The Demonic Taoist Priest Emerges from the Mountain

"This can't go on!"

Ning Jinrou immediately ripped the spirit communication talisman off the corpse.

The image in the bronze mirror completely disappeared.

I collapsed to the ground, stunned.

My mind is a complete mess.

Ning Jinrou and Yan Jingxia didn't know how to start advising me.

Just sit there quietly.

Suddenly, a clear metallic sound rang out.

The three of us were immediately drawn to the sound.

Looking up, in the darkness, a figure sat quietly on a thick tree branch.

He was fiddling with a coin in his hand.

When he saw us looking at him, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Children, you're too slow."

Upon seeing this person's face, my pupils contracted sharply.

This person still has my father's face.

A chilling sneer lingered on his honest face.

I quickly got up from the ground and frowned as I looked at the person sitting on the tree branch.

"Who exactly are you?"

I asked in a hoarse voice.

The man chuckled and flicked the coin in his hand toward me.

I quickly caught it.

Upon closer inspection, this coin is specially made, with no denomination on it. The obverse features the traditional Chinese character for "yin" and the reverse features a blooming datura flower.

"You can call me the Thousand-Faced Demon."

The person in the tree introduced himself.

"Shanjie is my disciple. My previous identity was the wandering monk he mentioned."

The Thousand-Faced Ghost spoke calmly.

Upon hearing this, we were all horrified.

But the shock that the Thousand-Faced Ghost brought us goes far beyond that.

"Actually, I should thank you properly. If you hadn't killed Shan Jie, I might have been trapped and died in Liu Weng Village by the Yin-Yang Array and the Thousand Soul Sacrifice he set up."

"In gratitude, I will not lay a hand on you today."

After finishing speaking, the Thousand-Faced Ghost glanced at Ning Jinrou and said, "Little girl, stop your little tricks. Without the suppression of the Thousand Soul Sacrifice, the three of you combined are no match for me."

The Thousand-Faced Ghost leaped down from the tree branch and landed steadily in front of us.

My body trembled uncontrollably, and my fists were clenched so tightly that the veins on my arms bulged.

The Thousand-Faced Ghost completely ignored my emotions, walked up to me, and patted me on the shoulder.

I know you have many questions.

"I can tell you everything."

"You're actually very smart, but you're also very reckless."

"I pretended to be very careful in front of you, which is how I fooled you and made you and Shan Jie fight to the death."

"Oh, by the way, the Thousand Soul Sacrifice has never been a method of resurrecting the dead."

"It's more like a form of suppression, a suppression of evil."

"Shan Jie spent five years using the spirits on Changsong Mountain to set up the Thousand Soul Sacrifice to limit my abilities."

"He also set up a Yin-Yang formation, so that I can never leave Liuweng Village."

"Actually, the purpose of Shan Jie has always been to trap me in this place."

"He wants me to see with my own eyes how he does good deeds; he wants to destroy my moral resolve in order to prove himself."

"In recent years, Shan Jie has indeed made the villagers of Liuweng Village live a good life by using the formation."

"What a pity, I was never a kind person to begin with."

"Back then, when I found him, I just wanted to see what kind of mentality a child would have when suddenly faced with evil thoughts after being exposed to kindness. Would he break down, become extreme, or still maintain kindness?"

"Shan Jie's reaction was beyond my expectations; he actually turned into a demon."

"He became obsessed and completely lost at the dividing line between good and evil."

"Three years ago, he woke me up and gave me an identity, and the name of this identity is Qin Guozhu."

When the Thousand-Faced Ghost got to this point, he glanced at me.

My anger has reached its peak.

"And I threw the real Qin Guozhu into the fire room where the intruders were imprisoned."

"Wait until the 15th of each month, and let the villagers burn him alive."

"However, Qin Guozhu was ultimately saved by Shan Jie."

"Shan Jie's mind is very deep."

"He disguised himself as your father's savior, keeping him by his side every day, while your father had long been disillusioned with the people of this village and willingly became Shan Jie's henchman."

"Actually, Shan Jie kept your father around for another reason, which was to remind me that I am ultimately a fake person."

Fortunately, Qin Guozhu was disfigured in the fire and also lost his voice due to the thick smoke.

"My threat level has decreased significantly."

"Oh, by the way, I enjoy role-playing. No matter what the role is, I want to immerse myself completely in it."

"To fully experience a person's life."

"Shanjie knows this, which is why he dares to threaten me like this."

"Until you arrived."

"I'm really happy because everyone in Liuweng Village now thinks I'm the real Qin Guozhu. It's so boring."

"So I desperately want to show myself in front of strangers, I want you all to believe that I am Qin Guozhu."

"I enjoy this sense of accomplishment."

"That's why I'll act like a loving father in front of you."

"You actually believed that? Hahahaha!"

"Actually, I wasn't drunk at noon."

"I saw the mute monk coming."

"I know, he just wants to see his child."

"However, you've misunderstood me."

"I secretly followed you to the temple gate."

"I've discovered that you guys actually do have some skills."

"This is a surprise."

"I really want to leave Liuweng Village. There's nothing here that feels new to me anymore."

"So I've been thinking about how to get you to align with Shan Jie?"

"Later, I came up with a solution."

"I pretended to go to the village to borrow cured meat and ended up approaching you, the mute monk."

"I told him I would do my best to keep you here, and I wanted him to watch his child call his enemy 'father'."

"The mute monk is indeed angry."

"He ran to your house, and he actually wanted to warn you to leave quickly."

"Under my disguise, you successfully created conflict."

"Later, after watching you leave, I released the mute monk, controlled him to come to the mountains, and I was going to kill him, then possess his body, and experience a new life in his identity."

"I really didn't expect that you would actually be able to find me."

"Fine, I'll return him to you. Consider it one of my rare acts of kindness."

"I know you must hate me to the core, and I welcome you to seek revenge. But next time, I will kill you, possess your body, and live on as your identity."

"You'd better get stronger quickly, or I'll kill you."

The Thousand-Faced Ghost laughed, then turned around, preparing to leave.

I couldn't hold back any longer. The moment he turned around, the ghost energy in my body instantly started to circulate, and a terrifying black aura rose from my body. I punched the Thousand-Faced Ghost hard in the back!