Shocking! The master of metaphysics is actually the ancestor of ghosts and monsters!

How did a young lady like her fall so low as to have to coax others? It's infuriating! I wonder if her brother will ever be able to find her after he can't reach her.

Qin Ruolan glanced at Nangong Qian, her green eyes making her look even more malevolent: "How about I eat you?"

"Don't scare the child." Jing Li waved her hand, and Qin Ruolan returned to normal.

Nangong Qian: "......"

A little kid? I definitely look older than her!

Qin Ruolan: "......."

A child? Or is she some kind of ancient monster who has lived for many years?

"I want your Ghost Pearl." The girl's smile remained unchanged, her tone slightly casual, yet exceptionally firm.

A hint of surprise flashed across Qin Ruolan's ferocious face.

How could she know that she possessed the Ghost Pearl?

Ghost beads are only found in a very small number of souls. The conditions for their creation are extremely difficult. Only souls that suffered greatly and died violent deaths in life or harbored great resentment have a very small chance of appearing.

It can help stabilize the soul and calm the mind, and can also be used for cultivation.

A ghost possessing a Ghost Pearl will have a more solid soul form than other souls, and its strength will also become more powerful with cultivation. If the Ghost Pearl is not destroyed, even if a master destroys its soul, the ghost can reappear after being nurtured over time.

Jing Li was already on the verge of death, but her rebirth against the heavens meant her soul was still unstable. She needed the Ghost Pearl to stabilize her soul as quickly as possible in order to prepare for the backlash from the heavens.

The sorcerer cannot calculate her own destiny, so she needs to prepare some things in advance.

"I can give it to you, but you won't take the ghost bead and use it to kill me..." Her voice was still eerie and ethereal, characteristic of ghosts. Her green eyes rolled mechanically, as if she wanted to scare Nangong Qian again.

“Killing you would be as easy as turning my hand, but I prefer to be a good person.” Jing Li’s clear smile shone through her lips. “You have the right to refuse, but if I help you and you give me a reward, then we’ll be even…” Jing Li’s smile didn’t reach her eyes, and she paused for a moment: “If… then I don’t mind coming to collect it myself.”

Although Qin Ruolan died an innocent and violent death, she committed many evil deeds after her death. She slaughtered the villagers, but she also killed many innocent people who had wandered into the mountains.

She could have acted on behalf of Heaven and simply snatched the Ghost Pearl without incurring any karmic consequences.

However, that bronze figure is a bit troublesome. If we can use Qin Ruolan's strength to fight it, and then she can make her move last...

Although she could subdue the bronze figure herself, its soul was still unstable, so she needed to conserve some spiritual energy to deal with the large creature under the formation.

Faced with Jing Li's threat, the female ghost was filled with resentment, and her clear mind was on the verge of collapsing again, but her remaining rationality told her not to provoke the girl opposite her. "You, how can you help me?"

Ghosts and monsters can't hide their emotions, and Nangong Qian noticed her slightly frightened expression.

Nangong Qian discovered that her younger sister was surprisingly tough, directly confronting the female ghost head-on.

His hunched head snapped up instantly, his chin slightly raised, showing no sign of fear of the female ghost.

However, he still held Xia Yi's waist tightly with both hands, standing close behind her. He clearly exuded an aura of "I'm not afraid of you, I have someone to protect me."

"Tell me about your situation first." Jing Li actually knew what was going on here, but she had only figured out the general events; she was too lazy to calculate the details.

A story? Nangong Qian's eyes lit up; she loved hearing gossip.

Qin Ruolan's thoughts drifted for a moment, recalling her past life...

Recalling those memories, she slowly recounted:

"From the time she can remember, the village has been cursed. Every family can only give birth to daughters. But if they pray to the bronze god, it will be fine. Every year on the day of the full moon, the villagers will hold a sacrifice."

If an adult, unpregnant woman is offered as tribute and given the divine water bestowed by the Bronze God, that woman will become pregnant within a day.

The most puzzling thing is that the child will automatically crawl out in just two days, and the corresponding woman will die suddenly. Even if the woman commits suicide within these two days and becomes a corpse, the child will still not die, and they will be automatically born two days later.

At first, people were afraid, but gradually they discovered that the children born were no different from normal children, and they became even more frenzied, demanding that an unmarried woman be sacrificed from the village every year.

Hearing this, Nangong Qian said indignantly, "Damn it, can't we call the police! A bunch of beasts."

“The government can’t control this. There’s a thick fog here all year round, and the soldiers can’t get in anytime soon.” Jing Li thought for a moment. “Besides, there’s also a Yin-gathering formation.”

Nangong Qian: "Soldiers?"

What era does she live in, this ancient relic...?

"Don't worry about it, keep talking." Jing Li waved her hand, displaying the demeanor of a wise man.

Qin Ruolan continued, "That's right. Hehuan Village is isolated and has no signal, so you can't make a call for help. Usually, people who accidentally break in die, and even if their family members outside call the police to search, it usually comes to nothing."

Nangong Qian's tightly furrowed brows could have trapped a fly. Her anger burned fiercely, and she cursed, "A bunch of idiots! Aren't girls' lives worthless?!"

He then asked, "Then why don't you leave?"

"They can't leave. The Yin Gathering Array is here; they can't go anywhere. If they stay too far away from the Yin Gathering Array for too long, their souls will be locked..."

Jing Li clicked his tongue twice. In this day and age, there are actually people who can reverse formations, transforming the suppressing formation into a formation for collecting Yin souls, and eventually evolving into the Yin Gathering Formation.

"Yes, the people in our village are cursed and cannot leave Hehuan Village. People who leave the village for a long time will die mysteriously. My parents loved me more when I was alive and never wanted to use me to have children for the family. So I went to university, but every now and then I have to go back to the village to live for a while."

When her father and mother were mentioned, the fierceness in Qin Ruolan's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a sense of guilt.

"Later, conflicts often arose in the village over whose daughter should be sacrificed. In order to resolve this conflict, the village chief suggested bringing outsiders into the village or trading girls directly outside to have children for the village."

"Damn it, once I get out of here, I'm going to find my older brother and wipe them all out!" Nangong Qian said viciously. She was absolutely furious. What son? Did they have a royal heir in the family...?

Jing Li frowned slightly, adopting a mature demeanor: "Hmm? 'Damn it,' doesn't seem like a good word. And the 'idiot' from just now, doesn't seem like one either."

She uttered the insult in a serious tone, and Nangong Qian shut her mouth in annoyance.

"And what happened next?" Nangong Qian tried to change the subject because she couldn't stand the way the big shot was looking at her.

"Me? Ha~" Qin Ruolan sneered, "The unfilial daughter of the Qin family deserves to die. But they shouldn't have killed my father and mother."

Her eyes turned sharp and savage, and Jing Li cast a purification spell at the right moment.

Qin Ruolan regained her senses and continued, "I was deceived by Gao Lin. I was young and didn't know people well. I thought I had found a man to spend my life with. I thought we could live at the foot of the mountain and as long as we went to Hehuan Village from time to time, nothing would happen to us. But he tricked me into eloping so that he could trick me into having a child with another family in the same village."