Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 212: Finding the Mother of Ghost Mites

After listening to You Su's story, the father and son who were snuggling together did not refute, but accepted the punishment they were about to face with sad expressions.

The chief elder saw this and shook his head and sighed.

"Ugh……"

He had lived for hundreds of years and had always been dealing with evil spirits. He had seen countless cases of evil spirits causing chaos, and in fact, a large part of these tragedies were closely related to humans.

If people's hearts were harmonious and they would not rely on evil spirits to satisfy their desires and achieve their goals, there would be fewer horrific tragedies in this world.

How could the evil spirit that was blocked overseas by the Divine Brilliance Stone possibly lead to a situation where everyone was in danger?
"Xiang Wenting, ghost mites and dream centipedes are both powerful evil spirits. Where did you get these evil spirits from?"

The chief elder looked down at Xiang Wenting, who was crying bitterly. There was an authority in the old man that was hard to defy, as if anyone facing his questions could only answer truthfully.

But Xiang Wenting remained silent, and no one knew whether he was frightened or was determined not to reveal the person behind him.

"If you tell me, you will suffer less. Think not only for yourself but also for your father. The tortures of the Exorcist Department are unbearable for humans."

The chief elder continued to threaten him. Xiang Wenting raised his head, his messy hair swaying back, revealing his sad face.

"He just wanted to cut off all ties with me, why should I care about him? There is no need to ask this immortal master. That person has even erased the memory in my brain. Even if you dig out my brain, you will not be able to know who she is."

Upon hearing this, Lord Xiang, who was still hugging his son, felt disheartened. He pushed his son away in disbelief, as if he realized for the first time the cold-bloodedness of his own son.

"If your father didn't want to protect you, he wouldn't have framed a mortal woman like that. What's wrong with him wanting to distance himself from her?"

Even the chief elder was secretly filled with anger, looking at this prodigal son Xiang Wenting and wishing he could carve him on the pillar of shame.

The hundreds of years of Xiang family's foundation were destroyed because of him. And his purpose was just to keep a mortal woman by his side.

"He was wrong for not trying to stop me and Ying'er from the beginning!" Xiang Wenting broke free from his father's arms, veins popping out of his jaw. He turned around and yelled at him hysterically, "As the lord of a city, haven't you done enough dirty things over the years?! What right do you have to look down on a prostitute? At least she's much cleaner than you!"

This father and son, who were seen as role models by the outside world, had now turned against each other, and all the onlookers were filled with sadness.

"Well, follow me back to the Exorcist Department. Once there, you will naturally say everything you should and shouldn't say."

The chief elder shook his head helplessly, knowing that it was difficult to continue the interrogation at this time and in this place.

Compared to the person behind Xiang Wenting, what are a ghost mite or a dream centipede?
Since the great war to purify evil at Shenshan a hundred years ago, the number of evil cultivators in the world has been reduced sharply, but this also shows that every evil cultivator who survived will not be a good person. Each of them may be a huge hidden danger.

The chief elder suddenly opened his arms, and two thick chains shining with golden light stretched out from his palms, binding up Lord Xiang and Xiang Wenting who were slumped on the ground.

Zi Yiyi's pupils shrank slightly. She was the most knowledgeable person in You Su's group, so she naturally recognized that the technique performed by the chief elder was an extremely high-level technique - the Hunyuan Fulong Lock.

This powerful spell that is rumored to be able to subdue the Dragonborn is in the hands of the Chief Elder. He can perform it out of thin air without even having to chant. He truly deserves to be known as the Master of Heavenly Magic, who is at the pinnacle of magic in the Five Continents. He is so terrifying.

"Zi Yiyi, the real mother of ghost mites has not been found yet, you continue to supervise You Su's assessment. There is no need to worry about the order in the city. I will ask the Lingbao Sect to send a new city lord as soon as possible. The city lord's mansion of Moye City has been named Xiang for hundreds of years, and it's time to change it."

In the eyes of the chief elder, the change of the lord of a city was as easy as crossing out a name on a piece of paper.

"Yes."

Zi Yiyi bowed respectfully, feeling a little flattered. She was just a maid of the abbot of Huajing, but she didn't expect that this abbot of such an outstanding status could actually remember her name.

The chief elder suddenly turned around and looked at You Su quietly:

"You did well, but the ghost mites are still lurking in this city. Your sister is coming here. She will not help you, but will only ensure your safety. I am looking forward to your subsequent performance."

"Thank you, Elder."

You Su bowed and thanked him.

"When necessary, crush the jade beads."

The chief elder gave You Su a final word of advice, then disappeared from the spot like a gust of breeze, taking with him the two people he had mentioned.

In the semi-dark secret room, only You Su and his group of four were left, as well as Qiao Xiuying who had turned into a mummy.

Ji Lingruo and Zi Yiyi both looked at the silent You Su with complicated eyes. They never thought that this situation had always been under You Su's control.

Qiao Xiuyun had never experienced such a fierce and tortuous scene. She was like an ant among the monks. She knew nothing at the moment, only that her sister had been cleared of the injustice, and she and her family were no longer in danger of death. She hurried to the coffin and sobbed loudly against the coffin board.

Ji Lingruo chased after her and gently stroked the girl's back with her hand.

"Why don't you ask this father and son where the mother of the ghost mite is hiding? Once they leave, the clues to the ghost mite will be lost again."

Zi Yiyi asked in a calm voice, as if she would never dare to underestimate this blind boy again.

"They don't know... If they knew, wouldn't it be more convenient to just capture the Mother of Ghost Mites and put it into Qiao Xiuying's body?"

Although You Su said this, he did not look disappointed at all.

Zi Yiyi lowered her eyes and couldn't help but look up to the young man even more.

By the time Qiao Xiuyun had vented her emotions, the steward of the City Lord's Mansion had also found them. It was probably arranged by the chief elder, as the steward had already learned everything.

He promised to unconditionally cooperate with You Su's investigations, and took everyone to cremate Qiao Xiuying's mummy, and carefully performed the seventh-day ritual for her.

By the time I was done with all my work, it was almost dusk.

In the evening with the afterglow of the setting sun, the setting sun was rimmed with a golden rim. People were walking slowly on the street under the setting sun, leaving long shadows behind them.

Qiao Xiuyun was holding her sister's urn when she suddenly heard a slight noise. She was startled and said:

"There's something in the urn!"

She hurriedly opened the urn and saw a letter hidden in the pile of fine bone powder.

The envelope was intact, with four words written on the seal: From Brother Ye himself.

Amid everyone's puzzled gazes, You Su put it into his Qiankun bag and began to read it with his spiritual sense.

There were two pieces of letter paper in the envelope, one was left by Xiang Wenting, and the other three were signed by Qiao Xiuying.

The page of letter written by Xiang Wenting was very simple. The beginning was full of words of gratitude, and at the end he said that he had no way to repay him, so he could only give him Ying'er's three diaries, hoping that they could help him find the ghost mite.

You Su then began to read Qiao Xiuying's letter again. What was recorded on it was actually the girl's experience all the way from Black Rock City.

The girl was born by the sea, and like everyone else there, she longed to leave the barren and dangerous black sand.

The vast majority of people there have no intention to leave. They seem to think that they belong there by nature, so they must live on the land designated for them by the immortals. If they want to leave, they will have to pay a price they cannot imagine.

But the girl is different from them. She doesn't just think about it, she is willing to take action for it.

She was the most hardworking girl in the village, even though there were no crops to grow there; she would often walk more than ten miles to the beach to catch fish, just to pick up more fish to sell for money.

By chance, she picked up a red fish she had never seen before. She thought it was some rare deep-sea fish, but when she got home she found out that it was an evil spirit that the elders had passed down by word of mouth and that people should avoid like the plague.

This is not a fish, but a bloody worm that feeds on human blood.

She was only nine years old at the time. She was very scared and wanted to hand the evil spirit over to the police. But she heard a rumor that someone in the next village handed in an evil spirit, but the whole family was confiscated. Because the evil spirit should not be able to get to the Shenhui Stone on the coast, those who handed in the evil spirit were the culprits who brought the evil spirit into the inland.

She had no choice but to start feeding the worm with pig blood, chicken blood and her own blood. Fortunately, the worm was small and not aggressive, and was very friendly to her, just like a pet she kept.

Gradually, she was no longer so afraid of evil spirits, and later she picked up a colorful centipede, which was very beautiful. They were like her pets and listened to her very well.

Later, when her younger sister was born, she realized that even if she fished all her life and farmed all her life, she would not be able to save enough money to buy her younger sister a house in an inland city, and they would have to stay on this black rock forever.

She began to waver and felt that she should leave. The sheep in the sheepfold cannot escape from the sheepfold. Only the sheep outside the sheepfold can open the door for them.

The centipede would sit on her neck and make her have dreams that she dared not even think about. This strengthened her determination to leave, and she continued like this until she reached adulthood, when she knew it was time to leave.

A capable outsider came to the vicinity of Black Rock City to look for female workers. She was the first to sign up and was the only one who was chosen.

In fact, she knew that this was most likely a scam and a trick to sell people into brothels.

But she chose this fate for herself, her sister, and her family.

She was extremely beautiful and became a well-deserved courtesan.

Because of this, he met Master Xiang, who was kicked out of the Lingbao Sect because of his lack of talent.

Mr. Xiang was disheartened at the time because he had been severely scolded and beaten by his father, so he gave up on himself and decided to go to the brothel to lose his virginity which he had preserved for decades due to his spiritual practice.

She received him, and the two of them, both of whom were equally heartbroken at heart, fell in love at first sight, and from then on, they were inseparable.

But he couldn't give her a legitimate status. His father was the city lord and would never allow his son to marry a prostitute.

To this end, he even used his father's dirty laundry to confront his father, which eventually led to a breakup and house arrest.

At this time, a letter came from my younger sister, saying that she had seen a fairy who could fly in the sky and hide in the ground in her hometown, and she was very envious.

This awakened Qiao Xiuying, maybe everything would be different if she became an immortal. Even though she knew she would die, as if to prove something, just like when she chose to walk out of the black soil, she resolutely accepted the power of the ghost mite and completely dedicated her flesh and blood to it.

Later, Xiang Wenting was released, and she successfully embarked on the path to immortality.

Xiang Wenting learned that she had sacrificed to the evil spirit, but he did not despise her. Instead, he was worried about her and thought that everything would be fine as long as she was there.

This couple in love doesn't care what the other person looks like.

But the matter was still exposed, and the clues were discovered by Xiang Chengzhu. At that time, the mites and centipedes were also very close to Xiang Wenting, so Xiang Wenting took the initiative to take the blame, and he also came into contact with evil spirits, just like his father.

Yes, Lord Xiang was also secretly involved with evil spirits, and it seemed that this was the reason why Xiang Wenting's mother died early.

Lord Xiang acquiesced in their love on the surface, but secretly had the brothel owner poison her food, which hastened her death.

When the centipede told her this in her dream, it was already too late.

She recorded all of this and prepared to face her own death. Before she died, she sent all her savings back home and told her family that she had found a good husband's family, so that they could rest assured and not look for her.

He also sent away the pregnant ghost mite and left the beautiful centipede to Xiang Wenting.

At this point, her tortuous and miserable life came to an end.

It was late at night. Ji Lingruo and Zi Yiyi were sitting in You Su's room, listening to You Su finish telling the story of Qiao Xiuying, while Qiao Xiuyun fell asleep in the next room.

"It turns out that although she is not the mother of ghost mites, she is indeed the source of ghost mites." Zi Yiyi sighed sadly, "So Xiang Wenting was actually wronged? He is the one who truly has nothing to do with evil spirits, but he also has to be sentenced to death."

"This is his decision, and I choose to help him."

You Su said calmly, "I don't see any joy or sadness."

"What do you mean? Didn't you know these stories before? When did he tell you his ideas?" Zi Yiyi asked curiously.

"Sister Yiyi, have you forgotten? Whether it was the discovery of Qiao Xiuying's body or all that, he was actually the one behind the scenes fanning the flames. He just wanted me to think that he was the source of evil. Although I didn't know, I felt that he really wanted to die, so I obeyed him. Perhaps you can understand it as... a tacit understanding between men."

Zi Yiyi's face showed realization. Looking back on the case, the details were indeed too disjointed. Xiang Wenting asked them to find Cai Ling just to kill him.

"But why does he have to die? And why does he want to drag his own father into this?" Ji Lingruo frowned and asked in confusion.

"If you collude with evil spirits, all your immediate family members will be implicated. He failed to protect the one he loved, so he chose to protect his loved one's family with his own life. He no longer regarded this cruel father as his father, but he couldn't kill his father with his ability. He took on this crime, and he could also rely on the power of others to avenge Qiao Xiuying."

You Su sighed softly. In this tragedy, there was no winner. Everyone was a loser. And what was the purpose of the evil spirits that people avoided like snakes and scorpions?

The two women fell into deep thought upon hearing this, and were speechless over the sadness of this immortal-mortal love.

Zi Yiyi came back to her senses faster than Ji Lingruo. She was more concerned about exorcising the evil spirits:
"Unfortunately, this diary is of no help in finding the mother of the ghost mites."

You Su shook his head:
"No, it's very helpful. This diary tells us that even evil spirits can have feelings!"

"What do you mean?"

You Su suddenly took out the evil-repelling token, and the two young ghost mites were thrown onto the table again.

You Su had already put away the melancholy on his face and said in a deep voice:

"Use its offspring as bait to lure it out!"

(End of this chapter)