Lin Zhao was still shaking his head after listening, "That's the way it is, but I still feel like something's not right."

I said in a deep voice, "Think about it this way! Jia Zhen was able to suppress the woman in the black dress for ten years with his own power. As a warlock, he must have his own unique abilities."

"Even if he couldn't suppress her, he would have given an early warning. Why didn't Xie Sanbao prepare in advance? Why did he only ask Liangjie Tang for help when things were already critical?"

"We've all been in contact with Xie Sanbao. He can be said to be a person with a clear mind, who understands the pros and cons, and knows what's important. If he had the key clues, would he have waited until something happened to him before speaking up?"

"So, I think Xie Sanbao didn't know about Jia Zhen's existence at all."

I paused before saying again, "Those photos we saw at Xie's house. Xie Sanbao is a public figure, doesn't he need to consider his personal image? Don't you think those photos were too deliberate?"

"Also, you saw Shen Ping die in front of you, but can you be sure whether you were talking to a dead person or a living person at the time?"

"Don't forget, there was still a replacement straw figure hanging outside the window at that time!"

Lin Zhao was stunned when he heard this, and then whispered after a long while: "Yes, the straw figure deliberately turned around at the time, letting me see his birth date on his chest, and I directly regarded him as a replacement puppet."

"How could I not have thought that the puppet was controlling Shen Ping!"

I squinted at Lin Zhao: "So, you were blinded by lust! Think about it, weren't Xie Sanbao's words before he was arrested meant to guard against Xie Yueling?"

Lin Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Continue! I want to hear how you explain the relationship between Xie Yueling and that woman in black?"

I said in a deep voice: "Speaking of that woman in black, I can only speculate as much as possible in a reasonable direction. Because, so far, I don't have any strong evidence to confirm my guess."

"We were all misled by Jia Zhen's words at the beginning, and we were focused on Xingzha Po. But if we turn around and think about it, the legendary Xingzha Po is just a resentful ghost who kills people, when has she ever granted people's wishes?"

"That woman in the black dress should be related to the ghosts and gods worshiped by the former Bai She Jiao (Snake Worshiping Sect). Or, she might be a black snake?"

Lin Zhao couldn't help but ask, "Then Chun Xiaquan, could it be a yellow flower snake?"

I shook my head and said, "I haven't figured this out yet, I can only say that I don't rule out the possibility!"

I continued, "I think when Xie Yueling came to the Old Well Temple, she was indeed held by a woman in black and jumped into the well."

"However, the reason she was able to come out alive was not because the woman let her go, but because the woman couldn't kill her, so she had no choice but to let her out."

"You also know that there is actually a food chain-like relationship between ghosts and gods. Ghosts and gods can improve their cultivation by hunting and devouring weaker ones."

"I suspect that the woman in black wanted to devour Xie Yueling at the beginning, but she didn't succeed. Later, she was plotted against by Xie Yueling and suppressed by Jia Zhen."

I have such suspicions not without reason. After all, the human world is the territory of warlocks. Although ghosts and gods can run rampant for a while, if they anger the warlocks of the human world, they will eventually be suppressed jointly.

The woman in the black dress had strength, but the Xie family had money and connections, and could recruit top warlocks. The woman in the black dress lost because of the words "going it alone".

Lin Zhao said, "So what's the situation now?"

I continued, "The woman in black has been sealed for ten years. Xie Yueling has also quickly recovered her strength in these ten years."

"I feel like the second confrontation between the two sides is about to begin. Xie Yueling is frequently killing people, devouring the resentment of living people, or essence, blood, and souls, to restore her strength."

"The woman in the black dress also sent a challenge letter to Xie Yueling with the snake pattern secret box. So, we saw the nine snake secret box, but the secret box is not the key, it only appeared symbolically a few times."

My voice sank, "Xie Yueling and that woman in black both want to devour each other, but they don't want warlocks to interfere."

"The woman in black has been creating trouble for us, creating a smokescreen."

"Xie Yueling is trying every means to drive us away."

"I even suspect that Xie Yueling has joined forces with that woman in black, to get rid of us first, and then the two of them will decide the outcome."

Lin Zhao was silent for a long time before saying, "So, you are unwilling to go in the direction of the Old Well Temple anymore, but instead Xie Yueling brought you here?"

"Yes!" I sneered, "Since Xie Yueling wants us to have misunderstandings, then let's misunderstand to the end! I want to see who has more patience."

"If they can't hold on, they will have to come to me, and I will lay down a dragnet and wait for them."

Lin Zhao whispered, "What if they don't come? Ghosts and gods have more patience than us!"

Ghosts and gods have endless lives, and what they lack the least is time. That's why the revenge of ghosts and gods is the most terrifying. They may persist for decades, or even hundreds of years, to entangle with their opponents and their descendants, until everyone is worn down to death.

Lin Zhao's worries are not without reason.