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The ruins glowed with a ghostly blue light under the moon, resembling phosphorescent flames. Chen Mo pushed aside the charred beams with his Peach Wood Sword, and the tip of the blade suddenly struck something hard.
Clearing away the rubble, he found a half-melted safe containing a copy of the "Seven Star Life Renewal Record." The bloody handprint on the cover matched perfectly with the palm print found in the Principal's Office drawer.
"Heavenly Pivot Soul Exchange, shake light to change fate..."
Chen Mo read aloud from the damaged pages using his phone's light. "Requires seven drams of blood from each twin's heart, supplemented by..." The latter part of the text was consumed by burn marks, but handwritten notes in the blank spaces revealed a crucial detail: "I successfully exchanged lives with my twin brother in the Jia Shen Year, but every fifteen years, a new vessel is required."
In the rare book vault on the third underground level of the archives, Chen Mo placed the Jade Ring under a UV lamp. The inscription "Wu Yin" suddenly appeared—this was Yang Bansian's birth year.
When he aligned the ring with a photo from the Principal's Office, two Cinnabar Spots on the film combined to form a complete Big Dipper constellation.
"I found it!" Old Zhang's voice crackled with static over the line. "Thirty years ago, obstetric records show that the Principal's wife gave birth to a stillborn, but midwife Xue Miaoshou suddenly brought in a baby girl..." The sound of papers rustling came through. "Wait, the hospital where Xue Miaoshou worked back then was formerly known as Lin Family Ancestral Hall!"
Chen Mo's pen tip bled ink under the words "Lin Family Ancestral Hall." He recalled those birth certificates for female infants from Madam Lin hidden in the Land God Temple; the oldest date was exactly thirty years ago.
His phone suddenly received a report from the Forensic Evidence Department: DNA tests on the inside of the Jade Ring revealed two distinct profiles belonging to the Principal and Yang Bansian.
The sound of a wooden clapper announcing the Hour of the Rat startled night crows as Chen Mo kicked open the wooden door of the scripture repository.
Deep within, shrouded in cobwebs, seven bronze lamps were arranged in a life-exchange formation, and Lin Qiuyu's student ID floated in oil. As he reached out to touch it, the wick suddenly ignited, and amidst the flames appeared an illusory conversation between Yang Bansian and the Principal:
"The life exchange back then saved you; now it's your turn to help me!" The Principal in the vision tore open his clothing; his heart bore a Seven Star Tattoo that had turned black. "The last Pure Yin Daughter of the Lin family is about to be turned into a corpse puppet..."
"Every time a life is exchanged, seven souls of Lin Clan Women are required as offerings." Yang Bansian's face twisted in the oil lamp's glow. "Don't forget your life was exchanged for my son's lifespan!"
The illusion shattered abruptly as Chen Mo’s copy of "Seven Star Life Renewal Record" rustled violently in his hands. A yellowed contract fell out from between its pages, with one party’s birth date listed as that of the Principal and the other party shockingly being Lin Qiuyu’s birth date.
Next to the bloody handprint was a small annotation: "In Jia Shen Year on July 7th, use Seven Star Formation to transfer fate calamity and substitute with corpse puppets to avoid divine retribution."
Suddenly, the Luohan bed in the scripture repository flipped over, revealing an underground altar. Nine Ceramic Jars formed an eight-trigram array, each jar sealed with a Yellow Talisman inscribed with spells.
Chen Mo uncovered the most recent jar; within it floated a female corpse soaked in potent Medicinal Wine, her face identical to that of Lin Chunxue on Land God Temple’s birth certificate, adorned with a matching Silver Ring on her ring finger.
"They are all your sisters," came the Principal's voice from within the shadows. The Jade Ring glimmered with an eerie Green Light. "For thirty years, one has been sacrificed every five years to maintain this life-exchange formation."
He lifted his Dao Pao, revealing a Jade Tablet at his waist, engraved with the same pattern as the Lin Family Crest. Chen Mo grabbed the right hand of the female corpse from the Ceramic Jar, noticing that the copper coin indentations on her fingertip matched Lin Qiuyu's severed finger exactly. "Did you brothers treat the Lin Clan Woman as a life-extending medicine?"
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