"Ha, you humans are all so hypocritical."

On the street, a dozen or so figures walked toward Yun Qingyi and the others.

Yun Qingyi narrowed her eyes and jumped off the roof, followed by the others.

At this moment, the moon in the sky was completely covered by dark clouds, but the flashing lightning did not prevent Yun Qingyi from seeing the person who came.

He was a stranger to me, a boy with delicate features, a pale face, and a faint, mocking smile at the corner of his mouth.

This must be the original form of that Night Shadow Paper.

The boy was surrounded by familiar faces, including the cultivators from the Flying Star Sect, the Lord of Star Moon City, and the maid named Xiao Jie.

These people looked better than the boy, so their bodies probably hadn't been completely drained by the Night Shadow Paper.

Seeing that Yun Qingyi and her group ignored him, the young man was a little annoyed. He chuckled and continued, "I never thought that a cultivator who is supposed to care about the common people would actually point his sword at innocent civilians."

"And what about you?" Yun Qingyi said coldly, "I never thought that the Heavenly Spirit Clan, who despises killing and bloodshed, would do such a stupid thing as obtaining life force by consuming the flesh and blood of others."

"Heh." The boy sneered, his face darkening. "They deserved it."

"They deserved it."

"They deserved it."

……

After repeating the murmur several times, the boy's aura suddenly changed, and his gaze toward Yun Qingyi and the others turned cold and terrifying: "You ruined my plans, so you deserve to die too."

After saying that, the terrifying power emanating from the boy suddenly attacked Yun Qingyi and the others.

Upon seeing this, Leng Zhan's expression changed, and he mobilized all his spiritual power to quickly strengthen his defensive shield.

The shield barely managed to block the sudden attack, but then crumbled and shattered in an instant.

Leng Zhan collapsed to the ground, drenched in cold sweat. At this moment, he had no spiritual power left in his body, and his eyes were filled with disbelief as he looked at the boy.

With a single blow, he shattered the shield he had painstakingly built. This person is truly terrifying.

He finally understood why his Martial Aunt Qingyi had killed all those who possessed Night Shadow Paper within their bodies.

If they are not killed, the differentiated Night Shadow Papers will continuously supply the main body with vitality, making it even less likely that they will win against the person in front of them.

Seeing Leng Zhan fall to the ground, Ji Zhaoling quickly took out several Rejuvenation Pills and stuffed them into Leng Zhan's mouth.

The pills melted instantly upon entering his mouth under the catalysis of Ji Zhaoling's spiritual power, and soon, Leng Zhan's spiritual power became abundant again.

Ji Zhaoling smiled, took out several large medicine bottles and quickly distributed them to the others, saying, "Everyone, fight as much as you want, there are plenty of pills."

Yun Qingyi took the medicine bottle, raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at the boy not far away with a somewhat solemn expression.

Even with abundant spiritual energy, this person is not easy to deal with, as we can see from Leng Zhan just now.

The defensive shield they had built with all their might could only block one of his light blows.

"What? Are you scared?"

The boy did not rush to make a move, but instead watched Yun Qingyi's ever-changing expressions with great interest.

He said to Yun Qingyi, "You look quite like the person who lured me to eat the baby in the Star Moon Capital back then."

Yun Qingyi was slightly taken aback, staring at the young man as he continued to speak: "Actually, the moment you first stepped into this capital city, I saw your face clearly through the eyes of the people in the city."

I knew that you were those so-called cultivators who came to slay demons and monsters, but at the time I was still very happy, thinking that she had come to find me under a different identity.

I really miss her so much. I'm so glad to send people to welcome you. Isn't there a custom of welcoming and washing away the dust of the journey?

Actually, I prepared a lot of delicious food to welcome you yesterday, but I quietly declined it because I knew she didn't like these things.

Yesterday was only the second time since I was born that I was so happy. I brought all the treasures I'd looted from those cultivators with me; I know she loves these things, and I thought she'd be so happy to see them.

The boy spoke animatedly, sometimes laughing, sometimes lost in thought, even the pale complexion on his face regaining some color. But as he spoke, the boy gradually fell silent, staring at Yun Qingyi's face with a self-deprecating and sorrowful expression.

"But when I wanted to see you, the other puppets I controlled contacted you first. Those puppets were not entirely under my control during the day; they would only carry out my simple commands."

So what they say to you, what they do, and I have complete control over them, but our senses are completely connected.

From their interactions with you, I know that although you look very similar, you are not her.

Your behavior and temperament are completely different; she doesn't exude the same righteous aura as you.

When I found out you weren't her, I was actually relieved, but at the same time, I felt very disappointed.

I was thinking, if you were her, you would definitely hate me now. I can accept everything else, but this is the one thing I don't want her to hate me for.

Fortunately, you are not her, but I am still very disappointed. After all these years, why won't she come to see me again?

As Yun Qingyi listened to the boy's rambling, she realized that the person he was talking about was indeed Yun Yu'er.

Her heart gradually calmed down, and she looked at the boy tentatively and asked, "The person you mentioned who looks a lot like me, is she named Yun Yu'er? Why did she lure you to eat the children in Xingyue Capital?"

Upon hearing this, the boy's eyes lit up: "Her name is Yun Yu'er? Do you know her? If you can get her to come see me, I'll let you go!"

Yun Qingyi paused, not answering or not, but simply asked, "...You don't know her name?"

The boy's lips curled into a bitter smile and a hint of longing: "I don't know. She said she would tell me my name when we meet again."

"When I was on the verge of death, she picked me up and saved me..."

"Wait a minute," Yun Qingyi gently interrupted the boy.

A strange expression appeared on his face: "You are a spirit race of heaven and earth, formed from the essence of the moon. You are a being that can achieve immortality by absorbing moonlight. How did you manage to make Star Moon City, where the days are short and the nights are long, so close to death?"

Upon hearing this, the boy fell silent for a moment, his face full of mockery: "How did you do that?"

Then he stared straight at Yun Qingyi and the others: "I'm sure you all still remember that Zhang family daughter-in-law, right? She was the first person to discover me."

At that time, she was not yet married and was still a young girl, while I had just taken human form and was full of curiosity about the world.

Within this Star and Moon Capital, due to its superior natural geographical location, there are quite a few creatures transformed from the essence of the moon.

So when the girl saw me, she wasn't surprised; instead, a glint of shrewdness appeared in her eyes.

At this point, a cold glint flashed in the young man's eyes, and he slowly said, "At the time, I didn't understand what that glint of light meant until I took control of this city and learned about the habits of the human race."

Only then did I gradually understand that it was called greed.

"She took me home and tied me up with a special thin rope. I had only recently taken human form and didn't know how to use my own power. Plus, the rope was special, so for a long time, I was tied to the head of the bed like that."

She only allowed me to absorb a little moonlight each day so that I could live. Later, she got married, and because I was part of her dowry, she married a pretty good man.

After she got married, she made me go out to steal things every day. That thin rope was magical; as long as it was tied to me, even if it broke, it could still pull me back.

So she wasn't worried at all that I would run away. At first, I used my flat, light, and petite body to steal a lot of gold and silver jewelry for her.

Ever since I stole things for her, she's been very happy every day, and she even lets me absorb more moonlight.

But later, she made me steal the money pouch that an old woman on the city wall had saved up for most of her life. I refused, so she locked me up for several days, preventing me from absorbing moonlight, and whipped me with something she didn't know where she got it from. The pain felt like it was lashing my soul.

At this point, the boy shuddered, as if the excruciating pain from back then still lingered in his body.

He continued, "In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore and agreed to let her steal the old woman's money bag. The old woman on the city wall had saved up her granddaughter's dowry for that money bag."

But as a former member of the Heavenly Spirit Clan, I couldn't bring myself to do it in the end, and I slunk back.

The woman was furious when she saw I hadn't brought anything back. She whipped me with that thing for days, preventing me from absorbing moonlight. Finally, on a rainy day, she threw me out of the city, saying it was a lesson for me.

The boy's eyes flashed with intense disgust, but he quickly composed himself, a faint smile playing on his lips as he looked at Yun Qingyi and said, "It was on that night that I met her, the one who looks a lot like you."

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