How can you still give merit to saving sentient beings?

Chapter 3 Xuanli Candle
At five o'clock in the night, Ning Shuang slept lightly for a while, and opened her eyes when the sky was dim.

However, there was no movement in the room, and the candlelight still glowed warmly.

Ning Shuang got up and prepared to search carefully in the village. After leaving the house, she set a spell in the corner of the door with a radius of half a mile. Whenever any evil thing appeared, a message would be sent to her in time.

The sunlight was blocked by thick clouds, and wisps of black air wandered in the air like souls.

After walking around the village, Ning Shuang took a detour to explore outside the village, but still found nothing.

"It's really strange." Ning Shuang had no choice but to return to the room where the candle was always lit.

At dusk, the dark wind began to howl again.

Not long after, Ning Shuang felt like she was hallucinating Shuoming's voice calling her name.

Could it be that because she held her breath, Shuo Ming couldn't detect her and had to use the most direct method to find her?
However, Ning Shuang didn't dare to be precise. Shuo Ming's injuries were serious, and a lot of mana was consumed when dealing with the monster. Even if she took medicine, she would need to rest for a few days. How could she rush in the direction she left so quickly.

She tentatively asked the system: Did you hear Shuo Ming's voice?

[Well, he's here, but this time you don't care, just let him shout. If you let him go, it's best to run into some danger, and the progress must be at least 1%. 】

Ning Shuang still has to wait and wait to find out the situation of the evil spirit. After all, the Qing Jie System cannot give her any answers. If she is delayed because of Shuo Ming, the opportunity will be wasted.

She discussed and resisted and said: Let's let go of the current situation. After I deal with the evil spirit, I will continue to deal with him as you asked.

【no!Is this a matter of letting it go?Are you still feeling soft? 】

However, Ning Shuang had already ignored the system's questioning and brought Shuo Ming back into the house at an extremely fast speed.

Shuo Ming was astonished, and when she saw Ning Shuang's face, she instantly smiled with joy. Just as she was about to speak, Ning Shuang raised her hand to silence her.

Ning Shuang tried her best to keep a cool attitude and warned him in a low voice: "I'm tracking down the evil spirit. Don't cause trouble. Just wait here quietly. The spell will be unlocked by itself tomorrow."

When Shuo Ming heard this, he thought she was leaving, but when he saw that she was still standing beside him, the urgency in his eyes immediately dissipated, leaving only full of joy.

The Qingjie System said resentfully: [This is the rhythm that is about to end. For the first time in history, the performance has been -1%!Fairy, how can I pay back what you owe me? 】

Ning Shuang consoled him: The situation was urgent and he had to do this. He would definitely find a way to make up for it later.

The Qingjie System continued to complain: [I thought there would be no negative numbers in the precautions, so I didn't tell you that if it drops below -10%, you will be put into unconscious automatic execution mode until you are halfway through the process. 】

Ning Shuang is puzzled: Unconscious automatic execution mode?

[It means that your consciousness is temporarily eliminated, and the system directly controls your words and deeds. 】

Ning Shuang didn't expect that the Qing Jie System would be so capable.

If she loses consciousness, not only will she hurt Shuo Ming, but she will also be unable to save others. The remaining merits in the merit book are simply not enough. Even if she regains consciousness one day, she may have to face the punishment of the fairyland.

It’s really hard to be caught in the middle.

Ning Shuang took a deep breath: I understand, and I will do as you say in the future.

About three o'clock in the morning, the creaking of the door suddenly stopped.

Fortunately, Ning Shuang has used magic to hide the two of them, so they can check them quietly at this moment.

I saw two hazy black shadows floating in front of the table, and then they appeared in snail-green figures. It was unclear what they looked like, but they were both glowing with ferocious black smoke.

One of them approached the candlestick and said in a hoarse voice: "Xuanli's candle can't absorb the spiritual energy. It seems that it has drained the village dry." The other's voice was sharp and harsh: "Our leader was sent to these desolate places. There are as many small villages as there are in Laji."

The figure with a hoarse voice trembled and put away the candlestick: "It seems that those losers in the Immortal Sect have also given up here. Let's go back and resume our lives."

The other one was still grumbling: "Oh, the Xuanli Zhuzhan that Sosou gave our leader is just a clone. I don't think it is of much use."

"Stop complaining. Once the last batch of villagers are killed, we can follow the leader to the next place."

The two shadows, one complaining and the other admonishing, turned and left.

Ning Shuang ignored Shuo Ming and followed them quickly, following them to a dry well. She saw them jumping from the well mouth without hesitation.

After following in, Ning Shuang suddenly realized when she saw the restriction on one side of the wall.

No wonder she returned without success during the day. This evil spirit is really smart. Not only did it set the restriction underground, it was also inaccessible without seeing or touching it.

It seems that once it breaks through now, it will definitely be discovered.

The villagers were all ordinary people. Ning Shuang did not dare to delay. She quickly cast a spell to break through them and went straight to the direction where the evil spirits gathered. She used a barrier to protect several people who almost died at the hands of the evil spirits.

The evil spirits rushed toward her one after another. The damage to the spiritual veins here actually helped the evil spirits to increase their evil power. If you want to kill them, you need to spend more mana than usual.

Not only did the evil spirits attack her, but two of them went out of their way to destroy the barrier she had set up to protect the villagers.

Ning Shuang fights and protects others at the same time, and is overwhelmed.

A huge black shadow used the black energy dispersed by the evil spirits as a shield to throw a chain several meters long towards Ning Shuang.

Ning Shuang used her sword skills to kill several evil spirits with her spiritual light, and then cast a spell to control the chains.

Unexpectedly, the opponent shook hard, and more than ten black nails were drilled out of the chain. Even though Ning Shuang summoned a barrier as quickly as possible to protect herself, she was still injured in several places.

There are not many evil spirits now, so she has the energy to fight with the remaining evil spirits and use her mana to explore the evil spirits' situation.

The reason why she did this was because this evil spirit leader made her feel something was wrong.

There are only two kinds of evil spirits that I have come into contact with in the past: one is the incorporeal body that breeds from evil spirits, and the other is those that are transformed by the condensed resentment after death.

However, this evil spirit hidden in the black air seems to have a physical form.

At this time, a moon-white sword light flashed through, and he used all his strength to kill the remaining evil spirits with one strike, turning them all into powder.

Ning Shuang looked over in shock, but she didn't expect Shuo Ming to come looking for her despite the backlash of breaking through the restrictive spell.

Even though her clothes were stained with blood, Shuo Ming was still concerned about her condition. Seeing that she was injured, he blamed himself and said worriedly: "I came too late, and I left you alone and in danger."

The Qing Jie System is online: [He is delaying your investigation of the truth. Are you still going to take action? 】

Ning Shuang felt that there was no place to blame Shuo Ming. Although he interrupted the investigation, he could not be blamed by those who did not know, not to mention that he came to help her regardless of his own safety because he was worried.

But the series of unusual things made Ning Shuang know that she couldn't delay any longer. She made up her mind and hit Shuo Ming on the wall with one palm.

Shuo Ming vomited blood after falling.

Ning Shuang couldn't bear to look at his condition, so she hid her trembling hands and ran towards the villagers within the barrier.

(End of this chapter)