148: This is not the Muchen Pearl, it is the Shadow Pearl.

Yang Mi looked at Ye Bai in shock, pointing at the remaining powder of the muchen pearl in his hand.

Could it be that this muchen pearl was the antidote to break the curse?

Did it mean she wouldn't have to die?

"Ye Bai, is this the key to breaking the curse?"

Yang Mi looked at his palm with pleasant surprise, her eyes filled with excitement.

Reba, Bai Lu, and Yang Chaoyue felt the pain in their bodies suddenly vanish. They looked at Ye Bai with newfound hope. Had the curse on them already disappeared? If that was the case, it would be wonderful.

Not only them, but Zhang Dada and Cai Xukun were equally overjoyed. The pain in their shoulders was gone. They hurriedly pulled off their clothes to reveal their shoulders.

They saw that the previously crimson eye-shaped curse mark had now turned into a faint pink.

This made them extremely happy.

"Look, has the curse mark faded?"

Huang Zitao looked at Cai Xukun beside him with excitement.

Cai Xukun also looked at his own shoulder with equal excitement and found that his mark had indeed faded.

However, it had only faded; the mark still truly existed.

"What's going on? Didn't they say the curse was broken? Why is the mark still there? Why is this happening?"

Zhang Dada soon noticed something was wrong. The mark was still there. Had they not actually broken the curse?

Wu Jing instinctively looked at the marks on Huang Zitao, Cai Xukun, and Zhang Dada, and finally at Yang Mi and Bai Lu.

Yang Mi and Bai Lu also pulled back their clothes; the marks on them were the same as the others.

In other words, the curse hadn't been lifted, had it?

"How can this be? Ye Bai, what's going on?"

Wu Jing looked at Ye Bai in surprise, desperate to know the reason.

"That wasn't the real muchen pearl; it was a Shadow Pearl."

"It can only achieve a suppression effect. If you want to solve it, you must find the real muchen pearl."

Ye Bai explained calmly.

This pearl could temporarily control it, but to solve it... the real muchen pearl was required.

"What?"

Wu Jing, Zhang Dada, Cai Xukun, and everyone else were stunned.

It wasn't the real muchen pearl... so the curse couldn't be lifted, only temporarily controlled?

How were they supposed to survive this?

Where was the real muchen pearl then?

They might die before they even found it.

Yang Mi, Reba, and Bai Lu were all stunned. How were they supposed to live?

After all that effort, it wasn't lifted, only controlled. Wasn't that just waiting for death?

It wasn't just their newly raised hopes that were crushed; the viewers in the Live Stream Room were equally despondent.

[No way! The curse wasn't lifted? I saw they were fine just now and felt so happy for them, but now... damn it, what's happening? After all that, they're still going to die!!]

[That wasn't the real muchen pearl? Then how did the King of Ancient Dian obtain immortality? He was truly alive! Even if he were a zombie, he wouldn't be like that!!]

[Argh!! What on earth is going on? Why is there a fake muchen pearl? If this pearl isn't real, how does it have the power to control the curse?]

[Can't Ye Bai just finish his sentence at once? Does he have to take such long pauses? Can't he speak properly? He's worrying me to death.]

[Why are you all complaining so much? If it wasn't for Little Brother Ye Bai just now, your idols would be dead already. What do you even know?]

[Exactly! Little Brother Ye Bai just saved your idols' lives, so stop with the useless nonsense. Being temporarily controlled is better than being dead right now, isn't it? At least there's still a chance to find the real muchen pearl.]

[Bullshit! King Yelang himself said the muchen pearl was in the hands of the King of Ancient Dian, but the one here is fake. Who knows whose hands the real one is in? How are they supposed to find it?]

The viewers were now much more worried about the celebrities, but worry was one thing; they still had to face reality.

Ye Bai knew the muchen pearl was fake and was able to temporarily control the curse. Being able to control it was already very good.

At least there was still a chance to find information about the muchen pearl.

What if they finally broke the curse? Then they could survive.

Inside the tomb.

Wu Jing, Yang Mi, and the others were instantly disheartened, their previous excitement replaced by despair.

Did that mean they were still going to die because of the curse?

"Is there really no other way?"

"Even your blood has no effect?"

Yang Mi looked at Ye Bai's face blankly.

She knew better than anyone what kind of effects Ye Bai's blood had.

Could it be that even the curse couldn't be broken by it?

Ye Bai looked at Yang Mi. Just as he was about to speak, an electronic voice sounded in his ear.

[Ding!]

[Hidden mission triggered: Find the muchen pearl!]

Hearing the system's voice, Ye Bai sighed wordlessly in his heart.

Damn it, I haven't seen many rewards, but these missions are coming one after another. Up until now, Zhang Qilin's role-play fusion is only at seventy percent.

When will it ever reach a hundred?

Though he thought this way, his face remained cold and indifferent, and he said nothing.

He needed to find the muchen pearl now. As for the celebrities' curse... how much blood would it take to lift it? If he saved them all, he'd be done for.

Furthermore, if the curse was completely lifted now, how would they go find the muchen pearl?

Recording the program meant getting paid; if he went on his own, there would be no money.

He had lived such a hard life before; he didn't want to go through that again. He needed to keep the money in his own hands.

Although he wasn't a greedy person, who would complain about having too much money?

Ye Bai thought for a moment and finally decided to remain silent.

"My blood is useless."

After saying this, Ye Bai turned and walked toward the interior, ignoring the celebrities behind him.

Yang Mi, Reba, and the others were filled with despair.

Since Ye Bai hadn't been cursed along with them, it must have been because of his blood. His blood had detoxifying properties that were different from theirs.

So they believed the reason Ye Bai wasn't cursed was his blood... but now Ye Bai said the blood was useless... This truly caught them off guard... "Useless? How could it be useless? We're all cursed, but he's fine. How can his blood be useless?"

Hearing this, Zhang Dada felt a surge of resentment in his heart.

Wasn't it obvious he just didn't want to save them?

"If he says it's useless, then it's useless. That's his blood, not yours. What right do you have to say such things?"

Yang Chaoyue found Zhang Dada's words very grating.

What did he mean by that? Was he implying Ye Bai was refusing to save them?

Hadn't he saved them enough times along the way?

"Besides, when has Little Brother Ye Bai ever failed to save you?"