“Deep-seated hatred is normal.” Zuan sheathed his sword. The blood feud between the merchants and the Dongyi people was indeed difficult to resolve.

Seeing him release the sword so easily, Jiang Jiang's face showed a strange expression: "Aren't you afraid I'll attack you again?"

Zuan shook his head: "I know you're not the kind of evil spirit filled with murderous intent."

Actually, he wasn't stupid. He was confident that he had the Primordial Qi to restrain her, so he wasn't afraid of her turning against him. Of course, that's not the right way to put it.

Jiang Jiang fell silent for a long time before finally saying, "Thank you!"

She gently patted the Kumanthong at her feet, and its enormous size began to shrink rapidly, quickly returning to normal. Then, she casually waved her hand, and the strange snakes retreated, the bone warriors all tumbled back into the burial pit, and the Kumanthongs giggled and flew away.

Zuan watched in amazement, wondering how he controlled them.

Jiang Jiang turned to look at Zu An: "Big brother, I want to perform a ritual to help my people pass on to the afterlife. Can you take me with you?"

Zuan nodded; it was indeed something he had promised her before.

Pei Mianman opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing. Actually, she had a bellyful of questions she wanted to ask Zu An, such as who this unbelievably beautiful woman in white beside her was…

However, she also felt sorry for Jiang Jiang's situation and decided to resolve her matter first.

The group arrived at the platform they had been standing on. Looking at the steps before them, Jiang Jiang sighed softly. Countless vengeful spirits seemed to sense something and rushed out, surrounding her and whimpering. Their previously fierce expressions turned into aggrieved and excited expressions.

Jiang Jiang comforted them, then stretched out her hand, and the jade cong slowly flew into the air. She muttered incantations and began to pray for the souls of her people.

A soft light emanated from the jade cong, bathing the vengeful spirits in it. Their expressions became peaceful, and they closed their eyes, transforming into countless specks of light.

They were confined here for tens of thousands of years, and today they have finally been freed.

After Chao finished reading them, Jiang Jiang turned around and bowed to Zu An: "Thank you, big brother and big sister. Without your help, I would never have been able to do this."

Zuan was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed slightly: "Your body..."

It turned out that the other person's body was also flickering between light and darkness, as if it were about to vanish with the wind at any moment.

Jiang Jiang smiled slightly: "The reason I have been in this underground palace all this time is to give my people a release. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I should also help myself pass on. After all, I am tired after living for so long."

Zuan remained silent. Her life was truly tragic, and she had lived alone in the underground palace for so long, making any words of comfort meaningless.

Jiang Jiang beckoned, and the jade cong flew to Zu An's side: "This is a sacred object of our Dongyi people. Big brother has helped us so much, so we'll give this to you. It won't be left to rest here forever. You can control it like this..."

After she finished speaking, she completely transformed into countless specks of light and vanished into the air.

Pei Mianman, who was standing to the side, had tears in her eyes: "Jiang Jiang is so pitiful."

Zu'an hugged her tightly, equally overwhelmed with emotion, and was speechless for a moment.

The two stood there for a very long time...

A gentle breeze blew by, and Pei Mianman suddenly caught a whiff of a delicate fragrance. She turned around and saw the beautiful woman in white standing quietly to the side, like a maidservant of Zu'an. She couldn't help but ask, "Zu'an, who is she?"

“She is my summoned creature…” Zaun explained it to her in a way that she could understand.

Pei Mianman exclaimed in astonishment, "How amazing!"

She had initially thought the other person was a confidante that Zaun had found somewhere, but upon hearing that it was just a summoned creature, her tense mood immediately relaxed.

He then rushed over to Daji to check on her, and couldn't help but poke her with his finger: "Hey, she looks exactly like the real person."

The two women stood side by side, each displaying their unique beauty, just like plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums, leaving Zu An speechless.

However, he was even more surprised by something else: why Pei Mianman could touch Daji all over without any problems, while he himself almost got slapped when he touched her.

“She was a real person after all.” Zuan then recounted how she had lost her soul for various reasons.

Pei Mianman couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many pitiful people in the world. Such a beautiful woman, I don't know what she has encountered, that she has become someone else's puppet."

Zuan immediately became dissatisfied: "What do you mean by 'others'?"

Pei Mianman snorted and said with a slightly flushed face, "She's already pitiful enough, you mustn't do anything bad to her."

Zuan: "???"

Am I that kind of person?

Don't you know what kind of person you are?

"Uh, don't worry, although I am her master, I can only use her to fight, I can't get close to her..."

He then gave a demonstration, which made Pei Mianman laugh uncontrollably: "You really have ulterior motives, you've already tried it."

"I just accidentally bumped into her," Zu'an said guiltily. "Stop laughing, or I'll get angry."

Seeing his sullen expression, Pei Mianman suppressed a laugh: "Okay, stop laughing. Does she have a name?"

"Daji".

"Daji?"

Seeing Pei Mianman's surprised expression, Zu An said with a wry smile, "It's the Daji you imagined. She must have been wandering in the river of time after her world was destroyed, and then I summoned her here."

Having spent so much time in the previous trials, Pei Mianman had heard many things about Daji from Zuan, so she naturally knew her story in history. She sighed, "She really is a beauty that could topple kingdoms. No wonder she is called a thousand-year-old fox spirit."

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