100. Heavenly Punishment
The gloomy energy surged like waves, and thick gray fog rose. The originally gloomy rainy day seemed more like night.
But the female ghost guarding the tomb did not attack Shang Changheng. She looked towards Qingling in the distance with her dilated eyes. The crying sound from her belly became sharper and sharper, as if she was howling outside her stomach - her eyes, which should have shown no emotion, clearly revealed a vicious resentment and hostility.
——Qingling was suddenly in a trance for a moment.
His palm suddenly felt a burning sensation, and he suddenly woke up. He looked down with lingering fear, and found that the talisman he had been holding in his hand had turned to ashes.
That ghost just attacked him!
Qingling was horrified, it was just a glance, he didn't even realize how the female ghost could do it!
The howling was everywhere, but Qing Ling didn't dare to look at the female ghost anymore. He raised his hand and several talismans appeared out of thin air and surrounded his body. Then he made a hand gesture and the talismans were arranged in a mysterious pattern to form a protective magic circle. However, it was not the golden light of the orthodox inheritance, but an extremely soft white light with a little coolness - it was because Qing Ling could not cultivate the Gangqi.
But the Yin energy can be used by him, and there is no shortage of Yin energy here right now. The Yin energy and evil spirit of the two evil ghosts have covered the area for several miles. Qingling doesn't think he can take part in this confrontation at all - it would be good enough if he can save his life!
When I turned around, I found that Miao Yuan and Zhu Lezhi were in the same situation. One was sitting cross-legged on the ground with Buddha's light shining brightly and scriptures flowing around him, while the other was standing on the Tai Chi diagram with the Yin-Yang fish swimming around. Neither of them went up to join them.
Noticing Qing Ling looking over, Zhu Lezhi said solemnly, "This ghost must not have been like this when she just died. She and Senior Shang might have been deliberately raised as evil spirits."
Qingling felt it was a bit strange.
He thought of the corpse with its head pierced by Duan Sheng in Shang Changheng's tomb, and the talismans on the walls that used to suppress evil spirits. This didn't seem like a way to feed evil spirits. Instead, it was an attempt to cut off Shang Changheng's reincarnation path and let him suffer in the world of the living until he disappeared.
Relatively speaking... this female ghost guarding the tomb seems to be "created", just like him, a corpse-born child with a special fate.
The pregnant young woman had been buried under the tomb for a thousand years. It was a miracle that she did not leave the tomb to kill people everywhere. She did not crawl out until the tomb was dug up - Qingling looked up at Shang Changheng again.
Shang Changheng has already started fighting with the female ghost. He is very methodical when fighting, and the Yin energy is even more changeable under his control. When the female ghost blocked his knife with her bare hands, countless black chains wrapped around her hands. The female ghost is vicious, and Shang Changheng is even more violent than her, but Qingling clearly sees that Shang Changheng seems to only want to trap her instead of killing her directly. Even the female ghost has no intention of getting entangled with Shang Changheng, but is determined to... run towards him.
He seemed to... know this young girl guarding the grave.
But Qingling had never seen her in Shang Changheng's memory.
When he saw Shang Changheng, he was either handling military affairs in the military tent or fighting on the battlefield. Or was this little girl Wei Qingxia's subordinate? There are many female soldiers under Wei Qingxia's command, all of whom are heroines.
In just a few breaths, the two evil ghosts exchanged a few moves without a clear winner. Qingling's mind was already in a state of confusion, but no one noticed that the black clouds were gathering rapidly, until a flash of lightning cut through the mountains shrouded in yin energy, and thunder resounded through heaven and earth. The thunder struck the female ghost who was entangled with Shang Changheng, and even forced Shang Changheng, who was not far away, to retreat to the foot of the mountain. The female ghost let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"ah--!!"
"Die...die...!"
"Damn you all...!"
Qingling was stunned, and the remaining two people were also stunned. They all looked up at the same time. The thick fog and gloomy energy could no longer cover the sky. It seemed that something horrible was brewing in the accumulated black clouds.
——She has killed people.
That female ghost has killed people!
Otherwise, Heaven would not have directly brought down the punishment, and even Shang Changheng was not struck by lightning!
“Heaven, Heaven’s punishment…” Zhu Lezhi’s face turned pale, and she murmured, “This is Heaven’s punishment…”
Heavenly punishment only exists in ancient books. Nowadays, few people have witnessed the real heavenly punishment. It is not the same as a few thunders. Maybe it is bad luck that it is a rainy day today. The terrifying majesty accumulated in the clouds... is definitely not something that humans can contend with.
Thunder exploded in the clouds, and countless lightning flashes hit the mountains with the drizzle. The birth of the female ghost angered the rules and order between heaven and earth.
Zhu Lezhi was just about to turn around to remind Qingling to be careful not to get closer, but when he turned around, the person who was standing there just now was gone.
“He…?” Zhu Lezhi was stunned.
Miao Yuan stretched out her hand and pointed forward, "What about that?"
——Qingling ran towards Shang Changheng.
He walked on the uneven and muddy ground, his mind was blank. There was only the rumbling thunder between heaven and earth, and the figure trapped in the lightning and looking up at the sky. Qingling ran forward desperately and saw Shang Changheng turning around, his face full of surprise and anxiety, which turned into sadness after a moment. He shook his head at Qingling and said something.
Qingling didn't hear clearly, but guessed that he seemed to say "don't come over".
He shouldn't have gone there.
Tianfa wanted to kill the newly born female ghost, but there was no guarantee that Shang Changheng would not be involved... or even him. They should not exist in this world, whether they were evil ghosts or corpse-born children, they were things that should not exist in the world of the living.
Perhaps the punishment from heaven will wipe him out as well.
Saving your life is the most important thing. Qing Ling had said this to himself countless times. But at this moment, he rushed to the center of the heavenly punishment without hesitation. The miserable cries of the female ghost and the baby became insignificant in the rolling thunder. Perhaps the heaven still cared about him as a living person, and no lightning struck him. Although the surroundings were already scorched earth, Qing Ling watched helplessly as a bolt of lightning also fell on Shang Changheng who was unable to dodge.
"Changheng!" Qingling made hand gestures to control the talismans flying towards Shang Changheng. Countless talismans were pieced together to form an umbrella with a pale light. Shang Changheng was trapped in the center of the thunder. He was also trying his best to get close to Qingling. His Yin energy was like thin paper in front of the extremely yang and strong thunder, and would turn into powder in an instant.
From the moment the divine punishment came, Shang Changheng was shrouded in despair. He still had unfulfilled wishes, unresolved causes and effects - and his widow.
But no one can truly understand the deterrent effect of heavenly thunder on evil spirits. Even though Shang Changheng was unwilling, he could do nothing. He was thinking of his weak little wife. His wife had not yet grown into a jade disk that no one dared to covet. If it weren't for him... Qingling might really be cruelly sacrificed and refined into various things by those people.
But he couldn't stop that.
But Qing Ling just rushed over without caring about anything. Shang Changheng was stunned in that split second. He yelled at Qing Ling to stop coming over, but the thin and stubborn boy seemed not to hear him at all. He just rushed over in the thunderous sky.
"Changheng!" Qingling felt a burning light passing by, but he did not stop for a moment. He ran to Shang Changheng with one foot deep and one foot shallow, grabbed his hand, and with his other hand picked up the dragon pendant that symbolized the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, "Come in! I'll take you away!"
Qing Ling was trembling all over, and he grabbed Shang Changheng's hand especially tightly, as if it was a bowstring that would break at any time. He was so afraid of death, but he rushed into the thunderstorm. Shang Changheng wanted to say, "I will protect you and leave first," but there was not enough time to pull them away. He could only return to the Huanlong Pendant. However, it was hard to say whether the heavenly punishment would chase them and strike them again - no one has truly experienced the grand annihilation of the Heavenly Dao.
There was only the little girl who had died while pregnant.
At the very end, Shang Changheng took a look at her. No matter how vicious the evil ghost was, it could not defeat the way of heaven. Her body had become translucent, and two howling screams intertwined together, so faint in the lightning and thunder.
Qing Ling held the Dragon Ring in front of him, and just as he turned around, he almost bumped into the falling lightning, but the next moment, a hot and bright golden light appeared above his head, and at the same time, one Tai Chi diagram after another paved a path for him on the ground -
"Qingling! Come back soon!" Zhu Lezhi shouted hoarsely.
Miao Yuan didn't say anything, but the golden light flashing with scriptures above Qing Ling's head came from his hand.
It was these two who came to the rescue.
The strength of mortals cannot last long in the face of heavenly punishment. Qing Ling did not care too much. He almost heard the sound of the Buddha's light above his head collapsing. He did not dare to stop for a moment and stepped onto the Tai Chi diagram.
Zhu Lezhi was covered in cold sweat and her hands were shaking violently. Every time the thunder fell on the Tai Chi diagram, she trembled. Miao Yuan, who had already stood up next to her, also turned pale. Both of them were soaked, and it was unclear whether it was cold sweat or rain rolling down their faces. No one retreated.
As Qing Ling ran back, Zhu Lezhi said quickly, "I thought you would just let them both die there."
Miao Yuan said coldly: "What a coincidence, I thought you would do that too."
Qingling is such a precious medicine. As long as the news gets out and there is no Shang Changheng to protect him, he will be the target of public criticism and the object of everyone's competition. Whenever such a thing appears, there will definitely be a bloody storm - but Qingling is a living person.
He ran desperately into the thunder to save the evil spirit he loved.
——The first person to take action was actually Zhu Lezhi. The moment her hand gestures changed, Miao Yuan also moved.
Qing Ling ran back in a miserable state, his shoulder was swept by lightning, his skin was already charred under his tattered clothes, even his cheeks were burned, but Qing Ling himself could not feel it anymore, he was just trembling, his hand holding the Ring Dragon Pendant was so tight that it turned bloodless. Zhu Lezhi and Miao Yuan each held up one of Qing Ling's arms and stepped back.
"Hurry up." Zhu Lezhi's voice was also trembling, "Leave here as soon as possible. I don't know how long this heavenly punishment will last. Don't let him find out that there is still a fierce ghost hiding here and chase after us."
Qing Ling took a few deep breaths, and as he retreated, he softly said, "Thank you."
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