The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 118 - 115: The Performer without a Body

Chapter 118: Chapter 115: The Performer without a Body

"Zhaozhao!"

Upon seeing Qin Zhao, Su Xiaotong fell right beside her.

"I, I just saw..."

She trembled all over, halting her words midway.

"What’s wrong?"

Qin Zhao and Qin Yu looked at her in surprise.

Su Xiaotong took a deep breath before saying, "Do you remember that magic trick I told you about?

The magical cloak, the one everyone’s discussing where the assistant could be hiding."

"I remember."

"I just saw the magician, and his assistant isn’t human!"

Anyone else might think Su Xiaotong was joking if they heard this.

But Qin Zhao and Qin Yu didn’t think so; instead, their expressions turned serious.

"Get up first, then talk properly."

Qin Yu helped Su Xiaotong stand up and felt her body trembling.

It seemed she really encountered something extraordinary, which explained her fear.

Sitting in her seat, Su Xiaotong recounted what she had just witnessed.

"Zhaozhao, I couldn’t have seen it wrong, it was a human head! It had no body!"

Qin Yu frowned and asked Qin Zhao, "Is there a ghost here?"

"I haven’t felt anything for the time being, but the magic show is about to start, so let’s watch closely and maybe we’ll see why."

Qin Yu nodded, "We’ll watch first then."

Su Xiaotong sat next to Qin Zhao, and Qin Yu on the other side.

With familiar people on both sides, she felt a bit calmer.

"I forgot to get the milk tea, and the mineral water!"

Seeing the pick-up number in her hand, Su Xiaotong finally realized it.

"I’ll go get it."

Qin Yu took her pick-up number and stood up to leave.

Su Xiaotong looked at him gratefully; she didn’t dare to go out herself now.

In about two minutes, Qin Yu came back with the milk tea and had also bought a bottle of mineral water for himself.

He didn’t encounter anything unusual.

After a while, the audience grew larger.

Suddenly, the lights in the auditorium dimmed, and the stage lights came on.

The magic performance was about to begin.

"Welcome everyone, let’s invite the Magician, Ye Jin!"

As the host spoke, the lights focused on the stage entrance.

The magician wore a European-style suit and a large red cloak over it.

The host excitedly said, "This time, the performance will still feature the magical cloak! Additionally, we will invite an audience member to interact during the trick!"

This statement quickly stirred up the atmosphere, and the audience cheered loudly.

The magician raised his hand, signaling everyone to quiet down.

The stage lights dimmed slightly, and the host left, signaling the start of the performance.

The magician coolly snapped his fingers, and the ties of his cloak came undone, as if someone had removed his cloak from behind.

He took a step forward, and the cloak stayed suspended in mid-air.

The magician grabbed the ends of the cloak and shook it, turning the cloak around.

There was no one behind the cloak.

"How about it, any problems?"

Su Xiaotong couldn’t help asking Qin Zhao after seeing this scene.

"There’s something behind the cloak."

Qin Zhao saw a different scene from everyone else.

She saw a pair of transparent hands holding the ends of the cloak.

"Could it be a ghost?"

Su Xiaotong moved closer to her companion, slightly afraid.

"It probably is."

Qin Zhao fell into deep thought, "So, is he using a ghost to assist his performance?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the classic act began on stage.

The magician grasped the ends of his cloak and displayed it in front of himself.

Then, suddenly, a person emerged from between him and the cloak.

This woman had her hair in a long braid, wore heavy makeup, and had an exaggerated expression.

Only her head appeared, and as the magician lifted one end of the cloak, her head slid down the edge to the shorter end.

The magician then lifted that end, and the head continued to slide.

Eventually, the woman’s head disappeared under the cloak.

The magician tightened the cloak, gave it a shake, and there was nothing behind it.

Applause and cheers erupted from the audience.

"I think the assistant is hiding behind his back, didn’t a video leak online? Many people saw the female assistant’s braid behind him."

"The official explanation wasn’t the braid, it was a shadow caused by the lighting."

"I think the cloak is double-layered; it’s so thick that a slim woman could hide inside without being noticeable."

These discussions among the front-row audience reached Qin Zhao’s ears.

As for the stage, the host called up an audience member.

"Where do you think the assistant is?"

The audience member first went behind the magician but didn’t see anyone.

He then pointed at the cloak, "Is this cloak double-layered?"

The magician smiled, "You can come and feel it."

The audience member stepped forward, shook the cloak, and found no one inside.

"She must have left before I came up, right?"

The magician threw the cloak he was holding, and it unfolded, hovering in mid-air.

The woman’s head reappeared, making faces at the audience.

"Wow! How did he do that? It’s incredible!"

"None of these? What’s the reason then?"

"This magician is amazing!"

Loud applause followed, and the audience member who was invited on stage returned to his seat dejectedly.

He didn’t expect all his guesses to be wrong.

"Zhaozhao, did you see that? It was that head!"

Su Xiaotong tugged anxiously at Qin Zhao’s arm, her face pale.

Meanwhile, the magician gathered the cloak again, and the woman’s head disappeared.

"I saw it," said Qin Zhao. "She truly has no body."

The magician’s assistant was a ghost, specifically, a soul with only a head.

The woman’s head was human, and the body was translucent.

When the audience member came on stage to check, she had hidden inside the double-layered cloak.

The reason the audience didn’t discover her was that they thought a person was hiding inside, figuring a casual touch would reveal anyone hidden there.

But since it was only a head inside, it was much smaller.

Moreover, the head was conscious.

So no matter how the audience member felt around or shook it, he could never find the head.

Amidst these thoughts, the next magic performance began on stage.

Qin Zhao looked up and saw the magician’s assistant appear unharmed.

Indeed, she had a body now.

She wasn’t just a head anymore; she looked like a normal person.

Seeing this woman walk out, Qin Zhao and the others were momentarily stunned.

Su Xiaotong, her teeth chattering, said, "How does she have a body now? She definitely isn’t human!"

Qin Zhao focused for a while and indeed didn’t sense the aura of a living person from her.