Chapter 106 The Suspended Soul Silk Accompanying Us

Shao Yanzhe, who was leaning against the rock, was stunned by what he saw.

No, this white silk ribbon is so fierce!

"You! How could you kill them all?"

He pointed a trembling finger at the white silk, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Bai Ling paused in her excited movements, seemingly puzzled, as the white silk ribbons became tangled up.

"What's wrong? Shouldn't they have been killed?"

Shao Yanzhe said, "They deserve to die, but you shouldn't. You are a spirit that has become a demon. You've taken human lives. Do you want to be struck by lightning in the future?"

Bai Ling was clearly unaware of all this; Ling was completely stunned.

"Waaaaah! I don't know!"

"What should we do then?"

"I've already killed them all!"

"Waaaaah!"

Water droplets dripped from the white silk, and soon a water stain accumulated on the ground.

Shao Yanzhe looked at Xuan Yao: "Do you know a solution?"

Xuan Yao looked utterly hopeless. This was the first time he had ever seen such a dull-witted spirit creature. Logically speaking, a creature capable of developing sentience should have excellent aptitude and good luck. How could this white silk ribbon have such questionable intelligence?

He let out a weak meow: "Meow..."

No……

As his tail swept past his eyes, he suddenly saw a ring of golden fur at the tip of the tail.

He paused in his tail-swishing motion, suddenly recalling a very rare piece of information from the inheritance.

That is merit.

Heaven cherishes life and leaves a glimmer of hope for all living beings.

That is, as long as you have enough merit, you can offset some of your karmic obstacles.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yao looked at Shao Yanzhe and said, "Merit."

After hearing this, Shao Yanzhe looked enlightened.

Merit is a good thing.

However, it's not so easy to obtain.

He looked at Bai Ling and said, "You need to do good deeds and accumulate merit in order to have a chance to survive the tribulation in the future."

Bai Ling nodded repeatedly: "Okay! I will definitely do more good deeds!"

After Bai Ling finished speaking, she bid farewell to Shao Yanzhe and the others, quickly picked up the corpses on the ground, and left.

"Hey! Why are you walking so fast? I haven't even asked him why he came here yet!" Shao Yanzhe lowered his hand, which he had wanted to use to stop him.

Just then, anxious shouts rang out.

"Brother Shao?"

Brother Shao! Where are you?

"Brother Shao?"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Shao Yanzhe quickly stood up and waved to the group of people who were approaching.

"I'm here!"

These were Zhou Jiming and his companions who had left earlier. They walked over quickly, panting, their faces flushed, and their clothes had some holes in them, as if they had been torn by something.

"Why are you here?" Shao Yanzhe asked, somewhat surprised.

Shen Jingzhou, who was in better physical condition than the others, spoke up: "We were really worried about Brother Shao. After walking for a while, we found that no one was following us. After stopping, we met Bai Ling and asked him to come and help you."

As he spoke, his gaze swept around, but he didn't see Bai Ling. A look of doubt flashed in his eyes: "Why don't I see Bai Ling?"

Shao Yanzhe then realized that Bai Ling had appeared here to help him.

But Bai Ling had taken lives because she helped him.

This would cause his future tribulation to be more severe, which made him feel somewhat guilty.

Perhaps he should have asked to leave the white silk ribbon behind.

Now that Bai Ling has left, no one knows where he went.

“He’s already left. He helped me!” Shao Yanzhe said.

"That's great!"

“Yes, I never expected that the white silk would actually agree to our request. I used to have a lot of prejudice against ghosts and monsters, but now I realize that there are good and bad people, and there are good and bad ghosts as well,” Zhou Jiming exclaimed.

"Unfortunately, we are too weak to help you."

"It's alright. They were looking for me anyway. You were implicated because of me. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have encountered those dangers."

As Shao Yanzhe spoke, he bowed and clasped his hands in apology to them.

Zhou Jiming and the others did not accept his apology. They did not believe that Shao Yanzhe needed to apologize to them, nor did they think it was his fault.

It's all the fault of those people who issued the Heavenly Decree!

After resting, the group returned to the carriage and continued their journey, with no intention of staying any longer.

They had planned ahead to arrive in Kyoto before the weather turned cold, so that they could rest well before taking the imperial examinations in February of the following year and avoid getting sick due to the change in environment during the examinations.

After all, the imperial examination required them to stay in the examination cells for nine days.

That day, Shao Yanzhe and his companions arrived at a town by carriage, intending to rest there.

They learned a lot during this study tour.

As the weather grew colder, they decided to abandon their studies abroad and head to Kyoto instead.

Shao Yanzhe looked up and saw a group of people gathered not far ahead, and he could hear a noisy commotion from afar.

He immediately became curious and wanted to know what had happened over there.

"I'll go check what's going on over there?" he said.

"We'll join you too."

The others were equally curious, so they followed Shao Yanzhe.

As they approached, they heard sounds coming from inside.

"You're being completely unreasonable! It was your father who wanted to die. I just helped him fulfill his wish. How can you say I killed someone? You can't just make things up!"

"Hmph! What nonsense are you spouting? How could my father possibly want to die? I think it's you, the murderer, who I witnessed committing the crime, that's why you're saying this."

"You're talking nonsense! Don't you know better than anyone that your father doesn't want to live anymore? Isn't it because he's afraid of implicating you that he made a wish to me!"

"No matter the reason, you can't kill someone!"

"I'm not killing anyone! I'm doing a good deed! After all, I helped your father fulfill his wish!"

"You! You're just being unreasonable!"

Am I wrong? Where did I go wrong?

"You! You! I don't care! You killed my father! I'm taking you to the magistrate's office! I'll have the county magistrate sentence you to beheading! I'll make you pay for my father's life!"

"Let go!"

"I won't let go!"

...

"Ah! A monster!"

A sudden shout rang out, and the crowd that had been gathered together scattered in panic.

After the crowd dispersed, Shao Yanzhe could see clearly that a white ribbon was floating in the middle of the crowd. In front of the ribbon, a young man was sitting on the ground, quickly crawling backward, and then hurriedly getting up and running away.

"Bai Ling, what's wrong with you?" Shao Yanzhe asked, looking at Bai Ling.

"Hmph! Wasn't I supposed to be doing good deeds? There was an old man who wanted to die but was too scared to do it himself. When he saw me, he asked me to do it. The old man asked for my help, so I went to help. But then the old man's son accused me of murder! It's absolutely absurd!"

Seeing Bai Ling's self-righteous demeanor, Shao Yanzhe couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

This was the first time he had ever heard of someone dying for another being considered a good deed!

However, after scanning Bai Ling and finding no new karmic burdens, he was momentarily at a loss for words.

He remained silent for a long time before taking the white silk and leaving the town, finding a secluded place.

"You can't go on like this. Sooner or later, those powerful people will come after you. If you can beat them then, that's fine, but if you can't, wouldn't that be terrible?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Ling, who had been trembling violently with anger, froze, clearly not expecting this.

"Then, what should we do?" he asked hesitantly.

“In that case, why don’t you come with us? If you encounter anything you’re unsure about, you can ask us,” Shao Yanzhe said.

"That's great!"

Bai Ling immediately agreed. He had long wanted to stay by Shao Yanzhe's side, but he had been too embarrassed to ask since Shao Yanzhe had always helped him.

Now that he has brought it up, he should of course agree immediately.

So, on the way to Kyoto, a white ribbon appeared on the roof of the carriage where Shao Yanzhe was.

Kyoto.

"What's going on?" Gu Huiming's dark eyes swept over the person in front of him.

"My lord, many of the arrangements have been deliberately damaged, and it will take quite some time to rebuild them." A man knelt before him. His heart was pounding, and his throat felt dry as he spoke. He was extremely tense in front of the man.

Gu Huiming paused in his hand holding the chess piece. He withdrew his hand, but instead of placing the black chess piece on the board, he gathered it into his palm.

He slowly toyed with the black chess piece, his gaze distant, lost in thought.

After a long silence, he spoke.

"There's no need to rearrange anything. The previous plan is on hold. We need to gather our manpower and find suitable bodies."

The person below felt a slight sense of relief upon hearing this.

"yes!"

He clasped his hands in agreement, then left the room, his eyes gradually darkening.

He had already complied with the adults' requests more than once, and the timing was perfect; the imperial examination was just around the corner, and many students would surely be heading to the capital to take it.

Finding the right body is the easiest thing in the world.

On the other side, Shao Yanzhe and his group got off the carriage.

“The environment here is nice, why don’t we stay here tonight?” Zhou Jiming suggested.

"Sure, but you'll need to be extra careful at night."

"No problem! I haven't had any wild game in ages! This is a rare opportunity, I must catch one and savor it!"

"You think you can catch wild game?"

"So what? It's just wild game. There's plenty of it here!"

As Zhou Jiming spoke, he pointed to several mushrooms not far away.

"Ah! A snake!" Chen Yunhe looked over instinctively and saw a long, black snake slithering past the mushroom, which startled him and made him scream repeatedly.

"Hey! This is good stuff!"

Upon seeing the snake, Shen Jingzhou's eyes lit up. He rolled up his wide sleeves, pulled out a knife from the side, and walked towards the snake.

In the end, the snake became the only meat dish for everyone that night.

The next day, when Zhou Jiming and the others woke up, they found Shao Yanzhe unconscious.

“What’s wrong with Brother Shao? His current state is similar to how we were when we were trapped in our obsessions.”

"No, it's different. Brother Shao seems to have been poisoned."