The boy instinctively defended against Shen Sangruo's probing soul power, and a sense of panic inexplicably rose in his heart.

She was still a child at heart and didn't want her most shameful secret to be discovered.

So he desperately tried to stop her divine soul power.

Sensing the boy's desperate resistance, Shen Sanruo frowned, not expecting his reaction to be so intense.

The method of resistance was completely haphazard, relying entirely on sheer brute force, like that of an ox.

He would rather have his soul shattered by her soul power than let her investigate.

Unable to find anything, she had no choice but to withdraw her spiritual power.

Logically speaking, even if the boy resisted with all his might, his strength would be futile against her divine power.

After all, even Shi Mu couldn't resist being searched by her soul, let alone an ordinary boy like him with no cultivation.

She had originally planned to use force, but during the investigation, she sensed another force within the boy's soul that was preventing her from doing so.

It was as if another consciousness of the boy had tightly enveloped his soul, preventing even her from probing any further.

The boy had been slapped so many times in such a short period of time, locked in the outhouse for a day, and had just experienced such an emotional outburst.

My body had reached its limit, and I passed out.

She looked at the boy lying on the ground, his brows tightly furrowed, refusing to relax even as he fainted, her gaze deep.

Who exactly is this boy?

She kept thinking about this question while she was taking the person out of the outhouse.

They also tried to probe the boy's soul while he was unconscious, but the boy remained very guarded and kept a close watch on his soul.

Shen Sangruo's brows furrowed even more deeply.

The boy's secrets seemed to be beyond her expectations.

She wasn't from this time and space, so she didn't have much time to waste with him.

After some thought, I made up my mind.

If she couldn't figure out who the boy was before she left, she would take matters into her own hands and get rid of him.

She wouldn't leave such an uncertain hidden danger for the village.

In retrospect, killing the boy was a better option than trying to reform him.

Her gaze was fixed on the boy, a ruthless glint flashing in her eyes.

The sleeping boy was completely unaware of this; he was still immersed in his dreams.

It wasn't because he had any wonderful dreams; on the contrary, there was nothing in his dreams at all.

Compared to his previous dreams filled with all sorts of chaotic and evil thoughts, a dreamless sleep had long become a luxury for him.

The boy slept exceptionally soundly that night.

He was so exhausted that he slept until the next morning.

Shen Sangruo was pretty sure the boy was a dangerous individual, so she put him in her room and kept a close eye on him to prevent him from causing trouble.

Upon waking, the boy followed his body's instincts and stretched comfortably before belatedly realizing that he hadn't dreamt of those things this time.

For a moment, the movement stopped.

"Awake?" Shen Sanruo walked up to the boy who looked somewhat dazed.

Without giving the boy any time to process it, she went straight to the point: "Do you need me to help you recall what happened before you fell unconscious?"

Upon hearing this, the boy snapped out of his daze and immediately adopted the same wary expression as before. "What exactly did you do to me?"

The boy didn't seem to know what spiritual power was; he appeared to be just an ordinary boy.

But she was certain that the force that was stopping Shen Sangruo was real; it was possible that the boy himself wasn't fully aware of his situation.

It cannot change her opinion of boys.

"I did want to do something to you, but you stopped me." She looked regretful. "Didn't I already say I wanted to check your identity?"

Hearing that she hadn't found anything, the boy finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Sangruo said, "Since that's the case, I'll be frank with you. I've changed my mind again."

boy:……

Are you a chameleon? You change every day!

Ignoring the boy's words, she continued to state her meaning, "Tell me who you are. If I don't know your identity when I leave, I will kill you."

I estimate she won't be fully recovered for many days. I wonder what the situation is like in that other time and space right now.

A slight hint of anxiety flashed in her eyes.

"Before I leave, I will give you 'education in love' as we agreed beforehand."

In other words, it's like giving him a good slap in the face.

"Ha, they just said they would straighten me out, and now they want to kill me?" The boy couldn't express how he felt.

It felt as if there was a lump in his throat, unable to go up or down, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"As expected, they're hypocritical!" The voice wasn't loud, but you could hear the gritted teeth in his words.

He shouldn't have trusted her, and he shouldn't have had any expectations of her.

There was nothing he didn't understand at this point. The voices in his mind were suppressed, and those things no longer appeared in his dreams, all because of the female cultivator in front of him.

He thought he would carry these things with him until he died, never imagining that things might change.

It was impossible for him not to feel hopeful when he realized that she could truly suppress those things.

But after he woke up, she told him that she was going to kill him.

It turned out he was just lying to him.

He didn't know what she meant by leaving. Maybe she meant leaving after her injuries had healed?

The boy had never had the leisure to think about so many things before, because his mind was filled with nothing but killing.

At this moment, a rare sense of peace arose in his heart, allowing him to think about so many things.

"If you wanted to kill me from the start, why go through all this trouble? Is it fun to play with me?"

"Kill me if you want. If you don't kill me, I'll kill you all sooner or later!"

"That suits my wishes perfectly."

The boy almost confronted her directly, no longer hiding his suicidal desires.

However, my mindset is different from before.

He was very willing to die before, but now he doesn't seem to be so willing.

"Well said."

Snap—

She raised her hand and gave the boy his first slap after he woke up.

"Before I leave, you should know what you should and shouldn't say, right? I don't need to teach you anymore."

As if he had been slapped so many times that he was numb, the boy didn't react much.

He simply turned his back to her, not wanting to see her again.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Shen Sangruo seized fate by the back of the neck.

He dragged the man out of the room and said, "This isn't over yet. Today you'll come with me and apologize to every household of the families you set fire to."

"Heh." The boy snorted coldly, looking like he would admit defeat if anyone could pry his mouth open.

Second update! Thank you all for your support! *tweets*

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