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Lu Xiang pulled out a two finger-sized cylinder from the roots of the tree. It looked like an ordinary little bamboo joint. Upon closer inspection, it was possible to see that the cylinder was carved with strange black characters. Each character was only the size of an ant.

Lu Xiang lightly pushed, and the entire wall started spinning. It let out a strange "hua hua hua" sound, but the two ends of the cylinder remained unmoving. The words on the wall began to move as well. A bright, colorful light shot out from the cylinder. It was very beautiful.

"What is this?" Su Yi opened his eyes wide.

"I'll be leaving first."

"A lantern?"

"When a man is about to die, he will see his whole life turning over a page in front of his eyes. People call this kind of memory walking lights."

"In the Underworld, this was supposed to be a tool to see if one was guilty. I don't know how you came to be in this world, but after you fused with a tree, you became a magical book tree. The leaves can even 'print' a person's life out. " Lu Xiang shook his head, "Actually, Crimson Amber didn't commit any evil acts. Of course, other than killing you in the end …"

"He's paranoid." "He doesn't seem to care about anything in the outside world at all. What he values most is his own novel — even the moment before he was captured, he was still clamoring to write his last novel."

Lu Xiang took out the Devouring Demon Bead and kept the lantern inside. Then he explained, "Most of the items in the Underworld have a dark spirit, and ordinary people don't have the ability to completely control them. Even if the blood-colored amber is very obsessed with writing, he is still an ordinary person and has seven emotions and six desires. The reason why he became so cold-blooded and emotionless is probably because of the items in the Underworld."

On the surface, this case looked like it was solved, but Lu Xiang knew it was far from over. The person who sent the thing to the Blood Amber Seed was still a mystery. What was the purpose of sending the seeds to Bloody Amber?

Perhaps, what he discovered now was only the tip of the iceberg.

It had been more than two months since the blood-red amber incident. Although Su Yi couldn't part with his feelings for Qiao Hong, with the care of his family and friends, he gradually focused on his normal life.

That night, as a good friend, Ji Lin paid another visit to the Su Clan.

Looking at the photo of him and Qiao Hong still lying in Su Yi's room, Ji Lin couldn't help but advise, "Su Yi, people can't revive when they die. Let the past become a beautiful memory; after all, your life path is very long and you have to keep looking forward."

Su Yi nodded with a wry smile and stepped forward to cover up that warm and sweet photo.

"Ji Lin, actually, there is one thing that I've been holding in for a long time, and I haven't been able to find someone to talk to. Although I'm laughing normally during the day, I can't help it when night comes."

Ji Lin slightly raised his brows. "What is it?" If you think I'm your friend, just say so. "

Su Yi looked at him and said seriously, "Do you still remember that I told you about the blood-colored amber before?"

"Of course I remember. This thing is so strange and so horrifying. If you didn't personally experience it, to me, it would be like listening to a ghost story." Ji Lin said with a guilty look on his face, "As your best friend, I'm sorry that I wasn't able to help you at the most crucial moment!"

Su Yi shook his head and didn't seem to care at all. "It's fine. Fortunately I found out the truth of the matter. No, maybe the truth is still deeply hidden."

Ji Lin looked at him doubtfully. "What happened?"

"I received an anonymous package two days ago!" Su Yi's tone began to become a bit nervous, and his face also became somewhat pale.

"What's in the package?" Ji Lin also felt that something was wrong.

"If I'm not mistaken, the thing inside should be exactly the same as what I received from the blood-red amber." Su Yi's pupils gradually shrank as fear spread through his heart. He would probably never be able to forget what happened that night for the rest of his life.

Ji Lin felt his scalp go numb. He immediately asked, "I remember you telling me that it was something called 'Traveling Lantern', right?"

Su Yi took a deep breath and nodded.

Ji Lin paused, then said, "Since that's the case, why don't you look for the man who helped you last time? It's called 'Lu Xiang', right? Didn't he manage to take this item from the Underworld? "

"The reason why I didn't look for him was because I was considering the significance of this to me."

"This is an ominous object. It has no meaning!" Ji Lin looked at his pitch-black eyes and felt that he was no longer the same Su Yi he had been before.

Su Yi shook his head, "No, think about it. The reason why the mysterious person sent the lantern to the blood-colored amber is because he is very obsessed with writing. And the lantern provides him with true inspiration, writing a book about the life of the deceased. "Then what do you think my obsession is?"

Ji Lin took a few steps back and shifted his gaze onto the photo that Su Yi had covered. He then said word by word, "Qiao, Hong!"

The corner of Su Yi's mouth lifted slightly, outlining a trace of a strange smile.

"Su Yi, are you crazy? "This item …"

Su Yi interrupted Ji Lin, and his tone turned cold, "Ji Lin, I'm not stupid. Although I told you about the blood-colored amber, I didn't explain in detail the reason for it. Moreover, you didn't ask me, so, how did you know that this thing came from the Underworld?"

Ji Lin's body instantly went stiff, and after a few seconds, a gust of cold wind blew in from an unknown place in the room. Su Yi felt that this unusual cold wind entered his bones, causing him to uncontrollably shiver. However, he insisted on sharing his thoughts. "If I'm not wrong, Ji Lin, you must be the mysterious person who sent the parcels, right?"

Ji Lin closed his eyes, neither admitting nor denying.

Su Yi continued, "After Qiao Hong died, I always blamed myself, and could only blame myself for not understanding her more deeply. Otherwise, this tragedy wouldn't have happened, and if time could have happened again, I definitely wouldn't have allowed that to happen. Do you know how much I love her? Even if I knew she could not be revived, even if I knew we could not be together, I could not love another woman in my life. She was all I had. With this, I can see every moment of her life, every smile, every book she has ever seen, every word she has ever said, and how happy it is. "

Su Yi had a face full of longing and was already slightly captivated.

At this moment, Ji Lin opened his eyes. His eyes no longer had any trace of whiteness. They were completely black and looked somewhat terrifying. His cold demeanor was no longer the same as before.

He took two steps forward without any hesitation and flipped through the photo that Su Yi closed.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you that for the lantern to work, you must let it touch any part of the victim's body." Ji Lin's tone was as if he was a completely different person.

"We should be able to find a few strands of her hair where we used to live together." Su Yi's face was full of desire and even a bit impatient.

"Very good!"