Zi Yiyi’s beautiful eyes flashed with surprise. Watching the eloquent young man, she was astonished. The originally bizarre coincidence suddenly became reasonable under You Su’s conjectures.
She suddenly seemed to remember something and asked:
"But I carefully observed the body of the new courtesan; she should be an ordinary person without any cultivation, so the evil spirit shouldn’t be able to parasitize a person without Profound Qi."
"It’s not hard to explain."
"How so?"
You Su’s confidence made Zi Yiyi retract all her underestimations of the boy. Even if he were not destined to slay evil beings, he would definitely be an excellent member of the Exorcism Bureau.
"Growing up to be a man-eating demon doesn’t mean they can eat meat from birth."
"Are you saying that these two little ghost mites don’t necessarily need to consume flesh with Profound Qi?"
"Exactly."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Where exactly on Qiao Xiuying’s body did the ghost mites appear?" You Su suddenly asked.
Zi Yiyi frowned and recalled for a moment, "It was near the Shenque Acupoint. It’s the closest place to the Lingtai where cultivators store Profound Qi, while the blood vessels are densely packed, and the defense is weakest, making it convenient for the ghost mites to consume flesh and Profound Qi."
With lingering fear, Ji Lingruo touched her lower abdomen. The Shenque Acupoint, also known as the navel, was the scar left when a child is born.
The Demon Pill in her abdomen seemed to feel the caress from its master and spun faster, with its green light shining brighter in response to Ji Lingruo’s touch.
She suddenly remembered that when she parted from her sister, she forgot to check whether her sister’s Demon Pill nourished by her senior brother had become so spiritual...
"But do you know where on Cailing’s body I discovered these two little ghost mites?"
"Where?" Zi Yiyi quickly asked.
Ji Lingruo also focused her attention, waiting for You Su to reveal the answer.
You Su cleared his throat twice, suddenly sitting upright, speaking seriously and solemnly:
"The nipple acupoint."
???
Ji Lingruo’s expression instantly turned peculiar, as if she felt phantom pain herself.
These ghost mites actually parasitized such a sensitive place on a woman’s body?
Even Zi Yiyi’s usually calm face turned slightly unnatural with a blush.
"You won’t tell me this evil spirit grows up like humans, having grown up on breast milk, which is why they parasitize there."
Zi Yiyi thought You Su would provide a sensible answer, and couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed.
But You Su spoke earnestly, "Growing up on breast milk is not a privilege exclusive to humans. Many creatures in this world do so; why can’t evil spirits?"
With that, You Su used a stick to flip the two little ghost mites over.
"Look carefully, there are two rows of slightly raised red spots on the bellies of these ghost mites. If I’m not mistaken, these red spots are the organs for feeding their offspring."
Zi Yiyi widened her beautiful eyes. She indeed had seen such organs on some evil spirits, but not all had them. And if they did, it was mostly those with limbs, and she never expected such wriggling insects to have them.
"Evil spirits don’t differentiate between male and female, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need to rear offspring. That’s why both ghost mites have such organs. They are like newborn piglets, naturally finding this spot; otherwise, there’s no explaining why they parasitized there, ignoring places with weaker defenses. To suck blood through such a thick layer of flesh defies biological instinct."
You Su’s words of conviction left Zi Yiyi enlightened, but Ji Lingruo remained oblivious, her eyes fixed on You Su’s hand—
The hands were covered in a greasy white, but only the fingertips of the thumb and index finger retained normal color...
Is this how you exorcise?!