Chapter 573: Swearing by the Great Emperor of Beiyin Fudou, I Will Not Deceive
Chapter 573: Swearing by the Great Emperor of Beiyin Fudou, I Will Not Deceive
Their resemblance was only about two or three percent.
If one were to examine closely, apart from their face shape and nose, there weren't many other similarities.
After absorbing the malevolent aura of the female ghost, Qin Ruan casually pushed her away.
She wanted to ask Huang Biao if the woman he slept with and the red-clothed evil spirit appearing in his dream were the same as the female ghost in front of them.
However, she saw Huang Biao had already fainted at the door.
Huang Biao had passed out upon seeing the female ghost's horrifying appearance.
"Tsk!" Qin Ruan felt disdainful of Huang Biao.
This man's cowardice was beyond belief, even more so than her second brother's.
The red-clothed female ghost pounced at Qin Ruan once again.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Her voice was no longer hoarse but had a clear and melodious tone, characteristic of a young girl.
Having absorbed the malevolent aura, Qin Ruan couldn't be bothered to deal with her again.
This time, as the female ghost rushed towards her, Qin Ruan grabbed her by the long hair and pressed her against the back of the sofa.
When the female ghost tried to reach out with her regenerating bloody hands to grab Qin Ruan's face, a golden light emanated from Qin Ruan, restricting the ghost's movements.
Qin Ruan firmly held the female ghost's long hair, making her lean back.
She sounded impatient, "Stop seeking death. Killing you and turning you to ashes is as easy as flipping my hand!"
The female ghost's face twisted with hatred, "We're all destined to turn to ashes sooner or later. Even in death, I will drag someone down with me!"
Her resolute attitude left Qin Ruan puzzled.
As a ghost, she actually wasn't afraid of turning to ashes.
Qin Ruan released the grip on the female ghost's neck, and the restraint of her dark power on the ghost was also lifted.
She wanted to find out what was going on.
However, as soon as the female ghost regained her freedom, she attacked Qin Ruan again.
This time, Qin Ruan quickly seized her by the neck.
Completely losing her patience, Qin Ruan's voice turned cold and stern, "Considering you're a ghost, I've already given you face. Don't take advantage of it!"
Qin Ruan glared down at the female ghost with an icy expression, and a strong malevolent aura emanated from her, several times more intense than that of the female ghoul.
She didn't like being provoked repeatedly.
It was an unpleasant feeling.
This time, Qin Ruan truly harbored a killing intent towards the female ghoul. She tightened her grip on the ghost's neck, applying more and more force.
The red-clothed female ghost couldn't make any sound anymore.
"Sister!"
Suddenly, a voice of an unfamiliar man sounded from behind.
Sensing the danger approaching from behind, Qin Ruan's hair stood on end. She instinctively protected her belly and swiftly moved away from her original position.
A blurred figure flashed before her eyes.
Lin Hao rushed towards the red-clothed female ghost.
He stood in front of the female ghost, his face showing concern and distress.
"Sister, are you okay?!" he asked.
The red-clothed female ghost saw him as if he were her savior.
With pale hands, she gripped Lin Hao's arm tightly and said, "I'm fine, I can't die."
Without the protection of her dark power, having been suppressed by Qin Ruan's dark godly power, the red-clothed female ghoul's lost soul became weak and feeble. She could only rely on Lin Hao to support her.
Qin Ruan stared at Lin Hao with an indescribably cold gaze and asked, "Who are you?!"
Supporting the red-clothed female ghost, Lin Hao looked back at Qin Ruan with anger.
"You, a mere celestial master, dare to humiliate us, the restless spirits who can't enter reincarnation and can only wait to be scattered in this human world. You're relying on your own abilities to kill us at will. That's all you are!" he retorted angrily.
Qin Ruan laughed in exasperation. "I have no grievances or grudges with you. If it weren't for you harming the innocent, I wouldn't be here today. You reap what you sow. Your ability to bite back is truly eye-opening!"
Lin Hao roared, "We didn't do it!"
Qin Ruan's gaze was scornful. "How did Huang Mao die? Whose yang energy was swallowed by Huang Biao? Dare you say that these have nothing to do with you?!"
A slight smirk appeared on her lips, as if mocking his ignorance.
Lin Hao's expression turned fierce and he said ferociously, "They deserved to die. That Huang Mao bullied my sister!"
Qin Ruan's eyes turned pitch-black, and a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.
"What about Huang Biao? Did your sister willingly do that? Why did you have to exterminate him completely?"
Lin Hao was indignant, "He offended someone, and we also..."
"Xiao Guang!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the red-clothed female ghoul.
Qin Ruan's face showed impatience.
From Lin Hao's words, she could roughly guess that the situation behind Huang Biao's death was not simple.
"Give you a chance to explain things clearly, and I can still send you into reincarnation. Otherwise, I'll let you disintegrate prematurely!" Qin Ruan's cold eyes were chilling, and her face looked sinister and intimidating.
Her aura was arrogant and assertive, with her sharp edges fully exposed.
It was already late.
After dealing with Huang Biao, she should go home now; otherwise, the Third Young Master would worry about her again.
Lin Hao had a look on his face as if he thought she was a fool and coldly refused, "You're just a minor celestial master, not an in-bureau person in the human world. Do you think you can deceive us? Wishful thinking!"
He seemed to be quite familiar with people in the celestial master profession.
The red-clothed female ghost also made it clear that she didn't believe Qin Ruan's words.
Qin Ruan raised an eyebrow and said thoughtfully, "How do you know I'm not an in-bureau person?"
Lin Hao sneered, "There hasn't been an in-bureau person in this land for hundreds of years. Otherwise, how could there be so many evil spirits causing trouble in this world?"
Qin Ruan nodded as if pondering his words, "You make a good point."
"Hmph, a hypocritical liar!"
Lin Hao didn't believe Qin Ruan's words, but when he saw her nod, a faint disappointment appeared on his pale face.
Qin Ruan's eyes flickered with a sharp light, and her aura changed dramatically.
"It seems you prefer punishment over rewards."
As soon as she finished speaking, she teleported to the front of the red-clothed female ghost and Lin Hao.
Using her dark godly power, she transformed her gold whip and hooked it around Lin Hao's neck.
Qin Ruan pulled him forcefully, bringing him in front of her.
Her face was extremely dark, and she said angrily, "Get out of his body!"
Her fair and slender fingertips pressed against Lin Hao's forehead.
A black mist surged out of his body.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!!!"
A miserable scream followed.
"Xiao Guang!"
The red-clothed female ghost rushed forward, embracing the thick and dark mist with open arms.
In just a moment, the mist transformed into a male ghost, with a somewhat similar appearance to the red-clothed female ghost.
Qin Ruan retrieved her gold whip, and the unconscious Lin Hao fell to the ground.
As he collided with the ground, Qin Ruan raised her foot and cushioned his waist to reduce the pain from the impact.
Lin Hao would still be unconscious for a while.
Qin Ruan's pitch-black eyes stared at the siblings in front of her, emitting a strong sense of dominance that made people feel a chill all over.
She stepped over Lin Hao's body and approached the siblings.
"If you're seeking death, I'll give you a ride."
The gold whip, marked with the Higanbana of the Netherworld, left Qin Ruan's hand consciously.
At an extremely fast speed, it flew towards the two ghosts on the opposite side.
Feeling the intimidating pressure from the gold whip, the ghosts siblings ran in different directions.
No matter how fast they were, they couldn't escape the speed of the dark godly power.
The gold whip coiled around their ghostly bodies with one end on each.
"Bang!"
As the gold whip tightened, the two ghosts collided with each other.
Qin Ruan walked up to them, her eyes showing a cold and emotionless demeanor.
When she looked at the red-clothed female ghost and the male ghost, there was no trace of emotion in her eyes, as if she was looking at lifeless objects.
The male ghost had even denser aura lingering around him than the red-clothed female ghost.
This made Qin Ruan delighted.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips, and she pointed her slender fingertip at the male ghost's forehead.
The red-clothed female ghost shouted sharply, "What are you doing? Stop!"
"Ah! Ah! Ah!!!"
"It hurts! Go away! Ahh!!"
The male ghost cried out in pain, his voice tearing and heart-wrenching.
Qin Ruan's method of absorbing the aura was brutal this time, completely disregarding the amount of pain the male ghost was enduring.
However, in the blink of an eye, the aura on the male ghost's body was almost completely absorbed by Qin Ruan.
She seemed to feel a slight warmth on the inside of her arm where the red line was.
This sudden sensation made Qin Ruan's satisfaction deepen.
Her lifeline had extended!
In a good mood, Qin Ruan decided to give the sibling ghosts another chance.
Her low and gentle voice softened a bit, "As long as you tell me everything clearly, I can really send you to the cycle of reincarnation. Are you sure you don't want to consider it?"
Qin Ruan carefully observed the two ghosts.
Their souls were marked with a complex set of characters, likely the work of someone controlling them from behind.
A ghost named Xiaoguang half-believed and half-doubted, "I have never heard that a celestial master can send ghosts to the cycle of reincarnation. Are you really not tricking us?"
With the disappearance of the ghastly aura from his body, his pale face lost some of its ferocity, and his attitude became somewhat friendlier, no longer as intense as before.
"I swear by the Great Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu, I will never deceive you," Qin Ruan said with conviction.
Upon hearing these words, the faces of the ghost siblings changed dramatically.
They were shocked and terrified.
Beiyin Fengdu Great Emperor was the supreme god in the underworld, also known as Beiyin Fengdu, the Great Emperor of the North.
He was one of the five ghost emperors in Taoism and the boss of the ten Yama kings.
As the Beiyin Fengdu, his duty was to manage the six ghost gods under Fengdu and he was the incarnation of the Purple Star Great Emperor of the Northern Pole in the netherworld.
Swearing in the name of this supreme god meant putting one's own soul at stake.
No one could escape the grasp of this Great Emperor.
Anything in the world, even gods, could be harvested with a wave of his hand if he wanted.
If the sibling ghosts were mostly suspicious of Qin Ruan before, now they fully believed her.
No one would joke about their own three spirits and seven souls.
They knew they were no match for Qin Ruan.
Killing them would be effortless for her, and Qin Ruan had no reason to pay such a heavy price for them.
The ghosts siblings were aware of this.
With the hope of entering the cycle of reincarnation, Xiaoguang's face filled with excitement.
"My sister and I used to be part of the Zhenpin House in our previous lives."
"Zhenpin House?" Qin Ruan's eyes widened in surprise.
Wasn't the Zhenpin House owned by the Nangong family?
That was not a good place.
People in the Zhenpin House were all those who had offended the Nangong family and lost their freedom, being imprisoned inside.
The last time she went there, she saw that many of the men and women with attractive appearances in the Zhenpin House were once well-off.
Seeing that Qin Ruan seemed to know about this place, Xiaoguang spoke in a low voice, recounting their story.
"We were eliminated from the Zhenpin House and were sold at an auction to a man named Lou Hong. He is a Taoist, and he bought us to serve him.
To protect my sister, I helped him solve many troubles, many of which were cases that couldn't be solved by human means.
But this time, he went too far and gave my sister to Huang Biao."
Xiaoguang paused, his expression dark and fierce as if he was recalling a memory that triggered an emotional outburst.
He gritted his teeth and his voice turned cold, as if crying blood, "Afterwards, Huang Biao had Huang Mao send away my sister. When my sister was weak, she was taken advantage of by that Huang Mao.
Not only that, he threw my sister into a dirty and chaotic street, and later, several vagrants appeared..."
As he spoke, Xiaoguang turned his head to look at his sister next to him.
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