[Main story completed]
[One-sentence synopsis: An unwitting female lead of Eldritch horrors vs. Chinese horror folklore, auspicious signs, and xianxia.]
[Not a "big female lead"...
Chapter 137: Execute Li Zhou and revive the Buddhist kingdom, then you can become a Buddha.
The capital city, Xili Mountain, Fujiao City, even Fengzhou, Sizhou... most of the prefectures and counties in the Great Zhou saw this scene.
First, a giant hand, accompanied by rumbling thunder, stretched out towards the sky above the capital city. Then, an illusory giant sword emitting a terrifying aura slowly condensed.
The two were confronting each other diametrically, and the giant hand seemed to be somewhat powerless in front of the giant sword. Even though it quickly set up the Copper Coin Big Dipper Formation, it was eclipsed by the ever-increasing majestic momentum of the illusory giant sword.
Just as the illusory giant sword was frantically accumulating strength and a war was about to break out, a magnificent giant figure stood up in the southwest direction.
The figure was bathed in the cold light, and was blurry and unclear. One could only vaguely see that the robe was crimson and the figure was extremely tall. If one stared at it for a little longer, one would feel a stinging pain in the eyes and a low buzzing in the ears. The brain and the brain matter were trembling, as if the world was upside down and was about to fall into madness...
Experienced practitioners immediately shouted everywhere: "Close your eyes, plug your ears, don't look, don't listen!"
At the same time, in the Wenchang Star God Temples throughout the country, mysterious sentences were chanted: "Only when you have no thoughts and no worries can you know... Only when you have no place and no clothes can you be at peace with the Tao... Only when you have no origin and no Tao can you obtain the Tao..."
The cold glow enveloping the giant also expanded and contracted like breathing, and people then discovered that the source of the light was a pale full moon that was not very obvious in the daytime. As the quiet glow grew, the figure of the giant became increasingly blurred, the stinging sensation of looking directly at him gradually weakened, and the tremor in the brain slowly subsided.
In the simulator interface, the talent of [Beginning to Take Human Form] flickered slowly, and the giant always maintained its human form, without overflowing or scattering.
Chi Yangzi raised his bloodstained eyes, and two lines of bloody tears flowed from the corners of his eyes again. The "Great Zhou Treasure Scroll" in his hand was so hot that it had burned off several layers of his flesh, revealing his white bones.
However, he stood up from his wheelchair, staring intently at the crimson-robed giant standing tall, and muttered to himself in an almost obsessed tone: "Master Duotian... He is the Master Duotian..."
Gong Li was looking at the giant wearing her homemade sunglasses. The lenses blocked most of the effects of looking directly at the giant. She glanced at Chi Yangzi in surprise. Was that the giant the leader of Duotian Sect? Wasn't it said that she was a woman with beautiful eyebrows and eyes, crimson clothes and jade belt...
Yes, her fellow disciple, the Divine Doctor, was able to ascend to heaven in broad daylight, so naturally, as the leader of a sect, she must also be a divine figure.
It’s just…it’s just…
Why is Chi Yangzi so excited?
This kind of fanatical energy... Gong Li turned his head to look at the "people of Daxia" in North Street who were shouting the name of Tianzun more and more loudly, and quietly took a few steps back.
Chi Yangzi's reaction was exactly the same as those crazy "Tianzun believers"!
This kind of fanaticism can only be caused by believers seeing their own god.
Could it be that... Chi Yangzi pushed the court to support the Duotian Sect because he was worshipping the leader of the Duotian Sect?
Gong Li suddenly felt a chill down his spine and hesitantly reached for the musket in his arms. The Chief of the Demon Hunting Department must not be a believer of any god; he must be that of a human being, and only a human being.
While hesitating, Chi Yangzi had already taken out three incense sticks, lit them and held them to his forehead. The green smoke floated up, but did not circling upwards. Instead, it swirled and drilled into his forehead.
The Great Zhou Treasure Scroll floated in the air, quietly watching his changes.
His head first split into three parts, and then bloomed like a flower. His chest opened wide, and out flew out a heart spirit shaped like a vermilion bird, a liver spirit shaped like a blue dragon, a lung spirit like a white beast, a spleen spirit shaped like a phoenix, and a kidney spirit like two white deer.
Gong Li's hand holding the musket froze. He tried closing his eyes, but when he opened them again, Chi Yangzi still had that open-minded and open-minded look.
"...Three flowers gather at the top of the head...Five qi return to the origin..." She couldn't help but touch her scalp and chest. She was really afraid that she would become like this. "...Is this reasonable? What kind of practice is this?"
However, just as she was tremblingly pressing the trigger, silently saying "I'm sorry" in her heart, and began to consider whether to shoot the head or the heart, thousands of rays of light descended from the sky, and a series of dark phantoms with hunched backs and flutes in their hands stretched out slender fingers from the rays of light and grabbed Chi Yangzi's reborn body.
The messenger of God came to the world to welcome the immortal who was ascending to heaven.
Gong Li suddenly lost all her strength, and the musket fell to the ground with a clatter. Then, the soothing and monotonous sound of a flute rang in her ears, and in the ears of the "people of Daxia."
The people who were shouting the name of the Heavenly Venerable shuddered, their eyes filled with madness were like wet papers exposed to the scorching sun, the water evaporated quickly, and the paper became brittle and easily broken.
"Where am I?"
"What is that... a god... a god has appeared!"
"Don't push me... I can't stand anymore..."
The crowd in North Street was pushing and shoving each other, people pressed against each other, flesh against flesh, almost overlapping each other. Some were on the verge of falling, and it was foreseeable that as soon as they fell, they would be trampled by countless feet.
"The Wannian County Magistrate is here!" Sheng'er's roar drowned out all the noise. She climbed onto the roof with the help of the county lieutenant. She stood on the golden glazed tiles and raised the bronze official seal high, pointing to the exit of North Street. "All yamen runners, follow my command! Follow the road to the exit! Don't panic! I will stay here until everyone is safely evacuated!"
The people looked at her figure and saw her official seal. The crowd, which had been surging like a wave, calmed down, and the yamen runners, under her command, began to guide the crowd forward in an orderly manner.
The giant sword hanging above everyone's head was dim and its momentum seemed to have weakened.
Sheng'er tried her best not to look at the sword. She vaguely guessed that the giant sword might absorb the vitality of mortals. However, the next moment, slippery tentacles covered with evil patterns entangled the hilt of the sword. The people who were almost reaching the exit had swaying flesh buds growing out of their noses, ears, eyes and other orifices.
Their faces were covered with patterns similar to those of tentacles, some shaped like waves, some like trees, some like flames, and some like footprints.
The bronze official seal in Sheng'er's hand emitted a faint light, which emanated a righteous spirit and a majestic royal aura, protecting her for a moment.
However, in a short moment, cracks appeared on the official seal itself, and the faint light became like a candle in the wind, and it was about to fall.
If she had reacted quickly enough, she should have escaped from here before the official seal became completely ineffective.
But she silently tightened her five fingers, hung the official seal back on her waist, and grabbed the steel knife she brought from the county government.
How could a mortal holding a steel knife have the strength to fight against a giant sword covered with thick tentacles?
She couldn't even touch Him.
The county lieutenant beside her took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, leaned over and shouted to the panicked people, "Who knows where the ladder is?"
Since He is in heaven, He is closer to heaven.
Maybe all efforts are in vain, but it's better than doing nothing.
The runners, whose voices had become strange due to the growth of buds in their throats, followed the county lieutenant and shouted, "Is there a ladder? Who has a ladder?"
After a strange silence, the same strange and dull voice replied: "Yes!"
A ladder was carried out from a house. People held the ladder high up, and their outstretched arms were like a surging wave, which pushed the ladder to Sheng'er's feet.
Sheng'er held the steel knife and climbed up the ladder, but even when she climbed to the highest point, she was only ten feet closer to the sky.
The yamen runners shouted, "Build a human ladder!"
The people responded and climbed onto the roof one by one, grabbed the base of the ladder and lifted it up.
However, even so, Sheng'er still couldn't reach the sky.
The giant sword covered with slippery tentacles became even bigger, with water stains and mucus dripping from the tentacles. Outside North Street, people began to have buds growing out of their seven orifices, and their skin was covered with patterns.
In the capital, someone saw a human ladder stacked up in the direction of Wannian County. At the top of the ladder, there was a thin figure holding a knife. Compared with the huge sword in the distance, he looked pathetic and weak, and a whimsical and ridiculous look.
But no one laughed.
People just looked up silently, watching this group of their fellow humans who were trying to shake a tree with their own strength.
The emperor walked out of the Purple Palace, looked at the small black dot under the giant sword from afar, and listened to the people around him reporting what happened in Wannian County.
She kept looking up and called out "Pei Jizai", asking her to bring paper and pen.
An imperial edict was quickly written to confer the title of Marquis of Yiyong on the Wannian County Magistrate and was stamped with the imperial seal.
The moment the emperor spoke the imperial decree and stamped the seal, Sheng'er felt an indescribable strength in his body.
She raised the steel knife, without even looking at the back of her hand covered with fleshy granulations, and threw it towards the slippery tentacles.
The sharp steel knife was wrapped in the courage of a mortal. Under the gaze of everyone, it rushed towards the tentacle with unstoppable force. The blade hit the latter's skin, leaving a slight scratch with a clang, and then it shattered into countless pieces.
North Street and the capital city were silent for a moment, and then there was an uproar a moment later.
The mortal touched the god, creating an almost invisible wound on his body.
Although it was clearly a reflection of the disparity in strength, all the mortals cheered and rejoiced, with proud and happy expressions on their faces.
The god who had never looked a mortal in the eye slowly opened an eye on his tentacle, with a hint of coldness in his indifference.
Although the minor scratch healed quickly, the god was still more angry than ever.
Holding the giant sword, He will sweep across the nine provinces and crush the mortals who offend Him into dust.
The soothing flute sound that seemed to be there and not there and about to fade away, at this moment, flowed through the borders of the Great Zhou like a gurgling stream.
The momentum of the giant sword's fall was stopped by the sound of the flutes. Then, in the southwest direction, the giant standing tall and proud turned around and took a look at the sword.
With just one glance, the sword made a jade sound and twisted cracks appeared on it.
Chi Yangzi, with the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head and the Five Qis Converging to the Origin, joined the Phantom of the Darkness with a hunched back and a flute in his hand. He put the flute that he had prepared in advance to his lips, and with tears and blood in the corners of his eyes, he played an ancient soothing music.
The giant listened to the soothing and monotonous flute music, the corners of his mouth curled up in pleasure, he reached out his hand, grabbed the broken giant sword, and looked at the slippery tentacles wrapped around the giant sword.
In Fujiao City, a string of crystal saliva flowed from the corner of the mouth of Li Zhou, the baby in Yue Niang's arms. His eyes were slightly closed and he smacked his lips unconsciously, as if he had dreamed of some delicious food.
In front of Master Liaochen, a Buddha statue with gorgeous clothes, sitting in half-lotus position, with a footprint erected behind it, emitted a circle of golden Buddha light.
Master Liaochen, who was chanting scriptures, looked up in astonishment and stared at the Buddha statue.
She heard the Buddha's teachings: "Kill Li Zhou, save all living beings, revive the Buddhist kingdom, and you will be able to become a Buddha."