The Eagle King clan's surname is Yin.
Yin Li is a standout among the younger generation. Because of her ruthless and cunning nature, she became the chief law enforcement officer among the younger generation.
In addition, her special ability—mind reading—allows her to thrive in the world.
The younger generation of elites can only look up to them and admire them; they can never catch up to them.
At this time, Yin Li tried to read minds of the young masters from noble families, including the Thin Monk, but encountered their resistance and the attempts failed.
This means there's something fishy going on!
Even if the mind-reading ability is activated, it will almost always be met with resistance and fail. But things are different now.
In the evaluation of aristocratic families, those who hold a pivotal position should relax and allow the family's most capable members to undergo assessment and verification to ensure that no mistakes are made.
The current welcoming ceremony is not a normal evaluation occasion, but it is still an unconventional evaluation.
The skinny monk and others all resisted her mind-reading assessment; it would be strange if there were no problems.
Yin Li waved away the main force, leaving only the skinny monk behind: "You should be able to guess what it means that I'm keeping you here, right?"
"Elder, I have not betrayed the family," the skinny monk replied calmly and politely, knowing that she had become suspicious.
Fortunately, Wu Wei had made preparations in advance, otherwise the skinny monk would have run away.
Yin Li frowned and angrily rebuked, "Since you keep saying that you have not betrayed the aristocratic family, then please open your mind and let this elder see your loyalty?"
“Elder Yin Li has given the order, and I dare not disobey. Please!” The skinny monk clasped his hands in a salute, displaying the demeanor of a virtuous gentleman.
Yin Li was starting to believe it, but maybe she was overthinking it. No, she should check it out to be on the safe side.
Therefore, Yin Li used her mind-reading ability on the thin monk.
Mind-reading ability belongs to the mental ability category. It is far inferior to the ability of the soul's origin, but it also has its unique features.
If one's strength is superior to that of the other, one can easily read the other's memories. If one's strength is inferior, the other needs to relax their mind in order to read their mind.
Otherwise, you will suffer a backlash.
Yin Li had barely reached the early stage of the fifth rank, and her strength was one major realm lower than that of the disciples of the seven great families here, so her attempt to read the memories of the others naturally failed.
At this moment, the skinny monk opened his mind to let her read his mind. Yin Li, unguarded, released her mind-reading technique into the skinny monk's brain, preparing to read his memories, but an unexpected thing happened: "Buzz."
A ghost contract was quietly triggered, instantly forging a ghost marriage contract between the two.
Yin Li realized it was too late. She hastily withdrew from the skinny monk's Niwan Palace, angrily shouting, "Skinny monk, how dare you use a ghost marriage contract on this elder? You're courting death..."
"We've already shared one life, killing me is killing yourself. Go ahead and do it!" The skinny monk tilted his head back and offered himself to the sword she had drawn, closing his eyes to await his death.
Enraged, Yin Li nearly vomited blood. Her sword trembled, and the blade sliced through the skin on the thin monk's neck, but she couldn't bring herself to strike.
Ghost marriage contracts are insidious and incurable.
Its existence itself is that of powerful and wealthy people, who prepare sacrificial offerings for their children, and the ghost contracts are made with living people, who are buried alive as funerary offerings after the wedding.
It is said that doing this will guide the children who died unjustly to find their way home and be reborn under their parents' names, so that they can be reborn as humans again.
The specific effects are unknown.
But how to do it? There are two explicit meanings.
First, it soothes the soul and comforts the heart, stemming from a bond of kinship between parents and children.
Secondly, to avenge their grievances, they would capture the enemy and force them into a ghost contract, making the enemy their concubine for their offspring, thus humiliating and oppressing them.
To retaliate against the enemy's family and the parties involved.
These two factors led to the creation of the Ghost Contract, which is priced at ten million in the points mall—not cheap at all.
Wu Wei initially intended to buy it to deal with Comrade Zheng Ya, but felt it wasn't safe, so she ultimately chose the more expensive Illusionary Puppet Potion, spending 100 million points.
They're going all in.
Having schemed against Yin Li, Wu Wei was naturally unwilling to waste a hefty sum of 100 million on her.
The mere existence of a ghost contract made Yin Li hesitate to act rashly.
Yin Li was filled with rage. Her eyes widened in a murderous glare, and she gritted her teeth as she said, "Why did you do this?"
"Call me 'husband' and I'll tell you the truth," the skinny monk said with a smile, his face full of ambiguity.
Yin Li almost couldn't resist and snapped his wrist: "Don't provoke me into killing you..."
"Stop pretending to be high and mighty."
As a concubine's daughter, if you hadn't awakened the ability to read minds and progressed quickly in your cultivation, your fate would have been to be a plaything, destined to be humble and ignored.
And you, at the age of less than twenty-eight, have reached the cultivation level that a genius would normally reach at fifty-eight. This is all thanks to your mind-reading ability, which earned you merits and awards, and the cultivation level provided by the resources of your family.
In addition, you yourself work hard and are unwilling to lag behind others.
You don't want to be a victim of a marriage alliance between powerful families. You've put in so much effort to cultivate your skills to achieve your current position as an elder.
But that's all it will do. Stop struggling. Follow your husband and you'll have an unlimited future..." The skinny monk began to use his psychological manipulation tactics.
Wu Wei's task for him was to take down Yin Li, infiltrate the elders' council of aristocratic families, know his enemy and himself, and seek to get more and more resources from the aristocratic families.
This is also the first step in ostensibly sidelining the seven great families.
Yin Liren wasn't stupid; she thought of many things in an instant: "Tell me, where does your confidence come from?"
"First, all the human puppets possess the potential to advance to the seventh rank, or even higher..."
"This is impossible?"
"Secondly, with the soul's original power imprinted and controlled, there's no need to worry about loyalty and control..."
"That's even more impossible! Who is it? Tell me quickly!"
"Third, the Lord has formed an alliance with Zheng Ya, the Starry Sky Inspector, which means he has the opportunity to ascend to heaven..."
"I don't believe it, that's absolutely impossible!"
"Let's go. The Lord has asked me to take you to see Zheng Ya. Let Zheng Ya open his mind so you can read his mind and verify it, then you'll know, right?" Seeing her frantic and questioning expression, the skinny monk pulled her and flew towards Zheng Ya's fortress.
The second task is to read Zheng Ya's mind and verify the authenticity of his confidant.
This was Wu Wei's true purpose in using the Ghost Contract to manipulate Yin Li: to scheme against Zheng Ya and eliminate any worries he might have.
Zheng Ya unexpectedly encountered this ghostly couple in space outside the Four Directions Fortress: "Are you two courting death?"
On the surface, the Eagle King's faction is hostile to Zheng Ya, but in secret they cooperate through Wu Wei's connections. Exposing their cooperation in the open is nothing short of provoking the Ning King's faction and courting death.
The skinny monk remained unmoved and said, "The elders of the seven great clans have come to visit, and the Prince of Ning's faction has retreated."
"They have no informants around..."
"Oh, so confident?" Zheng Ya felt like he was being monitored, but he didn't know what kind of monitoring methods Wu Wei was using. Interesting.
The skinny monk smiled calmly: "My master instructed that, in order to better cooperate with Zheng Ya, the Starry Sky Inspector, we humbly request that you open your mind and allow our people to read minds to verify our attitude towards cooperation. You wouldn't disagree, would you?"
"How is this possible..." Zheng Ya couldn't believe his own words, and kept shouting in his heart, "Will this Wu Wei ever stop!"
Xing Guan sent a message: "I'll accept this mind-reading ability..."
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