Li Chengxian never expected there to be someone on the wall.
Before he could even react, a pitch - black gun muzzle was pressed against the back of his head.
At the same time, a cyan - white thunderbolt suddenly appeared in the sky. Right above the orphanage, it exploded into three lightning bolts like silver snakes. They pierced through the skulls of the three little ghosts. Before they could even let out a scream, they were blasted into countless tiny light dots by the electric light and scattered in the last bit of darkness before dawn.
"......Mom......"
In the last moment, I could still hear Little Stone's heart - rending scream, which suddenly stopped the moment the flash disappeared.
"......The Heavenly Gang Five - Thunder Spell?!"
Although Li Chengxian had a gun against the back of his head, the shock on his face was triggered by the fleeting lightning in the sky. He stared at the white light that still lingered in his field of vision, his lips trembling.
"Why would a legitimate Taoist from the Qingwei School do such a vicious thing?"
Si Jiangchen held the gun in one hand and yanked the bag hanging on Li Chengxian's waist with the other, then threw it to me. "Du Xinghe, see if there's anything useful in it."
He knew that I had been learning Taoism from Granny Bai. Since Li Chengxian was a Taoist, there must be some magical tools that I could use.
"Who are you?!"
Only then did Li Chengxian come to his senses. "How can you use the Five - Thunder Spell? Since you're a Taoist learner, why don't you try to transcend those little ghosts? How can you bear to make their souls scatter?"
"Slap! Slap!"
I had already taken Li Chengxian's cloth bag and slapped him hard twice. "You lured them into doing evil and wanted to make them fall into the Abyss of Evil. How dare you say 'How can you bear it'?"
Ordinary souls, even if they have obsessions, will gradually have their obsessions worn away after wandering aimlessly in the mortal world for a long time. They will either disperse with the wind or be captured by the underworld messengers patrolling the mortal world and sent back to the underworld for reincarnation.
But this villain, Li Chengxian, as a Taoist, deliberately incited those innocent children and aroused the purest malice in their hearts!
Perhaps the person every child loves most is their parents. Especially in such a chaotic world, parents who can still stay with their children must have the deepest love for their offspring!
When I scolded Little Stone for cutting off his obsession in the mortal world, I just wanted him to go to reincarnation peacefully. But this bastard Li actually showed the children the bloody truth of Wu Shou's evil deeds. Their parents were killed by villains, yet they regarded the murderer as their savior and their own kin.
How could those children bear such a tearing pain? And with the enemy right in front of them, how could they resist taking revenge?
Wu Shou was imprisoned by Li Chengxian. He could only watch helplessly as those little ghosts devoured him.
After those little ghosts ate the same kind of ghost, they would lose their last bit of humanity. Filled with violence, they would turn into mindless and killing evil ghosts. If they were captured and refined at this time, they would obey the person who refined them...
And this refinement meant making them suffer the eighteen kinds of punishments in the underworld until they begged for mercy and never dared to have the ambition to betray their master again!
Si Jiangchen used just one thunder spell to completely break Li Chengxian's elaborate scheme.
Seeing that it was inevitable for those little ghosts to eat Wu Shou, he simply sent down a thunderbolt to end the miserable fates of those little ghosts once and for all!
This was very much in line with his cold - blooded nature.
I knew that he didn't want to be involved in karma, so he didn't want to save Wu Shou who was being devoured by the children. And since those children had committed a heinous crime by eating Wu Shou's soul, his striking them with thunder to destroy their souls was just to act on behalf of the Heavenly Way.
However, I still couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart.
Cold - blooded calculation and simply distancing himself from the situation. If I weren't the fiancée he had been promised to since childhood, I'm afraid he wouldn't even take a second look at me even if I died in front of him...
After being slapped twice, Li Chengxian didn't dare to move at all. He raised his hands above his head. "Fellow Taoist... You are a high - ranking expert from which sect? I'm Li Chengxian from the Qingwei School."
Li Chengxian's face was swollen and red from my slaps, but he still showed a bright smile. He wanted to turn around to get on good terms with Si Jiangchen, but Si Jiangchen poked the gun against his forehead and asked, "Is Du Peiyun from the Du family in Luocheng? Why don't I see him come out and show himself?"
"Uh..."
This time, not only was Li Chengxian stunned, but I was also dumbfounded.
Was the "netting the fish on the hook" that Si Jiangchen mentioned finally about capturing Du Peiyun?
"Clan Chief Du is not in Luocheng!"
Li Chengxian hesitated for a moment before saying.
"Do you think the spies in my army are useless?"
Si Jiangchen loaded his gun. "Tell me. I don't have much patience. I might shoot you at any time!"
"I..."
As soon as Li Chengxian hesitated, there was a "bang". A bullet had pierced into his calf, creating a hole the size of a copper coin.
"Ouch! I'll tell you, I'll tell you..."
Li Chengxian was in great pain. His leg went soft and he fell to the ground. He covered the wound on his leg and wailed, "Clan Chief Du is at the northern foot of the Eastern Mountain of Longmen. They went there to look for something! I don't know anything else..."
"Feign attack in the east and strike in the west!"
Si Jiangchen raised his eyebrows, but there was no sign of excessive annoyance on his face. He shouted towards the dark and silent houses, "Come out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of fully - armed soldiers rushed out from the three rows of bungalows in the orphanage. They were well - trained. They had been hiding in the houses silently before. Now, as soon as they ran into the yard, they tied Li Chengxian up tightly.
"General!" One of the adjutants saluted Si Jiangchen. I recognized him. He was one of the adjutants who had guarded Lin Shuya before.
"You guys take this guy to the prison. You can return to the camp!"
Si Jiangchen waved his hand. "Leave your horses!"
The adjutant quickly nodded and ordered the soldiers to lead two horses over from the back porch.
Looking at the big horses that were even taller than me, I kept backing away...
Was Si Jiangchen actually going to let me ride the horse with him?
But... In the past ten years, I had either been learning to be a proper young lady in the deep mansion or mingling with the refugees on the run. When did I ever have the chance to ride a horse?
I was afraid that the horse didn't even need to run. A kick would be enough to throw me off the horse's back and break my neck!
"......I."
Before I could even voice my protest, I felt my body lift into the air. Si Jiangchen had somehow gotten on the horse. He bent down and grabbed me around the waist, pulling me onto the horse's back.
"With me here, what are you afraid of?"
Si Jiangchen's warm breath was in my ear. "Are you still afraid of falling off and breaking your neck?"