Chapter 222 Helping them find relief
Yu Zhiyi walked towards Xiahou Li step by step: "To be able to cultivate to the peak of the Qi Refining Realm with the aptitude of an ordinary person, you can be considered to have great talent and profound opportunities, it's a pity..."
"What's there to regret?!"
Xiahou Li tried everything she could but couldn't break through the invisible barrier in front of her, and she knew she was doomed.
This disciple of the orthodox Taoist sect was more troublesome than she had imagined.
Moreover, the other party must possess some powerful magical artifact.
Intense hatred and jealousy erupted in her cloudy eyes: "What do you, a disciple of the orthodox Taoist sect born with a silver spoon in your mouth, know? You have a master to teach you the way, guide you, and answer your questions when you cultivate, and the elders of the sect protect you when you go down the mountain to train. You also have magical artifacts given to you by the sect. You can easily obtain everything that I need to spend countless efforts to get."
"As for me, I was sentenced to death simply because that Taoist priest said I had no spiritual or wisdom roots. I was unable to enter the orthodox Taoist sect. If I hadn't been lucky enough, I would have been like those women in the village, getting married at thirteen or fourteen, having a bunch of children before I was twenty, and being sucked dry by my children, husband, and in-laws every day. I would have aged like an old woman at a young age!"
“That Taoist priest said I had no spiritual roots, so I cultivated them to show him! Later…” she revealed a cruel smile: “I killed him.”
She laughed loudly, her rough voice like a broken windmill spinning rapidly in a fierce wind.
“You say I killed my sister, but if I hadn’t killed her, she would have been like my mother, trapped in the children, the stove, and that dilapidated yard for the rest of her life, working like a slave from dawn till dusk.”
"I'm helping her!"
Yu Zhiyi had no extra emotions.
Selfish people like this never think they are wrong; they only think that if anything bad happens to them, it is always someone else's fault.
She had seen this kind of behavior—blaming others for all the mistakes—countless times in her past and present lives, and it didn't stir any emotion in her at all.
She simply stated the facts slowly: "You were born into a family that favored sons over daughters. You and your sister were simply born as a result of your parents' efforts to have a son."
“After your younger brother is born, you will become tools to serve him like cattle and horses. When you stay at home, you will take care of your parents and serve your younger brother. When you get married, you will earn a lot of money for your younger brother. Even after you get married, you will have to find ways to get some benefits for your younger brother from your husband’s family.”
“Your sister is three years older than you. In the whole family, she is the one who cares about you the most. She is already very tired from working in the fields, doing laundry and cooking every day, but she still drags her tired body to help you because she is worried that you can’t handle it.”
"That day, she saw you come home crying. After asking you, she learned that you wanted to cultivate immortality but were rejected. So she took the few dozen coins she had painstakingly saved and went to find that cultivator. She knelt in front of him and begged him to take you away."
"She not only hopes that her most beloved little sister can get what she wants, but also hopes that you can leave that suffocating swamp."
Xiahou Li's expression froze for a moment.
A hundred years have passed, and she doesn't remember many things from back then. She only remembers that her sister was indeed very good to her and was the best person in the world to her.
Her eyes gradually turned crazed: "Since she's so good to me, what's wrong with her sacrificing her life for my cultivation path?"
"Stubborn to the end!" Yu Zhiyi sneered, "I've seen plenty of heartless people, but someone as selfish and self-serving as you, worse than an animal, is truly one of a kind."
"I just feel sorry for your sister. She gave up a bright future for you, but in the end, she was betrayed and killed by the person she loved most, and her life was taken from her bones."
Xiahou Li frowned: "What broad road? She's just an ordinary peasant girl, what broad road could she possibly have?"
Yu Zhiyi looked at her indifferently: "She has spiritual roots. When she went to plead for you back then, she caught the eye of that cultivator. The cultivator wanted to take her away, but she was worried that you would not live well after she left, so she refused."
"She stayed for you, but you sacrificed her life."
"A person like you, even if you have the chance to be reincarnated in the future, will never meet someone who truly cares for you again. Everyone you meet will only want to use and humiliate you."
Xiahou Li didn't care about so-called blood ties or friends, but hearing these words still stung: "How dare you curse me!"
Yu Zhiyi didn't care: "Just consider it a curse."
"It's almost time. It's time to end all of this."
With a flick of her wrist, a talisman appeared between her two fingers.
Xiahou Li was initially confused, but after a moment, her expression changed drastically: "You're stalling for time!"
Yu Zhiyi did not deny it: "How can we rescue Officer Song if we don't buy time?"
When Constable Song came to her side that day, she felt something was wrong with him, but for some reason, she couldn't sense any yin energy on him.
Later, she successfully broke through and first secretly sneaked into the side of Constable Song. This time, she finally sensed a faint trace of yin energy.
Moreover, she could sense that the source of the yin energy was on the scabbard of Constable Song's sword.
In order not to alert the enemy, she did not act rashly at the time, but planned to wait until the person behind the scenes appeared, and at the same time have the people from Dali Temple go to Constable Song to seal the object.
The scabbard had been secretly replaced; it wasn't an ordinary scabbard, but rather an object resembling a fox paperweight from the Prince of Peace's mansion, capable of harboring evil spirits and demons.
Yu Zhiyi had not been able to find the souls of the deceased pregnant women. At first, she thought that the pregnant women had been turned to ashes by the female evil cultivator. It wasn't until she saw the scabbard that she realized that the evil spirits were hidden inside the scabbard.
The scabbard is sealed with the female evil cultivator's soul. Once she touches the scabbard, the female evil cultivator will know and order the vengeful ghosts hidden inside to come out and attack her.
Yu Zhiyi wasn't afraid of being attacked, but she was worried that something might happen to the innocent Constable Song.
Therefore, she personally appeared to attract the female evil cultivator's attention, while having the people from Dali Temple go to Constable Song's house to control him. Then, she used the talisman she gave him to stick on the scabbard, sealing the evil spirits inside and preventing them from coming out and causing trouble.
After doing all this, the female evil cultivator realized she had fallen into a trap, but it was too late.
Without those vengeful ghosts, she wouldn't be able to use ordinary people to restrain Yu Zhiyi.
“I have always held life in awe, and I prefer to hand over criminals to the law for punishment. But evil practitioners like you two, who are so wicked... should not be allowed to remain in the world and pollute the environment.”
With a flick of her finger, the talisman flew into the air.
Xiahou Li let out a scream in her rough voice, clearly furious: "You bitch, do you think you can kill me without your sect elders protecting you?"
"Very well, your tender body is perfect for prolonging my life..."
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