The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 610: Still Showing Off Even in Death, Truly Xie Beihan

Chapter 610: Still Showing Off Even in Death, Truly Xie Beihan

Fan Yunxi was taken aback as she looked down. It seemed that when Xie Beihan hung the Divine Wood on her, the pain in her abdomen gradually eased. This Divine Wood was something he never parted with. If it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t have been bitten by the green snake.

Without the ghostly figure to distract her, she felt an overwhelming sense of guilt and wanted to follow Xie Beihan into the fray. Noticing her intention, Xie Beihan tried to stop her but momentarily forgot he was a soul and couldn’t grasp Fan Yunxi’s hand.

But Nanli had already taken action. She held onto Fan Yunxi’s hand but didn’t offer comforting words. Instead, she recalled past events: "Do you remember what Lord Hou said before he passed?"

The memory of that night and Lord Hou’s warnings flooded back to Fan Yunxi, amplifying her sorrow. Because she and Xie Beihan had not been able to support each other until old age.

Nanli continued, "Lord Hou went to suppress the formation, sacrificing his own soul and taking away the luck of his descendants, which is why his line suffered like this. Originally, Beihan had a sliver of hope due to his past merits, and as long as he carries this Divine Wood, he will be safe."

Fan Yunxi’s eyes welled with tears. "It’s my fault... It’s all my fault..." She felt responsible for Lord Hou’s demise.

Nanli shook her head, sighing, "It’s not your fault. It’s because you carry the bloodline of the Xie family; this is the calamity of the Xie family. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have faced such misfortune."

There was only one piece of Divine Wood. If it was given to Fan Yunxi, Beihan couldn’t survive. In the end, someone had to die.

Fan Yunxi froze. "What do you mean?"

Xie Beihan was also stunned, then excitedly floated around them. "Xi’er is pregnant?! Hahaha! I’m going to be a father!"

Nanli winced at the noise. She shot him a glance. "You’ve been unaware for a month?"

Initially, the fetus was weak, so she couldn’t discern it well. Now that Fan Yunxi possessed the Divine Wood, the fetus had grown stronger.

"I... I didn’t know." Fan Yunxi was filled with mixed emotions. She paused, looking around. "Lord Hou, are you here?"

As Nanli focused her energy to open her yin-yang eyes, the ghostly figure, seeing Xie Beihan’s excitement, grew extremely jealous and decided to act.

"What’s so great about a wife being pregnant!" he sneered.

He attempted to tear apart Xie Beihan’s soul in anger. Nanli’s expression turned cold as she threw a talisman at him, irritated. "I’m busy here; what are you making a scene for?"

That talisman was Ghost Fire, capable of burning and weakening the ghost’s powers. The ghost was terrified, hurriedly detaching a part of his ghostly form to reconstitute himself.

As the Ghost Fire burned through his old ghostly form, it quickly extinguished. The ghost regarded Nanli with fear. "Chu Nanli, I’ll let you go this time!"

Anyone who could use Ghost Fire was someone even he had to avoid.

Just as he finished speaking, someone entered from outside.

With a flash of cold light, a long sword cleaved the ghost in two. The spreading ghostly energy could not taint the man’s robes.

Ye Siheng stepped in steadily, glancing at the skull that had rolled on the ground and frowned slightly. "A’Li, are you not done yet?"

Upon seeing Xie Beihan’s soul, he paused, "What brings you here to seek death?"

Xie Beihan chuckled. "The Ninth Prince, my wife is pregnant!"

Ye Siheng’s expression immediately darkened. Even in death, he still boasted? Truly deserved it.

"Damn!" The ghost reassembled angrily, "Who’s this dog of a cultivator? I am..."

Feeling upset, Ye Siheng swung his sword again, cleaving through the ghost.

The ghost, infuriated, thought to himself, What’s with these two? Can’t they let me finish my introduction?

However—

The woman can use Ghost Fire, and the man can slice my ghostly form in half. It’s best not to provoke them; fleeing is wiser!

But then the ghost suddenly felt as if his ghostly body weighed a thousand pounds and couldn’t float away.

What was going on?!

He looked and saw a talisman affixed to his skull.

"As I thought," Nanli raised an eyebrow, "This skull is your weak point."

She had initially thought it was merely decorative.

Pointing to Ye Siheng, she commanded, "Your Highness, shatter that skull, and his soul will be obliterated."

"Understood." Ye Siheng’s sword shimmered with cold light.

With the skull pinned down, the ghost was unable to move. He cried out in fear, having completely lost his earlier bravado. "No! If you break my skull, all the souls I sacrificed will scatter with me!"

Ye Siheng paused, turning to Nanli. "Is that true?"

Nanli approached, probing the skull with her hand, surprised. "It really is."

The ghost nodded vigorously. "I was wronged! I’m not the king of this area; I’m just a wandering ghost! I saw the ghost king leave and thought I could gather some energy here. But then a few cultivators from Limitless Palace came; they couldn’t beat me and used a suppression array to trap me for a thousand years. I truly never harmed anyone!"

Nanli didn’t want to listen to his rambling. "Then release all those souls."

The ghost started bargaining. "Look, I haven’t harmed anyone; can’t you let me off lightly?"

"You haven’t harmed anyone? You impersonated the God of Death, manipulated the queen with your Enchanting Bug, and harmed the common people! The sacrificed souls can’t be revived; I can only send them to reincarnate," Nanli said coldly.

Only people like Rong Dongling and Lady Su, who were unharmed physically, had the chance to return to life.

Seeing that his ploys had failed, the ghost broke down. "If you don’t spare me, I won’t spare those innocent souls! I’ll refine them all, and who knows who will win or lose!"

As expected, a wicked ghost was still a wicked ghost.

Nanli grew tired of his nonsense. "Do as you wish; I happen to want to try the Talisman drawn with my new Heaven Star Brush."

"What? Heaven Star Brush?" The ghost felt it sounded somewhat familiar.

But Nanli had already drawn several talismans and pressed them onto the skull.

Instantly, the ghost felt as if his body were being torn apart and screamed in agony.

Cracks appeared on the skull.

Without the ghost’s control, many souls began to escape from it.

Nanli gathered most of the souls into her Spiritual Bag, and upon seeing the broken souls of Lady Su and Rong Dongling, she took out a Soul-Gathering Talisman to press their souls back into their bodies and slowly heal them.

As for the two mountain bandits, she couldn’t care less about them.

Empress Xie also flew out, knowing that the ghost had deceived her, furious but helpless. "You liar!" she shouted, preparing to charge at the ghost for a final showdown.