Rules of the Strange: I Became a God in a Bizarre World Through Taoist Arts

As the ghost stories echoed, black dust particles rose into the air.

Shen Xingzhuo could only vaguely make out some black colors, and her eyes instinctively strained to see—

"Ah—" she cried out in pain.

The next second, her eyeballs seemed to burst out of their sockets, bulging out terrifyingly.

Shen Xingzhuo gently covered her eyelids with her cold hands, trying to relieve the pain with coolness.

Unexpectedly, the pain increased instead of decreasing, and the surrounding optic nerves also started to feel like they were being pricked with needles.

Her breathing gradually became rapid.

The ghost story morbidly relishes her suffering.

Two gray rays of light suddenly pierced through Shen Xingzhuo's eyes.

"ah!!!"

With enhanced perception, Shen Xingzhuo's cries of pain grew louder.

Unfortunately, this was precisely the time when she was answering questions about ghost stories.

She is unable to contact people in the real world, nor can she be seen by Pei Jinyu and Madam Pei in the ghost stories.

This time, she was truly alone and helpless.

……

Shen Xingzhuo's heart was pounding violently in his chest.

The numbness in her chest instantly overwhelmed her sense of crisis.

"Shen Xingzhuo, calm down!"

A dagger appeared in her palm, and the next second, a bloody wound appeared on her arm.

Her flesh rolled back, and blood flowed down her arm into her palm.

The slippery feel made her even more uncomfortable.

But this is the only way to quickly focus her mind.

Why did I suddenly go blind?

"What exactly is that pus? Is it a virus? Or some kind of infectious agent...?"

And that medium, it is…

Shen Xingzhuo's brainstorming gradually led to logic.

But just then, the ghost story interrupted her thoughts once again.

[Chosen One Shen Xingzhuo's answer time will be reduced by one minute! Only sixty seconds remain for thinking. Please begin answering immediately!]

[Second question: Why did Pei Yin become pregnant out of wedlock?]

Upon hearing this question, Shen Xingzhuo felt her whole body tremble.

Unmarried and pregnant?

What does it mean to be pregnant out of wedlock?

"Pei Yin is clearly the victim! Why use such ambiguous language to subtly pin the blame for infidelity on her?!"

Shen Xingzhuo felt her body gradually losing temperature.

Her blood slid onto the ground, spreading into a crisscrossing web.

【49, 48, 47...】

"First of all, Pei Yin has never been pregnant!"

"She went through pregnancy and childbirth, but those children were not the result of human reproduction!"

Her voice was firm and resounding.

It was as if as long as her voice was loud enough, she could suppress those rumors and gossip.

Shen Xingzhuo finally understood why Liu Jin and his old mother were evil monsters who had escaped from the Hell of Tongue Pulling.

Such slander and defamation of a woman's reputation is punishable only by the agony of having one's tongue pulled out in the cycle of reincarnation; such punishment is far too lenient for them!

【oh?】

So, according to you, Pei Yin is innocent?

Upon hearing the nonchalant tone of the ghost story, Shen Xingzhuo felt her blood rush to her head.

She took a deep breath before gritting her teeth and continuing.

"As mentioned before, Pei Shiquan needs to establish himself in the Pei family by relying on his image of loving his eldest daughter."

But the Pei family's daughters only take in sons-in-law and don't marry out, so he couldn't wait until the day he could kick Pei Yin out.

So he chose the lowest-cost method: using rumors and illusions to destroy his greatest threat.

Her expression was almost icy.

"Moreover, this is such a brilliant move for Pei Shiquan, achieving multiple benefits at once."

"Firstly, it could ruin Pei Yin."

"Secondly, Pei Yin can be used as a vessel for vengeful spirits, severing their connection with this world."

"Thirdly, it can completely destroy the direct bloodline of the Pei family, allowing the Pei family to be forever under his control."

"And Pei Xi's ability to devour his sisters is proof of all of the above!"