Shang Lin was protecting his pills and did not dodge. Moreover, Hu Tangdi had already blocked in front of him, blocked the opponent's ghost claw, and then turned defense into offense, throwing the opponent several meters away.

He said angrily, "How dare you lay a hand on our sect leader! I wouldn't mind letting you die again, a truly utter death, since you're not completely dead yet."

However, the ghost bride was not to be outdone. She quickly leaped up and attacked Hu Tangdi. The two immediately fought fiercely, and in the process, they overturned Shang Lin's Medicine King Cauldron, completely destroying the pill that he was about to finish.

Shang Lin considers himself to be a very good-tempered person. He usually doesn't bother others unless they bother him, and even if someone does bother him, if it doesn't have a big impact, he usually won't hold a grudge.

Cultivation, cultivation, isn't it also cultivation of one's character? But this ghost bride is simply unreasonable. Shang Lin was instantly a little angry and actually said to Hu Tangdi, "Destroy her humanity."

However, before Shang Lin could finish speaking, the ghost bride's thick black hair suddenly grew wildly as if it had come to life, rushing straight towards him. Qiu Niang hurriedly reached out to pull it away, but was burned, and her hands started to smoke.

Ji Xiaoyao was anxious, but since he was inside Old Man Chai's body, he naturally couldn't summon his black sword, let alone help him. As for leaving Old Man Chai to help Shang Lin, he was afraid that something might happen to Old Man Chai. Just as he was in a dilemma, the black hair attacked him.

Upon closer inspection, it wasn't black hair at all; it was more like a black cloud, spreading out as if to blot out the sky and devour them all. What a powerful and vengeful ghost!

Just as Ji Xiaoyao was about to move, the Divine Lord's figure suddenly grew larger. He condensed sword energy in his hand and directly cut off the black hair that was attacking Ji Xiaoyao, while pushing him out of the Dragon Spirit Tower.

The deity then looked at Shang Lin, only to find that he didn't even have a chance to make a move, because Qiu Niang had also transformed into the appearance of a ghost bride and was rushing over with a roar.

The two ghost brides instantly engaged in a fierce battle, and for a moment Hu Tangdi couldn't tell which was friend and which was foe. He subconsciously looked at Shang Lin, clearly asking, "What do we do?"

Shang Lin was most worried about Qiu Niang becoming like this, so he immediately formed a hand seal and chanted an incantation. Soon, a bolt of lightning struck directly, and at the same time, he pulled Qiu Niang to his side. He could tell the difference between the two ghost brides just by their clothes, and Qiu Niang's hair would not grow wildly.

The ghost bride, struck by the lightning bolt, swayed for a moment, let out a roar, and suddenly vanished. She had actually managed to escape the Dragon Spirit Tower! But where she stood, an embroidered shoe was left behind.

Shang Lin had no time to think and hurriedly said to Qiu Niang, "Quickly change back."

Qiu Niang didn't immediately transform back. Instead, she reached out and grabbed the embroidered shoe before reverting to her refined lady appearance. However, she said with some uncertainty in her eyes, "Sect Leader, this shoe... why do I feel like I've seen it before?"

"It's probably a product of your era," Shang Lin replied casually, without even glancing at the embroidered shoes, but looking at Qiu Niang with concern, "How are you? Are you alright?"

Qiu Niang looked at Shang Lin with great confusion, "I'm fine, that thing didn't hurt me."

Shang Lin grabbed Qiu Niang's wrist, pulled out the embroidered shoe with one hand and threw it to Hu Tangdi, and turned her wrist so that her palm was facing upward. There were different burn marks on Qiu Niang's palm, of varying sizes and depths.

Shang Lin's initial anger surged to five points in an instant, and he said in a sinister tone, "Something with such a strong sense of malevolence must be destroyed."

In fact, Qiu Niang didn't care about this minor injury at all. It was just a bit of an accident when it happened, after all, she had been living a peaceful life for more than a year.

Seeing Shang Lin so angry, Qiu Niang looked up at him, wanting to say, "It's alright, Sect Master, don't worry."

The moment they looked up, they seemed to see a flash of golden light in the sect leader's eyes, which sent chills down their spines and made their knees go weak, making them want to kneel down and submit.

Qiu Niang didn't know where her idea came from, but it was very real. However, her wrist was released in an instant, and she heard Shang Lin say in a gentle tone, "I'll put some ointment on it for you in a while. It won't make you feel better immediately, but it won't cause a burning pain."

"……good."

Qiu Niang felt that it was already quite impressive that she could still speak, so what exactly happened just now? Or was it that the sect leader would turn into this whenever she got angry?

Although the sect leader doesn't get angry often, only occasionally, his aura changes when he does get angry. However, he always calms down quickly, as if his change is just a fleeting illusion.

Hu Tangdi took the embroidered shoes Shang Lin tossed to her and examined them. She said quite frankly, "The shoes are beautiful and exquisitely crafted, but they exude too much malevolence. I wonder what that female ghost experienced in her life that led her to become such a vengeful spirit after death. But I'm more curious about how she escaped the Dragon Spirit Tower."

These outcasts have always found it easy to enter the tower but difficult to leave since they followed the sect leader. Only those who have a service contract with the sect leader can enter and leave at will. So just how powerful is that ghost bride?

The deity returned to his small form, floated on the embroidered shoe for a while, and said with a rare serious expression, "She didn't leave the Dragon Spirit Tower. She should be inside this embroidered shoe, but I can't figure out where she's hiding in it. This shoe is quite interesting."

Shang Lin walked over after hearing the God's words, wanting to say, "If you weren't quite capable, how dare you barge in when you were all here?"

But when Shang Lin looked closely at the embroidered shoes, she said, "Doesn't this look like the one sealed in the basement of Meng Zhe's house?"

Hu Tangdi hurriedly asked, "Sect Master, are you sure you're not mistaken? Take another look."

The sect leader didn't let them go down into the basement of Meng Zhe's house, so they didn't know what was inside. But in such a short time, could the sect leader remember everything he saw?

Ah, that's good. The sect leader has a photographic memory.

Shang Lin said, "I didn't pay much attention at the time, but I just called Meng Zhe and asked him, and I found out."

After saying that, Shang Lin took out his phone to call Meng Zhe, but stopped when he saw that it was obviously a bit late. Besides, he hadn't avenged himself and Qiu Niang yet, so he couldn't just return it to the Meng family like this.

Shang Lin put away his phone and reached for the embroidered shoes in Hu Tangdi's hand, but the other party dodged him with a flick of his wrist, saying, "Sect Leader, don't take them. They're too full of malevolent energy and not good for your health."

Shang Lin wanted to say, "I'm feeling much better now, and who knows who's the most aggressive right now? I really want to take action myself."

But when he thought of Qiu Niang's injury, Shang Lin relented, "Fine, you keep an eye on her for now, don't let her run away."

After saying that, he said to the deity, "Let Ji Xiaoyao in, so he won't worry outside. I need to brew medicine for Qiu Niang. We can't take down the Dragon Spirit Pagoda until the evil spirit is dealt with."