Chapter 140: Weeping Blood
She touched the back of his neck soothingly and said softly, "Do you know who the vengeful spirit was that you almost took in just now?"
The person in his arms moved, but his hand around her waist tightened a little.
"I don't want to know."
"Li Aman, that's General Gao."
His body stiffened and he stood up from her arms.
.
Chen Qing was already talking until her mouth was dry, and the vengeful spirit in front of her still looked confused. She sighed.
"Hurry up and think of a solution. We are only missing three key points of the formation."
The two were thinking at the moment, since General Gao could make these vengeful spirits of the Gao family stay underground obediently, could he also make them obediently drill into the "Jie Zi" and wait for salvation?
But Ren Pingchenqing talked until his lips were almost dry, but the vengeful spirit did not respond at all.
She stamped her feet in anxiety, and the vengeful spirit seemed to sense something and rubbed her head.
Li Daoxuan seemed to come back to his senses at this moment.
He glanced at the group of people who seemed to be hiding behind the city gate, then at the vengeful spirit who had donned his helmet again. His Adam's apple rolled, and he lowered his voice, "He...can't hear."
…
Why didn’t you say so earlier?
Chen Qing pushed him away with a resentful look on her face and began to think of other ways.
She thought for a moment and asked, "Could your grandfather have read?"
Li Daoxuan: "I've never met my grandfather, so I'm not sure. But I can give it a try."
Chen Qing immediately stepped forward, took the Wrathful Spirit's generous hand, and tried to write a few words.
Li Daoxuan didn't know what the girl in front of him wrote to the vengeful spirit. The tall body of the vengeful spirit seemed to pause, then turned its head and found his position accurately.
The vengeful spirit rode up to him, raised its hand, then lowered it, pressing it against his head, as if measuring his height.
Li Daoxuan held his breath, and for the first time he felt an emotion called "nervousness".
The vengeful spirit stroked his cheek with his palm, carefully feeling his facial features and bones, as if in this way, he could know what the little person in his arms had become now.
Li Daoxuan opened his eyes slightly and stared at the vengeful spirit.
Even though the grandfather and grandson had only met once, and even though he was just a little kid who didn't remember anything when General Gao held him in his arms, a bitterness he had never felt before suddenly melted away in his heart. This was probably the legendary bond that belonged only to the maternal clan, a bond that came from blood.
This is A Niang's father.
After a while, the vengeful spirit withdrew its hand and patted his shoulder again, with a hint of pride, as if to say, "Look, my daughter's child has grown up and is a boy with a unique skeleton."
Chen Qing curled her eyes and moved closer to Li Daoxuan. "Guess what I said to your grandfather?"
Li Daoxuan felt a sore throat and lowered his voice to ask, "What?"
"I said, 'General Gao, this is your grandson. He's incredible. Not only did he make the Shi family pay a price, but he also married a wonderful young woman like me.'"
Li Daoxuan said: "Yes, Shen Youan is the best lady in the world. It is my great honor to marry you."
The deep smile faded, and an indescribable feeling began to spread in his heart.
She turned her head and said, "Okay, no more nonsense."
She wrote a few more words on the palm of the ghost, and the ghost understood this time. He waved the spear in his hand, and the ghost that he had forced back to sleep underground began to move.
The ground trembled, as if responding to General Gao.
Chen Qing said: "Okay, where is your Jie Zi?"
Li Daoxuan: "It's already been prepared. Let's prepare the Posuo Ke first."
Chen Qing said: "It's up to you."
The vengeful spirit picked up Chen Qing, and Chen Qing sat on the horse's back, directing him to the center of the formation.
With General Gao around, Chen Qing felt much more relaxed this time. In just half an incense stick of time, the last formation eye was modified.
Chen Qing called everyone back to the ghost town and set up a large barrier to cover the ghost town to prevent any evil spirits from harming the people when the formation was activated.
Ah Lu asked: "When can we go out?"
Chen Qing glanced at the vast sky and said, "It will be soon. Once the snow stops, you can go out."
A-Lu said: "That's great!"
Before Chen Qing left, he asked the clan leader about the matter of the Gushe nun.
The clan leader said that in order to protect them, the female nun of Gushe was attacked by Xiang Yao and was seriously injured. Later, when the imperial court provided support, the female nun disappeared and her whereabouts are unknown.
However, Chen Qing's eyes were exactly the same as those of the Gushe nun back then. So the clan leader believed that Chen Qing was a descendant of the nun.
After hearing this, Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the Gushe nun mentioned by Song Yuxi, and the two should be the same person.
So, who is she?
This female nun who possesses Taoist magic cannot be A'niang. A'niang has never learned Taoist magic. She even knows nothing about A'niang's life experience.
Is there any connection between this female nun Gushe and A Niang?
Why did she go to so much trouble to find Liuli Heart for herself?
In an instant, many doubts flashed through his mind. Chen Qing barely suppressed his confusion and decided to liberate the souls of the dead first.
A huge barrier covered the ghost town. Before the city gate was closed, Chen Qing told everyone not to leave the city gate under any circumstances. They could go out naturally after the wind and snow stopped.
After giving the instructions, the city gate slowly closed. As soon as Chen Qing turned around, she saw Li Daoxuan, who had been standing behind her for who knows how long.
Chen Qing patted his frightened chest and said, "The formation is ready. Now all we need is a 'jiezi'. Where exactly is this jiezi you're talking about? Don't make it too fragile. If it can't withstand the impact of so many spirits, it will collapse and it will be bad."
Li Daoxuan said: "It won't collapse."
Chen Qing said: "That's good."
Seeing that Li Daoxuan was still staring at him, Shen Qing couldn't help but take a step back and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Daoxuan said in confusion, "From now on, you should have no more confusions, and nothing can threaten your life, Youan."
The question was asked suddenly. Chen Qing felt as if he knew about the existence of the Winged Twins Formation. Her eyelids jumped. "Why are you talking about these strange things?"
Li Daoxuan: "Is that so?"
Chen Qing: "Of course, I can live well now. The prince has fallen, and Li Yu has become the crown princess. When I think about the future when I can walk sideways in the capital, I am so happy——"
Her eyes went dark and she fainted in Li Daoxuan's arms. She still couldn't understand why Li Daoxuan suddenly elbowed her.
Li Daoxuan held the city gate, which was about to close, with his sword across his chest. There was only room for one person. Ah Lu poked her head out and looked at him curiously, "Master, what are you doing?"
He pushed the girl in his arms towards A-Lu and said, "Please, Madam A-Lu, take care of my wife."
Ah Lu said: "Ah? But isn't Madam Shen going to go with you--hmm."
The companion covered her mouth and said, “Don’t worry, Taoist priest, we will take good care of Madam Shen until we can get out.”
Ah Lu fell silent and took Chen Qing obediently. She was very strong and picked up Chen Qing in one hand.
The city gate was completely closed. Li Daoxuan stood facing the closed city gate for a long time. Finally, he walked to the front of the vengeful spirit on the tall horse with great difficulty, knelt down heavily, and kowtowed three times.
The vengeful spirit couldn't see his movements, so it just tilted its head.
Li Daoxuan said in a muffled voice: "Grandfather, I want to live."
Live and grow old together with your loved one.
I wish she will live a peaceful, happy, healthy and prosperous life.
But Liulixin was gone, and he was destined to have his meridians damaged, and eventually become a disabled person. If he was lucky, he might be able to survive for a while, and then die miserably of illness. If he was unlucky, he would die suddenly when the poisonous insect began to gnaw at his heart meridians.
No matter how he died, it would be extremely disgraceful, but he was most reluctant to be a useless person.
Instead of this, it is better to choose a more decent way to die.
Looking at the girl's increasingly softening eyes towards him, he actually had a glimmer of hope, trying to melt her and get into her heart completely, so that she would never forget him and be heartbroken even after his death.
Who told her to always be so cold-hearted towards him, and only give him a perfunctory word or a kiss when he had to get close to her?
She wanted to kill him.
He had long known that Chen Qing would never let go of any grudge.
But apart from the grudge they had when they first met, why would she want to kill him like this?
Li Daoxuan was extremely confused at first, but later he accidentally found a book in the Sutra Library of Dongshan Temple.
The name of this book is "Xuan Ji", which tells about a formation called the Biyi Twin Formation.
The book says: "The twin wings formation is formed, with Mars guarding the heart. At the end of the eighth solar term, within the palace of Li, the yin is at its extreme and the yang is at its extreme. They drink blood to cross over, and the yin becomes stronger and the yang becomes weaker. When the yin is strong, nirvana is achieved."
"But if you go against fate, you will be retaliated against."
"After rebirth, the Yin's destiny becomes closely connected to the Yang's, and the Yin's form gradually decays, eventually succumbing within three years. To prolong life, Yin and Yang must blend. Alternatively, the Yin and Yang must remain inseparable for three months, allowing the Yin to achieve longevity."
The last line of the book reads:
"When yin and yang intertwine, within a year, the yang element will bear the punishment of heaven and die. If the yang is strong, the yin will decline, and if the yin is strong, the yang will decline."
In short, only one of the two people can survive. Even if the plan succeeds, if the person who is supposed to bear the divine punishment survives, the other person will die.
This is an unsolvable problem.
When he saw the words "Yin and Yang have been together for three months, only Yin can live long", Li Daoxuan finally understood.
Shen Youan may be a person who has been reborn.
So she planted a love poison in herself and racked her brains to stay with him inseparable for three months. After failing, she turned to being intimate with him despite her disgust, just to survive.
According to the book, he volunteered to sacrifice for Shen Youan, but if that was true, why did Shen Youan want him dead?
On a very quiet night, Li Daoxuan had a dream.
In the dream, he stabbed Shen Youan's chest fiercely. Her chest was full of gorgeous red plum blossoms, but in the dream, his face was full of indifference, and he looked at her miserable appearance coldly.
And she was in such a mess, her eyes filled with resentment, madness, and... the desire to live.
Li Daoxuan was filled with fear, and his heart was pounding so hard that he actually woke up in pain.
The scene in the dream was so real that he finally understood why she had never liked him at all from the beginning to the end.
How could a dead person dare to fall in love with the person who took her life?
Li Daoxuan no longer pursued her motives or explored her past. Everything was what he deserved.
He wanted her to live.
If she wants to live, he must die.
Then, let him die with dignity. At least, it would be good if she could remember him.
Li Daoxuan wiped off the bloodstain from his forehead, put two fingers together, and the fingertips stained with pure Yang blood suddenly burst out with dazzling light, which expanded again and again with him as the center.
The vengeful spirit riding on the horse seemed to have sensed something and raised his spear high, as if he had returned to the battlefield to kill the enemy in the past. He was full of solemnity. Behind him, thousands of troops emerged from the ground and came boiling.
The direction in which millions of skulls were charging was clearly Li Daoxuan.
He just stood there, using his pure yang body as a guide, acting as the "Jie Zi" who liberates resentment.
After all, there is no other container in the world that is born with a pure yang body and a clear consciousness.
Even if there are restless resentful spirits, he can control the resentment well and ensure that he will not be torn apart by the scattered resentment.
The tall vengeful spirit rode on a warhorse, guarding the young man, waiting for Gao Jiajun to pass away.
Li Daoxuan closed his eyes at the right time.
However, the imagined impact did not come. A hand suddenly crossed his shoulder, followed by a half-helpless sigh.
"I thought I could use you to get rid of this troublesome thing, but I didn't expect that not only did it fail, but you also had to acknowledge your ancestors."
"I'd better do it myself."
Li Daoxuan was caught off guard and was hit on the back of the neck. He instantly became motionless.
Hearing the familiar voice, Li Daoxuan suddenly opened his eyes.
A hand with distinct joints stretched out in front of his eyes, and with a light tap, the Posuke formation that he and Shen Qing had set up suddenly shattered. With a clench of his five fingers and palms, the broken formation reunited, forming a huge Bagua formation under Li Daoxuan's feet.
With Li Daoxuan as the center, thousands of swooping resentful spirits were sucked into the Bagua formation.
That calm voice sounded again: "I still have use for these things. I can't just let them go."
The leading vengeful spirit seemed to sense something and suddenly swung his spear towards the person behind Li Daoxuan. However, he disappeared from the spot like a ghost and took away the Nine-Revolutions Samsara Bowl from Li Daoxuan's waist.
The man knocked on the silver bowl and said, "Wake up, it's time to get to work."
A man in white suddenly emerged from the silver bowl. His eyes turned and his pupils shrank like a snake, as if he was trying to identify the scene in front of him.
"What's wrong? Are you stupid?" the man asked calmly.
The man in white finally woke up. He gritted his teeth viciously and said, "Screw you! You actually locked me up for so long! You're not even human!"
The man simply brushed the falling snow off his shoulders and said, "Who told you to give in to temptation? It was just a Liuli Heart that lured you out, and you got beaten up so badly."
"Not only is it the Glazed Heart! It also has an extremely Yin body! Who wouldn't drool at the sight of these two things mixed together? If you were a demon, after meeting that girl, you wouldn't be sitting here looking down on others!"
Suddenly, a long spear came down from nowhere, and the man in white dodged to the side.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Is this the guy who tripped you up?"
Man: "Yes, I can't beat him, you come." He moved slightly sideways to make room for the two.
Wuming cursed, "You haven't improved your swordsmanship in all these years, you loser! I'm curious who your apprentice learned this from. He's even better with a sword than you are!"
The man frowned in distress. "Ah, this is probably due to my partiality. Who told me I have such a high talent in formation?"
Wuming choked and spat at him, "Bah! Narcissistic." But he couldn't deny that what he said was the truth, otherwise Wuming, the formation fanatic, would not be willing to be subdued by him.
Of course, there were other tricks involved, which forced Wuming to completely obey his orders...
He turned his face away fiercely, bending down to avoid the attack of the vengeful spirit. "I can't beat him either. This guy has merits protecting his body, and there is so much resentment. I can't even scratch his skin!"
"I haven't asked you yet, where's my food?"
The man sighed, "I originally raised two of them to give you as supplies, but I don't know when that brainless bald donkey stole the finger bones from me and gave them to the brainless prince to rebel. Baishuisha was killed by my disciple, and the demon pill of another one was destroyed. It's not much of a threat."
Wuming felt a pain in his flesh. That was the nourishment he needed for recovery!
"Even one will do! Give it to me now! I'm going to be beaten to death by this thing!"
The man turned over and said, "Hey, wait a minute, let me look for it. I was in such a hurry to leave that I might have forgotten it."
Wuming was stunned by his unreliability, "Don't force me to slap you!"
The man took out a porcelain bottle and said, "Ah, I found it."
After opening the mouth of the porcelain bottle, Shi Ranran floated out from the bottle in fear. Just as she was about to leave, Wuming with a white face and fangs suddenly appeared in front of her. Wuming grinned, crumpled Shi Ranran's translucent body into a ball, and stuffed it into his mouth.
He swallowed it in one gulp, ignoring the woman's screams and shouts.
After integrating the evil spirit from the Happy Funeral Demon, Wuming seemed to have recovered a little and could barely fight on equal terms with the vengeful spirit.
The man took one look at the situation and thought: Enough.
His original intention was to use his good disciple to collect this vengeful spirit into the Nine-Turn Samsara Bowl, so that he would have the opportunity to collect these vengeful spirits into the Copper Furnace Tower. However, now he still has Xiang Yao as his card, and the plan is proceeding almost smoothly.
Thousands of resentful spirits were disappearing from Li Daoxuan's sight at an extremely fast speed and merging into the core of the formation.
His face flushed red, and he seemed to be trying hard to break free from his confinement.
You Daozi walked slowly up to him and waved his hand, "Don't struggle. From childhood to adulthood, have you ever successfully broken the immobilization talisman that my master cast?"
Li Daoxuan opened his lips, his eyes flushed red.
You Daozi paused, finally sighed, leaned forward and asked, "What do you want to ask?"
"Why?"
You Daozi asked, "Why? Do you mean that Xiang Yao, who was supposed to be refining his true self, is now here for no reason? Or do you mean to ask what Master is going to do with these vengeful spirits?"
Li Daoxuan's computer was down for a while and he had no way to ask.
What exactly is his master going to do?
Before he could recover from the huge shock, he heard Wuming say, "Oh, you can't bear to part with your apprentice?"
You Daozi thought for a moment and said, "I guess so. I've raised it for so long, I should have some feelings for it. I guess I can't bear to let it go." He made the final decision.
"What should I do if I can't bear to let go of something?" He asked Wuming instead.
Wuming said: "You are indeed a monster. If you are reluctant, just kill him directly, then you won't have such emotions." He still holds a grudge against Lishan.
He did not forget that it was his apprentice who teamed up with that cunning girl to make him so embarrassed.
You Daozi was not stupid either. He said, "No, I'm just a little slow, but I'm not stupid. If you don't want to, you shouldn't kill him."
Wuming rolled his eyes at him, stretched out his five fingers, and grabbed at the vengeful spirit's armor. His sharp claws hit the hard armor, and dazzling sparks were instantly produced.
Retracting his claws, Wuming shook them and cursed, "So hard."
The last vengeful spirit also entered the teleportation array. You Daozi waved his hand and said, "Alright."
Upon hearing this, Wuming jumped to the edge of the Bagua Formation and deliberately made a huge noise, and the vengeful spirit really followed him angrily.
When the vengeful spirit approached, Wuming jumped lightly, and the horse's hoof sank into the Bagua formation, dragging the man in with him as if he were sinking into water, disappearing without even a splash.
"The troublesome thing has finally been solved."
Wuming sighed.
He wanted to retaliate, so he rolled his eyes and whispered in Li Daoxuan's ear, "Kid, is your mother delicious?"
Li Daoxuan trembled all over, suddenly opened his eyelids and stared at him fixedly, his eyes dark and bottomless.
Wuming gave a wicked smile, "It seems it's not tasty anymore, otherwise you wouldn't be glaring at me so angrily."
"Oh, stop staring at me. I didn't kill your mother. She died of heartbreak and exhaustion."
"But I was the one who dissected your mother's body. Oh, and I heard you humans love eating animal ribs the most. You stew them in soup, braise them, steam them, and eat them in all sorts of ways. I thought you'd like them too, so I specially picked your mother's ribs for you."
Seeing his emotions fluctuate as he wished, Wuming smirked and then dealt him another heavy blow. "But I didn't cook this meat," he said, pointing at the ethereal-looking man in the distance. "It was him. He's a monster born without emotions. He said he wanted to see how a normal person would react if they ate their mother."
"So he sent your mother's meat."
"Oh, by the way, do you remember the man who brought you to Sneaky Hill? It was him who caused all the suffering you've endured, just because he said he wanted to see what your mother's reaction would be if you ate her, so he brought you to Sneaky Hill."
"You're lucky. Even though I crippled your tendons and veins, you still managed to survive. I should have killed you right away to prevent future trouble."
Li Daoxuan's eyes were filled with blood and tears. His pupils were crimson, and he looked a bit confused. "Why?"
You Daozi tilted his head in confusion.
"Why did you accept me as your disciple?"
"Why do you devote all your heart and soul to teaching me the magic?"
"Why did you go into the mountains and forests to find thunder-struck wood for me?"
"Why... when I thought I still had someone I could rely on in this world, did you tear him apart?"
When Li Daoxuan asked the last question, his voice was broken, with the smell of blood foam and a trembling voice.
He clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white from exertion, and veins bulged on the backs of his hands. Those hands, which had once held the sword like flowing frost, now barely had the strength to even lift them.
There was still a dull pain somewhere in my chest, but no matter how much it hurt, it couldn't be as painful as the hole in my heart that was torn open by my own hands.
You Daozi still had that puzzled look on his face, as if what he was saying was not something heart-wrenching, but simply "How's the weather today?"
He walked closer, squatted down, and stretched out his hand, as if wanting to touch the blood and tears on Li Daoxuan's face, "What is this?"
Wuming fanned the flames, saying, "Oh, you took such good care of your disciple that he was heartbroken and in tears when he learned the truth."
"So sad people can be like this too. What about her? Will she also shed tears of blood because of sadness?" You Daozi said to himself.
"Master?"
Li Daoxuan stared at him, You Daozi's gaunt face reflected in his dark red pupils. This face, which was always careless but smiling, now looked unfamiliar.
How could it be you?
Li Daoxuan suddenly jumped up and Qiu Ren was unsheathed.
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