They also serve as "shadows" to help children ward off disasters. For each year that passes peacefully, elders will put various evil spells they have collected into them.

Once the children grow up, they will receive some spiritual nourishment from their young owners, develop independent awareness, and be able to help their owners defend and attack.

The puppet was luckier than its companions because its master was Shen Ruodi, the high priest of the Shadowmoon Clan.

Nourished by the opponent's powerful soul force, it surpassed its more ignorant companions in that it developed a sliver of intelligence.

Many people take this for granted; the high priest's shadow puppet should be extraordinary.

Until one day, an extremely beautiful woman saw it and exclaimed, "Little guy, you are so smart!"

It could sense Shen Ruodi's emotions; he liked this beautiful woman.

But it also liked her very much; it liked her very much even before Shen Ruodi.

Later she died, the Goddess Temple ceased to exist, and Shen Ruodi also died, and it was buried underground with Shen Ruodi.

It wasn't until Shen Ruodi possessed a body and his power gradually increased that the body was awakened by his influence and returned to his side.

She accompanied him in his quest to restore his clan, and she searched high and low, relentlessly, for a way to revive her.

Then she bumped into Mingzhuo. They met again but didn't recognize each other, but she was still very happy and brought her back.

Those people bullied Ayin, and it was very angry. It was determined to teach them a lesson no matter what.

Mingzhuo guessed that it must have done something: "So you went to see them? You were there the day Liu Manling died?"

The puppet slowly nodded.

A line of words appeared on the paper: "I killed the person. I made a terrible mistake."

"She was very powerful. I almost lost and accidentally killed her."

"But she wanted to kill her husband, she's a really bad person!!!"

Mingzhuo looked at the three exclamation marks that seemed to pierce through the paper and sensed the puppet's intense emotions.

She thought about it for a moment, and realized that this was probably what raising a child felt like? When they caused trouble, they were afraid of being punished, so they made all sorts of excuses, though of course, these weren't all just excuses.

The puppet looked anxious, its dark eyes fixed on Mingzhuo, awaiting her verdict.

Mingzhuo stared at it for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "Who said you made a mistake? Good job killing it."

The puppet looked up blankly: "???"

——

At Luowu Residence, Gu Xu poured Ming Zhuo a cup of tea and asked, "So, have you confirmed anything?"

Mingzhuo nodded: "I've confirmed it."

She didn't waste any words and went straight to the conclusion: "It wasn't Liu Manling who died."

He Wangyao was stunned: "Impossible, right? Shen Boyuan personally confirmed it. He's in charge of this case, how could he have made a mistake?"

Li Wenhe had also gone with the Xuanmen group, and under the pretext of helping, he went up to examine the coffin.

“The coffin wasn’t completely sealed. I saw Liu Manling’s body; lividity was already starting to appear on her face.”

If this isn't considered death, then what is?

Mingzhuo was somewhat surprised, then suddenly realized: "Really? No wonder!"

She has already understood the cause and effect of the matter.

Pei Di asked impatiently, "Boss, what exactly happened? Why did they say Liu Manling isn't dead?"

“Although she’s not dead, she’s not far from it. On the seventh day after her death, when her soul returns… I’m afraid something really will happen,” Mingzhuo said, resting his chin on his hand.

The villa fell silent. The central air conditioning hummed and blew cold air, and everyone inexplicably felt a cool breeze on the back of their necks.

He Wangyao whispered, "Could it be a zombie coming back to life?"

Oh my god, it's still so scary!

This was a living person he had seen several times in his life, completely different from the ghosts he had encountered before!

The terror level inexplicably went up, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Just as Mingzhuo was about to say something, his phone suddenly rang.

Everyone stared at her phone, feeling that the call was rather strange.

After finishing the call, Mingzhuo said with a serious expression, "I have to go to Lingquan Temple right away."

"Now?" Gu Xu was taken aback. Why the rush?

Mingzhuo nodded: "The abbot of Lingquan Temple can no longer suppress the situation. We need to go there quickly, or things will change."

The call was from Master Yuanhui. As a monk, he wouldn't lie, so he wouldn't use this to deceive me.

Li Wenhe stood up: "I'll go with you."

He felt that this matter had come too suddenly. They had agreed to deal with it on July 14th, the day the gates of hell open, but it was suddenly brought forward by so many days.

Ming Zhuo had just emerged from the ghost realm that had breached the Hongguang Building. His repeated use of powerful techniques had already depleted his vital energy and magical power. He remembered that Ming Zhuo used to need to sleep for several days to replenish his energy after using powerful techniques.

I only slept for about ten hours this time. Is that really okay?

Another problem is that Mingzhuo has almost used up all the talismans he recently stored at Hongguang Building.

High-level talismans cannot be drawn casually. If Mingzhuo runs out of talismans, how will he deal with those evil spirits?

Mingzhuo shook his head: "No need. You need to stay here and keep an eye on the Cheng family for me. I'll be back on the seventh day after their death."

Gu Xu said, "Why don't I go with you? Perhaps I can be of help."

Ming Zhuo eventually left with Gu Xu and Pei Di, leaving He Wangyao to accompany Li Wenhe.

As they left, night was falling.

Li Wenhe stood in the courtyard watching their car leave. A gust of wind blew by, and a leaf swirled down, which Li Wenhe caught in his hand.

He looked up at the big tree above him. Although the leaves were still lush and green, some of them were already turning yellow.

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