Chapter 213 Karma Fire

The people all responded one after another.

"Sure enough, it was the demon Tao of Shangqing who gave the princess a blood gu."

"This person is not only vicious, but also extremely shameless. Just now he opened his eyes and talked nonsense, and he refused to admit it to death!"

"It turns out that he is such a decent person!"

"..."

Those who defended Shangqing before were really ashamed at the moment. How pious they used to be, now they hate Shangqing, and feel that they are really blinded by some small favors, and feel that they are really stupid.

The people were furious. If it wasn't for the guards here to maintain order, they would have rushed over to beat up Shang Qing.

Shangqing fell to the ground and rolled in embarrassment and pain, trying to use this method to put out the fire.

However, the flames on his lower body were still burning fiercely, and instead of showing any signs of weakening, the flames became more and more intense, reaching his waist in an instant.

His bun was messy, and his hair was stained with dust on the ground, like a beggar begging on the street.

Gu Yan walked towards Shangqing on the ground step by step, with light steps, as if stepping on the wind, the fire on Shangqing's body would automatically avoid her when it encountered her, and it never burned her in the slightest.

The people around couldn't help but think of the scene where the wind avoided her before, and felt more and more that the girl who looked like a fairy in front of her must be the Nine Heavens Xuannv who descended to the mortal world, looking at her with respectful eyes like a god, with a solemn expression.

Gu Yanfei walked to a place that was only one step away from Shangqing, and looked down at Shangqing on the ground from a high position, her lowered eyes were filled with neither joy nor sorrow, not even hatred, as if Shangqing was not worthy of her eyes.

"I'll give it back to you." Gu Yanfei let go of the hand holding the tentacles of the Gu worm, and the burning blood Gu just landed beside Shangqing.

Almost at the moment it hit the ground, the fireball burned the blood gu into ashes, and a little bit of ashes happened to land on Shangqing's fingertips, burning his nails red.

Shangqing struggled to lift his head from the ground, locked his eyes tightly on Gu Yanfei, and squeezed out three words from between his teeth:

"Why?"

The pain of being burned by the flames was so painful that he couldn't move his body.

At this moment, even speaking became extremely difficult for him, his voice was very low, hoarse and weak.

Looking at the calm and breezy girl in front of him, Shangqing felt mixed emotions in his heart. He was obviously cautious in every step, and would never touch what should not be touched by himself. How could he have fallen into this desperate situation at this moment.

Shangqing couldn't help but asked Gu Yanfei again: "Why?"

Why would he be "backlashed", obviously he is not the master of the blood gu?

Why does Gu Yanfei, such a master of Taoism, care about these mundane matters?

Compared with those cultivators like them, these mortals who don't understand the Tao are just ants, so why should people care about the life and death of ants!

He was really unwilling to lose!

Gu Yanfei naturally understood Shangqing's thoughts, her eyes were as bright and cold as stars falling from the night sky.

She smiled shrewdly, and slowly spit out a few words: "Because I want to."

She can do whatever she wants, and do whatever she wants.

Why does she care if he can figure it out, as long as she is happy.

"You..." Shangqing seemed to be stabbed in the heart by her, and there was another beast-like roar from his mouth.

Gu Yanfei squatted down casually, looked at Shangqing with her chin in hand, and said again: "The talisman I used for you is not the Yanyang talisman, but the Karmic Fire talisman."

Her voice floated into Shangqing's ears like a ray of cold winter wind, and only he could hear it.

The reason why Shangqing burns herself at this moment is not from the "backlash" of the blood gu, but because she used a "karma fire talisman" on Shangqing.

The corners of her lips were dizzy with a slight smile, and she continued: "The deeper the sin, the more intense the fire of karma will burn."

The "karma fire talisman" is not a murderous talisman that kills people, but a causal talisman. If it is used on a pure and kind person such as An Le, it is tantamount to a useless blank sheet of paper.

In this extremely spiritual place, casual use of those talismans that hurt people's lives will greatly damage their merits. She was already bouncing on Tiandao's bottom line, but she didn't want Tiandao to suppress her personally.

And this karmic fire talisman can be drawn only with the power of merit, and it is most suitable for those who have committed serious crimes.

"..." Shangqing's brows twitched, his canthus tearing open.

It turned out that she was plotting and framing him!

"What exactly do you want?" Shangqing's face became even more distorted, his complexion turned pale, his breath became thicker, and the fire from his lower body was still spreading upwards, lingering like a tarsal maggot.

Gu Yanfei smiled leisurely, and answered the irrelevant question: "The fire of karma will burn your cultivation base."

"The soul again."

"Until the spirit and soul are destroyed, the ashes are wiped out, and there is no reincarnation."

Her voice became colder and colder, as if immersed in the ice water of the twelfth lunar month, it slowly trickled into the depths of Shang Qing's heart, piercing his heart like ice needles.

At that time, everyone believed in reincarnation, and Shangqing was a cultivator, and he believed in reincarnation even more.

Moreover, Shangqing could also feel that the cultivation base in his body was losing little by little, and the raging fire all over his body burned not only his body, but also his soul...

The karmic fire produced by this "karmic fire talisman" is not an ordinary flame, but a karmic fire that can burn the soul!

He is conceited that he is born with Taoism, far surpassing others, and he has devoted his life to entering Taoism.

Even if he can't do it in this life, he still has to make a fortune for entering the Tao in the next life.

For so many years, he has always been confident that he can do it, even if his master was not as good as him when he was his age.

But now, for the first time, Shangqing felt the fear that originated from the depths of his soul, and the fear spread rapidly throughout his body, turning into a bone-chilling chill.

Gu Yanfei straightened up, and asked in a voice as cold as ice: "Shangqing, where are those children?"

When she said this, the volume suddenly increased, and the clear and calm voice spread throughout Chengtianmen, and the surrounding people could hear it clearly.

The noisy people fell silent for a moment, and the surroundings were completely silent.

"I don't know..." Shangqing gritted his teeth, beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down from Shangqing's forehead and neck drop by drop, and dripped on his filthy Taoist robe, which was evaporated by the fire in an instant.

He gritted his back molars fiercely, almost crushing them, enduring the torment of both ice and fire physically and mentally.

His body was shaking violently, because of the pain from the burning fire, and also because he was afraid.

This is a kind of awe that mortals have for cultivators.

This is a kind of fear that the soul will be scattered, and the ashes will be wiped out.

He could feel his soul being burned to ashes by the fire of karma little by little;

He could feel that a corner of his soul was missing, and that missing corner was still growing...

He knew that Gu Yanfei was not trying to scare him, but a blatant threat. He was already on the brink of extinction, if the flames of karma continued to burn, he might really be completely destroyed, which meant that he was completely wiped out.

There is no next life.

Gu Yanfei casually played with the snow-blue hairband hanging down her chest, and said casually: "The eldest princess has been hit by a Gu, it is impossible for the person who cast the Gu not to know that the Gu has its own way to cure the Gu, and the so-called 'Xin Dan' is useless at all." .”

This sentence was still clearly spread throughout the square, and it was said to the people present.

Long before Gu Yanfei tried to exorcise An Le, he said that the "heart pill" was useless, but at that time most of the common people were skeptical and felt that empty words were useless.

But now, they witnessed the development of the whole matter with their own eyes, witnessed the terrifying Gu worm being drawn out from the princess' body, and Shangqing was even bitten by the fire on the spot.

Then, there is no doubt that Shang Qing is the caster of the blood gu.

So, what is the reason for those Shangqing and his accomplices to rob so many children? !

Those family members who lost their children were trembling with nervousness and worry. The middle-aged woman beside Zhang Min gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with tears, worried that her children would also be harmed by magic.

"Yao Dao, tell the truth about the whereabouts of those children!" Some people in the crowd continued to fan the flames with due diligence.

When he yelled, the other people also yelled, and they all believed that Shangqing had kidnapped those children, which had the effect of pushing the wall down.

Gu Yanfei squinted his eyes, watching the fear in Shangqing's eyes continued to permeate, watching his eyes begin to loosen, knowing that he was close to collapse.

She gave a low laugh, and stated slowly and clearly: "Shangqing, you took advantage of the eldest princess's illness to encourage the emperor to collect blood from children."

"The emperor is kind and doesn't want to hurt innocent people. You just do it privately, and you want to blame the eldest princess."

Gu Yanfei looked at Shangqing with her delicate and flawless face tilted, a slight smile floated on her lips, the smile was like a flower, but for no reason it made Shangqing's heart shudder, "Come on, where are those children!"

This time, the tone she used was not questioning, but oppressive, threatening beyond words.

"..." Shangqing, who was prostrate on the ground, clenched his teeth, sweating profusely, enduring the pain of being burned by the karmic fire, and his body trembled even more.

He still didn't speak, his dead branch-like hand was tightly clenched into a fist, and the veins almost burst out from under the skin.

If he recruited, he would not be the only one who fell.

It's really a dead duck with a hard mouth. Gu Yanfei secretly thought, without the slightest softening on his face, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

The next moment, the golden-red karmic fire on Shangqing's body suddenly shot up, engulfing his entire body, leaving only his head exposed.

His soul seemed to be soaked into the hot magma, and it began to melt rapidly...

The gap in the soul is also getting bigger and bigger.

He knew that there was a gap in a person's soul, which meant that he would become a fool in his next life, or even turn into a beast.

However, as long as the incomplete soul is still there, there will be opportunities to reincarnate again and again to replenish the soul. Once the soul is gone, there will be no chance at all.

呲——

Something in Shangqing's pupils seemed to be completely shattered and fell apart.

Shangqing's lips trembled like chaff, and he uttered three words with great difficulty: "It's the Yu family."

His voice was not loud, as low as a mosquito moan.

Gu Yanfei was close, but he could actually hear it clearly, but he still smiled and said without changing his face: "I didn't hear it."

The four characters are neither light nor heavy, neither hot nor cold, to Shangqing, they are like reminders.

Shangqing's lips had lost any color, and the scorching fire wrapped around his throat ferociously from his shoulders. The flames reflected his pale, skeleton-like face red, revealing a kind of strangeness on the verge of death.

Shangqing repeated again: "It's the Yu family."

His hoarse voice raised another three points.

The fire of karma wrapped around his neck like a poisonous snake, and wrapped his soul like a cocoon, burning, twisting, and crushing.

In front of the cruel and ruthless karma, Shangqing was like a weak baby who had no power to fight back, and could only passively bear the pain from the depths of his soul.

Shangqing roared again in pain, at the top of his lungs: "Those children are all in the secret room of Yu's house in Wutong Lane."

"The Yu family?" The people in the crowd were still a little confused, and many of them didn't realize it, "Or the Yu family?"

"The Yu residence in Wutong Lane, that must be the Yu family in Yuzhou!" Soon, a loud male voice said with certainty.

"By the way, there is a household named Yu in Wutong Lane."

"..."

The people all showed expressions of shock beyond measure.

The new dynasty has only been established for fifty years, and those families that have been prominent for hundreds of years are deeply rooted in the hearts of most people.

Especially the Yu family.

"Is it the Yu family? The Yu family who had more than a dozen prime ministers in the previous dynasty?"

"I remember that the elders in the family also said that the Yu family gave birth to a queen in the previous dynasty."

"Yes, yes. The children of the Yu family accounted for half of the court in the previous dynasty, and the power was poured into the court and the public."

"I also heard that the memorial tablets of many members of the Yu family are enshrined in the Temple of Famous Officials..."

"..."

People of the older generation also know how brilliant the Yu family was in the previous dynasty, which is far better than the Yuan family today, and they all talked about what they knew about the Yu family, and the excited tone was full of awe and admiration .

For ordinary people like them, these high-ranking noble families are just like the legendary princes, princes, and princesses, they are nobles they can't reach.

And those people who lost their children are all distraught.

The tearful middle-aged woman grabbed the sleeve of the scholar Zhang Min and asked eagerly, "Did the Master Qing just say that the children are all in the secret room of Yu's house?"

Zhang Min nodded, looked at his daughter who was snuggling beside him, and frowned, "So, it was the Yu family who kidnapped my daughter and other children?"

But why? !

Why did the Yu family abduct so many children? !

This question appeared in everyone's mind.

Some people had some guesses in their hearts, and they turned their thoughtful eyes to the emperor in front of them. Could it be to blame the emperor?

"Why?" Gu Yanfei stared fixedly at Shangqing on the ground, and asked everyone around them their doubts.

"..." Shangqing showed struggle and hesitation, and his whole body was trembling violently in the burning fire. He no longer looked like a living person, but more like a ghost being tortured by the fire of hell.

Even after enduring this inhuman torture, he still retains the last shred of reason.

He is the son of the Yu family, they are Ye, and the Yu family is their root.

Since he was a child, he was taught that if the Yu family is good, they, the children of the Yu family, will be good, and the family is the backing of all of them.

For the prosperity of the family, all their Yu's children can give everything.

When the leaves are gone, the roots can regenerate leaves; but once the roots are destroyed, the leaves will eventually dry up and rot!

Gu Yanfei smiled slightly, she was too lazy to keep up with Shang Qing's nonsense, and raised her hand to make a gesture of snapping her fingers, only to touch her middle finger with her thumb.

Shangqing seemed to have received an invisible critical blow, and blurted out in a loud voice: "Excuse me!"

"For borrowing luck!"

At this moment, the last sliver of reason and persistence in his heart was completely burned away.