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"Should I tell her the truth?" Wei Ning felt conflicted, struggling to find a good way to approach the situation. Of course, capturing this female demon would be the best solution, but as he thought about her resilience over the past two hundred years and how he had destroyed all her dreams, he couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret.
"What should I do?"
Suddenly, Wei Ning asked, "If someone were willing to help you move on now, would you accept?"
The female demon shook her head sadly and replied, "My tongue is still in the hands of Seven Sinners. Without my tongue, the King of Hell will not accept me. Besides, my master has not yet transcended; how could I abandon him and seek rebirth alone?"
She smiled faintly and continued, "Although my master does not love me and merely sees me as a tool for continuing his lineage, do you know? For a woman, a husband is everything. Immortal, you seem young yet possess such power; surely you have never known love..."
Wei Ning snorted coldly but did not respond. Yet somehow, the image of Lin Lingsu floated into his mind.
The female demon nodded slightly, her words tinged with more sorrow. "That's it; you have never loved, so how can you understand the greatness of love? To love someone means to be willing to give everything, even if it takes a hundred years or a thousand years; it will never change. My time is over; Immortal, go ahead." She closed her eyes, a single tear escaping.
She was crying.
A demon known for her ruthlessness was shedding tears.
Wei Ning's heart trembled, and the golden light in his Yin-Yang Eye dimmed slightly.
At that moment, how could he bring himself to act?
"Immortal," the female demon slowly lifted her head and said, "If you can promise me one thing, I will remember your great kindness in my next life."
"You."
"I want to see him one last time..." The female demon quickly pointed to the man beside her who had long since passed away and explained, "Including this corpse, I have gathered a thousand. I know I am guilty beyond measure; if I descend into hell, I will certainly not be reincarnated. But for my master, I accept this fate. I truly do not need to kill anymore. As long as I set up this Thousand Corpses Hanging Yin Formation properly, my master can transcend. At that time, whether you scatter my soul or imprison me in the eighteen layers of hell, I will accept it." With that, she knelt down and bowed deeply. "I beg Immortal for mercy."
Wei Ning sighed and said, "Very well. I will spare your life for now, but you need not seek your husband again."
In the end, Wei Ning relented.
"Why?" the female demon exclaimed in shock. "If you, Immortal, do not trust me, you can come with me. I truly just want to save my master. Please, have mercy."
At this point, how could Wei Ning bear to tell the female demon that her husband had long since turned to ashes?
"Today, I will use the Drawing a Boundary technique to confine you within this tree. I will report this matter to my master and let him decide."
"Immortal, please! I just want to see my master. I'm begging you." The female demon prostrated herself repeatedly, trying to move Wei Ning's heart.
Wei Ning remained silent, for at this moment, he had no better choice.
He had no option but to disregard the female demon's desperate pleas and forcibly seal her within the tree using the Drawing a Boundary technique.
"I'm sorry. I will come back. Although my current powers are insufficient to grant you rebirth, I promise I will do it. Wait for me; I will definitely return." Wei Ning felt a deep sense of regret for the female demon and silently thought as he recalled her despairing eyes when she was sealed inside the tree, his heart ached.
Though the female demon brought this upon herself, her unwavering love had deeply moved Wei Ning.
Taking a deep breath, Wei Ning quickly walked out of the forest. A waning moon still hung in the western sky, but it was already dimly glowing.
Wei Ning dialed the emergency number and then hurriedly left that place of turmoil. The remaining matters should be handled by the authorities; Wei Ning did not wish to get involved with them.
Upon returning to the inn, Wei Ning packed his belongings and checked out before heading to the station.
After half a year, he was finally going home.
After six months apart, Wei Mother seemed to have aged quite a bit. When she saw Wei Ning return, a long-lost smile finally appeared on her face. "You're back! Go light incense for your grandfather and father."
According to Wei Family customs, anyone returning from afar must first offer incense to their ancestors. Wei Ning nodded in acknowledgment and walked over to the incense altar in the main hall. Wei Mother followed behind him, using a lighter to ignite three sticks of incense before handing them to Wei Ning. "How has your studying been?"
Only after sincerely offering the three sticks of incense did Wei Ning respond to his mother's question: "It's been alright."
"Do you have a girlfriend?" Wei Mother suddenly asked.
Wei Ning's heart stirred. In his eyes, his mother was always a strict and gentle woman who would never ask such a question right after he returned. Why today...
"No, not yet. I'm still young and just want to focus on my studies and find a good job in the future. I want to take good care of you."
"Sigh..." Wei Mother let out a long sigh. "In the past, when you went with your grandfather to learn from the Corpse Driver and Master Wang about sorcery, I never stopped you because you are a son of the Wei Family. The Wei Family has been in the Corpse Driver business for generations; it’s not wrong for you to inherit the family legacy... but..."
Wei Ning's heart sank, knowing that his mother had something important to say.
"Now that the reform and opening-up have been going on for a long time, people have long considered our Wei Family's Corpse Driver profession as feudal superstition. In this day and age, who still does business as a Corpse Driver? If you keep clinging to this ancestral trade without learning another skill, you'll starve sooner or later..."
Wei Ning lowered his head and said, "I understand. I will work hard to study in the future."
"Sigh." Wei Mother sighed again and said, "If it weren't for your good luck back then, you wouldn't have been able to get into university now. It's not that I don't want you to learn Exorcism Technique; you're the last hope of the Wei Family. If I forcibly stop you from learning, then the Corpse Driver skills of the Wei Family will end with your generation. When I go underground, I won't have the face to meet our ancestors."
Wei Mother continued, "When you were younger, you didn't understand many things, but now that you're in your twenties, you should be more mature. Look at Aunt Zhang's child next door; he's the same age as you and got married last year. Don't you think..."
Wei Ning could hardly believe his ears. His mother was actually discussing this topic with him. He quickly waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I'm still a student! My studies come first. How can I get married? No way... If the school finds out, they would definitely expel me..."
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