Chapter 191: Chapter 191

Liuzhu remained silent, her head lowered, lost in thought.

Ms Chen couldn’t help but disdainfully say, "Girl, this ghost is obviously fooling you, don’t believe her!"

"It’s been consumed, how could it be found again?"

Yu Nianzhao shook her head speechlessly, giving her a hard truth, "Take a look at how many vengeful spirits are clinging to him first."

Yu Nianzhao clasped her hands, forming seals, and golden runes broke through the evil tide, directly rushing to Chen Muhai.

Chen let out a miserable scream, his soul nearly detached from Chen Muhai’s body.

At the same time, it was clearly visible that on Chen’s soul, there were traces of the aura of female ghosts, all unyielding and relentless, even willing to fight until the soul shatters, determined to destroy him completely.

Liuzhu, blinded by affection, didn’t see how many lives he bore.

"They’ve vanished for revenge, and this is the only lingering trace, surely you must have seen them before, considering they were once made into human skin lanterns hanging high."

Yu Nianzhao said lightly, "They are all pitiful souls, your so-called Chen appears decent outside, with good family background at the time, but behind closed doors, it was easy for him to win over girls’ hearts, and he deceived many. In the end, they all died with hatred, turned into eternally bright human skin lanterns. So, love-obsessed minds must be avoided."

"Human skin lanterns, too eerie, no wonder the candle flame inside doesn’t go out." Mr. Chen broke into a cold sweat.

"The candles stay alight because corpse oil is used to ignite them, along with the support of the female ghosts’ resentment."

Yu Nianzhao’s indifferent words made the Chen Family never dare to look at the lanterns directly again.

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Liuzhu covered her face and cried, her sobs eerily resembling laughter.

"Liuzhu, save me, don’t listen to her; you’re the one I love most, you’re different from them, I want to marry you."

Chen’s soul can no longer endure such torment, kneeling pitifully on the ground, his soul flickering as if it could detach from Chen Muhai’s body at any moment.

Liuzhu’s sobbing abruptly stopped. She lifted her head, her eyes devoid of affection, and angrily said, "I endured being by your side unacknowledged, but you tainted so many innocent girls. I just remembered the scene when I first became a ghost; after you killed me, you didn’t stop the slaughter. You continued deceiving girls, resulting in forty-nine lives taken. I wanted revenge at that time, but you used my human skin lantern to control me, causing me to lose part of my soul and spirit, losing my hatred for you. If I hadn’t met a high monk, I’d have long perished."

Chen trembled all over, enraged and embarrassed, "Damn it, just a little more, and I’d have completely escaped this predicament, but you’ve left me no grounds!"

Chen’s soul drifted out of Chen Muhai, opening his bloody mouth, devouring the evil spirits recklessly.

The evil spirits let out mournful cries, unable to flee, they were consumed.

"Has he gone mad? With the current state of his soul, devouring these evil spirits won’t mend his fragmented soul; it will only hasten his demise." Liuzhu was shocked.

"He’s taking a desperate gamble; since the outcome is the same, he might as well drag us down with him." Yu Nianzhao said calmly.

"This will kill Muhai." Liuzhu’s eyes brimmed with blood tears, regretting helping him.

"Zhaozhao, do we have a chance to leave?" Mr Chen asked in a deep voice.

Yu Nianzhao playfully blinked her beautiful eyes, forming seals with her hands, "An incomplete soul of an evil ghost, I don’t even need to act!"

Her fingertips pointed at the two puppet parents sitting above in the hall, and golden runes exploded, causing the previously motionless puppet parents to move their arms and legs in a grotesque manner, slowly rising and twisting their bodies, heading towards Chen.

Yu Nianzhao gave a malicious smile, "This pervert is just a cowardly, helpless mama’s boy who only obeys family orders! Let his tormenting parents deal with him!"

"Son, what are you doing? Studying and becoming an official is your way out. Spending all day among women, what future can you have? Your neighbor Mr Li has already gone to Shangjing for imperial examinations. Are you going to fall far behind him?"

Mr. Chen’s voice was grim, somehow fetching a stick and dragging it forward with a bizarre gait.

"How did I give birth to such a son? Other children have filial relationships with their mothers, but you can’t do anything right, are you going to squander the family fortune? Your cousin at your aunt’s home is married with children, yet you’re still fooling around. Your mother said if you’re not cut-out for studying, marry your cousin early for the Chen Family’s progeny, let the next generation pursue official titles. You’re useless anyway."

Ms Chen sneered mockingly, her eyes showing disdain.

Chen’s soul shivered, even stopping the act of devouring evil spirits, looking at them incredulously, "Weren’t you already dead? You should have reincarnated by now!"

Mr. Chen snorted coldly, "Bah! You fool, wishing us old folks would die so you could inherit the Chen Family fortune alone, huh? Without your father’s support, you’re nothing, you wretch!"

Ms Chen rebuked, "If you hadn’t made your brother climb trees for fruit as a child, would he have died falling? You caused your brother’s death, you ill-fated brat, yet you still defy your parents, wanting to marry women from disreputable places, how degrading, why wasn’t it you who died back then!"

Chen’s eyes revealed terror, his previously enlarged body having sucked in evil spirits shrunk back instantly, retreating quivering with no escape, his shoulders and head drooping, kneeling and crying, "Father, mother, I know I was wrong, I dare not again, spare me, please."

"Spare the rod, spoil the child; father is doing this for your own good."

Mr. Chen struck him with a stick, and Chen sweated profusely.

"Ahhhh— No, Father, not you, Mother—"

Chen wept bitterly, no trace of his former arrogance remained.

Liuzhu’s eyes were complex, her lips quivering, "...How could I have fallen for such a man, I truly was blind back then."

Ms Chen sighed, "Parents who like to manipulate their children, it’s no wonder a rebellious child grows. Seems like we mustn’t be too strict with Muhai, it could backfire."

Mr. Chen shook his head, "Muhai is fundamentally different from him, a naturally kind person won’t become evil."