Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Edward and Jean were in a state of shock, their jaws agape.

They stared at Lilly’s bold provoking, listening to her ask for a fight.

Then she chanted some prayers, and attacked using a fart… and it worked!

Before they could return to their senses, she had thrown out the jar of souls and shouted “Come on!”…

They couldn’t see much more after that. After all, the water spirits had been drawn out already.

The harem spirit herself was quite confused too.

She had gone into this like any other battle, and was holding down a resentful spirit when the one next to it fell to her knees and began begging for forgiveness for her mother. What was going on?

Lilly clapped her hands, impressed. “You’re amazing, Auntie Harem!”

The harem spirit blinked. “Who’s this…”

The younger spirit continued to kneel, sobbing as she begged. “Mother and I are sorry, we won’t do anything bad anymore. Please let us go, please…”

Lilly shook her head. “Do you know how many lives you’ve taken?”

The young spirit’s eyes flickered. “Just, just seven or eight…”

Lilly frowned. The word ‘just’ for seven or eight lives was hardly appropriate

The resentful spirit being held down by the harem spirit spoke up in a hoarse whisper, “Roxie, don’t beg her…”

“It’s our bad luck that we were caught this time…”

The spirit glowered at Lilly, furious that she had lost.

She had only needed one more innocent soul… just one more!

And she would become a malignant spirit, leaving this river forever.

She had drowned tens of thousands of times in this river! It was too much to bear, and she began to usurp other spirits so she could leave sooner.

Only for everything to fall apart.

did not care about what the older spirit was saying. She turned to the younger spirit named Roxie. “What are your names, and where are

were villagers living by the riverbank. That was about eight years

a tall building

were

sheet was too big for the washing machine to clean, that’s why we went

he just swam in the

mother had been washing the sheets when she fell into the water. Roxie ran to help her, and fell into the water

too far out in the

as she spoke. “That’s how Mother and I

to be reborn. She resented Father, calling him

older spirit seemed to remember

husband had just been swimming

had drowned along with

clacking from the force of talking. “I need to find him, I need to kill

Lilly was speechless

quicksand and the water weeds held us down, Father couldn’t find us. He thought that we’d gone home,

he came out with a bamboo pole and fished around

frowned. “How did you kill that

as there

what had happened

to sit by the river after arguing with her mother, sulking on

alone, my mother and I

where she was, and Jane

short, pursing her lips. “Jane’s mother was really angry after she heard that. She said, ‘Very well, I see you’re trying to threaten

Lilly asked, “And then?”

four men could only

to see these spirits, but not being able to see them… or ‘listen to their stories’ made them feel a

what were the water spirits

is boring.

to speak. “Jane was around my age, and I understood how she felt. She couldn’t even explain before her mother hung

hadn’t wanted to kill Jane, but her mother told her not to

could feel sorry for others, but no one’s going to feel

she hesitated, her mother dragged Jane into

herself watching on, but ended up

came looking for her a day after she died. She couldn’t find her