After falling asleep, Shi Miao's soul left his body and set off for Ningshang Village with the Yunhua Seal.
They arrived at the village around two in the morning.
The village was peaceful at this time. It was a picturesque village with green mountains and clear waters, and there was no sign of the evil hidden within.
Shi Miao's consciousness swept across the entire village, and his expression grew solemn. The cliffs behind Ningshang Village held the remains of nearly a dozen women, meaning that over a dozen innocent women had died at their hands over the past few decades.
There is also a tower built in the middle of the village, where even more bones are buried. Judging from the size of the bones, most of them are babies who were just born.
Shi Miao understood immediately. This must be the legendary baby tower. This custom dates back to ancient times. People would throw babies they couldn't raise into the tower, leaving them to fend for themselves. Most of those thrown in were girls. Perhaps the baby tower still exists today because it's a convenient place for some families in the village to abandon their baby girls.
Just looking at the cliffs at the back and the baby tower, most of the people in this village should have been killed. There wouldn't be many innocent people.
As a spiritual treasure, Yun Huayin's cultivation level was there, and she could also clearly see the cause and effect and karma of each person. So she immediately became eager to make a move. She could chop many people, and chopping them would also gain merit.
"Miaomiao, can we chop down that tower first?" As the Thunder Dao representing righteousness, Yun Huayin particularly hated the aura emitted by that tower.
Shi Miao raised the corners of his lips slightly, but his eyes were cold as he looked at the baby tower. "Okay, it's time to chop this thing up first."
This tower not only buried the remains of babies, but also employed a metaphysical master to set up an array so that the souls of those babies would be shattered right after they died and before they could be reincarnated.
The next moment, the quiet night was filled with a rumble of thunder. The sound of thunder struck their hearts, waking the villagers from their slumber. They stared out the windows in fear. Like a giant silver snake, the lightning bolt split the sky and struck the tower fiercely.
This Baby Tower had been repaired several times over the decades and was built to be incredibly sturdy. However, before the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, it was as fragile as a piece of tofu and collapsed with a loud bang. With its collapse, the entire Ningshang Village shook.
When the ground began to shake, the villagers who had been awakened by thunder and lightning thought it was an earthquake. They didn't even bother to put on their clothes and ran out of their houses one after another, including Yang Qiming who had already returned to the village.
Yang Qiming's home was very close to the Baby Tower, so when he left the house, he saw the Baby Tower in ruins. Yang Qiming's face turned pale instantly, "The Baby Tower has collapsed."
"How could it collapse? We just built it last year!" The village chief looked horrified upon seeing this scene. "Did we anger the spirit of the Baby Tower?"
Was the earthquake just now also a warning?
Everyone ran around to tell each other about the collapse of the baby tower, and their expressions looked as if the sky had fallen.
Yang Qiming's aunt, Grandma Pang, couldn't help but say, "Is it because we didn't send any children in this year? I told you a long time ago that we had to send more baby girls in, but you wouldn't listen to me."
This not only scares away baby girls who are reincarnated into their family, allowing them to give birth to more baby boys, but also allows them to sacrifice those babies to bring prosperity to their family.
The more she spoke, the more she felt that this was the case.
Grandma Pang's grandson, Yang Qiwei, Yang Qiming's cousin, shouted, "We sent three people in."
His wife was useless and gave birth to three daughters in five years. Yang Qiwei was so angry that he threw the three daughters into the baby tower. Finally, when she gave birth to the fourth child, he welcomed the son he had been longing for.
The others couldn't help but think along the lines of what Grandma Pang said, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that what she said made sense.
That's right. Not a single baby girl was delivered this year. Wasn't their village already experiencing bad luck? Suddenly, the story of Yang Qiming's father murdering his wife years ago was exposed, and their village was also being criticized for the human trafficking incident. The police even wanted to arrest them. If it weren't for their unity, who knows how many people would have been arrested.
It can be seen that the rules of our ancestors still make some sense.
"We'll have a meeting tomorrow and each family will contribute some money to rebuild the tower."
Yang Qiwei shouted, "What's the point of just building a tower? We still need to find a sacrifice. I think Niu Wang's granddaughter can be thrown in—"
Niu Wang's face changed drastically. He only had one granddaughter, so how could he bear to give her up?
Before Yang Qiwei could finish his words, a huge bolt of lightning came crashing down on him, striking his lower body. Yang Qiwei clutched his crotch and screamed in agony. The people present could smell the stench of burnt flesh. The men who saw this subconsciously clamped their legs together and took several steps back, feeling a sense of empathy.
Why did the lightning strike exactly at that location?
Shi Yunhua said in frustration, "Oh, I wanted to chop him on the head, but I missed!"
Shi Miao: "...No, your chop position is pretty good. For the next few, chop them like this!"
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