I courted death and then tried to escape, so the whole sect wants to get rid of me.

This scene is truly a bit eerie.

However, considering that there are no other living creatures here, and that the indigenous people should be quite familiar with the routes inside the Forest of Bones.

After a moment's hesitation, Song Yao sheathed the Azure Water Sword and readily accepted the title.

Painless motherhood.

pretty good.

She turned around, and the child who had been a few steps away had quietly approached her.

The tip of his nose almost brushed against her shoulder, like two weightless shadows.

It was only then that she realized that the two children were not leaning against each other with their heads tilted, but rather their heads were stuck together.

His eyes had almost no whites, the dark pupils filling the entire eye sockets, staring straight at her, shrouded in undisguised, almost covetous malice.

His two mouths stretched to his ears, revealing fine, sharp, white teeth, and he opened them again.

"Mommy, I'm so hungry."

Saliva dripped down the corners of his mouth, carrying a fishy, ​​foul smell.

Song Yao raised an eyebrow.

She seemed to have heard of this evil spirit before.

They are called twin ghosts.

It has one head and two faces, looks like a child, and will pester anyone it meets like a parasite, calling them "mother" and constantly begging for food.

Moreover, they only eat human blood and flesh.

Their appetites are growing bigger and bigger. If you can't feed them, they will eat the person they've been harassing and then go looking for the next mother.

The Forest of Ten Thousand Bones is a relatively small secret realm, so theoretically there should be more spirits and monsters and fewer evil spirits.

This is just the outer perimeter; there shouldn't be any demons with this level of cultivation here.

But no matter how powerful they are, that's all they can do; they can't turn the tide.

and......

Her eyes sparkled, and she couldn't resist reaching out to touch the two children's joined heads: "With your heads like this, do you only have one brain?"

The twin ghosts' expressions visibly froze, and a question mark slowly appeared above their heads.

Song Yao bent down slightly, meeting their gazes with intense curiosity: "If one of you thinks something particularly filthy or disgusting, wouldn't the other one find out too?"

Twin ghosts: "?"

Previously chased by cultivators, they fled all the way and sought survival in the soon-to-be-closed secret realm.

Little did they know that the secret realm had been closed for five years, and they had been starving for a full five years.

Having finally waited for the secret realm to reopen, they immediately set their sights on this fair-skinned, thin young cultivator who looked easily frightened and could be used by them, preparing to devour her completely.

Is her current reaction appropriate?

Not only were they not afraid, but they also suspected that their thoughts were filthy?

Seeing that they remained silent, Song Yao pressed on, "How can you two have any privacy like this?"

"If they argue, and one person secretly badmouths the other behind their back, won't they be overheard?"

"Won't you feel awkward?"

The twin ghosts were so questioned that they doubted their own existence as demons that they were genuinely stunned for a moment.

When he realized what was happening, he instantly flew into a rage.

This girl is just teasing and provoking them, trying to buy time!

Both mouths simultaneously emitted a sharp, piercing shriek: "Mother, we're hungry!!!"

The twin demons' white fangs gleamed coldly.

The child's withered arms suddenly stretched out, carrying a sticky, putrid aura, like two twisted black shadows rushing straight at Song Yao.

It actually wanted to wrap itself around her limbs, like a child parasitizing its mother.

Song Yao glanced at the top of her head.

There's no canopy here, so we can take action.

"Zheng—!"

A clear chime pierced the deathly silence as the Azure Water Sword sprang from its sheath.

Countless sword energies, as thin as ice threads, exploded instantly, weaving together into a dense, icy net that descended from all directions.

The sword energy was sharp and piercing, carrying a chilling aura.

The twin demons' shrieks were instantly suppressed by the violent sword wind, leaving them no room to resist.

A muffled thud.

Two dark figures were slammed hard against the stone wall behind them by the sword wind.

Stone chips flew everywhere, their withered bodies embedded in the cracks of the stone wall, their bones emitting a brittle sound as they succumbed to the weight.

The two children's pupils suddenly contracted, and for the first time, extreme horror showed in their dark eye sockets.

How could this seemingly powerless young cultivator possess such terrifying cultivation?

This sword technique...

How on earth did they dance like that?!

That's not right!

Wasn't it said that only cultivators at or below the Golden Core stage could enter?!

The young cultivator sheathed his sword the next second, walked slowly across the pebbles to them, and squatted down.

Reaching out to them amidst their terrified eyes, she stroked their heads again, her voice gentle: "When Mother asks questions, you must answer obediently, or you'll get a beating."

Twin ghosts: "!!!"

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

How come she actually started calling herself "Mother" when I called her that?!

Didn't all those people who were previously harassed by them cry and say they didn't want to be their mothers?!

How could someone with such a cool and even cute appearance say such deadly things!

The twin ghosts struggled to their feet, trying to escape, but the Azure Water Sword plunged into the gap beneath their heads with a "whoosh," stopping their movements.

Song Yao smiled and said, "Alright, if you don't want to talk about the question from before, then don't. Mother will ask you other questions."

The twin ghosts were on the verge of tears. Their eyes were bulging and their mouths were too wide to open. They stared at her tremblingly, hoping that she would finish asking her questions quickly and then let them go.

Song Yao took a map out of her bag and handed it to them: "Where are we now?"

The twin ghosts trembled even more violently, their previously dark and sticky voices becoming even hoarser: "No, I don't know, I can't understand."

Song Yao frowned slightly: "You're so old and still so uncultured?"

"Was it easy for your mother to raise you all?"

"Is this how you repay your mother?"

Twin ghosts: "..."

Ah ah ah ah ah!

How can she really act like a mother?!

That clear, cold voice was quite intimidating when it spoke harshly. The two ghosts were so affected that they couldn't hold back and started to sob, biting their lips.

Song Yao blinked and swallowed the rest of her words.

It's fun.

It really made her cry.

She sheathed her sword and gently comforted her, "It doesn't matter if you're uneducated. Just tell your mother where the Lotus Bird Grass is."

The twin ghosts stopped crying for a moment, then shook their heads in confusion.

Song Yao: "Not only are you uncultured, you don't even know where things are? You've disappointed your mother so much."

"..."

Even when chased by cultivators into the secret realm, the twin ghosts had never suffered such humiliation, and they cried even louder.

Song Yao covered her mouth with one hand: "Alright, alright, Mother said it was too heavy. You all should know where the Insect Twin Cave is, right?"

The map says that the lotus birdweed grows somewhere in the insect twin cave.

Presumably, the people from Taiqing Pavilion and Beiyao Sect will also go there first to search.

The twin ghosts, as if grasping at a lifeline, stopped crying and nodded their heads like rattles.

I know, I know.

Very good!

Finally, I don't have to get scolded anymore!

Finally, I won't let her down!

Song Yao also breathed a sigh of relief and stood up: "Great, lead the way."