"I'm in a good mood today, let's settle these karmic debts!" Hanyan's fingertips moved slightly, and the coffin lid opened by itself, spewing out yin energy.
Three souls floated out from within. Two were vengeful spirits, and one was a blood-clad vengeful spirit.
"I've dealt with your enemies. You should all disperse now, go wherever you belong. Be smarter in your next lives!" he said, snapping his fingers.
After a flash of white light, the souls of the three vengeful spirits instantly transformed into ordinary wandering souls. In the distance, the figure of White Impermanence also faintly appeared.
White Impermanence was stunned for a moment upon seeing Hanyan, then bowed deeply. Even though Ye Huohuo's master was a ghost messenger, he still had to greet them warmly, as everyone would eventually deal with them after death.
But Hanyan merely nodded slightly, his attitude haughty.
"Put that little thing in your sleeve into the coffin and let him be taken away," he said to Ye Huohuo.
Ye Huohuo blinked at him, not understanding his meaning.
Hanyan pointed to Ye Huohuo's sleeve, and she then remembered the seven-ringed green vine snake coiled around her wrist. Ever since she had injured it last time, Li Ke had been in hibernation, coiled obediently around her wrist, looking like a jade bracelet.
"It? It can also be transcended?"
Hanyan nodded and pointed to the coffin again.
Ye Huohuo followed his instructions and placed the green vine snake inside. A ball of ethereal blue flame enveloped the entire coffin.
The coffin burned rapidly, but strangely, only it was burning. By the time it completely disintegrated, even the grass on the ground where it had been placed remained unharmed, as if nothing had happened.
"Where is Li Ke? Will he be a human or a snake in his next life?" Ye Huohuo asked worriedly. If he was still a snake, wouldn't Miaofeng's thousand years of effort be in vain?
Although her methods were wrong, Ye Huohuo could still understand her intentions. If it were her...
Fortunately, there was no "if."
"You worry about quite a lot of things. Don't worry, he cultivated for a thousand years and developed a human soul. Moreover, he hasn't harmed anyone in all these years."
Hearing Hanyan's words, Ye Huohuo felt even more complex emotions towards Miaofeng. Miaofeng had always known that her actions were against heavenly principles and would bring retribution, so she was the one who committed harmful acts, never involving Li Ke in any of it.
She didn't care if she would suffer in the eighteen levels of hell, as long as Li Ke could be reborn as a human!
As she was thinking, faint white lights converged towards the spot where the coffin had just vanished, finally condensing into a human-shaped soul. Gradually, the human shape developed features, and the features eventually became clear.
It was the appearance of a young man.
The young man bowed to Hanyan and Ye Huohuo. Hanyan waved his hand, and the young man left with White Impermanence.
A soul-locking chain pulled the four wandering souls, and they eventually dissipated into nothingness.
"He was a teenager when he died?" Ye Huohuo's nonsensical question was about Li Ke.
"That's how Miaofeng remembered him! For a thousand years, her obsession has seeped into Li Ke's soul, which is why he appeared this way. Perhaps he unconsciously wanted Miaofeng to see him like this."
"What a pity, Miaofeng won't get to see it!" Ye Huohuo sighed softly.
"Everything is fate, nothing is by choice." Hanyan spread his palm. "Extend your hand."
"Ah?!" Ye Huohuo was stunned.
"This little fellow is a gift for you. I can't ascend with it!" Hanyan grasped two of Ye Huohuo's fingertips.
Ye Huohuo felt a warm current flow through her fingertips into her body. As Hanyan withdrew his hand, the foul water obediently coiled around her fingertips.
"This..." Her heart rejoiced, then was immediately startled, "Do you mean you are about to ascend?"
No wonder he was settling all these matters. This was...
A farewell?
Hanyan continued walking, and soon they arrived where Zuo Qingya and Lu Yao were.
Here, Lu Yao's senior martial uncle had already been heavily injured by Zuo Qingya. Several heavenly bolts had not only scattered his protective true qi but also ripped his originally spotless Taoist robe into tatters.
"Is this the 'Blocking Evil Golden Fish Formation' you placed on me?" Ye Huohuo slowly walked in front of the old Taoist, her face serene.
Fifteen years. She had imagined countless times how she would grind this person into dust once she found him. This person had caused her so much suffering.
Now she finally knew the truth of what happened back then. The ones who had harmed her were actually her closest family and this old man who looked like he had white hair.
At this moment, she felt utterly powerless, losing even the desire to seek revenge. She just felt that her twenty years of life had been a joke.
"Huohuo, my junior martial uncle and I will take him back to Maoshan to be handed over to the sect leader and elders for handling. As for your matters..." Lu Yao looked back at Zuo Qingya.
Zuo Qingya walked in front of Ye Huohuo, his expression somewhat complex. "We cannot make up for your past experiences, but from now on, if anything happens, you can come to Maoshan Sect and find me... us."
He paused at the last two words, glancing at Li Mohan before speaking.
Ye Huohuo took a deep breath and nodded. "Actually, it has nothing to do with you. I know he did it, but this is also good. Don't worry, I'm not one to be polite."
The corners of her lips twitched, and she smiled palely.
Lu Yao hugged her tightly. "My junior martial uncle has just broken his golden body and severed all his magical powers. He is now suffering the backlash of his own cultivation techniques. The curse placed on you has now backfired onto him. Therefore, from now on, you... will no longer be unlucky!"
The joy was genuine; she looked happier than Ye Huohuo herself.
The two girls hugged each other, while Zuo Qingya walked up to Hanyan.
"You are now..."
"Hanyan!" Hanyan was straightforward this time, directly stating his name.
Zuo Qingya's pupils also trembled. "It's you!"
"You know me?" Zuo Qingya was also somewhat surprised. Ye Huohuo knew it was something he had predicted earlier, but she hadn't expected Zuo Qingya to know him.
"Your deeds have been circulated in the Xuanmen for nearly a century, so of course, I know you. Your noble act back then earned our deep respect. I believe Mr. Li's current achievements are also related to the merits accumulated then," Zuo Qingya's words were both tactful and to the point.
"What do you want to say?" Hanyan narrowed his eyes.
"You know who she has in her heart. If you ascend, what will happen to her?" Zuo Qingya asked directly.
"Are you saying I should stay and let Li Mohan spend his life with her?" Hanyan's gaze turned cold. "Do you think you are qualified or capable of making me stay?"
An extremely cold aura began to spread from him, instantly encasing half of Zuo Qingya's body in ice.
"What are you going to do to junior martial uncle?" Lu Yao rushed over like a little leopard, baring her sharp claws at Hanyan.
"Lu Yao!" Ye Huohuo also snapped back to reality, pulling Lu Yao behind her. "Be careful, don't provoke him!"
Ye Huohuo was wary of the Hanyan before her.
Although it was a familiar body, it was a completely different soul. Even though he had saved her more than once, Ye Huohuo felt like a stranger to him and even a primal fear.
This was because he was too powerful. With just a slight movement of his finger, he could crush the three of them.
"Senior Hanyan, why did you freeze junior martial uncle?" Ye Huohuo swallowed hard, mustering her courage to ask.
"Because he wants me to stay and accompany you!" Hanyan said coldly, the air seemingly freezing with his voice.