Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

"People are very complicated. Sometimes, even if you have good intentions, you can't show them. Doing so will only help the evildoers to get worse."

After hearing Keqing's advice, Little Coal Ball suddenly realized...

At this time, she also followed the people leading the way in front and came to the depths of the dense forest.

Chapter 66: Action (Part 3)

The spiritual energy here is thin, and it is located in the mortal world. The trees are not as lush and majestic as those in the Xiaocang Mountains in terms of their lushness and number.

As they walked along, they could see that the dense forests were sparse and the branches and leaves were withered and yellow. When they felt the faint warmth around them and the slightly dry soil, Keqing realized that the mortal world might be in the midst of a severe drought, otherwise the deep mountains and old forests would not be like this.

However, it cannot be said to be a deep mountain forest. It is more like a barren hill with jungle on one side and extremely sparse on the other.

Following the lead of a group of people in front of her, Keqing soon came to an open place.

Countless people with exhausted faces were lying densely together, leaning weakly on the ground and tree trunks, with pots and pans scattered around them, and bedding and clothes on bundles placed aside, gathered in small groups.

"Wang Laoer, Dazhuang, why are you back?"

"Why, did you grab anything?"

"Yes, yes, what are the results!"

At once, several old men and young women gathered around, looking anxious, and among them were even women with children.

Hearing this group of people's conversation, Keqing frowned slightly.

When the people leading the way heard their companions coming to ask questions, they were so scared that their faces turned pale and they wished they could cover their mouths.

"Nonsense, what are you talking about looting? How can you have such an idea?!"

"That's right! We are all good citizens! How can we, as good citizens, do such things that would make others hate us and go against our conscience?"

He cursed loudly, which left the people who came to inquire confused.

"Didn't you ask us to see if we could rob some nobles passing by and get some food? Why are you scolding me all of a sudden?"

"Yes, yes, what's wrong with you? Don't you know you'll starve to death if you continue like this?"

"Didn't we agree before that since we're going to starve to death anyway, we might as well give it our all?"

The people who gathered around had strange looks on their faces. They couldn't understand why these people said they would go and investigate, but came back acting so strangely, until they saw Keqing behind them.

"Oh my goodness, how can there be such a beautiful woman?"

"Hey, where did you get this from? Whose girl is this? Does she have any food?"

"Didn't we agree to only rob money and not people?!"

The few people chattered quickly, which made Keqing look better. It seemed that this group of people were not completely without conscience and still had some bottom line. In this case, there was no need to spend too much effort.

Seeing my relatives and family members being so disrespectful,

The people on the road were so anxious that their faces turned red. They didn't care about the situation, so they beat a few people and then forced them to kneel down.

"This is an immortal. Do you understand that you can't be so rude?"

"That's right, why don't you kneel down and apologize like an immortal!"

Several people were talking rapidly, and soon, the group understood something.

"So you accidentally angered the immortals."

"Why don't I believe it? How can such a little girl be a fairy? Are you guys being fooled?"

"Yes, he looks innocent. I think he might be a gangster. Even if that's the case, there are so many of us. What do we have to be afraid of?"

A group of people looked at each other, not knowing what to do. The people who led the way saw this and wanted to stand up and press down on those people's heads.

However, they dared not move and could only make faces.

The more they thought about it, the less they believed it. Instead, they thought these people might have been frightened by the female knight's reputation. Even if they were people from the martial arts world, so what? How could so many people be afraid of her?

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and a group of people gathered together, forming a potential confrontation.

"Wang Er, Da Zhuang, what do you mean by this? You let an outsider come here, and you even call him an immortal. Are you crazy?"

"That's right. Even if the robbery failed, you can't bring people here."

Not only did the crowd not believe it, they also started to complain, which made the people leading the way lower their heads and dared not look at Keqing's face again.

Little Coal Ball knows something about it.

[It seems that this Qingxin Bell has the effect of increasing wisdom. These people don’t trust you, the Master, at all...]

"People only believe what they believe, and narrow cognition usually affects their judgment. It is normal for a companion to be too abnormal and provoke rebellion."

Keqing spoke briefly, then looked at the group of people and said calmly.

"Where did you flee from, and why did you flee?"

After hearing Keqing's question, some people subconsciously wanted to answer, but were quickly interrupted by others.

"You little girl, why do you care where we come from? How come you are a government official and you want to arrest us?"

"What? You want to call the soldiers to arrest us? I tell you, forget it!"

"Everyone, she might have some skills, we can't let this kid go out and tell those officers and soldiers."

They left secretly because there was no other way. After the drought, there was heavy taxation, and after the taxation came military service. Who could bear it?

So the group decided to call their relatives and friends from several nearby villages and flee together.

They didn't want to rebel, but they also didn't want to be forced to death, so they became the first wave of refugees and fled here.

It is impossible to say that they did not engage in looting or anything like that. Even if they did not take the initiative, with the influx of refugees, they more or less got some benefits from those families who hid food or the rich families, otherwise they would not have survived until now.

There are a lot of refugees...and they are just part of a scattered wave that has landed here.

Therefore, when Keqing asked, this group of people instantly understood what she said as that the little girl wanted to be chivalrous and asked the officers and soldiers to arrest them, force them to serve in the military, pay taxes, and go to jail, and they immediately raised their weapons.

Seeing that they were unable to communicate, Keqing sighed, and the people kneeling on the side quickly dragged their relatives around them to stop talking nonsense.

Seeing the looks of their husbands and sons, they also thought that the woman was unusual and were half-believing and half-doubting, wondering if she was really an immortal. But the others were not so convinced, and several of them impulsively raised their weapons and rushed forward.

The ferocity and murderous intent in his eyes, as well as the hint of greed hidden in them, as well as the provocation from the words just now, made Keqing see everything clearly.

She sighed, made some hand gestures and chanted a spell.

An invisible fire arose spontaneously and appeared out of nowhere, like the wrath sent down from heaven. In an instant, it formed a heat wave and rushed towards the people who were rushing over.

The flames spread, and everyone was frightened into panic. They quickly dropped their weapons and fled in all directions.

"Ah! It's fire! Run away!"

"Immortal magic, it's really immortal magic!"

"Please spare my life, Immortal!"

For a moment, they were surrounded by flames and turned into a fire man. They fell to the ground with a thud and rolled around in pain.

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Chapter 67: Deterrence (Part 4)

Watching everyone running away, Keqing frowned slightly.

boom--

At this moment, there was a sudden thunder in the clear sky. The thunder roared as if the power of heaven was so strong and deafening that everyone felt dizzy and their minds went blank.

Not knowing which way was which and how much time had passed, the panicked crowd stood there in a daze as if they were frozen in time.

After a while, when the tinnitus dissipated, a burning smell came from a distance. They then discovered that in the distance, thunder had struck, forming a huge pit of three or four meters, as if it was a warning.

For a moment, everyone looked at each other, trembling all over, shaking, and their legs were shaking.

If they were hit by the lightning, they would probably not survive.

At this moment, the painful sound in my ears became particularly noticeable. Looking back, I saw those fire men still rolling around and wailing in pain.

This was a punishment from the Immortal Master, expressing his dissatisfaction. Even the thunder just now was probably the Immortal Master's

They were disrespectful warnings.

At once everyone knelt down.

"Master, spare my life."

"Master, please spare us! We are shortsighted. Please let us live."

Various voices begging for mercy were heard, including women's crying, men's fear, and children's screams. Keqing looked at the scene in front of her and felt a little uncomfortable.

Seeing the Immortal Master frowning, Wang Er seemed to understand something and shouted quickly.

"Stop arguing. You didn't believe me when I told you earlier. Now you know it's disrespectful!"

"If you keep making noise and make the Immortal Master angry, be careful that he will be the first to attack you."

This loud shout stunned the others at once, and the cries for mercy stopped abruptly. Seeing Keqing's expression relaxed, Wang Er breathed a sigh of relief and continued.

"The Immortal Master is merciful and had no intention of doing anything to you. If you hadn't spoken nonsense and taken the initiative to attack, angering the Immortal Master, this wouldn't have happened."

At this time, there was a lack of a backbone. Wang Er spoke like this, and the immortal did not seem to stop him, which meant that what Wang Er said was true. Therefore, everyone shut their mouths, and the women also quickly covered their children's mouths to stop them from crying.

At this time, the firemen rolling on the ground finally calmed down. The flames on their bodies had disappeared. Everyone thought they saw charred corpses, and even those few people felt that they were definitely dead.

However, when the flames disappeared, they were surprised to find that they were completely unharmed, and everything that had just happened seemed like an illusion.

But even so, they shuddered. The pain just now was so unforgettable, like being fried in hell, like a nightmare, it was really unforgettable.

Seeing that several people were confused, Keqing spoke slowly.

"This fire is the fire of the heart. It does not hurt good people, but only bad people. The more evil things you have done, the more severe the pain you will suffer."

Keqing paused.

"If you have done too many evil things, the fire in your heart will slowly burn from your five internal organs. Step by step, the reality will burn your heart, and then burn all the blood in your body. In the end, you will be burned to death. Even your soul will be burned, and there will be no reincarnation."

"Even if you survive by chance and enter the underworld, this fire in your heart will haunt you for the rest of your life, making your life worse than death, and burning you forever."

Hearing the Immortal Master say this, everyone felt a tremor in their hearts and even felt fear!

Is this the method used by the immortals?!

At this point, they also discovered that one of the people on fire was completely charred and motionless.

"Isn't that Li Da? How come others are fine when they are burned by that stupid fire, but he is the only one who is in trouble?"

"Hey, he must have done something evil. I remember that guy took the opportunity to rape a maid from a wealthy family when he was escaping. It must be because of this."

"No, no, I remember that he killed a woman with a stone in order to steal food! He must have wanted to kill her."

"So he was burned to death because of his evil deeds?"

Being burned to death because of all the evil you have done is a completely different feeling than being burned to death.

The former will make people feel fortunate and dare not do evil, while making Keqing's image more majestic; while the latter will make people empathize and feel grief for the loss of another. The two are completely different attitudes.

It was for this reason that Li Da's death made many people feel that the Immortal Master was sensible and would not kill people indiscriminately. He was no longer as timid as before, only knowing fear and not daring to speak.

"I don't know what the Immortal Master is here for..."

"Master, my family has never done anything evil, please don't burn me!"

"Yes, yes, I am honest too. I just steal some food occasionally. I have never done anything bad."

Someone in the crowd immediately thought of something and hurriedly stated that he had not done anything wrong, fearing that he would follow in Li Da's footsteps.

For a moment it was noisy and bustling, just like a vegetable market.

At this time, it was Wang Er who had the foresight to stop the crowd.

"Don't quarrel. What are you quarreling about? Didn't you see that the Immortal Master hasn't said anything yet? If you are guilty, the Immortal Master will definitely know. If you are not guilty, don't worry. The Immortal Master will not wrongly accuse anyone."

This sound immediately made everyone quiet down.

[This guy is actually quite talented. I just thought he was a bit unremarkable.]

"It's indeed a little clever, and it can be put to use."

Seeing that the crowd had quieted down, Keqing then told them the purpose of her visit, which was what she had just said to Wang Er and his group.

For a moment, everyone knew that the Immortal Master wanted them to come and atone for their sins, and they felt uneasy. But then, they heard what the Immortal Master said.

"I know you became refugees because of natural disasters and man-made calamities. I won't make things difficult for you."

"But if you do something wrong, you will be punished..."