Shocking! A master of metaphysics has been mind-reading!

He simply raised his hand and lightly scraped Zhou Xingwang's severed arm, peeling off some skin and flesh before returning it. He then found a needle and poked the severed arm back onto the little paper figure's body.

Holding those souls, Xia Wange drew out all the energy from the purple jade. Of course, there was a way to find bones, even if they were reduced to ashes. It was just a matter of how much of a loss it would incur.

What she didn't say was that the less soul she used, the greater her own consumption. She had left in a hurry this time, and this was the only piece of purple jade she had with her.

He drained all the spiritual energy from the jade, causing it to shatter. Xia Wange then raised her hand and tore off any rope from one of the many jars, thus disrupting the overall formation.

Then he took a Root-Seeking Talisman, infused it with the remaining spiritual energy, and flicked his finger to ignite the talisman. The talisman quickly turned into black fragments, three large pieces of fragments fell onto three jars, and a few more small fragments drifted onto several other jars nearby. A gust of wind swept the remaining fragments away into the distance.

"It really is quite fragmented." Xia Wange looked at the dark night sky. "Alright, Niannian, come here. Your matter is resolved. Now help him gather these jars of things together."

After saying that, Xia Wange knocked off the lid of the jar with something and told Cao Niannian to pour the two jars of ashes together.

"Alright, hold it now." Xia Wange patted the dust off her hands. "We don't need the loose bits."

Zhou Xingwang clung to Xia Wange's trouser leg, sobbing, "Master, without those, will I be screened out by the ultrasound?"

"It's nothing, just ashes. Taking most of it is just to prevent you from being forced into a ghost marriage."

After saying that, Xia Wange told Cao Niannian to leave quickly, "I called the police earlier. You take the ashes and leave first. I'll clean up the scene. Wait for me at the place I told you before."

Upon hearing this, Cao Niannian grabbed the urn and ran outside. In her nervousness, she turned around and saw Xia Wange cleaning the urn. In her hand, Xia Wange was holding a piece of cloth that she didn't know where she got it from, seemingly cleaning fingerprints and destroying footprints on the ground. After that, she tiptoed around to make sure she didn't leave any directional traces.

The practiced movements suggested that he had done this many times before, and he had a complete set of procedures for destroying evidence.

In less than half a minute, Xia Wange had already skillfully cleaned up the scene. Just as she was about to leave, she turned back to look at the jar containing the ghost baby in the very center, and the soul-piercing needles on it.

Zhou Xingwang's ashes were taken away, and the Soul-Stabbing Needle could not hold him in place, but it could still hold the ghost baby in place.

Xia Wange's gaze lingered on the jar for a moment before she strode toward the center.

"You, you broke it?! You broke the formation so easily?! Who exactly are you? Even the most respected master I know couldn't have broken it so quickly with the fairy I invited!" Ma Xiangu, who was wrestling with Ni Caifeng, only glanced back briefly before freezing in place.

Even if someone she knew wanted to break this, they would still need many magical artifacts and a lot of preparations to complete it. But the other party seemed to have broken it with their bare hands without using anything?!

Is she a Celestial Master? I've only ever heard of Celestial Masters having such abilities.

But where can you find a Taoist master this young?!

When she met someone of a slightly higher level than herself, Ma Xiangu could still try to catch up, but when she encountered someone of such a high level, all that remained in her heart was fear. She had done something wrong, and the other person had even seen her doing it.

She sat on the ground, stunned, and murmured, "Who did you learn this from? Why are you so amazing...?"

"There's something even more amazing." Xia Wange's tone was relaxed, but she wasn't really at ease inside.

She stared at the Soul Nail and raised her hand to gather golden light of merit.

She planned to release the ghost baby and perform a ritual to help it be reincarnated.

The deeper the resentment of the ghost infant, the deeper the obsession of the person who stabbed the nail, and the more merit they expended. The person who stabbed the nail was Ni Caifeng, and the person who killed the ghost infant was Ni Caifeng. The clash between the two produced an effect greater than the sum of its parts.

Ma Xiangu can't summon any more spirits, and even if she could, it wouldn't be enough to solve the problem; we still have to rely on her.

The golden light in her hand was still gathering. Xia Wange estimated that it would probably destroy a month of her merit and lifespan.

When accumulating, it takes a day or two to save up; when using, it takes half a month or a month.

However, she did not regret it.

My master once said that their sect emphasizes doing things according to one's heart, letting everything go as one pleases, and leaving no regrets.

The more selfless and without regrets one has, the more powerful one's spells will be.

Because of her special constitution, her future and past could not be seen. Her master calculated for her for a long time and only told her that she should not be concerned about gains and losses in the future. Fortune and misfortune are interdependent. A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. In short, she should be free from all thoughts.

In short, it can be summed up in one word: "Awesome".

As long as she does things that make her happy, that's fine.

It's like how she used a year's worth of merit to carve up a whole street back then.

Although it seems like she lost a year of cultivation, it laid the foundation for her to move freely between the two realms in the future, and often all she had to do was give her name.

It was precisely through these prestige that she quickly accumulated merit, which she could continue to use in the future.

Now, she doesn't want to have any regrets either.

She feared that if she encountered other ghost infants in the future, she might suddenly remember that she had left behind an innocent soul and created a hidden danger because she hadn't brought enough jade.

After accumulating merit and lifespan for a month, Xia Wange reached out to pull out the nail.

Just then, a wisp of purple aura carrying blessings wrapped around her fingertips.

The purple aura lingered, and Xia Wange sensed its owner, wishing her all the best.

Of course it will go smoothly; with this purple aura, she can save a week of merit and lifespan.

With blessings from friends from afar, Xia Wange smiled and pulled the nail out in one swift motion. Immediately afterwards, the purple aura and golden light of merit emanating from her hand spread across the soaring ghost infant.

As the malevolent aura around the ghost infant came into contact with these things, it slowly turned golden. Its expression changed from ferocious to calm. Finally, when the golden light enveloped its entire body, the ghost infant revealed the innocent smile that should have appeared on its face.

The baby, enveloped in golden light, circled in the sky a few times before slowly disappearing, turning into countless stars.

Ma Xiangu was completely mesmerized, her eyes filled with envy as she watched Xia Wange's various methods.

The nails she couldn't pull out, the other party easily pulled out; the souls she couldn't send away, the other party easily sent away and performed rituals for them to be reborn.

Really great.

As everything came to an end, Xia Wange turned to leave, but suddenly stopped as she felt a great deal of new merit gathering upon her.