Chapter 426 The Friend Who Stole Another Man's Wife's Money
Li Zhen's rented place was in a small alley. It was dinnertime, and there were hardly any people on the street.
Although the moonlight was bright, the long street was silent, and it was not impossible that a master would suddenly appear to ambush them.
Li Zhen walked cautiously the whole way, never letting up the strength in his grip on the long sword.
But nothing happened until he entered the house.
He shook his head with a wry smile.
Knowing that only one in ten thousand people would risk their lives to enter the Dao, and that he wouldn't be so lucky as to meet one, how could he actually believe the girl's words?
That girl was clearly a poor person who couldn't even afford tens of thousands of spirit stones.
If someone were truly a highly accomplished person who had risked their life to attain enlightenment, they couldn't possibly be this poor.
It's important to know that at its peak, everyone in the Tianji Sect carried a fortune.
He didn't go inside; he stood outside and closed the door.
Just as he was about to put the long sword away, he heard a faint sound.
It sounded like a heavy object falling to the ground.
Moreover, the sound seemed to be coming from the courtyard.
Li Zhen's heart jumped again.
He held his breath and listened intently.
Then, they heard a series of deliberately light footsteps.
Li Zhen was at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm. This strength wasn't considered high in Shoushi City, but it wasn't low among the lower classes either. At least, none of his friends were as strong as him.
He could tell the footsteps because the other person was not as strong as him, but his wife might not be able to tell.
Moreover, although the footsteps were deliberately lightened, it was clear that it was a man's.
man?
He remembered what the girl had said.
The man wouldn't let him leave the house, but he didn't say why.
Could it be that the real reason isn't that he'll be in danger, but that he's already been cuckolded?
He decided to wait and see for a while.
Then, he heard his wife's panicked voice: "Liu Dechang, what are you doing here?"
Liu Dechang?
Li Zhen was taken aback.
Liu Dechang was his good brother, and they often got together to eat and drink in their spare time.
Most importantly, it was Liu Dechang who notified him to go drinking today.
The sounds from inside the courtyard continued.
Liu Dechang chuckled strangely twice and said, "Sister-in-law, I've come to see you."
Li Zhen's wife was filled with suspicion and asked, "What do you want with me? We're not even acquainted. Besides, why can't you just come in through the door openly instead of jumping over the wall?"
Liu Dechang rubbed his hands together: "Sister-in-law, the reason I jumped over the wall to come in is because what I'm about to do is something I don't want anyone to know. Sister-in-law, I liked you the first time I saw you, and I've thought about you for years. I know you're interested in me too."
Li Zhen's wife was both ashamed and angry: "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever have feelings for you?"
Liu Dechang retorted confidently, "That day when I came to see Brother Li, didn't you smile at me? If you weren't interested in me, why would you smile at me in front of Brother Li? You were trying to seduce me!"
Li Zhen's wife was so angry that her breathing became rapid: "When did I smile at you? The reason I smiled was because what you were saying was funny, it had nothing to do with you!"
"It's okay. Even if you don't like me now, it's okay. Once you experience the happiness I bring you, you won't be able to leave me."
Li Zhen couldn't stand it anymore and kicked open the courtyard gate.
That night, Shoushi City gained another eunuch whose manhood had been removed.
Li Zhen threw Liu Dechang, whose third leg had been crippled, onto the street and said coldly, "Don't let me see you again, or I'll beat you every time I see you!"
He was incredibly grateful that he had returned.
Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
He finally understood why the girl had asked him to carry something for self-defense.
According to Liu Dechang's confession, if Li Zhen did not keep the appointment tonight, that guy would take advantage of the darkness to climb over the wall and rape Li Zhen while he was asleep, and then molest Li Zhen's wife next to the corpse.
As for why he was so ruthless and insane...
His wife abandoned him because she thought he was poor and lacked ability.
Among a group of friends, Li Zhen is the only one who is highly capable, has a respectable job, and a beautiful wife—a truly fortunate man.
He was insanely jealous of Li Zhen.
Especially in the last few days, Liu Dechang lost a large sum of money at the casino and is almost driven to his death by debt collectors.
Li Zhen, however, had accumulated a considerable amount of savings because of her work at the talisman shop.
Liu Dechang wanted to kill him and then seize his wife and money.
If Li Zhen went to the appointment, Liu Dechang would first jump in, rape and kill Li Zhen's wife, then lie in ambush, and when Li Zhen returned from drinking, kill her with a single blow when he was off guard.
If killing were not prohibited in Shouseok City, Li Zhen would never have let Liu Dechang go.
Upon learning of Liu Dechang's plan, Li Zhen broke out in a cold sweat.
He was even more grateful to that mysterious girl.
Unfortunately, he didn't ask the girl's name or address at the time, otherwise he would have personally gone to thank her.
Yu Zhiyi was unaware of Li Zhen's thoughts. The sentence she uttered was Li Zhen's way of repaying her for letting her see the talisman.
The cause and effect have been resolved.
Whether Li Zhen would listen or not was not her concern.
According to the timeline of fate she saw regarding Lee Jin, he would be tricked into going out for drinks by his friends tonight.
That friend actually harbored ulterior motives. After Li Zhen left, he raped and killed his wife, and then killed their three-year-old child.
Then he cleaned up the scene and hid on the bed.
Li Zhen returned home after drinking, never expecting that a deadly trap was lurking in his bed. As soon as he lifted the curtain, he saw the flashing light of a knife.
Li Zhen's reaction speed was quite good, and he avoided a fatal attack at the critical moment. Unfortunately, he was unarmed, while his opponent was prepared. By the time he took out his weapon from his spatial talisman, it was too late.
In the end, Li Zhen was hacked to death in his bedroom.
As he fell to the ground, he saw his wife and child hidden under the bed.
He died with resentment.
Suddenly, her expression changed.
Three strands of golden light of merit simultaneously entered her body. Yu Zhiyi was surprised to find that these three strands of golden light were more than ten times thicker than the golden light of merit she had obtained in the mortal world.
"Could it be that the merit gained from saving someone from a hidden realm is greater than that from saving an ordinary person?"
In any case, Li Zhen and his family of three were saved, so it seems that Li Zhen listened to advice.
Yu Zhiyi set up an isolation barrier in the room and prepared cinnabar and talisman paper.
Sitting at the table, she carefully recalled the two talismans she had seen that day.
First is the Blue Lightning Rune.
This is the one she's most confident about.
With her eyes closed and all distracting thoughts cleared, Yu Zhiyi took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes, they were clear and sparkling with a faint golden light.
She picked up her pen, held her breath, and quietly began to write.
Completed in one go.
With a flash of blue light, the talisman was complete.
Yu Zhiyi's face lit up with joy.
However, before she could feel happy, she felt dizzy.
She then discovered that her golden core had turned transparent and was dull and lifeless.
No wonder I feel so unwell.
Yu Zhiyi used her last breath to return to bed. Although she felt a little uncomfortable due to her weakness, she was very happy.
With the Blue Lightning Talisman, she was no longer afraid of encountering experts at the late Golden Core stage or even the peak Golden Core stage.
As for the Purple Thunder Talisman...
A single Blue Lightning Talisman would drain all her spiritual power, so the consumption of a Purple Lightning Talisman would definitely be even higher.
"wrong."
Yu Zhiyi frowned and pondered as she looked at the Blue Lightning Talisman in her hand.
After she returned, she took some time to read a few books she had found at Shoushi Bookstore. The books contained information about some advanced talisman masters whose cultivation levels were not very high.
For example, the Heavenly Sound Fairy, who was known as a prodigy a hundred years ago, was only at the Foundation Establishment stage when she refined high-level talismans.
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