"Jingru, why did you do this?" Cai Wenhua couldn't help but ask.
"You...you're killing me, you're possessing my body!" Even if his mouth was slapped raw, he had to get the question out first!
It turns out that Cheng Jingru did this without permission tonight. He must take advantage of the presence of the Sword-wielding Elder to quickly clarify that he really knew nothing about it!
In the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), possession is the most insidious and vicious evil technique. Not only will the victim's soul be devoured and unable to reincarnate, but it is also extremely dangerous and impossible to defend against. It has always been listed as the highest-level forbidden technique!
This is why they suspected Mingzhuo of possession, and once they had the evidence, they were able to ask the Sword-wielding Elder to come out of seclusion.
Cheng Jingru possessing an ordinary person's body is a serious taboo! Given the temperaments of the two elder sword-wielding figures, they will likely take immediate action to eliminate him!
He was truly wronged and suffered a completely undeserved disaster!
Shen Boyuan frowned: "Could it be that you took such an extreme action because you couldn't accept your mother's sudden death?"
He glanced at Shen Ruodi unconsciously, as if something had occurred to him.
After bringing the person over, Shen Ruodi did not leave. The four eminent monks and the two sword-wielding elders subtly formed a closing formation to block his path, silently confronting each other.
He laughed and said, "This is my explanation to you. My shadow puppet killed someone, not Liu Manling."
He tapped the puppet's head lightly with his finger. "Fool, this is the first trick you've fallen for. You don't even know what you're strangling."
puppet:"……"
With its hands tucked into its sleeves and its posture dignified, it maintained the demeanor of a high priest's shadow puppet, as if it were not being spoken of.
Shen Boyuan was taken aback: "What do you mean?"
Shen Ruodi reached out and grabbed a fragmented soul, which trembled in his palm.
"This is the remnant soul of Yuan Qingwan that I brought back from the Ghost Realm. Do you see it? This is the real old ghost possessing my body."
Yuan Qingwan has practiced various evil arts for many years, so she has not followed the righteous path. It is not surprising that she knows some methods to conceal her soul.
After escaping from the Xuanmen sect by feigning death, she seized the opportunity to possess Liu Manling's body.
Coincidentally, Liu Manling went to cause trouble for the one who only did three divinations, which angered the Shadow Puppet.
The shadow puppet had been following her for several days, and that day, taking advantage of Cheng Jingru's absence while recording a program, it planned to scare Liu Manling.
But Yuan Qingwan thought they had come to kill her.
She used to be ruthless and cruel, with countless innocent souls on her hands. It was only natural that her enemies wanted to take her life.
Besides, she really didn't take those enemies seriously; they were just defeated opponents anyway.
Unexpectedly, this ruthless attack backfired, unleashing the shadow puppet's ferocity. In addition, since this body was just an ordinary person, the two fought for a while, and in the end, Yuan Qingwan was defeated and killed, her soul even being scattered.
This clump was painstakingly retrieved by Shen Ruodi from the wilderness of the Sanzu River, but it was no longer human-shaped. Shen Ruodi had recalled several fragments of its existence, and it was on the verge of completely disintegrating.
It must be said that this is also retribution for Yuan Qingwan's many evil deeds.
Shen Boyuan was so shocked that he couldn't come to his senses. So this was the truth?
Yuan Qingwan was, after all, a first-class wanted criminal of the Xuanmen, and she had even possessed Liu Manling. To be honest, the Shadow Puppet did the right thing by killing her; in fact, it was a meritorious act.
"But why did she possess Aunt Liu's body?" Shen Boyuan still couldn't understand.
In this light, Liu Manling is indeed very unfortunate, having suffered an undeserved misfortune.
It's understandable that Cheng Jingru would do something extreme out of grief and anger...
Gu Xu suddenly spoke up: "I investigated Madam Cheng's family background. Her biological mother changed her surname after her mother remarried. Her original surname was Yuan."
He had a good memory; he connected everything that happened tonight, and the answer instantly came to him.
"Mrs. Cheng's maternal grandmother mentioned years ago that she had lost a child. I guess that child was Yuan Qingwan."
His gaze was distant and indifferent, yet it made Cheng Jingru tremble with fear.
This person is too amazing, with such keen insight that she felt as if she were exposed to the sun, with nowhere to hide.
"Yes, Yuan Qingwan is my great-aunt. She and my maternal grandmother are twins." Now that things have come to this, what else is there for her to hide?
"She knew I had entered the Xuanmen sect and secretly came to see me a few times. I thought she wanted to win me over, but I never expected that she would actually do something to my mother and possess her body!"
The key point is that Liu Manling is also willing to let Yuan Qingwan possess her body.
Two souls sharing one body.
Yuan Qingwan used some kind of evil magic to create a symbiotic relationship between the two. If she were forcibly separated from Liu Manling, Liu Manling would also die.
Having no other option, Cheng Jingru could only try to keep Yuan Qingwan calm while secretly trying to extract information from her to find a solution.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Qingwan died, and when she returned, Liu Manling's body had already begun to decompose.
She could only hold onto Liu Manling's soul and try to find a way to revive her.
Then Liu Manhua came into her life. She was divorced and lived alone. She was also her aunt and Liu Manling's older sister...
This kind of evil possession technique is more likely to succeed between relatives, and the rejection reaction is smaller, the integration rate is higher, and it is also easier to deceive the underworld officials.
In short, it was all due to a single wrong decision on her part.
“What’s done is done, and I’m willing to accept any punishment from the Xuanmen.” Cheng Jingru looked at Shen Ruodi with a pale face and pleaded, “High Priest, I beg you, can you help my mother repair her soul? She not only can’t live like this, but she might not even make it past the gates of hell.”
Because of the symbiosis, Liu Manling's soul could enjoy the power of Yuan Qingwan's soul, making her stronger; but because of the symbiosis, she suffered a backlash after Yuan Qingwan's death.
Now, because Cheng Jingru has just forcibly merged into Liu Manhua's body, her soul has become fragmented.
The best outcome is being reincarnated as a person with dementia; the worst outcome is that their soul disperses into the wilderness of the Sanzu River before they even pass through the gates of hell.
They become nourishment for the evil spirits that are fed inside.
Cheng Jingru had made a grave mistake, filled with remorse and tears welling in her eyes, yet she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
She knelt down before Shen Ruodi, saying, "I am willing to serve you as my master and offer my body and soul to you, as long as you can save my mother."
Only someone as powerful as the Ghost King, Shen Ruodi, has the ability to repair Liu Manling's soul and ensure she is reborn into a good family and lives a peaceful life.
If the gods are powerless, why can't she kneel and beg for the devil's mercy?
She had read the files on Shen Ruodi and noticed that, without exception, all those who had been able to summon him over the centuries were young girls.
In other words, he only accepted sacrifices from young girls.
Given that she was not only young but also exceptionally talented, giving her an advantage over those girls, Shen Ruodi had no reason to refuse her sacrifice.
The Xuanmen members were all stunned. Cheng Jingru was devoted to the Dao and had extremely high talent. They never expected that in order to save his mother, he would actually abandon his faith and fall into evil.
"Junior Sister, have you gone mad?" someone shouted in anguish.
But the old man with the sword, the four eminent monks, and Shen Boyuan all remained silent.
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