Chapter 18 Zhuang Jinfu, I'm telling you this time.

Why did you abandon me?

Is power really that important?

"Do you really have to marry her?"

"What did our seven years together even mean? Did you ever truly love me?"

“Wang Lifu, I believed you when you said you would love me across the hatred between humans and demons. But in the end, when it came to the most important decision in your life, you chose to become a Daoist partner with a human. The time I wasted is gone forever. In the end, I was just… just a wrong path you took when you were young.”

"Since you can't stick to your principles, why bother provoking me... Thinking about it, I was stupid. I misjudged people. You're no different from those who play with other people's feelings before marriage. You're heartless and unfaithful, and you don't deserve love. You should grow old alone. You're not good enough for her, much less for me. You're a hypocrite and a charlatan. Calling you a dog is an insult to dogs."

"roll."

...

Her scolding was like a ghost, haunting her every night. In those nightmares from which she couldn't wake up, she left her with wounds that would never heal. She was grateful that such a wonderful person was not just a figment of her imagination; she truly existed in her past.

Her only child was right in front of her, yelling and calling her a "dog." Wen Ji was too kind to even utter the three words "dog." Ling Shu used every curse word she had never used before.

Wang Lifu stood silently.

A pinkish-purple demonic aura covered the back of her hand.

She recalled those secret moments when she let Wenji lose control of her demonic power and spread it over her body. The warm demonic power, like tiny tentacles, lovingly wrapped around her body, and she rejoiced with her.

All that joy is gone.

Wang Lifu watched as the water soaked the hem of her skirt, which was riddled with bloody holes, and silently cast a spell.

In the freezing winter, Shuijia Lake is protected by a barrier, maintaining a temperature that prevents it from freezing. However, it is still a deep winter with heavy snow, so the lakeside is not warm.

The formation rose from Ling Shu's feet, lifting her slowly into the air, where she hovered on the lake surface, away from the icy water.

Wang Lifu: "You should reflect on your actions here."

"You bastard! You're restricting my magic power!" Ling Shu sat on the array and pounded on the barrier, cursing downwards.

Wang Lifu: "It's only temporary. I'll release you after seven days of reflection."

Ling Shu yelled, "You've locked me up again!"

Wang Lifu: "You nearly trapped and killed twenty-three people, and caused the spiritual energy of the entire Shangqing Mountain to come to a standstill. You should be punished for your wrongdoings. If you are not punished, it will be difficult to convince the public."

Ling Shu angrily said, "You clearly know that those people provoked me first. I was just fighting back. You only care about protecting your pride and don't care about my feelings at all. You're so despicable!"

Wang Lifu: "If I don't strike first, when everyone starts to condemn you, can you quell their anger on your own?"

Ling Shu was speechless: "So... you're still helping me? Why would you help me? You must have ulterior motives. Maybe... you want to relax my attention first and then kill me."

"You should reflect on your actions in the camp," Wang Lifu said before leaving.

Ling Shu watched her departing figure and added, "Gone? Get lost!"

After she left, the area around Shuijia Lake was deserted, with only the sound of the wind blowing across the lake.

Ling Shu sat on the magic circle, hugging her knees. Her clothes were still dirty and had a lingering smell of rust. It was too quiet around her. She sat there for an hour, and with no one talking, her attention was entirely on herself. She was starting to reflect on herself.

But if she were to learn to be tolerant, she would rather not be human, and would rather leave Shangqing Mountain to become a wild fox in the human world.

But would she survive if she went down the mountain?

Going down the mountain, she would return to the days of hiding and hiding that she used to live. Before, with her mother around, she found it fun to hide and hide, but now she was all alone.

It's exhausting for someone to face the pressure of worldly pressures, the threat of seizing her demon core and killing her.

It would be better to destroy the demon core so that no one can obtain it.

But in this way, she has no way to protect herself.

When Zhuang Jinfu discovered her feelings, why couldn't she hold back? Zhuang Jinfu was so angry that he went down the mountain. How should she deal with Zhuang Jinfu when they meet again?

Having come this far, she felt somewhat guilty, wondering if she should try to be a little softer-hearted if she had to do it all over again.

The moment this thought popped into Ling Shu's head, she laughed in exasperation.

Ask her to compromise? To cower before a group of people who bully her?

Dream on!

If she were to do the same thing again, she would be quick to settle scores and thoroughly crush their arrogance. She would fight them one by one, and if she could kill them, she would kill them one by one!

However, she learned a lesson from Wang Lifu's kind advice: "A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years." "There is more than one way to retaliate than killing." Wang Lifu's words made sense. The path to ascension to the Great Dao was too far, and she didn't want to take that path. She only thought about what kind of despicable means to punish the scoundrels.

An hour had passed, and a cold wind was howling below, but she didn't seem to feel cold at all inside the formation. Instead, she felt waves of warmth wafting around her. Ling Shu was curious, so she touched the formation under her feet and then touched the barriers around her.

She discovered that the warmth was emanating from the magical power attached to the array.

Ling Shu thought to herself: Let's give Wang Lifu a friendly face for now.

After thinking it over, she realized she was hungry. She was a little demon who hadn't practiced fasting, so she wouldn't die from missing a meal. However, after arguing with Zhuang Jinfu last night, she had stubbornly knelt in the snow without eating anything. Then she went to surround Zhao Chi, but she couldn't kill him. The two of them were locked in a stalemate and fought all night. She was exhausted. She wondered if anyone had brought her food while she was locked up here.

Ling Shu wanted to break through the barrier again to see if she could escape, but then she thought that according to Wang Lifu's words, she would definitely be surrounded and intercepted if she went out now. Forget it, fighting would be too tiring. She would just hide for seven days in a cowardly manner. She wondered if Zhuang Jinfu would be curious about where she had gone when he found out she was missing.

A wisp of pinkish-purple demonic energy overflowed from her palm, softly landing on the magic circle. The array beneath her feet lit up for a moment, flashing red light. Then, a blinding red light spread from where her demonic energy had landed, and streaks of red magical energy fell onto the surrounding magic circle barrier, forming a square cage.

What's this?

Something red floated out of Ling Shu's palm and was sucked away by the red cage.

Wang Lifu actually had a backup plan?!

The red cage seemed harmless; Ling Shu stood there for a long time without seeing it make any move, but she had a bad feeling about her body.

She felt a little dizzy, weak, and tired even just standing.

Ling Shu tried hard to recall what kind of formation this was. Suddenly, she thought of a formation, and her expression changed instantly. Ling Shu bit her finger and let the blood drip onto the formation. The bright red blood was absorbed by the formation in the blink of an eye!

This is……

This is the Meridian Killing Formation!

As expected, Wang Lifu still wanted to kill her!

Ling Shu gathered the thousand-year-old demonic power within her body, only to find that the demonic power was suppressed by the formation, and she could only release 20% of her magic power. No matter how much she could release, she would release as much as she could!

"Thunderbolt, come quickly!"

In an instant, a bolt of lightning struck down, hitting the formation directly, but the Meridian Killing Formation showed no signs of being hit!

Twenty percent of his thousand-year-old demonic power is comparable to the cultivation and magical power of a cultivator in the early Golden Core stage!

Frequent and dense thunderbolts struck the Ziwu Killing Formation, and within a quarter of an hour, Ling Shu's face had turned pale.

Fifteen minutes later, the thunderclap stopped with a loud bang, but the thunderous energy was still floating in the air. Ling Shu couldn't stand, and her left foot lost its support, causing her to fall to the ground.

I can't get up.

This Meridian Killing Formation is an ancient killing formation, specifically designed to counter demons. Why must she die?

First came Zhao Chi, then the Meridian Killing Formation; every move was ruthless.

My limbs are numb, my body is cold, and I have no strength.

When she fell to the ground, the jade lotus-patterned pendant that she had been holding tightly to her waist with magic power fell to the side.

Ling Shu reached out to grab it, but it was a bit far away. She moved closer and finally held it in her hand. She brought it to her lips, kissed it lightly, and then said to the jade pendant, as if to Zhuang Jinfu, "Zhuang Jinfu, I'm going to die again."

Zhuang Jinfu, I'm telling you this time.

After saying that, she held the jade pendant tightly in her hand.

From afar came a woman's voice, her tone friendly, yet her voice hurried: "Miss Ling, don't die! This old woman is slow, wait for me!"

A short, stout figure flashed before my eyes. I couldn't see how she broke through the Meridian Killing Formation. I only saw her nimbly break in with her unsteady gait, pick up Ling Shu on her back, and run away. Strangely, she could fly without using a sword.

Ling Shu leaned against her back, wrapped her arms around her neck, and said weakly, "Hai Gu, it's you..."

At the entrance to Shuijia Lake, Ling Shu saw a figure in purple. She had a blank face, and a food box lay askew at her feet, with the food inside scattered all over the ground.

Enraged, Ling Shu mustered all his strength and roared at Wang Lifu:

"roll!"

"Oh dear, Miss Ling, you startled me! I haven't done anything wrong, but hearing that you still have the energy to shout, I know you can still be saved!"

The sea maiden was so focused on rushing forward that she didn't look down.

After Hai Gu finished speaking, the person on her back fell silent. Hai Gu became anxious again: "Why aren't you saying anything? Miss Ling, don't worry, I'll take you to find the Immortal Venerable. If we find the Immortal Venerable, we'll be saved. I'm very fast. Hang in there, please don't get hurt, please hold on. We're going to find the Immortal Venerable, we'll be there soon, very soon, just ahead."

"Yes, let's go find the Immortal Venerable, let's go find..." After saying that, Ling Shu's vision went black and she fainted.