{Seeing the heavy expression on your face, your parents guessed what you were thinking and tried to comfort you. They told you none of this was your fault. If anyone was to blame, it was them for letting you be born on a Yin month, Yin day, and Yin hour.}
{You shook your head and said, "None of us did anything wrong. The ones at fault are the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon, the people from Yellow Village who trafficked humans, and the masterminds behind all of this!"}
{"They're the ones who are wrong!"}
{"Good people aren't born to be bullied and then forced to blame themselves for being born at the wrong time. That's nonsense."}
{"Those who commit evil must pay the price—a terrible price!"}
{Your parents stared at you in a daze. They hadn't expected such strong words from you.}
{Then they smiled and said, "You're right. It's they who should pay, not us!"}
{You asked if there were any other ways, besides the mirror your grandmother gave your sister, to suppress the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon.}
{Your parents hesitated for a moment and then nodded. There was indeed another method.}
{It involved letting another Spirit or consciousness as strong as the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon enter your body and your mind to contend with it. While the two fought, the Demon would be too distracted to affect you.}
{But this method was extremely risky and hard to execute. Even your grandmother had never dared to try it.}
{Moreover, finding another Spirit or consciousness as powerful as the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon—especially one that is kind, or at least not insane like the Demon—is nearly impossible.}
{Your grandmother had spent decades searching for one but had never found it.}
{You shook your head in frustration. Clearly, this path wasn't viable. You then asked if there was a way to gain the help of the Female Ghost.}
{Your parents exchanged glances and simultaneously shook their heads. Bargaining with ghosts is always difficult—especially with the Female Ghost, who had become a Vengeful Spirit. Her heart was filled with violence and bloodlust. Only things like slaughter would probably interest her now.}
{They even felt that the fact she had managed to hold back this long and hadn't harmed the family yet already showed considerable restraint.}
{But it seemed that she wouldn't be able to restrain herself much longer. Just yesterday, she had given an ultimatum—one week.}
{If they couldn't provide her with information about the mastermind within that week, she would begin a massacre.}
{Your family would be her first targets.}
{You frowned and asked if it might be possible to just tell the Female Ghost the mastermind's known members and let her kill as she investigates. That might ease your pressure.}
{Your father shook his head. He had already suggested this, but the Female Ghost refused. She didn't want to alert the mastermind. If they were scared off and fled elsewhere, they'd be nearly impossible to track down.}
{Your expression darkened. You asked again that was there a way to eliminate the Female Ghost?}
{As tragic as her past was, she had already become a Vengeful Spirit. Showing sympathy now would only lead to your own destruction.}
{After a moment of hesitation, your parents finally nodded. There was a way to eliminate her.}
{You were stunned and excited. You had only asked casually, and you never expected your parents to actually have a way to get rid of her. You quickly pressed them for details.}
{Your parents hesitated again, then finally spoke.}
{The method was simple, but incredibly dangerous: let the Female Ghost enter your body and use the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon to destroy her.}
{Even if the Female Ghost was fully transformed into a Vengeful Spirit, she couldn't possibly be stronger than the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon. And by doing this, you could not only eliminate the Female Ghost but also drain the Demon's energy, making it temporarily unable to corrupt you or take over your body.}
{The danger was this: during the fight between the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon and the Female Ghost, your own Spirit might be annihilated as collateral damage.}
{Especially if the Female Ghost realized she had been tricked and couldn't defeat the Demon. She might direct all her power at your Spirit in retaliation.}
{In that case, you would likely not survive. It could destroy your soul entirely.}
{Also, the Female Ghost would not willingly enter your body unless she had no other choice.}
{And once she was inside, she would have to be sealed there until she was destroyed.}
{The method to seal her was relatively simple and your grandmother had taught it to your parents.}
{Once the Female Ghost entered your body, they would tie you up tightly with hemp rope, then cover you head to toe with duct tape, and finally stuff a towel into your mouth, leaving only your nostrils for breathing. That way, the Female Ghost would have no way to escape your body.}
{Hearing this, your heart jolted. That was exactly the set of "exorcism tools" your mother had gathered! So, they weren't just symbolic, they had a real function. No wonder they had an effect on the Female Ghost.}
{You memorized this method clearly. But unless it was absolutely necessary, you wouldn't use it. And if you ever did, it wouldn't be on yourself, but your sister, because you hadn't actually awakened the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon bloodline.}
{At that moment, you couldn't help but think again of the mirror your grandmother had given your sister.}
{Clearly, that mirror held an irresistible allure for the Female Ghost—so much so that she had chosen to possess your sister instead of you, despite your Yin-born constitution.}
{Grandma had already set the trap. If the Female Ghost left your family alone, fine. But if she ever targeted you, she would inevitably possess your sister.}
{Your sister would then awaken the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon—something Grandma had probably already foreseen.}
{It was just that, at the time, Grandma's condition had been critical. Everything was too rushed, and she didn't have time to properly study your sister's situation. So, she never confirmed when the awakening would occur.}
{That one missed detail cost them the best opportunity to trap the Female Ghost inside your sister.}
{If Grandma had still been alive, she would've immediately recognized that your sister had already awakened.}
{Then all she'd need to do was seal the Female Ghost inside your sister's body, let the Bloodthirsty Aberrant Demon destroy her, and drain the Demon's energy—keeping it too weak to corrupt your sister in the short term.}
{Meanwhile, Grandma would only need to protect your sister's Spirit from being harmed by the Female Ghost's counterattack.}
{In fact, Grandma most likely had a method to use the Female Ghost's Spirit to nourish and strengthen your sister's own Spirit.}
{It was such a brilliant, multipurpose plan, yet it was ruined because Grandma could no longer suppress the Demon within herself.}
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