really.
The mastermind behind everything that's happening in this village right now is Fifth Master.
Fifth Master slowly turned his head to look at the three of us, the doting smile on his face still present.
"You're here?"
The sound of Fifth Master's voice, like sandpaper being rubbed, echoed in the room.
Luo Tianhe raised his machete, pointing it at Fifth Master: "Who exactly are you? Why did you kill so many people!"
"He's not human!"
Jin Ye's gaze swept back and forth between Fifth Master and Little Fatty, his hand gripping the compass tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.
Not human?
Thinking back to what Fifth Master had just said about the overwhelming demonic aura, my heart skipped a beat.
Not human, could it be—
Demon?
Can someone who isn't human use Taoist magic?
My mind went completely blank for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, a strong wave of memories, seemingly not belonging to me, surged into my mind.
This excruciating pain was just like what I experienced before in Ruiwei Village.
It felt like tens of thousands of silver needles were piercing my brain at the same time, and the pain made me clutch my head and wail in agony.
I vaguely heard Luo Tianhe shouting at me from the side, but I couldn't hear anything.
A jumble of images was assaulting my brain.
A tall man stood in the moonlight, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't see his face clearly.
But I felt a very friendly and approachable side to him.
My favorite thing to do is to snuggle up next to 'this man' and listen to him tell those mysterious and ancient stories.
However, I have never met him before, nor do I know him.
Why does it feel so familiar?
and……
Why is it my favorite thing to do?
His magnetic voice slowly rose, seemingly close yet ethereal.
It was as if it were right next to my ear, or as if it were echoing in my brain.
"It's not only Taoists who use magic. For example, the shamans in Northeast China, although they are called immortals and seem to have great supernatural powers, able to help people solve problems and predict good and bad fortune, are actually animals that have become spirits."
"These animals have accumulated powerful spiritual energy through long years of cultivation, and can attach themselves to people and use their bodies to perform magic."
"But remember, no matter how well a demon disguises itself, it will always have a special mark that cannot be erased."
A loud "bang!" jolted me awake from my trance.
Looking up, I saw that Jin Ye was lying in a pool of blood, with bright red blood hanging from the corner of his mouth, looking utterly disheveled.
His eyes were half-open, his body twitched slightly, and each breath was accompanied by a violent cough, with blood gushing out with each cough.
Suddenly, a strange shadow entered my field of vision.
That was Fifth Master's shadow, which appeared particularly distorted under the flickering light in the room.
I rubbed my eyes, unable to believe what I was seeing—
Behind Fifth Master, a huge snake tail was trailing behind!
"He's a snake!"
A bone-chilling cold shot straight from the soles of my feet to the top of my head.
All the clues came together at this moment.
I finally understood that it was all Fifth Master's conspiracy.
The so-called snake fetus and the method of soul transfer were all carefully planned scams.
Recalling Suqin's corpse transformation, those eerie little snakes, and the massacre of Uncle Liu's family, the mastermind behind it all turned out to be this Fifth Master who had been disguised as an Onmyoji.
He lurked among us, exploiting our trust in him to carry out his evil plan step by step.
And we, like a flock of ignorant lambs, were manipulated by him.
"cruel?"
Fifth Master was taken aback at first, then suddenly threw his head back and burst into laughter.
The laughter echoed in the room, sounding particularly eerie.
His eyes subtly shifted amidst the frenzied laughter.
Its originally black pupils gradually contracted, turning into a pair of cold snake eyes, with a chilling aura emanating from the vertical pupils.
"My children, my grandchildren, they were all killed by them. Why don't you say they are cruel?"
Fifth Master burst into tears, large tears rolling down his cheeks and mingling with the blood on the ground.
"Can you understand the pain I felt watching my descendants scream, struggle, and die in their hands?"
Fifth Master's voice was almost a roar, filled with endless pain and resentment.
I mustered my courage and retorted, "Because Uncle Liu was injured, his wife went to find medicine. She did not intentionally kill your descendants."
Upon hearing this, Fifth Master's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery: "Just because he's injured, you can take my child's life?"
I was taken aback and didn't know how to refute it.
"Besides, who told you he was injured? That's all an excuse, an excuse he made for his greed!!!"
A cold smile appeared on Fifth Master's face: "He's a beast who repays kindness with enmity!"
After a pause, Fifth Master muttered to himself, "That day, he was wandering around the mountains in a daze, and he almost fell off a cliff after taking a wrong step."
“When he was on the verge of death, it was my kind and innocent child who wrapped his body around him and pulled him up with great effort.”
"After being rescued, the beast was not grateful at all. Instead, it had evil intentions and thought that the snake was spiritual and could be sold for a good price."
"So, taking advantage of my child's unpreparedness, he took out the hunting tool he had hidden beforehand and stabbed it into my child's body."
"My poor child couldn't believe until his death that the person he risked his life to save would do such a cruel thing to it."
“He took my child’s body and sold it to those greedy dealers, living a carefree life with that ill-gotten money.”
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