The sparks are a great hit (sorry ge, but Huaisang did ask for a jump scare!) but Shen Yuan doesn't get the chance to enjoy it long. He coughs into his sleeve and points out, "She was a demon that either lucked into or inherited a single powerful technique, that doesn't mean she was actually *smart.*" And that's definitely the reason for Butterfly's many blunders, it had nothing to do with Shen Qingqiu bribing anyone to mess with the fabric of reality and make her dumb!

Fanning himself anxiously, he starts to wrap up the story. "Anyway, it turned out that as soon as she'd woken up to find herself a prisoner, the shijie had been sawing away at her bonds with a secret knife she kept up her sleeve. She took advantage of Butterfly's distraction to free herself and attack from behind, saving her shizun. Once the cultivator and his second disciple had also been freed, he was able to use his arts to confirm that the demon was truly behind the killings, and exorcised it on the spot. It was unfortunately much too late to save the real Butterfly, but at least she was avenged and the rest of the women in the city were safe. And that's the story as my friend told it to me." Stop looking at him now, the show's over!