After Swapping Lives, the Metaphysics Side Character Became the Wealthy Family's Beloved - Chapter 153

Knowing how vastly different their attitudes were, she should have just killed them all or crippled them in her past life. Letting them off so easily was too kind.

Li Mann irritately tossed her phone aside.

She held her head, trying hard to calm down and properly reassess the situation.

She was a reborn individual, possessing all the advantages and resources. She could definitely surpass Li Qiao and turn the tables.

Li Dazhi was hopeless now, and that opportunity was gone too. She had waited for so many days, but nothing had materialized.

Just thinking about it made Li Mann’s heart ache.

All the good fortune had been taken by Li Qiao. She regretted it now; she never should have swapped places with Li Qiao in the first place.

If she had been the one to return to the Li family in this life, she would be the young mistress of the Li household now.

Jealousy gnawed at her tormented heart.

Why did she have to miss out on such a great opportunity? Li Mann was filled with deep regret.

The night grew deeper.

While asleep, Li Qiao suddenly heard a strange noise. She rolled out of bed and followed the sound outside.

This led her to a villa.

Her eyes filled with suspicion, Li Qiao immediately took out an invisibility talisman and attached it to herself. She passed through the wall and entered the interior.

Li Jue!

She saw Li Jue heading towards a basement. Following him, she realized the resentment energy there was extremely heavy.

When she reached the very bottom, the scene before her eyes stunned Li Qiao.

It was practically an underground city.

There was a massive pit inside, filled with countless suffering souls. They reached out and wailed as if trying to climb out.

Talismans for suppressing souls were pasted around the pit, and a sharp peach wood sword hung directly above it.

All the surrounding fixtures and arrangements were set up according to the principles of the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams.

What shocked her most were the patterns carved on the walls—they were the unique sacrificial markings specific to the Taoist temple from her past life.

Furthermore, this was a forbidden dark art that had always been sealed away by successive generations of the temple.

The person who stole this dark art, combined with the sinister array before her, and the fact that he could suppress her power… Could it be that he was using the secret techniques of their sect?

The next moment.

Li Jue pulled aside a red cloth hanging on the wall, revealing a complex and mysterious array pattern engraved with her true birth date and hour.

Then, Li Jue flung a talisman into the massive pit. The spirits of several minor ghosts were pinned onto the birth chart pattern. His fingers moved, and a drop of fresh blood infused into the minor ghosts, seamlessly merging into the birth chart pattern!

Li Qiao’s eyes widened in horror.

He—

It was indeed Li Chao, the traitorous junior brother from her past life!

He clearly died in that great battle, so why was he here?

Li Qiao stared at Li Chao’s back.

Her mind sank into memories.

In her past life, when she was purging the sect of the disloyal, Li Chao had schemed against her at the critical moment. He actually performed a blood sacrifice using his own body, all just to force her into submission at the crucial moment, making her helpless prey under his blade.

She still remembered Li Chao’s mad laughter ringing in her ears: “Senior Sister, once the blood sacrifice is complete, neither of us will survive. Don’t be afraid, Senior Sister. We must stay together, whether we ascend to heaven or descend into hell!”

Then, her body died and her cultivation dissipated. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Li Qiao.

Ugh, how vile!

Having been given a second chance at life, Li Chao actually wanted to repeat his old tricks. Well, she wouldn’t hold back this time.

The best way to destroy the blood sacrifice—

Li Qiao’s gaze fell upon the massive pit. Suddenly, Li Jue’s voice sharply called out, “Who’s there?”

Quite alert.

At this moment, Li Qiao destroyed the invisibility talisman, fully revealing herself before Li Jue.

“It’s you.”

Li Jue’s gaze was dark and gloomy, a flash of killing intent passing deep within his eyes. Li Qiao had her suspicions.

She said, “Blood sacrifice.”

“How do you know that?”

Li Jue stared intently at Li Qiao. He had sensed earlier that Li Qiao was from the mystical arts world, but he had never witnessed her abilities firsthand.