My heart sank. The 

spirit

was here

! 

I 

attacked with

 the Yin and Yang Umbrella 

as I

 turned around. 

However

, th

e

spirit

 was

 too fast

. 

While 

I was 

in the middle of my attack

, he had already backed off

 and returned 

to his footless ghost form. 

“Bianhe, stop it!” 

I somewhat admired this persistent historical figure. Moreover, what he had experienced was very 

tragic, so

I

 didn’t want to hurt him further

. 

The 

spirit

ignored me

. He laughed strangely and 

turned

 into a red mist that came toward me. 

Blood drained from my face. I hurried to spin 

the Yin and Yang Umbrell

a, forcing 

the red mist to back off. 

Given the circumstances, I could only hold my ground and was unable to help 

Chuyi. 

If 

I 

got distracted

, Bianhe would immediately storm toward me. The 

worst

 thing was that I couldn’t hurt him. After one night of recovering, Bianhe seemed to be much stronger. 

My strength was draining and my movements were slowing down.

Eventually, I had to shift my strategy from defending to attacking. I read the 

Big

 Dipper Sirius Spell 

and got ready to attack with

 the Sirius Whip. 

The Sirius Whip released a 

magnificent

 red glow when the spell was activated. I gritted my teeth 

and prepared to use all of my remaining

 strength to lash 

at the spirit

. Bianhe

 couldn’t react in time and seemed scared

. 

When 

my 

whip was about to hit him

, I felt 

a tinge of regret

. After all, this 

strike was enough to destroy his soul.

But to my surprise,

 when my strike hit him, he didn’t scream or flinch. 

“How could it be?” I dropped my jaw in surprise

 and looked 

at Bianhe.

I

became aghast

 when I realized 

that I was encircled by many sneering ghosts! 

Th

e

spirit

 had learned to clone itself

, and

 I had just 

destroyed

 one of his clones

 while the real one was unhurt.

In the meantime,

 I had used up my strength

, and m

y legs 

felt like

 jelly

. 

I staggered

 and landed 

on my butt. 

Bianhe

 smiled maliciously

. He opened his mouth 

and blew 

red mist toward me. 

I was surrounded, and 

I didn’t have any strength left to wield the Sirius Whip. At the moment my life was at stake, Chuyi came

 and chanted a

 mysterious spell

 that 

sounded rather pleasant to the ears. Then, he drew his eight-face

d

 Han sword out of 

its

 sheath. The sword released a 

cold 

blue light. 

“You evildoer

! Y

ou see me, a

n immortal

, 

and

 you 

don’t kneel?” 

Immortal Lu Dongbin’s voice came 

from

 Chuyi’s mouth. 

After hearing

 his voice, I heaved a sigh of relief. At the same time, I felt a little irritated. He wasn’t being fair. When I invited him, he lingered and wasn’t willing to help. 

Meanwhile,

 Chuyi 

could call him at any time

.

Bianhe was bewildered when he heard Lu Dongbin

’s

 shout. The red mist 

that was attacking

 me 

was gone; his

 clones

 also disappeared.

The 

spirit

 stood in front of 

us,

 look

ing

 at me and Chuyi

. The 

murderous aura in his eyes w

as 

fading

, replaced by confusion.

I then heard the

 old man’s voice from the lodge. “Do

n’t stop!

 That man isn’t an immortal. He’s fooling you!” 

After the old man said that, Bianhe’s eyes turned crimson again

. 

He gritted his teeth

 and 

howled

,

producing more 

clones. This time, his clones were almost double the amount as the previous time

.

I

t took me a while to

understand what was happening. 

Lu Dongbin was born 

during

 the Tang Dynast

y, while

 Bianhe was from the pre-Qin Dynasty. 

It was no

 wonder he didn’t know Lu Dongbin. 

“

You leave me with no choice

!” Chuyi snorted. His body darted like an arrow released from 

a

 bow. His eight-fac

ed

 Han sword moved 

swiftly, cutting apart

many of the 

clones. He was so fast that I couldn’t see his attacks clearly. 

Every time I saw 

the

 sword

 move

, Bianhe screeched. In the end, there was only one left. 

He was terrified and

 turned into a red mist

, trying to flee 

into the wooden lodge. 

“You want to run?” Chuyi threw the Han sword across the air. The sword flashed with blue light

 and pierced 

through the red shadow. Bianhe

’s body

 scattered like sand grains

. 

At the same time, Zhou Tian screamed his heart out from the small lodge. “Father, father…” 

As

we had dealt with

 the 

spirit

, Lu Dongbin didn’t 

waste time and left

. Chuyi slowly opened his eyes

 and regained 

his composure. Then, he walked to the wooden lodge. I followed him.

Zhou Tian was holding an old man

, weeping 

loudly. 

The old man was vomiting blood

, and his 

entire body was shaking. At first glance, I knew he wouldn’t survive. 

Anyway, 

Zhou Tian ha

d 

called 

this man

‘

father

’

! I now understood why his

 expression changed so much

 at that time. His father hadn’t died that year

 and

 had been hiding in the dark

, looking for

 a chance to kill him! 

However, 

why was he trying

 to kill his son? I

 couldn't understand

. 

After the grannie’s incident, Zhou Tian had completely changed.

Anyway, a

lthough he knew his father had tried to kill him, 

Zhou Tian

 still got on his knees

 and begged 

us to save his father. 

I was touched by his filial piety. I wanted to save the old ma

n, but

 I 

saw

 that his soul had half vanished. 

We

 could

 no longer 

do anything. 

“Chuyi, what happened?” 

Chuyi answered with his cold voice

,

 “D

id

 you think Bianhe would be able to create so many clones after just one night of 

rest

? This old man used his soul to replenish Bianhe.

 W

hen Bianhe perished, he 

was also affected

.

”

After listening to him, I didn’t know what to say. I pulled Zhou Tian up. 

Chuyi thought for a moment 

and 

squatted by the old man

. He asked,

 “Before you go, can you tell me the reason?” 

“Cough…” The old man vomited blood

. He used the

 last bits of strength to ask, “Kid, have you heard the story of Mrs. Zhou 

Shi

, who kept watch by her husband’s coffin?” 

“What? You are from 

the

 Zhou family?” 

Chuyi was surprised

 as he looked 

at the old man. Slowly, he read, “Mrs. Zhou 

Shi

 stayed beside her husband’s grave on the south flank of the mountain. Through a thousand years of wind and cloud, this ugly wife had no regrets. All of her life, she wanted to be with Bianhe in Nirvana.” 

The old man listened 

as

 Chuyi re

cited the 

poem. Then, he turned to Zhou Tian

 and mouthed 

something. However, his eyes closed before he could make a sound.

“Father!” Zhou Tian hugged hi

m as he sobbed

. 

I couldn’t stand this sort of atmosphere, so I pulled Chuyi

 and left

. “Who was Mrs. Zhou 

Shi

? What

’s the meaning of that 

poem?” 

“Mrs. Zhou 

Shi

 was the first wife of Bianhe. Bianhe left her because she was ugly

 and

 remarried a beautiful woman. However, his life had ups and downs. When Bianhe offered his jade to the Kings, he wasn’t rewarded but punished. His feet were chopped off. The beautiful woman then left him. Mrs. Zhou 

Shi

, the wife he had left, stayed to take care of him. After Bianhe died, Mrs. Zhou 

Shi

watched over

 his grave for the rest of her life. Her image has become 

a

 symbol of loyalty and dignity.” 

He sighed and glanced at 

Zhou Tian. “Generations of the Zhou family have 

fulfilled

 their ancestor’s wish by watching over Bianhe’s grave. If that old man could control Bianhe’s 

spirit

, he must have been a grave-keeper before. 

As for the reason

 why he attacked his son, I think only his mother knows…” 

When we told the grannie the situation, she cried

 and shook 

uncontrollably. “

That

 old man! How stupid 

could you be

! How 

can

 I 

keep on living

?!” 

It turned out Zhou Tian wasn’t the old man’s biological son. While the old man was in the army, a thug in the village had raped his wife. She got pregnant and gave birth to Zhou Tian. When the old man came home after he was discharged from the military, he knew Zhou Tian wasn’t his son. But because of his love for his wife, he didn’t want to 

leave her

. 

He secretly

 asked around. Eventually, he

 learned

 that the thug that had harmed his family was already dead. His flame of anger couldn’t 

be vented

 out, so he pointed his spear at the poor, illegitimate son. 

As

 he didn’t want to hurt his wife, he planned to use the 

spirit

. 

Eventually

,

 t

he plan that he had incubated for half of his life was 

ruined

 because of me. Perhaps, it was the Will of Heaven... 

However, from the look on the old man

’s face

 before he died, I thought he had finally accepted this son. Anyway, his death 

wasn’t in vain 

as it had been exchanged for Zhou Tian’s filial heart!