Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

At the same time, Shen Nian heard a very familiar female voice—

"Shen Nian! Shen Nian!! It's all your fault!!"

"If it weren't for you ruining my life, I would still be a glamorous female celebrity now—"

"I'll make you wish you were never born!!!"

"Come to hell with me!!!"

At the same time, the cemetery was filled with a surge of yin energy and gusts of yin wind. Some sorcerers could not even stand firm, as if they would be sucked into the Hundred Ghost Banner at any moment.

Shen Nian sneered and tossed the oil-paper umbrella to the people behind her: "Hide under the umbrella and don't come out."

"Lend me this sword."

Then, with a wave of his hand, the sword in one of the Taoist priests flew into Shen Nian's hand.

"O...Omono???"

The Xuanmen members were shocked.

Someone hurriedly opened an oil-paper umbrella, and the umbrella surface suddenly expanded nearly tenfold in the instant it was opened, like a huge barrier, firmly protecting the group of people.

Shen Nian weighed the sword in his hand, made a hand seal, assumed a stance, and raised his hand to stab at the Hundred Ghost Banner.

The Hundred Demon Banner, which should have been as impenetrable as a fortress, was cracked open because of this one item.

"ah!!!!"

"Shen Nian, you'll die a horrible death!!!"

The female ghost's screams were shrill and piercing, but Shen Nian ignored them and instead unleashed several talismans in succession, shouting:

"The Supreme Emperor's decree is to be obeyed with lightning speed."

The clouds in the sky stirred, and thunder roared in unison.

To cleanse the impurities and exorcise demons, to slay ghosts and destroy their forms.

One thunderbolt splits the heavens and earth; two thunderbolts collapse mountains and rivers.

Three thunderbolts vanquish all evil, four thunderbolts return to chaos.

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

The already restless lightning seemed to receive some kind of guidance, and struck straight down at the Hundred Ghosts Banner.

The first bolt of lightning shattered the banner, and in an instant, black mist shot into the sky, exuding a malevolent aura.

The second bolt of lightning burned the banner pole, and the wronged souls within the Hundred Ghosts Banner completely vanished.

The third bolt of heavenly lightning struck the culprit, Liao Chen. He silently chanted a spell, gathering all his strength to protect himself, but to no avail.

Thunder rumbled down, and in the blink of an eye, Liao Chen turned into a standing skeleton, still tightly clutching the vanished banner pole in his hand.

……

Several bolts of lightning struck, and the night sky cleared up again.

A large pit appeared on the ground of the cemetery, but the original evil energy and yin energy were no longer there.

In the short term, this cemetery will be so badly haunted that even a thousand-year-old vengeful ghost probably wouldn't dare to enter.

Shen Nian raised her hand and put the oil-paper umbrella back in her hand. She then threw the Taoist sword, which had slain hundreds of ghosts and been tempered by heavenly lightning, to its owner and said indifferently, "Use it well. This sword is no ordinary object."

Upon hearing this, the others glared at the sword's owner with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Lin Xiyue exclaimed in shock, "Fellow Daoist Shen, you actually... can summon heavenly lightning?"

Nowadays, there are very few Xuan masters in the Xuanmen (Taoist sect) who can summon lightning.

Shen Nian is so young, it's unexpected that she could face the Hundred Ghost Banner alone.

Shen Nian clapped her hands and hummed in agreement.

"I'm not going to deal with the rest. You should know how to clean up the mess."

Although the cemetery is in the suburbs, it is not uninhabited nearby. How to handle such a commotion is a matter for the Xuanmen Guild.

Shen Nian walked out of the cemetery with her umbrella.

Just as I was about to return through the gates of hell, I saw a familiar Rolls-Royce parked under the streetlights at the entrance of the cemetery.

Gu Qiwen got out of the car, came up to her, took her hand, and said gently, "I've come to pick you up."

"...How did you know I was here?"

"Just a guess."

Gu Qiwen smiled and said, "Perhaps we are on the same wavelength."

Shen Nian: ...

Smooth-talking.

It's likely that the commotion at the cemetery was too great. Gu Qiwen had someone do a quick search and they were able to find the exact location.

It was too late, and Shen Nian didn't want to go back to the Shen family, so she eventually went back to Tiannan Mountain with Gu Qiwen.

Gu Yuncheng didn't sleep; he waited for them in the courtyard.

Shen Nian touched her chin, thinking that she had almost forgotten that she had a cheap apprentice.

Next time something like this happens, I should bring Gu Yuncheng with me.

Gu Yuncheng: ...

Suddenly I felt a chill down my back.

Shen Nian said, "You've almost mastered the basic spells. In the next couple of days, I'll teach you how to summon lightning."

Gu Yuncheng: "...Master, am I really not going to be struck by lightning?"

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

Let's kill him first and then talk about it.

She pulled a thunder talisman from her sleeve and tossed it to Gu Yuncheng: "Just draw it like this. When I come back from the Shen family, you should be able to draw it yourself."

"Also, try to buy a sword that suits you. Having a sword will make attracting lightning much easier."

Gu Yuncheng: ...

Isn't that just the physical characteristic of metal-based lightning strikes?

Will he really not get struck by lightning?

Gu Yuncheng asked, "What kind of sword do you specifically want? Are there any requirements regarding the material?"

Shen Nian said, "No, it depends on your preference. Antiques are fine, modern crafts are fine, or you can have someone cast one, whatever you like is fine."

Gu Yuncheng nodded: "Yes, Master, I will keep that in mind."

Then, remembering something, he asked curiously, "Master, do you have a sword?"

"You mentioned flying on a sword before, can I learn that too?"

Shen Nian paused for a moment, then said, "My sword is broken."

From the day her sword broke, Shen Nian never used a sword again.

"You can learn it, but not now."

Shen Nian said calmly, "Alright, it's getting late, go and get some rest."

The next day, Shen Nian returned to the Shen family.

As she expected, Song Daiqing had already had a falling out with Old Master Shen.

However, it's unlikely to yield any results.

Old Master Shen suppressed the matter and forbade Song Daiqing from causing any more trouble.

Even if it weren't for Shen Nian, he still couldn't quite understand Song Daiqing's thoughts.

Shen Yingwei was just an adopted daughter; why should Song Daiqing be treated like this?

Moreover, although the Shen family is powerful and influential, they have never done anything to disregard the law for the sake of their descendants.

The fact that the Shen family treated Liao Chen as an honored guest in the past was due to their blindness, but Shen Yingwei's actions were also her own fault.

Old Master Shen said, "From today onwards, our Shen family is terminating the adoption relationship with Shen Yingwei. If you continue to cause trouble, then leave the Shen family with her."

Upon hearing this, Shen Nian paused in her knocking motion.

She stayed at the Shen family's residence these past few days not only for Old Master Shen's birthday banquet, but also to hand over half of the Shen family's assets.

The Shen family's business is so large that the paperwork for their main business, gemstone mining, alone would take Shen Nian two days to sign.

Shen Nian thought to herself that the last time she wrote until her hand was sore was when she first started learning to draw talismans.

She came to sign documents today as usual, but unexpectedly she ran into Song Daiqing being scolded.

Song Daiqing pushed open the door and saw Shen Nian, which only fueled her anger: "You've almost driven your sister to her death! Are you satisfied now?!"

Shen Nian feigned ignorance: "I didn't force her to do those things, nor did I frame her afterward. She did them voluntarily. What does it have to do with me?"

"Shen Yingwei was only locked up for a few days, but those children were almost killed by her. What, Madam Shen, are your children children, but other people's children aren't?"

"This is all her own fault; what does it have to do with me?"

Song Daiqing clutched the gauze covering her chest.

The Shen family was incredibly wealthy. Even though Song Daiqing had broken two ribs, she was able to get out of bed and walk again in just one day thanks to an expensive exoskeleton and special medications.

She raised her hand.

Shen Nian scoffed, "What, you want to hit me again? Grandpa's watching, are you sure you want to do it?"

Enraged, Song Daiqing turned and left without looking back.