"Big Bro, let him talk!"
Qiao Yuanxi shook her hand, reminding the human youth being tortured in her palm.
With a whoosh, a remnant shadow of Gods and Devils surged out from the Young Girl God Statue, swiftly fashioned a Heaven Realm Body, then landed steadily atop the massive stone hand.
At the same time, Lu Ran extinguished the Soul Fire.
The god's screams gradually weakened, yet he could not shut his mouth completely and continued to groan in agony.
Having his soul burned gave Jade Talisman a clear and thorough taste of the sensation. When he looked at Lu Ran again, there was even a trace of fear hidden in his eyes.
Lu Ran remained unmoved and said in a deep voice, "Continue."
"Wusheng—it was Wusheng who made me do it." Jade Talisman was still shifting the blame. Seeing the hostility in the human youth's eyes, he hurriedly said, "Qiao Wanjun defied orders and refused to comply. Under Wusheng's command, I executed Lu Luxing first."
"Dad died?" Qiao Yuanxi cried out.
Had she heard wrong just now?
Hadn't Jade Talisman said Dad wasn't dead?
Why had he changed his story again? Well, Jade Talisman's exact words just now seemed to have been, "Lu Xing still exists."
"I collected his departed soul! I kept his departed soul safe!" Seeing the siblings' reactions, Jade Talisman hastily explained.
Qiao Yuanxi pressed her lips tightly together, her eye socket already slightly reddened.
"Heh." Lu Ran lowered his head and laughed at himself.
He really had been too naive to believe Jade Talisman's lies.
Perhaps Jade Talisman did not know that the Ran Sect Soldiers—especially Lu Ran himself—had dabbled in the mysterious realm of departed souls.
At the very least, Lu Ran was utterly certain that departed souls lingering in this world could not