The night was dark and the wind was high.

Si Jinyan chased the man all the way until he entered the mountains and forests.

The mountain next to Qingshan Mental Hospital is called Qingshan, far from the city.

With its beautiful mountains and clear waters, it is indeed a good place for health and wellness.

"You've been following me all this way, aren't you going to show yourself?"

The man did indeed discover her presence.

Si Jinyan stopped playing hide-and-seek with the man and walked out from behind a big tree, the Qinglian sword in her hand emitting bursts of sword sounds.

"A little girl?"

The man looked exactly like the one in the photo, with a handsome face and smiling lips. Although he was over forty, he looked like he was in his twenties.

However, the sinister look in his eyes made Si Jinyan feel very uncomfortable.

"So it was you who crippled Ake's cultivation?"

Ake?

Is it Su Ling?

"You are the Holy Son?"

Si Jinyan asked the question seemingly casually, but in reality, he was observing the man's face.

"It seems you know quite a bit, but smart kids die young."

He revealed a sinister and vicious smile, and a small drum appeared in his hand.

He gently tapped the drum, and Si Jinyan felt a tremendous tremor in his heart.

"Little girl, it's all your fault for ruining our plans. Don't try to be a hero in your next life."

"Remember, my name is Qi Wuyou, the one who will take your life."

Wuyou happily clapped the small drum again and again, and as the rhythm of the drumbeats came out, countless insects gradually surrounded her.

Si Jinyan endured the discomfort and bit her finger until it bled.

She finally regained some consciousness and raised her bleeding finger to draw a talisman on a piece of yellow paper.

"Golden light appears in an instant!"

This time, unlike her previous protective spells, she slapped the talisman on the ground, and instantly the surrounding insects were kept at bay.

Some insects tried to force their way in, but without exception, they were all annihilated.

"Taoist? Such powerful strength."

Qi Wuyou decisively cut his own palm and used his bloodied hand to beat the small drum.

The insects swarmed forward like they were on stimulants.

One by one, they crashed into Si Jinyan's golden light.

On one hand, there's the discomfort caused by the drumbeats; on the other, there are the frantic insects.

Si Jinyan had no choice but to cut his own palm to reinforce the golden light with his own cultivation.

She was completely controlled by Qi Wuyou.

The only option left is to take a gamble.

Amidst the golden light, Si Jinyan held the Azure Lotus Sword in his hand.

A massive azure sword shadow appeared in mid-air.

"Azure Lotus Sword Sweep!"

That sword strike once severed the river.

The girl's voice came, causing Qi Wuyou's heart to tremble slightly.

He never imagined that this Taoist priest would also know how to use swordsmanship.

What happened to the idea that Taoist priests were all about magical duels?

"No, I surrender! I surrender!"

Qi Wuyou was completely suppressed by this sword shadow.

They couldn't even muster the slightest thought of escaping; in fact, they couldn't escape at all.

"It's too late. Remember my name, Si Jinyan!"

Si Jinyan replied to Qi Wuyou's words, and the sword fell, throwing Qi Wuyou heavily to the distance.

"puff!"

The small drum used for casting the spell was also shattered, and the insects, now without a master, scattered quickly like birds and beasts.

Qi Wuyou lay on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

His sinister eyes were a deep gray.

"Kill me or torture me, it's up to you."

"Kill you?"

Si Jinyan stepped on the low grass and shrubs, walking step by step toward Qi Wuyou.

"Hehehe!"

It's that voice again.

Si Jinyan was slightly taken aback, and her eyes turned somewhat cold.

A voice kept echoing in my mind: Kill him, kill him, kill him.

Si Jinyan held the Azure Lotus Sword firmly against Qi Wuyou's neck.

"We cannot kill people indiscriminately!"

Si Jinyan gripped her right hand tightly with her other hand; she didn't want to kill anyone indiscriminately.

She didn't want to become a monster who only knew how to kill.

Why suppress your true nature? Killing is so much more fun!

That voice was still seducing her!

Si Jinyan controlled her mind and retrieved the Azure Lotus Sword. She endured the excruciating pain in her head and used a talisman to immobilize Qi Wuyou.

He reached out and searched Qi Wuyou's body, and sure enough, he found the image of the Ghost King on him.

"How many of these Ghost King statues have you made?"

Si Jinyan crushed the ghost king statue with force, and without the interference of that sound, her mind instantly cleared.

Why should I tell you?

Qi Wuyou's eyebrows and eyes were arrogant, just like when he was young and impetuous.

"Hmph, even if you don't tell me, I have ways to make you talk. I have a prophecy talisman."

Si Jinyan cast the talisman on Qi Wuyou.

How many of these Ghost King statues have you made?

Si Jinyan repeated the question from before.

"Tens of thousands!"

Qi Wuyou originally didn't want to speak, but she couldn't help but open her mouth.

"How did you distribute these ghost king statues to others?"

"Believers, we have a religion."

Qi Wuyou realized that she was becoming increasingly out of control, and looked at Si Jinyan with a pair of terrified eyes.

Where is this teaching located?

"Yes, yes..."

Qi Wuyou couldn't say those words for a long time, and black blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Si Jinyan immediately fed him an antidote pill, and then pulled open his shirt, inserting golden needles into his acupoints to protect Qi Wuyou's heart meridian.

"Did people from your religion all take this kind of poison?"

Si Jinyan dipped a silver needle in the blood, and the needle instantly turned black.

"Yes."

That's why Qi Wuyou felt scared just now.

He was still afraid of dying.

"This poison is very potent. I can only temporarily protect your heart and prolong your life for three to five days."

Si Jinyan couldn't make the antidote in a short time, but she could take Qi Wuyou's blood back for Qi Yunli to study.

If she encounters people of this religion again in the future, she can save them.

"Let me see Ake one more time, and I'll tell you the whole truth."

Qi Wuyou's offer is undeniably tempting.

How can I trust you?

Si Jinyan is not naive and innocent, so naturally she wouldn't do things for Qi Wuyou first.

"You're quite young, yet very cautious."

Qi Wuyou knew his days were numbered and he didn't want to get entangled in these matters any further.

It would be worth it to be able to leave that religion and catch my breath for a few days.

“When Ake and I were eighteen, we escaped from Misty Village. It was a cannibalistic village. The villagers were ignorant and forced us to eat other people’s hearts and flesh.”

"We didn't want to just wait to die, so we tried every possible way to escape."

"But that night, the villagers surrounded us in the huge maze of Misty Village. If it weren't for the insects that led us out, we would probably be skeletons by now."

“We all knew that as long as those people didn’t die, we would never be able to get rid of Misty Village, so we slaughtered the entire village.”

Qi Wuyou closed her eyes slightly, recalling the past.

“From then on, Ake and I began to wander around. We encountered that religion, and with their help, we stole other people’s identities.”

"Those were the only years when we lived in peace, but then that religion found us."