The Lord of Mount Tai suddenly walked into the house from the brightly sunlit yard. For a moment, I felt that the faint golden light representing divinity on his body expanded infinitely. Looking at him was like staring directly at the sun!
Was this the majesty of the ancient great god?
I didn't know whether to hide or stand up to him at that moment. It was the first time I was so at a loss!
"I didn't expect to find a stubborn rock from Mount Tai here."
The Lord of Mount Tai weighed the jagged rock in his hand. There was a clear line of small characters engraved on it, "Taishan Shigandang". "It seems that this Master Lu has some taste."
"Taishan Shigandang" was said to be a spiritual stone taken by the Goddess Nuwa from Mount Tai to block Chiyou's way during the battle between Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor in ancient times. With this spiritual stone around, evil spirits would not dare to cause trouble. It was widely known for "pacifying all ghosts and suppressing disasters".
The Shigandang in the Lu family's shop was carved from a stone of Mount Tai. Under Lu Tianchang's worship, its spiritual power became stronger and stronger. It was like an inexhaustible source of energy to the Lord of Mount Tai. He raised his hand and threw the fist-sized rock into the air.
Suddenly, a huge pressure accompanied by the golden light shooting out from the rock pressed down on me. It was far beyond what I could bear. I finally understood what it meant by "being crushed by Mount Tai"!
I felt dizzy, my heart was pounding, and it seemed that a mouthful of blood was stuck in my chest. I felt as if my eyeballs were about to be squeezed out of their sockets by this boundless magical power!
With a "plop", my knees gave way under the pressure and I knelt on the ground. My mouth was filled with a coppery taste, and liquid involuntarily overflowed from the corner of my lips...
"That's right!"
The Lord of Mount Tai looked down at me from a height and smiled as he stretched out his hand. "Come with me obediently! A zombie like you can't enter the underworld or reincarnation. It's better to stay by my side and let me gradually purify you!"
"Spit! You're a muddle-headed and bastard god!"
I spat out the blood foam in my mouth. I could hardly lift my head under the pressure. "You don't go after the real villains! Instead, you only target me and Bai Yu, who are kind to humans?"
"How can you be kind to humans?"
Seeing that the Lord of Mount Tai didn't continue to use his magic and seemed to want to hear my defense, Sheng Shixun showed a faint look of sadness on his face. "My wife's soul was eaten by you, Miss Du, right? And the incident a few days ago. Ma Su kindly took you to a variety show, but you used your zombie constitution and caused two deaths and three injuries. Your so - called kindness is just a joke!"
The Lord of Mount Tai frowned again. He was like a newly hatched chick. The first person he saw was Sheng Shixun, and he regarded him as his closest person. Moreover, Sheng Shixun was a good pretender who always talked about benevolence and morality, which was exactly to the Lord of Mount Tai's liking.
Now Sheng Shixun's words were a mixture of truth and falsehood. Even I couldn't explain it clearly at once. How could a simple - minded guy like the Lord of Mount Tai bother to distinguish? Naturally, he thought everything Sheng Shixun said was right.
"Are you coming with me or not?"
The spiritual stone floating in the air slowly rotated, and the extremely powerful pressure was gradually increasing on me. I felt that my internal organs were being crushed into pieces!
"No... I won't go!!"
I gritted my teeth and squeezed out the words. "You good - for - nothing! What makes you think you can purify others?!"
"Humph!"
The Lord of Mount Tai was very angry with me. He flicked his finger at the stone in the air. "I remember there was someone in Taoism who only killed and didn't purify. Today... I'll learn from him!"
"Crunch!"
My bones creaked under the pressure. I couldn't even kneel steadily and fell to the ground flat on my face.
"Squeak!"
The little hedgehog in Sheng Shixun's hand seemed to sense the great pain I was suffering. It suddenly arched its body and swayed. Its sharp little mouth bit towards the Lord of Mount Tai's leg.
"Little brute, don't hurt the Lord!"
Sheng Shixun was quick - eyed and quick - handed. He pulled Bai Yu back by the rope.
"Little thing, you've got quite a temper!"
The Lord of Mount Tai was startled. His body was now completely human. If he was bitten, there would definitely be a bleeding wound.
Just for this moment of distraction, the gravity that was about to crush my bones on me suddenly eased a lot. I quickly took a few deep breaths and managed to get up from the ground.
Bai Yu missed the first bite. He curled up his body and bit towards his own calf tied with the red rope. He originally wanted to bite the rope, but the rope seemed to be conscious and tightened deeper into his flesh...
The little hedgehog got angry and gnawed hard on the rope around his swollen joint. Suddenly, a stream of bright red blood spurted out from the wound under his mouth.
Seeing the little hedgehog biting himself crazily, the Lord of Mount Tai couldn't help but sneer. "However, my immortal - binding rope is not something a little brute like you can break free from. Unless you don't want your leg..."
Before he could finish his words, Bai Yu didn't hesitate at all and bit towards his own joint.
"Stop!"
"No... don't bite!"
The Lord of Mount Tai and I both changed our expressions and shouted at the same time.
The Lord of Mount Tai was afraid that Bai Yu would really bite off his leg and escape, which would make him lose face as a god. And I felt sorry for this little guy. How could such a handsome boy find a girlfriend if he became a lame?
How could Bai Yu listen to us? With one bite, his skin and flesh split open, and the white bones in his calf were exposed. He was trembling with pain but didn't make a sound and opened his mouth to bite again.
"Bai Yu, don't hurt yourself."
With a cold shout, a sudden cold chill filled the room. The invisible pressure on me immediately disappeared. The rock that the Lord of Mount Tai had sacrificed in the air also seemed to suddenly regain its gravity and fell to the ground with a "thud".
"Eh?"
The Lord of Mount Tai was extremely surprised. He quickly turned his head to look behind him. Only to see that a tall and thin figure had appeared in the yard at some unknown time. The moment he appeared, even the sunlight in the sky dimmed.
"Who are you?"
Although the Lord of Mount Tai had a little girl's voice, the might of the ancient god in it was impossible to ignore.
"None of your business?"
The man said indifferently and stepped into the house.
Backlit, I could only see a pair of dark red, charcoal - like strange eyes looking at me and flickering slightly.
"Woo... Wuwu! Why did you come so late?!"
I burst into tears with a "wa" sound. The body that had just got up from the ground instantly went limp again as if I had lost all my strength.
"Xiao He."
The man stretched out his hand and pulled me into his arms. His slightly cold fingers wiped away the bloodstain from the corner of my lips. "You've suffered!"