The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 174 - 171 Curse Technique

Chapter 174: Chapter 171 Curse Technique

"Qin Zhao, it seems like Su Xiaotong is possessed."

"Ah? What happened?"

Qin Zhao was just playing with the cats and dogs at home, finally enjoying some leisure time.

Hearing Qin Zhao’s question, Qin Yu explained the situation with Su Xiaotong.

"She was fine one moment, then suddenly changed into a completely different person, not talking to or acknowledging anyone. When I touched her, she slapped me."

As he spoke, Qin Yu’s tone revealed a hint of disbelief, then he described Su Xiaotong’s subsequent strange behaviors.

"When I followed her home, I saw a man with odd behavior waiting at the door as if he were waiting for her to return.

Could it be related to that man? Come over and take a look."

"Alright, I’ll head over now."

Qin Zhao changed his clothes, preparing to go meet them.

"The way she’s acting is like the prelude to someone being controlled. Techniques that can control people include the Puppetry Technique, Curse Technique, and more, but they’re not things just anyone can do.

Take a look around her house to see if there’s anything unusual. She knows to go home rather than wandering aimlessly; perhaps the spell isn’t complete.

While I’m on my way there, just stay with her and don’t let anyone else come into contact with her."

"We won’t go out before you arrive, so we won’t encounter anyone else."

"Alright, just don’t open the door for anyone casually."

If the other person was a sorcerer, even Qin Yu’s Sanda skills would be useless against them.

"If Su Xiaotong were fully controlled, she wouldn’t be staying at home right now. She’d be out looking for the person controlling her,

or carrying out the controller’s commands. So, the spell is likely not complete, and the person behind this may very well come to the door."

"Got it, I’ll be careful."

Qin Yu hung up the phone, his expression growing serious.

He looked around Su Xiaotong’s house but found nothing suspicious.

Finally, Qin Yu’s gaze landed on the red roses on the coffee table.

Su Xiaotong had said they were from him, and she had even cut her finger on the thorns, but he hadn’t sent any.

Qin Yu couldn’t help but think of some Maoshan movies: it often seemed that for many Evil Techniques to work, the subject’s fresh blood was needed—could there be something wrong with the delivery man who brought the flowers?

Just as he finished thinking this, the doorbell rang.

"That was quick?"

Qin Yu was momentarily surprised, thinking it might be Qin Zhao arriving.

He approached the entrance but didn’t immediately open the door; instead, he peered through the peephole.

The person outside wasn’t Qin Zhao, but the strangely dressed man in the gray hoodie that he had seen earlier.

Qin Yu’s expression immediately turned cold; he felt certain that this man was trouble, maybe even responsible for all this!

He wanted to open the door and confront him but remembered Qin Zhao’s instructions.

His hand, poised on the doorknob, gradually relaxed.

Qin Yu didn’t open the door; instead, he locked it even more securely.

The person outside seemed to realize he wouldn’t open the door, rang the doorbell for a little while, and then stopped.

"My head hurts..."

A voice came from the living room—it was Su Xiaotong.

Qin Yu checked the peephole again and saw the man was gone; he then went to the living room.

Su Xiaotong was clutching her head, her face pinched with pain, no longer the blank expression from before.

"Weren’t we just having dinner at the restaurant?"

Seeing the furnishings of the home, Su Xiaotong seemed confused for quite some time.

"Do you forget what just happened?"

Hearing Qin Yu’s voice, Su Xiaotong looked just as bewildered. It was as if she had blacked out after drinking fake alcohol, with no memory at all.

"What happened just now?"

"You’re possessed," Qin Yu said in a tone laden with difficulty about the recent events and pointed at the palm print on his face. "You hit me, remember?"

"I don’t remember..." Su Xiaotong’s mouth twitched. "I really have no recollection."

"...."

Considering she was possessed, Qin Yu didn’t feel it was right to hold it against her.

"Qin Zhao will be here shortly."

"Oh, then should I...help you with the wound on your face?"

Qin Yu sat down next to her, tilted his chin up, signaling for her to tend to him.

Qin Zhao arrived as quickly as possible.

Standing at the doorstep of Su Xiaotong’s apartment, she didn’t enter right away because she sensed a faintly discernible, bizarre odor.

It was a mix of blood and decay, nauseating to the senses.

Qin Zhao surveyed the surroundings but noticed nothing unusual.

Fortunately, her senses were incredibly sharp, and she followed the direction of the stench.

At the other end of the corridor, outside the window, was a bloody, dead dog!

The dog had been dead for a long time, its corpse resembling a mummified body with dried blood all over it.

The slightest breeze stirred the dead animal, carrying the stench with the wind.

Qin Zhao recalled the location of each apartment and realized that this spot was in a particular position relative to Su Xiaotong’s apartment, suitable for setting up a special spell.

And this type of spell was the Curse Technique so often depicted in Maoshan movies!

Someone intended to curse Su Xiaotong to control her!

After some thought, Qin Zhao didn’t take down the dead dog but instead, cast a spell on it.

Only after dealing with the dead dog did she ring the doorbell.

Qin Yu, peering through the peephole and recognizing it was Qin Zhao, opened the door.

"It’s about time you came; she’s back to normal."

Qin Zhao nodded, not surprised, "Their curse wasn’t completely successful. Given Xiao Tong’s strong willpower, it’s natural she would regain consciousness."

"Curse Technique? The kind we see in Maoshan movies?"

"Yes, likely that kind."

Su Xiaotong approached Qin Zhao, "Zhaozhao, my head is pounding."

"Carry this on you."

Qin Zhao handed her a peace charm she had made.

"This can protect you. I haven’t fully broken the curse on you; he will probably manipulate you to go to him, and we’ll follow you then.

Only by finding him can you be fully safe."

"Okay," Su Xiaotong secured the peace charm.

Qin Yu pointed at the rose and suddenly said, "The rose wasn’t sent by me. You cut your finger on it yesterday; did he also take your blood?"

"It wasn’t you?"

Su Xiaotong was surprised for a moment, "Yes, he wiped my finger with a handkerchief and then took the handkerchief with him; so, does that count as taking my blood?"

Qin Zhao stared at the bunch of roses and narrowed her eyes.

She sensed faint traces of Evil Energy emanating from the rose.

By now, the wind outside was getting stronger.

The dead dog hanging in the corridor spun wildly, a faint mist of blood dispersing from it, carried by the wind into Su Xiaotong’s apartment, seeping through the door crack, enveloping her.

"Ah!"

Su Xiaotong felt an excruciating headache.

With a grave expression and concern, Qin Yu looked at her, "Xiao Tong! Are you alright?!"

Qin Zhao stopped Qin Yu from touching Su Xiaotong.

"Don’t touch her just yet. We need to draw him out. Besides, we need to figure out what exactly he wants to do. He can’t be targeting Xiao Tong for no reason."

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