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As night fell, the swamp was filled with restless spirits. I wandered through it with a green lantern in hand.
Once I had distanced myself from the Buddhist Sect, the lantern flickered to life, and a clear voice emerged from within: "Yuyou, it's me."
"You... you are... Lin Zhao?"
I looked at the figure materializing within the lantern in surprise; it truly was him.
He sighed softly. "Yuyou, what you see is my spirit. Before I fell off the cliff, I had hidden the five spirits within the green lantern. It was not me who caused the events in Slaughter Valley, but Yao Huan."
Back then, he and I had been drinking in the Western Mountains when Yao Huan came alone to capture Cang Valley.
Because Elder Fu Xu had long remained in the valley's forbidden area, he narrowly escaped disaster.
Afterward, he met Lin Zhao and informed him of everything before disappearing.
"The green lantern was not present at that time; it was actually out releasing spirits. I thought you would believe me."
The lantern contained countless spirits, all of whom were wronged souls. He set them free, considering it a form of atonement.
"Why did you do this?"
The figure within the lantern swayed gently. He slowly reached out to touch my cheek. Though I felt no physical sensation, I sensed a tremor at his fingertips.
"Yuyou, when I decided to take you to the Western Mountains, I had already surrendered to my own heart."
In fact, as I endured twenty shackles and a hundred lashes for him, he already understood.
It was he who picked up my shattered bones one by one, piecing them together, pleading with Yao Huan to nurture them with the sound of Buddha.
At this moment, his eyes were filled with countless tender emotions, clear like a tranquil water surface. The gentleness in the delicate space between his brows suddenly left me speechless and choked up.
Yet he smiled slightly and said, "Yuyou, actually, these past years should not have been imposed upon you. The matter between me and Yao Huan indeed has a deep-seated grudge against your clan."
The place where the valley was located was originally a vast expanse of clear water grassland, home to many green algae.
However, my ancestors forcibly occupied this land, driving away the immortal green algae and forcing them into a corner where they could only practice in front of the Buddhist Sect, enduring the company of wild spirits and ghostly beings, living in darkness day after day.
"Then why is it that both you and he are green algae, yet you cannot enter the Buddhist Sect?"
In the murky wilds of the marsh, a low and terrifying voice sounded behind me: "Let me tell you why I practiced alongside him while the Buddhist Sect favored him. So when he set off on his journey, I took his place and entered the Buddhist Sect."
"I intend to stand in this unmatched position to humiliate him fiercely and use a knife to kill him while destroying the valley!" As soon as he finished speaking, he grasped Lin Zhao's throat in the green light.
I was suddenly startled and took a step back, falling to the ground.
A millennium of longing turned into nothingness; all that remained was hatred.
Suddenly, my heart felt like an open door, with a fierce wind blowing in.
Accompanied by bitterness, it surged into my tear ducts.
"Please, do not destroy his spirit any further."
Yao Huan coldly smiled and waved his hand, causing me to fall into the marshy wetlands.
After that, I was imprisoned among the green algae of the marsh, enduring humiliation day and night.
The Wild Ghost Spirit constantly toyed with me, relishing the taste of flesh nourished by Buddhist offerings, while Yao Huan kept me alive with the soft grass.
He quietly told me, "The drunkenness of the Western Mountains has severed my roots, and I have also revealed this news to Lin Zhao.
So he knows that coming to rescue me is a trap.
But... he still came.
I closed my eyes, feeling the long wind pierce through my heart; there was no moment more humiliating than this.
I pressed my lips tightly together, struggling through this long period of suffering.
I cannot die.
Because Lin Zhao told me before he was taken away, 'Wait for me.'"
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