After being choked by Tang Jing for a few seconds, Ye Yuqiao regained her senses. Afraid of injuring Tang Jing, she didn't use the Nether King's Power to push Tang Jing away; instead, she frantically pried Tang Jing's hands off her neck with her own hands.

The two were at a stalemate for a moment, after which Tang Jing's face contorted menacingly, and she let out a terrifying shriek.

Ye Yuqiao felt the strength in Tang Jing's hands suddenly increase several-fold.

"Ugh!" She let out a strangled cry, nearly suffocated by Tang Jing's grip.

Thus, having no other choice, she gathered a small amount of the Nether King's Heart between her hands, which finally freed her completely from Tang Jing's grasp.

And on Tang Jing's wrists, deep indentations were left due to the pressure of the Nether King's Power.

After panting heavily for a few breaths, Ye Yuqiao brought her face close to Tang Jing's and locked eyes with her, saying, "Tang Jing, wake up, use the Yang Energy inside you to drive out the child's Yin Soul!"

Tang Jing bared her teeth and grimaced, her face becoming even more distorted.

Seeing that the situation was worsening, Ye Yuqiao had no choice but to expel her own Yang Energy from within her body and direct it toward Tang Jing.

This was the only method she could think of to drive away the child's Yin Soul without harming Tang Jing.

Fortunately, the method soon took effect.

The child's Yin Soul disappeared from Tang Jing; the resentment it carried also dissipated, and the faint green glow in Tang Jing's eyes vanished completely.

However, Ye Yuqiao did not see where the child's Yin Soul had fled to.

"Tang Jing, Tang Jing!" she softly called out Tang Jing's name.

After half a minute passed, there was a flicker in Tang Jing's eyes; looking at Ye Yuqiao, she said weakly, "Yuqiao, did I just pass out? I feel so tired—as if I had a very long dream. My chest hurts so much."

"Tang Jing, you were just possessed by a child's Yin Soul," Ye Yuqiao explained. "That child should be Li Xiulian's son, Zhou Peng."

Tang Jing was shocked, immediately revitalized, she transferred the Yang Energy from her Dantian throughout her body to prevent the Yin Soul from possessing her again.

Had she not nearly been killed by the child's Yin Soul squeezing her heart, she wouldn't have been possessed in the first place, as her body and internal Yang Energy would not have been in such a weakened state.

"Where is the child's Yin Soul?" Tang Jing asked as she looked around. "Did you catch his Yin Soul?"

Ye Yuqiao shook her head, her gaze shifting to the monkey lying on the ground, and she said with a slight frown, "It was originally attached to this monkey, then it reached into your chest and squeezed your heart. Luckily, I discovered its secret in time and rushed back, or the consequences would have been unimaginable."

"Attached to this monkey?" Tang Jing was astonished, finding it quite unbelievable, "And then what happened?"

"I don't know how it got onto you," Ye Yuqiao shook her head again, "I thought it had been eliminated by my Nether King's Power, but it managed to possess you right after you woke up. After I forced it out of you, it vanished suddenly, and I don't know where it has fled, or if it truly fled at all, it might just be hiding somewhere in this room."

While speaking, Ye Yuqiao took Tang Jing's hand, her eyes filled with apology as she stared at the red imprint on Tang Jing's wrist, saying, "Tang Jing, I'm so sorry, I hurt your wrist."

"Yuqiao, you really shouldn't be apologizing, I'm the one who should be sorry," Tang Jing said with a pained expression, having noticed the clear marks of strangulation on Ye Yuqiao's neck. Without a doubt, they must have been caused by her when she was possessed.

Ye Yuqiao smiled and shook her head, "I'm fine!"

"Yuqiao, you're so kind! No wonder that bastard likes you so much!"

After that, the two had a heart-to-heart talk like close girlfriends, and then Tang Jing asked, "By the way, Yuqiao, how did you discover that the child's Yin Soul was hidden inside that stuffed monkey?"

"I have to thank that bastard for that. When I went to see him just now, he told me that he suddenly felt a deep sense of resentment last night, and then he used Nether Vision to find Li Xiulian's room in the mental institution. He said Li Xiulian was holding that bear and kept crying, apologizing to it."

Upon hearing this, Tang Jing's mind buzzed, then she widened her eyes and exclaimed loudly, "So the kid has been possessing that bear all along, staying by Li Xiulian's side!"

"Yeah!" Ye Yuqiao nodded, "I thought the same at the time, and then I remembered you bought that stuffed toy monkey today, so I immediately rushed back."

"That's not right," Tang Jing realized a doubt, "If that child was always attached to that stuffed bear, then why didn't we smell a bit of Yin Qi when we visited Li Xiulian that day? Although stuffed fabric can absorb some resentment, with so much of it, how could it possibly be hidden?"

Ye Yuqiao nodded slightly, agreeing with Tang Jing's view. She carefully thought back on what had just happened: she hadn't detected the child possessing Tang Jing, but it was the moment Tang Jing pinched her that she suddenly smelled a strong wave of resentment.

It seemed, then, that the kid must have entered Tang Jing's body through something and stayed hidden.

But what was that thing? And where was it hiding?

"Oh no!" Tang Jing suddenly felt alarmed, "Today I gave Xie Xiaofeng a stuffed rabbit."

Ye Yuqiao was taken aback, but then she snapped back to reality and went straight through the wall into Xie Xiaofeng's room.

However, at that moment Xie Xiaofeng was sleeping soundly, seemingly the child hadn't sought him out yet.

"Knock knock knock!" There was a knock at the door; it was Tang Jing.

Ye Yuqiao went to open the door and turned on the light.

At that moment, Xie Xiaofeng was woken up, muttered a few words in a daze, and then, as his eyes opened slightly from the light, he became fully alert all of a sudden, sat up, and asked in shock, "Tang Jing, Goddess, what are you doing here in this room? How did you get in?"

"Xie Xiaofeng, did you know you were just about to die?" Tang Jing said to scare him.

"Ah!" Xie Xiaofeng was astonished, "What on earth is going on?"

..

The next day, as soon as it was light out.

Xie Xiaofeng, Ye Yuqiao, and Tang Jing set out for the mental institution in the east of the town.

Seeing that it was them again, the middle-aged doctor who had received them that day was quite displeased, but he had no choice but to cooperate with them.

Soon, the middle-aged doctor brought them to Li Xiulian's room.

Suddenly, Li Xiulian lost control of her sanity and charged to bite the three of them.

Xie Xiaofeng snorted angrily, pushed Li Xiulian to the ground, and said, "Stop pretending, you're not sick."

"I am sick, I really am sick!" Li Xiulian revealed a bizarre smile, then got up and lunged at Ye Yuqiao.

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