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The thought of being kicked out and not being able to find Bai Da and Jiu Yin made Xu Yi stubbornly say, "I...I won't leave..."
"If you don't leave, I'll take you in..." With that, Daoyin pulled a wooden sword from his robes and slashed at Xu Yi...
Xu Yi instinctively let out an "Ah!" and crouched down, covering her head with her hands. She thought she would be injured no matter what, but the wooden sword, which looked very heavy, felt light and weightless when it landed on Xu Yi's head... Xu Yi carefully raised her head and saw Dao Yin looking helpless: "You're lucky, you ran into me. My sword really doesn't kill innocent ghosts."
Xu Yi quickly jumped up and laughed, flattering the director: "I knew you were a good person..."
“A gentleman can be deceived by his principles. No matter why you followed me, I cannot kill you.”
Xu Yi felt a little guilty and could only scratch his head and repeat, "I really... only followed you because I thought you were pretty."
"Did you follow around with good-looking people in the past?"
"Ah..." The lie had already been told so blatantly, yet Xu Yi looked completely at ease: "I... have wanted to find someone to marry for a long time..."
Why must one get married?
"Huh? Because..." Xu Yi blinked and came up with a very serious reason: "Because it's too lonely to be alone."
"But everyone is an individual, and whether or not there is anyone around, everyone is lonely."
"How could that be?" Xu Yi shook her head: "Being together makes you less lonely!"
The director stared at Xu Yi for a long time. Xu Yi was panicking inside, but she still tried to remain calm and asked the director, "What's wrong?"
"How...did you die?"
"He sent himself to his death..." Xu Yi wasn't lying.
Why would you willingly throw your life away?
"Because... it's about national and familial duty."
"Ha...you really are an idiot."
"But... fools sometimes have good luck!"
"You believe it?"
"I believe you, don't you?"
“You really are an idiot.” After saying that, the guide continued walking forward. Xu Yi quickly followed and asked, “Where are you going?”
The guide glanced at her and said, "I'm going to see a friend. You'd better not come along. My friend won't let you off the hook."
"Then... then will you just stand by and do nothing?"
"Yes, I will!" Daoyin nodded: "I can't kill you because of the sect's rules. His killing you is his karma, so why should I interfere?"
Xu Yi didn't stop walking, only letting out an "Oh".
The guide chuckled, "You're going to follow this too?"
"My determination is very strong," Xu Yi said, uttering the first truth after meeting the guide.
Unexpectedly, the guide stopped and looked at Xu Yi: "Loneliness...is it really that unbearable? Even if it means death, you still want to get married?"
“Ah…you’ve never tasted loneliness, so you can’t understand,” Xu Yi deliberately raised her head and smiled at Xiang Yin, “Besides…I think…you wouldn’t just stand by and do nothing…”
"What if I'm a liar? What if I really just stand by and do nothing?"
“Then I…” Xu Yi blinked, “I’ll escape then…”
"Ha, you won't shed tears until you see the coffin." Although the words were blunt, he didn't chase Xu Yi away anymore.
Xu Yi tentatively asked, "Are you and your friend close?"
"It's alright. He used to be my senior brother, and he took good care of me in the sect, so I helped him out..." Daoyin finished speaking and then asked shrewdly, "You came here because of my friend?"
"No..." Xu Yi's heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively denied it, then added, "I came for you... Didn't you say you were going to see a friend?"
“Oh,” Daoyin nodded somewhat absentmindedly, “I was the one who said I wanted to see a friend, but I always felt you had ulterior motives… it’s not that simple.”
Xu Yi blinked again: "I do have ulterior motives! I want to marry you..."
"Let's not talk about marriage anymore. How can a girl not be shy..."
Xu Yi noticed that Dao Yin was somewhat sensitive about the topic of 'marriage', so she emphasized again: "But... I'm following you because I want to marry you..."
Daoyin's ears turned red: "I will not marry you. I am a cultivator, a human. Humans and ghosts are not on the same path."
"Well... okay then, will you stay with me for a few days so I can have some fun?"
"This... how is this satisfying? What are you talking about?" Daoyin's ears turned even redder...
"I just want to try what it feels like to be with someone and not be alone."
"Oh, you mean this?" Daoyin's voice relaxed considerably: "That's fine, it's okay, it's a deal, I'll only stay for a few days."
“Okay…” As long as we find Bai Da, that’s all that matters. Xu Yi is very cooperative: “Just a few days.”
As they chatted, they walked to an open space. Daoyin took out a disc-like magical artifact from his robes, spun it around the open space a few times, and a building protected by an array appeared in front of him. As soon as the magical shield in front of them dissipated, a flying sword flew rapidly towards Xu Yi's brow... Xu Yi had no time to react, but Daoyin reacted quickly and pulled Xu Yi back a few steps to avoid the wooden sword attack...
Xu Yi, still shaken, looked up and saw a thin old man appear behind the sword. He gripped the wooden sword hilt and thrust it towards Xu Yi again. Dao Yin instantly stood in front of Xu Yi and called out, "Senior Brother..."
The skinny old man didn't answer, only asking the guide, "How did you end up with a ghost? No one else can know about this." Then he was about to attack Xu Yi again...
Xu Yi broke out in a cold sweat and quickly stepped back. Seeing that the skinny old man was stubborn, Dao Yin pulled out a wooden sword to block the attack: "Senior brother, this is a little ghost I met on the way. She did not do anything evil, so you can't kill her."
"Hmph..." The skinny old man sneered, "You have sect rules you can't break, but I don't..." With that, he flashed past the guide and rushed towards Xu Yi. Xu Yi turned to run away, but the skinny old man grabbed her hair and pulled her back...
A sharp pain shot through Xu Yi's scalp, and he quickly cut off the hair condensed from the ghostly energy. Just as he turned around, Dao Yin stood in front of Xu Yi again, raised his hand to stop the skinny old man, and said in a tone that was no longer polite: "Senior brother, I continued to call you senior brother out of consideration for our fellow disciples. I hope that senior brother can also respect my junior brother's wishes."
Xu Yi instinctively shrank behind Dao Yin, only peeking out from Dao Yin's shoulder to look ahead... In the middle of the building ahead was a huge altar, with faint lightning constantly striking the center of the altar... Xu Yi was very worried and unconsciously gripped the clothes on Dao Yin's shoulder tightly...
Unexpectedly, Daoyin turned his head and patted Xu Yi's hand reassuringly: "Don't worry, everything will be alright."
Xu Yi turned to look at Dao Yin and realized that Dao Yin had misunderstood that she was afraid of his senior brother. A sense of guilt welled up in her heart, and she unconsciously thanked Dao Yin: "Thank you, Dao Yin."
The thin old man opposite her twitched as he watched this scene, pacing back and forth, his gloomy eyes fixed on Xu Yi, seemingly still unwilling to let her go...
The guide then took another step forward, indicating his support for and absolute endorsement of the principle...
The thin old man paced back and forth, hesitating for a long time, before finally taking a step back and saying, "This place is very important, and no one else can know about it. Here's the arrangement: let this female ghost stay with us and not go out. After I've accomplished my mission, my senior brother will let you two leave together..."
"Are they trying to trap me?" Xu Yi's heart skipped a beat. Just as she was about to object, the guide nodded, "Alright, fine. Anyway, I won't leave until this is over. Let her stay with us." With that, he pulled Xu Yi towards the barrier. Seeing that the situation was already decided, Xu Yi quickly devised a plan. He pretended to trip over a stone, secretly letting a wisp of ghostly energy travel down his foot and embed itself in the ground as a mark, hoping Wu Zi and the others would notice…
Guided Sound instinctively helped Xu Yi up, and then led Xu Yi into the barrier together...
As soon as Xu Yi entered, she smelled a heavy stench of blood. The air was tinged with red, and the hazy pink hue draped everything in the surroundings in a veil, creating a somewhat romantic atmosphere...
But the strong smell of blood reminded Xu Yi that this was a fine mist of blood formed by the evaporation of a large amount of blood rising and being trapped in a closed area... Xu Yi's nose suddenly stung... She forced herself to keep it from being noticed by the two people in front of her, and her eyes turned red.
Daoyin turned around and saw that Xu Yi's eyes were red. He thought she had smelled the demon blood and it had triggered an instinctive reaction. He gently patted her shoulder and asked, "What's wrong? Are you alright?"
The skinny old man laughed heartily twice: "Haha, so you're still a greedy little devil. What, you want a drink?"
You just wanted to drink it, but Xu Yi couldn't argue. She could only smile slightly at the guide and say, "It's okay, it was just a bit of an instinctive reaction, but I don't drink blood, really."
"I know." Daoyin nodded, then took out a sachet from his pocket and gave it to Xu Yi: "There are some medicines in here to keep your mind clear. Carry it with you at all times and be careful not to let your blood be tainted."
Demons like Xu Yi, who have not committed any evil deeds, cannot be tainted by the bloodlust of such slaughter. If they were to instinctively draw blood, they would become uncontrollable and eventually fall into the demonic path, meeting a tragic end.
Xu Yi nodded and smiled again: "Thank you for the audio guide, you are really a good person."
"Hmph..." The skinny old man sneered, "Good people don't live long, you're cursing them."
“You’re talking nonsense…” Xu Yi retorted instinctively: “Good people all live to be a hundred years old.”
"I'm talking nonsense?" The thin old man sneered again. "Foolish idiots love to commit suicide for love; simple fools enjoy martyrdom; pure good people are burned alive; stubborn people are often framed... In all these cases, which one wasn't a good person? And which one had a good ending? People say, 'If you're not deaf and blind, it's hard to be a good father-in-law.' How many of those high-ranking officials who embezzle and accept bribes are clean? From ancient times to the present, I've only read about good people living long lives in stories..."
Xu Yishen felt that the skinny old man wasn't telling the truth, but after all that, he couldn't come up with anything to refute him. He could only angrily retort, "Good people live long lives. You're not a good person, so of course you'll deny it..."
"I'm not a good person?" These words seemed to provoke a surge of emotion in the thin old man. He glared at Xu Yi, his voice booming and far-reaching: "Is there any bad person in this world who wasn't a good person before?"
The skinny old man glared sharply at Xu Yi, pointed a finger, and declared with imposing authority, "You speak!!!"
"I..." Xu Yi's mind went blank, and she could only blink and lower her head, saying, "I...don't know..."
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