Is Master Jin Xuan Qingyi?
I looked Jin Ye up and down; this image didn't match up at all.
In my mind, Jin Ye should be like Wang Ye from Wudang Mountain in "Under One Person". How come he is a blind old man who is only 1.6 meters tall?
Su Mingyang also looked incredulous: "Brother Jin, don't be ridiculous. Your surname is Jin, and his surname is Xuan."
Master Jin replied calmly, "Xuan Qingyi is my Daoist name."
Then he became agitated again: "What did my junior sister Shuyao tell you?"
I said, "She asked me to tell you that she never blamed you."
Upon hearing this, Master Jin suddenly burst into tears, crying out, "Junior Sister!"
Seeing the old man with tears streaming down his face, Su Mingyang and I were both at a loss. Why did he start crying so loudly?
As if seeking someone to confide in, Jin choked up and muttered to himself, "Shuyao is Master's biological daughter. We grew up together since childhood. Because she was betrothed as a child, we could only secretly protect this love in the shadows."
"But the truth will eventually come out, and the master eventually found out."
"I was too cowardly back then. In the face of my master's wrath, I didn't dare to utter a single word. On the contrary, Shuyao stood up resolutely to protect me and took all the blame, saying that she was the one who seduced me."
"Afterwards, she was locked in a solitary confinement room by her master, and I was ruthlessly driven down the mountain."
“However, I was completely devoted to her and was unwilling to give up. After I went down the mountain, I told her that if she had feelings for me and was willing to travel the world with me, she should come to me with the soul-guiding bell that I had given her.”
"I waited at the agreed spot for those two days, but in the end, I still didn't see her..."
By the end, Mr. Jin was sobbing uncontrollably.
I sighed softly and said, "Actually, she was willing to go with you, but something unexpected happened."
I never imagined that the soul-guiding bell that the plump proprietress gave me was actually a token of love from Master Jin.
In the end, I left it at the Bincheng Building.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Jin became instantly agitated.
"An accident? What kind of accident? Where is she now? I have to see her! I lost her once because of my cowardice, but now, no matter who stops me, I will find her, no matter what the cost!"
Seeing Jin Ye's excited expression, I didn't know how to start the conversation.
"Tell me! Where is Shuyao?"
Seeing my hesitation, Jin Ye suddenly grabbed my shoulders and shook me violently.
I sighed and took out the fat landlady's heart and placed it in front of Master Jin.
Jin Ye's gaze fell on the cloth bag, and he was taken aback for a moment, as if he had a premonition of something.
Then he slowly reached out and tremblingly opened the cloth bag.
When that withered heart was exposed to the air without reservation, Jin Ye's body trembled violently as if struck by lightning, and he froze instantly.
Those pure white eyes were fixed on the heart, his face turned deathly pale, his lips trembled incessantly, and his soul seemed to have been ripped out.
"No...this is impossible..."
A moment later, tears welled up in Jin Ye's eyes, and he clutched his hair in anguish.
"It's my fault...it's my fault. If I had been braver back then, if I had taken her away by force, this wouldn't have happened..."
But then he grabbed my hand again, veins bulging on his forehead: "How exactly did she die!"
I didn't hide anything and told them everything that happened at the Bincheng Building.
"[The Yin Spirit Trapping Formation]?"
Jin Ye muttered to himself, "That's not right. This formation was resisted by the Feng Shui community because its methods were too cruel and vicious. It stopped circulating in the world many years ago. Even I have only heard of it but have never seen its true form."
"Even within the Feng Shui community, only a handful of highly respected and accomplished Feng Shui masters know how to set up this formation. Wait, highly respected Feng Shui masters?"
As Jin Ye was speaking, he seemed to suddenly be possessed by a demon, and he reached out and grabbed my neck tightly with both hands.
That guy was incredibly strong; I couldn't pry it open no matter what I did. I really don't know where that old man got such strength.
Upon seeing this, Su Mingyang rushed over and grabbed Jin Ye's arm forcefully.
"Hey, Jin, what are you doing? Let go of Old Chen! You're going to strangle him to death!"
But Jin Ye was acting like a madman, and even Su Mingyang couldn't pull him away.
I felt a wave of suffocation, and my vision began to blur.
Jin Ye's expression grew increasingly ferocious as he roared at me viciously, "You bastard, you killed Shu Yao! I'm going to kill you to avenge her!"
Seeing that he couldn't pull them apart no matter what he did, Su Mingyang grabbed a plastic chair next to him and smashed it hard on Jin Ye's head.
Jin Ye let out a howl and fell onto the bed.
He already had more than ten stitches in his head and suffered a concussion. This was the last straw. He was in so much pain that his face turned pale, he broke out in a cold sweat, and he almost fainted on the spot.
However, this bench also helped him regain some of his composure.
"Old Jin, you've gone too far! Old Chen didn't want to go into that damn Bincheng Building either. Besides, it wasn't him who killed your junior sister, it was the person who set up the formation!"
Su Mingyang angrily stood up for me.
I clutched my aching neck and gasped for breath.
I don't think he wanted to kill me because the fat landlady's soul was scattered while saving me, but for some other reason.
Jin leaned against the headboard, his all-white eyes still staring straight at me, a cold smile playing on his lips.
"Do you remember what I just mentioned about your grandfather and Xiao Wu's grandfather falling out? Back then, Chen Laogou had Wu Laobu set up the [Seven Deadly Formations of the Netherworld], and the [Yinling Trapping Formation] is one of the seven formations."
My grandfather?
Could it be that the mysterious man who saved me back then was my grandfather?
But he's been dead for a long time, and I buried his body myself.
Could it be that Sister Wu's grandfather saved me?
Su Mingyang interrupted, "Master Jin, isn't there some misunderstanding? Why would Old Chen's grandfather set up this formation that killed so many people?"
"Misunderstand?"
Master Jin sneered: "[The Seven Deadly Formations of the Netherworld] consists of seven major formations, based on seven extremely yin and evil places. Each formation is centered on one of seven evil entities: blood talismans, withered bones, vengeful spirits, rotting corpses, evil spirits, dark curses, and malevolent shadows. The [Yin Spirit Trapping Formation], which corresponds to vengeful spirits, is one of them."
"The other six are [Crimson Blood Talisman Array], [White Bone Soul Locking Array], [Rotting Corpse Poisonous Miasma Array], [Evil Spirit Invasion Array], [Curse of Vengeance Spirit Destroying Array], and [Wrathful Shadow Soul Devouring Array]. Each of these arrays, taken out individually, is an evil array that can kill without leaving a trace."
"But once combined into the [Seven Deadly Formations of the Netherworld], it can revive the dead and restore flesh to bones, giving new life to those who are about to die."
"Let the soulless be reborn!"
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