Chapter 283: Chapter 247: Many Changes

“Jin… Jinzhou… Jinfeng Mountain.”

“What season is it now?”

“Begin… Beginning of Spring!”

“Who am I?”

“Ah?”

Chaotic memories exploded in her mind, releasing without regard for her ability to endure. They were the memories of two people, filled with countless nightmare images, a total mess.

One moment in the Yunzhou Rainforest, in front are many strangely dressed people kneeling and shouting to the mountains.

Another moment in a school classroom, a teacher is lecturing about ocean currents and climate.

She held her head, enduring the chaos and extreme pain, and after a while, she found a loose thread.

She is Sang Que, not the Five Spirits Saintess.

“Do you know Wangshan City?” Sang Que frowned and asked.

Li Ping nodded, “Yes, I heard that on New Year’s Eve, the Yin Child destroyed the city, killing more than 20,000 people.”

Sang Que’s eyes widened. Why was it the Yin Child? Wasn’t it the Ghost Opera Troupe?

No, her mind is too chaotic now, many things she can’t recall, and her body doesn’t feel right.

The incident in Wangshan City happened on New Year’s Eve, and now it is already the beginning of spring. The people here all know about Wangshan City’s situation, so it must not be far from here.

Spreading her right hand, Sang Que realized she couldn’t feel the presence of the Yansheng coin, causing her to panic uncontrollably.

Suddenly, her vision started to blur, and darkness began to creep in from both sides, with a cold aura inside her that couldn’t be suppressed wanting to emerge.

Sang Que hurriedly took a deep breath to calm her mind. If it weren’t for the jar of black dog blood in front of her, she might not have been able to suppress this power and regained her sanity.

Now, with her consciousness returning, she needs to understand what exactly has happened to her before considering anything else.

“Where do you live?”

Li Ping nervously raised his hand to point in a direction.

“Take me there.”

Sang Que ordered, and Li Ping did not dare to disobey, quickly getting up to lead the way. He walked to the side of Sun Sheng, who had fainted in fear, and asked cautiously, “Can I take him back?”

Sang Que glanced, “As you wish.”

Li Ping felt as if pardoned, quickly picking up Sun Sheng.

Sang Que took the knife from Ruan Xiong, the Big Boss, scanned around, frowned, and the darkness immediately dispersed. The sunlight shone on the earth again, restoring everything to normal.

But those corpses entangled in the red thread, suspended from the trees, remained unchanged.

This red thread is the Golden Child’s red thread. The earlier darkness was caused by a Ghost Realm, and after the Opera House was used, Old Tian did not ask for a sacrifice from her.

Sang Que looked down at her chest, where those blood vessel-like red threads contracted into a ball, forming a heart, beating rhythmically.

Why has her heart been replaced by village resentment?

In these past few days, what exactly happened to her?

Following Li Ping, Sang Que quickly returned to the stronghold. The guards on the towers at both sides of the mountain gate saw her, terrified, and immediately sounded the gongs to alert the entire stronghold that a female ghost had arrived.

Sang Que swept her eyes over them indifferently, instinctively reaching over her shoulder only to grasp emptiness—her bow and arrow were gone.

Without spreading the Evil Mist, Sang Que vanished from place like a ghost, appearing behind the man on the tower who was beating the gong. Just as she was about to raise her hand to knock him unconscious, a vision of this man raping a passing girl flashed before her eyes.

Anger surged in Sang Que’s heart, and she reached for his throat. Before exerting force, the man’s head fell from his neck, with no blood from the wound.

How did she acquire the power of dismemberment?

Sang Que puzzledly looked at her hand and at the visions she had seen earlier, which were abilities of the Ghost Eye.

At this moment, Sang Que realized that earlier in the woods when her consciousness hadn’t fully returned, it was because she saw the visions of these people’s evil deeds that she acted directly.

Meanwhile, since Li Ping and Sun Sheng hadn’t committed murder or wrongdoing, she didn’t touch them.

Sang Que swiftly dealt with another bandit on the opposite tower, who was also an evil person engaging in murdering and robbing.

Sang Que’s appearance threw the entire stronghold into chaos.

“A ghost! A ghost is here—”

The bandits shouted in fear, scattering in all directions.

Sang Que’s eyes stung a bit, her vision blurred for a moment, and her hands for dismemberment felt cold and stiff. With a thought, darkness enveloped the entire stronghold.

Countless strange red threads emerged from the darkness, swiftly binding the fleeing people and lifting them up.

In no time, all fifty-odd people in this small stronghold were suspended in the air.

Li Ping, carrying Sun Sheng, walked into the stronghold, gazing at the scene with awe for Sang Que.

“Who’s in charge?” Sang Que asked.

Li Ping swallowed hard and quickly said, “The Big Boss has been killed by you.”

Sang Que frowned, “What about the Second Boss?”

Li Ping shook his head, indicating there wasn’t one. Noticing Sang Que’s slight anger, Li Ping quickly pointed to an old man in a new cotton coat under the eaves nearby.

“That’s our Big Boss’s father, Ruan Shichun. In the absence of the Big Boss, he’s in charge.”

Sang Que held her aching head, and with a thought, the red threads around the old man loosened, dropping him heavily to the ground. The old man, aware of much, immediately realized Sang Que was not a ghost but a Yin Walker.

“This old man, Ruan Shichun, greets… greets the lady hero!”

Sang Que’s head throbbed, emotions unstable, with a murderous urge, and the pleasure from killing fascinated her. She knew she couldn’t continue this way and had to establish control here before making further plans once she calmed down.

How could she ensure this old man obeys, dare not defy her orders, without constantly being on guard?

Upon this thought, Sang Que had an insight, squatting down and touching the old man’s forehead with her finger.

The old man froze, feeling enveloped by a powerful yet cold aura, his body stiff, filled with the fear of impending death. An ominous dark red ’slave’ character appeared on his forehead for a moment, then quickly vanished.

A fourth-layer Evil Ghost can raise a Ghost Slave, and a fourth-layer Yin Walker can place a Ghost Slave Seal on a living person. The person marked with a Ghost Slave Seal cannot escape or defy the Yin Walker’s orders.

Otherwise, instant death!

Sang Que, at this moment, realized she had stepped into the Ghost Level, becoming half-human, half-ghost.

Through the Ghost Slave Seal, the old man sensed the violent murderous intent within Sang Que, rendering him incapable of any resistance.

“Prepare a quiet room for me, with hot water, clothes, and food delivered. Nobody is allowed to leave the stronghold or send any messages outside until I come out, understand?”

The old man nodded in trembling fear, “Yes, this old man will ensure the others obey.”

Sang Que stood up, withdrew the Ghost Realm, and everyone around was too frightened to lift their heads, kneeling on the ground.

Ruan Shichun noticed Li Ping had brought Sang Que back and promptly instructed Li Ping to escort Sang Que to rest at the Big Boss’s quarters while he personally arranged for boiling water, food, and clean clothes for her.

This stronghold wasn’t large, arranged in a circular layout, with houses built haphazardly around a central open space. Most were thatched cottages, not prosperous.

The Big Boss lived to the south, a council chamber in the front, with living quarters carved into the mountain behind.

Li Ping guided Sang Que to the place. Sang Que thought Li Ping was not bad, at least through the Ghost Eye, seeing he hadn’t committed evil deeds, so she instructed Li Ping to stand guard outside, permitting no one without her command.

Entering the cave and closing the door, Sang Que could finally breathe a sigh of relief and began assessing her condition.

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