"Shenzhu zhong..."

Shenzhu Shihui gritted her teeth.

She and Magong Yongshi's instincts were right; the vengeful spirit emerging from the shadows was indeed Shenzhu zhong, the knife-wielding priestess from Shenzhu Village!

It was her who had attacked Mouchi Mashi's parents, brutally murdering them.

The lingering image faded away like smoke under Beichuan Si and the others' gazes.

Just as everyone subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief—

Clang clang clang clang!!!!

The deathly clash of knives suddenly echoed from behind Beichuan Si! Along with the sound of something heavy crashing violently to the ground.

Upon hearing this, Beichuan Si did a forward roll immediately.

Bam!!!!

Rocks flew everywhere!!!

Beichuan Si executed a protective squat, his body fully rotating with the move as he turned to look behind him.

There, at the spot he had just been standing, was now occupied by a slender, graceful figure.

It was the knife-wielding priestess!

At this moment, the slaughtering knife connected to her right arm was embedded in the ground, stained with dark blood spots.

"This sinister person! Always attacking from behind!"

Shenzhu Shihui gritted her teeth in anger.

Even though she knew it was pointless to speak to the vengeful spirit, she just had to say it.

It was Shenzhu zhong who suddenly killed her during the Shenzhu ritual, ultimately causing the ceremony to fail.

"Beichuan! Help me beat it up!"

Shenzhu Shihui retreated to Beichuan Si's side.

"..." Beichuan Si.

In fact, Beichuan Si didn't need Shenzhu Shihui to tell him to deal with it; he would have exorcised it regardless.

The reason he hadn't attacked immediately was because he was using death energy to gauge the opponent.

Over these past few months, the resentment on the knife-wielding priestess had thickened a bit more.

In other words, she had also received some reinforcement within this spirit-binding place.

But even so... it was just a 'bit' of reinforcement.

But Beichuan Si was different. Over the past few months, he had encountered too many bizarre and supernatural events.

Handling her now shouldn't be any problem.

Beichuan Si stepped back, dodging the bone-slicing knife coming at his face.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, the Jian Ding in his hand was launched directly towards the knife-wielding priestess's neck.

Bam!

A sharp boning knife stabbed from the shadows, sending Jian Ding spinning into the air, at the same time, the knife-wielding priestess rushed forward, her blood-stained interrogation knives aiming straight for Beichuan Si's throat!

This time, Beichuan Si did not dodge like when he first encountered the knife-wielding priestess.

His right hand flipped over, and a black hammer swung towards the incoming strike.

Bam!!!!

The Death Aura Hammer clashed with the interrogation knives, emitting a trembling reverberation, and in the next instant!

The hammer flew backward, and the knife-wielding priestess staggered back a few steps as well, her slender body slightly leaning backward due to the counterforce.

Seeing this situation, Beichuan Si lifted his left index finger, then clenched all five fingers, aggressively pulling back!

Schlick!!!

The Jian Ding, propelled by death energy, shot into the knife-wielding priestess's back!

Beichuan Si stooped low, dodging the slaughtering knife slicing at him, his right hand wrapped in death energy, pulling the strands of death energy taut.

His hands grasped the strands on this end, and with every dodge, more death energy threads wrapped around the knife-wielding priestess's body.

Then—

Huo Jin Bi'an Luo!

With a forceful twist of his wrist, Beichuan Si pulled the knife-wielding priestess towards him, simultaneously tugging at the death energy threads, slamming her slender figure into the ground.

Splatter!!!

Death energy exploded! Along with it, a spray of dark blood!

The knife-wielding priestess let out a fierce scream.

This was the first time Beichuan Si had seen it scream so intensely.

But he had no intention of stopping there.

He retrieved Jian Ding and then mercilessly plunged a dagger into the knife-wielding priestess's abdomen.

The screams resounded once more.

Hearing this made Shenzhu Shihui's face light up with excitement, gesturing enthusiastically with her fists beside Magong Yongshi, muttering to herself:

"Beat her up! Beichuan! Yes! Beat her up!"

Her expression prompted Magong Yongshi to rub his temples helplessly.

To be honest, when she used to live in Shenzhu Village, her sister was actually a very proper girl, always maintaining a dignified and ethereal aura, truly a model representative of the Soul Suppressing Twins.

But who would have thought that after leaving Shenzhu Village and living at Beichuan Si for a while, she completely revealed her true nature.

Perhaps it was because as part of the Soul Suppressing Twins, Shenzhu Shihui was too heavily suppressed before, leading to such a strong rebound now.

"...No matter what kind... It's not very good."

Magong Yongshi sighed again. Even amidst her sighs, she didn't forget to raise her hand and shoot out four chains to firmly bind the limbs of the Knife Priestess.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Another series of three loud crashes.

Dark resentment exploded.

Amid those dark resentments entangled a scarlet disaster.

Just as Beichuan Si predicted, the Knife Priestess indeed gained quite a bit from Bokure.

"But no matter what... It already ends here."

Beichuan Si watched the Knife Priestess's spiritual body start to slowly dissipate, and he withdrew Jian Ding back into his sleeve.

This opponent, once only dealt with through the God Flower Ceremonial, is now something Beichuan Si can eliminate alone.

He stood there waiting for a while but didn't hear the system's prompt to retrieve the Evil Spirit.

This couldn't help but make Beichuan Si's eyebrow twitch.

It's the same as what happened with the Magong Family.

Eliminated an Evil Spirit but couldn't receive the reward skill points.

"Could it be that there's something like a Yao Stone here too?"

Beichuan Si furrowed his brows.

Somehow it feels different than last time with the Magong Family...

System...

Beichuan Si turned his head to glance at the skill tree, vast like smoke.

The skill tree still appeared the same with no changes.

"Is it just an illusion?" Beichuan Si muttered softly to himself.

No... It doesn't seem like an illusion...

Just as he was quietly contemplating, a questioning voice from Shenzhu Shihui suddenly sounded beside him:

"Huh? What is it?"

Unknown when, she had already come to Beichuan Si along with Magong Yongshi, witnessing the Knife Priestess's end together.

"It's nothing. Just thought about something that I care about."

"Is that so...?" Shenzhu Shihui blinked her eyes but didn't continue to press further.

Having spent so much time with Beichuan Si, she had a good understanding of Beichuan Si's temperament.

Things he didn't want to talk about, no one could make him speak.

"Anyway, this guy Shenzhu Zhong has been dealt with. One of my lingering issues is finally resolved."

Shenzhu Shihui looked at the Knife Priestess Shenzhu Zhong's body, which had gradually turned into pure resentment, and shook her head.

Honestly speaking, it was also the Shenzhu Family that turned Shenzhu Zhong into that kind of person who couldn't discern how cruel murder and interrogation could be.

The Shenzhu Family thus paid the price.

Destruction of the village, destruction of the clan...

These are all ancient customs... Or should we say, the price of suppressing the Yellow Springs.

A pang of sadness filled Shenzhu Shihui's heart.

She recalled the words Mouchi Mashi said that day.

Why should the responsibility of suppressing the Yellow Springs and maintaining the balance between the present and hidden world fall on them?

Originally, this wasn't the matter of one or two people, or one or two families.

As people from these families, wouldn't they also want to experience the conveniences of modern life?

The internet, transportation tools, the education they received... These things, she truly felt the impact of after Beichuan Si took her away from Shenzhu Village.

Her personality... Although there's 'a little bit' of change under these influences, it's not a big deal.

The most crucial thing is——

Shenzhu Shihui looked at Beichuan Si, pondered for a long time, and still asked:

"Beichuan, what do you plan to do next?"

"Even though you didn't say it in front of the future... But in front of us, there's no need to hide your thoughts, right?"

"Is it just wanting to find the solution to the 'Scarlet Seal'?"

"Or do you want to restore the balance between the hidden and present world?"

She asked softly.

Yes...

This is also a question she had wanted to resolve since following Beichuan Si here...

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