Seeing that the bloody mouth was about to bite his arm, Lu Fei quickly put the Eight Trigram Mirror in between.
The mirror's surface glowed with a golden light, stunning Lulu.
Taking advantage of this, Lu Fei had Hu Zi hold down Lulu, while he took up the willow whip and struck Lulu repeatedly.
A willow whip can reduce a ghost by three inches.
The ghostly aura around Lulu became weaker and weaker, but at the same time, her own body became increasingly frail.
And every time the whip struck her, two cries of pain sounded.
"Something's not right!"
Lu Fei stopped and looked at Lulu.
"How come one of the voices sounded like Lulu's?"
Willow branch whips are excellent for beating ghosts, but they don't cause much harm to people. Lu Fei held back, so at most, it would leave some red marks on her, which would heal after a few days.
Why was Lulu screaming so terribly? It was as if her soul was being whipped as well.
"Boss, what's wrong?" Huzi asked, puzzled.
At this point, Lulu was no longer struggling as intensely. If Lu Fei continued to whip, he could surely eliminate the ghost spirit completely.
"I think there's something wrong!" Lu Fei frowned. "If there were really two ghost spirits, two things would have come at us just now, but from beginning to end, it's only been the one attached to Lulu."
"Maybe they're both attached to Lulu?" Huzi guessed.
"That's impossible! A person might be followed by multiple ghosts, but only one can possess them, because the capacity is limited. It's like a cup; it can only hold one cup of water, not two," Lu Fei explained.
"Then what's going on with Lulu?" Huzi was completely lost.
Lu Fei said in a deep voice, "I don't think she told us the whole truth; she is still hiding something from us."
"What? She's almost dead, and she still won't tell the truth? What was she thinking?" Hu Zi was astonished.
"We will have to ask her. For now, let it be for tonight. We will get to the bottom of this tomorrow." Having learned from the previous lesson, Lu Fei would never act rashly; he must first understand everything clearly.
"What about her?" Hu Zi felt a chill run down his spine whenever he met Lulu's extremely venomous gaze.
"This is easy."
Lu Fei took out the remaining incense ash and sprinkled it all over Lulu's body.
Then he placed the Eight Trigram Mirror opposite the urn containing his sister's ashes, directing the mirror toward the urn.
After the beating with the willow whip, the spirit's power had weakened considerably, and the Eight Trigram Mirror could temporarily subdue it.
Lulu's eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Lu Fei and Hu Zi dared not rest. They stayed up all night in the putrid room, only opening the windows to air it out when dawn broke.
"Wake up."
Huzi shook Lulu's shoulder, waking her up.
Lulu groggily opened her eyes, feeling pain all over her body. Seeing the two people standing by the window, she couldn't help but be slightly startled.
"Am I saved?"
"No, you are about to die!" Lu Fei said coldly.
"What?" Lulu was shocked, struggling to sit up, looking at Lu Fei in disbelief, "Didn't you say you would save me? You broke your promise!"
"It's not that I broke my promise, but you, you haven't been honest with us from the beginning!" Lu Fei snorted coldly.
Lulu was stunned, her eyes flickering, "Me, how have I not been honest?"
"If that's the case, then find someone else to help you."
Lu Fei's expression was cold as he pulled Huzi and started to leave.
"Wait! You can't leave!" Lulu stumbled out of bed, blocking the two people, "You said you would save me. How can you give up halfway?"
"Then are you willing to tell the truth?" Lu Fei asked.
Huzi advised, "At a time like this, there's no need to hold back anymore. Whatever it is, just say it. We were almost successful in subduing that ghost spirit yesterday, but we stopped because we found something was wrong."
"What exactly happened last night?" After being possessed by the ghost, Lulu had no memory at all. Seeing her wrist, which was bitten and torn, her already pale face turned even whiter.
"That ghost spirit was trying to drain your blood," Huzi said. "We managed to control it temporarily last night, but if we leave today, you will surely die."
"Drain my blood!?" Lulu's body went weak, her face full of pain and fear. "But I really haven't been hiding anything from you. I bought the Sister Spirit card by accident; I don't know why it's so vicious."
Lu Fei looked at her and said, "I suspect that your soul is already bound to the Sister Spirit. If we destroy the Sister Spirit, your soul will disappear as well. Even if you manage to survive, you will turn into an idiot."
That's why, when we whipped Lulu with willow branches last night, there were two simultaneous screams of pain.
"Soul bound together, why would that happen?" Lulu refused to believe. "Is it because I offered it my blood?"
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. I always feel its behavior is not like a typical ghost possession, more like it's for..." Lu Fei recalled some of Lulu's symptoms.
The smell of rot, and a fear of sunlight.
"Miss LuLu, I'm sorry, may I take a look at your back?"
"What's wrong with my back?" LuLu didn't mind. She knew she looked terrible right now, and it was impossible for Lu Fei to be taking advantage of her.
She took off her clothes, revealing her back.
A strong smell of decay spread through the air.
At this sight, Lu Fei and Hu Zi both got goosebumps all over their bodies.
There was a large oval patch of rotting flesh on LuLu's back, and she seemed not to feel it. The rot was spreading outwards from the center.
"What is it? What's wrong with my back?" LuLu, unable to see it herself, asked anxiously.
"Your back has started to rot," Lu Fei said in a solemn voice, "Sister Ling isn't just trying to kill you; it's trying to possess you! The body rotting and the fear of sunlight are side effects of the possession."
"Possession?" LuLu was stunned.
"Even if Sister Ling's urn was made of dark wood, it could only backlash more severely and couldn't achieve a soul transfer." Lu Fei stared straight at Lulu.
"So, Miss Lulu, what exactly are you hiding?"
Lulu trembled all over, her eyes red, but she could no longer shed tears.
"Regarding the sister tablet, I really haven't hidden anything from you."
"That day, after I finished my live stream, I received a private message. The person told me he had a way to restore my popularity."
"I was foolish to believe him and bought this sister tablet from him."
"That's the whole process. I don't know that person, and he sent the item to me by express delivery."
Lulu's expression didn't seem like she was lying.
"Then, have you done any other conscience-stricken things?" Lu Fei asked again, "Soul transfer is not just about having a body; it also requires matching birth dates and times. If you just happened to buy a sister tablet, how could it be such a coincidence?"
"It must be that person who intentionally harmed me!" Lulu cried.
"So, how did he find out your birth date and time? As far as I know, the birthday you put online is fake, right?"
Actually, Lu Fei was guessing about the fake birthday. Among the scandalous information related to Lulu online, there was a piece of gossip about changing her age.
Lulu seemed to have thought of something, with tear stains still on her face, she said in disbelief, "Only two people knew my real birthday, but how could it be her?"
"Who?"
"Bingbing."