Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

Chapter 85 New Rewards, New Tricks

"I was originally a good rat in the palace. I received His Majesty's golden words and worked diligently all my life, never breaking the law or harming anyone."

But I was betrayed by my wife, and after her death, I was blinded by resentment and obsession, which led me to commit a terrible mistake. I've come to my senses! I've come to my senses!

"This humble mouse dares not deny it, but begs the Immortal Master to grant me a chance to atone for my sins and repay the mistakes I have made in my foolishness over the years! If I am fortunate enough in my next life, I will serve the Immortal Master faithfully and repay your kindness with my humble offerings!"

Looking at the rat demon kneeling on the ground and listening to its heartfelt pleas, Zhang Wei couldn't help but laugh in anger.

How could these words not be sincere and heartfelt?

They avoid the important issues and lie through their teeth, using the survival instinct of living beings as a cover. But in the next life, they want to serve others and repay kindness with kindness... They want to keep their rat life and also want to be recognized as a Taoist spirit beast.

You ate and took things with you at this meal; even a glutton couldn't be as greedy as you!

Atonement?

The best atonement is to be utterly destroyed.

He doesn't run a Buddhist temple, so he doesn't care about laying down the butcher's knife.

"Alright, since you're so earnest, I'll give you a chance. I'll ask my master for nine bolts of heavenly lightning. If you can withstand them all, then I'll let you atone for your sins and repay my debt!"

"Ah, thank you, Immortal Master! Thank you, Ancestor!"

Upon hearing this, the rat demon quickly kowtowed to express his gratitude.

This young Taoist priest is still too naive and easily fooled. He escaped death again with just a few words.

To say it was purely a deception wouldn't be quite right.

In its entire life, it has enjoyed everything. It has eaten and used many things that even the emperor was reluctant to use in the palace treasury. It was once the wife of a so-called princess. Although it has lived in Cai Town for many years, it is more unrestrained than the palace. It revels every night and is not afraid of any strict rules or austere cultivation.

It's like how wealthy old men enjoy eating "bitter rice" and digging for wild vegetables.

As for whether the other party would lie to him, the rat demon felt the probability was low.

After all, I had made concessions many times before. Although I was a bit harsh with my words just now and released a swarm of rats that ate a lot of food, I can't just condemn them all because of this.

Heaven cherishes life.

Moreover, as the saying goes, if the county magistrate really wants to beat you, one blow will render you unable to care for yourself. But if he doesn't want to, a hundred lashes will at most leave you bedridden for a few days.

Since that's what they've said, there must be a reason for it. It's just a formality; those who know, know!

That wicked woman even looked down on him because he was a rat, thinking he wasn't good enough for her. Heh, wait until he's reincarnated, gets a new skin, and enters her household—who knows who will be looking down on whom then!

As I was contemplating this wonderful future, I suddenly saw rays of sunlight appear on the dark earth.

The dark clouds that had covered hundreds of miles overhead were rapidly shrinking, and were being replaced by a leaden cloud that was gradually turning from black to dark purple.

In the clouds, lightning flashed, and thick arcs of lightning, as thick as buckets, appeared continuously. The loud sound made the earth tremble slightly and echo with a sense of unease.

The rat demon, kneeling in gratitude, kowtowed for a while, but instead of dissipating, the pressure that had been locking onto him intensified.

If kneeling down just now was something it had no choice but to do in order to survive.

Now, as if pressed down by mountains, an invisible, immense force pressed down so hard it couldn't lift its head: "Immortal Master, you were wrong, you were wrong! Your lightning magic is too much for this little mouse's body to handle!"

Forcing himself to stay upright, he turned his head to the side, and his rat-like eyes immediately caught sight of the clouds gathering in the sky, clouds that looked as if they could unleash a thunderstorm.

Then he saw Zhang Wei, his arms crossed over his chest, holding the Thunder Seal, coldly looking down at him.

(Something like this)

"Heh... Hahaha!"

"You're lying to me?"

"You were just lying to me? Why, why?!"

At this moment, the rat demon cursed Zhang Wei and his ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

Damn it, you've even invited the patriarch and borrowed his magic power, yet you still have the audacity to tease and deceive it.

It gives the mouse hope, then plunges it into despair.

How can a person be so immoral?

"You little bull-nose, you son of a bitch!"

Zhang Wei picked at his ear.

Standing too high to cast lightning spells was quite uncomfortable; all he could hear was the booming of thunder, and all he could see was the rat demon opening and closing its mouth on the ground, but he couldn't hear anything at all.

Forget it, there's no point in hearing it anyway, and it probably won't be anything good.

He released his hands, and the lightning that had condensed into a phantom image behind him disappeared into the rolling dark clouds above his head. Only a gentle breeze blew by, as if a force was lifting Zhang Wei's hands and pressing down on his ten fingers to help him change his hand seals.

The wind whispered in his ears, bringing a different sound, and at the same time, Zhang Wei spoke: "Execute!"

The dark clouds overhead, which had shrunk dozens of times, instantly shrank like a squeezed-out sponge, becoming shriveled and disappearing into a wisp of smoke.

At the same time, countless dazzling bolts of lightning converged above Zhang Wei's head, and after being guided by his hand gestures, they transformed into a pillar of light that reached the heavens and the earth, directly crashing down onto the ground.

Those lingering in the distance felt a tingling sensation on their scalps, and then nothing more.

Unlike before when the mushrooms unleashed their power, their vision was now filled with a dim light. The thunder, as if the heavens were enraged, nearly deafened them. The ground beneath their feet trembled violently, like soft mud, causing the people standing on it to sway unsteadily.

I don't know how much time has passed.

A cup of tea?

A quarter of an hour?

As their eyes gradually recovered from the dazzling light, they were able to see things again, albeit with blurred vision and tears.

Then they saw a deep pit, hundreds of meters deep and hundreds of meters wide, suddenly appearing in the distance near the town, billowing thick smoke.

The land was scorched black, like a glass bowl sunken into the ground. Beyond the scorched pit, crisscrossing cracks in the soil radiated outwards like a spider web, leading directly to their feet.

Between the ravines, electric arcs flickered like thousands of silver snakes dancing in a group, or like a spring of thunder rippling endlessly.

From those on higher ground, one could see a dark shadow the size of a house lying prostrate in the bowl-shaped pit. Its hands were twisted and grasping at the sky, and its head, which resembled that of a turtle, was stretched out with its mouth wide open as if it were saying something.

But the next moment, a thin gust of air, barely a breeze, swept by, and the enormous body instantly turned into dust and scattered all over the ground.

The monster that wreaked havoc on Cai Town and turned the entire town into a rat's nest has finally died.

From now on, there will be no more worries about leaving the women and children in the family to be harmed by monsters, and no more hearing those rat-men following behind and calling out "Grandpa" and "Grandma" every day.

They have finally gotten rid of a worry, but what should they do next?

At the same time, Zhang Wei in the sky also received a notification from the subtitles:

[The Ancestor's Gaze: Corpse Demon Rat Dragon, Reward: Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart]

[Type: Talent]

[A Mind with Seven Apertures: The mind has seven apertures, which can sense the divine and mysterious above and understand all things below. It is born with knowledge and is free from confusion and bewilderment.]

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