Chapter 18: Three Thousand Tribulations in Heaven
Three days later, in Sanhe Village, in a certain household.
A slim woman walked out of the house and met her long-lost fellow villagers.
She wanted to muster up the courage to say hello, but the villagers she used to be familiar with looked at her with strange eyes.
That look was like a thorn, piercing into her heart.
"This is the fourth time that the daughter-in-law of the Niu family has done this..."
"During this period of time, that guy didn't look for anyone else, but fell in love with this vixen."
"Alas, it's a pity for the son of the Niu family. He has to support his old mother while enduring such things..."
"Haha, what's so regrettable? Maybe he is enjoying it. Some time ago, the son of the Niu family sold a piece of ancient jade given by that person. Wow, it was a full ten taels of silver!"
"Humph, I've said it before, this woman looks like a vixen, whoever marries her will have bad luck, I heard she screams happily at night..."
Everyone was talking about it, and every word was like a knife, stabbing deeply into the woman's heart, making her face flush and her body tremble slightly.
However, she did not refute or explain, but just silently walked through the village entrance and towards the mountain.
After an unknown amount of time, she climbed up the back mountain alone, stood on the top of the mountain, and looked at the small village where smoke was rising, in a trance.
She and her husband were in love and had been childhood sweethearts. When she grew up, she resolutely rejected many offers from well-off families and chose the person she loved.
I thought it was the beginning of happiness, but it turned out to be the beginning of a nightmare.
She was wantonly humiliated and tortured by the monster in the Wutong Temple, and the husband she had chosen with her own hands did not dare to resist at all.
The woman opened her arms, ready to jump off the cliff to end her painful life.
However, at this moment, a clear voice sounded.
"I have been in heaven for three thousand calamities, and have been in the human world for another five hundred years. The sword at my waist is as sharp as purple lightning, and the elixir flame in the furnace is as white as smoke."
The woman was startled and looked carefully. It was a tall and handsome young Taoist priest. He was wearing a green Taoist robe and was walking towards her from a distance. He was obviously walking slowly, but he was approaching quickly.
"I just rode a white deer across the vast sea, and then rode a green ox into the cave heaven. I am just kidding with these little tricks, no one knows that I am a real immortal."
As soon as he finished speaking, the young Taoist priest was already beside the woman, with a short sword hanging from his waist, his eyes like morning stars, his long hair fluttering in the wind, and he looked like a man who had transcended the mortal world.
He bowed his head.
"I am Li Daoxuan, a poor Taoist priest. I am honored to meet you, Master."
Li Daoxuan...
The woman felt that the name seemed familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before, but she tried hard to recall it but couldn't.
"Greetings, Taoist Priest. May I ask for directions?"
She is kind-hearted, and although she has already considered committing suicide, she still decides to help the other person first.
Li Daoxuan shook his head and suddenly said, "Layman, there is a demonic aura on you! "
The woman was startled and involuntarily took a step back, but she forgot that she was just on the edge of the cliff, her foot slipped, and her body fell down.
The next moment, Li Daoxuan suddenly appeared beside her, grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to her original position.
Suddenly, Li Daoxuan's eyes focused on the woman's wrist.
I saw that on the originally white wrist, there were patches of blue-black snake scales!
Li Daoxuan's gaze stung her, and she quickly covered her arm and explained, "Master...Master, I...I am not a monster..."
"I know."
Li Daoxuan's voice startled her.
"You just had too much contact with monsters, and your body has been eroded by the monster's energy and has undergone some changes. If I'm guessing correctly, these scales should be snake scales."
The woman shuddered and lowered her head, as if she recalled some very painful memory.
Li Daoxuan sighed softly and took out a Six Ding and Six Jia amulet, which he had just drawn these days.
"The six female musicians, protect your body. The six male musicians, protect your soul. Hurry up and obey the command!"
The talisman turned into a golden light and flowed into the woman's body. She immediately felt a warmth in her body, and the cold feeling quickly dissipated.
Rolling up her sleeves, she was surprised to see that the ugly snake scales on it became lighter and lighter until they disappeared.
Because of these snake scales, even her husband and mother-in-law, and even her own family, dared not talk to her these days, and completely regarded her as an alien.
She knelt down with a plop, tears in her eyes, and said to Li Daoxuan: "Thank you, Taoist Priest!"
At this moment, she knew that she had met a Taoist priest with real ability. Unlike those charlatans, the other party was a real master!
Then I thought about how he was far away just now, but came to me in just a few steps, and the poem he recited... Although I didn't quite understand it, I always felt that he seemed very powerful.
Li Daoxuan quickly helped her up and said with a smile: "Since you are not afraid of death, why should you be afraid of monsters?"
The woman nodded repeatedly. This is how people are. As long as they can see a glimmer of hope, they will live on with strength.
She then narrated her experience.
Li Daoxuan sighed and said, "I killed the evil bat demon in Xiaosha Village before, but I didn't expect there is still a snake demon causing trouble. Well, let's get rid of all the evil today!"
Hearing this, the woman's eyes lit up, and she finally knew where she had heard the name Li Daoxuan.
"So you are the immortal who killed the bat demon. I heard about your deeds before and went to Xiaosha Village to look for you, but there was no one there..."
With the feat of killing the bat demon, Li Daoxuan's status in her mind rose rapidly, and he was simply a living god .
Li Daoxuan saw that the time was right, so he coughed and said, "I am not a deity, and I only have a little bit of Taoism. Although this snake demon is hateful, it has a deep Taoism. If you want to get rid of it, I am afraid you will need some tricks, and I may have to let you down a bit."
The woman said with a determined look, "As long as I can kill that snake demon, I will do anything you ask me to do!"
Her hatred for the snake demon was so deep that she wished she could eat its flesh alive and drink its blood!
Li Daoxuan nodded, then looked around to make sure there was no one around, then whispered, "I need you to do this... again..."
The woman nodded repeatedly, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in her eyes as she listened to Li Daoxuan's words.
"Master, rest assured. I remember everything. The snake demon said that he would come to find me tonight. I will go back and prepare right now!"
Li Daoxuan handed her a Six Ding and Six Jia Talisman and said, "If the matter is successful, you can tear this talisman into pieces, and I will sense it and come to help you exorcise the demon."
This talisman was drawn by Li Daoxuan himself and contains his magic power. If it is torn into pieces, Li Daoxuan will be able to sense it within a certain range.
The woman held the talisman tightly, bowed to Li Daoxuan again, and thanked him, saying, "I will live up to the immortal master's trust!"
Looking at her back, Li Daoxuan sighed softly, with a hint of determination in his eyes.
Everything is ready, let’s put an end to that snake demon tonight!
