Everyone was startled to learn how powerful the resentful demon was.
Even Mingyue unconsciously took two steps back, watching Jun Shuxue with a face full of vigilance.
"Don't panic. I have already found and sealed the split spirit of obsession."
Ji Shiyou took out the golden hairpin he had sealed and held it up for everyone to see.
The hairpin was similar in shape to the golden phoenix hairpin that the disciples of the Golden Crow Palace usually wore.
That's why no one paid attention when they saw Jun Shuxue wearing it yesterday.
Now, upon closer inspection, it was a phoenix-headed golden hairpin.
Normally, no one would wear such a hairpin, except for women from poor families getting married who couldn't afford a phoenix coronet and ceremonial robes.
It was called a golden hairpin, but it was only plated with a layer of gold on the outside.
It was cheap, not even as good as gold-filled.
"This resentful demon was a woman, wearing a bright red wedding dress and a golden hairpin from her wedding.
Did she die while getting married? What grievances did she suffer before her death?
That's why she became a resentful demon with lingering obsession after her death."
Knowing that Ji Shiyou had captured the spirit of obsession, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Mingyue looked at the hairpin, then at the fiery red wedding dress on the ground.
She said gossipingly, her curiosity was very strong.
"That is unknown. The soul of a resentful demon is scattered.
Only the obsession remains, and past memories will also disappear.
Even she herself will not remember how she died."
Ji Shiyou did not expect Mingyue to care about this, but he still patiently explained.
"Fairy Mingyue, let's not talk about this anymore.
Please deal with this resentful demon first. I'm still scared."
Younger disciple Nu Tao, although tall and strong,
was after all a child of only a dozen years old who had always stayed in the Golden Crow Palace.
This was his first time descending the mountain, and his first encounter with a resentful demon. He was still scared.
Especially the red dress under the Yingyue Sword on the ground was still struggling.
So he asked Ji Shiyou to deal with the resentful demon quickly.
His request was also everyone's request.
So Ji Shiyou formed a hand seal with his right hand and struck out into the air.
The red wedding dress on the ground immediately stopped wriggling.
Then he reached out and summoned the Yingyue Sword back into its sheath.
This startled Mingyue, who glared at Ji Shiyou.
She thought this annoying guy Ji Shiyou was deliberately scaring her.
Ji Shiyou gave her an apologetic look and said nothing.
Then he threw the golden hairpin in his hand onto the clothes.
He extended both hands, forming a lotus shape with his ten fingers in front of his chest.
A white flame appeared. Although it had no color,
the intense heat it emitted forced everyone to retreat.
Some fellow disciples with insufficient cultivation had already retreated outside the door.
Tian Jian leaned against the wall, barely holding on.
He was astonished in his heart. He did not expect that
the seemingly delicate Mingyue could project her inner fire outwards.
It should be known that the Golden Crow Palace ranked among the top five immortal sects in the Moonflower Realm.
But among their generation of disciples, only the senior disciple Ji Shiyou
could project his inner fire outwards. Even he, the second senior disciple, could not.
He did not expect Mingyue could do it, which made him even more convinced.
Mingyue and the senior disciple were a match made in heaven.
He did not know that the person emitting the inner fire was his senior disciple Ji Shiyou.
Mingyue also wanted to retreat. As a tree demon, she was most afraid of fire.
However, her position was too far from the door.
Feeling the power of the inner fire, it was too late to get out.
In a moment of inspiration, she directly went behind the clay Buddha statue.
However, she was still curious and stretched her neck to watch how Ji Shiyou would destroy the resentful demon.
The scorching inner fire erupted from Ji Shiyou's hands,
engulfing the fiery red wedding dress and the golden hairpin. Sharp screams
immediately echoed in the main hall, like a demonic sound piercing the brain, soul-stirring.
The Golden Crow Palace disciples who remained in the hall, including Tian Jian, could not hold on.
They all retreated outside. Mingyue could no longer hide.
The clay Buddha statue could block the heat of the inner fire, but not the all-pervasive sound.
The screams made her dizzy, her mind turned into a pulp.
Just then, a cool sensation came.
Mingyue immediately sobered up and looked closely.
It turned out that the jade pendant on her waist was emitting a cold light,
enveloping her and blocking the demonic sound emitted by the resentful demon.
She wondered if this jade pendant automatically protected its owner.
She knew that the jade pendant was a magic treasure and had coveted it for a long time.
After she and Ji Shiyou swapped bodies, she had tried it.
She could not control any of Ji Shiyou's magic treasures, including the Yingyue Sword.
Even though she was now in Ji Shiyou's body.
"The Moonlight Pendant can calm the mind and focus the spirit. It is a defensive magic treasure.
Once activated, it can ward off weapons, water, fire, and evil spirits.
You can imprint your mark on it to recognize you as its master."
Ji Shiyou had already eliminated the resentful demon. He walked up to Mingyue and beckoned.
The Moonlight Pendant flew to his front. He reached out and wiped it.
He broke the connection between himself and the jade pendant, and then handed the jade pendant to Mingyue.
In fact, while he was refining the resentful demon with his inner fire,
his peripheral vision had been on Mingyue.
Seeing that she was disturbed by the demonic sound, he remotely activated the Moonlight Pendant.
"You activated the jade pendant just now to block the demonic sound?
Wait, are you asking me to recognize the jade pendant as my master?
So, you're giving me this Moonlight Pendant?
You have to keep your word, you can't go back on it?"
Hearing Ji Shiyou ask her to imprint her mark on the Moonlight Pendant, Mingyue was overjoyed.
She did not expect that this annoying guy Ji Shiyou would be so generous.
Not only did he help her resist the demonic sound, but he also gave her the Moonlight Pendant directly.
With her greedy nature, she had no word of refusal in her heart.
She smiled so broadly that her eyes were almost closed, and she was about to wag her tail at Ji Shiyou.
"Manage your expression.
If you ruin my image,
I will take back the Moonlight Pendant."
Seeing Mingyue's current state, Ji Shiyou put on a stern face.
With disdain in his eyes, he said grimly.
This threat was precisely aimed at Mingyue.
Mingyue's expression changed instantly. Her face became like an iceberg, devoid of any emotion.
She stood up straight, her posture perfect, dignified, and elegant.
Neither of them noticed that Jun Shuxue, who was lying unconscious on the ground,
secretly opened her eyes, a flash of light in them, and then closed them tightly.
"Senior disciple brother, your cultivation is still high.
None of us could withstand the power of Fairy Mingyue's inner fire.
Only you were unaffected. You two are truly a perfect match!
Oh no, I forgot about Junior disciple sister Jun!"
Tian Jian led everyone in, flattering Ji Shiyou and Mingyue.
Suddenly, he saw Jun Shuxue on the ground and hurried over to check on her.
He was afraid that she might have been injured by the inner fire and demonic sound, and he wouldn't be able to explain to the Grand Elder.
After checking, he found that there was nothing wrong.
An hour later, Jun Shuxue slowly woke up.
According to her account, the night before last, she was in a forest.
She found a set of clothes, liked it very much, and put it on.
After that, she knew nothing else. Her memory for the past two days was blank.
"Senior disciple sister, why were you in the woods outside the town late at night?
Also, why are your clothes like this, like a beggar?"
Nu Tao pointed at Jun Shuxue's tattered outer clothes and asked doubtfully.
Also, he did not understand.
Why was Jun Shuxue not resting in her room in the middle of the night?
What was she doing in the woods outside the town?
"It's all because of this demoness, she..."
"It's already dawn, get ready to hit the road.
This matter is forbidden to be mentioned again in the future."
Hearing Nu Tao ask her, Jun Shuxue suddenly became agitated.
Pointing at Ji Shiyou, she was about to reveal what she had seen in the valley that night.
Mingyue quickly imitated Ji Shiyou's tone and announced their departure.
She knew what Jun Shuxue was going to say, which was that she and Ji Shiyou had been intimate in the valley.
If it were revealed, she and Ji Shiyou would have no face to show.
So she quickly stopped her and announced their departure.
Seeing that the senior disciple brother had spoken, everyone quickly packed their things and left the dilapidated temple.
Jun Shuxue walked alone at the end of the team, looking at the figures of Ji Shiyou and Mingyue with a face full of venom.