Li Xinyi's Rampage [New Book Please Collect!]

The deceased were a scholar from Yuhang Town and his mother.

The scholar's surname was Huang. His family had once been prominent, but fell into decline years ago, leading them to this place. He and his mother had lived alone together since he was young.

The mother and son died horribly, their bodies disemboweled, their hearts, livers, and lungs completely removed. The method was brutal, and the Yin Qi was heavy, leading to the assumption that a Vengeful Spirit was responsible.

But how could a family like that be connected to Mei Xiang?

After some investigation, Zhou Dafu learned that Huang Sheng had always been an extremely filial son, always obeying his mother's words. However, he had argued fiercely with his mother a few days prior.

Curious neighbors had overheard snippets of their argument. It seemed Huang Sheng wanted to marry a girl, but she was a Courtesan, and his mother adamantly refused, even threatening to die if he went through with it.

He then went to the Spring Full Pavilion and summoned the trembling Little Maid, Hong Zhi.

Hong Zhi recalled carefully and said that Mei Xiang seemed to know a scholar. However, she always met him secretly, without involving her maid, so the Little Maid didn't know much.

Mei Xiang had only mentioned him to her a couple of times, saying the scholar was handsome, kind, and someone worth entrusting her life to. At first, she had interacted with him as a girl from an ordinary family. Later, she confessed she was a Courtesan, but the scholar had not shown any disgust.

After the Little Maid's invitations to the Wang Family and Zhao Family were rejected the other day, Mei Xiang went out herself. When she returned, her expression was very grim.

Thinking back now, it was indeed possible that it was related to Huang Sheng.

It was just that Mei Xiang had never spoken ill of Huang Sheng before, which was why the Little Maid hadn't connected him to the situation.

Zhou Dafu stroked his chin, a thread of a plan forming in his mind.

"This Mei Xiang is quite something. On the surface, she's involved with the young master of the Wang Family, but secretly she's also entangled with the young master of the Zhao Family. Not only is she involved with the two biggest young masters in Yuhang Town, but she also has another Honest man on the side. She's playing a dangerous game," Zhou Dafu said.

"What does 'playing a dangerous game' mean?" Zhao Liangcai suddenly asked.

"You're an idiot, it means exactly what it says," Wang Longqi said irritably.

"Oh—" Zhao Liangcai nodded in understanding.

Indeed.

"So, Mei Xiang first approached the Wang Family that day and was rejected. Then she approached the Zhao Family and was also rejected. Finally, she went to talk to that scholar, but unexpectedly, Huang Sheng's mother absolutely refused their marriage, and the outcome was likely bad too," Li Xinyi reasoned. "Then, she became resentful. At this point, the Ghost behind her appeared, tempted her to sell her life, and she transformed into a Vengeful Spirit for revenge. But... why is her resentment directed at Huang Sheng?"

She looked at Wang Longqi and Zhao Liangcai with a displeased gaze, her eyes conveying the meaning, "Why aren't you two useless wastes the ones who died?"

Among these three men, Huang Sheng was clearly the most innocent.

Yet, Mei Xiang hated him the most.

Wang Longqi and Zhao Liangcai both chuckled awkwardly and quickly took their leave.

Thanks to an Honest man, they had managed to escape this calamity.

They were out of here.

"Perhaps she always thought she had many fallback options, but she never expected all these men to turn on her, leaving her suddenly with no way out. Huang Sheng's rejection was the last straw that broke her."

As he spoke, Zhou Dafu sighed again, "Alas, what did we honest men ever do to deserve this?"

Ptooey.

Li Xinyi and Li Chu both silently spat in their minds.

Upon arriving at the Huang family's home, Li Chu suddenly felt a surge of anger.

This was the second time he had experienced such an emotion since arriving in this world.

The Huang family was very poor. Mother and son lived in a small corner of Yuhang Town, a place where the poor gathered. His mother had worked hard to raise Huang Sheng.

Huang Sheng was also accomplished, doing well in his studies and in life.

He was just waiting for next year's imperial examination in the capital, and he might have realized his lifelong dream.

Unfortunately, he encountered the beautiful Mei Xiang. He never expected it to end this way.

Given Mei Xiang's beauty, talent, and status, even if she didn't marry Huang Sheng, she would still have had many other options. If she had calmed down, such a tragedy would never have occurred.

But when her resentment was at its peak, she was targeted by ghosts lurking in the shadows. After some bewitching, she completely lost any chance of turning back.

It seemed like a muddled mess, but in the end, all the blame should be placed on those ghosts.

Who doesn't experience being invaded by negative emotions like resentment and anger a few times in their life? If every bit of resentment led to such a transaction, how terrifying the world would be?

Li Chu asked, "Is there any way for people to also sense resentful qi?"

His idea was that as long as he could sense resentful qi, he would know where those ghosts would appear, and then he could wait for them.

Li Xinyi thought for a moment and said, "Among the Daoist sects, there are profound methods of Aura Observation, which can observe all the qi in the world. However, those are secret techniques passed down only in major Daoist sects like White Jade Capital and Green Goat Palace. In my Facing Heaven Pavilion, we do not have such divine abilities."

After a moment of silence, she added, "However, after reaching the Spirit Fusion Realm, cultivators can project their Spiritual Sense outwards, greatly enhancing their perception. For cultivators with powerful Spiritual Sense, covering the entire Yuhang Town is not a problem. In that case, as soon as a ghost appears, it will be detected. After today's matter is settled, I will report it to the sect and ask a master to come here to guard the area and eliminate these ghosts!"

Even with her strict vigilance, a new murder had occurred, which also made her quite angry.

"Mhm," Li Chu nodded lightly, lost in thought.

Li Xinyi's words gave him a sense of crisis.

A rather significant sense.

He had to find a way to improve his own perception!

His eyesight and hearing were good, but he lacked the "Spiritual Sense" that orthodox cultivators spoke of.

Compared to cultivators whose Spiritual Sense covered the entire town, wasn't he like a blind and deaf person right now?

Correspondingly, powerful Demons and Monsters must also possess unique perceptive divine abilities to survive in such struggles.

Thinking of himself walking aimlessly on the road, only to be pierced through the body by a flying sword from hundreds of miles away, not knowing what happened before dying...

He couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.

As evening approached, Li Xinyi began to set up the magic array.

This time, she furrowed her small brows, setting it up with exceptional meticulousness, complexity, and intricacy.

Yellow Talismans, Magic Swords, Copper Beads, Silver Bullets, Jade Slips, Golden Ropes, Red Ropes... there were dozens of Magical Artifact materials alone that Li Chu had never seen before. Layer upon layer, there wasn't a clean spot within dozens of zhang underground.

When Li Chu asked her what she planned to do with some confusion, two flames burned in her eyes, and she said, "To restore the prestige of my Facing Heaven Pavilion!"

It wasn't until Mei Xiang's Vengeful Spirit appeared that he understood Li Xinyi's intentions.

That night, a graceful and elegant shadow appeared outside the Huang Family's gate.

Even though she had already harmed the Huang Family mother and son, she, who survived on a breath of resentment, still only remembered to come here to find her enemy.

She saw Li Chu waiting there.

"Will you marry me?" she asked.

Her voice was ethereal and clear, quite pleasant to hear.

"Enrage her," Li Xinyi commanded calmly.

So Li Chu replied, "No."

"Why!" The Vengeful Spirit's long hair suddenly stood on end, her clothes began to flutter wildly, and Resentful Qi surged around her: "Do you think I'm dirty?"

Li Chu answered, "Of course."

The Vengeful Spirit's clothes billowed around her, and her eyes turned a terrifying scarlet.

Li Chu added, "See, she's getting impatient."

The Vengeful Spirit could no longer hold back.

Boom--

She went into a Rampage on the spot!

However... it seemed like the one Rampaging wasn't the Vengeful Spirit, but Li Xinyi.

She saw her finger seals fly, then suddenly pause.

Beneath the vengeful spirit, a complex golden magic array interwoven with sword energy suddenly lit up.

Brilliant, luxurious, grand.

"Nine Palaces Great Plum Blossom Sword Formation!" Li Xinyi shouted, her finger seals flashing.

Chih--Boom!

Tens, hundreds, thousands... countless sharp sword energies suddenly converged, emitting a booming sound.

Mei Xiang was instantly enveloped in a plum blossom-shaped golden light, her life or death unknown.

In fact, given the power of this formation, ninety-nine percent chance she was already dead.

But Li Xinyi didn't care. She flipped her finger seals and shouted again, "Copper Thunder Silver Lightning Formation!"

Boom--

The copper pellets and silver bullets she had buried underground were all valuable thunder pellets and lightning beads, which had extremely strong restraint and lethality against ghosts.

The scene was indescribably spectacular, like a huge firework ascending into the sky.

Li Chu felt that if she had been willing to set up like this last night, perhaps that infant spirit doll wouldn't have escaped either.

But this wasn't the end.

Mei Xiang's shadow could no longer be seen at all in the heavenly lightning and earthly fire, but Li Xinyi still activated another formation to beat a corpse.

"Golden Gate Divine Chain Formation!"

Immediately, a phantom golden gate appeared out of thin air, crashing down in the center of the open space. Dozens of thick red chain phantoms coiled around it, flailing everywhere, searching for the ghost's shadow, wanting to drag it into the golden gate.

But it didn't pull anything...

The pitiful vengeful spirit Mei Xiang had long since turned into ashes, her ashes scattered to who knows where.

Bang--

After a long time, the dazzling light and shadow in this area finally disappeared.

By this time, many nearby citizens had come out of their homes and seen the shocking light and shadow in the sky. Some even began to kneel and worship, thinking it was a miracle.

Li Chu was also somewhat shocked.

It was indeed a great "display of power."

Miss Li clapped her hands with satisfaction, gazing gleefully into the distance.

Today, putting on such a grand display, though her heart ached so much that tears were almost streaming down her face, it was worth it as long as enough people saw it.

The previous failures with exorcism, happening more than once, were something she absolutely could not accept. Especially last night, when she had to ask Li Chu for help in front of so many people at the Spring Full Pavilion.

If this got out, how would she be able to get by in the future?

She needed to put on a grand spectacle to let everyone see her strength.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Li Chu and noticed he was also looking at her. She couldn't help but chuckle inwardly, thinking, Surely Little Daoist Priest Li must have a new impression of me now.

Li Chu, on the other hand, thought to himself, Facing Heaven Pavilion truly lives up to its reputation as an immortal sect in the mortal world. Even a rookie disciple under them can display such intimidating divine abilities.

Li Xinyi turned her head back shyly, her gaze becoming firm again.

Although Little Daoist Priest Li is indeed very handsome, but from the standpoint of a disciple of an immortal sect...

She had to let the citizens of Yuhang Town know.

Virtuous Cloud Temple is just for laughs; when it comes to real exorcism, you have to look to my Facing Heaven Pavilion!