Yuan Qi recited a spell, and several talismans floated out of the cloth bag, swirling around the black mist.
"Du Haitang, if you don't stop, I won't be polite." A childish voice rang out, seemingly without any threat.
The extremely dense black energy that was fighting against Master Yuanjue was churning and changing, and Du Haitang's image was vaguely visible.
"She wants to starve my son to death! And she wants to make my soul disappear!" Du Haitang roared shrilly, making the room even colder. "Since that's the case, then we might as well all die together!"
Yuan Qi unleashed eight exorcism talismans, forming a simple exorcism array that circled around Du Haitang. Du Haitang's ghostly power was limited, so she could only stop attacking Yuanjue and focus all her efforts on resisting the array.
Yuanjue's spiritual power was about to be exhausted, and he breathed a sigh of relief as soon as he got a chance to catch his breath. If Yuan Qi hadn't come soon, he would definitely have been killed by Du Haitang.
Jiang Juncai also gripped his sword nervously, ready to strike at any moment.
Actually, he did make a move, but every sword strike he unleashed had no effect on the black aura.
It was Yuanjue who sent him to invite Yuanqi.
The malevolent aura that even Yuanjue couldn't handle was dealt with by Yuan Qi with surprising ease. Jiang Juncai couldn't help but admire Yuan Qi. Fortunately, he didn't throw away his protective talisman like his mother and two younger sisters, otherwise he wouldn't have fared much better.
He subconsciously took out the amulet and saw that the cinnabar had faded and the color of the amulet had become very light.
The amulet shielded him from the attack of the evil energy.
The younger sister treated him so sincerely, yet he still tried to harm her. As the commander of the Imperial Guard, he actually attacked a young girl. It's truly shameful.
"Seventh sister, come quickly and look at Mother, she seems to be dying."
Yuan Qi looked over and saw that the malevolent aura over there seemed to have become even more rampant, and Xiangli Mingzhu's tongue was sticking out long because it was being strangled.
She shot out a golden light, and the evil aura immediately left Xiangli Mingzhu's body.
Jiang Juncai was even more impressed when he saw it. Such power could be achieved with a casual move. He ran over to check on Xiangli Mingzhu and found that she could breathe again and the bruises on her face were gradually fading.
The malevolent energy attacked Yuan Qi. Yuan Qi could clearly see that this malevolent energy was no less aggressive than Du Haitang's. It was composed of more than a dozen infant spirits, the children who were killed by Xiangli Mingzhu back then.
"Xiangli Mingzhu has her own karma for killing you, but if you kill her, you will also suffer the burning of hellfire in the underworld and may not be able to be reborn as humans."
Upon hearing this, the infant spirits immediately stopped their attack.
Du Haitang's ghostly power was greatly depleted, and she was no longer able to resist Yuan Qi's formation. The black aura around her receded considerably, revealing her appearance before her death: "Why? She killed so many people, yet she is still alive. What did we do wrong? Should we die?"
She pointed to the dozen or so infant spirits: "Do you see them? They were all children killed by Xiangli Mingzhu. They should have been born safely, but Xiangli Mingzhu said that she was not worthy to bear children for the Marquis, so these children had to die."
Jiang Juncai looked at the infant spirits of varying sizes. The smallest appeared to be only one or two years old, without even a clear face, indicating that they had been aborted when they were very young in the womb. The oldest among them was only about ten years old. Judging from the malevolent aura emanating from them, they had all lingered in the world for a long time.
Jiang Juncai had roughly figured out that these tiny, faceless infant spirits were his younger brothers and sisters who should have been born safely.
Over the years since my mother married into the Jiang family, she has been forcing the concubines in the Chun Guang Courtyard to drink abortion medicine, which has led to the current uncontrollable situation.
The saying "what goes around comes around" is absolutely true.
Jiang Jun stepped forward and said, “Aunt Du, younger brothers and sisters, I know my mother did wrong. I apologize to you on her behalf. I will recite the Rebirth Sutra for you and burn gold ingots for you. I only ask that you let my mother go. She knows she was wrong and will never harm the innocent again.”
It would have been better if Jiang Juncai hadn't said anything. His words only made Du Haitang and the infant spirits even angrier. The infant spirits that were too young to speak could only bar their teeth and claws at Jiang Juncai, revealing their terrifying fangs.
Du Haitang was different: "Young Master, you know they are your brothers. Why is it that you, as the legitimate son, can be born safely and grow up in a wealthy family, while they are destined to die in the womb and wander in this dark world for many years? This is not fair! Xiangli Mingzhu must die!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she led the infant spirits to rush towards Xiangli Mingzhu again.
Yuan Qi unleashed a talisman, blocking the path of Du Haitang and the infant spirits.
Yuanjue chanted scriptures to reduce the malevolence of Du Haitang and the infant spirits.
Du Haitang and the infant spirits were injured by the magic of the talisman, and their ghostly power weakened further. The ghosts then floated to Yuan Qi's side to distinguish right from wrong.
Du Haitang said, "Master, why is she alive and well after killing so many of us? We have never done anything wrong, yet we have suffered at her hands?"
Yuan Qi also felt great sympathy for them.
"She will have her own retribution. When she dies and enters the underworld, Yama will settle all the scores with her. At that time, whether it is the karmic fire of the red lotus or the mountain of knives and the boiling oil cauldron, she will suffer it all. But if you settle the scores in advance, it will ruin your next life and prevent you from being reborn as a human."
Du Haitang still looked unwilling: "Really? Will Yama really settle scores with her?"
"Don't worry, she will." Yuan Qi said very seriously, "The Book of Fate in the Nine Nether Hell records in detail everything she has done."
Du Haitang is a new ghost and doesn't know about the Nine Nether Hells.
But the oldest of the infant spirits has been wandering the world for more than twenty years. Although he looks like a ghost of about ten years old, he is actually more than twenty years old.
He had heard other ghosts talk about the underworld and the Nine Nether Hells.
“Aunt Du, the Celestial Master didn’t lie to us. I’ve heard other ghosts say the same thing.”
Upon hearing this, the ghosts' malevolence diminished considerably.
The largest ghost walked towards Li Guiqie, its eyes filled with sorrow and reluctance.
Concubine Li was so frightened that she tightly gripped her two sons' hands and asked in terror, "I have no grudge against you, don't come any closer! I will burn gold ingots for you, I will burn whatever you want for you, don't come any closer!"
He slowly knelt before Consort Li: "Mother, I am your first child, do you still remember me?"
Concubine Li was struck dumb, frozen in place, staring intently at the little devil before her: "What...what did you say?"
"I was your first child. I died of miscarriage when you were six months pregnant. Mother, do you remember me?" The little boy became more and more sorrowful as he spoke, and he even started to shed tears.
Concubine Li nodded listlessly, her body almost unable to support her weight. She leaned against Jiang Junjing, tears streaming silently down her face. "You were already formed when you fell, how could I not remember? Child, have you been by my side all these years?"
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