Chapter 41: The Backlash of the Yin Amulet

　　"Close to death?" Huzi drew a sharp breath, "Is that sister amulet really that powerful?"

　　"Let me put it this way, whether it's raising a spirit child or worshipping a yin amulet, it's all about borrowing luck from these things. It's like taking out a high-interest loan; you have to pay it back. The more you take, the more you have to repay," Lu Fei said solemnly.

　　"When you have nothing left to pay, all that remains is your life."

　　"The faster and more effective the dark amulet, the greater its backlash."

　　"Oh my goodness!" Hu Zi's eyes widened, his face full of lingering fear: "Back when I was following my former boss to collect goods, we also encountered people selling dark amulets. Fortunately, I couldn't afford it!"

　　"Most of the dark amulets on the market are fake. Even if you want to buy a real one, you might not be able to get it. This Lulu probably had the misfortune of getting a 'good' one."

　　"That day, you warned her to handle it as soon as possible, but she didn't listen. Now, she's in serious trouble."

　　"People always have a侥幸心理, thinking that as long as they pull back in time, everything will be fine."

　　Both of them sighed with emotion.

　　After that day, news about Lulu suddenly disappeared online, and all her social media accounts were banned. No one knew what had happened.

　　Just when they thought Lulu was done for, she unexpectedly showed up again at Sinisterium Pawnshop.

　　"Manager Lu, please save me!"

　　She was still dressed in that tightly wrapped outfit. As soon as she entered, she took off her sunglasses, revealing her haggard and darkened eyes, and pleaded with Lu Fei in tears.

　　"Miss LuLu?!"

　　Lu Fei and Hu Zi looked at each other in surprise.

　　"How are you now?"

　　"I'm dying! I'm really dying!" Lulu burst into tears, placing the Sister Card on the counter, "Manager Lu, please save me, take this thing!"

　　"I should have listened to you earlier and gotten rid of it. At least then, I wouldn't be in this ghostly state!"

　　"My account has been banned, and the company not only wants to fire me but also make me pay for the damages. My boyfriend is breaking up with me too!"

　　"I tried to find the person who sold me the Sister Card, but he had long run away."

　　"I don't want to die..."

　　Lulu cried bitterly, taking off her mask.

　　"Your face!"

　　Lu Fei and Hu Zi were greatly shocked.

　　Although Lulu did not have that horrifying corpse makeup on at the moment, her face was covered with deep cuts, with skin and flesh turned inside out, looking like several terrifying worms, which made her once sweet appearance become hideous and ugly.

　　Even if it heals in the future, scars will remain, and she won't be able to return to her former beauty.

　　Disfigurement is already the most fatal blow for an internet celebrity.

　　"Not only on my face, but also on my hands and body, there are knife wounds everywhere!"

　　"These days, I've been in a daze every day, and I faint at the drop of a hat. Sometimes when I wake up, I'm covered in injuries, and I don't even know what I did."

　　"At night, I feel like I'm being grabbed by a pair of hands, and I can't control myself. I'm scared, I'm afraid the next time I'll cut my throat!"

　　In Lulu's dark eyes, there was almost nothing but fear.

　　Hu Zi couldn't help but feel sympathy for her.

　　After all, she hadn't done anything heinous; she just wanted to be famous. Using the wrong methods, she ended up in such a miserable state, which was quite pitiful.

　　Lu Fei hesitated, "If you had pawned your sister's amulet to me that day, I would have been confident in saving you. But now, with the backlash so severe, I can't make any guarantees either."

　　Once Sinisterium Pawnshop takes on a job, they see it through to the end. But even he wasn't a hundred percent sure about Lulu's current condition.

　　Lulu immediately responded, "As long as you can save me, I'll do anything!"

　　"That's not what I mean," Lu Fei thought for a moment and said, "In fact, just taking the necklace won't be enough. The sister amulet usually has a spirit tablet placed at home, and that is the most crucial part."

　　"Yes, yes, the spirit tablet is at my house, and I offer her favorite things to it every day. I'm afraid if I stop even for one day, I'll die even faster," Lulu nodded forcefully.

　　"How about this, bring the spirit tablet over. If it can be collected, I will do my best to collect it." Having learned from the last experience, Lu Fei was not going to make a rash decision; he needed to get a clear understanding of the evil object first.

　　"Well... I don't dare to move its spirit tablet carelessly. How about you come to my house and take a look?

　　"That works too.",

　　"Great! Thank you!"

　　Lulu finally managed a smile, wiped her tears, put her hat and mask back on, and immediately asked Lu Fei and Hu Zi to go to her house.

　　All along, she had been acting furtively, as if she was up to something, even carrying a sunshade umbrella when she went out.

　　Actually, behaving like this would more likely draw people's attention, after all, it was already past the beginning of summer, and everyone was in short sleeves or dresses. Anyone would take a second look at someone who was wrapped up like a zongzi (sticky rice dumpling).

　　Lu Fei felt that Lulu wrapping herself up so tightly was not just because she was afraid of being recognized; it seemed... as if she was very afraid of the sun.

　　Because not a single inch of her skin was exposed to the sunlight.

　　After leaving the antique street, Lulu hailed a cab, and the two of them rushed to her place.

　　In the taxi, due to the confined space, Lu Fei smelled the putrid odor masked by perfume again, and it seemed even stronger than before.

　　What's with this foul smell?

　　It should be caused by the backlash from the spirit amulet, right?

　　Throughout the journey, Lulu was restless, incessantly urging the driver to go faster.

　　She didn't know when she might faint again, and she needed to seek help while she was still conscious.

　　"We're here."

　　The taxi screeched to a stop.

　　Lulu hurriedly got out of the car.

　　She lived in a serviced apartment, and it was said that eighty percent of the rooms in this complex were rented to internet celebrities.

　　Therefore, it was called the Internet Celebrity Apartment.

　　With her head down, Lulu quickly walked through the entrance, only slowing her pace when she reached the shadowed areas.

　　The elevator ascended to the 14th floor.

　　As the door opened, an indescribable smell hit her face.

　　It was a mixture of decay, fishiness, and perfume.

　　The room was in utter disarray, with clothes and various items scattered everywhere, resembling a garbage dump.

　　"My room wasn't like this before." Lulu felt a bit embarrassed, but she didn't have time to explain further and led Lu Fei straight to where her sister's memorial was placed.

　　In the corner where sunlight couldn't reach, on a special small altar, were neatly arranged cosmetics, perfumes, and various necklaces and bracelets.

　　Lu Fei didn't recognize the cosmetics, but he felt that the logos on the bottles were familiar from TV, and they probably weren't cheap.

　　Among these luxury items, prominently standing was a small black wooden rectangular box.

　　This should be the ashes box of Lulu's sister.

　　Inside, it contained her ashes, hair, or some other substances like corpse oil.

　　"Master Lu, how is it?" Lulu asked nervously.

　　"Just a moment."

　　Lu Fei didn't touch anything, but only squinted his eyes to examine the small ashes box. He quickly noticed that the wood used for the box was somewhat special.

　　It was as black as charcoal, yet it still retained the luster of wood. The entire box was surrounded by an aura of yin, but this yin energy did not emanate from inside the box; it was inherent to the wooden box itself.

　　"Wood with its own阴气, could it be..." Lu Fei found it hard to believe, "Yin Wood?!"