At this moment, Ning Shuang looked at Qing Mo and Qing Hua and said, "These two children look good, I'll take them in."
Ah Li didn't expect things to go so smoothly; Ning Shuang was willing to accept Qing Mo and Qing Hua.
Qingmo and Qinghua were quick to understand. As soon as they heard that Ningshuang was willing to take them in, they immediately knelt down and called out, "Master!"
Ning Shuang didn't let Qing Mo and Qing Hua call Ali "Senior Sister". Seeing that Ali was repairing the paper figure, she took Qing Mo, Qing Hua, and Ying Niang and left together.
Granny Yun stayed behind. She looked at Ah Li, who was working, and seeing that Ah Li didn't ask her for help, she found a place to sit down.
She knew Zhou Tiesheng; he was a poor scholar who later dropped out of school and became a hunter. As a hunter, he became wealthy, married, and soon after gave birth to Yingniang.
Unfortunately, both husband and wife died young.
Grandma Yun was very close to Yingniang's birth mother at that time. Seeing that Yingniang was having a hard time on her own, she took her back to take care of her.
Yingniang was also grateful and recognized Ningshuang as her godmother. However, while Zhou Tiesheng knew Ningshuang, Granny Yun did not.
As Granny Yun reminisced about the past, Ah Li had already repaired the paper figure.
Granny Yun stood up and went over to look. The paper figure did not resemble Zhou Tiesheng at all.
Ah Li said to Granny Yun, "You wait here, I'm going for a walk outside."
"Okay, go ahead."
Ali also said, "By the way, if you're tired, you can rest in the carriage. There are traps in this courtyard, so don't touch anything."
"Okay, I'll get on the carriage right away and won't move around."
Granny Yun looked around in fear and then hurriedly ran to the carriage.
Ah Li saw Granny Yun get into the carriage and then she left.
Once they had gone far enough, Ahri flashed into the system space.
The system administrator was waiting in Ali's system space, holding a booklet in his hand. He asked, "Why do you want to save their family?"
Ahri said, "If you want to save someone, just save them. There aren't that many reasons."
The system administrator smirked, "Who knows what the outcome will be after your rescue?"
"It's okay, no matter what the outcome, I can handle it."
"Fine."
The system administrator opened the booklet and said, "By the way, there's a world that needs help. It's about the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams. The original owner of this world was a Taoist priest who could catch ghosts."
Ahri said, "Okay, I'll go there directly after this world ends."
"Um."
The system administrator responded and then left.
Ahri waited for a while before leaving the system space and appearing outside.
That night, Ning Shuang did not bring Ying Niang and the others back.
Grandma Yun cooked some porridge and served it with pickled vegetables, which she and Ah Li shared for a meal.
After the two finished their meal, with nothing to do, Granny Yun went back into the carriage, while Ah Li leaned against the outside of the carriage and closed her eyes to rest.
At this moment, a cluster of firelight lit up in the sky, and the light slowly formed a totem of a red spider lily, which lingered for a long time.
Ahri opened her eyes; it was the Ghost City Lord who had released her.
Ah Li knocked on the carriage and said to Granny Yun inside, "I have to leave. Be careful."
"Okay, sure."
Grandma Yun had just dozed off when she heard Ah Li's words, so she changed her position and continued sleeping.
Ahri leaped a few times and returned to the ghost town.
On the walls of the ghost city, Ouyang Hao was playing the zither.
Of the twelve trusted confidants, six arrived, including Ahri.
Many outsiders came to the ghost town hoping to exchange things, but no one came towards the city wall.
Even though they heard the music played by Ouyang Hao, no one dared to go up to the city wall to find out what was going on.
At this moment, Ahri had already put on a ghost mask, with the character 'Li' on it.
Ouyang Hao's eyes held a sense of aloofness and detachment as the song "Hate of Life" came to an end.
The twelve trusted confidants arrived and stood in a row behind Ouyang Hao.
Ouyang Hao stood up and said, "I'm going to Jiangnan. Who wants to come with me?"
"We are willing to follow our master."
The twelve trusted confidants all wore masks, and each mask had words engraved on it.
Ouyang Hao didn't choose who to send, and simply waved his hand, saying, "Then let's all go together."
The twelve trusted confidants remained silent, awaiting Ouyang Hao's next instructions.
Ouyang Hao looked at the twelve trusted confidants through their masks with a cold expression.
When he saw Ah Li, he pointed at her and said, "You will dress up as a servant and serve me."
Ahri calmly replied, "Understood."
Ouyang Hao then said to the others, "The others should protect us from the shadows."
The other eleven trusted confidants responded in unison, "Yes."
"Then everyone can leave, except for Li Gui."
The other eleven people all dispersed in the next second, leaving only Ahri standing there.
Ouyang Hao walked towards Ah Li, and stopped when he reached her.
Just as Ahri was wondering what this person was going to do, he raised his hand and removed the mask from Ahri's face.
Ah Li's expression didn't change much; she calmly stared at Ouyang Hao.
Holding Ah Li's mask, Ouyang Hao said, "I never knew that even ghosts separated by life and death could have a kind heart."
"..."
Ahri remained silent.
Ouyang Hao said again, "Li Gui, you've changed quite a bit. Before, even if someone died in front of you, you wouldn't even glance at them. This time, how come you saved those four people and even arranged for them to work in the City Lord's kitchen?"
Ahri said, "Inside the City Lord's Mansion, the kitchen staff must be my people, so that the City Lord's safety can be guaranteed."
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