"Master, I don't..." Chaos Pearl wanted to say that it would not get diarrhea no matter what it ate, but then it remembered that Zhou Yuanyuan had told it not to eat people, so it quickly opened its mouth and spit out the ball of stuff it had just sucked in.
"Ugh...Pah pah pah!" Compared to the underworld energy, this thing really doesn't taste good, and it smells like rotten meat!
After the black ball was spit out by the Chaos Pearl onto the ground, it rolled a few times on the ground and then regained its human form.
"Master, this... doesn't seem to be a human or a ghost, but a half-human, half-ghost. There must be something wrong with the technique he practiced, which turned him from a living person into a half-human, half-ghost creature." After Xiaoyu carefully identified the ball on the ground, she remembered a story she had heard in her distant memory.
"You...kill me!" The thing on the ground moved and let out a hoarse male voice.
"Bathed" in Zhou Yuanyuan's gaze, Cha Rui felt utterly embarrassed. If he had known that practicing the clan's secret techniques would transform him into such a monstrous form, Cha Rui would never have chosen this path. But there's no such thing as regret. His original choice had transformed Cha Rui into a monster. Furthermore, Cha Rui now languished in endless pain. Over the years, the Nawa people had died one by one, and death had become a luxury for Cha Rui.
"Are you a human or a ghost? Or a demon? Or a monster?" Zhou Yuanyuan was a little surprised to see the black figure could speak. It was the first time Zhou Yuanyuan had seen such a strange thing that could turn into mist and then into a human form.
"I... used to be a human, but now... I don't know what I am." Cha Rui sat on the ground with his head bowed, unsure of what he was now. He was definitely not a demon or a monster. Was he human? He didn't need to eat and never felt hungry. Even his body could disintegrate into a cloud of mist. Was he a ghost? He could transform from mist back into a human.
"Did you kill those guys yesterday?" Zhou Yuanyuan simply stopped asking about their identities. It didn't matter if they were human or ghost, if they killed someone, they should pay with their lives. She could just burn this ghost thing with fire later. Otherwise, if he ran around, more people would die than just those few last night.
"It was me. But I didn't mean to do it. I didn't know they were going to die." Cha Rui seemed to sense Zhou Yuanyuan's murderous intent, and his heart was filled with a deep sorrow. When had he, a man of the Nawa tribe, become a murderer? God knew that his purpose in coming here was not to kill, but to find someone.
Cha Rui hadn't appeared in public for decades. Over the years, the Nawa people had died one by one, and the once prosperous Nawa settlement had become a gloomy place with gusts of cold wind.
Cha Rui had only reached the stage of "body turning into mist" two years ago. He didn't know that after his whole body turned into mist, the aura on his body could cause sudden death.
A few days ago, the dark land of the Nawa tribe underwent a major transformation. Cha Rui used the tribe's secret method to sense that the "holy stone" he was looking for was in Kyoto City. He then left his base, traveled by night and hid during the day, and it took him several days to reach this place.
Last night, Cha Rui entered Yu's house, but before he found the person he was looking for, several people and a dog in the house were corroded by the dark energy on Cha Rui's body and died within seconds.
Huh? If you didn't do it on purpose, several lives would have been lost. If you did, wouldn't everyone around here have died? Zhou Yuanyuan looked at Cha Rui with suspicion, clearly not believing his "nonsense."
"Master, what he said must be true. Something went wrong with his cultivation technique, and he forcibly absorbed the Nether Qi, which is why he's become this half-human, half-ghost appearance. The deaths of those people must be related to the Nether Qi in him, but he didn't mean to kill them." Xiaoyu spoke up for Cha Rui. If Xiaoyu guessed correctly, the technique Cha Rui practiced was a ghost technique, and when Cha Rui practiced it, he wasn't a ghost, but a living person.
The pain a living soul must endure while practicing the techniques of a ghost cultivator can be imagined. This Cha Rui must have been a man of great perseverance; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to reach the stage of "flesh body turning into mist." However, he started out in the wrong direction, and the outcome is predictable.
"Tell me who you are? What are you doing here? If you tell me well, I might be able to help you get rid of your pain." After listening to Xiaoyu's explanation, Zhou Yuanyuan frowned and said lightly.
In Zhou Yuanyuan's heart, life is equal. No matter what kind of person Cha Rui is, he has no right to take another's life. Two bodyguards and a cook of the Yu family died quietly without Cha Rui's notice. How innocent were they?
"Really? Thank you, Master." Cha Rui was overjoyed. He was in such a state. Five years ago, after all the Nawa people had died, Cha Rui had wanted to end his life. Unfortunately, no matter what method he used, Cha Rui could not kill himself.
"My name is Cha Rui, I'm from country T. I'm here looking for Qian Dabao." With a glimmer of hope in his heart, Cha Rui told Zhou Yuanyuan his purpose. After all, he had just tried Zhou Yuanyuan's ability. If it weren't for the Chaos Pearl interfering, the fire Zhou Yuanyuan set just now should have ended his life.
Qian Dabao? Why does this name sound so familiar?
After Zhou Yuanyuan searched her memory, she couldn't help but gasp.
Isn't Qian Dabao Qian Yuxin's father and Yu Xiaohan's father-in-law? And isn't this Cha Rui the enemy of the Nawa tribe that Qian Yuxin mentioned?
But Qian Dabao died decades ago! Why would the Nawa people even spare the dead?
"If you know the whereabouts of Qian Dabao, please let me know. I have calculated using the secret method of my clan, and his bloodline should be around here." Cha Rui was a little confused. He clearly felt the aura of Qian Dabao's bloodline, but unfortunately, after entering here, he didn't find anyone.
Wow! That was really thrilling.
Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Qian Dabao's bloodline should be the Yu Meiru and her son who lived next door at the Zhao family! Fortunately, Zhou Yuanyuan had set up a formation at the Zhao family, and this guy had gone to the wrong place. Otherwise, the people who died last night might have been members of the Zhao family.
"Mr. Cha, Qian Dabao passed away decades ago. Why are you looking for him now?" Zhou Yuanyuan decided to trick Cha Rui away as soon as possible. The whereabouts of Yu Meiru and the others must not be known to this "madman" Cha Rui.
"What? Qian Dabao is dead? He hasn't returned the things he borrowed to us yet!" Cha Rui was shocked and jumped up from the ground.
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