Mu Yijie raised his eyebrows, moved the lighter a bit away, and asked in a deep voice, "When did you see Yun Shan?"
The old man hung his head dejectedly. At the mention of Yun Shan, intense hatred flashed in his eyes. "Five years ago, that stinky Taoist priest passed by our town. Without asking for any explanation, he sealed Su Su away."
"Did you do something? Like killing people, or did Ye Su devour humans?" Yong Shanling stared sharply at the old man. She was always very sharp when it came to dealing with monsters.
At the mention of killing, the old man's pupils shrank. He looked up in disbelief. "How do you know? It's impossible. I clearly cleaned up all the traces. You can't know!"
Yong Shanling shook her head and smiled smugly. "You don't need to know about this. You just need to answer yes or no."
The old man closed his eyes. The wrinkles on his face deepened, making him look even older.
"Yes. In order to keep Su Su with me for a long time, I killed people. It was all my doing. It has nothing to do with Su Su. She is innocent. Please let her go, or - put her back into the seal. You can do whatever you want to me."
Li Zhuo sneered and looked at the old man mockingly. "Innocent? Don't disgrace the word 'innocent', old man. Do you think a human can force a monster that has lived for hundreds of years? You're daydreaming!"
"Let me go! The main body has already told you the location of the spiritual plant. Why don't you let me go, you despicable humans..."
The root cursed at them crazily. Yong Shanling raised her eyebrows. "Humph, for monsters like you who have no conscience, my way of dealing with you is already very merciful. And I never promised to let you go. You said that yourself."
The root was rendered speechless by Yong Shanling. Seeing the old man, it added new hatred to the old one and scolded sharply, "Roy, you useless man! I told you to find humans for me, but you brought a stinky Taoist priest here. Do you think I haven't suffered enough because of you? If it weren't for being with you, how could I have been captured!"
Hearing the accusation from the one he loved, the old man, Roy, turned pale instantly. His lips trembled as he said, "I'm sorry. I thought these people would surely bring you more energy. Who would have thought..." The old man burst into tears.
"Enough! I was really blind when I chose you. My previous husbands never failed."
"Shut up! If you say another word, I'll burn you." Yong Shanling tightened the red rope forcefully.
Seeing the talisman in Yong Shanling's hand, Ye Su was like a person with her throat grabbed. Her voice stopped abruptly.
"Will that Taoist priest Yun Shan come back?" Mu Yijie asked directly, exuding an imposing manner.
The root looked at Mu Yijie and greedily swallowed her saliva. There was so much merit on this man. If she ate him, she could escape.
Yong Shanling beside her keenly sensed the change in the root. She immediately took out her wooden sword and hit it again. "Monster, how dare you covet my uncle!"
The tree monster let out a wail and tried to rush towards Mu Yijie for a last - ditch fight. Yong Shanling directly threw out the fire talisman in her hand.
" cultivator, I won't... let you go..." Finally, the root turned into a wisp of ashes and fell to the ground.
"Su Su -" Roy cried loudly. Knowing that the main body in the formation couldn't hold on for long, he didn't dare to make any more small moves.
"Yun Shan won't come. The formation he set up back then was supposed to eliminate Su Su in a long time. But I found humans for her to eat, so she managed to hold on. I've told you everything I know. Please let us go." The old man looked at them pleadingly.
Yong Shanling felt disgusted. "You harmed so many people for your own selfish desires. You must have tampered with the formation in the town too. Today, I'll do justice for the sky."
Just as Shanling picked up the wooden sword to end his life, a pair of slender hands blocked her.
"Uncle, this scumbag shouldn't be let go." Yong Shanling thought her uncle had softened his heart. She gritted her teeth and looked at him.
Mu Yijie's expression remained unchanged, with a cold look between his eyebrows. "Don't dirty your hands. So many lives are enough for the police to shoot him."
Hearing his words, Yong Shanling realized she had wrongly blamed him. She smiled guiltily and hugged his arm. "I wrongly blamed you, uncle. I'll listen to you and let the law punish him."
After that, they went back to the town at the foot of the mountain, destroyed the formation, and called 110.
Not long after, the police came roaring. They found a lot of severed limbs and skeletons in the garden of the villa. The remaining people in the town looked at the familiar cloth and were heart - broken.
Before they saw the evidence, they could still hope. But now their hopes were completely shattered.
When Roy was being taken away, the families of the victims all wanted to kill this man - eater.
"Su Su, I'll always be with you. I -"
Yong Shanling looked at the crazy man and asked Mu Yijie curiously, "Uncle, does love always make people lose their senses? It's so scary."
Mu Yijie looked at the innocent little girl in front of him. His cold eyes stared at her seriously. "Good love will only make two people better. If it doesn't, it means you two are not suitable for each other."
Yong Shanling thought for a while. But the next second, she happily grabbed his hand and dragged him towards the back mountain. "Uncle, there's a 500 - year - old spiritual plant there. Let's go and dig it up."
Hou Hua and Li Zhuo lazily followed behind them. Suddenly, they felt that such a life was also quite good.
Yong Shanling directly used magic to isolate the greenhouse with the seal. In this way, no one would accidentally enter it before the tree monster died.
After that, they drove back directly.
"Yijie, we're leaving first. Follow our little Ling'er well. Don't get captured by monsters." Li Zhuo joked through the car window. Without waiting for Mu Yijie to reply, he drove away.
Yong Shanling took a shower, wiped her hair, and walked downstairs. She saw Mu Yijie frowning and rubbing the jade pendant in his hand.
She thought for a while and suddenly her eyes lit up.
"Uncle, do you not want the monsters to find you? Hehe, I just happen to know a way."
Yong Shanling's words immediately made the troubled Mu Yijie's eyes light up. "Girl, why didn't you say so before?"
Yong Shanling's face froze. She looked around furtively and whispered, "Well, because... because the effect of that method only works within 50 meters. Monsters within 50 meters can still sense you."
"50 meters." Mu Yijie frowned. In this case, how could he reduce the chance of encountering monsters?