The elderly nanny sneered, "Leader Su, if you won’t help , there’s no need for discouraging words. With the forces you’ve built up in Jiangning Prefecture, you could’ve eliminated that young man early on, allowing to avoid the risk of performing Dao Skill to avenge our brethren."
Su Lianqing sighed, "Xu Qing is not so simple a person. Even if you use Dao Skill, I doubt you could really do anything to him. We’ve lost strength several tis already; we should lie low now."
"Lie low? Until when? It’s because you influential figures hesitate and waver that we never achieve great things," the elderly nanny scoffed, adding, "You try to reap benefits from both sides, that’s a grave mistake. To achieve greatness, there’s only success or utter failure, no middle ground. The decline in the Devil’s Qi Fortune didn’t just happen; it was earned by people like us who shed blood for the sake of the world."
Su Lianqing managed a bitter smile, "Elder Yun, as the Court presses for reforms, conflict with the local factions is inevitable. History has shown that with reforms, the situation only worsens, never improves. We need patience; the opportunity isn’t far off. Besides, the sacrifices you make for the people won’t be understood by them."
"The dead brothers know, that’s enough," the elderly nanny said with resolve, unmoved.
Su Lianqing tried to argue further, but the elderly nanny waved her hand, signalling Su Lianqing to stop.
Helplessly, Su Lianqing stopped talking.
Continuing the conversation might have led to a confrontation between the two.
Why must things be so complicated?
These sacrifices now are just paving the way for others; why can’t they see that?
Before long, a maid ca with a box.
Su Lianqing moved aside.
The elderly nanny took the box, dismissed the maid after opening it, and then moved to a carefully arranged corner, unleashing a sinister laugh as she held a doll. She then attached Xu Qing’s birth data and sewn in his hair, placing the doll in front of her and closing her eyes in contemplation.
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...
As dusk fell, the sky turned dark and overcast, devoid of sunlight.
Xu Qing was reading scriptures in his room when he suddenly noticed a whiff of black Qi erging from his Qi Fortune in the bronze mirror.
"There’s danger." Without a second thought, he threw into it the three strands of Holy Energy he had obtained from grasping the Principle of Knowing the Truth.
The black Qi instantly dissipated.
He felt relieved but remained cautious and vigilant.
"What exactly is going on?" he wondered, staying alert.
Soon, a cold wind blew in from outside. Sensing sothing was wrong, Xu Qing employed his Divine Soul to observe, heard the sounds of ghostly wails, and saw shadows similar to his own spirit form creeping into his room, which was utterly terrifying.
Such eerie scenes would certainly have paralyzed ordinary people with fear, akin to a nightmare that one couldn’t awaken from.
But Xu Qing was well prepared.
"I don’t know which Devil dares to harm ."
He had already used the three strands of Holy Energy to dissolve the black Qi, and at this mont, his clarity of mind was indescribable; even the power of the Yaksha King surged multiple folds. He felt like a Saint, illuminating and unafraid of the dark evils.
"Such petty tricks dare to be presumptuous," Xu Qing scorned in his mind.
He then envisioned the Yaksha King manifesting itself.
Suddenly, the Yaksha King leapt out, raising its trident and skewering the shadows one by one, quickly vanquishing most of them while the remnants fled.
Xu Qing sneered, "Yaksha King, chase after them. Let’s see who dares to be so bold."
He decided to test the Yaksha King’s Divine Skills and its range of operation away from him.
He commanded the Yaksha King to follow the shadows. Within a short distance, they arrived at a grand complex.
"Marquis Wuding Mansion." Xu Qing understood everything.
It turned out Marquis Wuding had hired demon people to perform Dao Skill against him.
Had he not been prepared, he would have fallen right into the plot.
Enraged, Xu Qing could barely contain himself.
Expectedly, while channeling through the Yaksha King, his emotions easily tipped toward rage, enhancing the power ofApparently, as the Yaksha King pursued the fleeing shadows, a trident was thrown, pinning the shadow to a house door.
A ghastly scream then rang from inside the house.
"You attempt to harm ; I shall not let you go." The Yaksha King’s rage continued unabated as Xu Qing drove it through the door.
They saw an old worshipful woman clutching her head, her hair in disarray.
"It’s you!" Xu Qing held no sympathy for the old or the young, commanding the Yaksha King directly to thrust its trident towards the old woman.
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...
Helplessly watching the elderly nanny perform Dao Skill, Su Lianqing felt both anxious and angry, but she couldn’t intervene.
She knew Xu Qing could also perform Dao Skill, and with his powerful Qi-Blood, the elderly nanny’s spell could not possibly harm him.
However, as things unfolded, there was little she could do.
She rely hoped the elderly nanny would know to retreat facing difficulty.
Unexpectedly, during the spellcasting, the elderly nanny suddenly scread in agony, clutching her head.
Su Lianqing realized this was a sign of the spell’s backlash.
Initially planning to help, she suddenly sensed a sinister presence.
Shocked, Su Lianqing quickly employed the secret technique of the Luo Sect to conceal her presence, daring not to make a move and even refraining from projecting her Divine Soul. In less than a mont, Su Lianqing saw the elderly nanny’s body contort like a shrimp, her whole body trembling and frothing at the mouth.
It turned out she was struck by the backlash of her spell, then the Yaksha King seized the mont to strike, causing severe damage to her Divine Soul.
After a while, the malevolent air in the room dissipated.
Su Lianqing hurried to the elderly nanny’s side, calling softly, "Elder Yun..."
The elderly nanny continued frothing at the mouth, muttering as if she had seen a ghost, "The Saint Heir has killed ..."
"The Saint Heir has killed ..."
She repeated the sa phrase several tis.
Her voice grew weaker, her eyes vacant, devoid of consciousness.
Seeing this, Su Lianqing was utterly horrified.
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