Chapter 178: The Love Spell Gone Wrong

“I suspect it’s some kind of love spell, a charm meant to make someone fall for you. But that girl must be a novice, having mistakenly turned it into a curse.” Ou Zhiqing made this judgment based on her foundational knowledge from books.

“Ah? A curse? Is there still hope for me? Is it too late to apologize to her now?” the boy asked, his face paling in shock.

“I don’t think apologizing or pleading with her would do any good,” Ou Zhiqing stated. “That girl is clearly not an expert; she wouldn’t know how to break a curse, otherwise she wouldn’t have confused the spell types in the first place. She probably just found some random method online.”

As the boy’s face twisted into an expression of despair, she added, “However, there’s a silver lining. Thankfully, she’s an amateur, so this curse hasn’t truly harmed you. At most, it’ll give you nightmares. If it were a real curse, you’d be long dead by now.”

“Even just having nightmares is unbearable! I’m going to go crazy like this! Is there any way to lift the curse?” the boy asked anxiously.

“Don’t panic yet. Of course, we have a way to break the curse. Just calm down for a moment and listen to a scripture first,” Ou Zhiqing said. She took out a wooden fish, began tapping it, and started chanting Buddhist scriptures.

The Buddha’s light rapidly purified the malevolent energy clinging to him. The boy’s haggard complexion improved considerably, and his mood became peaceful, even a little drowsy. However, soon, black-purple energy once again sprouted from within him.

This wooden fish was a high-grade magical artifact left by Mo Qingyan in the Department of Supernatural Events. It was said to have been passed down by various eminent monks of Yanming. For the past two days, it had proven effective for students afflicted by malevolent energy or haunted by unclean things. By simply tapping the wooden fish and chanting a Buddhist scripture for them, all their ailments were cured without any lingering issues.

This boy, however, was an exception. Even as the Buddha’s light purified the black-purple energy from his body again and again, malevolent energy continuously surged forth from within him. This was the first time I had witnessed the wooden fish artifact failing to work.

“Xiao Qing, it seems ineffective. Malevolent energy keeps emerging from him.”

“It appears the problem isn’t just in his body, or perhaps the girl’s arrangement is still continuously cursing him,” I reminded her. Having read many books, I now possessed some basic judgment.

“Is that so? Before you started having nightmares, did you see that girl do anything strange, like collecting your hair or nails, or giving you something?” Ou Zhiqing asked, continuing to tap the wooden fish.

Under the calming influence of the wooden fish, the boy seemed willing to answer any question. After a moment of recollection, he said, “On that day, I think she gave me a cake, and I ate it.”

“That’s the problem. If I’m to help you break free, I’ll need to cover your eyes. Is that alright?” Ou Zhiqing asked.

“Cover my eyes? Of course, that’s fine.” Having experienced the purifying effect of the Buddha’s light, the boy was now entirely compliant with Xiao Qing’s words. He immediately took a towel that Bai Shi handed him and covered his eyes.

Xiao Qing stopped tapping the wooden fish and extended her hand towards the boy. The jade gecko crawled onto the back of her hand. I knew Xiao Qing was finally going to use the jade gecko, and I widened my eyes, watching intently to see what special abilities this Gu worm, which had passed through my hands, possessed.

The jade gecko opened its mouth, and a tongue shot out, striking directly at the boy’s chest. The tongue appeared ethereal, passing right through his chest without him seeming to feel anything.

Soon, the jade gecko retracted its tongue, pulling a very small object from within the boy’s body. It was a knot made of a strand of hair, and it seemed to enclose a tiny piece of paper in its center.

The cursed aura emanating from this clump of hair was so potent that merely being close to it made me feel incredibly uncomfortable. The black-purple mist also obscured my view, preventing me from discerning its exact nature.

Moreover, this object vanished in a flash, quickly being swallowed by the jade gecko. Not only that, but even the residual malevolent energy in the boy’s body was completely siphoned and devoured by the jade gecko.

I had no knowledge of these abilities, especially the tongue’s capacity to dematerialize, extend into another person’s body, extract internal objects without causing the slightest harm, and its power to devour malevolent energy. I had never heard of such things.

Could this be a new ability unlocked after I fed the jade gecko my blood and raised it to the fifth rank? It was a pity I hadn’t tested its new abilities before giving it to Xiao Qing.

“Hey, Xiao Qing, is it really okay for the jade gecko to eat that unclean thing? Is that the source of the curse?” I asked. That clump of hair was very likely from that girl, and the tiny strip of paper might have her name or birth characters written on it.

“It’s perfectly fine. I’ve already tested it,” Xiao Qing told me. “The jade gecko loves to consume this kind of malevolent or unclean energy, and it can digest any dirty thing it eats. Gu worms feed on demons, monsters, and ghosts.”

‘So that’s how it is, I didn’t know.’ Just then, the boy sitting before us asked, “Is it done? Can I take off the towel from my eyes now?”

“Yes, you can. How do you feel?” Xiao Qing asked.

The boy touched his body and exclaimed in disbelief, “I feel so much better! How did you do it?”

“It’s a secret. If you stop having nightmares after you go back, you should be fine. Just remember not to eat random things anymore,” Xiao Qing said.

“Alright, I’ll remember. Thank you!” The boy was immensely grateful, thanking her several times before finally leaving. It seemed this lesson would make him more cautious in the future.

“Xiao Qing, do you think that girl will let him go?” Bai Shi asked from beside us.

“I don’t know. Probably not, if he’s a boy she really likes,” Xiao Qing said, giving me another inexplicable glance. She continued, “However, she’s just an ordinary person, so she shouldn’t be able to do anything too outrageous. From now on, it’s their own problem, and it has nothing to do with us.”

“That’s true. Xiao Qing, your gecko is so cute. Let me play with it again.” Bai Shi pestered Xiao Qing, who could only place the jade gecko on the table. Bai Shi then extended a finger to tease it.

“Wait a minute, is this really okay?” I watched Bai Shi’s finger gently poke the jade gecko, and the jade gecko bobbed its head, interacting with her. This Gu worm truly had a good temper. If it were an Iron Thread Gu or a Golden Bee Gu, Bai Shi would have been bitten long ago for doing that.

“What’s the problem?” Xiao Qing asked, looking at me with confusion.

“Using the jade gecko right in front of Bai Shi, and she’s not an internal member, is she?” I asked, lowering my voice and whispering into Xiao Qing’s ear.

Xiao Qing’s face flushed slightly. “It’s fine. I just told her it’s a new pet I recently adopted that has some exorcising effects. To an ordinary person, it just looks like it’s sticking out its tongue to lick something, similar to the wooden fish.”

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