[Host, why did you come with those Taoist priests?]

Shi Luoyin refused Qingjie's request, and they parted ways.

When Qingjie asked Shi Luoyin where she was going, Shi Luoyin gave the following answer.

"Damn, let's deal with some disgusting stuff, and while we're at it, get some slaves."

The word "slave" is often viewed negatively by modern people, but in Shi Luoyin's view, the weak submitting to the strong is what constitutes slavery.

However, Shi Luoyin simply didn't have a penchant for enslavement.

Shi Luoyin strolled leisurely through the mountains with her hands in her pockets. In the dead of night, the pitch-black road was practically useless in front of Shi Luoyin's night-vision-capable eyes.

"Those five idiots will definitely use that incense when they get back. If the evil spirit turns into a vengeful ghost, it'll harm a lot of people!"

Shi Luoyin skipped and hopped, overjoyed.

She still prefers this mountain setting! So refreshing!

The system scoffed. Would Shi Luoyin care about the survival of humanity?

Don't try to label yourself; you're just here to show off!

"Oh yes, yes, I am your father."

【What nonsense are you spouting! Why does this sentence sound so familiar??】

"Mind your own business!"

Shi Luoyin continued walking forward.

Actually, what the system said is wrong. Shi Luoyin doesn't care about the lives of humans, but this matter has its own cause and effect. If she doesn't go, the thing might blame her for the deaths.

Dameyo~~

This sect is quite powerful; the ghostly energy at the peak has already spread out.

It is indeed very strong.

"Holy crap, what exactly did you add to that incense? This ghost is way too powerful!"

The system couldn't help but sigh when it saw the ferocious ghost that had grown wildly in the middle.

This host really doesn't know many things!

Shi Luoyin touched her nose. The ground was covered with Taoist priests, all looking like blue worms. Shi Luoyin found a stone bench and sat down.

Don't be in a hurry.

If you want a ghost to be utterly desperate, you have to wait until he reaches his peak, and then let him fall off a cliff.

Moreover, the important people from this Dao Sect haven't arrived yet.

"You beast! How dare you harm our Dao Sect's child!"

Suddenly, a loud sound came from the forest, startling a flock of birds into flight. The vengeful ghost immediately looked behind him, becoming somewhat wary.

"You old codger! You're finally out! I've been waiting for you for so long!!" The ghost's voice trembled, not from fear, but from the anticipation of someone who had waited a long time.

He was very excited.

A Taoist priest with an air of otherworldly grace landed lightly in front of the vengeful ghost.

He glanced around at his disciples and followers. In fact, with this kind of destructive power, those closest to him were almost all dead, while those on the periphery were alright, only unconscious.

"I have no grudge against you, so why did you attack our Dao Sect while I was in seclusion?" the old man asked in confusion.

This is the former patriarch of the Daoist sect.

She was very powerful, but she would go into seclusion for several years at a time. So when the evil spirit came two years ago, only Lin Ru's master used all his strength to seal it away.

He had just come out of quarantine.

The ghostly power emanating from it was so overwhelming that he could no longer ignore it.

Seeing that the old man truly didn't remember him, the vengeful ghost laughed even more angrily: "You actually don't remember me! Hahaha!!! How ridiculous!!"

Shi Luoyin leaned back on the stone chair, watching this scene as if it were a show.

The ghost's appearance became even more solid. At the moment the incense burned out, it transformed into human form and landed opposite the old man.

"You don't remember me? You'll always remember me!"

"Back when you were young, you passed through our village and murdered my wife! You and everyone else in the village are evil! All those who claim to be good people are lying!"

The old man was stunned for a moment. He had killed many people in his life, but he had never once thought that he had done anything wrong.

Looking at the ghost's current appearance, he seemed to recall the first mission he had undertaken with his master a hundred years ago.

It was a relatively wealthy village where people made a living by farming.

They were invited by a landlord who said that a woman in the village was possessed by a ghost and had harmed many people, so he asked them to come and solve the problem.

The old guy from that time was sent there by his master as his first mission.

When he saw that family, the old man didn't think anything of it.

The woman was tied to a wooden post, and a man was begging for mercy. He must be her husband. The old man had grown up in the Dao Sect and didn't understand this kind of relationship, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

The old man could indeed smell ghostly power emanating from this woman.

The original plan was to kill the ghost and save people.

However, after the ghost was driven away, the landlord refused to release the people.

"How would I know if you've solved it? I think burning her to death is the most direct way, otherwise our village's harvest will be affected by this witch."

The woman is very beautiful.

The old man still remembered the look in her eyes when she looked up at him, as if pleading for help.

But the old man at that time had just come out of retirement, how could he possibly win against the cunning and shrewd landlord? In the end, he could only close his eyes and watch the woman be burned alive.

Actually, the old man deliberately forgot about that scene.

Because of the smiles of the whole village and the man's miserable weeping.

The woman's struggling screams and the raging flames would all have some impact on his cultivation, so forgetting them was the best solution.

"So, you're that man?"

The man had been crying the whole time, so the old man didn't remember what he looked like.

And now, it seems to fit together.

The vengeful ghost sneered, "You finally remembered! Old man!"

"I've been searching for over twenty years. Once I kill you, my wish will finally be fulfilled!"

He slaughtered everyone in that village; of all the people involved, only the old man remained!

"Although it was wrong of them to kill your wife! But your wife was indeed possessed by a ghost back then, and I helped her get rid of it. Watching her be burned to death was certainly a sign of my weakness, but this matter has nothing to do with me, nor with my Dao Sect!"

"Irrelevant???"

The vengeful ghost sneered, "None of your business? Do you even know what kind of ghost is inside my wife?! It's our child!"

Those who heard this were all taken aback.

Back then, the vengeful ghost and his wife were considered a perfect match. Although the vengeful ghost failed the imperial examination, he was still working hard. His wife was the most beautiful woman in the town and village. However, in order for the vengeful ghost to study in peace, she took on all the housework.

The year the vengeful ghost passed the imperial examination.

The wife was pregnant, but the baby was lost.

The couple was heartbroken and sought out a Taoist priest who preserved the child's soul, which resided in the wife's body, hoping that one day she could conceive again.

That child can come back.