Chapter 67 The Evil Daughter Who Was Driven Away
Zhang Xiaojia did not fight back and was beaten regularly.
She was beaten all over and it hurt like hell.
"Little idiot, without Tiandao daddy backing you up, you can't even use magic?" One of them said with a joking smile on his face.
"That's right, little idiot, are you just going to take a beating like a wooden man and not know how to fight back with magic?" The other man frowned angrily.
When Zhang Xiaojia heard these words, the anger in his heart was instantly ignited.
Originally, she mistakenly thought that these two people were in the same group as the guys who came to arrest her before, and they had been standing outside the formation and watching her covetously, so she didn't dare to activate the formation rashly.
Now the truth is out, it turned out to be a misunderstanding, but she suffered such a beating in vain. How could she not be angry?
Her eyes widened in anger, and she roared, "Set up the battle!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a ray of light suddenly lit up, and then a huge magic circle appeared out of thin air, trapping Zhang Dacheng and the other three firmly in the formation.
After being trapped, Zhang Dacheng's face was terribly gloomy. He stared at Zhang Xiaojia intently and said with gritted teeth, "Haven't you lost your memory? Besides, I used magic to cover my face. How on earth did you see through my disguise and know that I'm not the real me?"
Facing Zhang Dacheng's questioning, Zhang Xiaojia sneered
"But... why should I tell you this secret? Then let you figure it out slowly by yourself!" After saying that, she crossed her arms and looked at the three people in the formation with a smug look on her face.
Hahaha!
Just because you called her 'Xiao Jia' is enough to expose your identity.
Those senior brothers from Longhu Mountain and the Zhang family always called her "little idiot".
Zhang Xiaojia threw the rain talisman in her hand without hesitation, and the talisman flew straight towards the three people in front of her like lightning. In an instant, the rain soaked them, and the three faces appeared clearly in front of her.
What on earth was going on? Zhang Xiaojia was filled with confusion and shock.
"What's the matter, little idiot?" asked a companion curiously.
Zhang Xiaojia calmed herself down and replied, "The three of them will spend their lives in prison, but when I looked at their faces, I only found that they had just killed someone yesterday. As for any other information, I couldn't discern any of it at all!" Her voice revealed obvious surprise.
However, the two people beside him did not seem too surprised by this.
Zhang Daqian nodded calmly and said, "There's nothing strange about this. It must be some kind of evil magic at work."
At this moment, personnel from the Special Office rushed to the scene.
Zhang Xiaojia was about to report the situation to them when someone from the Special Office spoke up first, saying, "No need to explain. We already know. The video of the three of them killing someone has already spread all over the internet. They are now wanted nationwide."
Zhang Xiaojia sat leisurely in the spacious and comfortable RV, his eyes looking through the window glass at two people standing side by side not far outside the car.
The two men were tall and straight, with resolute faces, and exuded a unique temperament.
Zhang Xiaojia narrowed his eyes slightly and asked softly, "Are you from the Longhu Mountain family?"
At this time, two men named Zhang Dabai and Zhang Daqian slowly turned around.
"This is Zhang Daqian, and my name is Zhang Dabai." One of them smiled and pointed at his companion next to him and introduced him to Zhang Xiaojia.
Zhang Xiaojia looked up and down at the two people with the same surname in front of him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: The Zhang family is really becoming less and less cultured. In this generation, they actually use such a simple and crude method of naming as "big generation" and "small generation".
At this moment, there was a crisp sound. It turned out that Zhang Daqian raised his hand and gave Zhang Xiaojia a light blow on the head without any courtesy. Zhang Xiaojia covered his forehead in pain and glared at Zhang Daqian.
Zhang Dabai on the side couldn't help but burst into laughter. His laughter was so hearty and bold that it seemed to penetrate the sky.
After laughing, he stopped and said to Zhang Xiaojia seriously: "Little idiot, when you were nine years old, you made a bold statement. At that time, you vowed to replace all the bronze statues of the ancestors of all the sects of Zhengyi Dao with real physical golden bodies. Look, your ancestor specifically asked us to tell you that this grand goal of yours has been realized by Longhumen today, but you have to live to be at least 98 years old, and you have to pay off the debt with your annual dividends from Longhushan." After speaking, he laughed again.
Zhang Daqian smiled and then added, "Haha! No matter how much I try to persuade you, you won't listen. You even shamelessly ask for a solid golden statue of our ancestor that's one meter tall."
"How could you believe what a nine-year-old kid said? Isn't this ridiculous?" Zhang Xiaojia cried out in injustice.
"Nonsense! You swore an oath in front of everyone, using the entire Zhang family's Dao heart. Don't think you have lost your memory. Do you think you can deny it?"
Zhang Xiaojia suddenly jumped up, her face flushed as she retorted loudly: "How can I have the qualifications to swear on the Dao heart of the entire Zhang family? This is simply nonsense!" Tears of grievance flashed in her eyes.
Zhang Daqian said: "You little idiot, you have to show off, holding the Heavenly Master Seal, and swearing an oath in the name of the Zhang family's Dao Heart."
"What if I die~"
"That's because we brothers are unlucky and we're here to pay for you. So don't die, little idiot. Your share of the dividends is higher than ours."
Zhang Xiaojia thought about it and realized that even if she got the dividends, she wouldn't be able to use them. So, she could just make a golden statue for the ancestor. See! She had been a filial and obedient child since she was young.
It took them three days to reach the South City after they arrived at the address her father gave them.
"Little idiot, do you want to buy some fruit?"
"Little idiot, what do you want to buy? You're welcome, the food here is cheap, buy more."
Zhang Daqian regretted it. When did this little idiot learn to be polite? Seeing the carts of fruit to buy, she also filled the villa's huge refrigerator with chicken, duck, fish and meat, and filled the two space packages. She wanted to buy more, but they took her to the boat.
Came to a deserted island.
"Once you complete your mission, we will come back to pick you up." This was the last sentence they said before leaving.
However, Zhang Xiaojia looked at the strange and desolate scene in front of her and wondered why she was called here.
This small island really looks like a deserted island. Looking around, there is no one around, as if it has been forgotten in a corner by the world.
After some exploration, Zhang Xiaojia discovered that the island was very small, only about the size of ten standard football fields.
Zhang Xiaojia took out the villa and enlarged it again and again. She could only enlarge it to the size of half a football field. After He Fei came, she enlarged the yard of the villa to the size of a football field. In this way, there would be no thunder in the yard.
Despite this, she decided to walk around the entire island, trying to find some clues or signs of other life. However, to her disappointment, after a whole circle, she didn't see a single living person, not even a ghost.
Just when she was about to give up, she suddenly noticed the faint patterns of a formation emerging on the ground.
Zhang Xiaojia moved closer to observe carefully, and found that these formations seemed to have suffered a certain degree of damage.
Relying on her understanding of what was written in the old man's book, she quickly recognized that this was actually the formation unique to her own Zhang family!
"Could it be... that they asked me to come here just to repair this broken formation?" Zhang Xiaojia frowned.
Zhang Xiaojia looked at the magic weapons in her bag. These were obtained from collecting tickets for the Xuanmen competition. It seemed that she would use them here.
After accepting her fate and repairing the formation, she looked at the materials she had and thought she could make a set of formations, so she simply started making one.
If He Fei hadn't come to accompany her for an hour every day, she would have been bored to death. Without internet and signal, she could only read the book given by the old man.
Time passed day by day. Zhang Xiaojia improved the formation, made a set of formations, and broke the formations by himself every day. He tried not to use magic weapons to make the formations, and he finished the formations by changing the sets of formations.
If anyone here saw it, it was that she was betrayed by her own substitute paper man. In order to give Zhang Xiaoqi points, she made the substitute paper man from her eldest brother's blood, and Zhang Xiaoqi could control this substitute paper man.
The little paper man acts as a medium to send the information here to Zhang Tianshi.
Thousands of miles away, Zhang Tianshi and the leaders of Mount Longhu observed everything happening on the isolated island. Their eyes widened in disbelief at this little idiot, who had single-handedly arranged and nested hundreds of complex and exquisite formations on the island!
"Xiao Jia, come back and ask her to come to Longhu Mountain to set up this chain formation."
"How much do you want to spend?"
"Third Brother, I took advantage of the cheapest gold price today and spent money to fulfill her wish and make a golden statue for the ancestor."
"Don't think you're scheming against the little idiot, and I don't care because I see his flaws. Otherwise, I would have come to his door long ago."
Zhang Xiaojia has been here alone for more than half a year. Looking at the calendar on his mobile phone, today is August 15th.
Lying on the beach, looking at the moon, He Fei said that he was busy these days because a group of ghost kings had escaped and he wanted to chase them.
Suddenly, figures emerged from the turbulent sea like ghosts. Startled, Zhang Xiaojia quickly called on his paper stand-in to light the surrounding lights so he could clearly see who these uninvited guests were.
When the lights came on, a group of mermaids came into view. Their fair and delicate faces were as soft and delicate as mutton-fat jade, inspiring a sense of pity. Their comfortable, graceful and charming faces seemed to be meticulously carved, with three-dimensional and exquisite features, making them unforgettable at first sight.
These hundreds of mermaids were completely defenseless and had no idea what politeness meant. They walked into Zhang Xiaojia's yard with great fanfare. One of them even sat down next to Zhang Xiaojia without paying any attention to the others and said bluntly, "Little idiot, it's time for you to repair the formation!"
Zhang Xiaojia was stunned by the sudden scene before her, her mouth wide open, almost enough to fit an egg. She watched helplessly as the mermaids grabbed the drinks and fruit she had placed on the table and devoured them as if they were in their own place.
After a long while, Zhang Xiaojia came back to his senses and stammered, "You...you gave me a life span too?"
The mermaid who had just sat next to her munched on the durian in her hand while mumbling, "My name is Mengmeng. You gave me this name yourself. Call me Mengmeng!"
Zhang Xiaojia was stunned for a moment, then reacted and quickly shouted, "Mengmeng, are you giving me life too?"
Mengmeng swallowed the food in her mouth, nodded and said, "Yes! Zhang San said, as long as I give you a long life, you have to come to me to repair the formation every six years. I just took a rough look, and this formation can be used for at least fifty years!" After that, Mengmeng continued to eat.
Meng Meng stared at the luxurious villa in front of her with envy in her big round eyes, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow, little idiot, your villa is too good! It's exactly my dream home. I love it so much, I want to book it!"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaojia, who was standing nearby, was immediately enraged. She glared at Mengmeng fiercely and shouted without hesitation, "Get out! This is my house. Who allowed you to take it?"
However, Mengmeng was not frightened by Zhang Xiaojia's anger. Instead, she met her gaze slowly and calmly, "Don't be so quick to refuse. To tell you the truth, several mermaids in our tribe have unfortunately passed away recently. You know, the whole body of a mermaid is a treasure, and it is priceless for you Taoists! A mermaid is priceless!" As she spoke, Mengmeng deliberately winked at Zhang Xiaojia.
Seeing Zhang Xiaojia's surprise, Mengmeng went on to explain: "Do you think it's cruel for us to do this? Actually, it's not like that. The mermaids who have turned into mermaids are extremely important to us. They are our relatives and friends, and we will do our best to protect them. But when the mermaids who have not turned into mermaids die, we just want their bodies to play their final role and use them to exchange for some necessary resources. After all, we have to survive too." After all, Mengmeng quietly observed Zhang Xiaojia's reaction, waiting for her answer.
Zhang Xiaojia's expression instantly became complicated. She pursed her lips tightly, and an indescribable emotion flashed in her eyes. The atmosphere in the villa suddenly froze, as if even the air had stopped. She took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound calm and firm. "Mengmeng, do you understand what you're saying? Using the remains of our people to exchange for resources is not only cruel, but also disrespectful to the deceased. Although we Taoists pursue the mysteries and power of heaven and earth, it is definitely not in this way."
Mengmeng didn't seem surprised by Zhang Xiaojia's reaction. She smiled gently, a smile tinged with bitterness and helplessness. "Zhang Xiaojia, do you think we mermaids are willing to do this? But reality is cruel. We need to come to land for three months every year. Without good protection, we will die. And if these sacrifices can exchange for the survival and continuation of our tribe, how can it be considered disrespectful?"
Zhang Xiaojia frowned upon hearing this. She slowly walked to the window, gazing out at the sky dyed red by the setting sun, a mixture of emotions welling up in her heart. But what she couldn't accept was using the deceased's body as a tool for a transaction; it went against her moral principles and beliefs.
"Mengmeng," Zhang Xiaojia turned around, his eyes firm, "Let me think about my question. I think the way of a Taoist is to follow nature and harmonize yin and yang, not to exploit the dead for personal gain."
Mengmeng screamed and all the mermaids stopped.
"Zhang Xiaojia, don't you understand why you are here? You are here to get the mermaid's body. Do you know how many mermaids you human Taoists killed when you were not making this deal?" Mengmeng looked at her sharply.
"Are you going to break the agreement?"
Zhang Xiaojia: “…”
"Human greed and selfishness, you always use various excuses to satisfy your desires! Your yellow talisman paper must be infused with mermaid skin. Your magic weapon requires mermaid flesh, can you not use it? If you don't bring back the mermaid's corpse today, next time, who knows how many living mermaids will die?"
Zhang Xiaojia: "Are the yellow talisman paper used by Taoist priests made of mermaid skin?"
"Yes, fortunately, the skin of a mermaid is enough for all of you Taoists to use for ten years. Carry the mermaid's body up." Mengmeng shouted.
Meng Meng said sadly, "Can you give us this villa?"
Zhang Xiaojia nodded immediately and said, "This is for you. Sorry, we are too selfish."
After Zhang Xiaojia learned this cruel truth, his heart was filled with shock and sorrow.
Then I saw a few mermaids go out and soon come back carrying the body of the "mermaid".
Zhang Xiaojia stared at the "mermaid" in front of him with his eyes wide open.
Is this fish? I don't know what species it is, but it really is a "mermaid"
Look at the living mermaid in front of you and the fish on the ground. Although they are very big, with one fish nearly 2 meters long, they are not the same species, okay?
She really thought that it was a mermaid with hands and feet in front of her, and she didn't know it was a fish.
Zhang Xiaojia said in disbelief, "You become like this after you die?"
Meng Meng's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief. She raised her voice and said, "You actually think that? Do you really think we'd give you the bodies of mermaids that have already evolved? That's simply wishful thinking! You know, even those that haven't evolved yet, we feel incredibly reluctant to give them away!"
As she spoke, she waved her arms, as if to emphasize the importance of her words.
Meng Meng calmed down a bit, but her tone was still filled with dissatisfaction and accusation. "You humans are always so greedy, always looking for more, without a care in the world if it means sacrificing other lives. These bodies of mermaids, who haven't yet fully evolved, are the treasures you so-called Taoists dream of, and we're just complying with your demands."
Zhang Xiaojia, standing nearby, opened his mouth after hearing this, but found himself unable to refute it. Indeed, from a human perspective, there seemed to be nothing wrong with exploiting those fish that hadn't evolved into mermaids. After all, they had neither consciousness nor thoughts.
Meng Meng chewed on the chicken leg and said, "It's agreed that this villa belongs to us from today on."
She felt that she was greatly shocked. She thought that the Taoists wanted the mermaids' corpses to make talismans and magic tools.
Who would have guessed? These so-called "mermaid corpses" weren't actually fully evolved mermaids at all, but rather fragments of fish that hadn't fully evolved yet. What kind of mermaids were they? After all, they were still just ordinary fish!
Zhang Xiaojia felt like she'd been tricked by this mermaid. Taoist priests also want roosters! There are also rooster demons that transform into humans! Is it wrong for us to eat roosters?
Her mood!
From guilt to shame and anger to speechlessness, from top to bottom, she was deceived by this group of mermaids, her villa!
Zhang Xiaojia stared at the mermaids in disbelief, her eyes wide open, her heart swelled with rage. She had never imagined that she would be fooled by these mermaids!
"Hmph! You mermaids are going too far!" Zhang Xiaojia shouted angrily, "We Taoists also want rooster blood and eat rooster meat? There are obviously rooster demons that can cultivate into human form! Is it wrong for us to eat roosters? What kind of heresy is this!"
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