Chapter 257 Alarmist
After leaving the courtyard, Huo Qinghuang walked slowly along the way, lost in thought.
What happened today made her realize even more clearly that the rules of this world had changed to a critical moment.
The world seems peaceful, but in fact there are undercurrents.
Whether they are cultivators or demons, they are all struggling to survive under the changing rules of heaven and earth.
And if she wants to restore her soul to its original state before the great change comes, she must acquire more merits.
"I wonder how much merit I can gain from this experience today?"
Huo Qinghuang looked up at the sky, with anticipation in her heart.
However, after waiting for a long time, the sky remained as calm as usual, with no sign of any merit being bestowed.
She frowned slightly, feeling a little confused.
"Could it be that what happened today did not meet the approval of Heaven?"
She whispered to herself, feeling somewhat disappointed.
However, Huo Qinghuang is not someone who is easily shaken.
She repeatedly thought about her confrontation with Tushan Yuhua and how it was ultimately handled, and believed that nothing had gone wrong.
I guess something went wrong somewhere else.
After a while, she finally remembered something and slapped her thigh: "I was wondering why there was no merit left, it turns out I haven't paid yet!"
Her coming to reinforce the seal was the result, but Zhang Daqiang inviting her to exorcise the ghost was the cause.
Cause and effect, there is a cause for every effect.
If I ask her to exorcise ghosts but don't pay her, will the Heaven think that she is working for nothing voluntarily and therefore not give her merit?
Thinking of this, Huo Qinghuang's eyebrows suddenly raised, and she angrily chased in the direction Zhang Daqiang left.
At the village committee, Zhang Daqiang stared blankly at his dead mother. He felt as if struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.
The surrounding villagers were also in an uproar and talked a lot.
"How come such a good person is gone?"
"Yeah, he seemed fine this morning, how come he suddenly..."
Zhang Daqiang's eyes instantly turned red. He knelt down in front of my mother with a plop, hugged her body tightly with both hands, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Mom! Mom, wake up! Why did you leave like this..."
At this moment, Huo Qinghuang rushed to the village committee in anger.
She immediately spotted Zhang Daqiang kneeling on the ground in grief, and quickly walked up to him, shouting, "Zhang Daqiang, why don't you pay me? Are you trying to default on your debt?"
When Zhang Daqiang heard the voice, he slowly turned his head, his eyes were empty, as if they had no focus.
His lips trembled slightly, and after a long while he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "My mother is gone..."
Hearing this, Huo Qinghuang's anger eased a little. He glanced at the old lady's body and said coldly, "Your mother died half a month ago. Isn't it too late to cry now?"
These words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the village committee in an instant.
The surrounding villagers were all shocked and talked about it one after another.
"What? Old Mrs. Zhang died half a month ago? How is this possible?"
"Yes, we saw her sitting in the house eating a few days ago!"
Zhang Daqiang was struck by lightning. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Huo Qinghuang in disbelief.
"You, what did you say? My mother died half a month ago? This is impossible! She was fine this morning!"
Huo Qinghuang looked at him coldly, her tone unchanged: "Your mother passed away half a month ago, but she was worried about your family's situation, so she forced her soul to stay.
The crying sound that occurs every midnight is caused by your mother, just to scare you away."
Hearing this, Zhang Daqiang's face turned pale instantly, his lips trembled and he was unable to speak.
The villagers looked at Huo Qinghuang and then at Zhang Daqiang, not understanding what this meant.
"Little girl, can you explain yourself more clearly? Why did Mrs. Zhang scare her son away? Did Daqiang do something bad?"
"That's right. No normal person would drive their own son away. Daqiang, tell me, did you do something bad?"
The villagers talked a lot and made guesses.
Huo Qinghuang shook his head slightly, his mind slightly moved.
She originally wanted to conceal the existence of Tushan Yuhua, but now it seems that if she does not explain the situation, these villagers will continue to live here ignorantly, and when the seal is broken, they will probably suffer an unexpected disaster.
Could it be that it is because of this that Heaven did not bestow merit?
Huo Qinghuang felt vaguely in his heart that this was the key to why the merits and virtues had not been lost.
Thinking of this, she glanced at everyone and slowly explained, "There is a fox demon sealed under that courtyard. As the seal loosened, the demonic energy of the fox demon leaked out.
Although Old Lady Zhang is dead, as a mother, she noticed something unusual at home and knew that once the fox demon broke the seal, her son and his family would be in danger.
But she was already dead, and she couldn't stop them directly, so she could only scare them with her crying, hoping that they would leave that dangerous place."
When the villagers heard this, they were all shocked.
"Fox demon? How is this possible?!"
"Little girl, our village has always been peaceful. Besides, there are no monsters in this world. Don't talk nonsense!"
"Daqiang, is what she said true?"
Some villagers glared at Huo Qinghuang, thinking that she was exaggerating and ruining the reputation of their village.
Some people also looked at Zhang Daqiang and asked whether the matter was true or not.
Zhang Daqiang was in tears at this time, feeling very upset: "Mom, I, I didn't know you did so much for me, I thought it was a ghost, and I even invited a Taoist priest..."
At this point, he suddenly looked at Huo Qinghuang, his eyes full of anxiety: "Anchor, is there any way to save my mother?"
Huo Qinghuang shook her head slightly, her expression indifferent: "Her life span has ended, and now her three souls and seven spirits have been scattered, and there is no way to save her.
Her body had already been covered with corpse spots, and her internal organs had already dissolved. Even if her soul had not dispersed, she would not be able to survive. "
When Zhang Daqiang heard this, he collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.
The surrounding villagers looked at each other, thinking that this matter was too mysterious and made them feel creepy.
Even some people who were usually close to the Zhang family didn't dare to come closer.
Who knows whether Old Lady Zhang is dead or not? What if she comes back to life?
Just when everyone was at a loss, Huo Qinghuang said again: "The reason I came here is to remind you that the fox demon will break the seal at any time.
By then, your entire village will be affected. If you want to survive, you'd better move away as soon as possible."
"What? Moving?"
"We have worked hard all our lives and all our assets are here. Where will we live if we move away?"
"Little girl, you are making unfounded claims. Are you exaggerating?"
The villagers were in an uproar, and most of them were skeptical of Huo Qinghuang's words, thinking that she was exaggerating.
After all, monsters only exist in legends, and it is hard to accept that they would easily give up the house they have worked hard to build all their lives.
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