Chapter 5

Chapter 5

By the time evening rolled around, Jiang Shaotian came panting back to the hotel.

He tossed me a pink crystal bracelet.

“Bought it off a little rich girl who’d quit being a fan.”

I turned the bracelet over in my hand and casually asked, “How much did you pay for it?”

Jiang Shaotian didn’t say anything for a long while.

Instead, Cheng Jie spoke up. “Brother Jiang, what happened to your face?”

His whole body stiffened, and he instinctively lifted a hand to touch it.

I reacted fast and grabbed his wrist, then leaned in to look at the left side of his face.

A blurry lipstick mark was faintly visible there.

I stared at him with wide eyes. “You little punk… damn, you’ve got game!”

He slapped my hand away in embarrassment and scrubbed at his face hard.

“The moment I wasn’t paying attention, she…”

“So damn annoying!”

“Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.”

I clutched my stomach, laughing so hard I couldn’t straighten up.

Even Cheng Jie, who always looked like the sky was falling, had to turn his head away to hide his laughter.

Jiang Shaotian’s face had gone red, so he forcefully changed the subject. “Hurry up and check the bracelet!”

…

“The pink crystal itself isn’t the problem, but one strand of fox fur has been woven into the cord.”

Jiang Shaotian leaned in. “Then what do we do?”

I slipped the bracelet into my pocket.

“There are thousands upon thousands of fans across all of Huaguo who’ve received bracelets like this. Going after them one by one just isn’t realistic.”

“We need to find the source.”

With that, I picked up the backpack and tossed it to Jiang Shaotian. “Take this. We might be working overtime tonight.”

He slung the bag over his shoulder and ran after me.

I sprinted all the way up to the rooftop and set up a Spirit-Seeking Array on the ground.

I placed the bracelet in the center of the array.

The wind was strong tonight. Layers of dark clouds covered the moon, the light was dim, and the atmosphere eerie.

I pressed my palms together and murmured, “Heaven bright, qi pure; let the three lights shine clear.”

The seal in my hands lit up, and the Spirit-Seeking Array on the ground flared to life at once, slowly rising into the air.

The pink crystal bracelet began trembling nonstop inside the array.

“Dark clouds and purple canopy, shine upon my body. Immortal boy and jade maiden, bring the spirit to me.”

“Go!”

The moment the word left my mouth, a dazzling red light burst from the bracelet.

The single strand of red-tipped fox fur inside it shot out violently, spun several times in midair, then streaked north at high speed.

That tiny blaze of scarlet was quickly swallowed by the darkness.

I looked up after it, my expression shifting slightly.

Jiang Shaotian picked up the bracelet from the ground and walked over. “It’s in the capital, Jingbei City.”

“Are we leaving now?”

I nodded. “Right now.”

“The Charm Fox isn’t in Jingbei at the moment, so we need to move fast.”

After settling Cheng Jie in, Jiang Shaotian and I rushed frantically toward the high-speed rail station.