Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 202 - 127: Hello, Crown Prince_3

Chapter 202: Chapter 127: Hello, Crown Prince_3

"No!"

His face grim, Du E said, "The astronomical observation office is going to activate the Heavenly Execution Formation!"

He turned to the young monk and said, "Gather all the divine monks of Arhat Hall to the Buddha Cave immediately, suppress the nine sacred golden bodies of Buddha, as long as the golden bodies remain intact, Huailan Lake will not be affected!"

"Yes, Master."

The young monk, startled, hurried off.

He had heard of the Heavenly Execution Formation before.

It was said that this formation was created by the founding emperor of the previous dynasty, hidden within the imperial palace, designed to assassinate assassins. Even a master from the Heavenly Human Realm would not survive once trapped inside.

However, this formation required a vast amount of natural energy to operate, hence, four formation springs were built within the Capital to provide the necessary energy.

Huailan Lake was one of these formation springs.

Otherwise, it would be hard to suppress evil spirits.

However, the formation later fell into disrepair, the formation’s eyes disappeared, and it gradually fell out of use. Unexpectedly, it had now been repaired.

Once activated, it would surely affect Huailan Lake.

Looking up at the slowly rotating stars, Du E murmured, "His Majesty wants to capture them all, but the problem is, without the formation’s eyes, how can the formation operate? Could it be..."

Suddenly, Du E thought of something, his expression incredulous.

After a long while, he brought his palms together, his expression complex as he sighed, "Amitabha, well done, well done."

----

Qiuye saw Jiang Shouzhong, who had come to find her.

She did not flee in panic, nor did she show the bashful shyness of a young girl as she had before; her expression was very calm, as tranquil as the waters of Huailan Lake once they had returned to stillness.

From having a crush, to slowly falling in love, to disappointment and heartbreak, to acceptance, to newfound emotions, to feeling almost cursed... A girl’s first love is like a small boat bobbing up and down on the waves in the sea. Only when the boat is overturned and sinks into the abyss will many things become clear to her.

After calming down, the girl reevaluates her past self and finds she was naive and childish.

After all, emotions are what truly allow a person to grow.

Falling in love leads to growth, and so does heartbreak.

At times, it may drive one to desperation, as if wanting to rip out one’s heart and lungs. At other times, one may become as clear-headed as an outsider, each glance carrying a sense of release and calm.

"I’m sorry, Jiang Mo, for troubling you."

Qiuye looked at him calmly, her eyes as clear as Mirror Lake without any superfluous emotions.

She apologized for her willfulness.

And for her unrequited emotions.

At that moment, Qiuye had returned to being that somewhat proud and brisk girl she once was.

The only difference was, she had learned how to conceal and let go of her emotions.

Jiang Shouzhong was taken aback, the words of comfort he had intended seemed unnecessary. He smiled and said, "The person who should be apologizing is me, I should have made things clear earlier. Also, I didn’t explain things about your second sister.

My willingness to marry her is because I caused her Destiny Pearl inside her to disappear, resulting in her needing to stay close to me if she wants to survive."

Qiuye looked shocked, "My second sister’s Destiny Pearl is gone!?"

As Jiang Shouzhong was about to speak, the tranquil lake water that had recently calmed suddenly started to churn again, like water in a heated pot bursting with bubbles. Golden Sanskrit characters floated on the surface, coalescing into a resplendent golden Buddha.

Suddenly, a thunderous explosion erupted from the lake, as if a thousand thunders detonated next to their ears.

The giant Buddha was jolted high!

As if kicked upwards by someone.

A dazzling light curtain spread out from the explosion’s core, like a giant wave covering the sky, overwhelming everything in its path.

Jiang Shouzhong stared in astonishment.

What’s the situation, has the end of the world arrived?

In a daze, Jiang Shouzhong suddenly felt unsteady on his feet. Looking down, he saw innumerable cracks appear on the ground, crisscrossing each other, with columns of light bursting from the crevices like dancing dragons and snakes, enveloping Huailan Lake within.

"Get out of here!"

Mengniang’s figure suddenly appeared beside Jiang Shou, grabbing his shoulder, her face showing panic.

However, before they could leap away, golden light spots splashed out from the lake like twinkling stars, rushing toward them with a biting Buddhist aura.

Mengniang’s expression changed, and she hurriedly waved her sleeves to block them.

Each of these light spots contained supreme Buddhist dharma, which wielded the power to harm the souls of demons like her. Although Mengniang was confident in her high cultivation, faced with such a nemesis, she dared not take it lightly and had to mobilize all her skills to dodge their sharpness.

Jiang Shouzhong and Qiuye also swung their swords to help defend.

But the incoming light spots became more numerous, and no matter where they moved, they could not escape the envelopment of the Buddhist light.

"They are targeting me!" Mengniang realized with a shock.

It turned out that after the golden Buddha in the lake was shaken open, the unanchored Buddhist power automatically sought out nearby malevolent beings, and Mengniang, being a demon, was naturally attracted.

Mengniang bit her silver teeth and said to Qiuye, "Take Jiang Mo out of here, I’ll follow shortly!"

With those words, her figure shifted two meters away, and sure enough, the light spots, like bees drawn to honey, chased after her.

Although Qiuye was very puzzled by Mengniang’s appearance, there was no time to ask too many questions. Just as he was about to leave with Jiang Mo, a change in thought caused him to look up, only to see the golden giant Buddha that had earlier risen in agitation now bearing down on them.

In an instant, a vast shadow overwhelmed the sky, cloaking the starlight, as if a true Buddha had descended with boundless majesty.

Under the overwhelming pressure, the air solidified like iron, and the surroundings began to distort.

By then, it was already too late to escape.

"Get down!"

Without a second thought, Qiuye quickly pushed Jiang Shouzhong into a crack in the ground, shielding him with his body.

Boom!

The giant Buddha pressed down, and the land collapsed completely. In a daze, Jiang Shouzhong faintly heard a familiar, soft sigh.

"Little Brother Jiang..."

—

At the Star Plucking Tower in the Imperial Astronomical Observatory.

The chief observer didn’t look at the fierce battle inside the palace, but rather stared in the direction of Huailan Lake, his eyebrows tightly furrowed. "Did these guys know we were going to activate the Heavenly Execution Formation, so they blew up the golden Buddha under the lake, intending to release that demon fox and create chaos while breaking the formation’s source?"

He looked up.

The trajectories of the stars across the sky seemed to be thrown into disarray, intermittently bright and dim.

The chief observer smiled faintly, "Magic rises an inch, the path ascends a foot."

Suddenly, an anomaly occurred.

The two disciples of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, who were surrounding the Crown Prince maintaining the formation, suddenly turned fierce and struck their companion next to them with short knives from their sleeves, trying to grab the Crown Prince.

Zhou Wei’s expression changed drastically.

"Hmph, I didn’t expect even the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to have Yanrong spies!" The chief observer’s expression turned icy, and he waved his sleeve, sending the two perpetrators flying.

Before Zhou Wei could breathe a sigh of relief, a pale hand suddenly pierced through the chest of the chief observer.

"Hello, Crown Prince."

A diminutive woman leaned past the chief observer’s body and waved at Zhou Wei.

It was the most inconspicuous among the eighteen.