The more you believe me, the more real it becomes.

Chapter 148 If I had known this before, why did I do it in the first place?
The countless pages that fluttered away transformed into specks of light and dissipated, merging into all things in the universe.

At this moment, countless willows in the ancestral land of the Liu family suddenly stopped growing, and then their tender green gradually faded, turning into a gloomy and slow-growing landscape.

"What, what's going on?"

"Could someone be trying to frame our Liu family?"

The Liu family members were in a state of panic.

Liu Yuan stood there, stunned.

What did our ancestors mean by this? Were we wrong? But how could we be wrong?
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Liu family to transform from mortals to immortals!

How could we possibly let them go!
In such a situation, let alone the lives of a hundred or so lowly people, even a hundred or so members of the clan would have to be sacrificed!

So how did we go wrong?

How can you say we're wrong?!
"Ancestors, ancestors?!"

Liu Yuan wanted to grab the old man's back and question him to the end, but when he turned around, he passed right through the increasingly real old Liu.

The old man, Liu Yuan, was also unable to catch him and could only watch helplessly as he disappeared without a trace.

Stunned, Liu Yuan could only stare blankly at his empty hand.

Looking at the vanished old man, the golden dragon lowered its head slightly to look at Du Yuan.

Du Yuan also sighed deeply.

"If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?"

After shaking her head, Du Yuan asked Liu Yuan:

"A century of literary fortune has vanished in a single day. So, I ask you one last time: do you know your mistake?"

This startled Liu Yuan, who had been standing there in a daze. He turned around abruptly and pointed at Du Yuan fiercely, saying:

"It was you, you cast some evil spell, didn't you? This is all just a smokescreen, isn't it?"

People cannot make mistakes, especially big mistakes like this that immediately create a huge hole.

Du Yuan didn't say much, but asked one last question, slowly and deliberately:
"Do you know you're wrong?"

Liu Yuan suddenly waved his hand and said:
"I said I did nothing wrong, and Liu Shi did even less so!!!"

If Du Yuan didn't speak again, the golden dragon followed.

As soon as Liu Yuan said those words, he heard a soft rustling sound in his ear and subconsciously looked up in the direction of the sound.

But then, the old willow tree overhead, like countless pages of a book, vanished into light.

Then, the golden dragon that had soared into the sky opened its massive jaws and swooped down.

He swallowed him and Old Liu whole.

This terrified everyone on stage, who ran for their lives. Only Liu Yuan stood rooted to the spot, motionless.

As the golden dragon descended, those who hadn't managed to escape were all astonished to find themselves completely unharmed.

Looking around, he found that the others were the same, only the old willow that had appeared behind the young master disappeared along with the golden dragon.

Before they could even react to what was happening...

The high platform erected on the training ground immediately collapsed.

They buried together Liu Yuan, who stood motionless, the fortified commander who couldn't escape, and the old Taoist priest.

The Liu family's fortune has been lost, and Liu Yuan will be the first to suffer the consequences!
Looking at the smoke billowing in the sky and the unmoving Du Yuan.

The soldiers around were stunned for a moment, then all ran away screaming.

On the top of the fortified wall, the leader, who had just fainted, heard the commotion and immediately pulled out a bundle of ropes that he had hidden somewhere and threw it down. Then he ran away with the fleeing crowd.

While running, they also discarded their once-treasured armor to lighten their load.

Only when they saw their unconscious leader flee in disarray did the remaining soldiers on the wall snap out of their daze and follow suit.

Amidst the billowing dust stirred up by the collapse of the platform, Du Yuan strolled forward. The dust particles immediately dispersed upon contact with her.

This cleared a path for Du Yuan, though it was a mess.

Following the path to the collapsed platform, Du Yuan immediately spotted Liu Yuan, who was barely breathing and had a piece of wood stuck in his chest.

After staring for a moment, Du Yuan shook her head and said:

"How can the path of evil be the path to immortality? Since you refuse to repent, then don't blame the Liu family for having no way out."

Only then did Liu Yuan reveal an expression of utter terror. He reached out his hand, wanting to say something to Du Yuan.

But all he could do was hiss and spit out blood; he couldn't utter a single word.

However, Du Yuan knew what he wanted to say: he knew he was wrong and had repented.

But to realize one's mistake only now—what kind of realization is that? It's just knowing one is about to die!

So Du Yuan shook her head and said:
"It's too late, it's too late."

Blood gushed from Liu Yuan's throat, his body convulsed uncontrollably, and he finally died within a few breaths.

His death was gruesome, and his eyes were filled with resentment. It seems he didn't know he was wrong, but only that he was about to die.

Even if we go through it again, nothing will change.

Immediately, Du Yuan swept past his corpse and walked to the old Taoist priest's side.

The other party was not seriously injured; he was just pinned down by a thick horizontal log and unable to move.

Seeing Du Yuan approach, he panicked and tried to pull out a talisman, but found his hand was pinned down and he couldn't move it. He tried to call for help, but found that everyone else had already run away in fright.

Therefore, he could only shout sternly:

"Kid, I admit you have some skills, but you probably don't know that I have the Tiger God behind me! You can still live if you turn back now, but if the Tiger God comes, you're dead!"

Seeing that Du Yuan remained unmoved and continued walking towards him, he was so anxious that he almost cried out:

"Grandpa, Grandpa, Great-Grandpa, I was wrong, I was really wrong, but what I said was true! If you don't run now, once the Tiger God comes, you won't be able to escape! You don't need to risk your precious life for my worthless one!"

Du Yuan found it amusing and said:

"Eliminate evil completely, so I dealt with that tiger first before coming here!"

The old man was taken aback by these words.

A wave of despair washed over him, but he was still unwilling to depart this world, and struggled to say:

"Wait, even so, you can't hurt me. You've already killed Young Master Liu. If you kill me too, you'll definitely lose face with Prince Wei!"

"Does King Wei know him? He's an incredibly powerful deity! Even if you're not afraid of the Tiger God, you still have to be afraid of him!"

Du Yuan laughed even harder:

“I’ve also driven away that Lawson’s King Wei. In addition, after a while, I will personally go to his door to hold him accountable.”

This caused the old Taoist priest to freeze in place, as if he had been immobilized.

After a long while, he finally said:
"So, does that mean I'm doomed today?"

They've just climbed the social ladder and are about to achieve great success.

How could they all disappear all at once?

Just as he was feeling utterly hopeless, he suddenly heard the man say:
No, not today.

"Um?!"

The old Taoist looked at Du Yuan in disbelief, only to hear her utter words that sent chills down his spine:

"Haven't you realized yet? God's intention is for you to stay here alone, slowly repenting and slowly receiving your punishment!"

At that moment, the old Taoist priest felt as if his throat was choked with terror.

Yes, yes. The life-saving talisman in his hand seemed within easy reach, but he was pinned down by the crossbeam and couldn't move. So he was in a dead end where he could escape at any moment, but his fate was already sealed!
How can we let someone who has acted as an accomplice off lightly?
(End of this chapter)