As soon as these words came out, a dusty boy who looked about ten years old walked out from behind the screen. The boy immediately ran to Pei Yun and knelt down, kowtowed excitedly and said, "Thank you, sister...senior, for saving me!"

Pei Yun was stunned. She didn't expect that the slave who escaped to her room was so young. Those who sold slaves really deserved to die. She suddenly felt murderous.

"Stand up and talk." Pei Yun calmed down the anger in his heart, softened his tone and spoke gently, then casually performed a cleansing spell on him.

"This... Senior, I was captured here from South Vietnam by those bad guys who traded slaves. I beg you to help me return to South Vietnam. When I return home, I will let my parents repay you..." The boy sobbed while wiping his tears.

"Give me your hand..." Pei Yun put her hand on his wrist and input spiritual power to help him check his physical condition. She suspected that those who sold slaves would attack these slaves. "...Fortunately, it's just an ordinary poison. It's just to restrict you from using spiritual power. Come, take this pill..." Then she gave him an antidote pill.

The boy took the pill and swallowed it obediently. He glanced at Pei Yun with his wet eyes, his face full of uneasiness.

"What's your name?"

"My name is... Murong Lei."

"Your surname is Murong?!" Pei Yun was shocked, straightened his back, frowned and looked at the person in front of him carefully. The surname Murong is very rare. Apart from her mother, she has never met another person with the surname Murong. "...Are all the people of your Murong clan in Nanyuezhou? Are there any branch clansmen in Beiqizhou?"

"...No, I have never heard my grandfather say that there are other members of our clan in Beiqizhou. Our Murong clan has always lived in seclusion in Taoxi Village..." Duanmu Lei touched the back of his head, thought about it carefully, and shook his head.

Pei Yun knew that it was really difficult to ask a ten-year-old child these questions. Since she had saved the child, she might as well send him off to the west. When she sent him home, she would meet people from the Murong clan, and it would not be too late to inquire then.

"Since you can hide in this room, it proves that you and I are destined to meet. I was originally going to travel in Nanyuezhou, so I can just take you home..." She paused and said, "I have an old friend whose last name is Murong. I wonder if I can visit you at the place where your Murong clan lives?"

"Of course, thank you, senior!" Murong Lei was so ecstatic that his mouth was already grinning widely even before the tears on his face had dried.

"Just stay in this room and don't go out. When the ship reaches South Vietnam, just follow me off the ship..."

"Okay, okay!"

Pei Nanyuezhou's first stop also had a goal. She was about to go into the inner room to practice, but unexpectedly Murong Lei squatted down, touched the fur on Xiaobai's back, and looked at the little cat demon in front of him curiously: "This kitten is so cute! Is it raised by the senior?"

Xiaobai was startled by his sudden touch. He immediately bared his teeth at him and quickly came to Pei Yun's feet.

Pei Yun picked up Xiao Bai and patted its head soothingly before asking with a strange look on his face, "Can you see this cat?"

"Of course I can see it!" Murong Lei's face was full of pride. "This cat demon must have some special ability to become invisible, but I have practiced the art of true eyes, and all the concealment techniques are invisible to me..."

"The art of true eyes?" Pei Yun came in front of him and observed his eyes carefully, but did not find anything special. However, when he looked at Xiaobai, the inky pupils became even deeper.

"My grandfather often told me that our Murong clan is a hidden clan, but our strength is not inferior to those big sects in Nanyuezhou. Our clan is best at the art of true eyes and divination..."

"You, the Murong clan, are also good at divination?"

"Of course! I divined for myself when I arrived in Beiqizhou, so I figured that escaping to this ship was my only way to survive. Sure enough, I met my senior..."

Pei Yun suddenly became more interested in the Murong clan. Even though they had no relationship with her mother Murong, she still wanted to visit them just to learn about the customs and culture of Nanyuezhou.

The ship sailed calmly on the sea for three days, and stopped at the dock of a town in Nanyue Island in the evening of the third day. Pei Yun gave Murong Lei an invisibility talisman, which could make him invisible for the time of an incense stick, which was definitely enough time for him to get off the ship.

Sure enough, Murong Lei got off the boat safely, and the stewards and attendants on the boat did not notice anything unusual. However, there was a Jindan-stage cultivator who glanced at Pei Yun and the others meaningfully, but did not expose them in public. He just chuckled and left.

The level of this concealment talisman is not high, and the Jindan stage can indeed see through Murong Lei's existence.

But Pei Yun didn't say that she could hide in space, she even had several Thousand Miles Teleportation Talismans, so she couldn't hide even if she couldn't beat him? Besides, she didn't think a stranger would expose her for the sake of the slave traders.

Because the several inns in the town were full, Pei Yun and Murong Lei wanted to find a nearby village where they could stay for the night, or just spend the night in the wilderness in the suburbs.

Unexpectedly, just as they arrived near a mountain village, they saw from afar a spooky house surrounded by blood and filled with resentment...

"Senior, the road ahead looks scary. Let's not go there!" Murong Lei only felt cold winds blowing all around him, and he got goose bumps.

"Either you stay here and I'll go take a look!" Pei Yun finished speaking and used the Realm of Space to fly towards the house.

"Senior, please wait for me!" Murong Lei shouted hurriedly and ran after her. He didn't want to stay here alone.

As soon as Pei Yun entered the house, he saw a female ghost confronting two monks. The female ghost was filled with resentment, and black smoke was swirling around her. The bluestone slabs under her feet and the surrounding walls were covered with blood marks...

"Girl, since you are already dead, why bother to pursue revenge? Just let go of your resentment and you can be reincarnated. If you stain your hands with blood, you will become a fierce ghost and there will be no possibility of reincarnation. Your soul will be reduced to ashes..."

Opposite the female ghost stood an old man, holding a magic whisk in his hand to resist the female ghost's resentment. Next to the old man stood a young man, who seemed to be the old man's apprentice. In the room behind the two of them, there were two men and women hiding. They looked to be around sixty years old. They were trembling with fear and panic, kneeling on the ground and desperately begging for mercy:

"Niang Yan, please let us go, please..."

The ghost girl had disheveled hair and tears in her eyes. Her body was covered with scars from being bullied in her lifetime. She had a strange smile on her face. She ignored the other party's spells that were eroding her soul and walked towards the two mortals step by step...

"What happened?" Pei Yun happened to witness this scene. She conjured up a water rope and tied up the female ghost. Just as the other four people showed joy when they saw the female ghost being subdued, she snorted coldly and tied up the two mortals in front of her.

Everyone present, including the female ghost, was stunned by this sudden accident, and no one spoke for a while.

At this time Murong Lei finally ran over panting. When he saw the appearance of the female ghost, he screamed "Ahhh" in fear and quickly hid behind Pei Yun.

"Tell me, what exactly happened here?" Pei Yun looked at the old man and asked with a frown.

"Master! Master! It's this female ghost who wants to kill us! Master, help us!" The mortal couple immediately cried out for justice.

"Master! As long as you kill this female ghost, we can give you a lot of money. We will give you as much as you want, as long as you can kill her..."

The female ghost struggled to rush towards the couple. Her face was ferocious and her resentment was growing deeper, and she was about to take shape.

"Shut up, I didn't ask you two to talk." Pei Yun could see at a glance that the couple were covered in blood. It was obvious that they had more than one life on their shoulders, and these were all sins.

Murong Lei had the True Eye Technique, so he could see more clearly. He murmured, "This couple is really worthless. The blood on their bodies is about to blind my eyes..."

"This... Senior, I just happened to pass by here and saw this female ghost attacking a mortal, so I kindly intervened to advise the female ghost that if the hands of a resentful ghost are stained with blood, it will become a fierce ghost, and the fierce ghost will never be able to reincarnate. This is really not worth it!"

The old man sighed. He could see that this mortal couple must have done something against the will of heaven and earth, which was why they were haunted by the vengeful ghost. However, they were going to be reduced to ashes just for revenge. He felt it was not worth it for the girl.

"You tell the story." Pei Yun turned to the female ghost.

"...This couple spent money to buy me from our village, saying that they wanted to arrange a ghost marriage for their dead son. Then this...this disgusting master took the opportunity to humiliate me, and he and his wife pushed me into a deep well. How can I not avenge such a great vengeance!"

The female ghost stared at the couple with hatred, wishing she could go up and bite them.

"Is what she said true?" Pei Yun asked the couple. Seeing that the couple was about to deny it, she threatened again, "If you dare to lie to me, I will make you live a life worse than death!"

"...Master, please spare us. We know we were wrong!"

"Master, we must do more good deeds, eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures in the future..."

Pei Yun ignored the two's pleas for mercy, and turned to the female ghost again, asking seriously: "You are just a resentful ghost now. As long as you let go of your resentment, you can be reincarnated. Once you kill them with your own hands, you will become a fierce ghost, and your soul will be destroyed. Even if you have to pay such a price, do you still want to do it yourself?"

"……Yes."

"Even if you don't do it, I will hand this couple over to the government and make them receive the punishment they deserve in the mortal world..."

"Master... I still want to do it myself and settle the resentment in my heart. Even if I am reduced to ashes, I will never regret it!" The female ghost's terrifying and hideous face was full of resolute determination.

"...Okay, in that case, I respect your choice." Pei Yun nodded and released the restraints on the female ghost. Except for the mortal couple, everyone else followed Pei Yun and left the house.

Several people stood outside the house and listened to the couple's miserable screams. Murong Lei scratched his head and asked in confusion, "Senior, I often heard my brothers and sisters say that people who practice Taoism should protect the people. Now, does our behavior count as standing idly by?"

"It's not wrong to protect the common people, but the common people here are not the mortal couple, but the girl they killed. The couple who did so many evil things now have this ending, which can be said to be karma..."

"My master originally wanted to persuade her to let go of her hatred and reincarnate early. Now it's a pity that her hands are stained with blood and she has become a fierce ghost..." The disciple beside the old man sighed, vaguely expressing his dissatisfaction with Pei Yun's interference.

"Hui'er!" The old man shook his head at him. He had not been able to see through Pei Yun's cultivation before. He was so young, yet his cultivation was higher than his. Such a cultivator must not be offended.

"Don't advise others to do good without experiencing their suffering. Reincarnation may be the most important thing for us, but in that girl's heart, revenge is the most important thing to her. This is her own choice and there is no need for others to tell her..." Pei Yun glanced at the man and said coldly.

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