The old Taoist priest suddenly sat cross-legged, made hand seals, and kept chanting incantations.
Fang Ruotang cautiously glanced around, but found nothing unusual. She didn't know what the old Taoist was doing, nor did she have time to ask Xiao Jingzi.
She rushed forward immediately and slashed down with all her might.
Whatever the old Taoist priest wants to do, it can't possibly be a good thing, so we should stop him.
"Oh no, sir! He's trying to melt the blood essence and refine the soul! You must stop him!"
"Wasn't I trying to stop it?"
Fang Ruotang's all-out sword strike did not easily hit the old Taoist this time. As the sword energy passed by, a blood-red halo suddenly appeared on his body.
The old Taoist even took a moment to lift his eyelids and glance at Fang Ruotang with disdain. Then, he tossed a healing pill into his mouth, and the wounds on his body visibly began to heal.
"Young friend, I was just joking with you. You don't really think you can handle me with your meager skills, do you? I advise you to be sensible and get out of here. Otherwise, you and your fellow disciples will all have to stay here and become nourishment for me."
"What arrogance!" Fang Ruotang retorted.
The old Taoist priest arrogantly said, "Don't believe me? Try it!"
"Let's give it a try!"
Fang Ruotang simply couldn't believe it. After all these years of smooth sailing, she would fall into the hands of such an evil cultivator. If that were the case, then God was truly blind.
"I don't believe you'd still be so stubborn even if I chopped you into mincemeat."
The lightning-summoning talisman that Fang Ruotang took out was completely different from Huo Zhige's, posing a threat ten or even a hundred times greater. After all, this was a personal creation that Fang Ruotang had drawn when assisting cultivators in breaking through to the Mahayana stage.
The lightning it attracted was so intense that even a powerful cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage couldn't withstand it, risking death and annihilation. How much more so for someone in the Nascent Soul stage.
Before Fang Ruotang even used the lightning-summoning talisman, the sky began to change; dark, ominous clouds of tribulation clouds rolled in towards them.
The old Taoist priest also sensed the power of the talisman in Fang Ruotang's hand. When he looked up at the sky again, his face turned solemn.
For a heretical cultivator like him, this kind of tribulation cloud is the most frightening thing.
Because every strike is a sure hit, and the enemy will die completely.
"stop."
"Now you're scared? Too late."
Fang Ruotang looked arrogant and raised her hand to detonate the talisman.
The old Taoist priest hurriedly shouted, "If you want the people of the entire county to be buried with me, then just summon thunderclouds. I may or may not die, but they will definitely die."
Fang Ruotang paused in throwing the talisman, then gritted her teeth.
Am I supposed to be controlled by him like this?
She couldn't bear to stand by and watch someone die, but she absolutely couldn't swallow this insult.
This man is utterly wicked; she absolutely cannot let him go. No matter the cost, she will make sure he is killed right here.
Otherwise, there will be more Gudong counties in the future.
Evil cultivators are not those who will stop after only corrupting the people of one county.
Fang Ruotang was so angry that she was practically fuming. At this moment, she was acting differently than usual. Suddenly, she unleashed a burst of spiritual energy at the old Taoist priest with all her might, and the old Taoist priest instantly collapsed to the ground, barely alive.
"Don't let me down."
Fang Ruotang took out the Emperor's Banner, tossed it into the air, stared intently at it, her expression revealing undisguised worry, but it quickly turned to joy.
"It's done!"
[Sir, you're so clever!]
【Nonsense, do you think I'm like you?!】
The Taoist priest in front of him was, to put it bluntly, just a Nascent Soul cultivator at the Great Perfection stage. The reason he was able to cause so much trouble, besides having the support of the formation, was mainly because he was facing a group of ordinary mortals.
But compared to a top-tier magic weapon like the Human Emperor Banner, this Taoist priest was clearly no match.
"you……"
The Taoist priest didn't know what he wanted to say, but before he could speak, he was sucked into the Emperor's Banner.
Since taking in six Nascent Soul stage cultivators last time, Fang Ruotang has not taken in any more cats or dogs into the Human Emperor Banner. These wicked cultivators, when thrown into the shady side, can really make the Human Emperor Banner emit black smoke.
She didn't like it when she saw it.
But Fang Ruotang was still happy to throw them inside to be tortured.
The Taoist priest was easy to deal with, but the people of Gudong County were in a daze when they were first separated from the priest.
After a while, some people gradually came to their senses, their faces filled with terror as they looked around.
Fang Ruotang could sense their emotions within the Emperor's Banner, but she didn't rush to comfort them. Instead, she waited until they remembered everything before speaking.
"I am Fang Ruotang, the sect leader of Tianyi Sect. Tiangang Sect had already joined our sect before this. It was Lu Jiangting, the former sect leader of Tiangang Sect, who learned that you were in danger and asked me to come and help you."
"Fairy, fairy, have you come to save us? Where is this place? Are we dead?"
The old Taoist priest didn't have time to refine these souls, so almost none of them had any missing souls. After staying in Fang Ruotang's Emperor Banner for a while, they all regained consciousness and their memories.
Fang Ruotang waved the Emperor's Banner, releasing everyone.
A group of people lost their physical form, and were so frightened that they swayed, as if their souls were about to float away.
"Don't be afraid, I've already dealt with the old Taoist. Now I've had my sect disciples carry your bodies. Later, I'll cast a spell on each of you to revive you within your own bodies."
"Thank you, fairy. Thank you, fairy."
A cacophony of voices arose, creating a somewhat noisy scene. Fang Ruotang didn't pay much attention, but she happened to see her disciples carrying many people and placing them not far away.
"There is something I need to tell you in advance: this change will have a significant impact on you. It will shorten your lifespan and your health will not be as good as before. I hope you are mentally prepared."
As soon as Fang Ruotang said this, everyone felt like their world had collapsed.
One after another, they couldn't stop wailing.
Fang Ruotang didn't find it annoying, knowing that this was a normal way for people to vent their emotions after receiving bad news.
But fear of death is also in the nature of most people. After the wailing, some people placed their hopes on Fang Ruotang and begged her again and again.
"Fairy, please save me! Please save me! I'm still so young, only twenty, and I haven't even gotten married or had children yet. I don't want to die young."
"Fairy, fairy, please save me! I'm already forty. If I shorten my lifespan any further, won't I only have a few years left to live? I don't want to die, I'm afraid of dying!"
"Waaah... Fairy, please save us!"
Fang Ruotang felt a little helpless. She wanted to help, so she couldn't help but ask the little mirror.
Is there really no other way?
[Actually, it's only because of you that you can bring them back to life, give them a second chance, and let them linger on for a few more years. No one else has that ability.]
The little mirror's answer did not make Fang Ruotang happy.
He noticed Fang Ruotang's dejected mood and racked his brains to come up with ideas.
【Or, Your Excellency could take them all into the Emperor's Banner and create a separate space within it for them to live in. That way, they would not only survive in a different form, but also be able to cultivate.】
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