"Nonsense!"
I was startled by the Dharma Mother with One Eye's bewitching question, my heart pounding wildly.
I've always been a carefree person. If I had any desires, it would simply be to live my life in peace without being chased and killed.
Since I learned my fate in the Underworld, I've become even more aimless about my future.
I might as well just take each day as it comes!
Suddenly confronted with the Dharma Mother with One Eye's hideous fangs and glaring eyes, I couldn't help but start to wonder what unfulfilled wishes I still had...
In an instant, memories of my childhood in the Du Mansion, the figure of Si Jiangchen, A Wen's bald head, and A Jian's white clothes all flashed through my mind...
All these thoughts came flooding in. Could these be my desires?!
"Smack!"
Suddenly, a heavy hand slapped the top of my head. Lu Xiyu's voice came from behind me, "Never forget, be invincible without desires! Xiao He, wake up!!"
It was like a basin of ice-cold water had been poured over my head. I shivered and finally came to my senses.
So, this shameless Dharma Mother with One Eye was trying to seduce me!!
She wanted me to reveal my own weaknesses to her!
If Lu Xiyu hadn't woken me up in time, I don't know how many people I cared about would have been exposed to the Dharma Mother with One Eye...
This evil ghost was really hard to guard against!
Gritting my teeth, I cast another Five Thunder Talisman. Unexpectedly, the Dharma Mother with One Eye casually grabbed a bead from the skull rosary around her neck and tossed it. Immediately, a delicate and pretty little boy rushed towards us.
"Don't hurt my mother!!"
I was startled. The hand seal I was about to cast even hesitated for a moment.
The little boy was none other than Xiao Shanzi from Uncle Yang's family, the child who had been drowned in the small stream by Li Chengxian in Dayu Village!
At this moment, he still had one eye missing, his body was dripping wet, and his face was deathly pale...
But he had clearly been taken to the Underworld for reincarnation by the two Soul Reapers. How could he be hanging on the Dharma Mother with One Eye's body?!
My mind went blank for a moment. I immediately thought something was wrong. This was no time to hesitate! I was facing a vicious and evil heretic. How could I falter?
Thunder Qi required seizing the opportunity and striking with full force!
The Yin Five Thunder Talisman I was about to cast had lost its previous power. In the blink of an eye, "Xiao Shanzi" rushed in front of me. His target wasn't me, but Lu Xiyu beside me.
At this moment, Lu Xiyu let out a soft groan. One hand grabbed the back of my clothes, "I'm about to give birth... Woo!!"
She had lost her previous calm. Her knees went weak and she was about to kneel on the ground. I had to block "Xiao Shanzi" and the Dharma Mother with One Eye while also reaching behind me to support Lu Xiyu. I didn't know what to do for a moment.
"I want to be your child!! All the other kids should die!"
"Xiao Shanzi"'s face was covered in overflowing stream water, sticky like glue. The once delicate little boy now looked as hideous as a water ghost, nothing like the one who had had his karmic obstacles erased in the Underworld.
He reached straight through my body, as if willing to fight to the death, and grabbed at Lu Xiyu's stomach. At the same time, the Dharma Mother with One Eye in front of me opened her mouth with four fangs and bit towards me.
"I'll have you as a snack first!"
She cackled wickedly, "Then I'll have a taste of that noble person from the Underworld later!"
At this moment, I didn't have time to deal with the Dharma Mother with One Eye. I reached back to grab the little ghost that was going through my body. The bone-chilling cold made me shiver.
"Humph! Are you asking for trouble?!"
Suddenly, a big hand suddenly reached out from the void beside me. It grabbed Xiao Shanzi's soul and crushed it into pieces without much effort. As the hand waved, it turned into grayish-white ashes and dissipated in the air.
A man in a gray shirt appeared in my sight. He reached out and took Lu Xiyu's small hand from behind me and hugged her limp body.
"Look at how much you've suffered."
He frowned and looked at his wife's sweaty little face, "When the baby comes out, I'll teach him a lesson!!"
"What are you talking about!"
Lu Xiyu's labor pains started again. She grabbed the man and coquettishly said, "Isn't giving birth supposed to be tough? I've already had it easy! Xiaolu is a good kid. He hasn't made me suffer much..."
The two of them were showing their affection as if there was no one else around, completely ignoring the hideous Dharma Mother with One Eye in front of them!
"Whoosh!"
The Dharma Mother with One Eye couldn't stand this kind of contempt. The brownish-red long hair on her head turned into countless tentacles and swept towards the three of us. She wanted to devour Lu Xiyu's soul and invade my body. Now, the only person in front of her who could pose a threat was Lu Xiyu's husband.
Who would have thought that the man completely ignored the Dharma Mother with One Eye's attack. He carried Lu Xiyu and quickly walked towards the delivery room, completely ignoring the Dharma Mother with One Eye.
"Swish!"
Another sharp sound cut through the air. Suddenly, a slender hand wrapped around my waist and pulled me into a warm embrace. Si Jiangchen appeared beside me as if emerging from the mist. He was wearing a dark blue hand-tailored suit with dark patterns, and his hair was neatly combed back, revealing his full forehead and deep-set eyes. He looked like a leader who had just come from an elite party.
"Uh, why are you here?"
I was a little surprised, but then I remembered what he had said. As long as it was in the capital, it would be easy for him to find someone.
"Are you in trouble?!"
Si Jiangchen squinted his eyes. In his eyes, this was probably just an ordinary hospital corridor. He couldn't see the ghosts, let alone the distorted face of the Dharma Mother with One Eye. So, he placed his right hand in my left hand, "I'll help you solve it!"
"The Seven Stars suppress the colorful light, shining on the netherworld. All the demons and devils in the heavens shall perish. Wherever this spell reaches, all the gods shall pay homage..."
He began to murmur the incantation in a low voice.
"A mere ghost-expelling spell. What can it do to me?!"
The Dharma Mother with One Eye heard the incantation Si Jiangchen was chanting. It was just an ordinary Taoist ghost-expelling spell. She couldn't help but feel contemptuous. She casually tore off the whole skull necklace around her neck and turned it into dozens of hideous ghosts, old and young, male and female, and rushed towards us.
Si Jiangchen intertwined his long fingers with mine and formed a ghost-expelling hand seal. I imprinted it out.
In an instant, the faint golden light that bloomed from our fingertips was like the scorching sun in the sky, completely incinerating those evil ghosts. These were the souls of the pious believers that the Dharma Mother with One Eye had collected over the centuries. They had already merged with her avatar. Now that they had been captured by me, she seemed to have suffered a heavy blow too!
"…Roar!!"
The Dharma Mother with One Eye's avatar instantly faded. It was like morning mist trying to dissolve into the void she had created. But then, Si Jiangchen pinched and twisted his two fingers, grabbed her hair, and pulled her out again!