Since that night, there has been a man-eating water monster in the Siyun River.
"I understand your pain and anger, but is this revenge really appropriate?" I asked An Yesu. "The person who killed Xiaoping was Lu Dakun, but you are using indiscriminate attacks against anyone from the Lujia Gou. This isn't revenge; it's retaliation. Do you understand?"
"Liu Yiheng," An Yesu looked at me with his blue eyes and said softly, "since you appeared, I knew you were a kind person. That's why I'm talking to you now; otherwise, maybe you wouldn't even see my face. Don't think that just because I'm injured means that you can capture me."
"In the water, you are indeed a king. And I am indeed someone who is too soft-hearted," I nodded in agreement with him. He was reminding me that I had imagined this world to be too perfect and couldn't imagine some of its ugly aspects unless they happened to me personally.
"Let me tell you a bloody fact," An Yesu smiled and then said to me: "Do you know why Xiaoping died? Why she was buried alive?"
"Lu Dakun intentionally buried her alive in order to use his son's grave site for Yin-Yang double halo energy circulation and cultivate protection from ancestral gods for their family."I asked.
"Nope, that's only part of the reason.The fundamental reason is because intermarriage between yin-yang relatives has always existed in Lujia Gou."An Yesu looked at me as he spoke.
"Intermarriage between yin-yang relatives?"I was taken aback and instinctively interrupted him:"Is it the legendary ghost marriage? My master once told me about it."
"It's not ghost marriage," An Yesu interrupted my words:"Ghost marriage refers to marriages between dead people or between living people and dead people. Ghost marriage is just a formality, and it doesn't affect anyone's life. Even if you have a ghost marriage with a female corpse, you only have an additional deceased wife in name; you don't need to pay for her funeral expenses. Yin-yang relatives are different; they are older, more mysterious, and bloodier than ghost marriages."
"In short, yin-yang relatives evolved from the burial sacrifice method.Burial sacrifices were generally aimed at ancient emperors or generals while yin-yang relatives targeted wealthy families.So yin-yang relatives are deadly; they bury people alive in coffins of dead ghosts.This custom may not be common elsewhere but was once prevalent here in Lujia Gou.I can tell you without exaggeration that almost every person who lives here now has ancestors who practiced intermarriage between yin and yang."An Yesu said this and couldn't help but look at me:"Intermarriage between yin-yang relatives is murder.Those people are descendants of murderers.Everyone deserves to die."
An Yesu's words made me feel helpless.I didn't know whether I should agree with him.
"How can we blame the descendants for their ancestors' crimes?"I could only weakly argue.
"Then whose head should we put the blame on? Should we hold their ancestors accountable? Their ancestors are already dead.If that's what you think then does that mean everything is settled?" An Yesu sneered:"Do you know how brutal intermarriage between yin-yang relatives is? Look at Xiaoping.How innocent and pitiful she was.She was killed by them like this.
Xiaoping's case should be an exception. Now in Lujiagou, such a thing should not exist anymore. I'm not saying this to blame you, but actually what you should have done at that time was to call the police," I said to An Yesu.
"Call the police? I don't know much about these things, but I do know that even if the police came, they wouldn't seek revenge for Xiaoping," An Yesu looked at me and said firmly.
"That's impossible. This is murder. The police cannot ignore it," I told An Yesu.
"What difference does it make if they intervene? Will they kill Ludakun?" An Yesu asked.
I had no answer because I knew that even if Ludakun was punished by law, he would never receive capital punishment for his crime.
However, he should at least be sentenced to more than ten years in prison. For someone of his age, a long-term imprisonment would be a better punishment than anything else.
Everyone has their own way of seeking revenge; perhaps An Yesu's way is to kill his enemy while my approach leans towards karma and legal punishment.
"So you killed so many people then? According to Ludakun, you've taken thirteen lives," I frowned as I looked at An Yesu and continued: "Isn't that too much? If you really want revenge for Xiaoping why didn't you just rush into Lu's mansion and kill Ludakun directly? That way everything could have been resolved quickly."
"Heh heh... Do you think Ludakun is stupid? After being injured by me before he took strict precautions inside his house. If I go there now, it will only lead me into a trap especially since on land where there are no advantages for me except when in water where my strengths can come into play." As soon as An Ye Su finished speaking here she couldn't help but look at me and say: "Let me tell you another truth."
"Go ahead," I nodded.
"From the beginning, my revenge was not indiscriminate. Most of my targets were adults. However, later Ludakun used many dirty tricks to get people in the village to attack me together with him. As far as I know, at least three children in the village were drowned by Ludakun."
"This guy is so vicious!" An Yesu's words left me extremely shocked. I never thought that Ludakun would use such cruel methods just to deal with An Yesu.
However, thinking back on how Ludakun killed Xiaoping made it seem like he could have done something like this too.
At this point, everything became clear; the real culprit behind all of this was Ludakun - he was the one who deserved punishment and death.
But how can I make sure that he receives his due punishment?
Furthermore, An Yesu has killed someone after all. How will his situation be handled? Will he just be let go like that?
At the moment, my heart was filled with conflict and struggle.
"What's going on with Xiaoping? As far as I know, you shouldn't be proficient in corpse cultivation." Unable to solve An Yesu's problem, I could only turn my attention elsewhere.
"This is not corpse cultivation," An Yesu looked at me and said: "This is a unique ability of water spirits."
"What ability? Can you control corpses?" I asked him.
"You don't need to ask about these things. All I can tell you is that Xiaoping hasn't been resurrected yet but she also hasn't died," An Yesu said while looking at me.
This made me curious.
However, just as I was about to ask more questions, YunQingYue suddenly appeared and warned us: "Someone has come in?"
"Who?" I was shocked and thought it wasn't good. If my guess was correct, the person who came should be Lu Dakun and his men.