Chapter 168: Shut Up and Kiss Me!
The system was convinced that it knew the Witch like the back of its hand, but urban legends are inherently unpredictable, and never would it expect the Witch to craft such an exquisite trap for them!
‘Spells belonging to Jumang. I was right all along,’ the system breathed. ‘The Witch hunted the goddess down and consumed all of her knowledge.’
As for why it chose a comparatively weaker charm, the system knew why—cost issues. Among all the charms, this was the easiest to obtain the raw materials for, and to the system’s knowledge, Lu Yibei was as poor as Gu Qianqian.
The little savings her father left behind for her were not enough at all.
Metal strengthens the body; spices sublimate the soul; cores replenish psychic energy; all of these cost money in some form.
When the materials soon leave the human psyche, the costs of obtaining them rise exponentially.
The system thought of how hard it raised Gu Qianqian and thought that it had all gone to waste: ‘The charms must have reacted to our psychic energies by now, and soon we will be blown up into shreds.’
The system emptied its mind and allowed the ensuing dazzling emerald light to envelop both itself and Gu Qianqian; it was disgustingly warm, disgustingly comforting, and disgustingly powerful enough to eradicate it.
It’s over.