Severing ties with family to marry the young marshal, his whole family chases me to the crematorium.

"Master, why are you here?"

Shen Qingyao was overjoyed, not only because she saw Xia Ran, but also because Xia Ran was there to clean up her mess.

"What do you say?"

Xia Ran smiled slightly at Shen Qingyao, then turned her gaze to Lu Lian'er.

Shen Qingyao was already used to her master's secretive behavior, and she pouted at her somewhat annoyed.

However, before Shen Qingyao could return to normal, she was struck on the head with a sharp rap on the head, causing her to wince in pain.

"He betrayed his master and ancestors! He deserves to be beaten."

Shen Qingyao: ...

Xia Ran stopped looking at Shen Qingyao and turned her gaze to Lu Lian'er once again.

"Lu Lian'er, from now on you must do more good deeds and accumulate more merit, otherwise you will be reborn as an animal in your next life, do you understand?"

Xia Ran's voice was clear and pleasant. Before Lu Lian'er could react, her hand had already landed on Lu Lian'er's forehead.

A talisman gleaming with golden light was affixed to Lu Lian'er's forehead and vanished instantly.

Upon hearing Xia Ran's words, Shen Qingyao was not only shocked but also puzzled. She understood that her master meant that he would not accept Lu Lian'er as a disciple.

However, the presence of corpse demons in the world is ultimately an uncertain factor, and they can easily cause harm to the surrounding area.

"Master, what's wrong with you...? She's a corpse demon."

"What's wrong with corpse demons? In your master's eyes, all things are equal."

After Xia Ran finished speaking, she raised her hand and gave Shen Qingyao a sharp rap on the head, her expression relaxed and happy.

“But Master, that’s not how you taught me before. You told me that cultivators should eliminate demons and protect the righteous path, slay demons and eliminate evil spirits, and kill ghosts and eliminate demons whenever they encounter them.”

Shen Qingyao looked at Xia Ran with speechless and resentful eyes, and Xia Ran suddenly smiled when she looked at her.

"Little Yaoyao, what I said is just for your reference. I'm telling you this, but it doesn't mean I'll do it myself!"

Xia Ran didn't feel there was anything wrong with fooling Shen Qingyao. As she spoke, she raised her eyebrows and flicked Shen Qingyao's forehead with her finger.

Shen Qingyao covered her forehead where she had been flicked, looking utterly speechless.

"Then why are you teaching me like this?"

"Because that's how my master taught me, and that's how my master's master taught her. That's how it's been passed down from generation to generation."

Xia Ran spoke with utmost seriousness, a smile on her face, completely ignoring Shen Qingyao's sorrow.

Shen Qingyao: ...

At this moment, Shen Qingyao suddenly felt a heart attack. Over the years, she had long been used to her master's unpredictable nature.

"So what do we do with this corpse demon now?"

Shen Qingyao's tone carried a suppressed resentment and frustration, which Xia Ran noticed, and she couldn't help but want to laugh.

My own disciple is indeed the most adorable.

Xia Ran couldn't help but raise her hands to tap Shen Qingyao's head, the force just right—enough to leave her dazed but not hurt.

"What corpse demon? That's an awful name. Her name is Lu Lian'er. Go and see for yourself. She's not a corpse demon at all."

Upon hearing Xia Ran's words, Shen Qingyao disregarded the pain in her head and approached Lu Lian'er with a defiant expression.

However, when she saw Lu Lian'er again, she was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.

"She...she...she...how did she turn into a human?"

Shen Qingyao rubbed her eyes in disbelief, but the Lu Lian'er in front of her was a living, breathing human being.

Xia Ran smiled wickedly and raised an eyebrow at Shen Qingyao with a confident expression.

"Who is your master? The abbot of Taiqing Temple, the most outstanding disciple of Taiqing Temple. It's nothing."

Shen Qingyao was numb, looking at Xia Ran with a mixture of admiration and complicated emotions, unable to speak for a long time.

Seeing Shen Qingyao's speechless shock, Xia Ran raised her hand but ultimately couldn't bring herself to strike.

"Silly Yaoyao, Lu Lian'er's lifespan wasn't over to begin with, but she suddenly lost her life in a violent accident. Because she was unwilling to accept her fate, her soul remained attached to the corpse, which is how she became a corpse demon."

"But her lifespan hasn't ended, so she's still alive in the underworld. I'm just letting her soul merge back into her body. In essence, she's someone who has died once, and her fate will change as a result."

Xia Ran's explanation finally made Shen Qingyao nod blankly; she hadn't noticed these things before.

Thank goodness my master came, otherwise I would have really killed Lu Lian'er.

Just as Shen Qingyao nodded in understanding, Xia Ran suddenly leaned closer to her, her cold, eerie voice ringing in her ear.

“But you… are different, Little Yaoyao, you have truly died once.”

Shen Qingyao looked up in shock, only to see Xia Ran smiling at her as usual.

"Master..."

"Shh! Little Yaoyao, secrets of heaven must not be revealed. Remember, some things are best kept to yourself."

Shen Qingyao was interrupted, but the surging emotions in her heart almost overwhelmed her.

She thought that no one knew about her rebirth except herself, but she didn't expect that her master had already seen through it all.

"Little Yaoyao, be good! Do whatever you want to do boldly, and your master will appear when the time is right. Bye-bye!"

"Master, wait a moment..."

Xia Ran's appearance seemed like an illusion; she vanished from Lu Shenqingyao's sight in the blink of an eye.

Shen Qingyao wanted to chase after her, but found that she didn't even know which direction she had disappeared from.

“Ah Yao, Ah Yao…”

Si Jingnian's voice rang in her ears. Shen Qingyao came back to her senses in a daze and found Si Jingnian looking at her with a nervous expression.

"Ayao, what's wrong?"

Shen Qingyao's heart was in turmoil, but her face remained blank as she mechanically shook her head.

"fine……"

Shen Qingyao forced herself to come back to her senses, suppressing all the doubts and shock in her heart.

"How is Lu Lian'er?"

Shen Qingyao came to her senses and looked at Lu Lian'er, only to find that she had indeed turned into a human.

The man who had just been thrown and was bleeding from his head was still lying on the ground; everything that had just happened was not an illusion.

“Miss Shen, thank you! Thank you for helping Lian’er return to normal. I am willing to do anything in this life to repay your great kindness.”

Mrs. Lu kept kowtowing to Shen Qingyao, while Lu Lian'er watched her with gratitude, which made Shen Qingyao even more puzzled.

"You mean I made Lu Lian'er return to normal?"

"Yes! Miss Shen, didn't you just put a talisman on Lian'er, and then Lian'er returned to normal? Not only did her body become warmer, but she also had a heartbeat."

"Could it be...could it be that Lian'er is still..."

"Mrs. Lu, rest assured, Lu Lian'er has recovered to a normal human being. Her lifespan has not yet ended, so she is a normal person now. You don't need to worry."

Shen Qingyao hurriedly explained, but even more doubts arose in her heart.

The person who just put the talisman on Lu Lian'er was clearly my own master, Xia Ran. How did it become her?