Film & TV: Public Enemy of Justice

It's easy.

Ruoxing is one of the best among them. Born into a scholarly family, she learned to play the piano from a young age. Her unique ability to recite Tang poems at the age of three enabled her to stand out among these suitors and eventually win the heart of Ruhua.

The whole city still recounts the famous scene of Ruoxing pursuing Ruhua: withered flowers scattered on the ground, Ruoxing's eyes shone, her slender fingers danced across the zither, and she recited, "Yellow flowers piled up on the ground, withered and faded, who can pick them now?" and "A few cups of light wine, how can they withstand the evening's fierce wind!" The soft lamplight reflected on Ruoxing's face, making her appear incomparably holy.

Upon hearing the music, the beautiful young woman moved gracefully from the brothel. Her starry eyes met Ruoxing's gaze, and she was instantly captivated. Her body felt hot and weak. In that instant, the beautiful young woman understood clearly that she had fallen in love and been captured.

Ruoxing was not only skilled in poetry, music, and zither, but also understood romance and nature. He took the beautiful girl to the highest rooftop in the city to watch the sunrise break through the east. The sunlight pierced through the thin veil of clouds, scattering its brilliance across the earth. The sunlight shone into their eyes, but their eyes were only for each other. They whispered sweet nothings, expressing endless love for one another.

If time could stop at this moment, the girl would think she was the happiest girl in the world, because there was someone she loved deeply and who loved her deeply. She felt a surge of emotions she had never experienced before, and she wanted to stay with this good man until old age.

Seeing this, Lin Yaoxie couldn't help but cheer for the two's relationship, but deep down he knew it was impossible. If the two ended in this way, then there was no need for the girl Ruhua to become a ghost and harm Suzhou City after her death. The two should have been waiting for each other at the Bridge of Helplessness before being reborn into the next life. There might still be changes.

Lin Yaoxie's guess was correct. Although the two kept whispering sweet nothings to each other, love words couldn't withstand reality, nor could they withstand the weight of their family's wealth and power. Ruoxing's father had passed away, and Ruoxing was to return to inherit the family business, but the family members would certainly not be willing for a woman of the night to become the wife of the head of the household.

So Ruoxing deceived Ruhua, saying that once he inherited the family business, he would come back and marry her.

Ruoxing returned home safely and inherited the family business, but unexpectedly, he did not fulfill his original promise to marry Ruhua.

Chapter 42 Since ancient times, beautiful women have often had tragic fates; their fragrance fades and their jade-like bodies perish—who will pity them?

The beautiful young woman, who had been waiting anxiously in the brothel, could not believe that the boy with the bright eyes, the boy who had taken her to see the sunrise, the boy who had spoken sweet words to her, would betray her promise. She could only blame herself for misjudging him. From then on, she secluded herself in the brothel, refusing to see anyone except for the sound of her zither.

Meanwhile, Ruoxing, after inheriting the family business, married a lady from a wealthy family of equal social standing in order to ensure the prosperity of her family. She lived a very comfortable and carefree life. However, she thought that the beautiful girl might come looking for her. If that happened, those in the family who had always coveted her position might jump out and demand that she give up the family business for this reason.

Ruoxing has been corrupted by money and has lost all humanity. In order to protect her current wealth and status, she has made the decision to send someone to assassinate Ruhua. Only the dead can keep secrets and can be trusted.

He completely disregarded the fact that Ru Hua was once his indispensable life partner, and only did this for his current position.

Lin Yaoxie, who was watching from the sidelines, remained indifferent. He had already guessed what was going on. People who appear upright and kind on the outside may be wicked in private, but he didn't say anything and just watched things continue to unfold.

Ruoxing had a servant who inadvertently discovered this secret while serving her. He then wrote a letter to Ruhua, telling her about her current situation and hoping that Ruhua could leave this place as soon as possible.

When Ruhua received the letter, she scoffed at it, thinking that Ruoxing would never do such a thing. Ruhua still retained a bit of childlike innocence and fantasy about their love, and even thought in her heart that Ruoxing would come back to pick her up after settling everything.

One day, a group of men in black, armed with knives, broke into the brothel. The leader, a burly man in black, said, "Where is Miss Ruhua now? We brothers invite her out! You'd better come out quickly, or this brothel will be a ruin tomorrow."

Seeing the aggressive approach of the other party, the madam knew she couldn't protect Ruhua, so she quickly went to Ruhua's room and demanded that she leave immediately. Only then did Ruhua realize that what was written in the letter was true, but she couldn't bear to see the brothel take the blame for her, so she refused to leave.

The madam pleaded, "There are many thugs in the brothel, so the other side certainly won't dare to make a move easily. But being able to protect you for a while doesn't mean you can be protected forever. The best course of action now is for you to leave quickly, find another shelter, and escape far away to have a chance to survive."

The young woman, moved by the madam's kindness, knelt for a long time before finally leaving.

The leader of the men in black was very shrewd. He knew that if she hadn't come out for so long, she must have already escaped. So he asked along the way if anyone had seen a woman with a slender figure pass by. The girl was so eye-catching that even with her face covered, her otherworldly temperament was hard to hide. That's how the men in black were able to keep up with her.

When she reached Suzhou, the beautiful girl was penniless and pursued relentlessly by men in black. She sought refuge in a private residence.

The family was very kind-hearted. They not only provided food and clothing but also shelter. Seeing that the girl looked flustered, they knew that someone was chasing her, so they quickly closed the door and hid the girl's whereabouts from others.

The men in black tracked her to this point, but finding they couldn't find out where Ru Hua was, they split into two groups. One group continued to follow the original route, while the other group stayed behind to investigate.

At first, they could cover it up, but the truth eventually came out. One day, they learned from the neighbors that a woman had entered the house. The man in black then led his men into the house and demanded that the woman, nicknamed "Flower," come out.

The young woman was already very grateful for the food, clothing, and lodging provided, so how could she let this family stand in her way? She stepped forward and faced the leader of the men in black directly, even though she knew that her chances of survival were slim.

Can Ruoxing come to see me? I want to see him, ask him how he's been lately, and why he did this to me.

"I don't know any Ruoxing, but you're doomed today!" the man in black shouted.

"Very well, you are still quite protective of your master. I only have one last request: may I play one last piece of music?" the girl pleaded.

Upon seeing this, the homeowner brought out his treasured guqin (a seven-stringed zither).

When the young lady saw the zither, tears welled up in her eyes. She hadn't expected that her last performance would come so soon. "Well then," she said sweetly, "please listen to a piece, everyone."

0oooo Requesting flowers.

It was autumn, and yellow flowers covered the ground. The young woman couldn't help but recall the scene when Ruoxing pursued her. "Yellow flowers piled up on the ground, withered and faded, who is there now to pick them?" The words from that time still echoed in her ears, but this time, love had turned into hate.

She moved gracefully with delicate steps, sat down in front of the guqin, and gently stroked the strings with her tender hands. Her fingertips danced across the instrument like sprites, captivating all who heard her.

When the music ended, the beautiful young woman calmly faced her death, moving everyone present.

Seeing this, Lin Yaoxie knew that this was a woman of very strong character. However, he still wondered why the woman had died so calmly, with almost no resentment in her expression.

Why is the air now thick with resentment, even altering the energy flow of the entire mass grave?

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The resentment that had been present in the mass grave was thus stirred up, generating numerous ethereal ghosts. The mages then manipulated these ghosts to fight for them, consuming human life essence in order to maintain their survival and continuously strengthen their power.

It was clear that someone had tampered with this innocent soul to make it work for them. So Lin Yaoxie began to concentrate his spiritual power to search for the remaining spiritual power in the surrounding area. He discovered that there was a kind of spiritual power residue that was different from that of ghosts and demons, unlike what he had felt in the mass grave.

Lin Yaoxie did not find this unfamiliar; on the contrary, the area felt somewhat familiar, as if it had been left by someone he had fought before.

Bai Yue! This was the first person that came to Lin Yaoxie's mind. It wasn't that he was surprised. Lin Yaoxie regarded Bai Yue as nothing more than a little mouse he had raised. He simply didn't want to kill him too early and make the world too boring.

However, Bai Yue's reach has extended so far, now encroaching on Lin Yaoxie's territory, which is beyond Lin Yaoxie's expectations. It seems he needs to teach him a lesson and prevent him from becoming too arrogant at this stage.

It's not so much that he's encountered an opponent, but Bai Yue's actions have made him somewhat unhappy. Lin Yaoxie has always wanted to keep things under his control, especially matters close to him.

Chapter Forty-Three: Perhaps it's fate!

As the wisp of white smoke dissipated, the beautiful young woman appeared before Lin Yaoxie.

"Please stop your awful performance. I don't want to beat you to a pulp!" Lin Yaoxie said coldly.

Lin Yaoxie knew perfectly well what the flowery girl wanted to do: reveal her past to gain sympathy and make it impossible for people to take action against her.

"Buddha said that all cause and effect, retribution, are cyclical. Can you tell me why this happened to me?" Sensing the murderous aura emanating from Lin Yaoxie, the girl Ruhua was immediately terrified, something she had never felt before.

When I last met Bai Yue, I could clearly feel the ferocity of his moves, but now I am facing Lin Yaoxie. At first, I did not feel the killing intent on Lin Yaoxie, so I did not harm him when recalling the past. On the one hand, I was not afraid of a direct confrontation with Lin Yaoxie, and on the other hand, I wanted to share my pain with another person, "033".

But when Lin Yaoxie's murderous aura surged forth, the girl Ruhua realized her mistake. Lin Yaoxie's murderous aura was like an infinitely deep quagmire; just looking into it seemed to exhaust all her strength, leaving her trapped and unable to extricate herself.

Now, in Lin Yaoxie's eyes, the beautiful girl is like a flawless work of art. How should he modify her later? He will pierce her heart with his hands, blood will bloom on her neck and back, and his soul will be fixed on the ancient mulberry tree.

Or pierce the skull with a sword, splattering brain matter all over the ground, forming a flawless educational picture.

The girl named Ruhua felt her scalp tingle under Lin Yaoxie's gaze. It was strange that this person was not only powerful but also completely unaffected by her past experiences. Just who was he?

"Now you have two choices: stop absorbing essence and blood and obediently reincarnate, or fight me and then your soul will be scattered." Like an unchanging basalt rock, Lin Yaoxie's face was frozen in one expression.

Seeing that Lin Yaoxie had no intention of answering her, the girl Ruhua still told her about her past experiences. After her death, a wisp of her lonely soul drifted with the wind, but never left Suzhou City and remained in the mass grave outside the city.

As one lingers in the mortal world, one's soul gradually fades away, and one's consciousness gradually becomes blurred.

Just as she was about to perish, she felt resentful because she had not yet taken revenge. She refused to leave her original place and struggled bitterly, generating a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation. This was noticed by Baiyue, who then injected his evil power into the soul of the girl named Ruhua.

Although the physical body of the beautiful girl was preserved, she now needs to consume human essence to maintain her current state. However, out of consideration for the kindness shown to her by the people of Suzhou, she only consumes their essence and does not endanger their lives.

But it seems the person who controlled me before is dead.

"Who controls you?" Lin Yaoxie asked.

"I don't know, but I'm sure he's not the same person as Bai Yue, and his strength is far inferior to Bai Yue's." Seeing that Lin Yaoxie finally started talking to her, Ru Hua couldn't help but feel a little excited.

In the entire city of Suzhou, there are only a handful of people with spiritual cultivation. How come I don't know there are others like this?

"Then how do you know the person controlling you is dead?" Lin Yaoxie continued.

“Because I can sense that his spiritual power has dissipated,” said the girl, and the fact that I can now move naturally is the best proof of that.

Upon hearing these words, Lin Yaoxie's murderous aura lessened slightly. It seemed that this beautiful girl had not transformed into an evil spirit, and it appeared that his previous killing moves would not be necessary.

"So what are your plans now?" Lin Yaoxie asked, his expression softening. For Lin Yaoxie right now, the farther away Ruhua was from Suzhou City, the better.

It was as if they could see right through Lin Yaoxie's thoughts.

“I will not leave Suzhou now,” the girl said after a pause. “I still have my own things to take care of.”

“If that’s the case, then we’ll inevitably have to fight again,” Lin Yaoxie said.

"Is this all we can do?" the beautiful young woman asked. "Not even a single chance?"

Lin Yaoxie did not answer, because he did not know how to respond to this harmless soul.

As for the girl named Ruhua, she did not want to be on the side of war, because she could not see through Lin Yaoxie's current strength. Perhaps Lin Yaoxie could kill her for eternity with one move, which was what she feared.

Even before she drifted away on the wind, the girl had witnessed many evil spirits being destroyed for harming living beings. Now, those evil spirits didn't even have the right to drift anymore. If she were to fall here today, she might never again witness Ruoxing being punished.

Just as she was thinking this, black energy surged from Ruhua's forehead, gradually enveloping her entire body. The surrounding scenery instantly became bleak and lifeless, and a sharp cry came from Ruhua's throat.

Seeing all this unfold, Lin Yaoxie secretly increased his vigilance. After all, he now knew that besides Baiyue, there was another person controlling Ruhua Girl. Although her fate was unknown, she had indeed posed a threat to him.

However, after seeing the girl Ruhua being swallowed by the black energy, her teeth grew longer, her hair spread all over the ground, and her eyes changed from being full of spiritual power to being full of malevolence, Lin Yaoxie knew that this was because the girl Ruhua's thoughts had affected the surrounding energy field. The malevolence came from all around and attached itself to the girl Ruhua, thus turning her into an evil spirit.

Still struggling, although enveloped in malevolent energy, one could sense that the beautiful girl inside still possessed her own consciousness, resisting the surrounding malevolent energy from entering her body and causing her to completely lose her own consciousness.

Moved by the scene before him, Lin Yaoxie set off to help Ruhua fight against the surrounding malevolent energy. He channeled a pure cleansing spell into Ruhua's body, and the surrounding malevolent energy gradually dissipated. However, at this moment, the aura around the mass grave changed instantly. Although the cleansing spell removed 5.4% of the malevolent energy from Ruhua's body, it attracted even more malevolent energy.

An overwhelming aura of malevolence surged forth, not only from the mass grave but also from other places. Points of red light coalesced into a black giant, which gradually devoured the girl, Ruhua. The originally ethereal Ruhua actually gained physical form under the influence of the malevolent aura!

If he hadn't known in the previous world that consciousness could be transformed into a physical form, he would probably be terrified right now. But Lin Yaoxie couldn't help but frown slightly. It was clear that there was a great deal of malevolent energy around him, which could instantly condense into a physical object at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lin Yaoxie probably didn't know that this mass grave was previously an ancient battlefield. The malevolent energy in the mass grave, combined with the malevolent energy left over from the previous battlefield, formed such a huge monster.

Chapter Forty-Four: Spirit and Soul

Unaware that the original mass grave was an ancient war site, Lin Yaoxie used a cleansing spell, which instead attracted even more malevolent energy. He cautiously watched the beautiful girl, Ruhua, who had been completely transformed by the malevolent energy.

Because the malevolent energy was so immense, the surrounding air felt like it was being torn apart. Lin Yaoxie could clearly sense that there were not only him and the girl Ruhua around, but also many other creatures.

With his eyes closed and his spiritual power concentrated, Lin Yaoxie could clearly perceive the countless souls scattered throughout the place. There were the spirits of the sick who died of illness, the spirits of soldiers who died on the battlefield, and ordinary souls killed by monsters. All of them were wailing everywhere, stretching out their thin, bony faces.

He waved his hands wildly at the two of them; it was truly a mass grave, a pile of corpses!

After being completely consumed by the malevolent energy, even the last vestige of her conscious awareness was gone. Now, she was nothing more than a war machine and a killing machine! And no, she could no longer be called a girl like Ru Hua. This massive mass of malevolent energy had a simple idea: to kill every living thing it could see!

Lin Yaoxie realized that he had no choice but to fight now, so he quietly waited in place to receive the attack from the massive malevolent entity.

The horde of malevolent energy roared in place, and the black aura instantly thickened, beginning to approach Lin Yaoxie step by step. Lin Yaoxie was very familiar with this black aura attack; the Evil Sword Immortal was also a collection of malevolent energy, and he still had its essence within him.

Therefore, it did not show any defensive form against the surrounding malevolent energy. After approaching Lin Yaoxie, the malevolent energy seemed to consciously prostrate itself at Lin Yaoxie's feet. Even the Evil Sword Immortal was subdued, let alone the malevolent energy gathered by these ordinary people.

Enraged that its attack was ineffective, the aggregate of malevolent energy launched another attack on Lin Yaoxie's consciousness, employing illusionary magic. Lin Yaoxie focused his mental energy to defend against the illusionary attacks.

Although Lin Yaoxie thought it would be easy to destroy the aggregate of malevolent energy on the other side, he didn't want to do it, because if he did, the beautiful girl inside the aggregate of malevolent energy would undoubtedly be destroyed, which was something Lin Yaoxie didn't want to see.

Therefore, it remained in a state of flux, waiting to reveal a weakness when attacked by the aggregate of malevolent energy, thus severing the connection between the beautiful girl and the malevolent energy.

Seeing that the illusionary magic was ineffective against the massive malevolent energy, he simply reverted to the most primitive method of attack, using violent physical contact to directly defeat the evil spirit.

Lin Yaoxie did not want to make physical contact with him, so he flew on his sword, circling back and forth in the air.

To the massive, malevolent entity, this seemed like a provocation, fueling its rage. It widened the crack in the void, gathering malevolent energy around it. The malevolent energy gradually condensed into an energy body, alternating between red and blue, which it then shot directly at the demonic forest in the air.

Such a swift movement was easily dodged by Lin Yaoxie with a twist of his body, and he even smiled mockingly. When had the malevolent energy ever suffered such humiliation? Generally, where malevolent energy condenses, there will be no shortage of dead and dying. He did not want to be a sinner of this malevolent energy family, so he launched a series of fierce attacks on Lin Yaoxie.