In this inn, as long as you don't touch any meat, you won't encounter disaster, no matter how tempting that meat may be. Like wild mushrooms in the mountains—the brighter and richer they appear, the more likely they are poisonous.

Through the railings, one could see the inn attendant already preparing the meals.

To avoid alerting the shopkeeper, Chen Yi refrained from meddling and instead followed the corridor step by step.

Now within the ghost town, the aim was not only to pass through it to reach the Ghost City but also to uncover the source of all these changes.

According to the current intelligence, the ghost town is tied to an old man surnamed Li, who rescued Deng Ai.

Additionally, the inn attendant mentioned it might also be connected to someone surnamed Song.

The two carefully bypassed three traps mentioned by the lunatic scripture master.

Outside the room door, Chen Yi peered through a tiny crack in the split frame and caught sight of the demon ghost inside.

Its arm glistened like jade, its body smooth and tender like that of a baby, and its hands were sticky, seeming as if wrapped in amniotic fluid...

Yet atop this figure bizarrely sat two adult heads!

Chen Yi initially felt no particular reaction; having reached his current level of strength, no amount of grotesque or abnormal demons were worth special concern.

The twin-headed shopkeeper seemed to be chanting scriptures, with faint whispers floating through the air.

When it reached the final verse, it closed the scripture and slightly raised its heads.

Chen Yi's pupils contracted sharply.

Those two faces... he had seen them before!

And the last phrase uttered by the twin-headed shopkeeper rang out at this moment: "...Great Ming Venerate Buddha shall emerge, and the World of Ignorance will be restored."

In that instant, Chen Yi seemed to grasp something.

No wonder the Four Heavenly Kings depicted in that mural were shown as female...

It turned out that they were the Four Saintesses of the Demon Cult!

And within this ghost town, it might be filled entirely with the spirits of Demon Cult members.

Considering this, Chen Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.

The next moment, he hesitated no more and gently pushed the door open.

The creaking echoed, and the two faces lifted their heads in confusion, slowly looking upward.

When they saw the figure standing before them, their faces first froze, then displayed bewilderment, and finally widened their eyes in unison, lips trembling.

The next moment, they screamed in piercing shrieks:

"It's him, it's him! The one surnamed Song!

The one who killed us! The one who betrayed us!"

Chen Yi smiled faintly, his elongated shadow stretching across the twin-headed shopkeeper like the reflection of a demon lord.

Time had long passed, and Chen Yi had ceased to remember their names.

He only recalled that he had disguised himself as Song Shengbao, a spy of the Demon Cult,

and those two Demon Cult members had accompanied him in escorting Min Ning out of the city, where they intended to execute her on the spot.

After that, those two Demon Cult members were killed by him.

In this instant, Chen Yi finally understood the origins of the ghost town.

It came from the Demon Cult members he had tricked and led to their deaths in the Capital City!

No wonder this ghost town wasn't present in the previous timeline...

It turned out to be a mishap—an unintended butterfly effect!

The lunatic scripture master, witnessing the sudden turn of events, was both puzzled and shocked. Even he could not have foreseen that the twin-headed shopkeeper would fear Chen Yi like a predator.

"Song Shengbao, Song Shengbao!"

The twin-headed shopkeeper pointed at Chen Yi, shouting like a vengeful ghost.

Its voice oscillated—sometimes high, sometimes low—starting with terror and confusion, then growing increasingly intense, more sinister, and saturated with heart-wrenching pain and fury.

The two heads opened their gaping mouths, emitting malignant energy that hissed as it made contact with the wooden floor, corroding it.

"Song... Sheng... Bao!"

The voice boomed like thunder.

In its wrath, the twin-headed shopkeeper shot forward like lightning, splintering the spot it had stood upon.

The twin-headed shopkeeper charged ferociously, its speed terrifying, trailing malignant energy as it crashed toward Chen Yi.

But just as it was about to reach him, Chen Yi lightly shifted backward.

The malignant energy barely grazed his hem, as Chen Yi simply moved his foot slightly while his other remained firmly planted.

The strike missed entirely, and the twin-headed shopkeeper immediately spun around, swinging its arm and causing an explosion of malignant energy.

The sweeping energy, dark as ink and overwhelmingly ferocious, displayed the shopkeeper's bitter animosity. The energy coalesced into a shape resembling a full moon!

Chen Yi did not draw his blade, instead striking out heavily with his fist, imbued with the Buddha Light of the golden Shariputra relic!

The full moon was instantaneously shattered!

The Buddha Light seared the twin-headed shopkeeper's body, and both mouths let out hideous screams.

"Ahh! Ahh! Ahhh!"

A total of three cries—one from the mouth on the right, and two echoing from the one on the left.

The inn attendant, upon seeing the situation on the second floor, immediately released Duan Lang's soul and prepared to leap upward.

"Om!"

The lunatic scripture master uttered a resounding Buddhist chant, sending sound waves rippling outward from where he stood, leaping up to bring his staff crashing down upon the inn attendant!

With that heavy blow, even though the inn attendant raised both arms to block, his body violently shook and plummeted downward.

Meanwhile, in a furious frenzy, the twin-headed shopkeeper coalesced its malignant energy into a sphere resembling a cannonball, launching it explosively.

But again, Chen Yi effortlessly punched forward.

The cannonball met the force of his punch and instantly disintegrated into ash.

Chen Yi still appeared nonchalant, as if the ordeal were nothing more than a cat playing with its prey.

Dread crept onto the twin-headed shopkeeper's faces, causing its movements to slow.

And it was this single beat of hesitation...

Chen Yi's figure flickered, in a flash appearing to the shopkeeper's right.

He delivered a punch from right to left, a blow that tore through the air with a thunderous blast, scattering splinters of wood!

The right-side head's face contorted grotesquely, and as the force transferred, the left-side head twisted in agony as well. The two heads collided like toppling dominoes.

With a heavy thud, they fell to the ground, no longer able to rise.

Chen Yi rotated his wrist, gradually approaching.

Before the twin-headed shopkeeper could mount any final retaliation, he tossed out an immobilization charm.

The shopkeeper was frozen in place, its two faces pale and frozen with fear.

"Song... Shengbao..."

The words trembled with unease.

"Your inn attendant mentioned this town owed its existence to someone surnamed Li."

Chen Yi didn't waste words, speaking plainly:

"Tell me—what's the story with that person surnamed Li?"

His flat tone only accentuated his demeanor, akin to a ruthless death god.

Terrified beyond measure, the twin-headed shopkeeper's left mouth faltered and replied:

"Don't kill me, don't kill me anymore! The one surnamed Li—the one surnamed Li is Elder Li, the sentencing elder of our Holy Sect, Li Yangong!"

Chen Yi pondered briefly, then pressed on:

"After Li Yangong arrived in the Underworld, he was favored by King Chujiang, correct?"

"Yes, yes! Elder Li was granted the title of Judge, deeply trusted by King Chujiang. Thanks to this, our Holy Sect was able to establish itself here."

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes.

After dying, Elder Li, alongside other Demon Cult members, arrived in the Underworld, where he earned the favor of King Chujiang, who had been possessed by the late emperor.

Because of Elder Li's favor, this ghost town was able to rise, and Deng Ai was rescued from the depths of hell.

The puzzle seemed to be unraveling.

Why had this ghost town suddenly appeared...

Why had the Underworld undergone such drastic changes...

Why had history taken a different course...

Tracing everything back, the origin was his decision to bring Yin Tingxue away—a mere butterfly effect!

In the previous timeline, he hadn't brought Yin Tingxue away, so these Demon Cult members hadn't all perished in the Capital City, meaning the ghost town didn't emerge, Deng Ai didn't appear at the Gate of Ghosts...

And perhaps as a result...

Yin Weiyin had never even appeared in his memories!

Chen Yi paused briefly, then laughed.

The long sought-after source of everything—it turned out to be himself!

And precisely because he took Yin Tingxue away, everything began surging beneath the surface,

just like a small butterfly flapping its wings; the past was gone, and the entire Underworld had undergone an earth-shaking transformation!

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