Witch Wind

Chapter 20: Walking in the Jiazi Period (Part )

Behind the purple-robed woman, a burly man suddenly attacked.

He pulled out a shiny golden hammer the size of a baby's head from his sleeve. With a flick of his arm, the hammer broke through the air with a thunderous bang and fell directly on the old priest's head.

The old priest's face suddenly changed.

In today's world, in the Great Yu Dynasty, these foreigners are almost like the Second Emperor. Wherever they go, officials and civilians alike are extremely cautious when they see them, for fear of offending them.

Especially their missionaries of the Virgin Mary Church, who have a special status and enjoy privileges far beyond those of ordinary foreigners.

How could he have ever imagined that someone would call him a "barbarian and a lowly slave" and even dare to attack him openly?
The golden hammer was extremely fast, and with a flash of light, it arrived in front of the old priest.

The few young nuns around him had no time to react. Among the priests following him, some of them reacted quickly. Their skin moved and turned into black whip shadows that swung towards the golden hammer.

Still too late to stop it.

The silver bell in the old priest's hand exploded with a bang, and the whole silver bell exploded into a ball of silver powder. His eyes emitted a very bright light, and he screamed in a very sharp voice. The air around him was filled with translucent ripples visible to the naked eye, and powerful mental shocks blasted out in waves, blocking the golden hammer one after another.

Xing Tianli kept shaking his head.

What a crude way to use spiritual power. Such a powerful spiritual power is almost comparable to that of a successful monk. But if a serious monk encounters such an attack, how can he "sweep" in a 360-degree manner without dead angles?

The spiritual power of a serious cultivator can be condensed into a shield to block in front of him. The defensive power thus possessed is at least ten times stronger than randomly releasing mental power to attack.
He had time to take action.

But he didn't make a move.

The golden hammer hit the old priest's surging mental shock, and there was a continuous buzzing sound, as if a meteorite fell from the sky and hit the sea surface fiercely. The translucent mental shock was torn apart layer by layer, and a large circular gas explosion was blown out that was visible to the naked eye.

The corners of the old priest's eyes were torn, and his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

'Boom'!
The golden hammer hit the old priest's head, and the blood and brain matter all sprayed on the young nuns behind him. The nuns and priests screamed in surprise. In front of so many townspeople, the clothes of several black-robed priests exploded, their muscles squirmed rapidly, and their hands and legs turned into more than a foot thick meat stakes, rushing towards the wooden boat with a dull sound of breaking wind.

The golden hammer that smashed the old priest's head spun around, drew an arc, and fell directly back into the hands of the burly man.

The purple-robed woman raised her lips slightly, looking at the priests rushing towards her with great disdain, and waved her hand casually: "They are all evil demons, low-class bastards, kill them all!"

Behind her, a dozen strong men jumped up at the same time, leaped over a distance of more than ten feet, and landed heavily on the shore. The man in the front grinned strangely and rammed his head towards a huge fist that was coming towards him.

There was a loud bang, and the dust on the ground was stirred up.

The man's head was intact, but the priest's arm, which was more than a foot thick and three feet long, exploded. Countless muscles twisted together like hemp ropes and squirming like snakes scattered with a harsh sound. These muscles that retained strong activity fell to the ground, making a continuous "snapping" sound.

The priest groaned, and the muscles in the wound on his arm moved rapidly, but not a single drop of blood spurted out.

"Merciful Virgin Mary, please give us the strength to destroy these damn heretics!" Seeing this scene, a group of priests' faces twitched, their eyes were dim, and they screamed in unison.

A dozen strong men laughed grimly, and from their sleeves, they pulled out heavy weapons such as golden hammers, bronze maces, and dragon-headed sticks, and rushed towards the priests with a gust of wind. The heavy weapons were accompanied by a whirring sound, and they smashed and hit the priests.

The head was shattered and the body was violently torn apart.

In just a few breaths, the priests who followed the old priest to the dock were killed or wounded, and their broken bodies were scattered all over the ground.

Several young nuns screamed together, and white fluid gushed out of their skin, quickly solidifying into a hard, smooth white shell on their bodies. Their slender arms turned into swords, making sharp sounds as they fiercely chopped at the men.

Various heavy weapons were wielded, and amid the ear-piercing sounds of critical strikes, the swords transformed from the little nuns' arms broke into pieces, blood splattered, and they screamed in pain, staggering backwards.

The sturdy men surrounded them with a sneer. The young nuns suddenly whistled a few times. Two of them turned and left, while the eyes of the other nuns emitted a dark and eerie light and a very strong aura gushed out of their bodies.

With a "hissing" sound, the shells of the little nuns broke apart. They shouted incomprehensible prayers, and white and red tentacles with sticky juice shot out from their abdomens.

With a sound of "puff", the strong men were caught off guard by the strange methods of these little nuns, and five or six men were hit by the sharp tentacles. However, the bodies of these men were extremely hard, and these tentacles, which were faintly shining with a faint metallic light, could only penetrate less than half an inch into their flesh.

"What the hell?" A sturdy man shouted angrily, "You are indeed a barbarian who uses such shameful means!"

Before he could finish his words, a few young nuns who stayed behind saw that the tentacles in their bodies could not do anything to these strong men, so they all looked up at the sky.

Ordinary people are unaware of it.

Xing Tianli suddenly felt that in a very far away place, as if separated by an extremely thick space membrane, there was an extremely terrifying, chaotic, frenzied, ancient aura, and a terrifying existence that was quietly casting its "gaze" towards this side.

The spatial diaphragm was too thick, and the "gaze" of this existence could not penetrate the space.

But as the breath of these little nuns rapidly diminished, they seemed to have sacrificed themselves. They used their lives as a sacrifice and transformed themselves into weak, tiny coordinates.

That existence caught the flashing coordinates of these little nuns, and He sent a tiny bit of power, which was insignificant compared to His huge body. This tiny bit of power penetrated the extremely thick space diaphragm and came to this world. The place where the tiny power descended on this world was in the extreme west of the Great Jade Dynasty.

The bodies of several little nuns exploded.

The dripping blood plasma sprayed three feet in all directions. Suddenly, a tiny force descended, and all the sprayed blood plasma suddenly gathered and collapsed inwards. A human figure made entirely of blood condensed out of thin air.

The bloody man took a step forward and let out a long howl. The blood plasma squirming in his body suddenly spurted out into thumb-thick, several-foot-long spikes.

Several strong men who were rushing in the front didn't have time to dodge. The moment they saw the bloody man, their eyes, which were originally extremely sharp and cold, suddenly became scattered. Their souls were greatly shocked and their movements became inexplicably stiff.

There was a continuous sound of "puffing" as the spikes made of blood pierced through the sturdy man's body.

Xing Tianli's body shook.

He also saw the bloody man, and the moment his eyes met his, an extremely chaotic, evil, and extremely filthy aura surged along his gaze. Xing Tianli felt sick in his chest and almost vomited - he seemed to see a manure pit that had not been cleaned for billions of years, with countless dead cats, dogs, and mice soaked in it, fermenting and rotting for countless years, suddenly burst open, and the sticky juice inside rushed towards him.

Just by seeing this bloody man, Xing Tianli inexplicably felt that his soul was dirty!
This kind of filthiness is not just a psychological illusion, it also has actual lethality.

Around Lingtai Zifu, boundless chaos rolled violently. The terrifying evil power and chaos collided with each other. Large pieces of chaotic lightning surged and shook. The violent collision between the two almost tore Xing Tianli's Lingtai Zifu into pieces.

The ancient bronze sword that was almost shattered made a sword sound, and a sharp sword light rose into the air, spanning the void and suppressing everything.

The chaotic and turbulent chaos slowly subsided, and the terrifying evil power that almost made Xing Tianli vomit was slowly swallowed up by the boundless chaos. As a result, the chaos surrounding Xing Tianli's spiritual palace was added with a terrifying force. "Don't worry if you have too much debt." Xing Tianli exhaled a foul breath, lowered his head suddenly, and didn't dare to look at the bloody man again, but stepped back quickly like the wind to dodge.

At the dock, at least a thousand people looked over here.

With just a glance, they saw the bloody man. Before they could figure out what was happening, they all vomited blood. Their souls suddenly disappeared and were swallowed up by the bloody man out of thin air.

"Gah!"
The bloody man let out a sharp roar, and everyone heard inexplicable joy and excitement from his roar.

The bodies of several strong men pierced by its bloody thorns became weak and powerless, and their skin quickly turned black and red. Strands of dirty blood seemed to be alive, wriggling rapidly under their skin, and even quickly condensed into countless green bean-sized pieces. Each stroke was clearly visible, but it was chaotic and evil to the extreme. You could see it clearly, but you could not understand the meaning of the words at all.

"go with!"

On the wooden boat, the purple-robed woman's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she took out a piece of talisman paper from her sleeve. The paper was more than six inches long and two inches wide, apricot yellow in color, with a circle of shimmering silver lines on the edge.

Xing Tianli looked at the talisman in the purple-robed woman's hand in surprise!

'symbol'?
Moreover, it is a 'living talisman'!
Xing Tianli's attainments in the art of talismans can only be described as mediocre. But after all, he had become a Yangshen Celestial Being in his previous life. Although he could only make some very simple entry-level talismans, he still had some vision in the art of talismans.

This is a 'living talisman'!

It is made by true cultivators with special 'spiritual materials', drawn and refined with correct techniques, and nurtured in a place with 'abundant spiritual energy'. It contains a 'living talisman' of real power!
Wisps of thick 'Primordial Qi derived from Heaven and Earth' were hidden deep in the talisman paper. Even from a long distance, Xing Tianli could feel the 'tempting aroma' emanating from these 'Primordial Qi'!
This world has clearly fallen into the Dharma Ending Age.

But with the mercy of heaven and earth, there are definitely some blessed places left in this world!

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain this "living talisman" and the primordial Qi contained in the talisman paper!

The purple-robed woman flicked her finger, and a ray of fire ignited from the talisman head, burning the talisman paper in an instant. A ray of bright light gushed out from the talisman paper, turning into a fist-sized talisman. Among the people present, only Xing Tianli's talisman was "clearly visible", bringing with it an extremely strong "destroying evil and breaking evil" power of heaven and earth, fiercely falling towards the bloody man.

'Boom'!
The bloody man exploded, and the sticky plasma burned rapidly like kerosene.

Black smoke billowed, and a suffocating stench gushed out in all directions. At the dock, the men and women who had been transported here were already in chaos. They were running away crying for their parents, and suddenly the stench came out, and large groups of men and women vomited and fell to the ground.

Bright light flickered, and several sturdy men whose bodies were pierced by blood spikes twitched violently. The power to kill evil surged in their bodies, and strands of sticky and filthy black blood spurted out from their wounds quickly and fell to the ground, actually corroding the stone slabs on the dock with a 'hissing' sound.

In this short delay, the two little nuns had already run away and disappeared.

On the bow, the purple-robed woman looked at the dirty blood bubbling on the dock with a bit of heartache, and her eyes suddenly fell on Xing Tianli: "Boy, are you a native of this town? Tell me what happened here in detail. If you tell it well, I will reward you handsomely."

Xing Tianli's heart skipped a beat.

"This palace"?
Look at the bearded eunuch behind the purple-robed woman, and then look at the three wooden boats. The styles of the men's and women's hats, robes, and hair styles are not at all the official styles prescribed by the current Dayu Dynasty.

Xing Tianli took a deep breath and sighed in his heart - 'I have encountered a rebel, alive!'
After a moment's silence, Xing Tianli bowed to the purple-robed woman and said softly, "I am Li Li, the chief clerk of Dalongqiu County. Nice to meet you, my lady."

The purple-robed woman and the eunuch behind her widened their eyes at the same time.

"Chief clerk? A blind man? Wow! The Fen tribe is indeed a tribe of mountain barbarians, and they don't follow any etiquette or laws. Appointing a blind man as the chief clerk of a county shows no regard for the dignity of the court at all!" The red-faced and bearded eunuch spoke immediately, pointing at Xing Tianli and speaking in a sarcastic tone.

In a moment, Li Kuisheng had already directed the people from the Inspection Office to evacuate the townspeople who were watching at the dock.

The armored soldiers who had retreated earlier, like flies smelling blood, hurriedly drove their boats ashore. They knocked out Jomus, who had become confused after the death of the old priest, and brought him back to the frigate. Then they ordered the hundreds of armed guards to shout at the men and women who had just landed, and returned to the cargo ship.

The tugboat was filled with coal and water. This time, no food or drinking water was provided to the men and women being transported. The tugboat started up and towed the cargo ship straight to the south as if it was escaping.

The dock soon returned to peace, but what made Xing Tianli feel sick was that many townspeople gathered at the dock, pointing at the three wooden boats, and occasionally someone muttered words like "heresy".

Fortunately, with Li Kuisheng and his men to maintain order, and without the old priest with great mental strength and proficiency in some mysterious arts to cause trouble, the townspeople only pointed and talked from a distance, and no one did anything irrational.

The purple-robed woman also came ashore, with her hands behind her back, quietly watching the armored soldiers busying themselves.

The armored soldiers obviously knew that the purple-robed woman and her group were not easy to deal with. Even the missionaries who they could not deal with were easily wiped out by the purple-robed woman and her group. Therefore, these Yingji people were only busy transporting the men and women on the dock and then returned to the ship.

"That armor is quite good." The purple-robed woman said softly.

"It's just worldly things." A burly man said to her respectfully, "Your Majesty, I can't feel anything from those armors... ahem!"

The burly man glanced at Xing Tianli, and his gaze swept across his empty, blank eyes. The expression on his face became extremely strange - a little pity, a little ridicule, and more of a sense of superiority.

"However, it is extremely rare for secular things to be so well made." The purple-robed woman frowned and looked at the inland gunboats gradually moving away from the shore: "These boats are quite interesting. How come there are so many strange things in this world in just sixty years?"

"The most bizarre thing is that these barbarians, who are worse than pigs and dogs, actually dare to do whatever they want on the land of China?"

The purple-robed woman turned around abruptly and stared at Xing Tianli with a stern gaze: "You, are actually the chief clerk of a county?"

The purple-robed woman looked at Xing Tianli with great suspicion and contempt: "It seems that you have a good father? However, it seems that your father is not that good either. Don't you have the most basic respect for the country?"

Xing Tianli coughed lightly and replied with a hint of annoyance: "Your Excellency, what you said is totally unreasonable. My biological father died ten years ago. I have only been appointed as this so-called chief clerk for a few days. It is nothing more than the so-called barbarians and slaves you mentioned messing around and letting the Jiangdong Governor's Office make a random appointment."

"You know your own limitations, kid. I used to be a bookstore owner in this town. I usually read books in teahouses to earn some pocket money to support my family. What does being a bookkeeper, an official position, or the dignity of the imperial court have to do with me?"

Xing Tianli poked his fingers slightly towards his eyes and said angrily: "After all, I am just a blind man!"

The purple-robed woman raised her eyebrows, and her extremely beautiful and cold face relaxed a little. She nodded slowly and said, "Is that so? I misunderstood you. However, the Governor's Office of Jiangdong Province would actually appoint a blind storyteller as the chief clerk of a county just because of the wishes of a barbarian slave?"

She sneered at the eunuch with a beard behind her and said, "Write it down, write it down, all these shameful and dirty things, write them down!"

The eunuch with a beard pulled out a long silk scroll from his sleeve and quickly wrote on it with a very fine brush: "Here, Master Chief Clerk, please tell me the cause and effect of the incident in detail."

The brush in the eunuch's hand was only three inches long and as thin as a mung bean. When writing, ink continuously flowed out from the tip of the brush, and the fragrance of ink filled the air. There were faint traces of gold foil in the black ink. This brush was certainly a treasure; this ink was also a bit too extravagant.

Xing Tianli did not exaggerate and recounted in detail what had happened in the town in those days.

(End of this chapter)