Upon hearing her words, Shen Furong collapsed to the ground, her lips trembling uncontrollably, unable to utter a single word.
Qi Chengshuo and the Taoist priest were fighting. Ye Xianya was afraid that he would suffer a loss, so she wanted to go over and help. She didn't have time to talk to Shen Furong. She made a hand seal and placed it on He Niangzi's head. Everyone only felt a flash of light. The evil thing had been pulled out by Ye Xianya and thrown aside.
The villagers turned pale with fright when they saw the thing that had been thrown to the ground and was wriggling like a lump of flesh.
"Everyone back up! Don't let it possess you!" Ye Xianya shouted.
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly retreated, but the evil creature suddenly shot out, its target being Qi Chengshuo, who was fighting with the Taoist priest.
However, the moment the evil creature touched Qi Chengshuo's back, a bright light burst forth from Qi Chengshuo's back, directly repelling the evil creature.
Cracks also appeared on the wooden amulet that Ye Xianya gave to Qi Chengshuo.
Seeing that it couldn't deal with Qi Chengshuo, the evil creature changed its target and flew towards Shen Furong, who was sitting next to He Niangzi.
As the evil creature was about to fall on Shen Furong's head, the villagers screamed in terror.
Shen Furong was so heartbroken by her mother's death that she didn't notice anything amiss.
At the critical moment, golden light emerged from Ye Xianya's hand, and this light, like threads, instantly bound the evil creature.
As the light slowly faded, the evil creature turned into a pool of blood.
Shen Furong was almost scared out of her wits, but her father, Shen Dashan, rushed over and pulled her aside.
Ye Xianya gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, used her magic to turn the spiritual energy into fire, and burned the pool of blood to ashes.
Previously, the Taoist priest was evenly matched with Qi Chengshuo in a fight. Later, when he saw that the evil spirit had been brought out by Ye Xianya, he was shocked and lost focus, which led to Qi Chengshuo slashing his shoulder.
He was furious and put the five copper coins together, turning them into a special weapon. In the center was a round copper coin, and around it were four sharp blades that kept spinning. If you were hit by it, you would likely be shredded to pieces.
Qi Chengshuo fought with all his might until the evil creature was completely destroyed by Ye Xianya. Then the Taoist priest was distracted and was stabbed in the chest by Qi Chengshuo's sword.
Once the Taoist priest lost control, the special weapon instantly transformed into five copper coins, which returned to their normal size and fell to the ground.
He suddenly reached out, and the five copper coins instantly grew larger. Upon seeing this, Qi Chengshuo drew his sword and slashed it across the Taoist's neck.
The Taoist priest's eyes widened suddenly, and a moment later he collapsed to the ground.
Ye Xianya was somewhat surprised.
This Taoist priest is quite powerful, especially the magical artifact in his hand, which looks like an ancient antique passed down through generations. It's very impressive.
The Taiyi Sect doesn't have many powerful magical artifacts like this.
During the years she was the sect leader, her disciples could only manage to acquire three such magical treasures each.
Of course, there are even more powerful magical artifacts, such as the sect's magical artifact that protected her soul back then. It was an ancient relic and extremely powerful.
To Ye Xianya's surprise, Qi Chengshuo's martial arts skills were so high that he killed the Taoist priest.
After dealing with the evil spirit, Ye Xianya wanted to help Qi Chengshuo, but before she could even make a move, the Taoist priest had already been killed by Qi Chengshuo.
Ye Xianya wanted to know the truth, so she directly extracted the Taoist's soul and used mystical arts to search for it.
The result of the soul search is that the Taoist's soul may be shattered or have problems. Even if he can be reincarnated, he will most likely be an idiot in his next life.
Ye Xianya didn't care about any of that; when it came to evil and heretical practices, she had to be ruthless.
Through soul searching, Ye Xianya learned everything.
"This man is named Liu Ruilin. He is from Yunxiao Palace, one of the ten major Taoist temples outside the capital. He is the second disciple of Xie Peng, the master of Yunxiao Palace, and is the strongest Taoist in Yunxiao Palace besides Xie Peng."
As soon as Ye Xianya finished speaking, Qi Chengshuo frowned.
The ten Taoist temples outside the capital city were the most powerful force among the righteous sects in the entire Great Yan Dynasty.
Apart from the Taiyi Sect, which is detached from worldly affairs, these ten Taoist temples are the most powerful in the Taoist world.
He had certainly heard of the Cloud Palace.
Because the people of Yunxiao Palace really liked to help the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital to exorcise evil spirits and ward off disasters.
Of course, each time it cost at least a thousand taels of silver, making it the most money-grubbing of the ten Taoist temples.
They had previously invited a Taoist priest from Yunxiao Palace to perform a ritual.
"Miss Ye, is Liu Ruilin also an evil cultivator?" Qi Chengshuo asked with a solemn expression.
If that's true, then there are probably quite a few evil cultivators in the Cloud Palace.
"The way Liu Ruilin controlled his magic weapon and his true energy when he fought you just now are things that only Taoists who cultivate the righteous path possess. This copper coin magic weapon is ancient and must have been made by a senior Taoist master in the past. It is not tainted with evil energy. However... that evil object was brought out by Liu Ruilin from Yunxiao Palace."
Ye Xianya sneered as she spoke: "He was ordered by Xie Peng, the master of Yunxiao Palace, to go to Liuhe Town to kill me. This evil creature was made by Xie Peng using the inner core of a demon beast and some special ingredients. It likes to eat the internal organs of living people."
"That day, Madam He dreamt of going to the cemetery and happened to encounter Xie Peng releasing an evil creature to hunt for food. She was possessed by the evil creature, and Xie Peng rushed all the way from the capital to Liuhe Town. In order to feed the evil creature and keep it powerful, it has already eaten several people along the way."
Qi Chengshuo was furious upon hearing this. These Taoist practitioners, once they turn bad, really don't care about human life.
Yet they possess immense power, sometimes even capable of killing without leaving a trace.
Upon hearing this, Shen Furong grabbed a large rock from the ground and rushed over, smashing it repeatedly on Liu Ruilin's head, as if she were insane.
Her mother died because of this scoundrel of a Taoist priest.
She has no mother!
Her father always disliked her because she was a girl and loathed her.
No one in this world will ever love her again!
As Shen Furong continued smashing the object, she suddenly burst into loud wailing.
"Young Master, do you have any money?" Ye Xianya turned to look at Qi Chengshuo and asked with a smile.
She was too poor; the money she used to buy medicinal herbs was earned from Qi Chengshuo.
She gave the remaining thirty taels of silver to her mother.
"Yes." Qi Chengshuo nodded quickly.
"Lend me thirty taels first. I have some connection with this girl and I want to buy her."
Qi Chengshuo was somewhat surprised to hear this.
They didn't say they wanted to sell their daughter!
Ye Xianya looked at Shen Dashan beside her: "I want to buy Chen Furong, how much silver do you want?"
Shen Dashan was taken aback when he heard this. After a moment, he said angrily, "Miss, you can tell that you come from a wealthy family. If you want to buy a maid, you can go to the brokerage in the county town. You can buy a maid for ten taels of silver. Although we are just ordinary people, we have not come to the point of selling our children."
“You’ve been seeing that widow from the east end of the village for five years. She gave birth to your son last month. You’ve been dreaming of having a son all these years. Shen Furong has become a burden to you. A few days ago, you made a deal with a wealthy merchant in the county town to sell Shen Furong to him as a concubine for thirty taels of silver,” Ye Xianya said calmly.
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