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

"Then why can't I be the heir of the Pei family! Just because I was born a year or two later than you?!"

Pei Jinxiu's roaring and questioning voice echoed in the rather empty space.

Pei Jinyu frowned as she looked at her younger sister, her eyes filled with undisguised confusion.

The little girl who used to follow her around and call her "sister" all the time, what happened to her and why is she like this?

Shen Xingzhuo watched from the side and shook his head.

"Some people..."

"You can be stubborn, but you can't just believe the stories you make up, can you?"

She broke the atmosphere that was gradually froze the relationship between Pei Jinyu and Pei Jinxiu.

He raised his hand and drew a talisman, focusing it heavily on Pei Jinxiu's brow.

【Ding! 】

A loud alarm rang in Shen Xingzhuo's ears.

[The Chosen One, Shen Xingzhuo, has been detected engaging in behavior that seriously deviates from his character's role!]

[The chosen one must provide a reasonable explanation; otherwise, they will be penalized for violating the rules!]

Upon hearing this, Shen Xingzhuo's hand paused slightly.

Clearly, the ghost story is worried that she might awaken Pei Jinxiu and the other woman, causing the rift between the sisters to disappear.

As for why ghost stories are so guarded against...

Firstly, they were preparing to restrict her use of Taoist arts, and secondly, the root cause of this strange tale was Pei Jinxiu's inexplicable hatred.

Once she stops hating Pei Jinyu and sees the whole truth, the logic behind this strange tale may no longer hold true.

Thinking of this, she smiled.

"I am simply carrying out the task of strictly presenting the truth."

She pointed to Pei Jinxiu and Pei Jinyu, and said helplessly:

"As the central figures in the ghost stories, shouldn't their deeds be told most clearly?"

"So how can I stand by and watch misunderstandings persist between them—"

Shen Xingzhuo's words came to an abrupt halt.

"Oh no, or rather, how could I, as a junior, witness the discord among my elders? This is the knot that my mother could never untie in her life."

The spell took effect as soon as she finished speaking.

Pei Jinxiu cried out in pain, clutching her head tightly with both hands and squatting down.

She was in so much pain that she rolled around on the ground.

Shen Xingzhuo just stared at her intently, without saying a word.

Liu Jin is a typical villain in this story.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will attract everyone's hateful gaze.

Even the chosen ones cannot escape it, because once a chosen one becomes Pei Yin, they will become an involved player.

Those directly involved are the least able to see the truth of the matter.

Pei Jinxiu's cries of pain gradually subsided, turning into suppressed sobs.

She saw it.

She saw her mother kneeling in the ancestral hall all night, pleading for her after she burned down the library. She saw that on the day Liu Jin married into the family, when she stormed out in a huff, Pei Jinyu actually chased her for an entire street, but she didn't turn back. She saw that after each time she was "punished," her mother secretly had a maid bring her medicine and snacks.

What she saw wasn't a story Shen Xingzhuo had fabricated. It was the real past, the stories she herself had written and then discarded.

Pei Jinxiu curled up on the ground, her shoulders shaking violently, but she didn't let out another roar.

Pei Jinyu stood to the side, watching her quietly for a long time, before finally speaking: "So you've always thought... it was because Mother was biased that she didn't let you be the heir?"

Pei Jinxiu didn't speak, but buried her face in her arms.

"I never knew you wanted to be the heir," Pei Jinyu said softly. "You never told me."

Pei Jinxiu's shoulders trembled even more violently.

Shen Xingzhu put away the talisman and took a step back. She had done what she needed to do; the rest was up to the sisters.