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

"Hmm?" Qiao Feng withdrew his hand holding the pill, scratched his head, and looked around in surprise and uncertainty.

Who is the big shot talking to?

Nangong Qian was always quick-witted and immediately understood what Jing Li was saying.

"!!!"

鬼珠！

The female ghost is still here! Didn't she just disappear?

She tentatively looked in the direction Jing Li was looking, and her vision blurred; she felt like fainting... Curiosity killed the cat; she shouldn't have looked.

Qin Ruolan was hanging upside down from the tree, her thick hair hanging down. When Nangong Qian looked over, as if to scare her, her head suddenly flipped back ninety degrees, perpendicular to her body, her white eyes frozen there, silently watching Nangong Qian.

"Ghost!"

Nangong Qian clung to Jing Li like an octopus.

Startled by the sudden shout, Qiao Feng jumped back, shouting, "Ghost? Where's the ghost?"

Without noticing, I stepped on Yu Manwen's hand.

Then, with a muffled groan, Yu Manwen slowly woke up.

Qiao Feng quickly stepped forward to check.

"What happened to your eyes?" Jing Li glanced at Yu Manwen before looking away. She was so startled by the sudden pounce that she almost lost her balance. She was so hungry...

When the topic of eyeballs came up, Qin Ruolan stopped her pranks. The setting sun still cast its last rays on the distant horizon, and she floated down with her back to the sun.

He said stiffly, "I'm stuck, I can't get over it."

Jingli asked curiously, "Hmm? Can't we just pry it out and put it back in?"

"?"

Not only was Qin Ruolan stunned, but Nangong Qian also tilted her head and looked at Jing Li in shock.

What a dangerous statement, sir!

Amidst their differing emotions, Qin Ruolan suddenly made a face, as if she had just gained some insight.

The next second, sharp fingernails quickly pierced into her eye socket, kneading and twisting it. Blood gushed from her eye socket, but she didn't feel any pain. After twisting it for a long time, her green eyeballs were finally smoothed out, but at first glance, they were still asymmetrical.

Nangong Qian could no longer bear this strange and eerie scene, so she went over to check on Yu Manwen's condition, and even pulled the two of them to stand a little further away.

Jing Li curled her lip and said speechlessly to Qin Ruolan, "Cross-eyed."

"Fine, the bronze statue is here, you can eat it."

After saying that, the red butterfly flew over, entwined around the bronze figure.

The bronze figure grew larger and tried to break free from the inexplicable golden light, but as it grew larger, the golden light tightened its grip.

Upon hearing Jing Li's words, the bronze figure struggled even more violently, its sinister bronze face showing a hint of terror. Knowing it couldn't escape, the bronze figure began to intimidate Qin Ruolan.

"Eat me? Qingyi won't let you get away with this!" it yelled at the top of its lungs.

Jing Li looked at Qin Ruolan and asked calmly, "Qingyi?"

Qin Ruolan answered honestly, "It was a wicked Taoist who brought it up the mountain, and that's how I got trapped here. That Taoist looks very intimidating."

"Oh."

Jing Li nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing this, the bronze figure assumed she was afraid and said with a sinister smile, "Scared now! Don't you humans have a saying, 'A wise man knows when to yield'? If you know what's good for you, release me now."

The tone of the last sentence was raised by one degree.

The confident and smug tone made Qin Ruolan grit her teeth in hatred. The evil cultivator had many treasures that could restrain her, which was why she hadn't eaten the bronze statue immediately.

Right now, she really did swallow the bronze statue. If the evil sects found out...

"Eat it quickly, and give me the Ghost Pearl."

The girl's clear and ethereal voice interrupted Qin Ruolan's hesitation.

This also caused the smug bronze figure to freeze in shock.

"...Ah!" Accompanied by the bronze man's piercing curses and screams, Qin Ruolan disregarded everything and swallowed the bronze man whole. Her body was filled with surging and chaotic yin energy, and her green eyes gleamed with a chilling light.

After a while, Qin Ruolan's yin energy gradually subsided.

The malevolent spirit will never disappear. Her hesitation and rationality just now were only because she had become weak.

After swallowing the bronze statue, Qin Ruolan became even more sinister, staring at Jing Li with a sinister gaze, her whole body brimming with power.

Kill her! Kill her! Eating her will make you stronger!

A voice in her mind kept tempting Qin Ruolan to kill Jing Li.

Jing Li's eyes flickered slightly, and she took a step back, casually placing the wooden stick on the ground. As if she had anticipated this situation, she sighed softly, "Don't want to pay? Breaching a contract is not a good thing!"

Ugh, I'm so hungry. Why do people need to eat...?

But the food in this world is indeed quite good.

Qin Ruolan finally succumbed to temptation and pounced on her with bared teeth and claws.

Five minutes later, Jing Li was holding something that looked like a stone and bouncing it up and down, completely ignoring Qin Ruolan, who was tied to a tree and going crazy.

The bronze statue's habits influenced Qin Ruolan, but she behaved herself after being tied up for a while.

The ghost bead is not a bead; it's more like a stone, with an irregular shape.

Jing Li put away the ghost bead, looked at Nangong Qian, then at the direction of the village chief's house, her eyes filled with an unknown and profound meaning.

Let's eat first and then talk about it.

Jingli walked over to the three of them and asked, "Can you cook?"

She had just seen that the village chief's house had food, but it needed to be cooked, and she didn't know how...

Yu Manwen was still a little confused and didn't hear what Jing Li said clearly. The other two young ladies and young masters who were mentioned were even less likely to be involved.

The two shook their heads awkwardly, "No."

"But Yu Manwen can cook!" Nangong Qian suddenly pushed Yu Manwen forward, which shook Yu Manwen's head and made her more alert. She heard the loud voice.

“But Manwen… hasn’t fully recovered yet; she’s a little weak,” Qiao Feng said weakly.

He would be happy to help the big boss, but Manwen didn't look too well.

Besides, he had just stepped on her hand, and now it was swollen.

Jingli sighed, finding it so difficult to eat, and muttered, "I'm so hungry..."

The two of them looked even more embarrassed, because they were actually very hungry too!

"I, I, I can!" The socially anxious girl raised her arm and stammered.

Upon hearing that there was food to be had, Jing Li immediately smiled and said, "Let's go!"

He finally showed a genuine smile, something he hadn't done in a long time.

The village, now free of the black fog, was exceptionally tranquil. The three followed Jing Li as the last fiery red rays of the setting sun shone down. The atmosphere was peaceful and serene, unaware that this was the turning point that would change their fate.

......

......

at the foot of the mountain.

"Captain, shall we head into the mountains now?" Gao Yao adjusted his equipment, got out of the military green off-road vehicle, and spoke to the rugged, handsome man who was on the phone.

This person was none other than Nangong Qinghe. He covered his phone and replied coldly, "Wait a moment."

He gestured to his phone, and Gao Yao immediately shut up.

Several SUVs parked on the village road attracted the attention of passing villagers. They were all villagers who lived at the foot of the mountain year-round and rarely saw so many vehicles.

In particular, there were a dozen or so people with strange equipment in the trunk, seemingly organizing something.

This made them even more curious.

"Brother Yao? Do you think we can get out of here alive?" One of the younger boys walked up to Gao Yao and asked worriedly.