Ning Shi then understood the purpose of Jiang Shumiao's "exorbitant demands." Unfortunately, her good deed not only protected her eldest daughter but also became a shield for her youngest daughter's misdeeds.
She wiped away her tears and said, "Thank you for saving me, Princess. I am deeply grateful and have no way to repay you. I will do good deeds and accumulate merits for the rest of my life to atone for my daughter's sins."
Instead of being grateful for her motherly kindness, Zhuang Xiuyan harbored even greater hatred.
Because she knew that the dealer was going to abandon her.
Including her mother.
“What sins are you atoning for? I’m innocent!” Her hatred was directed at everyone indiscriminately. “It’s all your fault! You’re biased! They’re all your daughters, but you only have eyes for her. She was born ugly, who knows what evil she did in her past life, and she deserves to suffer in this life.”
She glared fiercely at Zhuang Xiyan, and Cheng Jinyi's protection only fueled her hatred.
"Why don't you just die? Since living is so painful, knowing you're disliked and causing my mother so much suffering, why don't you just die? If you died, everyone would be free. Why don't you just die?! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this situation. It's all your fault! You're the one who's afraid of death, you're the one who's hypocritical and selfish, what right do you have to stand here and judge me?"
Madam Ning was so angry that she trembled all over. She pointed at her for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.
Zhuang Xiyan remained calm.
Jiang Shumiao, who was about to leave, paused and said earnestly, "In her past life, she was injured by a Taoist priest while saving a demon, and her soul was burned, leaving a birthmark. Her suffering for the first fifteen years was all due to her good intentions leading to bad outcomes, and the same applies to her being schemed against by evil forces in this life. Now that the calamity has passed, she will enjoy peace and prosperity for the rest of her life. As for you…"
Jiang Shumiao paused for a moment, then slowly said, "You are the demon she saved."
Zhuang Xiuyan's roar stopped abruptly, and she stared at her in disbelief.
Everyone was stunned.
Jiang Shumiao calmly said, "In your previous life, you were a conch shell. Just as you were about to transform, you were swept ashore by the waves and rescued by a fisherwoman. To repay her kindness, you gave her many pearls. The pearls were exchanged for silver, which attracted the attention of the villagers and also drew the attention of the Taoist priest. She lost her life to save you. You were lucky enough to escape, but you were killed by the oyster spirit in revenge."
Pearls are extracted from oysters. The conch, in gratitude, allowed the fisherwoman to harvest pearls, which naturally killed many oysters.
Everything is a matter of cause and effect.
The fisherwoman saved the conch spirit twice, but she herself met a bad end. Perhaps wanting to repay the kindness, the conch spirit was reincarnated and became the fisherwoman's sister.
Unfortunately, the two sisters have vastly different circumstances.
Human nature is to seek advantage and avoid harm.
All I can say is, it's a tragic fate.
After Jiang Shumiao finished speaking, she left.
After returning home, she unexpectedly encountered Fengdu.
"I didn't come looking for you, what are you doing here?"
Fengdu sat down and drank tea naturally. "Of the two evil spirits you sent today, the ghost cultivator's memory is flawed, as if a part of it has been erased."
Jiang Shumiao nodded, "I searched his soul before, and the person who taught him to devour the souls of the dead to cultivate does not exist. He should not be a Taoist priest from the mortal world."
Feng Du readily agreed, "He is a god."
Jiang Shumiao remained silent.
First they allowed the great demon to wreak havoc on the human world, and now they've set their sights on the souls of the dead.
It's obvious they're going against Fengdu.
Or rather, it's a disguised form of suppression.
I wouldn't even consider anyone else but the one in heaven.
"I've been investigating the mole within the underworld for some time now."
Fengdu said in a deep voice, "The divine realm should have already noticed your resurrection. Fortunately, your name is not in the Book of Life and Death, so they do not know your whereabouts for the time being."
"Sooner or later."
Jiang Shumiao understood perfectly, “The Underworld controls the life and death of mortals, but the path of a person’s life is written by the Star Lord of Fate, so as to maintain the balance of the three realms of Heaven, Earth and Man. But because of my birth, the fate of many people has been changed. But it is precisely because my name is not on the Book of Life and Death or the Book of Fate that they have no suspicions.”
But Bai Zhu's death was enough to serve as a wake-up call for the Heavenly Emperor.
There is absolutely no need for investigation.
Able to kill ancient demons without any scruples, and protected by the Heavenly Dao, there is no one else in heaven and earth but Jiang Shumiao.
Fengdu said, "It seems that the Heavenly Emperor intends to start from the mortal realm."
Everyone knows that the Azure Lotus Saint Venerable Jiang Shumiao has the greatest fondness for mortals.
The entire human world is her weakness.
The Heavenly Emperor is different; if mortals cannot wholeheartedly respect him as the ruler of the divine realm, then there is no need for them to exist.
Jiang Shumiao stared blankly for a long time, then suddenly said, "The Heavenly Emperor went through more than a thousand tribulations and cultivated for hundreds of millions of years before being revered as the ruler of the God Realm. How come, once he gained power, he forgot his original intention of cultivation and became like a mortal, greedy for power and even disregarding human life?"
Fengdu thought for a moment and said, "Two tigers cannot share one mountain."
Jiang Shumiao looked at him, her gaze unfathomable.
"Are you referring to me, or the goddess Nuwa?"
Fengdu answered very directly, "Yes, we have both."
One is the Mother Earth, and the other is the God of Chaos.
Both were beings he feared.
Jiang Shumiao, in particular, is unreasonable and once she starts fighting, it never ends, and the worst part is that no one can beat her.
How could the Heavenly Emperor tolerate such a disobedient and excessively powerful person?
Jiang Shumiao remained silent for a long time.
Fengdu looked at her. Although this ancestor had lived for a very long time, she really didn't have much of a mind.
“I checked the Book of Life and Death, and there are still quite a few wandering souls in the mortal world, so it is not convenient for me to travel around in the human world often.”
"I will clean it up."
Jiang Shumiao's voice was muffled.
Fengdu didn't say anything more.
They came quietly, and they left quietly.
Soon, news came from the Zhuang family.
Zhuang Liu, a young woman, contracted a terrible disease and died.
It's not unusual for people to get sick because they eat grains and other foods.
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