[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night":3,"chapter-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-310":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Journey to the End of the Night",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1715813,2193,"Chapter 310 - 310 308 That Night I Was Trembling","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-310",310,"\u003Cp>310: Chapter 308: That Night, I Was Trembling 310: Chapter 308: That Night, I Was Trembling Baili An looked at him with a serene gaze, as if he were observing a vicious dog trapped in darkness, unable to find a way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the attic, the girl who answered your question said that every few days, someone is dragged out from the crowd and strangled to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew this was the Ghost House where the Fierce Ghost roamed, but she spoke of a person, not a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Ji Ting, tell me, who was there…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the desolate house before we arrived?” He asked gently, “Who was the only ‘person’ here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t speak, his head lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Baili An saw him unconsciously rubbing his hands against his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His clothes got crumpled, which made him appear somewhat pitiable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Geyu became extremely quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She silently watched the huge pit beneath her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the dark and dusty abyss, she seemed to hear the sad and desperate cries of young girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroic Spirit Hongying, at some point, had raised her head, facing in the direction of Baili An, as if she were observing him earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn’t see; her face was covered by a black veil and her expression at the moment was unclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that Baili An had recovered some strength and finally stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body leaned slightly forward with an imposing air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked into Ji Ting’s eyes and said softly, “That girl said that the strangled ones are taken to the courtyard and buried under the millstone to suppress them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were all locked up in that dark room without sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they know where the dead were taken?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting, please tell me, who taught them to say those words, to lure me and Fang Geyu here to dig out the corpses?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence ensued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This silence lasted a long time, a very long time…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh…” A soft chuckle escaped from Ji Ting, who had his head down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he lifted his face again, his emotions were completely composed, his voice clear and even carrying a slight semblance of relaxed amusement, filled with malice, “It was me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, “I was the one who captured those women into the desolate house; I strangled them and threw them in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost is a lunatic, a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he would use the deceiving power of the Ghost Tears Pearl to capture and torture women under the watchful eyes of the great deities every year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought he was ruthless, but in the end, he was just a fool caught up in love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually fell in love with the laundry woman, hahaha!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That broken, discarded thing that Yun Shulang played with and tossed aside, he cherished like a treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing she disliked killing, he truly stopped the murders to nourish the pearl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh how that troubled me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one noticed the slight tremble in laundry woman’s body as she knelt on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting shook his head, his expression one of distress: “I don’t know what he saw in those haughty but useless young ladies in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wouldn’t kill, then it was up to me to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was a tough and laborious task, it was good for me too, as I wanted that Ghost Tears Pearl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let him keep his crazy ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it’s a pity, just a little more, and I would have succeeded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must be curious why I chose Ji Ying, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, over the years, she has been quite good to me, tirelessly selling noodles until late at night to provide for my studies, urging me to be ambitious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn’t even buy herself new clothes, fearing I would get cold while studying at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d save all her money for making me winter clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did well, made the winter clothes herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was so naive; I gave her nothing but wove a few strands of thorny grass into a bracelet for her, and it would make her happy for days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what could I do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The better she was to me, the more she deserved to die,” Ji Ting’s expression started to twist, revealing a hint of mania emerging from his bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Baili An with eyes that seemed eager to tear a piece of flesh from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, why do you think the Ghost Tears Pearl was in her hands?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because to awaken the pearl, one must sacrifice the most important person in their life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting covered his cheeks with his hands, his shoulders trembling: “Tell me why this foolish girl had to be so good to me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only she was less obedient, a bit worse off, a tad selfish and bought some new clothes for herself, I wouldn’t have treasured her like this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Baili An thought Ji Ting was crying, but after hearing this, he realized he was actually laughing, his laughter filled with both relief and dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Had it not been for the awakening of the Ghost Tears Pearl, I would never have known that the most important thing in my life wasn’t myself, but another person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am indeed lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I valued her, I didn’t have to be the sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was ready to give up this body, but never thought someone could replace me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An asked, “Did your hands tremble when you killed her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tremble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sure did!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trembled severely!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting’s face contorted with insanity, his shoulders shaking even more violently, like a lunatic long lost to reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I watched her choke in front of me, then slowly stop breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You really should have seen the look in her eyes at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was filled with despair from betrayal, so pitiable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then I understood why such an absurd method was needed to awaken the Ghost Tears Pearl.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because only in death, can one understand death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only betrayal by someone closest can brew the excellent wine of despair.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His features twisted, eyes filled with a terrifying visage, yet in the next moment, he unexpectedly became very calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting glanced coldly at Baili An, his gaze becoming numb: “But what does it matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m like a joke, after all I’ve done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all in vain, making the wedding dress for someone else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An looked down at the Jade Flute in his hand, where that drop of blood-like pearl at the flute’s end held numerous sins and evils, punishments and sorrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting took a breath, his smile pale and weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether out of fright, his body was shivering slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re waiting for Ghost, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I took the initiative and lost the Ghost Tears Pearl for him, he won’t let me go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although you’re smart to a feared level, you seem like someone who lacks inclination for severe punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You want to hand me over to that pervert, Ghost, to see me in agony, for revenge for Ji Ying and Ji San?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An could see that this man, driven insane, still harbored fear, fear that came from Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was truly scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he kept talking to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An didn’t answer Ji Ting’s questions or continue to intimidate him, but instead asked the last question on his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When Ji Ying died, did she know you weren’t her real brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An saw Ji Ting hold his breath, his smile instantly stiffening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him not responding, Baili An pressed on: “Let me ask you another way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Ji Ying know at her last moment that it was you who killed her real brother and took his place?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1287,"2026-06-06T15:16:24.480Z",1,"novelbin.me","b610d031fa51c21807b8ab9f7545ffeaf343e462ec8306bb213e1c33b751f790","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-311","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-309",1594,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjourney-to-the-end-of-the-night-cover.jpg"]