Before long, Shen Xiaoya deliberately let her elder sister discover the ambiguous chat records between her and Nan Pengyu. She also revealed the location of their tryst, allowing her sister to catch them red - handed. By the roadside, Shen Xiya slapped Nan Pengyu and told him to leave her sister immediately, or she would call the police.
Shen Xiaoya calculated the time precisely. Just as she was pulling Shen Xiya away, a bus that had set off on schedule appeared at the crossroads on time. Nan Pengyu used his knowledge of metaphysics to make the bus driver experience the so - called "ghost blinding his eyes". The driver couldn't see anyone in front and drove straight into them. Shen Xiya was hit and flew away on the spot, dying on the spot.
After Shen Xiya's untimely death, as an unmarried girl who had died a violent death, she couldn't be buried in her family's ancestral tomb.
Taking advantage of his knowledge of metaphysics and with Shen Xiaoya's persuasion in front of the family, Nan Pengyu managed to bury Shen Xiya in that desolate wilderness. He also set up an array to suppress her soul, forcibly helping Shen Xiaoya change her fortune.
In the following two years, Shen Xiaoya did have a smooth - sailing life. She went to work in a large enterprise right after graduating from university.
Finally, she replaced her sister and became the pride of the family.
...
Not long after Shen Xiya took over Shen Xiaoya's body, she accidentally peeked into Shen Xiaoya's memories.
Only then did she suddenly realize that she had been murdered.
No wonder her resentment was so heavy. So she used Shen Xiaoya's identity to invite Nan Pengyu out, planning to seek revenge when the opportunity arose.
Unexpectedly, Nan Pengyu was now a well - known spirit - medium disciple. The celestial beings in his shrine were more powerful than one another. Helplessly, she could only use the close - kinship between her and Shen Xiaoya to entangle their soul - veins. If she died, Shen Xiaoya would also die.
However, in this way, she could only attach herself to Shen Xiaoya's body and couldn't control it.
This was the reason why there were two souls in one body.
Nan Pengyu's celestial beings calculated that Shen Xiya still had ties in the mortal world. So they asked Shen Xiaoya to pretend to be Shen Xiya and lead He Bi to Shen Xiya's tomb, then trapped him inside.
If Shen Xiya didn't come to rescue him, He Bi would surely die. Just when Shen Xiya was about to cut off the soul - vein, I showed up in time to save He Bi.
Today, when she heard He Bi summoning her soul, she knew the opportunity had come. So she split a part of her soul and met He Bi secretly.
Firstly, she felt guilty towards He Bi in her heart and wanted to explain things clearly to him.
Secondly, this part of her soul would automatically return to Shen Xiaoya's body before dawn. If she wanted to be saved, they had to fight against Nan Pengyu's celestial beings.
That day, she saw that there was a powerful person beside He Bi, so she hoped that this person could rescue her and help her clear her unjust case.
After Shen Xiya finished speaking, she knelt down and kowtowed devoutly.
After hearing her words, I felt a great deal of emotion. How could there be such deep hatred between two sisters? If they had talked things out, would this tragedy have been avoided?
"Gu Yuan..." I was about to ask Gu Yuan for his opinion, hoping that he could help Shen Xiya.
Gu Yuan raised his arm, signaling me to be quiet.
"This matter itself started because of He Bi. As the saying goes, he who tied the bell must untie it. So it's better for He Bi to solve this matter by himself."
He Bi's eyes turned to the old fox celestial being beside him. The old man was sitting there smoking his long - stemmed pipe, looking rather helpless.
He was the grand master of He Bi's shrine, but his own spirit - medium disciple was kneeling in front of the celestial beings of another shrine for help. This was really embarrassing.
I winked at He Bi, indicating him to act coquettishly with the old man and apologize. He should agree.
He Bi turned around and threw himself into the old fox celestial being's arms with a wronged look on his face. With tearful eyes, he called out, "Grandpa Hu."
The old man had watched He Bi grow up and regarded him as his own grandson. Seeing him so wronged, he finally relented and agreed to this matter.
However, this matter didn't seem to be that simple. Gu Yuan agreed that I could go with He Bi to Nan Pengyu's shrine to demand the return of Shen Xiya's soul and help him if necessary.
...
Early the next morning, before I could wake up completely, I was annoyed by He Bi's incessant knocking on the door.
There was nothing I could do. Since I had promised to stand up for him last night, as an elder sister, when else could I step in if not now?
I responded and, after washing up, followed He Bi to Nan Pengyu's shrine.
Nan Pengyu's shrine was located in a desolate area on the outskirts. The shrine was very large. Celestial beings of all kinds, such as foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, snakes, and rats, gathered there. There were even several layers of shrine tablets.
Although it was on the outskirts, there was a constant stream of pilgrims. All kinds of luxury cars were parked outside.
It was nothing like my shabby shrine. So far, the five major celestial beings hadn't all gathered yet, and there were hardly any visitors inside.
But Gu Yuan wasn't in a hurry, and neither was I.
Before we came, Gu Yuan told He Bi to go in front and me to follow behind.
Although he didn't say much, I understood his intention. He was afraid that his overwhelming presence would be noticed by the celestial beings in Nan Pengyu's shrine, scaring them away in advance. That would be counterproductive.
It seemed that this time Gu Yuan wanted to capture them all at once.
As soon as we entered, I obediently hid behind He Bi and kept quiet.
He Bi was usually gentle and weak, like a girl who couldn't even tie up a chicken.
However, this time he was really furious for the sake of his beloved. Without saying a word after entering, he picked up a chair in the shrine and threw it at the tablets on the incense table. The tablets were instantly smashed to pieces.
"Fraudster! Leading a bunch of goblins to do all kinds of evil and still claiming to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. What kind of good deeds have you done? What kind of virtue have you accumulated?"
He was so crazy that all the pilgrims on the scene fled one by one, leaving not a single one behind.
At the same time, the main door of the shrine suddenly closed tightly. It was so air - tight that not even a mosquito could fly out.
"Who dares to act so recklessly in my shrine?" A group of people walked out from the back hall. In the middle was a thin - faced man of medium height, twirling two walnuts in his hand.
He looked in his thirties, with a slicked - back ponytail on his head. He had slanting eyes, a hooked nose, a very long philtrum, and a chin so sharp that it could pierce someone. He looked like a treacherous and cunning person at first sight.
When He Bi saw him, he stood sideways and pointed at his nose, asking, "Are you Nan Pengyu?"
Nan Pengyu gave a sly smile. "So you're He Bi? It's a nice name. But why? Why do you have to seek your own death?"
After he finished speaking, the subordinates beside Nan Pengyu burst into laughter in agreement.
With the support of my celestial beings, He Bi was naturally fearless. He raised his voice and shouted angrily, "Be sensible and return Shen Xiya's soul to me, then go and surrender obediently. Otherwise, I'll tear down your shrine today."
After hearing He Bi's words, these people laughed even louder. Some of them even held their bellies and laughed.
The laughter echoed throughout the shrine. The incense table began to shake constantly, and all the tablets that had been knocked over by He Bi stood up again.
Behind the tablets, a bunch of celestial beings of all kinds, such as foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, snakes, and rats, as well as some miscellaneous celestial beings whose names I couldn't even call, walked out. Many of them hadn't fully evolved into human form.
In their half - human and half - animal forms, they stared at He Bi and me menacingly. They crawled and jumped on the incense table, and these so - called celestial beings slowly approached us one by one.
To be honest, I was most afraid of these things that were neither human nor monster. Looking at these monsters with human faces and snake bodies, or fox faces and human bodies, I couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation on my scalp and break out in a cold sweat.
There were so many monsters. I couldn't help but worry. After all, the main celestial beings in my shrine were all injured, and Gu Yuan's body hadn't fully recovered yet. It was really hard to say whether we could defeat them.