After Swapping Lives, the Metaphysics Side Character Became the Wealthy Family's Beloved - Chapter 154

I thought she was just a half-hearted amateur, but now, seeing that she managed to find this place—this person is definitely not simple.

Li Qiao casually examined the Eight Trigrams pattern on the wall and let out a cold, mocking laugh.

Then she stood before the massive pit, murmuring incantations under her breath. A burst of flames instantly ignited within the pit. The blue fire grew fiercer and fiercer, and the ghosts trapped inside let out piercing, agonized screams before ultimately dispersing into nothingness.

She flung out a talisman, purifying the entire basement.

With Li Qiao’s eyes closed, the patterns on the wall suddenly cracked apart. Meanwhile, Li Jue clutched his chest, coughing up blood.

His eyes widened with fury, and he abruptly looked up.

A peach wood sword was pressed against Li Jue’s throat. Li Qiao smiled faintly and said, “Long time no see, Li Chao.”

His eyes bulged with intensity, a greedy gaze slowly settling on her face. Li Jue chuckled softly at first, then broke into wild, unrestrained laughter.

“Senior Sister, you really didn’t die.”

“No, I did die. What I am now is a new life.”

“Senior Sister, oh, Senior Sister… I’ve searched for you so desperately, so desperately that I was willing to perform another blood sacrifice.”

Once the blood sacrifice was completed, the real Senior Sister would be powerless against him.

But he had overlooked Li Qiao.

He never expected that Li Qiao would turn out to be his Senior Sister.

“Li Chao, you should let go of everything from our past life.” After all, both of them had died—it would be best if they became strangers from now on. Li Jue laughed hysterically, “Senior Sister, you should call me Li Jue. I am not Li Chao anymore.”

“What do you mean?”

Li Jue clutched his chest as he stood up, his gaze fixed greedily on Li Qiao. That sticky, obsessive look again—Li Qiao found it utterly repulsive.

But Li Jue didn’t seem to care.

“Senior Sister, this world is my world. I belong here. Since Senior Sister could cross into this world, you should understand—I was the one who crossed into your world back then.”

His tone was casual, but his face betrayed a wild excitement.

“In that world, Senior Sister was the only one who treated me well. But Senior Sister was kind to everyone. Senior Sister belongs to me alone—how could any of them be worthy of you? So… I devoted myself to mastering Daoist arts, all for the sake of one day bringing you into my world…”

“But the forbidden text stated that we both had to die for the ritual to work. So I had no choice but to betray, to commit evil, and wait for you to come and purge me as a traitor. And finally… Senior Sister, you didn’t disappoint me… Hahaha, my Senior Sister has finally come to my world.”

Li Qiao frowned, glaring at Li Jue.

Her arrival in this world—was it not a coincidence?

“But this is clearly the world of a novel…”

“Yes, it is indeed the world of a novel. What you may not know, Senior Sister, is that many outsiders have come to this world before. But I killed every single one of them. They were nothing but self-important ‘players’ trying to conquer this world. Even if this is a novel’s world, I will be the one who dominates it, the true protagonist. Perhaps because so many of those ‘players’ failed, this world has now completely broken free and is no longer bound by the original plot.”

“Senior Sister, now that you’re here, we can be together forever.”

Li Jue laughed like a victor.

At that moment, Li Qiao really felt like cursing out loud.

This guy is a complete lunatic!

Li Qiao stared calmly at Li Jue and said coldly, “Li Jue, you truly are repaying kindness with betrayal. I deeply regret ever picking you up and bringing you back.”

“That was fate bringing us together, letting me meet such a wonderful Senior Sister in another world…”

As he spoke, that greedy look swept over her again. When he stepped closer, Li Qiao took a slight step back. “Li Jue, the array is destroyed. You’re on your own now.”

“No, Senior Sister, everything I did was for you! You can’t…”