Yue Ya remained silent.
The old lady looked up, her eyes carrying a sense of relief and devotion: "But now, I have found my faith again, Holy Daughter, I’m sorry, thank you..."
So people in the crowd began to kneel down one after another.
In the end, not knowing who started it, everyone sincerely bowed to Yue Ya.
Yue Ya still said nothing; she only turned to look in the direction of Li Yuanwei and Li Yuanjia, finally resting her gaze on Josh.
Josh let out a soft sigh, quietly released the restriction of the Dharma Seal, and nodded to her.
Yue Ya wiped away her tears, and the hostility within her soared, gradually enveloping her pure visage.
The crowd also sensed sothing amiss, trembling in fear as they watched this change unfold.
The dark energy around Yue Ya grew heavier, and complicated spell-like characters progressively erged all over her face; her once fair fingers grew long, sharp, jet-black nails.
As if sensing sothing, Li Yuanwei and Li Yuanjia turned and ran for their lives.
A hint of ferocity flashed in Yue Ya’s eyes as she leaped towards them.
"Ah!"
The screams of the man and woman echoed across the mountaintop.
Josh secretly breathed a sigh of relief, allowing the Forbidden Nightmare to take revenge, revealing the truth of that year, and consequently, the resentnt of the Forbidden Nightmare should be dissipated.
Yuze walked over and touched her shoulder: "You knew all along?"
Josh shrugged: "Not really, I was initially unsure, but when I touched the Holy Daughter’s body and sensed her intense murderous intent towards the Forbidden Nightmare, I was finally certain."
Yue Ya personally tore the two into pieces, the scene extrely bloody and brutal.
But the players only felt a sense of justice, especially Lulu.
Although it wasn’t them who uncovered the truth, witnessing the process from the side, the main storyline advanced 40%.
Lulu moved a bit to the side, fearing those people’s blood would splatter on her and dirty her clothes.
Zhuang Ran frowned slightly: "But this is too brutal, tearing people into pieces alive..."
Lulu rolled her eyes: "It’s not as if you were the one raped and dismbered into a human swine, it’s easy for you to talk high and mighty."
Zhuang Ran was choked by her words, his face not looking good, said unhappily: "No matter what, if I were to take revenge, I would let them die more painlessly, not kill in such a cruel way. The Forbidden Nightmare isn’t a good person either."
Lulu rolled her eyes to the sky.
Damn, can’t you holy white lotus flowers just get out of her world?!
If it weren’t for the captain saying this dungeon run was in cooperation with Zhuang Ran’s team, she wouldn’t bother enduring this bullshit.
[Ding! Congratulations to Josh and Yuze for uncovering the mystery of the Forbidden Nightmare’s misunderstanding, revealing the truth of the escaped backup Holy Daughter, and finding the real murderer. The main quest progress has advanced by 60%, current progress 80%.]
Josh and Yuze exchanged a glance, seeing confusion in each other’s eyes.
The matter should be over by now, why is the main progress only at 80%?
What unresolved issues does the Forbidden Nightmare still have?
Josh and Yuze exchanged glances again, quietly packing up the corpse of the Forbidden Nightmare and Old Mrs. Cao before slipping away.
Leaving the other players to clean up the aftermath.
Lulu’s face didn’t look good: "Captain! Look at them!"
Million thought for a while but didn’t catch up: "Forget it, at least we still tagged along for 40% progress."
Lulu still seed a bit unwilling: "But we also contributed..."
Million’s mouth twitched: "Contributed to what? We almost killed the Forbidden Nightmare."
Lulu pouted: "Isn’t it because these NPCs are too cunning."
Josh returned Yue Ya’s body and Old Mrs. Cao to her ho.
Old Mrs. Cao held Yue Ya’s corpse, crying inconsolably: "My daughter, my little Yue Ya."
[Ding! Congratulations on completing the side quest "Help Old Mrs. Cao Find Her Daughter."]
The quest was shared with Yuze, so Yuze received the sa system prompt.
[Ding! Congratulations on earning 100% favorability with Old Mrs. Cao.]
Josh summoned Yue Ya’s soul from her body.
Yue Ya was filled with ferocity, even after avenging her grievances, it still hadn’t been resolved.
Josh asked confusedly: "Do you have any unresolved wishes? We can help you."
Yue Ya pressed her lips together without speaking, silently watching Old Mrs. Cao.
Josh thought she was worried about Old Mrs. Cao and said: "The truth about your situation has co to light, and Old Mrs. Cao’s future in the village should be better."
"Really..." Yue Ya’s expression had a hint of realization, "But the system to select the Holy Daughter still exists, my grievances are cleared, yet there will still be an endless stream of young girls suffering in the future."
Josh seed puzzled: "What suffering are you referring to...?"
Yue Ya suddenly looked up, her gaze fixed on her: "Do you know what preparations must be made to beco a backup Holy Daughter?"
"Yue Ya..." Old Mrs. Cao looked at her with so heartache, her eyes filled with helplessness.
Josh shook her head: "I don’t know..."
Yue Ya looked at Yuze standing beside her: "You go out."
Yuze didn’t say anything and turned to leave the room, closing the door behind him.
Yue Ya removed the clothes from her corpse and looked at Josh: "Do you understand now?"
Josh saw the sewn wound on her private area, revealing a shocked expression: "This is...?"
Yue Ya pressed her lips together, her expression now numb: "This is the price of becoming a reserve Holy Daughter. To beco a Holy Daughter, one must be pure in body and mind, serving the Sea God for a lifeti. To ensure the Holy Daughters’ sanctity, the old Holy Daughters would place a ’Holy Lock’ on the reserve Holy Daughters."
Old Mrs. Cao hugged her corpse, torn by remorse and heartbreak.
Yue Ya looked directly at Josh: "I beca a reserve Holy Daughter at the age of ten."
Josh felt a boom inside her head, unable to continue looking at the wounds on her.
It’s unimaginable that such grotesque and terrifying wounds had appeared on a young girl at the age of ten.
She felt she should say sothing to vent the emotions welling up inside her chest.
"Every Holy Daughter must do this?"
Yue Ya nodded: "Every one of them must."
She paused, then said softly: "You asked earlier if I have any unresolved wishes, right?"
Josh nodded.
Yue Ya looked at her corpse: "Before the incident, everyone thought I was the lofty reserve Holy Daughter, pure, kind, immaculate, but only I knew what a trendous tornt it was for ."
"Because I was the village’s faith, I couldn’t afford to take a single wrong step. I couldn’t be angry, couldn’t be depressed, couldn’t be sorrowful, and couldn’t have any inappropriate contact with n."
"I had to maintain a dignified and neat deanor; my skirt couldn’t catch any dirt, otherwise I’d lose the image of an upstanding Holy Daughter candidate, losing prestige in the village."
"I never flew a kite, never went out to play with friends, never ran freely in the fields."
"It felt like after I turned ten, I suddenly stepped into adulthood."
"If only the village didn’t have the custom of selecting a Holy Daughter, if only I wasn’t chosen as a reserve Holy Daughter, maybe my life wouldn’t be like this now at all."
"Do you know how ridiculous those villagers are? They keep saying they honor the Holy Daughter, but in reality, they can’t tolerate the slightest mistake by the Holy Daughter. They are stricter with the Holy Daughter than they are with themselves, their own children, parents, relatives, and friends."
Josh roughly understood her aning: "So, you want to help you abolish the village’s custom of selecting a Holy Daughter?"
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