Chapter 44

     Ever since seeing the bullet comment advising on how to improve its livestream, the ghost streamer had been rubbing its hands together, eagerly awaiting the arrival of some naïve and foolish viewers to toy with.

     In fact, everything that happened afterwards unfolded almost exactly as it had imagined. From the moment those foolish viewers stepped into the temple, their fates had been firmly in its grasp…

     However, it is itself that is now imprisoned.

     The ghost anchor can’t move, and can only stare at Shi Xi with deep and cold eyes, and ask her in a vicious voice: “Who are you…?”

     “Me? Just an ordinary anchor.” Shi Xi blinked at it and said calmly: “Come to think of it, I accidentally broke two puppets that were causing trouble in the crew recently. Did you let them out?”

     Jia Ming: “…” When it comes to showing off, no one can beat Shīshū.

     “It’s you!!” The ghost puppet has no way to connect this coward who cries when scared with the mysterious person who ruined it good deeds.

     So this person has been playing it. When it was ready to tease the fool, it had already fallen into the trap set by the “fool”.

     “The human world… routines… are so deep!” The ghost puppet who knew the truth shed tears and their mentality completely collapsed.

     The puppet debris around them gradually disappeared. This enclosed space lost its support and was collapsing rapidly.

     The two live broadcast rooms were affected by this and became faulty again. The audience was no longer surprised.

 

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   【The “plot” has come to this point, and the live broadcast room should really collapse.】 

   【Collapse is a major feature of Xiaoshi Jiaming’s live broadcast room. I can’t count how many times this has failed. 】

   【The human world is so deep… I thought this was a live broadcast of committing suicide, but I didn’t expect it to be a live broadcast of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.】 

   【Xiaoshi always pretends to be very good. 】

   【Assuming this is not a script, then the ghost-hunting anchor is really a high-risk profession.】 

   【Really? Why do I feel that it is also dangerous for a ghost to meet such an anchor? 】

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     Shi Xi closed her eyes as she felt dizzy. When she opened them again, she was back in the ruined temple.

     She found herself lying behind the Buddha statue, with a rough rope around her ankle.

     She casually pulled off the rope and picked up the flashlight. As soon as she pressed the power button, the flashing light dazzled her eyes.

     Shi Xi tapped the flashlight twice, and the flashing light stabilized. With the help of this light, she found Jia Ming and Xin Xin. The two of them had a weaker tolerance and had not woken up yet. Both live broadcast equipment were nearby. From this angle, she could only see a wall.

     “Where did the puppet go?” Shi Xi shone the flashlight around and saw a cracked floor tile. Something seemed to be buried underneath.

     At this time, Jia Ming woke up. He took off his mask and took a deep breath.

     The next second, a beam of snow-white light shone on the back of his hand.

     “How do you feel?” Shi Xi asked him.

     “My head hurts a little.” Jia Ming shook his head, trying to wake himself up quickly.

     On the other side, Xin Xin also covered her dizzy head and sat up. What happened today flashed before her eyes frame by frame. She was still very scared, but strangely, she didn’t want to cry.

     Shi Xi took off the mask and asked her: “Xin Xin, are you feeling uncomfortable?”

     Xin Xin raised her eyes and looked at her. After a long silence, she said: “Thank you, I’m fine… Where is the ghost puppet? It won’t run away, right?”

     Shi Xi shone the flashlight on the cracked floor tiles, and said lazily: “It has a talisman, so it can’t run away. I suspect its nest is underneath.”

     Jiaming picked up the live broadcast equipment and fiddled with it, and aimed the camera at the cracked floor tiles.

     After Shi Xi cleaned up the broken bricks and stones, a small black wooden box shaped like a coffin was exposed to the camera. Its lid had cracked into several pieces, and you could vaguely see scarlet cloth and bright yellow talisman paper inside.

     Shixi turned to Jiaming and said, “Turn off the live stream. Shut down Xinxin’s live stream as well.”

 

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   【This is inside the ruined temple, right? How come they change the scene so quickly! 】

   【Don’t turn off the live broadcast, it took a lot of effort to restore the picture, let’s also see what is buried underneath.】 

   【Wow, are you going to turn off the live broadcast just after Xiao Shi showed her face? The side profile is amazing, I haven’t seen enough. 】

   【Indeed, I don’t care whether the content of the live broadcast is true or false, I just want to see the host’s gorgeous beauty.】

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     The audience kept begging them to stay, but Jiaming obediently closed both live streams.

     As soon as the live broadcast was closed, Director Weng called. Shi Xi answered the phone and turned on the hands-free mode. Director Weng’s anxious voice immediately resounded throughout the ruined temple: “Xiao Shi, I see your live broadcast has ended. What’s going on with you now? How is Xin Xin?”

     “Xin Xin is fine. I’ll let her tell you.” Shi Xi handed the phone to Xin Xin and raised his chin to Jia Ming: “Go and ask Senior Brother to come over.”

     Jia Ming nodded and left the ruined temple.

     Xin Xin took the phone and reported hoarsely: “Uncle, I’m fine. I’m with Teacher Xiao Shi.”

     “That’s good, that’s good…” Director Weng’s heart finally returned to his stomach: “I’ll pick you up right away.”

     Xin Xin glanced at the black wooden box, bit her lower lip, and mustered up the courage to say: “Uncle, you wait for me over there at the crew. There are still some things that haven’t been clarified here. I’ll go back with Teacher Xiao Shi later.”

     She needed to see for herself that the ghost puppetposed no threat before she could truly find peace.

     Director Weng had no choice but to agree: “Okay, then you should be careful and don’t leave them.”

     When Zhang Qingxuan arrived, Shi Xi had already cleared the broken wood of the black wooden box. The main body of the box was intact. Inside was a small wooden puppet wearing red clothes, with a lifelike face and talismans all over it body.

     These talismans were naturally the work of Shi Xi and Jia Ming. The ghost puppet that pulled them into the confined space was the one in front of them.

     “Senior Brother, you said before that the evil spirit may have moved in because of the stability of the ruined temple,” Shi Xi said slowly: “But now it seems that it was buried here intentionally.”

     Zhang Qingxuan observed the surroundings and counted with his fingers. His expression became more and more solemn: “There may be something else under this puppet. Someone is actively breeding evil spirits by changing the feng shui of the ruined temple.”

     Shi Xi picked up the puppet and saw a piece of blood-colored broken jade with evil spirits.

     As soon as the broken jade appeared, Zhang Qingyu and Lin Ying also appeared. They looked at the blood-broken jade with somewhat uneasy expressions.

     Shi Xi noticed their mood changes and asked, “What’s wrong with you two?”

     Lin Ying frowned and said in a low voice, “The breath of this jade is very familiar, it makes me feel very uncomfortable.”

     Zhang Qingyu’s emerald green eyes kept trembling: “It makes me feel angry and scared.”

     Shi Xi and Zhang Qingxuan looked at each other, and both of them became serious.

     Lin Ying and Zhang Qingyu both reacted so strongly to this jade, because it can affect the vengeful spirits, or because… it is related to the murderer who killed them? If the latter, could it be that the murderer was the same person?

     “The puppet may know something.” Shi Xi peeled off a piece of talisman paper on the puppet.

     The puppet’s dull eyes turned and regained their spirits. It stared at Shi Xi and suddenly began to struggle violently, but the power that bound it was too strong. It couldn’t break free and could only grit its teeth and make angry “cluck” sounds.

     Xinxin was so frightened that she stepped back repeatedly, not daring to breathe.

     Lin Ying noticed her, stood in front of her, and comforted her softly: “Don’t be afraid.”

     “Thank you…” Xinxin responded subconsciously, but she couldn’t see Lin Ying, and she was almost scared when she realized it.

     Jia Ming quickly told her: “Don’t be afraid, it’s the spirit we brought to protect you.”

     Xinxin was relieved, but she didn’t dare to move at all.

     The temple was quiet again, and Shi Xi began to interrogate the ghost puppet: “Who is your real master?”

     The ghost puppet sneered: “What… Master… I am… the… master here…”

     “Have you been staying in this temple since you became conscious?” Shi Xi asked again.

     “Yes.”

     Hearing this answer, Shi Xi knew that she couldn’t get any information from the puppet, and it probably didn’t know who brought it here.

     The live broadcast room is so popular that the person who planted it may find out soon – that person may not know that he will cultivate such a dramatic evil spirit. I wonder if he will be angry to death after watching the live broadcast.

     Shi Xi pasted the talisman back and sealed the ghost puppet again.

     “Brother, take the puppet and the broken jade back to the temple.”

     “Okay.” Zhang Qingxuan’s eyes darkened, and he said, “Junior sister, the frequency of supernatural events has been quite frequent recently. There is always something wrong. You are in the open, so be careful.”

     Shi Xi smiled: “Brother, don’t worry, I know my limits.”

      The group returned to the dormitory compound of “Sword Shining Frost”, and Director Weng was waiting at the door early.

     Seeing Xinxin coming back, he, a steady middle-aged man, had red eyes and ran towards Xinxin quickly: “Xinxin! How are you? Are you injured? Uncle was scared to death when watching the live broadcast!”

     Xinxin didn’t want to cry, but facing the concern of her family, her nose was sour again. She held back her tears and shook her head and said, “I’m not injured. Teacher Xiao Shi came in time. She is so powerful that she completely restrained the ghost anchor… But I was still scared.”

     “It’s good that you’re not hurt,” Director Weng said, patting her head. “Why did you run off there without saying anything?”

     “A viewer said the ruined temple was a famous filming location, and asked if I could broadcast there for a while. I didn’t think too much about it and agreed,”.

     Xinxin talked about her experience: “When I arrived near the ruined temple, there was no signal. I wanted to leave, but I heard the sound of small animals in the temple, so I went in to take a look. I followed the sound and walked behind the Buddha statue, and suddenly I was tripped by the rope. Then… I found myself in a space full of abandoned puppets. I couldn’t move my whole body and couldn’t speak. “

     Seeing Xinxin’s face turn pale, Director Weng said distressedly: “Don’t think about it, call home to report safety, your father is very worried about you.”

     Xinxin nodded and looked at Shi Xi: “Teacher Xiao Shi, then I’ll go call first.”

     “Go.”

     “Thank you for your hard work.” Director Weng was talking to Shi Xi and others in the yard, and the crew of “Sword Shining Frost” were watching from a distance.

     The news of what happened to Xinxin in the crew could not be concealed at all. Many people watched Shixi’s live broadcast, and they knew very well that tonight’s live broadcast was not a script.

     After watching the live broadcast, they had a new understanding of Shixi – she could really calm the scene.

     Someone looked at Da Chen and said as if watching the fun:”Teacher Chen, didn’t you say that Xiao Shi’s live broadcast was all acting? Then you must also think that the black wooden box in the Taoist priest’s hand is just an ordinary prop, right? Go up and touch it.”

     “…” Da Chen’s face flushed and paled alternately, he opened and closed his mouth several times, but he couldn’t utter a single word.