Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 491

Li Zhuiyuan would not go to the Qin family's treasury.

It's something you can see, touch, but can't take with you or use. There's no need to make yourself uncomfortable.

But even in the ancestral home's connecting corridors, gardens, rockeries, and ponds, a quick glance reveals rare and precious natural treasures.

Back then, the Yu family was wreaked havoc by demonic beasts, leaving them in complete disarray. Later, when the evil spirits broke free of their seal, they reduced the buildings to ruins.

Everything in the Qin family's ancestral home was kept in perfect order by the evil spirits.

They really value this home, constantly tidying it up, hoping that one day it will be filled with people again.

Not long after entering, Li Zhuiyuan stopped, took out a key, and manipulated the mist to rise inside the ancestral home.

Everything's covered up, out of sight, out of mind.

"call……"

"call……"

Behind them, Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou both breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Xiao Yuan had done the right thing.

Just walking around and looking at things is enough to have a strong impact on and distortion of one's own values ​​and views on work.

It will severely reduce your motivation to strive in the future and greatly diminish the happiness you will gain thereafter.

If they could just lie down and wait until the day they could inherit the throne, it wouldn't matter. But unfortunately, they don't have the right to stop now and still have to continue their struggle to cross the river.

Lin Shuyou: "Brother Bin, today I truly understand what it feels like for Grandma Liu to visit the Grand View Garden."

Tan Wenbin pointed at Chen Xiyuan and said to Ayou, "You really know how to flatter us. Even Granny Liu was a landlord back in her hometown."

Lin Shuyou nodded: "That's right, our Brother Yuan got everything he got at the start."

Tan Wenbin: "You were adopted too."

Lin Shuyou: "..."

Chen Xiyuan actually really wanted to visit the Qin family's treasury, but she wisely refrained from making that request.

However, to be fair, the Qin family is indeed a level above my own in terms of background and heritage. The flower garden leading to the path outside is the garden in my ancestral home, while the Qin family garden I just saw is a medicinal herb garden that is specially guarded and maintained in my own home.

By the same token... the treasures in the Qin family's own treasury will likely be used as decorations and displayed in various rooms. It is estimated that not many of them will be qualified to enter the Qin family's treasury.

Grandma wasn't lying to me, and Grandpa really couldn't refute it.

Even after the fog covered the area, the roads were still clear, and with the keys in hand, there was no need to worry about getting lost.

The outer residence should be where the Qin family lived, but that's not absolute. Even within the outer residence area, there would be scattered and fragmented habitats for evil spirits.

Furthermore, powerful evil spirits often reside near functional areas within ancestral homes, suggesting that certain evil spirits may have been involved in the daily lives and spiritual practices of the Qin family in the past.

However, if it were truly mutually beneficial, that would be fine, but all the evil spirits here are in a state of suppression, being bestowed with death by time.

In other words, the evil spirit in the Qin family's ancestral home was both guarding the house and providing assistance to the Qin family while simultaneously committing suicide.

It perfectly circumvented the taboos of the Heavenly Way.

Otherwise, its nature would only be more dangerous and vicious than the monsters raised by the Yu family.

Lin Shuyou whispered, "Brother Bin, I don't quite understand."

Tan Wenbin: "I don't know how to specifically describe this situation."

Chen Xiyuan: "It's like, the little brother asked Mu Qiuying to transport all the ladybugs into the peach orchard in Nantong and ask Qing'an to help suppress them."

Lin Shuyou stared at Chen Xiyuan with his mouth agape, utterly incredulous.

This metaphor is so apt it's almost unbelievable.

Chen Xiyuan: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Lin Shuyou: "How did you secretly become smarter?"

Chen Xiyuan: "Was I stupid before?"

Lin Shuyou: "That's not what I meant..."

Chen Xiyuan: "What do you mean? I've always felt that we're pretty much the same, aren't we?"

Lin Shuyou: "Thank you."

The first place to visit when returning to one's ancestral home is, of course, the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is located in the very center of the ancestral home, in the middle of a lake, with four white jade corridors spanning the lake and leading to all directions.

As the group walked along the corridor, dense bubbles rose from the lake beside them, and a giant turtle's head slowly emerged.

Nearly 70% of its body was decayed. It was enormous, and judging from the size of its head, its body was roughly enough to fill the lake.

As the tortoise shell slowly rises, the Qin Family Ancestral Hall, situated atop it, gradually moves upwards. The four white jade corridors tilt upwards, giving the impression of worshipping at the Heavenly Palace.

Li Zhuiyuan nodded slightly to it.

The turtle lowers its head, responding respectfully.

Arriving at the entrance of the ancestral hall, one realizes just how large it is.

Other families' Dragon King ancestral halls are grand and spacious because they enshrine the Dragon King's tablets; the Qin family's ancestral hall is like this because the Qin family needs to place more tablets inside.

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the ancestral hall.

Having seen so many cramped and cramped ancestral tablets on the altar in the east room, I'm not used to seeing such formal ones.

The ancestral tablets here can be described as "layered mountains and overlapping peaks," with each tablet as large as a gatehouse built by the wealthier families in the village.

First, his name is engraved on it, then his life story is recorded, and below it are his weapons and a set of clothes.

This was the weapon used by the Dragon King in his lifetime, and it was right there in front of me, so blatantly displayed.

Li Zhuiyuan, who had been trying to avoid getting agitated the whole way, could only close his eyes now.

After calming himself down, the boy stepped forward to offer incense.

Li Zhuiyuan is already the best performer besides A Li.

Chen Xiyuan, Lin Shuyou, and Tan Wenbin all scrutinized the Dragon King's weapons.

This time, even Runsheng was no exception.

The Qin family's Dragon King mainly focuses on the physical training of a martial artist. Even in the later stages, his fists are the best weapon, but the items he wears in the early stages are certainly not ordinary.

Runsheng saw many blunt weapons that made him itch with desire.

He unconsciously reached out and touched the Yellow River shovel that he had taken apart and placed in his backpack.

Lin Shuyou also subconsciously put his hands behind his back and rubbed his fingertips on the golden mace on his back.

Tan Wenbin was too embarrassed to throw out his rusty sword.

Compared to the weapons displayed above, the weapons they had obtained through hardship seemed like a child's toy.

Li Zhuiyuan held incense and bowed.

The people behind him seemed to awaken from a dream, and they all bowed in greeting, their restless hearts finally finding peace.

After the ceremony, Li Zhuiyuan led A Li out of the ancestral hall.

The boy glanced at the girl, and the girl nodded.

Now that we're home, it's natural to visit the courtyard where Ah Li used to live.

For Ah Li, she had no intention of going back to see, but she still led the way.

Outside the courtyard, there was a dense array of protective barriers. If Li Zhuiyuan didn't have the key, it would take him a long time to break through the array and enter.

Upon entering the courtyard, I found it to be quiet and elegant.

The door to the main room was open, and behind the threshold was an exquisite wooden stool.

Li Zhuiyuan could immediately picture the image of little A Li sitting on a wooden stool with her feet on the threshold.

For Ah Li in the past, it made no difference whether she lived in the Dragon King's ancestral home or her great-grandfather's house.

Before meeting herself, the girl's world had always been completely closed off.

No matter how magnificent a house is, it will never retain its inhabitants if it has been uninhabited for a long time.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't linger here too long. After completing the formalities, it was time to "negotiate" with the evil spirits here.

If you're going to search, go find the most powerful evil spirit among them. Li Zhuiyuan had already figured out the four corner positions when he used the formation in the ancestral home.

Just find these four and let them help you choose and arrange things; they can seal away any evil spirits you take with you.

But as soon as they stepped out of the courtyard, they saw a dark figure wearing a white mask and holding a red lantern.

It was clearly standing right in front of him, but in Li Zhuiyuan's perception, it seemed as if there was nothing there.

This demonstrates that the evil spirit's ability to conceal itself has reached an astonishing level, seemingly traversing between reality and illusion.

The person holding the lamp slightly bent his knees.

Then, the person holding the lantern turned around and led the way.

Li Zhuiyuan decided to follow them.

As you travel, the ornate beams and painted rafters gradually disappear, and the texture of a secluded mountain forest comes into view.

The person holding the lamp stopped.

Ahead lay a courtyard that could be described as secluded and quiet.

The courtyard and its surroundings were clearly added later, specifically to meet the living needs of a particular group of people.

Li Zhuiyuan guessed who lived in this courtyard.

The boy turned to look at the girl.

The girl's gaze was calm.

The lantern in the lampholder's hand glowed with a soft red light.

Each image was transmitted into Li Zhuiyuan's mind.

The boy did not resist or reject these scenes, which were all "indirect descriptions," and pieced together the whole story.

Like Cui Cui's father, Ah Li's father left when her mother was pregnant with her; her mother had exhausted all the life she and her father had saved up to give birth to Ah Li.

Ah Li's birthday is also the anniversary of her mother's death.

For Liu Yumei, this was like an endless curse.

Her husband and her relatives all left her in her sleep;
His own son and future daughter-in-law sacrificed their life force and talents the moment he opened his eyes;

She had to force herself to pull herself together and select the most qualified servants from both families to train herself.

As for his own son and that little girl, they couldn't see the light of day or be exposed to the wind. At such a young age, they had already withered away like twigs, forced to live a life of mere survival and decay in this courtyard.

It can be seen from the relationship between Uncle Qin, Aunt Liu, and Grandma Liu that Grandma Liu never inflicted her negative emotions on them.

But in reality, for her, watching Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu receive guidance and grow up healthily while thinking about her son, who was like living in a desolate tomb, was incredibly cruel.

Moreover, during that time, Grandma Liu also had to face all sorts of despicable malice from this martial arts world towards the declining Dragon King's family.

Li Zhuiyuan continued walking forward, and A Li stopped, her hand slipping from the boy's fingertips.

She was unwilling to move any further forward.

Li Zhuiyuan did not insist, nor did he turn back to ask questions, but continued walking forward.

Cui Cui is a strong and optimistic girl. Although she used to envy other children who had fathers when she was little, and even fantasized about having a father herself, life requires optimism. If you don't want to wallow in meaningless waste time, you have to step out into the world. Therefore, she doesn't have any obsession with the role of a father now.

Ah Li, who suffered a thousand times more hardships than Cui Cui since childhood, matured in this respect earlier and more profoundly than Cui Cui.

You can't demand that she be indifferent to your parents' affairs just to satisfy a moral obligation you take for granted, and make the girl tear open her own wounds and perform a bloody show for you again.

Ah Li doesn't have to come, but Li Zhuiyuan absolutely has to.

Without getting up close to these things, how can one empathize with the resentment in Aunt Liu's account books that was enough to drive even the "Evil Book" mad? How can one understand and empathize with the grievances and anger that have accumulated over the decades deep within these two Dragon King's mansions?
Li Zhuiyuan passed through a slightly flat area, which looked like it was marked by people sitting there for long periods of time.

In the scene depicted by the lamp holder, Uncle Qin often sits here, sometimes for half the night, without uttering a word.

Every time Uncle Qin came over, a man of similar age to Uncle Qin would come from the courtyard next to him, and with a smile on his face, he would sit opposite Uncle Qin across the wall.

Uncle Qin is his replacement; in other words, Uncle Qin is now living the life that should have been his.

As a legitimate member of the Qin family, he was chosen to inherit the hope of the Qin family's revival and was also recognized by the evil spirits within the ancestral home as the young master of the Qin family. He should have had a magnificent and exciting life.

He can light a lamp and travel across the river, suppress his peers, strive to become the Dragon King, share his mother's burdens, rebuild his family's reputation, and write a legendary tale of a tiger father and his son in the martial world.

But with the sacrifice he made in his youth, all of that was taken away from him.

For a true genius, this is nothing short of torture.

But when he sat opposite Uncle Qin, he always had a warm smile on his face, without the slightest resentment, and it seemed more like he was encouraging him.

Even faintly, one could sense a hint of guilt, guilt that Uncle Qin had to take on the responsibility and pressure of passing on the family line in his place.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the courtyard gate. There was a rusty brass lock on the gate, but it was not locked. It was just a token gesture on the door knocker.

The boy placed his hand on the door lock.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't know if the two people who once lived in the courtyard ever regretted what they did when they were young.
Perhaps yes, perhaps no, perhaps... there's no room for regret.

Because of that battle, none of the elders and sons of the Qin and Qin families who went to war returned alive.

They undoubtedly succeeded, but they also undoubtedly exhausted all their strength, not only the blood and flesh of the two families and the spirit of the Dragon King, but also the talent and vitality contributed by the two children, which were the last two small pieces to complete that puzzle.

But one thing is certain: the two people living in the courtyard were in a state of living hell.

The reason they kept putting up with it was probably because they knew that their existence was a source of mutual torment for the mother, yet also an inseparable comfort.

Li Zhuiyuan's gaze fell upon a stone platform outside the courtyard gate, where a bronze lamp still stands.

The night before Uncle Qin lit the lamp to cross the river, he came here and finished lighting it. After failing to cross the river and returning to light the lamp a second time to admit defeat, he was seriously injured and on the verge of death. He must have crawled here and extinguished the lamp that he had personally lit here.

As these images flashed through the boy's mind, Li Zhuiyuan's brows furrowed slightly.

Having developed a human-like demeanor and cultivated certain emotions, he gradually empathized with this atmosphere.

Uncle Qin felt deeply guilty. In his view, he had not only let down the mistress, but also the woman in the courtyard.

Uncle Qin's failed attempt to cross the river was, in effect, a death knell for these two powerful families.

The lineage of the Qin and Liu families, along with the evil spirits within their ancestral homes, began counting down the remaining lifespan of Liu Yumei.

The two people in the courtyard looked at each other and, just like when they were young, began to set up their formation.

They are not actually husband and wife, but their relationship transcends the traditional meaning of husband and wife.

The grand sacrifice in their youth bound their souls together, creating a symbiotic relationship where they were inseparable.

The man cut his palm again, squeezing out the last bit of blood and life, gave the woman an apologetic smile, and then closed his eyes forever.

The woman's fingertips guided not only this life force but also the last trace of the Qin family's bloodline into her own body through feng shui techniques.

The meaning of their lives seemed to be fulfilling a mission.

In their childhood, they contributed to the final stages of that great battle, and in the end, they left the last bloodline of the two Dragon King families in this world.

However, the curse continued, falling upon Ah Li and lingering until her own appearance.

The boy's hand ultimately failed to remove the copper lock.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't go inside. Instead, he turned around and sat down on the steps, facing the door.

Previously, I thought Grandma Liu was an old lady who had suffered too much injustice and anger and wished she could die together with everyone else. Now, I think Grandma Liu is too kind.

Looking up at the sky, though obscured by clouds and mist, the boy's gaze remained fixed on the void above.

Everyone says you are fair in your rewards and punishments and that you have accumulated merit, so why didn't these two families benefit from it?

If the spirits of Qin Liu and the Dragon King knew that the orphans and widows left behind after their self-sacrifice were living such a life, what would they think?
So you're just taking advantage of the fact that they died cleanly, unlike the Great Emperor who defied your will and lived on for a long time, right?
A cold and indifferent aura emanated from the boy; he was having an episode.

But this time, Li Zhuiyuan showed no pain on his face; he was even indulging himself.

In his memory, he began to peruse Aunt Liu's account books. At the foot of Mangshan Mountain, the elderly man in white robes, who had just regained some composure and sat back down at the stone table, trembled again:

"He's tearing off human skin... he's tearing off human skin!"

A pair of warm hands cupped the boy's face.

Li Zhuiyuan's gaze shifted upwards, and he saw A Li standing in front of him. She had walked over anyway.

The indifference in the boy's eyes gradually melted away, replaced by a slight blush.

Li Zhuiyuan took a deep breath, reached out and took the girl's hand, pressed it against his face, and smiled:

"What's the point of cold, hard revenge? Revenge should be accompanied by some emotion to bring joy."

Li Zhuiyuan stood up, looked at the person holding the lamp, and asked:

"What's your name?"

The person holding the lamp remained silent and stopped transmitting images to the boy. He then curtsied again without responding.

Seeing and recording these things is already considered a taboo.

Judging from the degree of wear and tear on its original body, it is highly likely that it was an evil spirit that was brought back to the Qin family by Lord Qin to be suppressed.

Li Zhuiyuan changed the question:

"Take me to find it; here, your word carries the most weight."

The person holding the lamp did not move, but simply knelt before Li Zhuiyuan once more.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Take me to the poorest relative here who has the most influence."

The person holding the lamp turned around and led the way again.

Li Zhuiyuan was taken to the Qin family's scripture pavilion.

This is a standalone high-rise building, and its interior space will be many times larger than it appears now.

Unfortunately, I cannot access the martial arts manuals inside.

The boy walked to the door, and the door of the library opened automatically.

After the boy entered, the door closed again, keeping everyone else outside.

The first layer consists of basic techniques and secret manuals, with numerous categories. The higher you go, the more valuable the manuals should be.

The value here is no less than that of the Qin family's treasury, and in the eyes of top powers, this is where the Qin family's true foundation lies.

Li Zhuiyuan said, "I won't go up any further. Come down and see me."

From the stairs came the sound of people coming down: "The Qin family values ​​physical strength and their techniques are profound, so they are indeed no match for the Liu family. It's normal that you're too lazy to go up."

A man with empty eyes, dressed in blue, holding a candle, slowly walked down.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I haven't been to the Liu family's ancestral home yet."

The man in blue paused, a possibility forming in his mind: "Could it be..."

Li Zhuiyuan did not hide anything: "Due to some special circumstances, I went to the riverbank by lamplight and did not get anything from my family."

The man in blue said, "Young mistress, you wouldn't make such a mistake."

"Yes, this has nothing to do with Grandma."

"But you have mastered both the Qin family's original techniques and the Liu family's original techniques."

"by chance."

"It is the will of Heaven."

Li Zhuiyuan took a few steps toward the man in blue. Through the illusory avatar in front of him, the boy's eyes reflected a gigantic ancient evil with countless tentacles that could extend endlessly.

"You figured it out, didn't you?"

"You are exceptionally intelligent."

"You didn't intend to hide it; you were talking to me with an ulterior motive."

“Since joining the Qin family, I have been responsible for guarding this scripture pavilion. So far, this important place of inheritance has only had one mishap. Someone once sneaked in and read and copied an entire book of the ‘Qin Family Observation of Dragons’.”

"Under your very nose?"

"Yes, right under my nose, he was an elder of the Qin family many years ago."

"A traitor from the Qin family?"

"No, he died in a turmoil during the suppression of evil spirits in the martial arts world, but his body returned to the Qin family even before the news of his death in battle arrived."

He was of high status and had access to everything in the library, including the right to leave his mark.

Li Zhuiyuan guessed who it was.

Controlling corpses is not a difficult task, but to manipulate the remains so lifelike, to deceive the Qin family's restrictions, formations, Qin family members, and Qin family evil spirits, and to calmly and quickly read and comprehend the entire Qin Family Observing Dragon Technique... In fact, the copy he made was an advanced version.

Only that person can do it.

Wei Zhengdao once used this method to steal books from the Qin family's ancestral home.

By analogy, the Liu Family's "Qi Observation Technique" was probably derived in the same way.

No wonder those two books in the basement weren't written on Buddhist paper. Buddhist paper would have had a strange fragrance that would have been easily noticed.

The man in blue: "Is what you see the copy he made back then?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "It should be."

The man in blue said, "Every sip and every bite is ordained by Heaven. Could your appearance be considered compensation to my Qin family from the person who stole the book back then? Since you've returned it, it's no longer theft."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I don't really like this kind of argument."

The man in blue bowed and said, "Please forgive me."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I need you to arrange something for me."

"Please give your orders."

"I'm going home this time and I'm taking a group of poor relatives with me. Can you help me choose them?"

"You should understand what it means to take the evil spirits out of the ancestral home. The Qin family's ancestral precept is: any evil spirit that enters the house must not leave."

"The Qin family is about to perish, what's the use of upholding ancestral precepts?"

"The ancestral precepts still have some merit; at least they can ensure that the Qin family's reputation remains intact."

"The box of worldly evil spirits that my grandmother brought back last time wasn't taken from the Qin family, but from the Liu family. It seems I chose the wrong hometown to return to."

"Since they've already set a precedent, we can simply follow their lead here and not break the rules."

"What about the ancestral precepts?"

“A broken ancestral precept is meaningless. What the evil spirits of the Liu family can do, the evil spirits of my Qin family can do too.”

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but suspect that when Grandma Liu was in the Liu family, she said that she had brought out the evil spirits from the Qin family, which made the evil spirits in the Liu family agree to be brought out.

However, it doesn't matter anymore. The ancestral precepts are a bottom line. If even your enemies have no bottom line, there's no point in sticking to them.

Even if I didn't use the Liu family as an example, this scholar would still agree.

“We are delighted that you have such courage. You should also be aware of the drawbacks and harms that this move will cause, which I will not go into detail here.”

But please take care of yourself.

Your future is limitless; there's no need to rush into anything short of it.

Li Zhuiyuan: "There's nothing I can do. That person not only stole the book back then, but also my days and nights."

After saying this, Li Zhuiyuan stared intently at the man in blue in front of him.

A deep light flickered in the empty eyes of the man in blue.

"Heaven's...will...is...so."

He guessed something.

As expected of the evil spirit who is in charge of the library and also the most influential person here.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Are you scared?"

The man in blue robes spread out, and the shadows of his tentacles stretched out, creating a chaotic dance of light and shadow.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Laughter echoed on every floor of the library.

A terrifying sense of oppression descended from above.

Li Zhuiyuan looked up and saw a terrifying darkness above him, and the other party was no longer communicating through voice, but through spiritual thought:
Please forgive my loss of composure.

"You seem quite happy?"

"We are evil spirits, but who made that judgment?"

"I understand."

Please take care of yourself.

"Make arrangements for the evil spirits I want to take with me."

"You need to go to that corner for this matter..." A shadowy tentacle pointed in a direction, "The white tiger at the foot of Python Mountain can help you complete this matter properly."

"Aren't you the most influential evil spirit here?"

"I am, because I am the one who has been in the Qin family ancestral home the longest, but that white tiger, although it came in after me, is the most powerful fighter in the entire ancestral home."

If it can help you make the arrangements, everything will go smoothly; if it can accompany you, even the longest and most rugged journey will be peaceful.

only……"

"Just what?"

"Its temper is not good; it has an innate arrogance in its blood."

"You mean it's different from yours?"

"Unlike us, it places all its hopes on the Qin family's story, whether in the past, present, or future."

It also values ​​this story and diligently performs its duties, suppressing all troublemakers in the ancestral home and ensuring the Qin family's peace for decades.

But I discovered that besides the story, it had another purpose in entering the Qin family.

"What purpose?"

"It is hiding."

"Dodge?"

"It is filled with fear of the outside world and would rather stay in the Qin family to continue to suppress and grind its origin until it dissipates than leave this mansion."

"Do you think I can't get it to cooperate?"

"If it were anything else, it would definitely help you with it. After all, if you weren't there to continue telling the story of the Qin family, the evil spirits in this ancestral home would break apart, and this ancestral home would no longer be the protection it longed for."

But if you want it to arrange things for you... it might be very resistant.

Because regardless of whether its true form leaves the ancestral home, or even if it only allows you to take away other evil spirits from the ancestral home, as long as you ignite them in the secular world, causing chaos.

The Heavenly Dao will no longer be able to tolerate the Qin family's existence; it too will lose this place of refuge.

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Thank you."

It turns out that the "ancestral precepts" previously proposed by this ancient evil spirit were a prelude, implying that there would be a most powerful evil spirit in his ancestral home that would resist and oppose his decision to take the evil spirit out.

Gu Xie: "You're too kind."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I'll go see it."

The boy stopped at the entrance of the library, looked back at the vast collection of books, and the staircase that stretched upwards for an unknown number of floors.

For some reason, a heartwarming image of his two godsons, Benben and Tan Wenbin, studying here came to mind.

Gu Xie: "Are you making plans for the future development of the Qin family?"

I'm not reading your heart; I'm seeing hope in your eyes.

"It's such a good library, it's a pity that no one visits it."

Gu Xie's body condensed, returning to his original form as a man in blue robes. Holding a candle, he knelt before Li Zhuiyuan.
"Owner."

To be able to replenish the library is its long-cherished wish, its value, and a unique branch of the Qin family story.

"I didn't intend to subdue you."

"Sincerity can move people to the greatest extent."

"Can you fight?"

"I am not good at fighting."

"So what are you good at?"

"Sowing discord, inciting unrest, and causing tragedy."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded, and as he reached out to push open the door, a book accidentally fell from the boy's body—a book without words.

The wordless book, lying on the ground, flipped through its pages rapidly, chasing after the boy like a pet dog abandoned by its owner in a lion's cage.

Unfortunately, the boy was careless and didn't notice anything amiss. He walked straight away and closed the door behind him.

The Evil Book: "..."

Gu Xie stood up, walked to the book on the ground, bent down, reached out, and turned to the first page.

The woman in the first page is huddled in the corner of the bed, holding a pair of scissors, trembling.

Gu Xie spoke:

"Hehehe, this brat is ignorant of his own limitations, daring to think he can make me submit and acknowledge him as my master. It's utterly ridiculous!"
I'll be right beside you, meticulously plotting this scheme, using small gains to achieve big results, orchestrating this monstrous disaster. Once you discover the lost book and return to retrieve it, you'll be filled with regret!

……

Li Zhuiyuan led the group towards Mangshan under the guidance of the lantern bearer.

“Brother Binbin, things might not go smoothly. I originally planned to only visit the Qin family’s ancestral home this time. Now, it’s possible that we’ll have to go to the Liu family’s ancestral home as well, which will take up a lot of time on the journey and cause us to arrive in Qiongya too close to the next wave.”

Tan Wenbin took out a map and began to plan the route and time.

He understood what Xiao Yuan meant: if they went to the Chen family in Qiongya and dragged the next wave into the mess, the situation could easily become uncontrollable for both sides.

The lamp-bearer stopped in its tracks; Mangshan was just ahead, but it dared not enter.

Lin Shuyou: "Is that evil spirit inside really that fierce?"

Chen Xiyuan: "Didn't the little brother say that he is the most powerful evil spirit in the ancestral home?"

Lin Shuyou: "Just how powerful is the most formidable evil spirit?"

Chen Xiyuan: "I don't know, I've never fought it. I guess even if I had, I wouldn't have had the chance to tell you the result."

Li Zhuiyuan entered the Mangshan area, where a huge snake's body was slowly writhing; it was a living mountain.

However, the terrifying giant python did not attack the people below. Instead, it took the initiative to peel off its scales, releasing an intoxicating aroma of wine, which was a gesture of goodwill.

As the group approached the cave entrance, Runsheng stood in the front row, followed by Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou, while Chen Xiyuan placed her hand on the young boy and girl.

Li Zhuiyuan's red line overflowed, connecting to everyone.

Soon, everyone's thoughts converged on the boy, filled with anticipation and trepidation, wondering just how terrifying this most powerful evil spirit truly was.

However, before everyone could officially enter, terrified screams came from inside:

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer! Don't eat me!!!"

(End of this chapter)