"You’ve never eaten the lotus seeds from the Jade Ring Pool?" Ji Xueruo suddenly asked.

You Su frowned slightly, "No, did you eat the lotus seeds from the Jade Ring Pool to become like this?!"

You Su recalled the bowl of lotus seed soup devoured by the little white fish, feeling a lingering fear.

"Hmm... It’s an evil object. The Yu Family’s legacy is a single lotus seed. Xiaoyu carried it for years, which turned him into a monster. And to enter the Jade Ring Pool, I got it too. Unknowingly, I was also corroded by it, turning into this state."

"That the Jade Ring Pool, a spiritual blessed land, would harbor an evil object!" You Su gnashed his teeth in hatred.

"It’s precisely because it’s a spiritual blessed land that no one would suspect..." Ji Xueruo was already on the brink of fainting.

The surroundings were very dark, and Ji Xueruo had no time to care, so he quietly opened his eyes to hurry along, feeling a tightness in his heart at the sight of Ji Xueruo’s deteriorating condition, much like seeing his younger apprentice sister in pain.

He quickly moved his Qi into Ji Xueruo’s body, hoping to alleviate some of her pain, but the Profound Qi simply couldn’t stay in her body.

Ji Xueruo sensed You Su’s efforts and whispered weakly, "It’s useless... My demon pill is already gone..."

Having said that seemed to use the last of her strength, and she closed her eyes, falling unconscious.

You Su used his Profound Qi to investigate and found indeed there was no demon pill within her; her body was no different from that of a mortal.

Afraid to continue journeying with her, You Su saw they had come a long way and carefully laid Ji Xueruo down, then rummaged through his belongings for any medicines that might be useful.

He stuffed the Tribulation Relief Elixir that the Seventh Elder had given him into Ji Xueruo’s mouth, hoping this miraculous healing medicine could help her a little bit.

Suddenly, You Su seemed to see a small white silhouette—it was the little white fish!

And where it emerged from, it was from the Exorcism Order he was holding just moments ago!

Turns out it hadn’t disappeared; it had been hiding in the Exorcism Order all along.

This reminded You Su of the moment Mr. Ling orchestrated a counterattack, where the Lantern Ghost had charged out from the Exorcism Order. He knew very little about the Exorcism Order and only then realized it had the ability to contain malevolent spirits.

This little white fish was also a malevolent spirit!

He attempted to catch the little white fish, but it just slipped through his fingers as if its body had no substance.

The little white fish paid no heed to You Su, swimming towards Ji Xueruo and wriggling into her bosom, seeming to be searching for something.

You Su frowned deeply, finding it inconvenient to intervene, so he could only wait for the little white fish to come out on its own.

Soon enough, the little white fish emerged with a necklace in its mouth, and hanging on the necklace was a lotus seed.

The little white fish seemed famished, quickly gobbling up the lotus seed, and afterward smacked its fish lips twice, looking as if it still desired more.

"You’re a water spirit, so what is beneath that pool of black water?" You Su urgently asked.

The little white fish flipped in the air and then spat out a bubble, which You Su popped, and there again came the childlike voice saying:

"Of course, it’s fake!" The little white fish seemed quite outraged.

"Then what’s going on?" You Su eagerly sought answers.

"I can tell you, but are you sure you don’t want to save your little love first? If you don’t, she’ll remain like this forever."

"She’s not my lover."

"Oh, oh, the way you looked at her the first time nearly gave it away, and she’s not, huh? So we just leave her be then."

You Su couldn’t be bothered to argue further and hurriedly said, "Quick, tell me, how do I save her?"

The little white fish twirled in the air again before leisurely speaking:

"Her legs haven’t disappeared; they’re just hidden within the fish body. So you need to split open her fish tail and free her legs. But with no cultivation, her legs can’t be restored to normal, so you also need... to help her rebuild her demon pill!"

"Rebuild the demon pill? How do I help?"

"There’s no need to pretend with the water spirit here. You are someone who possesses... the Power of Tai Sui!"