Chapter 184: The Barrier is Broken
Whether you enter the cycle of reincarnation or not is not up to me; the judges in the underworld will make that decision. I can't help you.
Jingwu looked at her seriously and said.
Miao Qi's face flashed with resentment upon hearing this.
Why? She's so innocent, she only did everything to protect herself, why can't she be reincarnated?!
Jingwu seemed to see through her thoughts, his eyes narrowed, and he said, "When you were young, you captured countless innocent villagers to experiment on in order to refine snake gu. For this alone, you cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation."
Upon hearing this, Miao Qi's expression suddenly changed. She had long forgotten about this matter, after all, it happened a hundred years ago.
A flicker of panic crossed her face, and she said hastily, "That was when I was young and didn't understand..."
"All sins are judged by the judges of the underworld. What I need to do is send you and those people who died tragically to the underworld."
"No!" Miao Qi's face flashed with panic. She couldn't go to the Underworld. If she went to the Underworld, she would definitely be punished in the eighteenth level of hell!
The thought of the punishments in hell made her shudder.
No, absolutely not!
Miao Qi's eyes darted around as she looked at the four people in front of her, a smirk playing on her lips.
"I know how to break this barrier. If you help me, I can tell you!"
Jingwu looked at her, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
Before she could speak, the person in front of her spoke again.
"The barrier set up by the evil god is extremely strong; you will never find the core of the formation! If you help me avoid entering the underworld, I will tell you where the core is!"
Miao Qi spoke quickly, her eyes fixed on the people in front of her, as if afraid they would disagree.
This was her only option. As long as she could stay in the human world and avoid being tortured in the eighteen levels of hell, she was willing to tell them everything she knew.
Jingwu stared intently at her, as if trying to figure something out.
After a moment, she sighed deeply and said, "You are the key to the formation. Once the formation is broken, you will surely die. If I don't send you to the underworld, you won't survive long in this world either."
"Impossible! The evil god clearly said that the array's core was in the well in the backyard of the general's mansion. How could it possibly be on me?!"
The words had barely left her mouth when Miao Qi immediately covered her mouth, looking at the person in front of her in horror: "You're trying to trick me?"
Jingwu nodded frankly and looked at the person in front of him, saying, "Yes, I was trying to trick you into telling me."
Upon hearing this, the three people behind him immediately headed towards the general's mansion.
They're not good at using empty words, but they're experts at breaking through enemy lines.
Jingwu noticed that the person behind him had left, so he continued arguing with the person in front of him to buy time.
"But if you don't enter the underworld and linger in the mortal realm, you will still die. Your physical body has already rotted away; it is the evil god who is maintaining your current state with evil magic. If you leave this formation, your physical body will soon rot into a skeleton. Your soul will be punished by heaven for committing a grave sin and lingering in the mortal realm instead of entering the underworld."
Jingwu looked the person in front of him up and down, a smile playing on his lips: "Can your soul withstand eighteen strikes of heavenly lightning?"
Miao Qi's face grew paler and paler as she listened; her heart pounded and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.
How could this be? The evil god clearly said that he would remain young forever and never die!
Jingwu looked at her as if she had been struck by lightning, and a ripple of emotion flashed through his heart.
She was about to say something more when she noticed that the barrier above her head was loosening.
The next second, a slight sound was heard.
The black array cracked open and then quickly disappeared overhead.
The long-lost blue sky and white clouds came into her view.
Seeing that the barrier had been broken, Jingwu quickly summoned the Ghost Gate.
When the gates of hell opened, she sent Miao Qi and the souls of those who had died tragically into the gates of hell.
Jingwu watched as the unfamiliar ghost messenger flipped through the Book of Life and Death, a hint of doubt flashing through his mind.
What's going on? Did they change the ghost messenger again?
The Black and White Impermanence haven't returned from their vacation yet, have they?
That's so strange!
The next second, the gates of hell closed.
A great deal of merit gathered in the sky above Xiangyun Town, divided into four portions, and flowed into the bodies of the four people.
Jingwu and Yuehuai received the most merit and became extremely wealthy overnight.
Jingwu's mouth was practically stretched to the back of her head in a wide grin. She hadn't expected to accumulate merit this time, and she was beaming with joy.
She discussed it with the people around her and then decided to go back to the capital to settle accounts with Prince Yu.
Unexpectedly, on the way back to Beijing, her heart skipped a beat.
The formation I set up has been broken!
Jingwu's first thought was of his cousin and aunt and uncle, fearing they might be in danger, so he immediately reached out and cast a divination.
After calculating the result, her expression calmed down a bit.
It was the formation that I set up outside Shao Wanyan and her daughter's courtyard that was broken by the evil god. When did these two get involved with the evil god?
A hint of impatience flashed across Jingwu's face. She rubbed her temples, thinking that she would take a look when she returned to the capital. If there was no danger to their lives, she would let the two of them go.
She really didn't want to deal with those two anymore.
The four of them quickly arrived in the capital. Along the way, Jingwu had already converted his merits into cultivation. As long as he successfully transcended the tribulation, he would be able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage!
She had no time to think about anything else and hurriedly returned to the villa to let her cousin know she was safe.
But as soon as I entered, the housekeeper told me that my cousin had already moved out.
"Oh? Where did he move to?"
"Don't worry, young lady. Lord Shao is now a sixth-rank official and a compiler in the Hanlin Academy. His Majesty thinks highly of him and has bestowed upon him a three-courtyard residence. After it was all set up, he moved in."
The butler explained with a smile, "Lord Shao specifically instructed that if you return, please go to the Shao residence. He has already moved all your luggage there."
"Ah." Jingwu exclaimed blankly, then realized that he had been gone for so long that his cousin's official position had been revoked.
She scratched her head, thanked him with a smile, and then went to find her cousin according to the address given by the housekeeper.
Yue Huai really wanted to go with her, but his master and senior brother were still there, and he could only leave after settling the two of them down.
So he stayed, arranged accommodations for the two, and invited the imperial physician to examine their external injuries.
Jingwu walked quickly to his destination and looked up at the two large characters on the side of the door.
The Shao family
A flicker of joy crossed her mind, and she stepped forward, intending to speak to the gatekeeper, when she heard him say with a look of delighted surprise.
"Girl, you're back!"
Jingwu blinked, looking at the person in front of him with some confusion, as he seemed to have never seen him before.
But none of that mattered. She was led inside by the doorman and then saw her cousin hurrying out.
"Awu, you're finally back! You scared me half to death!"
"Cousin, there was a slight mishap on the way, but thankfully it was all alright. I brought you a gift..."
Before Jingwu could finish speaking, a familiar voice came from inside the room.
"Ah Wu!"
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