Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

[You have successfully slain the Crippled Green Ghost, earning seven hundred Deep Red Points.]

A message suddenly appeared on Yi Chen's retina.

After spending seven days deep in cultivation at Dragon Tiger Mountain, Yi Chen instantly guessed that this Green Ghost must have been one whose consciousness was erased by these two people using a Secret Technique, and controlled to be refined within the Senluo Flag, serving as their trump card.

Unfortunately, in the end, the two of them had simply been delivering to Yi Chen like a Keshen courier service, providing him with an unexpected advantage.

It was also hard for the two of them to have cultivated such a powerful Green Ghost; who knows how many resentful souls were lamenting within it.

From a pile of mangled flesh, Yi Chen picked out the beautiful woman and the child as if he were picking up trash, his hands shimmering with a pale golden hue, like two hydraulic clamps locked onto the throats of the two individuals.

"I ask, you answer."

"Who sent you, in these vast green hills as wide as the sea, sometimes even I don't know where I am—how did you find my location?"

"Speak well, and I'll grant you a quick death, speak poorly, and—in my hometown, there's an old saying…"

Less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the exhausted beautiful woman and child had laid out everything from top to bottom.

It was a hundred times smoother than Yi Chen had anticipated.

However, this was not due to Yi Chen's superior interrogation skills or cruelty, but because at this moment, the beautiful woman and the child hated the Yan Family and Zhang Longyi, who provided them with information, to the extreme.

Killing them was only third on Yi Chen's list.

Those who kill have always been killed—there was nothing to be said about them trying to kill Yi Chen and ending up being killed in return. However, regarding the Yan Family, which provided false information, and Zhang Longyi, who made the tracking possible with the Treasure-seeking Rat, the two individuals' bones were filled with abhorrence at this moment.

"Yi Taoist, it was the Yan Family's great lord who sent us to kill you. We don't know the reason; we only followed orders," the woman said.

"The route was provided by Dragon Tiger Mountain's Zhang Longyi using a special Treasure-seeking Rat to track your spirit beast," the child followed.

"The Yan Family and Dragon Tiger Mountain—are you brave enough to take revenge? Haha," the child spoke with an elderly voice, knowing that death was imminent, yet the tone was calm. As a strong entity bred from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the child's mental fortitude was far stronger than that of Zhang Longyi.

He looked at Yi Chen with a teasing gaze, a hint of mockery in his eyes. As long as Yi Chen sought revenge, no matter who killed whom between the two parties, he would be pleased.

"Yi Taoist, those who kill will be killed; we, husband and wife, do not resent this end. You may take all the valuables from our storage rings. Only, we hope that you will bury our ashes together," the beautiful woman suddenly spoke, her eyes turning towards the child, revealing a deep affection within them.

Her husband of past days was once a dashing figure, but unfortunately, he took a palm strike from a Buddha's son of Mount Daguangming two years earlier to save her. To preserve his life, he had no choice but to reverse his innate qualities using a Secret Technique, transforming into the grotesque form he now bore.

Yi Chen fell silent for a moment, but ultimately, he agreed.

"Take your leave."

Yi Chen released his hold, and the two slumped to the ground like mud, their lives hanging on only because of their True Person-level physiques.

The two hands struggled to crawl on the ground, eventually intertwining.

"You have not failed me, and I have not failed you." The beautiful woman could no longer speak due to her severe injuries, but Yi Chen could still make out the content of her words from the shape of her lips.

In Yi Chen's final mountain-smashing strike, she had stepped in front of the child at the last moment, bearing the brunt of the damage.

With her head drooping, the beautiful woman's breath ceased in an instant.

Watching this scene, the child gave Yi Chen a deep look and then poked his finger to his forehead, also dying on the spot.

Human nature is indeed complex and obscure.

Some kill countless others, yet they share a profound love as a couple.

After scrounging all the wealth from their bodies, a hint of pale golden fire touched their corpses.

Flames flickered.

Only ashes remained.

Having cultivated for many years, the beautiful woman and the child ended up as nothing but pure, white, empty land.

Yi Chen stomped a deep pit in the ground, swept the couple's ashes into it, and casually covered it with some soil, considering it the fulfillment of their last wish.

If he hadn't been moved by their profound love as a couple, Yi Chen would have scattered their ashes long ago. By burying them together, he had already shown great mercy; how could he be expected to find them a picturesque place for burial?

After all was said and done,

Yi Chen spoke towards the long tunnel he had carved out:

"Those who masquerade as deities and play ghost tricks, come out. I've known of your presence for quite a while."