After that, Lin Zhen closed his heart in a dark "prison" and tortured him every day, trying to get an answer - what am I?

In reality, he became like a walking zombie.

But this is not a problem at all for "Lady in the Forest".

In other words, Lin Zhen's current state makes it easier for him to be manipulated by her.

She used some kind of spell on Lin Zhen, making Lin Zhen unconsciously controlled by her like a puppet.

She set up a "program" for Lin Zhen so that he could act as an enthusiastic outsider, playing and dining with Alyssa every day...

"Mrs. Lin Zhong" even arranged a separate guest room for him. It seemed that she planned to let Lin Zhen stay here permanently...

However, the spell cast by "The Lady of the Forest" seems to have a distance limit.

At night, when she leaves the manor, Lin Zhen will lose control and regain her sense of self.

Lin Zhen sat by the window and looked out the window.

Through the moonlight, he saw in the garden downstairs, the "Mrs. of the Forest" holding the huge white horse, slowly walking towards the gate...

Lin Zhen knew that another child would suffer tonight...

But even though I know this is the case, I can't do anything...

Not only was he unable to do it, but he himself became one of the perpetrators.

Lin Zhen clenched his fists with a painful expression.

He sat in front of the window like this until dawn, until the huge white horse carried the "Lady of the Woods" and the tied children returned to the manor...

They only had one meal a day, and it was the same stew every time.

But the strange thing is that "Lady in the Forest" gives the stew a novel taste every time, and it seems that you will never get tired of it.

Every night, when Lin Zhen regains his consciousness, he will carve a shallow mark with his nails on the side of the bed, which represents a new day.

Repeat this until the score reaches seven.

That night, Lin Zhen was still sitting in front of the window, his expression dull, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Vaguely, he felt a burning sensation in his Dantian.

Later, the power that was originally sealed by him showed signs of recovery, as if he wanted to break through the seal and regain his freedom.

Lin Zhen frowned. This state was obviously abnormal.

He began to think about why this change occurred in his body.

Could it be...the effect brought about by that soul stew?

Lin Zhen understood that since he could become stronger by devouring Li Gui Xie Sui's power, by the same token, he should also become stronger by devouring human souls.

But he couldn't overcome the obstacles in his heart and couldn't accept himself becoming stronger in this way.

Even if the power in the body would become stable as a result, and there would no longer be the risk of breaking the meridians, Lin Zhen would not want to use it again...

Maybe, I should continue to stay here and be a puppet...

Lin Zhen was thinking this, but then another voice sounded in his heart.

"You can't let yourself down! If you give up, 'Lady in the Woods' will only kill more children!"

"Think about your original intention! Think about the people you want to protect! Think about Chen Yue, Chen Xing, and the innocent people of Yijiang City!"

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Under the night, a white figure ran quickly through the mountains and forests, on the paths, and around the villages and towns...

People hang thick curtains on their windows just to avoid being stared at by the terrifying giant white horse and thus losing their children...

The five nearby villages and towns have been invaded by giant white horses all year round.

This white horse, which is at least three times larger than ordinary horses, will attack at midnight. Every time it appears, at least two children will disappear...

Over time, the legend of the "white horse that eats people" spread around here.

Every household would use heavy curtains to close the windows so that the white horse could not see what was going on inside the house, making it impossible to judge whether there were children in the house.

But even so, children are still missing.

Many people chose to call the police. After all, we are in the age of science and technology. Rather than horrifying legends, more people chose to believe in science and believed that this incident must be caused by man-made trouble.

However, after a series of investigations, the local police found nothing.

In desperation, those families with children had no choice but to flee far away from the villages and towns where they originally lived.

In order to find suitable children, the "Lady in the Forest" can only reach out to villages and towns further away.

But fortunately, her white horse ran very fast...

At the entrance of a small town where more than 900 people live, a huge white horse slowly stopped.

The "Mrs. in the Forest" wearing a long slit skirt turned over and dismounted. Her slender legs looked particularly white under the moonlight...

"Go and bring the ingredients back." She approached the horse's head, gently patted the white horse's neck, and said softly.

The white horse neighed, and under the moonlight, its open mouth was filled with sharp, jagged fangs...

It was already late at night. The residents of this remote town did not have the habit of spending the night like people in big cities. They worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, following the laws of nature and living in their own paradise.

There was only the occasional sound of wind blowing and the chirping of insects in the town. Apart from that, no other sounds could be heard at all.

"Click...click..."

The crisp sound of horse hooves broke the silence. This discordant sound seemed particularly harsh in the night.

In a private house, a couple was lying on the bed. Their faces were pale and their bodies had become cold due to blood coagulation.

It seemed that they lost their lives in their sleep, with no signs of struggle at all...

In another house, a man living alone had just stopped breathing.

Beside his bed, a dark figure sat.

It was a tall humanoid "creature", covered in pitch-black armor, with a strange-looking "crown" inlaid on its head.

This is clearly the "Ghost King" who escaped during the fight with Lin Zhen.

In order to prevent being discovered by the descendants of the Yin and Yang lineage, the "Ghost Emperor" has been hiding his whereabouts these days.

It was only today, after it was determined that the opponent would not come after him, that it started "foraging" to recover from its injuries.

The injuries suffered by the "Ghost King" were not serious in the first place. After devouring the souls of more than a dozen people in succession, he was completely healed and his strength was slightly improved.

At this time, it is thinking about how to expand its territory in this place it has never set foot on.

If there is no "messenger from the underworld" guarding this place, it feels that it might be able to directly dominate this land as a god.

While the "Ghost King" was thinking, he suddenly heard the rhythmic sound of horse hooves coming from the street outside...
Chapter completed!