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

Upon reaching this point in the deduction, Shen Xingzhuo's pupils trembled.

But it only lasted a moment before she calmed down.

Even if Runyu was Pei Jinxiu's loyal servant placed by Pei Yin's side, under the rules of the supernatural tales, she still has the identity of the Destiny.

"The Destiny's Chosen..."

Shen Xingzhuo recalled that when she was trapped in the Red Phoenix Soul-Binding Array, the strange tales lured her and Runyu to exchange their lives for each other.

Suddenly, a thought struck her—she realized she could look at the problem from a different angle.

"If I were Pei Jinxiu..."

My sister, whom I always looked up to, lost everything because of a man who was full of lies.

She would even be trapped in a heinous and evil formation for the rest of her life, suffering endlessly.

And I watched all of this happen.

I tried to stop it, but to no avail.

As the younger sister who loves her older sister the most, even if she can't save her, she will do everything she can to get revenge on the man who hurt her...

Shen Xingzhu put herself in Pei Jinxiu's shoes and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this idea could supplement the explanation of the cause and effect of many previous events.

Those watching the sky screen suddenly had an epiphany and shared their thoughts, responding to the official call for "everyone to use their brains".

So, was Runyu actually a bodyguard assigned to Pei Yin by her aunt?

[Is he both a guard and a human surveillance device? Because it's still unclear whether Pei Jinxiu will live to see Pei Yin grow up... and we don't know if Pei Jinxiu is aware of Pei Yin's situation in the Pei family.]

[If she didn't know Pei Yin had a child without a husband, she would be devastated! How could her sister be like this, and her niece be like this too! If I were her, I would definitely cut off this rotten gene at its root!]

[Impossible, upstairs. Don't forget Pei Jinxiu is a sister-obsessed sister; Pei Yin is a keepsake left to her by her sister!]

On another note, we know Sister Shen is a figure in ghost stories, so we implicitly accept the reality of her giving birth without a husband, thus affirming the existence of ghost stories. Weren't there previous theories suggesting that ghost stories were real? But in the medieval era, neither technology nor biology could have made that possible, right?

Holy crap!!! You just woke me up!!!

Doesn't that mean there's something wrong with Pei Yin's nine children?!

To be precise, the child is fine, but the child's origin is a huge problem!!!

[This requires going back to the 'future' timeline to solve the mystery. I'm really looking forward to Sister Shen getting another wave of rewards!]

While the viewers were deducing the mystery, Shen Xingzhuo continued to brainstorm within the ghost stories.

She had already figured out what the comments on the screen were thinking.

"The second person Pei Jinxiu cared about was Pei Yin. Because she loved her sister, she also loved the child her sister left behind."

She calmly narrated the second answer to the hidden quest, "Love in Splendor."

[Congratulations, Chosen One! The hidden quest is now two-thirds complete.]

[Pei Jinxiu's current favorability rating is 80%. The Chosen One gains the privilege of increasing character favorability, allowing them to command Pei Jinxiu to do something for them or answer a question.]

[A reward of 20 tons of purification supplies for the Tianxia Kingdom. Note that these supplies are for the exclusive use of Tianxia citizens. Any transfer of these supplies will result in additional penalties!]

Upon hearing the ghost story, Shen Xingzhuo raised an eyebrow.

"Additional punishment? Isn't this batch of supplies food?"

Otherwise, why would there be additional punishment?

But that's not something she needs to worry about; Guan Shanyue will handle everything outside of the ghost stories.

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