Chapter 205 I Want to Live
The peach tree, which was still brimming with vitality the previous second, withered instantly under the shining light.
Shi Ming cried out in grief, but when his tears were about to fall, he looked dazed.
I saw the dry and withered branches detached from the trunk, and were wrapped in light as they fell, and turned into a human figure when they landed.
As the branches and leaves merged with the light, countless familiar faces appeared.
Until finally, the bare tree trunk cracked in two, and two men walked out from the middle. The younger one opened his eyes, looked around, and asked.
"Where's my brother? Why are you the only one here?"
Shi Ning's tone was flat, as if asking what he wanted for lunch, but her expression was as cold as that of all the other villagers around her. Appearing with her was the eldest sister of the Shi family, who had lost her son, and she didn't even bother to glance at Shi Ming.
"Shi, Shi Ning... How could this happen? Why? No, this is impossible!"
Watching the villagers who died at his hands appear one after another, Shi Ming kept backing away, his pink clothes disheveled, his eyes full of panic.
"You're meeting an acquaintance, and you don't even say hello?" Qin Qinsen sneered. "What are you afraid of? You're a great demon in the world. Even if you neglect your cultivation, you can still capture the kindhearted man who gave you your beloved brother as a body and trap me here, leaving me helpless."
"What a pity! You were so obsessed with love that you didn't know how to repair your lost body. You knew you had left a root but didn't deal with it. Instead, it gave the souls of those you killed a place to rest."
The villagers bowed in the direction of Qin Qinsen and continued to stare at Shi Ming.
"What are you afraid of? You showed no mercy when you killed Hu Zi." The thin figure in the eldest sister of the Shi family was no longer in her arms. She stood side by side with her husband, staring at the culprit who was sitting on the ground and brought them disaster.
"And Erya, she loves to play with handsome brothers the most. Have you seen her..."
"My mother even praised you, saying that you are clever and skillful. You will definitely love your wife in the future, right?"
"Come on, come and play with us. Whoever bleeds out first loses, hehe."
Innocent, resentful, and calm voices surrounded Shi Ming. Regardless of the tone, the villagers' expressions remained calm, as if the man lying on the ground had nothing to do with the accusations they were making.
Teng Su was very confused. "He's not a peach tree demon? Why is he sitting on the ground?"
Which monster is so cowardly? Show the same energy that trapped these two here.
"You're probably feeling guilty because you're in love." Qin Qinsen shrugged and looked at Shi Ning, who was standing aside and not joining the accusation. "He didn't kill you."
Shi Ning raised the corner of her lips and shook her head, "No, it's my brother."
He was the biological brother who smiled and bought lip balm for her, brought her delicious cakes, and said he would protect her all her life.
With a sickle, he slit her throat.
Just because his lover who had become a spirit needed the blood of an innocent girl, he raised the weapon against his own sister.
Hearing this, Qin Qinsen and Teng Su frowned - another madman.
At this moment, Shi Ming, who was originally so nervous that he couldn't move, finally remembered that he was a demon. He swung a whip from the ground, trying to disperse the wronged souls surrounding him.
"Get out! If you don't care about yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. I just want to survive. I'm not wrong!"
The whip hit the wronged soul, but it did not bring out screams of pain, but rather laughter that gradually grew louder.
"Hahahaha, does it hurt? Does it hurt?"
"This body is made of your branches."
"I am you, and you are me..."
"If we die, you won't be able to survive alone, hahahahaha!"
The more serious the villagers' injuries, the happier they were. When the whip pierced their bodies, they laughed loudly and clapped their hands in cheers. Because Shi Ming had the same wounds as them, they were already dead and had no blood, but Shi Ming was different.
"No, cough cough cough, no, how could this happen... No..."
He swung the blade again, unwilling to believe in evil. A little girl laughed and took the initiative to come forward, making a hug gesture, allowing the blade to cut a hole in her young body.
The girl was jumping happily, and her body was cut into two parts at an angle, with only a piece of skin and flesh on her abdomen.
"Puff--" Shi Ming spat out blood in horror, watching the little girl jumping and laughing in front of him. The wound could not cause her any harm at all, but Shi Ming had to bear it all by himself.
"We share the same roots and the same blood." Qin Qinsen did not make any other moves, but just watched this farce with Teng Su. "The wronged souls are seeking revenge, and retribution will come. Shi Ming, this is just the beginning."
"No, don't... I just want to survive, what have I done wrong? Ah Su is just helping me, we are not wrong, not at all!"
"Alive? You abandoned your remaining roots, cutting off the possibility of rebuilding your body. Using your blood to nourish your body, which was already dead beyond death in the thunder tribulation, is only a temporary solution, not a cure for the root cause. You've also incurred the debt of murder. And dragging Shi Su into this, you've made one mistake after another. Since you met, you haven't done anything right."
Qin Qinsen tossed Wuliangqiu up and down and came in front of Shi Ming, looking down at him.
"You had a million paths to choose from, yet you chose the most sinister one."
Some of the villagers were filled with resentment, some punching themselves, some digging their hands into their wounds and stirring them. The effects of these actions were all reflected on Shi Ming.
Blood continued to gush out of Shi Ming's mouth and nose. "No, it was Shi Su who saved me. I wouldn't have survived without him."
"He just brought the peach tree home and did nothing else. My sister and I planted the tree, watered it, and we found all the suitable soil and fertilizer. Shi Ming, you are blind." Shi Ning squatted down and looked at him seriously. "Shi Su only knows how to read. How can he understand how to plant a tree?"
The eldest sister of the Shi family came to Shi Ning's side, her eyes bloodshot, her hatred only growing, "How did you survive? Why don't you just die?"
At first, the two of them were planting trees and watering them because Shi Su had urged them to do so, and he insisted that it was no big deal to give it a try.
But even with such ordinary countryside care, the peach tree actually grew new leaves. Although the leaves fell off the branches and died before they could grow up, this little sign gave Shi Su hope. He began to read and chat with the peach tree every day, and almost slept under the tree.
After a few years in the Shi family, Shi Ming finally accumulated enough energy, transformed into a human form, and settled down in the Shi family.
From that day on, there was no peace in the village.
"We don't care whether you and Shi Su are in love or not. We just want to know why you killed someone."
The village chief was leaning on a cane, just as he had been when they first met. But now he was no longer as kind as before, his face was cold and his eyes were filled with anger.
Shi Ming lowered his head, was silent for a moment, and then said softly:
“…I want to live…”
"Do they just want to die?"
Shi Ming's answer drew scorn from the crowd, and Wuliangqiu responded, transforming into a cage that trapped Shi Ming tightly. The cage was inscribed with a golden spell, completely separating him from the Shi sisters.
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