Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

With the danger temporarily averted, netizens who had been on edge for so long finally relaxed. Curiosity overcame their tension, and a barrage of questions flooded the screen.

[Master, you wouldn't happen to be a legendary immortal cultivator, would you? Setting up an invisibility barrier from a distance is just too outrageous!]

Do mystical sects and immortal cultivation lineages really exist in the real world? Their illusions are so sophisticated they can be cast across thousands of miles!

Amid the heated discussion, Shen Jingshu said calmly and composedly, "This is just the most basic illusion and concealment technique of the Xuanmen sect. It's not particularly profound."

This seemingly casual comment, which sounded almost divine to ordinary netizens, caused a huge uproar in the mind of a special viewer in the live stream. This person was Ouyang Yi, the heir of the reclusive Ouyang family, a family of array masters, and also a student at Peking University.

He stumbled upon this live stream by pure chance tonight, initially dismissing it with skepticism. Having seen countless fraudulent fortune tellers on the go, and with netizens praising Shen Jingshu to the skies, he had planned to watch for a bit and then leave, treating it as mere entertainment.

Two consecutive divinations came true, one about a bloody disaster caused by a love of taro balls, and the other about Luo Yu's sudden marital change and a shocking reversal of her inheritance. Ouyang Yi gradually put away his contempt.

He had to admit that the young female anchor was no charlatan; she was genuinely skilled in face reading and fortune telling. However, in his view, face reading and divination were merely the basics of esoteric arts. He had been exposed to these arts since childhood and knew a little about them, but the Ouyang family had been deeply involved in the art of formations for generations, which was the foundation of their family's existence.

Everything was completely overturned the moment Shen Jingshu remotely cast a spell on the girl trapped in the deep mountains.

He clearly saw a pure, condensed golden light pierce through the phone screen, travel thousands of miles to the deep mountains, and steadily envelop the girl. A barrier, invisible to the naked eye yet brimming with spiritual energy, instantly took shape.

Ouyang Yi was jolted awake, abruptly rising from his seat. His pupils contracted sharply, and he muttered unconsciously, "Impossible... This is absolutely impossible."

The Ouyang family has been studying formations for over a hundred years and has a profound foundation. Even the grandfather, who is the most senior member of the family and has reached the pinnacle of formation mastery, could not instantly set up a complete spiritual energy concealment barrier from a distance by simply using the live broadcast to locate the location remotely.

Remotely drawing in qi and constructing array barriers across space have long surpassed the scope of ordinary arrays. His family's proud skills paled in comparison to Shen Jingshu's casually displayed "minor spells".

Ouyang Yi stared intently at his phone screen. Relying on the keen perception of array formations and spiritual energy passed down through generations of the Ouyang family, he clearly detected the stable and profound spiritual energy fluctuations surrounding the girl in the deep mountains, which was definitely not an ordinary trick to fool people.

A tremendous shock swept through his body, and he could no longer sit still. Holding his phone, he rushed out of the bedroom, quickly crossing the courtyard and heading straight for the study deep within the old house. At that moment, Old Master Ouyang was bent over his desk, flipping through an ancient book on ancestral formations, his fingertips gently stroking the yellowed pages.

"Grandpa! Something's happened! Please take a look!" Ouyang Yi's voice trembled uncontrollably as he handed his phone screen to the old man, holding up the live stream the entire time.

Grandpa Ouyang, who had been relaxed, glanced up at the live stream upon hearing this, but when he focused his attention and sensed the hidden barrier formed remotely thousands of miles away, his aged body suddenly stiffened, his relaxed brows tightened instantly, and he was completely shocked. The grandfather and granddaughter stared intently at the screen, carefully observing Shen Jingshu's spell.

The camera cuts back to the live stream room.

Shen Jingshu remained seated calmly in front of the camera, keeping an eye on the trapped girl's condition while casually responding to the questions that kept coming in from the live stream. Her tone was indifferent, as if setting up a life-saving barrier across space was just a simple matter.

With countless netizens watching the live stream, the little girl in the mountains felt much less afraid and quietly huddled under a big tree, not daring to move an inch.

Shen Jingshu spoke up at the right moment, instructing, "The barrier's effect is stable and will not dissipate before the search and rescue team arrives. You just need to wait patiently. Even if the traffickers return to search, they will have no chance of seeing through the formation."

While the screen was still filled with comments marveling at the miracle of casting a spell over a thousand miles, no one knew that at this moment, the two generations of leaders of the reclusive Ouyang family were completely shocked by this seemingly simple esoteric technique, separated by a mobile phone screen.

The life-or-death crisis that had been looming over her finally dissipated, and the girl's nerves, which had been taut for hours, were finally able to relax. The night in the deep mountains was dark and quiet, with only the chirping of insects and the soft rustling of leaves in the night wind. The long wait was too unbearable, so she slowly recounted her nightmarish experience through the live stream camera.

The girl's name is Ma Die, and she just turned twenty this year. She is a female college student. From childhood to adulthood, she was the typical small-town exam-taker in the eyes of others. For the first eighteen years of her life, her focus was solely on studying, shuttling between her desk and the examination hall day after day. Her life was monotonous and rule-bound. After gaining admission to her desired university with sheer tenacity, she was freed from the high-pressure constraints and, for the first time, had a life of freedom.

Her classmates were all dating, and she constantly heard the saying, "If you don't have a relationship in college, your whole youth will be incomplete." Naïve and innocent, she also longed for a romantic and intimate relationship. By chance, she met her boyfriend, with whom she has been dating for a year. He is gentle and considerate, always going along with her wishes, and constantly showing her concern and care—perfectly matching all her fantasies of an ideal lover.

During their relationship, Ma Die gave him her complete trust without reservation, never harboring any suspicion. She thought she had met her soulmate and was wholeheartedly planning their future after graduation. Little did she know that this seemingly sweet romance was a carefully laid trap from beginning to end. Her boyfriend, with whom she spent every day, was not her true love at all, but a human trafficker planted in the university by a human trafficking gang to lure young female college students.

The live stream room fell silent as all the viewers listened quietly to her story, a chill running down their spines.

This is terrifying! Using emotions to orchestrate a "pig butchering" human trafficking scam—just how vicious can someone be?

How could a girl from a small town, focused solely on academics, possibly understand this kind of crime disguised as love?

[A year of disguise, flawless daily interactions—it would be hard for anyone to see through it.]

Ma Die took a deep breath and continued to recount the details of the scam: Her boyfriend tricked her into going to this remote mountain area in Province C under the pretext of a "short road trip to the deep mountains to experience the pristine scenery." Along the way, he constantly made excuses to disrupt her contact with her family. After entering the mountains, her cell phone signal gradually weakened until it was completely cut off. It was also during the journey that she overheard her boyfriend's secret phone call with several strangers, and was horrified to learn their entire plan to sell her to a remote mountain village for a high price.

At that moment, all the sweet illusions shattered, and she was overwhelmed by immense fear. Taking advantage of a break in the group's journey, she desperately darted into the dense forest and fled frantically. This led to the thrilling scene where she was searched by human traffickers all night, nearly captured, and then saved by Shen Jingshu who set up a barrier from a distance.

Meanwhile, in the old house's study, Ouyang Yi, holding his phone, and his grandfather, Ouyang, were intently sensing the steadily flowing spiritual energy of the barrier thousands of miles away. The two were completely absorbed. In the live stream, Shen Jingshu listened quietly to Ma Die's account, occasionally offering a word of comfort, while keeping an eye on the real-time movements of the search and rescue team.