Chapter 314: Karmic Fire
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The commoners all agreed.
“As expected, the demonic Daoist Shangqing placed a Blood Gu on the Eldest Princess.”
“Not only is this person vicious, but he’s also extremely shameless. He even lied through his teeth just now and refused to admit it!”
“So he’s actually such a sanctimonious person!”
The people who had previously defended Shangqing were extremely ashamed at this moment. They used to be very devout, but now, they hated Shangqing as much as they respected him before. They felt that they had been blinded by some small favors and felt that they were really stupid.
The citizens were furious. If not for the imperial guards maintaining order here, they would have rushed over and beat Shangqing up.
Shangqing fell to the ground and rolled around in pain, trying to extinguish the fire this way.
However, the flames on the lower half of his body were still burning fiercely. Not only did they not show any signs of weakening, but they also burned even more fiercely. In an instant, they had already burned to his waist.
His hair was disheveled, and his hair was stained with the dust on the ground. He looked like a beggar begging on the streets.
Gu Yan walked towards Shangqing on the ground, step by step. Her steps were light, as if she was stepping on air. The fire on Shangqing’s body automatically avoided her when it encountered her and didn’t burn her at all.
The surrounding commoners couldn’t help but recall the scene where the violent wind avoided her. They increasingly felt that this fairy-like girl in front of them must be a fairy from the Nine Heavens who had descended to the mortal world. They looked at her with a solemn expression and respect like she was a God.
Gu Yanfei walked to a place that was less than a step away from Shangqing and looked down at him on the ground. There was no joy or sadness in her lowered eyes, and it couldn’t even be considered hatred. It was as if Shangqing wasn’t worthy of her attention.
“I’ll return it to you.” Gu Yanfei let go of the Gu worm’s tentacles. The burning Blood Gu landed beside Shangqing.
Almost at the moment it landed, the fireball burned the Blood Gu to ashes. A little ash landed on his fingertips, burning his nails red.
Shangqing struggled to raise his head from the ground. His eyes locked onto Gu Yanfei tightly as he squeezed out one word with difficulty.
‘Why?”
The pain of being burned by the flames tortured him so much that he wished he was dead. He couldn’t exert any strength in his body.
At this moment, even speaking became extremely strenuous for him. His voice was very low and hoarse.
Looking at the calm young girl in front of him, Shangqing’s heart was filled with mixed feelings. He was clearly careful with every step he took and would never touch anything he shouldn’t. How did he end up in this desperate situation?
Shangqing couldn’t help but ask Gu Yanfei again, ‘Why?”
Why would he suffer a “backlash” when he was clearly not the owner of the Blood Gu?
Why would an accomplished expert like Gu Yanfei care about these mortal matters?
Compared to cultivators like them, these mortals who didn’t know Dao techniques were just ants. Why would humans care about the lives and deaths of ants!
He was really unwilling to lose!
Gu Yanfei naturally understood his thoughts. Her eyes were like stars falling from the night sky. They were so bright and cold. She smiled slyly and slowly said, “Because I want to.”
She could do whatever she wanted.
Why should she care if he could figure it out? As long as she was happy.
“You...” Shangqing seemed to have been stabbed in the heart by her. He let out another beastly roar.
Gu Yanfei squatted down casually and looked at Shangqing with her chin in her hand. She said, ‘The talisman I used on you isn’t the Flaming Sun Talisman, but the Hellfire Talisman.’
Her voice drifted into Shangqing’s ears like a cold winter wind. He was the only one who could hear it.
The reason Shangqing was burning at this moment wasn’t because of the “backlash” of the Blood Gu. It was just that she had used a “Hellfire Talisman” on him.
She smiled faintly and said, “The more sinful you are, the stronger the hellfire will burn.’
The Hellfire Talisman wasn’t a killing talisman, but a karma talisman. If it was used on a pure and kind person like An Le, it would be equivalent to a useless piece of white paper.
In this land of extinction, casually using those talismans that harmed lives would greatly damage her merit. She had already jumped on the bottom line of Heaven’s Will, so she didn’t want Heaven’s Will to personally suppress her.
And this Hellfire Talisman could be drawn with the power of virtue. It was most suitable for those who had committed grave sins.
” ” Shangqing’s eyebrows twitched and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
So she was the one who had schemed against him!