Chapter 695: Extra Chapter 2: Stay! I Want to Stay!

A hundred years passed in a flash, generations turned over, and the people I once cared about and knew are basically gone.

But that weasel is still here!

With it around, I can never escape the fate of being suppressed.

It follows an evil path, its Xiūwéi grows rapidly, while I am repeatedly suppressed—how could I possibly defeat it?

I don't fear annihilation, but I must find a way to seek justice for myself, for Zhao Zixun, and for those young women who were persecuted to death.

So…… I ultimately made two decisions.

One, retrieve the letter.

Two, perform a soul sacrifice to the Soul-guiding Lamp to gain Xiao Jiu Zhanggui's help in seeking justice for me.

This is the most I can do as a fierce ghost long suppressed.

I returned.

I know my current appearance must be terrifying; even Xiao Jiu Zhanggui was frightened by me.

I stepped into the pawn shop one step at a time; having been suppressed too many times, my speech became a bit stammering.

I raised my hand and forcefully pulled out the Coffin Nail from between my brows, placed it on the counter, and then said: 'Coffin Nail, dead pawn, letter...'

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui was sharp and immediately understood.

She hesitated slightly, then took out a Pawn Ticket to begin writing.

The whole process went smoothly; the Pawn Ticket existed in two copies, I received the Pawn Ticket receipt, as well as that letter I could never send out.

This is also my greatest obsession.

I held the letter and politely said, 'Thank you.'

I turned and left.

I went to the Dou family coffin shop.

To the Dou family, this letter was a nightmare.

When Dou Feng saw the letter suddenly appear on the table corner, he went mad.

He rushed out of the coffin shop, desperately running toward the pawn shop.

The night was deep.

His desperate cries echoed throughout Wufu Town.

Unfortunately, no one came to his rescue.

Those in the know didn't want to make a bigger fuss, after all, the power structure of Wufu Town had undergone a complete upheaval due to Xiao Jiu Zhanggui's change in status.

Whoever at this time rushed to help Dou Feng would become a target.

I leisurely followed behind Dou Feng, slowly scratching his scalp, coldly watching his whole process from repeatedly begging for mercy to desperately facing death.

I don't like killing people.

But Dou Feng colluded with the giant rat and the weasel; he is not innocent.

I did this merely to provoke them using Dou Feng.

I know Xiao Jiu Zhanggui is watching; I want to leave her a clue this way.

Unfortunately, until Dou Feng died completely, neither the giant rat nor the weasel appeared.

By three a. m., without the Coffin Nail's yin-sha energy to condense my soul, my soul became unstable.

I unhesitatingly rushed to the Soul-guiding Lamp and offered my soul as a sacrifice to it.

After Xiao Jiu Zhanggui discovered my soul sacrifice, avenging me became her responsibility as the ninth-generation manager of the pawn shop.

Following this trail of mine, she will pull the cocoon to unravel and drag out all the sins from a hundred years ago.

However, to speak frankly, I am not confident in the abilities of this young and immature girl.

But I have no other choice.

I only hope I haven't misjudged her.

Soul sacrifice, as the name suggests, is to offer one's soul to the Soul-guiding Lamp; I should have vanished completely.

But for some unknown reason, a wisp of my remnant soul was wrapped by the Merit Light inside the Soul-guiding Lamp and survived.

I lost everything, including all my memories, yet I gained a chance at rebirth.

This wisp of remnant soul floated in the Merit Light of the Soul-guiding Lamp, constantly nourished, gradually repairing my scattered soul...

This process was not smooth sailing; whenever I hit a bottleneck, I would stall.

The greatest damage I suffered was the day Old Lady Bai was judged; Xiao Jiu Zhanggui nearly exhausted all the Merit Light in the Soul-guiding Lamp, and I almost vanished along with it.

Fortunately, a large amount of Merit soon poured in, allowing me to escape disaster.

During that time, I pitifully huddled in the corner of the Soul-guiding Lamp, fearful that any mistake would bring disaster.

What I didn't expect was that, besides me, other souls or spirit bodies could also survive and rest in the Soul-guiding Lamp.

That was a Mystic Cat spirit body.

When it first arrived, I was startled and tried to keep my distance, intending to stay out of each other's way.

I was a bit afraid of it, after all I had personally seen it hiss at Xiao Jiu Zhanggui, looking quite fierce.

To my surprise, it was very friendly toward me.

It actively leaned against me.

Its spirit body emitted a strong Buddhist incense scent, immersing me and making me deeply intoxicated.

Later I learned that the Mystic Cat comes from the Buddhist Gate; its spinal bone bead contains scriptures, the Buddha saves all beings, and the Mystic Cat... it is saving me.

What surprised me even more was that the Mystic Cat speaks cat language, and I actually understand it.

Our communication faces no barriers.

How good is the Mystic Cat to me?

It brings back any good things it finds outside to give to me.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui and the others fought at the Dou family ancestral tomb, and the monster pill that the Mysterious Cat pulled from the little monster's body was also fed to me.

That little monster was raised in the White Immortal Hall; after I swallowed that monster pill, besides my Soul Body becoming a bit more solid, I also inherited the little monster's ability—I can shoot white spikes.

Just like that, day after day.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui and the others desperately accumulate merit outside, while I cultivate in the Merit Light of the Soul-guiding Lamp.

I was thinking then that if one day my Soul Body could be fully restored, I would definitely do more for Xiao Jiu Zhanggui and for the Dang Pu to repay everyone's help to me.

Later, one day, in the direction of Xijiekou, at midnight every night, a man on a warhorse would stand in the darkness, staring fixedly at the Soul-guiding Lamp without blinking.

He would stay from midnight until three in the morning before leaving.

Seeing him, my Soul Body would involuntarily stir, and I intuitively felt I knew him.

But my memories were long gone; I couldn't recall anything from the past.

The Mysterious Cat once asked me, "Older sister, do you know him?"

"I feel like I've seen him somewhere before," I asked. "Hey Mao Mao, do you know who he is? Can you tell me?"

The Mysterious Cat shook its head like a rattle drum: "This is the karma between you and him; I cannot interfere arbitrarily."

I nodded, indicating understanding.

The Mysterious Cat leaned against me and asked again, "Older sister, if one day this Soul-guiding Lamp is no longer suitable for you to stay in, would you like to reincarnate or stay?"

I thought for a moment and said, "If possible, I would like to stay to repay the kindness."

The Mysterious Cat meowed twice, indicating understanding.

I wondered, "Mao Mao, why suddenly ask this?"

"Xiao Jiu and the others are going to the Nether Realm, and once the Soul-guiding Lamp enters the Nether Realm, it will become different from how it is in the mortal world and will no longer be suitable for you to stay in," said the Mysterious Cat.

I immediately worried: "Then... what should I do?"

The Mysterious Cat comforted, "Don't worry, Xiao Jiu Zhanggui already has a plan. I'm just asking your wish: if you want to reincarnate, Xiao Jiu Zhanggui can ferry you; if you want to stay, Xiao Jiu Zhanggui can enshrine you and admit you into the Clear Wind Hall—everything depends on your wish."

I repeatedly said, "Stay! I want to stay!"