You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 334 Fratricide
The illusion gradually disappeared in Zuo Chen's eyes, and everything around him returned to its original appearance.

Donkey Grandpa was leaning on the boat, the two little kids were tired from playing and fell asleep, Caiyi was squatting by the boat playing in the water, Li Yaojiu was silent, and Zhu Laoba looked helpless, as if he wanted to talk to Li Yaojiu but didn't know what to say.

Zuo Chen let out a long breath, and his expression became extremely complicated.

At this moment, he was roughly certain that this Dharma corpse was the Bodhisattva.

In the previous dream, the Bodhisattva went to the northernmost part to intercept the Sea of ​​Bitterness, but disappeared without a trace. Unexpectedly, he came out from the south of the top of Wangwu Mountain.

I don't know whether it was floating over slowly or was influenced by some mysterious Tao.

After taking a breath, Zuo Chen looked at Li Yaojiu first:

"How long have you lived in Yangzhou?"

"Master, about twenty years."

"Very familiar?"

"Well-cooked, almost rotten in my stomach."

"Okay then." Zuo Chen gave up his position to watch the road and let Li Yaojiu come over: "Go to your home first, and then go to Yangzhou City."

Li Yaojiu's expression changed slightly, and gratitude flowed from his eyes:

"Thank you, Taoist Master."

She didn't say anything else, and went straight to Mr. Donkey and started to show him the way.

With the guidance of this Yangzhou local, Lu Ye's boating became much smoother. Sometimes Li Yaojiu could even point out some shortcuts to cross mountain roads that were not suitable for small boats.

After rowing on the road for a day, when the sun was about to set, a city appeared in front of everyone.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the city, highlighting half warm tones and half cool tones. It looked ordinary, but Zuo Chen could feel the rich atmosphere from the city.

It is obvious that there are probably quite a few Holy Lotus followers in this city.

When Li Yaojiu saw this city, her expression became subtly ugly, mixed with expectation and worry.

"This is Yangzhou Tianxuan City. I have lived here for many years..."

Seeing her like this, Caiyi finally couldn't help but ask:
"Sister Li, what happened in your family? If you keep it secret, what if something unexpected happens when you get into the city? It will be a disaster if something serious happens."

After hearing what Cai Yi said, Li Yaojiu hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed in front of everyone:
"Many of these past events would probably make people laugh if I told them."

She sat cross-legged and recounted her experiences:
Although the Yangzhou Li family also has the surname Li, they have nothing to do with the royal Li family. At most, they can only be regarded as a large martial arts family. They have always practiced martial arts and are quite famous in Tianxuan City.

Li Yaojiu, as he said, is the ninth child of the Li family. His parents take great care of him on weekdays. He can be said to be a typical treasure and the apple of their eye.

While her other brothers and sisters were all practicing martial arts, she just needed to play and spent a relaxing and happy childhood.

But twenty years ago, when she was less than ten years old, there was a ghost disaster in Kyoto. A small number of ghost soldiers rushed into the vicinity of Tianxuan City in Yangzhou. The Li family followed the spirit of warriors and went to deal with the enemy. As a result, none of the eldest, second and third brothers who were sent came back.

For a time, the Li family suffered a serious blow, and the once prosperous family seemed to be shrouded in an invisible haze.

As a favorite, Li Yaojiu had to participate in the martial arts training. She thought it would be a very hard thing, but she showed extraordinary talent in martial arts since she was a child, and it didn't take her long to catch up with her brothers and sisters.

Although her brothers and sisters were somewhat dissatisfied with this suddenly rising little girl due to jealousy, they were brothers and sisters after all, and this dissatisfaction was limited to daily bickering.

Until...

"Three years ago, when I was 27 years old, the local county magistrate of Yangzhou entrusted us to deal with several thieves from Qingzhou. This matter was of great importance. If we succeeded, our family would be able to enter Yangzhou City and become the retainers of King Xuan. My father simply took us brothers and sisters to go out together to kill those thieves from Qingzhou.

"The thieves seemed to be digging a pit underground. My father led us into it. The thieves were difficult to deal with and injured several of us. In the end, my father used some hidden weapons to win.

"Who would have known... After the thief's blood entered the altar in the ancient tomb, the entire altar was shaken and transformed. A shield appeared out of thin air and trapped my father and me. The two of us tried our best but failed to break the shield.

"As a result... a heavily made-up woman suddenly emerged from the hood..."

At this point, Li Yaojiu was already holding her forehead, tears starting to flow from the corners of her eyes. She tried to adjust her emotions, but her voice became choked, and she sobbed every two sentences.

Zhu Laoba came behind her and patted her on the back, and Li Yaojiu quickly used his own skills to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart.

After she sighed twice, she continued:

“That was a woman wearing heavy makeup. She claimed that she was destined to be here. She was an ancient cultivator. She said that she left a tomb here to pass on her Taoism, but her Taoism was precious and could only be given to one person. At that time, it was me and my father who were in the formation, so she made the two of us kill each other so that the one left behind could survive.

"My father and I naturally disagreed, so she just took action and crippled one of my legs."

When Li Yaojiu said this, he lifted up his left trouser leg. Only then did everyone discover that there was an extremely obvious scar on the upper part of Li Yaojiu's leg. It was as big as a bowl and looked like a hideous reptile twisted together.

"Fate has told us that she loves to see brothers killing each other. If one of us commits suicide for the other, she will kill the other as well."

"My father seemed to know that someone was really going to kill me, so he raised his sword and ran towards me. I was injured at the time, and seeing that my father was going to kill me, I was already scared out of my wits, so I just pointed the sword forward...

"I……

"I should have thought of this earlier. With my father's skills, if he really wanted to kill me with a serious leg injury, there's no way he could rush straight towards me..."

Li Yaojiu still couldn't suppress the emotions in her heart. She covered her forehead and slapped it hard:

"I killed my father. I saw with my own eyes the sword piercing his chest and he died." The evil woman seemed to have watched a big show. She came straight to me and infused her Taoism into my body despite my objections. From then on, I also acquired this set of skills.

“How can I dare to continue staying at home?

“My brothers and sisters witnessed me killing my father. My fourth brother was extremely grief-stricken and thought I was possessed by a witch. He wanted to kill me with a sword.

"I panicked at the time, pushed my fourth brother away and escaped from underground. Since then, I have been wandering around Daliang until today."

After Li Yaojiu finished telling her story, she was still upset and couldn't stop crying.

As fate would have it, her father eventually died in her hands.

Zhu Laoba patted Li Yaojiu on the back.

He finally understood what Li Yaojiu was thinking.

Due to this accident, a huge amount of responsibility fell on her, but she was also attached to her family and didn't know how to face them.

This time I have been wandering outside for such a long time in a way of escape.

Now that I hear about the suffering in Yangzhou, I feel worried about my former home.

Zhu Laoba could understand this awkward emotion. Many people would probably try to avoid it their whole lives. But Li Yaojiu came back to face it for the sake of his family, which was a sign of great courage.

When Zuo Chen heard about the experience of ending Li Yaojiu, his mind immediately recalled Zhu Laoba's sister Hu Wuniang.

At that time, Hu Wuniang seemed to be chasing an underground tomb that required a lot of effort to enter.

It seems...that moving mountain is also related to Qingzhou.

It seems that this former Qingzhou Shou King has done a lot of tricks.

The old Qingzhou Shou Wang, who didn't want to be locked in the light and burned by the scorching flames, looked at Li Yaojiu twice.

According to her words, the woman who claimed to be destined to be his was undoubtedly an evil cultivator. It was unlikely that she would pass on her skills to Li Yaojiu without any cost.

I'm afraid he is planning to take over someone else's body.

Zuo Chen flicked his fingers lightly in the direction of Li Yaojiu, and a wisp of spiritual energy directly entered the body of Li Yaojiu, who was still in an extremely low mood, and quickly gathered around.

But nothing was found.

In the true sense, pure Taoist spiritual energy does not contain any good thoughts or any evil thoughts.

There wasn't even a hint of a unique backhand.

It's strange. Could it be that the evil cultivator who likes to watch his relatives killing each other would be so kind as to give away such a large amount of his cultivation?
"When you left, did you see where your destiny was going?"

Hearing Zuo Chen's question, Li Yaojiu perked up and shook his head:
"I was so distracted at the time that I didn't have time to look at the woman. I only heard her laughing at me from behind. When I ran out, there was no sound."

"After we resolve the matter in Tianxuan City, if you still remember the location, take me there. I want to see how bored that fellow Taoist is to pull such a stunt."

Li Yaojiu reached out to wipe away her tears and bowed solemnly in the direction of Zuo Chen.

……

The gates of Tianxuan City were tightly locked. Zuo Chen didn't want to make too much noise, so he used the hidden house method to let everyone enter the city.

It was getting dark and there were not many pedestrians on the road. Most of them were in a hurry, looking nervous, as if they didn't want to stay on the street any longer.

Following Li Yaojiu's guidance, several people walked towards the Li family's house.

As we got closer to the Li family residence, more and more people gathered nearby.

Looking around, I found that most of them were ordinary people with pious smiles on their faces.

Seeing this scene, Li Yaojiu felt a strong ominous premonition in his heart.

Finally, near the corner of the street, a simple and melodious male voice sang:

"The holy lotus leads me to the truth, and falsehood leads me to clarity. May her greatness guide us to meditate on the supreme life."

After hearing the voice, Li Yaojiu's face changed and he quickly took two steps forward.

At the entrance of the alley, a huge stage came into view.

The area below the stage was filled with ordinary people, who swayed their bodies and clapped their hands to the music.

Above the stage, a man, half of his body turned into a branch with golden flowers blooming on it, was dancing on one foot with a fan in his hand, waving a piece of pure gold.

Li Yaojiu felt dazed, but fortunately Zhu Laoba pulled him back and he did not fall.

She stared blankly at the man on the stage, murmuring sadly:

"Fourth brother..."

(End of this chapter)