"Crisis in the castle?" I asked.

"Yes, that day Miss Xiao Song locked me in an iron cage in the dungeon. She whipped me with a whip and vowed that I would reveal the location of the Yinxi Pot. She threatened me that if I didn't, she would go to Xiying City to find it. She told me that she would attack the fox clan. After that, I survived until you came to rescue me. She left me alone in the dungeon and asked several hyena people to guard me. I was waiting there for my wounds to heal. It was during that time that I smelled its scent in the dungeon and saw that the chains on it were untied. It should have escaped, and it has escaped." Hu Lingshang said.

"Who is the fairy talking about? Who is it?" Yunwen asked.

"It's the evil spirit that lives in the sacrificial book, the ghost in the dark corner, and the initiator that led Yingchun to destruction step by step. I heard from Yingchun that the guard Ryan once told her that the thing tied with chains in the dungeon has great magical powers, and its ability far exceeds that of the Eight Treasures of Taiqiong Cave. It is the master that Ryan served during his lifetime. It is said that the thing wanders between life and death and can easily help the ugly monster reunite his soul and come back to life. I advised Yingchun at the time, but she didn't listen to me. She was determined to bring the wooden man back to life." Song Bailu walked in from the backyard and said.

"Then what exactly is it? If there is a sacrifice, does it mean that there must be sacrifices? What kind of trouble has she gotten herself into?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Peter, the Curser of the Nightmare, was once known as the Siren of the Sea." Song Bailu said.

"I have had encounters with it before. It has black wings, rat eyes, a deer brain, and a charred face. Its language contains curses, and its voice is like the voice of hell. It does have the ability of a siren. It has been imprisoned in that dungeon a long time ago. If it weren't for someone who helped it come back to life, it would just be a skeleton in a cage. But Miss Song dug a deep canal in the dungeon, threw the hyena man's life into the pool as a sacrifice, and summoned this sinister thing back." Hu Lingshang said.

Then I remembered that those copper furnaces, the talismans and the formations around them seemed to be similar to the "borrowing" technique that Song Yingchun had taught me. Now that they said that, I felt that they were even more similar. No wonder the pool was so smelly, it turned out that it was used as a pool of water for sacrifice. The hyena man was sucked into the pool as a sacrifice, and his life was sucked away, turning him into a rotten corpse. The corpse must have no skin or flesh on it, so it sank in the water and began to stink.

I remember when Yingchun taught me the art of borrowing characters, she specifically told me that it cannot be used on living things, as that is an extremely immoral thing to do. Unexpectedly, she herself did not care about it, and used it at will when it came to her own affairs.

After all, the ugly monster's soul was scattered, and he was not a living creature. Therefore, even if she used the Borrowing Yang to Return Yin Formation, it would be difficult to revive him. Therefore, she listened to Ryan's lies and wanted the curser Peter to help her realize her old wish, so she set up that formation to bring that guy back to life. Therefore, it was not that the curser lived for five hundred years, but that after five hundred years, it was awakened by Borrowing Yang, which left those scratches in the dungeon.

Thinking about it this way, Song Yingchun really deserves to die. She treated the life and death of all things in the world as a joke, tampered with yin and yang, and disregarded the laws of nature. It would be strange if God didn't take her away.

After they talked about all this, I began to feel more and more that Yingchun's death might have nothing to do with Hu Lingshang, but was related to the so-called curser. The mermaid that once made people tremble in fear on the sea must have great abilities. It should not be difficult for her to disembowel Song Yingchun in an instant and make her fall from the city wall.

But now everyone is just guessing, and nothing can be concluded yet, so Hu Lingshang still cannot clear herself from suspicion.

In addition, with its black wings and rat-like eyes, isn’t it a bat?

"Song Bailu, aren't you afraid of Hu Lingshang? Why did you come out specially?" I asked.

Song Bailu shook her head and said, "I was indeed afraid that she would hurt me, but I just noticed that she was not coming for me. In addition, what she said made me think that there might be someone else who killed Yingchun. I also just found out that Song Yingchun did not expect to wake that guy up. So in addition to being surprised, I also want to tell everyone what I know, so that we can help find the real murderer of Yingchun."

"Sister Bailu, do you also think that the murderer is not the White Fox Fairy? After all, she is such a kind person, she wouldn't even kill a living being for flesh. How could she immediately decide to kill Song Yingchun just because of a few words? There is a misunderstanding here, so it's better not to have preconceived ideas." Yunwen said.

"You're right, there may be other hidden secrets, but we still can't rule out her possibility. After all, she is... a monster." Song Bailu said.

I quickly looked at Hu Lingshang, afraid that she would be angry, but who would have thought that she just laughed it off and said, "There are good and evil monsters, just like there are murderers and rescuers, right?"

Just one sentence reveals her broad mind. As a fox who has lived for a thousand years, she must see things more thoroughly than us. She has experienced more life and death and hardships than all of us. No wonder she is so elegant and calm.

But now she is open-minded, how could she kill Song Yingchun just because she called her a man-eating monster? This is even more unlike her.

"You're right, Miss Ling, Ling, what you said makes sense. I, Song Bailu, am also a reasonable person. After listening to what you have to say, I can trust you." Song Bailu said.

"From now on, you will be neighbors, and you may fight the enemy together more often. Therefore, I suggest that you all get to know each other better and don't call each other too distantly, such as fairy or monster. Firstly, I can't afford the blessing of being a fairy, and secondly, monster sounds awkward. It would be better for you to call me Lingshang or call me sister from now on. How about it?" Hu Lingshang asked.

"Okay, Sister Lingshang, you can just call me Yunwen. It won't seem more formal than calling me Miss." Yunwen said with a smile.

"Just call me Bailu." Song Bailu said embarrassedly.

At this time, Hu Lingshang smiled charmingly, stood up, and looked at the two girls with her charming posture. Then she took Song Bailu and Yunwen's hands and said with a smile: "Okay, since everyone is willing to form an alliance today, in order to strengthen the relationship and get along happily in the future, how about the three of us become sisters? I am a little older than the two younger sisters, so I am the eldest sister. Do you have any objection?"

Yunwen was more than happy to do so, as she had long had a crush on Hu Lingshang. Bailu hesitated for a moment, but still nodded. After all, this was her chance tonight to be sisters with Yunwen again, so she nodded as well. The three girls laughed together, and for a moment they became much closer. Yunwen also became more intimate with Bailu after many days.

But isn't it too unfair to me to just leave me alone and pretend I don't exist?

"Hey, you are so happy to be sworn sisters, but what should I do? Besides, Hu Lingshang, you said you are a little older, but you are obviously almost a thousand years older. Can this still be called a little older?" I complained.

Hahaha...

For a moment, the girls in the room burst into laughter, as if the previous gloom and sadness were gone, and the hardships and dangers of the outside world no longer existed. This cement and red brick house had not been filled with laughter for a long time. Today, Hu Lingshang's visit made the cold house more lively and brought back some of the flavor of the past.

I couldn't help but eat a few more bites of food. Suddenly, I felt that the food had become warmer, which warmed my heart.

"No matter how my two sisters look at me now, I won't be angry. After all, we are not familiar with each other yet. And I have just become a human being because of drinking the Nine-Turn Immortal Potion. I am also curious about interacting in a human way. We still have plenty of time to get to know each other. I believe that you will understand, sister Bailu, that I, Hu Lingshang, am definitely not a person who kills indiscriminately." Hu Lingshang smiled warmly.

Song Bailu nodded with tears in her eyes. It had been a long time since she had felt such enthusiasm.

"By the way, Hu Lingshang, you usually come to me only when you have something to do. If you came to inform us that there is a threat in the castle, you would have come before this. Why did you choose today, a month after the incident?" I asked.

Hu Lingshang temporarily let go of the other two girls' hands and said, "Zhou Lang really knows me very well. There have been many strange phenomena in Xiying City recently. I'm afraid that the curser has already set his sights on us. My feelings are always accurate, so I'm telling you about these crises so that you can be on guard. I also hope that Zhou Lang can temporarily take in our fox tribe. After we drive away the strong enemy, we will resign and leave. I hope Zhou Lang can allow it."

I actually saw that, otherwise why would he suddenly want to become sisters with two girls?