Now, the officially enshrined weasel that had possessed Li Jiuming was being scalded by Lu Tianchang spoonful by spoonful of hot porridge. It could no longer control Li Jiuming's body and was eager to flee.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
The weasel's limbs trembled violently from the scalding. Lu Tianchang grabbed it in his hand and immediately pinched out a Five - Thunder Seal, intending to blast it into oblivion.
"Wait!!"
I quickly raised my hand to stop Lu Tianchang. "It hasn't harmed anyone!"
"Oh?"
Lu Tianchang was taken aback. In his career, whenever he caught a spirit, he would always kill it rather than try to redeem it. He didn't care whether it had harmed people or not!
Hearing me speaking up for it, the weasel immediately clasped its two front paws and bowed desperately to me, squeaking frantically.
"Senior Brother Lu, let it go."
Si Jiangchen also chimed in following my words. "Although it's a gluttonous brute, it would be a pity to ruin its hundreds of years of cultivation."
"Xiao Si, you weren't this soft - hearted before."
Lu Tianchang suddenly laughed. "No wonder you spared this little zombie. Your Dao heart is wavering!"
Si Jiangchen ignored his teasing and said to the weasel, "Go back to your mountain. If you dare to come out and harm humans again, someone will surely teach you a lesson!"
Saying that, he took the weasel from Lu Tianchang's hand and threw it on the ground.
"Thank you, thank you, great immortals, for sparing my life. I'll leave Jinling right away and go far away. I won't ever get in your way again!!"
The weasel knelt on the ground like a human and kowtowed three times, then scurried away in a flash...
"... Dad."
After Si Jiangchen and the others had dealt with the weasel, Li Mingyue finally came to. As soon as she saw Li Jiuming's tragic state, she almost fainted again.
"Sister Mingyue!!"
Si Xirui also got up from the ground and rushed to support Li Mingyue. "Please mourn..."
But she only managed to say these three words and couldn't continue. In her view, her poor cousin had lost two loved ones in one day. No amount of consolation would help.
"Brother Achen... What should I do? How can I go on living?!"
Li Mingyue's face was deathly pale. She grabbed the corner of Si Jiangchen's clothes. "My parents are gone. I..."
Before she could finish her sentence, her body went limp, and she collapsed into Si Jiangchen's arms.
"Mingyue, I'm engaged. You'd better go find the father of your two children."
Si Jiangchen helped Li Mingyue up and handed her to the stunned Si Xirui. Then he turned around, took my hand, and said calmly, "I welcome you to attend my wedding in three days."
"..."
Li Mingyue was shocked by Si Jiangchen's words. She stammered for a long time. "... Brother Achen, you... you knew all along, didn't you?!"
Si Jiangchen held my hand and didn't turn back. He just gave a soft "hmm".
After he led me out of the small house, I heard Li Mingyue's heart - rending sobs.
"Hey, whose kids are those two little brats?"
I turned my head and saw Lu Tianchang following behind us. He looked at me and then at Si Jiangchen, his handsome eyebrows furrowed tightly.
Si Jiangchen didn't answer. He just tightened his grip on my hand and pulled me into the car.
"Xiao Si, are you in trouble too?"
Lu Tianchang quickly followed and sat in the back seat of the car. Suddenly, he unexpectedly tore open Si Jiangchen's collar, exposing his neck.
There, diagonally below his neck, were two rows of tiny tooth marks. The marks were black and blue, and countless tiny blood vessels spread out along them...
"Corpse poison?!"
Lu Tianchang's voice changed. "Did she bite you?!"
"Yeah!"
Si Jiangchen casually pulled up his collar and started the car. "I've found the 'Supreme Soul - Returning Spell'. I can save her."
"You're being stupid!!"
Lu Tianchang was going crazy. "Why didn't you blast her into ashes right away? Where's your Five - Thunder Seal? Where's your Thunderous Dharma Spell? You've attracted the thunder tribulation that should have fallen on her onto yourself! Do you still want to live?!"
"My life is none of your business."
Si Jiangchen's hand rested on the steering wheel, while his other hand gently squeezed my palm.
"I want to live with her and see the prosperous world with my own eyes."
"Fine! Great! Wonderful!"
Lu Tianchang nodded erratically. "You think it's very romantic, don't you? Do you know that if the two of you fail the tribulation, the world will be filled with corpses?"
"I know."
Si Jiangchen still held my hand. "That's why I found the Supreme Soul - Returning Spell. If we really fail, at least one of us can be saved and live like a normal person."
I was a bit confused. Did he bring me back to get married just for the tribulation?
It seemed extremely dangerous, with thunder tribulations and the threat of corpses littering the world.
"Can we avoid the tribulation?"
I grabbed Si Jiangchen's hand nervously and asked.
I just wanted to maintain the current situation. I didn't want to become an indestructible zombie, and I didn't want to eat those specially - made medicinal people.
"Celestial tribulation is not something a zombie like you can control."
Lu Tianchang looked almost furious. "The celestial thunder is specifically meant to deal with monsters like you who are born against the will of heaven. You bit Xiao Si, and now you two share the same fate. Are you really going to be a pair of zombie lovers who live and die together?"
"Senior Brother Lu, since you're here, please do us a favor."
Si Jiangchen still said calmly, "Preside over our wedding. I'll set the wedding on the day when the thunder tribulation is about to arrive."
"Fine, fine, fine..."
This time, Lu Tianchang was really too angry to speak. After saying several "fine" words in a row, he held back for a long time before saying, "Have you ever thought that if something happens to you, the Si family's Dao lineage of this branch will be extinct?"
Si Jiangchen hadn't married or had children yet, and Si Cheng, his father, simply couldn't support the Si family.
"It doesn't matter."
A hint of disgust appeared on Si Jiangchen's face. "The Si family has rotted to the core. Even if I can survive, I don't want to continue this kind of life..."
"Are you really determined?"
Lu Tianchang glanced at Si Jiangchen and me.
The Si family had lasted for a hundred years. As a prominent family, it was extremely prosperous in terms of wealth and prestige at all times.
Lu Tianchang didn't expect that Si Jiangchen would hate this family so much.
"Yes."
Si Jiangchen had already driven the car out of the Zijin Mountain range. The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the golden - scaled sunset clouds in the sky were billowing like flames.
"Senior Brother Lu, the thunder tribulation will arrive in three days. My wife's and my fates will change on this day."
He gently stepped on the brake, parked the car by the roadside, and then turned his head to look seriously at Lu Tianchang in the back seat. "If something happens to me, please take good care of Du Xinghe."
"Get out!!"
Lu Tianchang's face instantly flushed red. "Take care of your own wife! I still have my sweetheart to pursue. Who has the time to deal with you?!"