Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

What?

this...

Sha Zhu shuddered. That voice... he had heard it before, and it was very familiar to him.

Yan Bugui's face turned deathly pale, his lips trembling as he stammered, "This...this voice...impossible...impossible..."

The shadow had completely "stood up," transforming into a semi-transparent human figure.

Although the outline was blurry, that face...

"Lin Tian?!" Sha Zhu exclaimed in shock, "It's you?!"

The figure—no, the ghostly figure—tilted its head, and a smile seemed to appear on its blurry face: "What, surprised to see me?"

"That voice? It's not Lin's parents, it's Lin Tian."

Yan Bugui muttered to himself, completely bewildered.

"Shouldn't the evil spirits be Lin's parents? How did it become Lin Tian?"

He suddenly seemed to realize something, and took a few steps back in terror, his voice trembling: "We were wrong...we were wrong...everything was wrong..."

"What's wrong?" Sha Zhu hadn't even realized what was wrong yet.

"The initial identification of it as an evil spirit was wrong."

Yan Bugui was practically screaming, "Lin Tiancai is the real evil spirit! If it were Lin's parents, they would have come back to take revenge on us long ago. They would never have let us harm their child."

"How is this possible?"

Sha Zhu still couldn't believe it. "Lin Tian is definitely alive... I saw him just a few days ago..."

"A living person?"

Yan Bugui gave a bitter laugh, "Silly Zhu, have you forgotten that after Lin Tian was beaten to death by Jia Dongxu and his men, his body was left for two days before being sent to the crematorium?"

During this time, Lao Yi was constantly running around pulling strings and getting certificates, eventually obtaining a death certificate stating "natural death."

He paused, then lowered his voice even further: "How can someone who's been dead for two days come back to life after being sent to the crematorium?"

Sha Zhu was struck dumb.

He remembered.

I hadn't thought much about it before, since Lin Tian was full of energy after he came back, and the old man said he had a heartbeat and body temperature.

Looking back now... I'm afraid it was all a facade.

"So... Lin Tian is already dead?"

Shazhu's voice trembled, "What happened during this time..."

"It's an evil spirit."

Yan Bugui finished speaking for him.

"It has always been an evil spirit. Ever since the night Jia Dongxu hanged himself, what has appeared is not the living Lin Tian, ​​but his ghost."

Sha Zhu exploded instantly.

If the evil spirit is Lin's father and mother, then today's offerings and the bones of their enemy are a suitable remedy.

Use the lives and blood of those who killed them to appease their resentment.

But the evil spirit became Lin Tian, ​​not Lin's father and mother, so is this offering and the bones of the enemy... right?

Can it really suppress evil spirits?

As if confirming what Sha Zhu was thinking, Lin Tian took a step forward.

Although it was only a small step, the chilling aura that swept over them made all three of them shiver at the same time.

"Silly Zhu, Yan Bugui," Lin Tian joked, "long time no see, did you miss me?"

"I've missed you all so much."

Upon hearing "I miss them so much," the two men retreated hastily, saying, "We don't need you to think about us, don't come any closer!"

Third Master stood in front of them, his peach wood sword held horizontally in front of his chest, but his hand was trembling slightly.

"Lin Tian..."

The Third Master spoke, his voice still relatively calm, "The dead cannot be brought back to life. Since you are already gone, you should be reincarnated as soon as possible. Why stay in the mortal world and cause trouble?"

"cause trouble?"

Lin Tian laughed, a laugh that was icy and chilling. "Third Master, what are you saying? I was just cleaning up the trash."

He pointed to the oil cauldron: "Yi Zhonghai, one of the main culprits who killed my parents, sending him on his way is surely doing the people a favor, isn't it?"

"But you can't just kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

Sha Zhu couldn't help but roar, "Where's my sister, He Yushui? What did she do to you? Why did you kill her?"

Lin Tian turned his head, his empty eyes staring at Sha Zhu: "He Yushui is innocent? Then aren't we siblings innocent too?"

Do you really think she was completely unaware that you were exploiting my family's resources?

She enjoyed it, therefore she is guilty; in an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

Sha Zhu opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but couldn't find the words.

Lin Tian continued, "As for Yi Zhonghai and Factory Director Yang, they were the masterminds, but aren't you all completely innocent? Who among you is truly blameless?"

"Tell me, should I kill them or not?"

The courtyard was deathly silent.

Only the oil in the pan was still sizzling, and the oil inside was so hot that it had begun to smoke and emit a meaty aroma.

Yan Bugui swallowed hard and said cautiously, "Lin Tian... I didn't mean to harm you, I..."

"No?"

Lin Tian interrupted him, "Yan Bugui, don't think I don't know that when you tacitly agreed that Yan Jiecheng beat me to death and divided my house and money, you were also a murderer."

Yan Bugui's face turned deathly pale, and he couldn't utter a single word.

"And you, you silly Zhu."

Lin Tian then turned to Sha Zhu, "You were one of the accomplices in killing me. Who made that chicken leg?"

Sha Zhu wanted to argue, to say that wasn't the case, but the words wouldn't come out.

Because what Lin Tian said... was all true.

An old man asked him to make chicken legs, and Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangtian delivered the chicken legs to the brothers, which led to a misunderstanding with Xu Damao.

This led to a conflict, and Lin Tian was unfortunately beaten to death.

"So you see,"

Lin Tian spread his hands. "Which of you is innocent? Which one doesn't deserve to die?"

Third Master spoke up at this moment, his voice steady: "Lin Tian, ​​even if they are guilty, they should be judged by the laws of the mortal world, not by you taking matters into your own hands."

"law?"

Lin Tian felt like he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "You're talking to me about the law? Where was the law when Yi Zhonghai and Factory Director Yang killed my parents?"

Where was the law when they forged documents and seized my property? Where was the law when I was beaten to death?

A strong, eerie wind swept through the courtyard, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

The oil in the pan suddenly boiled violently.

"Since the laws of the mortal realm can't govern this," Lin Tian said, enunciating each word clearly, "then I'll use the rules of the underworld."

He floated forward, and Third Master quickly raised his peach wood sword and chanted a spell.

Lin Tian easily passed through the peach wood sword, and a ghostly shadow enveloped Third Master.

"Third Master, you're a wise man."

Lin Tian said softly, "But you shouldn't have gotten involved. How much money did they pay you to exorcise evil spirits for them?"

Third Master's face was deathly pale, his lips trembling as he stammered, "I...I didn't know the truth, they gave me two hundred yuan..."

"Now you know?" Lin Tian asked.

Third Master nodded with difficulty.

"Then tell me," Lin Tian leaned closer, his blurry face almost touching Third Master's, "should I have killed them?"

Third Master closed his eyes, and after a long while, sighed: "Serves him right."

"And what about you?"

Lin Tian then asked, "You took their money to exorcise evil spirits for them. Tell me, should I kill you too?"

Third Master shuddered, opened his eyes, looked at the ghostly figure in front of him, and suddenly laughed.

That smile was full of bitterness and relief.

"Yes," he said. "I should too."

Lin Tian remained silent for a moment, then stepped back.

"You can go now," he said, "because you were honest."

Third Master was stunned: "You...you're not going to kill me?"

"What's the point of killing you?" Lin Tian shook his head. "You're just doing a job for money, and besides..."

Third Master stared at him blankly, then suddenly bowed deeply: "Thank you."

After saying that, he turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

"Third Master!" Sha Zhu cried out anxiously, "You can't leave! What will we do if you leave?"

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