner illuminated by no streetlight.

Xiao Yu walked towards that direction; when he got close to the shadow, he looked at the empty corner with a warm smile on his face.

Under Xiao Yu’s Yin-Yang eyes, there were seven children sitting in this corner, occasionally glancing over at his clinic. The oldest of them was no more than three years old, while the youngest was barely over one year old. All of these were little boys, each with a navel cord about a foot long attached to their navels.

Seeing Xiao Yu approach did not cause any panic in the children; instead, they looked at him standing there. Upon seeing that Xiao Yu was looking back at them, their originally gentle faces suddenly turned fierce and menacing as they opened their mouths wide and rushed towards Xiao Yu.

A current of air carrying heavy resentment followed these rushing children, blowing toward Xiao Yu. With a light wave of his hand, the resentful aura in front of him dissipated completely.

A few children saw that their most effective tactic didn’t scare Xu Yue and all of them hid in the corner, looking at Xu Yue fearfully.

Xu Yue looked at these brats hiding in the corner. Each of them was enveloped by a layer of resentment, and their ghosts were very solid; their yin qi was extremely pure as well. Furthermore, the yin qi on their bodies indeed originated from the same source as the strand of yin qi he sensed when taking that woman's pulse.

Xu Yue finally confirmed the cause of the woman’s illness. He ignored these brats and returned to his clinic, sat down in a chair, and told her, "Your illness is caused by having too many abortions and damaging your fundamental health! I’ll write out some prescriptions for you; once you take them, you'll be fine!"

After Xu Yue finished speaking, he took up the brush on the table and began to write. In no time at all, he wrote out a prescription and said, "Will you get your medicine from me or somewhere else"

The woman hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let’s just get it here! Thank you very much, doctor!"

The woman didn’t show any surprise or embarrassment. Xu Yue guessed that the doctors who had previously treated her must have diagnosed her with this illness and mentioned it to her several times before, so she had become immune to such statements.

Although this woman spoke politely, there was no gratitude in her eyes; she had seen many doctors over these past two months. Each of them confidently proclaimed that they could treat her, but ultimately none of their treatments had been effective. She was numb to it by now and would take any doctor's prescription, hoping that one might actually work.

"Do you often dream" As Xu Yue fetched the medicine for her, he casually asked this question.

“How do you know” The woman finally revealed a look of shock when she heard Xu Yue’s words.

“What did you see in your dreams Can you tell me about them” Instead of answering the woman's question, Xu Yue smiled and continued to ask her.

"I dreamt that seven little boys called out to me as their mother and wanted to play with me. But strangely enough, each of their umbilical cords was hanging outside," she lowered her head and spoke in a somewhat bashful voice after some time had passed.

Xu Yue, who was fetching the medicine, was taken aback; bashful She sounded embarrassed. Xu Yue actually heard an air of shyness from the woman’s stiff, gravelly voice that resembled bones clashing together. ground outside the fence. The black oil in the pot occasionally bubbled up, and two small devils with green faces and sharp teeth, only wearing animal skins, were stirring the contents of the pot con...