Chapter 36 Cursed Doll
"No, don't come over here!"
"You bastard, you freak, die!"
The eldest lady took out the protective Guanyin jade pendant from her bosom. Although there were many cracks on it, it still emitted a faint Buddha light.
The Buddha's light shone on Hui'er, causing her to scream and no one could get close to her.
But before the eldest lady could be happy, countless strands of hair rushed towards her and directly pierced the Guanyin jade pendant.
With a loud bang, the Guanyin jade pendant exploded into pieces.
The black hair dissipated and Chen Ziyu stopped attacking.
Hui'er pounced towards the two of them. After a moment, with screams rang out, the eldest lady and Mr. Huang turned into two corpses.
Among them, the eldest lady's death was the most miserable, with blood gushing out of all her orifices and a golden hairpin piercing her neck. Ironically, the golden hairpin was the dowry that Madam Xie had prepared for Hui'er.
Hui'er floated there, staring blankly at the two bodies. After taking revenge, she seemed to have no idea what to do and was very confused.
He became stupid and silly again.
At this moment, something strange happened.
A strong resentment rose from the eldest lady's body and gathered into a human shape. She looked at Li Daoxuan and Hui'er with extremely resentful eyes and she was about to turn into a ghost.
She was not an ordinary person, but had practiced the art of exorcism and had some skills, which was why she could turn into a ghost so quickly after her death.
Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up. Is there such a good thing?
“Burn it for me!”
boom!
Flames spurted out of the Three Realms Gourd and landed on , burning her to charcoal. The evil ghost struggled and roared, but in the end, it was reduced to ashes.
The "Book of Exorcising Demons" was opened, and a line of words appeared.
"In the first year of Zhenguan, in June, I killed a fully formed evil spirit in Xinyang County and received a reward - a mid-level magic weapon: the Cursed Doll!"
"Cursed Doll (made of the hair of a woman who died unjustly, covered with human skin, quite spiritual, feeds other people's personal belongings, can curse and kill.)"
The introduction of this magic weapon made Li Daoxuan's eyes light up. For a shady and cautious person like him, this kind of thing is the one he likes the most.
It's simply a weakened version of the Seven Arrows Book!
He stretched out his hand, and a black doll appeared in his hand. It felt cold to the touch, and the doll had no face. It opened its mouth, as if expressing hunger.
Li Daoxuan knew that if he fed it other people's personal belongings, such as hair and nails, it would eat them and then change its appearance into a similar one to that person.
At this time, if Li Daoxuan pierced the puppet's heart with a sword, the person's heart would also be pierced.
It's so insidious!
After putting the cursed doll into the Three Realms Gourd, Li Daoxuan smiled slightly. Good, here comes another method.
However, when seeing Hui'er's current condition, Li Daoxuan couldn't help but feel a little worried.
The resentment in Huier was dissipating quickly, which was a good thing, but along with the resentment, Huier's ghost was also dissipating.
It seemed that after completing her revenge, she no longer had the desire to live, her thoughts dissipated, and her soul disappeared with them.
Countless strands of hair flowed into Huier's body, injecting Yin energy into it.
But no matter how hard Chen Ziyu tried, she could not catch up with the speed at which Huier disappeared.
For the first time, there was an obvious fluctuation in her eyes. She opened her red lips slightly as if to speak, but no sound came out.
Li Daoxuan patted her shoulder.
"Sister Yu, let her go. Maybe this is her own choice."
Li Daoxuan looked at Huier and sighed softly.
Master once said that if a person has no attachment to this world any more, this situation will occur. Even if he becomes a ghost, his soul will dissipate and return to the void, without seeking an afterlife.
Li Daoxuan sat cross-legged with a solemn expression, raised his finger, and began to recite scriptures aloud.
"The number of the ten-direction celestial masters is as numerous as the sand and dust. They transform into the ten directions to save all heavenly beings. They devote their energy to gather merit and virtue to save sinful souls. The sinful souls are truly pitiful. I will now recite the wonderful sutra..."
This is the "Tai Shang Jiu Ku Jing", a Taoist scripture for liberating the souls of the dead. His master had asked him to memorize it.
Li Daoxuan recalled Hui'er's experience and felt compassion in his heart. The sound of his chanting became louder and louder, until it even sounded like a huge bell.
As Hui'er listened to the scriptures, the dullness in her eyes slowly faded away.
After an unknown amount of time, all the resentment in her body had dissipated, and only a thin wisp of her soul remained.
But her eyes were exceptionally clear.
At this moment, Huier was a pretty girl with a sunny temperament. She smiled brightly at Li Daoxuan, revealing shallow dimples and two cute fangs.
Li Daoxuan understood the gratitude in her eyes.
At least Hui'er was no longer stupid when she was dying.
After a moment, Huier's soul dissipated, turned into tiny dots of light, and disappeared into the world.
Li Daoxuan didn't know whether she would eventually choose to be reincarnated or would rather die, but no matter what she chose, he should respect it.
A small bronze mirror remained in its place.
Li Daoxuan was stunned.
Countless strands of hair rolled up the bronze mirror and handed it to Li Daoxuan.
Chen Ziyu stared at the sweat on his head and his pale face due to excessive consumption of magic power. The blood on his wedding dress formed four small words.
"She gave it to... you."
After a pause, blood dripped from the red clothes again, forming two words again.
"Thanks……"
Li Daoxuan was startled, and suddenly felt happy in his heart. Sister Yu is thanking me? It's not easy!
He picked up the bronze mirror and felt a faint fluctuation of magical power on it. It should be a magical tool, but his specific purpose was unknown. He planned to ask his master when he returned.
But before that, Li Daoxuan had one more thing to do.
He walked to Mr. Huang's body, picked up the money bag containing three hundred taels of gold, and put it in his arms.
"Master Huang, I have already returned the money to you, but you were so careless that it fell out again. Now I have to count it as my pick-up."
Li Daoxuan murmured, "Master said that I have good luck, and it's true. I picked up three gold ingots before, and now I have picked up three hundred taels of gold."
Now, even Chen Ziyu looked sideways at this guy's shamelessness.
"Sister Yu, in order to prevent the government from tracking them down, can you plant an illusion on those servants, making them think that Mr. Huang and his wife were killed by a ghost, and then I killed the ghost, but unfortunately I couldn't save them."
The master said that there were some very mysterious government offices in the Tang Dynasty court , many of which were manned by monks from both the Buddhist and Taoist sects. The most famous ones were the Bad Guys headed by Yuan Tiangang, and the Hun Tianjian headed by Li Chunfeng.
It’s not that I’m afraid of them, because the master once boasted... He once said that Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng and their ilk were all defeated by him back then, and were just his little brothers who followed behind him and cheered for him.
In this regard, Li Daoxuan thought that his master might have drunk too much.
However, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was vast. Although there were monks in these mysterious yamen, their numbers were limited, which easily led to a situation where there were too many monks and too little porridge. They focused more of their energy on prosperous cities like Chang'an.
For example, in the previous Xiaosha Village, bat demons and snake demons had been causing trouble for many years, but no wizard with an official background came to exorcise the demons. Perhaps it was not because the local officials did not report it, but that they were simply short of manpower and had no time to take care of it.
Li Daoxuan is cautious by nature. Mr. Huang is the richest businessman in Xinyang County and has some influence. Just in case, he still needs to be careful.
Chen Ziyu nodded slightly.
A moment later, all the servants were called into the room by Li Daoxuan, and their eyes became dull...
