The Ning Family.
After cleansing the entire Ning Family of evil spirits, Qin Luo gathered all the notable members of the family in the main hall.
"What?! Evil spirits?!"
"It's actually evil spirits!"
"Now we have no choice but to believe it."
The room was filled with gasps of shock.
After listening to Qin Luo's explanation, everyone looked tense, glancing around nervously.
Does this mean the place is now filled with ghosts?
Su Ba wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, his eyes wide open. "No wonder I dreamed last night that my precious granddaughter destroyed the world. So it was because of evil spirits?"
Well... that might not necessarily be the case.
Qin Luo cleared his throat. According to the original plot, Su Muwan, as the greatest villain of this world, was destined to eventually try to destroy the world.
Ning Qingyuan frowned slightly and said calmly, "Ordinary evil spirits definitely couldn't do something like this."
"In other words..."
"There must be someone behind all of this, pulling the strings?"
Ning Qingxuan nodded, clinging to Su Lingtian as she sighed, "Ah, Lingtian, I'm so scared. Thank goodness you're here."
"Last night, I dreamed that our daughter destroyed the world."
"This is just ridiculous!"
Su Lingtian nodded. "Yeah."
Mom, can't you dream of something better?
Your precious daughter has been very well-behaved and obedient this lifetime, okay?
Su Muwan, pretending to be calm, approached Qin Luo and tugged at his sleeve. "Qin Luo, is this for real?"
"Do evil spirits really exist in this world?"
"And can we find the person behind all this?"
Su Muwan wasn't afraid of much, but when it came to evil spirits...
She was genuinely a little freaked out.
Su Bailian, sitting nearby with Boqi on her lap, snorted dismissively. "Evil spirits? It's all fake."
"The only real evil spirit here is you, Sister Su."
"Trying to get Qin Luo to eat Boqi or something..."
Boqi nodded. "Woof!"
Su Muwan's eye twitched, and she gave Su Bailian a sweet smile. "Little Bailian, do you want your sister to have a little chat with you?"
"...Sniff sniff..."
"Miss Su... please don't bully Bailian like this."
"Yeah... Bailian is innocent..."
The Ning Family members, now back to normal, spoke up timidly.
To be honest, they too had dreamed of Su Muwan turning into an evil spirit and throwing them one by one into the mouth of a shark with a human face.
But now that they thought about it...
Even though it was because of the evil spirits that they had such dreams...
Still...
They all shivered as they looked at Su Muwan, who was slightly annoyed.
Wait, is Su Muwan scarier than the evil spirits themselves?
Qin Luo, meanwhile, was busy deducing the situation.
He had actually been tracking the location of the ghost cultivator all along.
But according to the usual tropes, the ghost cultivator's sudden targeting of Su Muwan must have a reason.
And when you consider who the biggest troublemaker in Wang City is...
The answer becomes obvious.
Shangguan Chuxue had hired this ghost cultivator to curse the entire city into hating Su Muwan.
Combined with Ning Duanlang's memories from his previous life, where the Ning Family was wiped out...
It was clear that there was a traitor in the Ning Family!
After a bit more deduction, Qin Luo arrived at the answer.
He sighed helplessly. "There's definitely someone behind this evil spirit incident."
"But..."
"It seems they have some special method, so I can't locate them for now."
Su Muwan, hearing this, patted Qin Luo's shoulder reassuringly. "It's fine."
"If all else fails, I'll search the entire city myself. Once I find them, I'll crush them with a single palm strike!"
"As long as I know the mastermind is human, that's enough."
Su Muwan declared that while she might be afraid of ghosts, she wasn't afraid of people!
If the ghosts were just created by humans, then she could just eliminate the humans, right?
In the crowd, a figure quietly noted Qin Luo's words.
So, they couldn't track down the mastermind's location.
Good, this information needed to be reported to the master.
Seeing that the Ning Family was safe, Qin Luo turned to Su Muwan. "Miss Su, I'm going to check out the situation in the city."
"Do you want to wait here?"
"No way, I'd be too bored alone. I'm coming with you!"
"Muqing, you drive for us!"
"Ah..."
......
......
A short while later, on the streets of Wang City.
A black luxury car slowly drove along the roadside.
Ning Muqing was at the wheel, one of the few people who had been less affected by the evil spirits.
"Muqing, do you have a driver's license?"
"I do."
"Miss Su, since when have you become so strict?"
"Qin Luo... if you keep talking, I'll punish you by making you feed me with your fingers..."
"Why fingers?"
Su Muwan and Qin Luo sat in the backseat, looking out the window.
Just as Qin Luo had predicted, aside from the Ning Family, the streets were also filled with people who had been tainted by evil spirits.
They walked along the roadside, listless and pale.
The entire street was filled with a... deeply depressing atmosphere.
Ning Muqing, seeing this for the first time, swallowed hard. "Shouldn't we just go back?"
"I feel like something bad is about to happen..."
"The Martial Arts Alliance will send people to handle this."
The Martial Arts Alliance.
Qin Luo asked curiously, "Does the Martial Arts Alliance have people who specialize in dealing with evil spirits?"
Ning Muqing nodded. "Yes, there's a department in the alliance called the 'Cleaners.'"
"They specialize in handling these kinds of situations."
Su Muwan raised her hand, puzzled. "Wait, why does everyone know about evil spirits except me?"
"And this 'Cleaners' department? They deal with evil spirits?"
Ning Muqing nodded again. "This department isn't well-known to the public. They only appear when incidents involving evil spirits occur."
"Apparently, they have their own unique cultivation system."
Su Muwan nodded.
This made her feel like she was the only one out of the loop.
But seriously, who could understand?
In her previous life, she had never encountered evil spirits.
Especially the Cleaners...
If their job was to eliminate evil spirits...
Then why did she remember them targeting her instead?
Su Muwan was thoroughly confused.
She wasn't some kind of evil spirit, was she?
Qin Luo glanced at Su Muwan and blinked.
Come to think of it, with all the malevolent energy surrounding Su Muwan, wouldn't the Cleaners mistake her for being possessed by an evil spirit?
"Qin Luo? Are you thinking something incredibly rude right now?"
"Not at all."
Suddenly—
Screech—!
"Ouch!"
The car came to an abrupt halt.
Su Muwan, caught off guard, was thrown into Qin Luo's arms.
Ning Muqing gripped the steering wheel tightly and quickly turned around. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
"What happened? What happened?"
Su Muwan, her face flushed, quickly extricated herself from Qin Luo's embrace and looked ahead.
Qin Luo coughed lightly and also turned his gaze forward.
There, standing in the middle of the road, was a man.
He was a salaryman, holding a briefcase, hunched over, and muttering to himself:
"Work, work, work, work, work, work..."
"Why do I have to work... Why do I have to wake up at 8... Why do I have to work overtime... Why is there no overtime pay..."
"Why, why, why... Why can't I win the lottery and get five million..."
"All of this... all of this..."
The man suddenly stopped muttering and looked up at Qin Luo and the others.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he stretched his lips into an exaggerated grin.
Opening his mouth wide, he screamed:
"All of this is because Su Muwan didn't destroy this damned world!!!"
Su Muwan: ???
Are you out of your mind?!
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ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
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