Lin Zhao spoke as Xie Sanbao reached out and grabbed the pendant around Xie Yueling's neck, tearing it off. "It's this thing."

Nine-leaf jade?

I only frowned slightly when Xie Sanbao threw the jade pendant to me. "Hall Master Li, take a look."

When I caught the jade, I gripped it a little too hard, and cracks immediately spread across the surface.

Was there a layer of stone skin on the outside?

As the thought flashed through my mind, I exerted more force, and the outer layer of the nine-leaf jade fell away, revealing its true form—a blood jade nine-headed snake.

Xie Sanbao said sternly, "It was this jade pendant that made Ye Mei and Tao Hua trust me so deeply. It was also this jade pendant that made me lose my humanity, allowing myself to be manipulated and deceive Ye Mei."

"And it was this jade pendant that saved my life, allowing me to walk out of Erlin Town alive twice."

Lin Zhao said, "Xie Sanbao just told me that the person who carries this jade pendant will make others feel good about him, develop a strange trust, and even obey his orders."

"He was able to maneuver between two ghosts and gods because of this jade pendant."

I understood.

Ghosts and gods had long disregarded worldly love, even looking down upon it.

Ye Mei and Tao Hua were able to feel emotion because of the bewitching power of this jade pendant.

A nine-headed snake? Could it charm people?

Xie Sanbao said, "This jade pendant has always been with me. Every time I reincarnate, it appears by my side in a different way and becomes mine."

"When I was young, when Xie Yueling brought me into Erlin Town, the nine-headed snake didn't appear with me. That's why Xie Yueling had ideas. She forcibly took over as my daughter, all for this nine-headed snake."

"Damn it, I didn't even know all this."

"If Tao Hua hadn't helped me unlock my memories, I wouldn't have remembered so much of the past."

Tears streamed down Xie Sanbao's face.

Ye Mei said sharply, "Where is my child?"

Lin Zhao tightened his fingers. "Xie Yueling, I'll say it again, either tell the truth, or I'll let your ghost tell it."

A struggle flashed in Xie Yueling's eyes. "Even if I tell you, you won't let me go. Why should I..."

Lin Zhao tightened his fingers and directly pierced Xie Yueling's throat.

As Lin Zhao gently lowered his blood-dripping hand, Xie Yueling's ghost floated out, coldly watching Lin Zhao and laughing sharply. "What if you kill me? I'm not afraid of being torn to pieces, am I afraid of being reduced to ashes?"

Jun Jixue said softly, "The people of the Three Divisions have all received special training. Torture doesn't work well on them."

Lin Zhao was now dumbfounded.

I walked up and said, "Xie Sanbao, teach me how to use this jade pendant!"

Xie Yueling screamed, "Li Po, you're despicable!"

"Seize her!" As soon as I spoke, Lin Zhao picked up Xie Yueling again.

If I guessed correctly, the nine-headed snake jade pendant should only work on spirits. Otherwise, we would have been directly controlled by Xie Yueling when we were at the Xie family home.

Xie Sanbao held the jade pendant in front of Xie Yueling and chanted a spell. Xie Yueling's eyes did not become blurred or lifeless because of the appearance of the jade pendant. Instead, they revealed a kind of closeness.

It was like a daughter's closeness to her father.

Tears streamed down Xie Sanbao's face again, and his voice choked as he said, "Hall Master Li, you do it!"

I said in a deep voice, "Where is Ye Mei's child?"

"It's over there..." Xie Yueling pointed to a corner of the courtyard. "There's a demon-suppressing monument over there. The child is under the stone tablet."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Ye Mei tore open the soil like crazy. There was indeed a stone tablet full of runes standing there.

Tao Hua subconsciously said, "How could there be a demon-suppressing monument here?"

The person who buried the demon-suppressing monument back then had accurately timed Tao Hua's slumber. He had buried the demon-suppressing monument close to Tao Hua's tomb, hiding it from Tao Hua and Ye Mei.

In Ye Mei's opinion, Tao Hua would never harm her child, but her child was indeed buried near Tao Hua.

As I sighed, Ye Mei overturned the demon-suppressing monument with a single palm. She took out a small skeleton from below, gently held it in her arms, and walked step by step out of the tomb. The power of a ghost god was also constantly surging on her body. "Child, let's go home with Mom."

I looked at Ye Mei's departing back, and my eyes couldn't help but turn slightly red.

Ye Mei's child was already dead, his soul scattered. Even if she was a ghost god, she couldn't restore his soul.

What if she exhausted her own ghost god power?

At most, she would awaken a moving skeleton.

But she was still doing it.

Was she crazy?

Perhaps she wasn't crazy. This was her true nature.

I turned to look at Xie Yueling, my eyes filled with killing intent. "What did you lure us here for?"

"Also, where did your cultivation go?"

Xie Yueling said, "My cultivation was used to undo the demon-suppressing monument. The order I received was to confirm whether you and Ye Yang are the Gluttonous Wolf. If you are, then you must be kept in Erlin Town."

"The child back then did not have a complete Gluttonous Wolf destiny. The real Gluttonous Wolf hasn't been found yet. You and Ye Yang have been listed as suspects by the Reincarnation Division."

My heart couldn't help but sink slightly.