I played the devil's game with Yang Shou, and I got into the soul with one shot!

The atmosphere in the hall became tense again.

No one spoke for a moment.

Obviously,

When a team has two people who are similar to "leaders", it will not bring efficiency, but endless internal friction and suspicion.

At this moment, Shen Meihua, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke.

Her voice was not loud, but it carried a heart-pounding calmness.

"You all don't have to guess anymore."

She raised her head, and her eyes, which were once filled with fear and tears, were now cold and dead.

"I know who carries the blood debt."

She stretched out her trembling fingers, not pointing at Su Yi, not pointing at Du Wei, and not pointing at Jiang Mingyan.

But it was directed at...herself.

"it's me."

These two words were like a thunderbolt dropped in the dead silent courtyard.

Everyone was stunned.

Including Su Yi and Jiang Mingyan.

None of them thought that this seemingly most fragile and harmless girl,

At this moment, he would stand up and admit that he was carrying a "blood debt".

"Are you sure?" Zhou Qizhen was the first to react and asked in confusion.

Du Wei also looked incredulous. "Little girl, are you scared silly? This is not a joke!"

Shen Meihua ignored them. She just looked calmly at the lines of blood words on the wall, as if she was reading her own epitaph.

"I'm not talking nonsense."

Her voice was still eerily calm.

"I came here to find my mentor."

"But there's another reason I haven't told anyone."

She took a deep breath, as if she wanted to use all her strength to tell the secret buried deep in her heart.

"In the last letter my mentor sent me, in addition to mentioning the ancient altar in Wuliu Town, he also left an address and a request."

"He said that if he disappeared, I must go to that address and find a medicinal herb merchant named Yang Biao."

"He asked me to tell Uncle Yang that the only way to break the curse on him is to exchange his life for another person's."

"And that person..."

Shen Meihua's gaze slowly swept over everyone present, and finally fell in the direction of the courtyard where Yang Biao fell.

"That person must be willing to die for him."

"My mentor said that Uncle Yang is a good man, but he has been tortured by the curse for too long, and his mind has begun to waver. He is afraid that Uncle Yang will do something irreparable to survive."

"So, he asked me to come, to supervise him and also... to help him."

"And I..." Shen Meihua's mouth curled up into a sad, bitter smile, "I agreed."

"I promised my mentor that if it really came to that, I would...use my life in exchange for Uncle Yang's."

"Because my mentor considers Uncle Yang his best friend."

"And I owe my life to my mentor."

"So, the one who 'bears the blood debt' is me."

"Although I haven't had the chance to do it yet, in my heart, I'm ready to trade one life for another."

"Isn't this considered a blood debt?"

These words plunged the entire courtyard into deathly silence.

Su Yi didn't expect that this seemingly weak girl actually carried such a heavy secret and determination.

She is not a murderer, but she is someone who is ready to become a "murderer".

In terms of intention, she did "bear" the blood debt.

Su Yi looked at her with complicated eyes.

He originally thought that, except for himself now, everyone's identity was a flesh-and-blood person with his own story and choices.

Jiang Mingyan's hat brim was pulled down so low that his expression could not be seen.

The blood words on the wall began to change the moment Shen Meihua finished speaking.

[Subject of trial: Shen Meihua.]

[Charge: Blood debt.]

[Confirm? 】

The incense stick had burned to the end, and the sparks flickered in the green smoke, as if the god of death was urging him to burn.

"What should we do?" Huang Jing's voice was filled with tears. "Should we confirm it?"

If confirmed, will Shen Meihua really be treated as a sinner and have her blood sacrificed?

If they don't confirm, all of them will suffer the pain of being pierced by thousands of blades.

This is a dilemma.

"Can't confirm!" Du Wei was the first to shout, "This girl was trying to save someone! What the hell kind of blood debt is this?"

This man, who has always been capricious and violent, now showed the simplest sense of justice.

It was obviously Shen Meihua's proactive attack that made him a little shaken.

"Then who is it?" Zhou Qizhen's voice was filled with helplessness. "If the identification is wrong, everyone will feel the pain of a thousand blades piercing their hearts here."

Just as everyone was struggling and panicking.

Su Yi moved again.

He wants to gamble!

He slowly walked to the stone table and looked at the incense that was about to burn out.

"I have a question."

He turned around and looked at everyone.

"The test in this house is called 'Kaiyang Trial'."

"Kaiyang Star, also known as Wu Qu Star, governs decisiveness and fortitude."

"What do you think true determination and fortitude are?"

No one answered him.

Su Yi smiled, with an indescribable meaning in his smile.

"Sacrifice an innocent person to save the majority?"

"Do not."

"That's called cowardice."

He stretched out his hand, but did not touch the incense burner. Instead, he picked up the empty incense burner that had appeared on the stone table before and was used to insert incense.

“True fortitude is doing what you know is impossible.”

“True determination lies in persisting on the right path when everyone else has given up.”

He looked at the bloody words on the wall and spoke word by word.

"We, deny it."

"We deny this ridiculous charge."

"We are also prepared to face the pain of being pierced by thousands of blades."

"Because we are not a group of cowards who can sacrifice our companions at will just to survive."

After saying that, he slammed the empty incense burner in his hand heavily on the incense burner that was about to burn out.

"puff!"

The incense is out.

The moment the incense went out, the blood-stained words in the entire courtyard began to tremble violently, as if emitting a silent roar.

A terrifying pressure swept over from all directions.

Everyone felt their hearts tighten, as if countless invisible sharp blades were stabbing into their bodies.

"what!"

Zhou Qizhen and Huang Jing had already fallen to the ground in pain.

Du Wei also groaned and knelt on one knee.

Shen Meihua even fainted.

Only Su Yi and Jiang Mingyan were still standing.

Su Yi's face was a little pale, but he still stood straight, without any fear in his eyes.

Jiang Mingyan covered his chest and showed a hint of approval to Su Yi.

Su Yi's method of breaking the deadlock once again exceeded everyone's imagination.

He neither chooses nor escapes.

He chose to face the punishment.

Use an almost resolute attitude to fight against this unfair rule.

Is this the true way of "Wu Qu"?

But why does he think so?

If we fail, everyone will be buried with us!

What Su Yi faced was not recognition, but everyone's frightened doubts!