The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

The woman's gaze cut straight through the rowdy, fervent crowd, locking onto Li Muyang amidst the throng.

The moment their eyes met, Li Muyang's heart chilled.

In her eyes, he saw a trace of manic joy.

...Manic joy?

Manic joy at seeing me?

Li Muyang immediately sensed danger.

Could this woman also be a wandering spirit? Coming for me?

But her aura was clearly human, lacking the pungent, decayed scent peculiar to wandering spirits.

With the situation unclear, Li Muyang didn't act rashly, but stood amid the crowd, coldly staring at the sinister woman on the platform.

And the sinister woman, after just one glance at him, made no further moves.

She continued to smile amongst the hysterical shouts of the mortals, exhibiting affability and miraculous deeds.

Besides "reviving" the dead daughter of that woman, she displayed several other miracles amongst the villagers.

Curing diseases with talisman water, enlightening the foolish husband—everything was so typical, perfectly fitting the mortals' imagination of a celestial being.

The voice of the Flood Dragon Moonbite rang in Li Muyang's ear.

"Li Muyang, isn't this person your friend? Why does it seem like she doesn't recognize you?"

Flood Dragon Moonbite was extremely curious.

Hearing the voice in his ear, Li Muyang fell silently silent, not answering her question, and instead carefully asked her the reason she came to this place.

Flood Dragon Moonbite was confused, but still obediently recounted the events of the past day and night since Li Muyang had left.

After Li Muyang left yesterday morning, she continued to hunt the malevolent beings mentioned in the desires of the mortals.

She completely imitated Li Muyang's actions, ignoring the weasel that followed behind.

The weasel also followed her cautiously, not daring to say another word.

Everything was so simple until, on her way to hunt the malevolent beings, she heard that a fairy from the South had arrived nearby.

People said the fairy possessed unfathomable Divine Skills, the famed Glass Immortal Maiden, a disciple of Master Qing Xue of the Mysterious Sword Sect, who had come to the North Land to save the world and subdue demons.

Upon learning the whereabouts of the Glass Immortal Maiden, Flood Dragon Moonbite immediately rushed over happily, hence stumbling upon this black sword-bearing, saintly-appearing sinister woman…

After hearing Flood Dragon Moonbite's account, Li Muyang fell into a wordless silence.

On the high platform, the sinister woman manifested miracles publicly, each miraculous act spurring the surrounding mortals into even greater frenzy, their cheers becoming more piercing.

However, Li Muyang paid no attention to the mortals' hysteria; his eyes were fixed on the girl who had been "resurrected" on the stage.

The girl, who had been without any breath of life, now stood upright beside her mother, her face bright with a smile, no different from a living person.

But there was something strange and unique about her aura.

Normally, even zombies retained a remnant soul or obsession to animate their corpse.

Yet, this girl before him was a complete empty shell.

There was not a trace of a soul's aura on her; she was not a zombie, nor a malevolent spirit returned in someone else's body.

In Li Muyang's perception, the girl's corpse was utterly void, filled only with "nothingness".

However, from within her radiated an eerie aura that was uncomfortable for the living.

This was yet another strange existence that Li Muyang had never encountered before.

Standing amid the crowd, Li Muyang's gaze was icy.

He quietly watched the sinister woman's performance on the stage, sure that she wasn't Chu Qingxue.

The Glass Immortal Maiden of legend, turned out to be a fake…

Li Muyang's heart, suddenly felt a tinge of disappointment.

He had still been hoping to see Chu Qingxue, to ask the old friend for help.

But when she thought of the decadent situation in the Tianyuan Dynasty and the ancient resentment well in the south, as well as the rebellion of the Blood Demon Path, it seemed that Chu Qingxue really had no time to idle away in the North Land now.

"Ah... I should've thought of that earlier,"

Li Muyang sighed softly as he witnessed the sinister woman brainwash the entire town's mortals, winning their fanatical worship.

In the end, the sinister woman declined the mortals' offers of gold and silver with a smile.

"All I want is a strand of your hair, that's all,"

With a sword on her back and talisman in hand, the sinister woman said to the mortals onstage with a smile, "A strand of hair to bind a good fate with you all."

To the mortals, such a request was far too simple.

She asked for neither gold nor silver, just a strand of hair from the mortals.

The mortals instantly became excited and raised their hands, some zealously ripping off a handful of their hair and extending it up towards the 'Glass Immortal Maiden' on the stage.

The sinister woman onstage turned no one away.

It didn't matter whether the mortals gave her a single strand or a handful; she took them all and put them into a plain white sachet.

The plain white sachet was the size of a palm, but inside, it seemed to have endless space.

The hair of the entire town was stuffed into it, yet there was no change in its appearance.

Even the simple Biting Moon Flood Dragon realized something was amiss at this moment.

"...Li Muyang, your friend doesn't seem like a good person."

A cautious voice rang in his ear, hinting, "Have you been deceived?"

But Li Muyang watched the sinister woman onstage with a cold gaze and said, "She is not Chu Qingxue, just an imposter."

"Ah? An imposter?"

"That's right..."

Li Muyang observed with a cold eye as the sinister woman took the townspeople's hair. As the strands entered the sachet, a warm breath rose from the bodies of these mortals and gathered into the sachet in the hands of the sinister woman.

And these mortals were completely oblivious to it.

The Biting Moon Flood Dragon was taken aback, "Something has been taken from these mortals!"

Li Muyang's gaze was icy as he watched the group of mortals who voluntarily offered up their hair and said, "It's their lifespan… These mortals have willingly given their lifespan to that woman."

A few months for some, a year or two for others... the vitality of these mortals visibly diminished, with their own life spans being plundered.

The act of offering up their hair was entirely some sort of wicked ritual.

Allowing the sinister woman to plunder the lifespan of mortals in broad daylight!

Though the lifespan lost by each individual was not much, with such a vast number...

Li Muyang left the crowd and walked towards the outskirts of the town.

He no longer paid attention to the fanatical mortals, instead, he was seeking a suitable place to do battle.

Sure enough, not long after his departure, the sinister woman, who had harvested the townsmen's lifespan, stood in his way with a smile.

After taking the lifespan of the townspeople, she quickly caught up with Li Muyang.

Now facing each other on a secluded and gloomy mountain path, Li Muyang raised an eyebrow.

"...Do you need something from me, Immortal Maiden?"

But the sinister woman was holding the plain white sachet in her left hand and gripping the strange black sword in her right.

Looking at Li Muyang in the morning light, her eyes were filled with fanatic greed.

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