Withered Kidney

"Ah?"

Landfall stared at the scene before him in shock. He had never expected this corpse to actually be the original body of the Lingering Spirit in the Belly.

After the Lingering Spirit in the Belly flew into the corpse, it quickly vanished within it.

Before long, pale white soul matter clung to the corpse's body, revealing the outline it had possessed before death.

At that moment, it seemed to have come back to life.

Seeing this, Li Miao was just about to ask it a few questions.

But the corpse ignored Li Miao. After standing up and remaining dazed for a moment, it suddenly knelt toward a certain direction.

"I made the wrong choice..."

"Please forgive me..."

"To die in pain like this is the punishment my shallow actions deserve..."

The Lingering Spirit in the Belly knelt on the ground, murmuring words of repentance.

No matter what Li Miao and Landfall asked, it gave no response.

Clearly, this was the obsession the Lingering Spirit in the Belly had held before its death. It had only one thought: to apologize.

Before long.

The Lingering Spirit in the Belly began to dissipate. Without its support, the corpse collapsed to the ground once more, devoid of all life.

Seeing this.

Li Miao frowned slightly.

The direction in which the Lingering Spirit in the Belly had knelt seemed to be where they had come from—the forest where the Ugly Elder was located.

"Wrong choice... what does that mean?"

Landfall stroked his chin, pondering the deeper meaning behind the Lingering Spirit in the Belly's words.

But clearly, it would be difficult for them to learn from those few words what the Lingering Spirit in the Belly had done in life, or why it had left behind such an obsession with repentance.

Li Miao suddenly