The young general at the head of the group, clad in armor and carrying a sword, exuded an imposing aura, standing out majestically against the backdrop of the soldiers behind him.
His gaze fell on the kneeling commoners, and he snorted disdainfully.
Those who pretend to be gods and ghosts, relying on their superior martial arts skills, fool the ignorant masses.
Today, all those inside will be arrested and handed over to the government for processing.
He directed the soldiers to prepare to draw their bows and shoot arrows.
If ordinary people saw this, they would have run far away in fear, not daring to even look back.
But these ignorant people still knelt there and refused to leave.
Some people even tremblingly advised them.
"My lord, there are immortals here. Please don't cause trouble here..."
The young general glanced at the speaker with the contemptuous look he held for ants, then pointed his sword at the group.
"If you do not leave now, you will all be treated as rebels!"
A group of people were extremely anxious. They had just been so frightened that they wanted to leave, but they couldn't leave.
This is the divine power of the immortals. They told them to kneel for an hour, but before the time was up, they couldn't move an inch.
The young general was skeptical, but he gave a wink to the person next to him, who then drew his sword and pressed forward.
With a knife to his neck, Li Dalang was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. Why was I always the one who was unlucky?
His survival instinct made him cry out and beg for mercy. The immortals punished them by making them kneel, but he truly couldn't move an inch.
"Sir, no pressure points were used." The soldier checked the report.
Perhaps they were poisoned.
In short, he would never believe in the existence of immortals without seeing it with his own eyes.
"Release the arrows!"
A group of archers simultaneously fired arrows at Ziyun Temple.
Suddenly, a strange change occurred.
The first batch of arrows miraculously turned around and flew back in the direction they came from.
Several soldiers were caught in the crossfire, their bodies riddled with arrows and bursting into flames, throwing the ranks into disarray.
"Ziyun Temple is a place for quiet cultivation. Anyone who causes trouble will be punished according to the severity of the offense."
A female voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth, its oppressive power of judgment forcing everyone to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, the immortals soared into the sky on clouds.
The young general's pupils contracted sharply. At this moment, how could he dare to doubt that the immortal's claim was false?
There really are immortals in this world!!
The Mo family... ruined me!
Yu Shuang made a grand entrance once again, quickly quelling the unrest and punishing the troublemaking soldiers by making them kneel in front of the gate for a whole day.
From a psychological perspective, forcing people to kneel to train obedience is a better way to manipulate the awe of those below and to solidify the position of those in power.
Otherwise, why would those in positions of power throughout history make their subordinates kneel before them so readily?
When it was time for the people from Xinghua Village and Lijia Village who had come to cause trouble to be punished, they were found to be able to get up.
The two groups of people left this place of trouble, trembling and unsteady.
When they returned to their village, onlookers gathered around to ask what had happened.
Upon learning that the fourth daughter of the Yu family had truly become an immortal, they were filled with sorrow.
Some sighed with regret.
"If only I had taken better care of them from a young age! Maybe they could have even benefited from the immortals' influence."
Some acted as prophets, offering hindsight advice.
"I've always said that the fourth daughter of the Yu family is extraordinary. From the moment she was born, Yu Dashan won money by gambling..."
Now that the Yu family has achieved success, even their chickens and dogs have benefited. Why did this couple come back limping?
I learned from another insider that the immortal wanted to sever all ties with the mortal world and didn't recognize them at all.
The onlookers couldn't help but gloat again. "Serves you right for treating Fourth Sister so badly! Hahaha..."
If they had treated Fourth Sister better, they wouldn't have gotten nothing at all, right?
"Trying to mistake a pearl for a fish eye, serves them right!"
The psychology of fearing his poverty yet also fearing his wealth is vividly portrayed.
They were much relieved to learn that the Yu family hadn't been implicated and suffered the consequences.
Everyone was living a normal, ordinary life, so why should the Yu family be allowed to soar to the top?
In the years that followed, there were always busybodies who would tease Yu Dashan whenever they saw him.
"Yu Dashan, is your fourth daughter some kind of immortal? How come you haven't benefited from it?"
Whenever the immortal of Ziyun Temple is mentioned, Yu Dashan, a man who likes to abuse his wife and children, is dragged out and his corpse is whipped.
Yu Dashan was so ashamed that he didn't dare to appear in crowded places for a long time.
Having learned from Yu Dashan's example, many men have become much kinder to the women in their families.
It's better to be safe than sorry.
The rumor that there were immortals at Ziyun Temple quickly spread throughout the surrounding villages and even the entire Lin'an Prefecture.
The deeds of the immortals were also embellished and passed down by word of mouth among the common people.
People flocked to Ziyun Temple to offer incense, drawn by its reputation.
The prefect's wife and the eldest wife of the Mo family, who held a powerful position in Lin'an Prefecture, also visited Ziyun Temple.
They donated a large sum of money to repair the Taoist temple and sincerely offered incense.
With the help of the prefect's wife, the strained relationship between the abbot of Ziyun Temple and Madam Mo was temporarily resolved.
The reason why the abbot of Ziyun Temple chose to reconcile was largely because the person who truly wanted to destroy Ziyun Temple was someone else.
Madam Mo said:
“Ziyun Temple took in people who shouldn’t have been taken in. We were forced into it. But now it’s all right. With the protection of the immortals, we will surely be safe and sound.”
The prefect's wife and Madam Mo are related by marriage, and she also indicated that she was aware of the situation. The person behind this is someone of high rank and power, who could crush both families as easily as crushing ants.
For survival, none dared disobey.
The abbot of Ziyun Temple had already guessed that taking in Tingxue would bring trouble to the temple, but he didn't expect the trouble to come so quickly.
Two powerful ladies wanted to worship the immortal, but the abbot of Ziyun Temple politely declined.
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