A few minutes passed, and the skeleton had completely crawled out of the ground.
Jiangli glanced at her current appearance and said with distaste, "This is just too ugly, and I can’t make out your original appearance. Can you change into something else?"
The skeleton paused for a moment, apparently not expecting to be criticized even after becoming a ghost.
But soon, Xia Xin and Fu’er saw flesh and skin slowly growing over her.
Before long, the figure of a beautiful girl materialized before them.
Indeed, she was very beautiful.
About the same age as Lin Yurong, possibly eighteen or nineteen, with flowing long hair, wearing a white dress, delicate facial features, and even her brows and eyes bore some resemblance to Lin Yurong’s appearance.
At first glance, Xia Xin even thought he had seen Lin Yurong.
"What’s your name?" Jiangli asked the girl directly.
The girl paused and pointed to her throat.
Xia Xin then noticed that there was a hole in her neck.
It must have been the mark left by the Soul-Suppressing Nail.
Placing the Soul-Suppressing Nail there was to prevent the wraith from making any appeals.
This, Xia Xin was aware of.
The person who did this was really cruel...
Seeing this, Jiangli took out a talisman and pinched it in the palm of her hand.
Then, she stuffed the balled-up Talisman Paper into the hole in the girl’s neck.
With a lift of her hand as if by magic, the hole in the girl’s neck vanished instantaneously.
Xia Xin rubbed his eyes, suspecting he had seen wrong. Upon focusing again, he saw that indeed, it had returned to normal.
"All done," Jiangli stepped back.
The girl opened her mouth and tentatively made a sound.
Her voice and tone were somewhat strange, perhaps from not having spoken in a long while.
"I... my name is Liao Qianqian..."
Jiangli barely understood, "Liao Qianqian, were you also harmed by Fu Yuxing?"
Upon hearing this name, Liao Qianqian’s eyes gradually reddened, and the Evil Qi around her grew stronger.
Jiangli frowned and said coldly, "Don’t forget what you promised me."
Liao Qianqian stammered and pursed her lips. In the next second, she reined in her Evil Qi and said, "Yes... it was him, he harmed me..."
"That’s good because I’m looking for him to investigate the girls he has harmed. So, let’s make a deal," Jiangli proposed.
Liao Qianqian blinked in surprise, "What... deal?"
"Tonight, you will go to Fu Yuxing’s room and scare him," Jiangli emphasized firmly. "Remember, just to scare him, don’t kill him. Killing him would be disadvantageous for you. Just scare him, so that he feels frightened and seeks out the person who helped suppress you before. If you want revenge, then you should round them all up in one fell swoop. That is real revenge, understand?"
Filled with disbelief and suspicion, Liao Qianqian asked, "Are you... a master?"
After a moment of thought, Jiangli realized what Liao Qianqian was asking.
She explained, "I am from Xuanmen, but I loathe evil cultivation; consider this an internal cleanup. And you should have noticed, I said, no killing. Your only job is to frighten Fu Yuxing, and I’ll handle the rest. If you don’t comply, I can re-seal you at any time. It’s best you don’t risk testing me."
Liao Qianqian, dissatisfied, clenched her teeth, "Why?" She couldn’t help but ask tearfully, filled with hatred, "He caused my downfall; even if I take his life, it’s simply retribution he brought upon himself, fully deserved!"
"And what about you?" Jiangli looked at her calmly, "If you kill him, you would be committing a sin, and the heavens and earth would not tolerate you. Then you would either become an evil wraith, living on a thirst for killing, or your soul would disintegrate. He has already caused your death once; do you want to die a second time because of him?"
Liao Qianqian was momentarily stunned.
Jiangli spoke lightly, "So listen to me, and I will ensure your reincarnation without worry. Do not, at this point, sacrifice yourself again."