Alexander Gibson didn’t expect that soone could intercept the magic artifact he had already launched, and it turned out to be an ordinary-looking little girl.
"Who are you?"
He asked, frowning again, "What Mystical Sect rules, there are no such rules here."
His rule is that any demon ghost that harms others should be executed!
Scarlett Jennings continued forming hand gestures, the spirit light chain still tightly binding the Eight Drigrams Plate. She just let out a casual "oh."
"Oh, then just consider it my rule."
As she spoke, she pulled the finger gestures in her hand, and Alexander Gibson’s Eight Drigrams Plate was instantly pulled away by the spirit light chain and landed in Scarlett Jennings’ hand.
The Eight Drigrams Plate, which was clearly a bonded magic artifact, began to vibrate violently in Scarlett Jennings’ hand, trying to escape.
Alexander Gibson was a bit annoyed having his magic artifact snatched away suddenly. Seeing the Eight Drigrams Plate struggling in her hand, and that Scarlett seed about to lose her grip, he sneered,
"It seems you, my little friend, are also from the Mystical Sect. Don’t you know that magic artifacts recognize their masters? Even if you snatch it, you can’t subdue it. I advise you to return the artifact quickly before it injures you."
Scarlett Jennings listened to Alexander Gibson’s words, feeling a bit annoyed at the increasingly restless magic plate in her hand.
She imdiately released her hand forming the finger gestures, and then smacked the restless magic plate fiercely, simultaneously warning aloud,
"Behave yourself!"
Alexander Gibson watched as the Eight Drigrams Plate was treated so roughly and felt a pang of heartache and anger. Just as he was about to speak in reproach, he saw the previously struggling Eight Drigrams Plate settle down little by little.
In the blink of an eye, it was obediently nestled in Scarlett Jennings’ hand.
Alexander Gibson was stunned.
Could it be that his master’s magic plate was damaged by this person?
Seeing the Eight Drigrams Plate finally tad, Scarlett Jennings no longer paid attention to Alexander Gibson. Instead, she turned to look at the female ghost still possessing Keith Phoenix in the courtyard.
The female ghost had originally prepared herself to be scattered today, but was startled by the intervention. Perhaps it was because of Scarlett’s earlier words about listening to her story that she didn’t flee right away.
Now, facing the little girl’s gaze, although it was just a simple glance, it inexplicably gave her a kind of pressure and a strange, reliable feeling.
Instinctively, she made a gesture of curtsy to Scarlett Jennings.
Her gesture wasn’t awkward, but using Keith Phoenix’s body, it looked odd and discordant,
Especially to Lady Phoenix and Hudson Phoenix, who were watching.
Scarlett Jennings, holding the Eight Drigrams Plate, only returned a simple Taoist courtesy to her and then indicated for her,
"Tell us about your grievance first. Why are you entangled with Keith Phoenix?"
From the ghost energy Scarlett Jennings sensed, it was evident that the ghost had recently died. Earlier, the son of Madam Liao was also hard by running into her resentful energy, leading to his soul separating from his body.
Upon hearing Scarlett Jennings’ question, the woman’s previously cald resentful energy surged again, her eyes turning blood-red as if about to bleed,
"Keith Phoenix, he’s just a beast!"
The woman’s na was Autumn, born into poverty. She sang in taverns with her blind grandfather for a living. By chance, she t a gentleman who took care of her and her grandfather, intending to bring her into his household.
This matter happened to be known by Keith Phoenix. Due to past grudges with that gentleman, he sought revenge by first tarnishing her purity and then arranging for her to marry a widower who had beaten two previous wives to death.
Autumn refused to comply, so Keith Phoenix spread rumors that she not only sang for a living but also worked as a prostitute.
Because of this rumor, Autumn and her grandfather faced endless harassnt, lost their livelihood, were insulted and driven by neighbors, and even scoundrels constantly harassed them, leading to her grandfather injuring his leg.
Autumn attempted to seek help from the governnt, but they ignored her pleas. Desperate, she hanged herself.
After her death, her resentful energy lingered, and her soul found Keith Phoenix.
He had clearly forgotten his past misdeeds and continued living his carefree life.
Autumn’s resentnt deepened with each passing day just by looking at him. Despite her recent death, she quickly amassed power.
Now, she had co for revenge.
After hearing Autumn’s story through Keith Phoenix’s mouth, none of the trusted madams and maids who accompanied them dared to make a sound.
Lady Phoenix looked furious, imdiately scolding,
"Stop your nonsense! My son isn’t that kind of person!"
Her son might occasionally act recklessly, but it’s impossible for him to commit such life-threatening actions, let alone... She died by hanging herself; what does it have to do with her son?
Autumn’s eyes were blood-red, and she loudly retorted,
"He is! The son you raised is nothing but a beast!"
Lady Phoenix’s face was ashen, and Hudson Phoenix was no better, but he wouldn’t admit before everyone in the courtyard that his eldest son had such moral shortcomings.
So he firmly said,
"If what you say is true, how could the governnt have ignored you? Since they made no ruling, it has nothing to do with my son. You entered the brothel yourself; stop involving my son!"
Listening to Hudson Phoenix’s words, Autumn’s face twisted, her surrounding resentnt visibly swelling, yet all she could do was keep screaming at them,
"No, I didn’t! Your son hard ! It was him who hurt !"
Hudson Phoenix no longer paid heed to the female ghost and turned to Alexander Gibson,
"Immortal Master, please quickly destroy this female ghost and save my son!"
Although Alexander Gibson sympathized with the ghost’s plight, he couldn’t let her harm the living, so he involuntarily glanced at the Eight Drigrams Plate in Scarlett Jennings’ hand.
The story is over, and shouldn’t the artifact be returned to him?
But Scarlett Jennings had no intention of returning it. She didn’t even spare him a glance, focusing instead on the soul body hidden within Keith Phoenix, wailing painfully, and Hudson Phoenix, showing obvious disdain yet still confronting her coldly.
Her lips curled, and she couldn’t help but let out a cold chuckle,
"Indeed, offspring raised by utterly heartless parents are nothing but inhuman beasts."
Next to her, Lily Phoenix remained silent at these words.
Unlike Hudson Phoenix and the others, she believed it was exactly what Keith Phoenix could have done.
But watching her parents utterly disregard ethics and morals to protect their son, Lily Phoenix suddenly felt much less attached to them.
Such parents really disappointed her.
As Scarlett stated, they didn’t deserve her attachnt.
Due to the contract, Scarlett could clearly sense a flicker of movent in Lily Phoenix’s attachnt.
But at present, she couldn’t spare her attention.
Scarlett looked at Autumn, noting that she was also looking at her, clearly reassured by her earlier statent.
In contrast, Hudson Phoenix was filled with disbelief after hearing her remarks.
Although inford by his wife about their daughter’s recent actions, hearing it personally still made his face instantly darken,
"What did you say?! I am your father! You ungrateful, disobedient thing!"
Scarlett Jennings and Lily Phoenix both t Hudson Phoenix’s furious gaze. The forr remained calm as always, while the latter no longer felt timid, directly eting his eyes.
Then, in unison, the ghost and the girl seed to speak simultaneously, each word deliberate,
"With a father like you, I’d rather not have one."
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