The aura rising within Xiao Ku gave Yu Zhibo a familiar sensation, a type of aura belonging to the same category as the Demon Queen Jana, characteristic of demons.
However, what perplexed him was that despite Xiao Ku's apparent weakness, he couldn't detect any abnormality in the demonic energy within her. This was quite baffling.
"Is it because she's too weak to pose a threat to me, so my intuitive senses are failing?"
Yu Zhibo mused internally. His gaze fell upon Xiao Ku, whose face was flushed with excitement and joy after achieving her revenge. This caused the latter to start slightly, and then become somewhat apprehensive.
"What's wrong? Immortal Uncle..."
Having avenged her, Xiao Ku's tone, which was initially tinged with reverence due to Yu Zhibo's "Immortal" status, now carried a hint of intimacy.
But in the next second, she suddenly contorted her face in discomfort. "Ew, why is my face so itchy..."
She muttered, scratching her face.
Yu Zhibo clearly saw that where she scratched, red marks appeared on her face. The red marks then deepened from light red to dark red, then turned a dusky hue, and finally became an extreme black.
"Hmph~ How ugly!" Yu Zhibo couldn't help but exclaim.
Under his gaze, black pimples with gray spots began to emerge on Chen Kuhe's face. They then spread all over her body, and the black pimples rapidly wriggled and grew, showing signs of extending into black tentacles.
Concurrently, a ferocious human face slowly materialized on her forehead.
"Ah~"
Chen Kuhe looked at the changes on her body with terror, screaming and pleading with Yu Zhibo, "Immortal Uncle, save me!"
"Don't panic!"
Yu Zhibo's expression remained unchanged. He raised a finger and gently tapped Chen Kuhe. Instantly, an incredibly pure spiritual energy mixed with mental power, almost solidifying, entered the human face on Chen Kuhe's forehead.
"Roar~"
As he made the gesture, the ferocious human face let out a piercing scream and rapidly retracted back towards the surface of her skin.
At the same time, the black tentacles, covered in gray spots, seemed to reverse. They first shortened rapidly, then turned into black pimples, and finally completely disappeared beneath the skin.
"Immortal Uncle..."
Chen Kuhe looked at him with fear, "I just..."
"Snap!"
Yu Zhibo snapped his fingers, and the air distorted, slowly forming a semi-transparent human face.
It was the very face that had appeared on Chen Kuhe's forehead.
"Do you recognize this face?" Yu Zhibo asked.
Chen Kuhe looked at the face, and her delicate body trembled. "That's my mother's face! Uncle, how do you know what my mother looks like?!"
Yu Zhibo did not answer, stroking his chin in thought.
Chen Kuhe looked at him nervously.
Yu Zhibo did not answer her question. After a moment of contemplation, he stood up and said, "Follow me."
With that, he walked out of the courtyard.
Chen Kuhe followed closely behind.
Yu Zhibo exited the dilapidated courtyard and, with a thought, released his divine sense. Though greatly weakened compared to its peak, it still covered an area of several miles. He quickly located Li Qiang's residence.
Just then, the courtyard gate opened, and a woman emerged.
"Oh, isn't this Xiao Ku? Is this your father?"
The woman's eyes lit up upon seeing Yu Zhibo's handsome face and she inquired.
Chen Kuhe glanced at Yu Zhibo and did not dare to confirm.
Yu Zhibo, however, spoke, "Does this person have any enmity with you?"
He adopted an attitude of being ready to settle the score for Chen Kuhe.
The woman's expression changed. She forced a smile onto her simple face. "You shouldn't speak such words carelessly. When Xiao Ku was bullied by the villagers, I often spoke up for her. My husband treats your Xiao Ku like his own daughter. Everyone knows this, right, Xiao Ku?"
Yu Zhibo's appearance, attire, and demeanor clearly indicated he was no ordinary person. If he were to seek revenge...
The woman's heart filled with apprehension, and her gaze towards Chen Kuhe became pleading.
Chen Kuhe looked at her coldly. "There's no great enmity. She is Li Qiang's wife, Li Yangshi. Because she was jealous that Li Qiang liked my mother and wanted to raise me, she would often mock and ridicule me."
Yu Zhibo nodded. A hint of blood flashed in his eyes, his black pupils turning scarlet. He directly commanded, "Tell me about the evil deeds you have committed."
"Clatter!"
The wooden basin filled with clothes fell to the ground. Li Yangshi's eyes became vacant, her arms hanging limply by her sides like a walking corpse. At this moment, her spirit and will were completely controlled.
She spoke woodenly, "At eight years old, I felt my sister was stealing my parents' affection. So, I coaxed her, telling her there was something fun, and took her to the well, pushing her in. My sister died. I thought my parents would only dote on me from then on. Unexpectedly, the next year, my brother was born, and my parents only had eyes for my brother. Everything delicious and fun had to go to him first..."
As she spoke, a venomous look appeared on her face. "I was born first, so why did no one pay attention to me? So, while my parents were out farming, I..."
As her inner darkness was exposed step by step, Li Yangshi's expression grew increasingly frenzied. She was an extremely jealous woman. After killing her sister and brother, she also killed several childhood companions who were either from better families or prettier than her.
Because she was good at disguising herself and was a child, she was never discovered.
"How could she... be so wicked!"
Chen Kuhe listened, her worldview shaken. Yu Zhibo also couldn't help but frown.
Based on the crimes Li Yangshi confessed, killing her would be an act of justice.
However, Yu Zhibo did not act hastily. He waited for her to speak about matters related to Chen Kuhe's mother.
"When I was eleven, the neighbor Zhang Xue was fancied by the young master of the Wang family in the city. That young man was truly handsome. Zhang Xue wasn't even as pretty as me. It's just that her voice was a bit nicer, she didn't deserve Young Master Wang at all. So, I incited the local scoundrel Zhang from the end of the village..."
"When I was thirteen, I poisoned Zhang Meng's dog because it barked at me..."
"Thirteen and a half, I..."
Half an hour later...
"In my sixteenth year..."
A cloaking barrier enveloped the three of them. Villagers passing by could not see the three people standing outside the courtyard gate. Yu Zhibo listened quietly, only regretting not having a handful of melon seeds.
Chen Kuhe's expression had also become numb.
This Li Yangshi was truly a born villain, and moreover, a particularly good actress, wasting a simple face.
After waiting for a while longer, she finally got to the matter concerning Chen Kuhe's mother.
"I don't understand why my husband would like such a sickly woman. Even though she bandaged his wounds, she also charged for the medical fees. Moreover, my husband had already made a marriage promise with me, but he refused to marry me because of this woman. So, one day, when he was prescribing medicine for Zhao Lizheng, I secretly told Gao Qisheng that she was having an affair with Zhao Lizheng..."
"Although Chen Xiaoyun was just a medical practitioner, her figure and demeanor were quite alluring. Gao Qisheng had long considered her his private property. He originally intended to take her into his household through proper means, but stimulated by this news, he couldn't resist. Indeed, less than a day later, I heard that that bitch had jumped down the hillside. How unexpectedly chaste..."
"Upon hearing the news, I took some egg custard with rat poison to see her under the guise of thanking her for treating my excessive menstrual flow. Unexpectedly, I was bumped into by that little bitch Chen Kuhe. Fortunately, she eventually died, smothered to death by Gao Qisheng in bed, ha..."
"Yang Yulan, you are so wicked! My mother at least helped you..."
Chen Kuhe, tears streaming down her face, charged forward like a little calf.
Yu Zhibo sighed. He raised the index finger of his right hand, which was resting on his crossed arms, and then lowered it. Instantly, Li Yangshi was annihilated in the air.
"The last time Xiao Ku demonized was because Gao Qisheng died and she achieved her revenge. I wonder if she will demonize this time as well? Let me see!"
Yu Zhibo murmured. A hint of purple flashed in his scarlet eyes, quickly transforming into the Rinnegan.
Then, he saw what he had not seen when he activated the Sharingan.