I 

hurriedly moved 

aside to dodge 

the female ghost

. I fumbled to take

out the wormwood powder

,

 smear

ing

 it 

over

 the wound on my neck. Then, I stood up

 and

 cautiously 

watched

 the ghost! 

The female ghost’s weapons 

were

her 

long sleeves. In the dreams, her sleeves looked mesmerizing when she danced. However, 

at

 this moment, if she 

used

 them, they could take people’s lives!

I didn’t want to 

fight

 her head

-on

. I moved the lighter 

close

 to the painting

 and shouted,

 “

Calm

 down. Do you want your husband to perish?” 

She

 froze. However, it was for only a moment. Then

 s

he continued to attack me even more furiously! 

Her

 sleeves 

moved into the air

. I couldn’t even see her shadow, only her 

moving

 sleeves. 

“Li Yu, 

damn you

…” I thought I would go mad 

after

 knowing that Li Yu 

had overestimated 

his position in Zhou Ehuang’s heart. Since she had already become an evil ghost, she didn

’t

care about 

betraying her husband

 or not.

“Don’t hesitate! Burn me!” I suddenly heard Li Yu’s rushing voice. It seemed he had made up his mind. 

I didn’t want 

to

. If I burned the painting, his soul would perish. I didn’t mind him

 and continued 

to sway to avoid Zhou Ehuang’s attack. I threw the Sirius Whip aside

 as

 I had already used up its power. I 

casually 

grabbed a blood transfusion rack near me. 

This transfusion rack had helped many people i

n the past

. More or less, it had some Yang energy. When I used the rack to stop the ghost’s sleeves, she screamed. 

The blood transfusion rack worked. I wielded it harder

, but

 I had to stop after a few times since it was heavy. 

When the ghost saw me 

stop

 my movement, she shrieked and flew toward me. Soon, 

she pushed

 me into the corner. I had no way back! 

“Ehuang!” 

At this

 moment, Li Yu called her. I opened my eyes and recognized that the ghost’s long nails were just around ten centimeters away from my forehead. She could pierce through my head in 

the

 blink of an eye. 

Li Yu’s Yin spirit was smiling

. He was holding 

the scroll painting

 and 

hovering above the flame of a candle. 

Although the small candle couldn’t hurt Li Yu, if Li Yu boldly pu

shed 

himself into the flame, it wouldn’t be easy for him to return unharmed. 

“I’m so sorry Ehuang! I shouldn’t have had anything to do with your sister under the moonlight and left you 

to die

 alone in the palace. 

Your sister was indeed

 young and beautiful, yet you are my only wife. 

Sigh

! I 

have

 regretted it. But 

by then

, it was too late. Why didn’t I recognize and treasure you when I still had you with me?

 If you ask me how much I worry, it’s just like a river flowing eastward in the spring!

” 

Then, Li Yu threw the scroll toward the candle. 

I gawked in shock

.

 I hadn’t thought that Li Yu would be that cruel to himself! 

It seemed t

he female ghost also hadn’t expected that he would be that resolute. She screamed

 and

 dashed forward. But the scroll had already been engulfed in flames

. It fumed 

rings of dark smoke. Li Yu’s ghost slowly disappeared as the painting 

burned

. In the high flame, he didn’t even flinch

 and stood 

majestically 

as

 a king. I admired this man. 

However, as soon as Li Yu disappeared, the female ghost became more frantic. The black mist became thicker

. It covered 

me shortly after. 

“You all have to die! I’ll bury you with him!” As she saw that I didn’t have anything to defend myself, she didn’t hurry to deal with me

but kept howling and roaring. 

I was speechless. Li Yu’s spirit was forced by her, right? Why did she pour it on me? 

Anyway, I understood that 

since

 Li Yu’s soul had vanished, it was impossible to help Zhou Ehuang ascend peacefully. I hadn’t activated the formation earlier because I didn’t want to hurt Li Yu. But I 

didn’t

expect

 that he 

would be

 so resolute. 

Before she could 

attack

 me, I jumped into the eye of the formation. 

The female ghost gritted her teeth

 and hurled 

herself toward me. I didn’t let this

chance slip away. I closed my eyes and read the spell to activate the formation. At the same time, I took out the Peach Soul Flower from my chest

 and held 

it horizontally in front of me. 

The Peach Soul Flower’s power was 

not big

. However, since it was small, it wasn’t an attacking weapon, but a strong defensive tool. As soon as the Peach Soul Flower emerged, a dazzling red halo expanded, 

which swept

 the ghost’s sleeves away. She screeched. At the same time, the Pea

ch

 Soul Flower’s halo faded and disappeared. 

I opened my eyes to look at her. She was wearing a menacing smile. She knew the Peach Soul Flower had lost its defensive effect. I shook my head

 and gave 

up o

n 

the idea of helping her ascend. I activated the mutually engendering and mutually restraining formations. 

From my spot 

in

 the center, two light spheres appeared. They spun and released 

a

 light that hit the ghost. She was stunned

 and looked 

at me for quite a long time before instinctively hitting the Life gate. 

Unfortunately, as soon as she broke through the Life gate, the Death gate of the other formation blocked her. Since the spheres were spinning fast, 

when

 she got out of the Life gate, she 

faced 

the Death gate. 

Under the silver light, the dark mist on the ghost diluted gradually. In the end, she had no energy left. 

I exhaled. I wanted to ask if she had any last words. However, before I could say anything, she had run toward the burning scroll. 

As I watched

 the flame devour her, I had a feeling I couldn’t describe… 

If 

Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang had lived 

during

 modern 

times

, they would have been a typical

married couple that loved each other a lot. 

Yet, t

he husband couldn’t get over the mortal temptation. 

H

e was a typical man.

Zhou Ehuang could endure her husband’s harem full of beauties, but she couldn’t stand the affair between her husband and her younger sister. 

In the legend, after Zhou Ehuang 

knew

 about Li Yu and Young Lady Zhou, she la

id

 facing the wall every day. Until 

her death

, she hadn’t 

glanced at he

r betraying husband 

even once

. 

T

he next morning, Orange woke up. After such a horrible incident, Orange’s mother agreed 

to

 her marriage. Shen Haoran stated that I had done him a great favor. He swore that he would stop his thug life and 

become

 a responsible husband. Moreover, he asked me to stay to drink 

wine at his

 wedding. 

Their wedding was small but warm. Li Mazi and I 

refused

 to sit on the high chairs for important relatives. We sat in a corner

 and

 silently 

drank

. After the reception, Li Mazi and I spent another night there. 

After the

 newly married couple bid farewell

, 

we drove back to Wuhan. 

I brought the remaining part of the painting with me. I would study it further since I didn’t understand why a counterfeit could become an otherworldly item

. Why did 

the Last Ruler, Li Yu of the Southern Tang, 

choose

 to dwell 

in it

? 

Then, I 

went

 to an expert to check the painting. He told me it was true that the painting was a counterfeit. However, the poem on it was authentic. 

I couldn’t hold my emotion after thinking about Li Yu boldly burning himself. He had chosen that way to destroy himself. Deep in his heart, he had 

felt

 guilty 

for

 a few thousand years. He wanted to be a good husband, but in the end, he 

became

 a cheater who had broken his wife’s heart. 

It was similar to

a famous movie star

’s recent affair. Why did they

have

 to linger in the temptation of beauty for a moment and hurt the 

partner

 who had been with 

them

through thick and thin?