Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 225 - 222: Dragon-Breaking Gate, Heart-Piercing Formation, Where is Justice?

Chapter 225: Chapter 222: Dragon-Breaking Gate, Heart-Piercing Formation, Where is Justice?

The time was just before dawn, the darkest moment of early morning.

Wuu wuu wuu...

Ghost lamps lighting the way, gongs clanging, Yin Soldiers following.

A group of ghastly papermen carrying a large, paper-pasted palanquin skimmed across the deserted Turbid River beach, heading toward the inland.

Unknowingly intertwined fingers, Wang Yuan and Huang Wu sat in the spacious palanquin, appearing all the more majestic.

Huang Wu continuously flipped through a bright red booklet in her hands, her expression alternating between joy and shyness.

It read,

"Two families uniting in marriage, gathering under one roof to form a bond, an auspicious relationship forever tied, a matching pair renowned.

See the peach blossoms brilliant today, suitable for a room, suitable for a home; divine in future years the melons lush, you flourishing, you blazing. With vows of lifelong companionship, this letter written on fine paper, thus recording the covenant of autumn leaves, clear in the marriage register. This certificate."

It also contained the names Wang Yuan, Huang Wu, their birth details, and more—it was a marriage certificate and also the medium Granny Longhuai used when casting her spell.

This marriage certificate was given to Wang Yuan by Old Man Wang when he had returned to the Yang World.

After obtaining the Wanxiang Bag, he had treasured and kept it with him.

According to the customs of Beimang Mountain, the handprints and footprints of both individuals were also stamped on it.

The handprints and footprints of the fifteen-year-old girl were delicate and cute, while Wang Yuan’s tiny newborn hand and footprints made Huang Wu laugh.

Wang Yuan hurriedly snatched it back and put it into the Talismanic Treasure Bag.

"Enough, the person is right here, isn’t that better than a piece of paper?"

The girl looked back, finding that he indeed had not lied.

His face was as bright as the moon, with a high nose bridge, and the deep, violet hue of his eyes showed profound depth, truly resembling "a graceful young man like a jade tree facing the wind."

She couldn’t help but blush, lightly punching him in the chest.

"You jerk, always bullying me!"

However, Wang Yuan was hugely amused, certain that his good deed was nearly accomplished.

Just waiting to rescue the concubine next February, he would almost directly be able to start addressing her as mother.

He would then be able to proudly tell his colleagues in the Imperial Dragon Guard, "From now on, I walk a different path from all of you!"

Moreover, included in the all-encompassing Earthly Que Golden Book was a volume named the "Yin Yang Bright Method" of Daoist Skill.

This was the legendary technique that allowed one and one’s Taoist friend to progress rapidly together in cultivation and made the process very enjoyable.

The thought was genuinely thrilling.

The Yin Soldiers advanced quickly, and in a moment, they could see from afar the "Yunhe Bridge" that spanned across the banks of the Turbid River.

Constructed fifteen years ago by the Imperial Observatory Bureau and the Daoist Soldiers upon receiving orders.

The bridge, slightly curved, was three hundred and sixty zhang long and one zhang and five chi wide, supported by forty-four boat-shaped piers, with 645 handrails, 104 stone lions, one stone pavilion, and seven stone towers.

It seemed like a giant iron shackle fiercely gripping the throat of the Turbid River.

Connecting Yunhe County and Ninghai State across the river, during the daytime, the massive flow of people and horses went back and forth, greatly enhancing the commercial development of both counties.

Due to the bridge’s presence, the "Dragon Energy" of both counties had grown by at least thirty percent.

Above the bridge, a great scholar had erected a stele commemorating Zhou Wenrui, who had led this project, singing praises of his merits, and the people along the coast also unanimously praised him.

Initially, Wang Yuan and Huang Wu shared the same opinion as them, but after meeting Qingyan, they realized the malicious intent of the old man Jianming.

Benefitting the people might be genuine, but more critically, it was meant to form a huge artificial formation.

—The Dragon-Breaking Gate, the Heart-Piercing Formation.

Through this, Qingyan would forever be prevented from transcending.

Because it connected the livelihood and Dragon Energy of two counties, if any Flood Dragon dared to pass here and destroy the bridge, it would directly destabilize the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people in both counties.

Pointed at by thousands, there would be nowhere to pray.

How could one possibly borrow the Dragon Energy from both banks to transform into a True Dragon?

It would only be a wicked Flood Dragon that must be slain!

Compared to the Flood Dragon Slayer Swords placed under the bridge to prevent any possible successful transformations, this place was a Dragon-Breaking Gate, blocking all Flood Snakes and Flood Dragons from having the chance to transform and ascend on the Turbid River.

Moreover.

If one faced directly against the traffic on the bridge, it would be like a horse carriage heading straight for oneself, this kind of bridge feng shui is known as the "Thousand Arrows Piercing Heart Formation."

And the target of the Thousand Arrows Piercing Heart of Yunhe Bridge was precisely where Qingyan was imprisoned at the blue-yellow border.

With the bridge continuously converting its accumulated malevolent energies from the Turbid River and human flow into sharp arrows and ceaselessly shooting them out.

A day or two might not matter.

But over time, without her Dragon Scale Armor, Qingyan had gradually fallen into this perilously frail state.

"Dragon-Breaking" and "Heart-Piercing" combined, if Wang Yuan and his group wanted to help the Little Concubine, Mrs. Long Shao, successfully transform into a dragon, they would need to find a way to destroy this bridge without repercussions.

While the two were contemplating their strategy.

They suddenly felt an intensely thick resentment rising violently from the direction of the Yunhe Bridge.

"Let’s go, it seems something has happened, let’s go have a look."

...

"Huff... Huff... Yunhe Bridge is almost here; I’m going to Ninghai State to accuse them of injustice. I don’t believe that there’s no justice in this world!"

Dressed as an elder Confucian scholar, with his hair full white, Zeng Wentai breathed heavily, his chest heaving violently like a bellows, feeling as if his mouth and nose were filled with the scent of blood.

Yet, he continued dragging his blood-soaked left leg, bitten by a hunting dog, inching forward step by step, daring not to pause even briefly.

Barking, barking, barking...

For the frenzied barking of the dogs and the shouting of people in pursuit was drawing ever nearer.

Zeng Wentai had to leave the bounds of Yunhe County, escaping the influence of those beasts, to potentially secure justice for his murdered daughter.

However, just as his foot barely touched Yunhe Bridge...

An arrow cut through the air like lightning, piercing his intact right leg and causing him to collapse with a "thud".

But he clenched his teeth tightly, using his hands to claw at the brick seams and continue crawling forward.

The intense rage burned within his chest like flames, as he kept repeating:

"Justice! Justice! Justice!"

At that moment, a few frivolous voices emerged from behind, causing his strenuous crawling to finally falter.

"Hahaha, this old dog can’t really believe that by running to Ninghai State to accuse us, anyone would help him, right?"

"The chief officials of all nine counties and one state of Dengzhou Prefecture just attended a banquet at the Xue Mansion yesterday. Where could he possibly find anyone? How pathetic, how sad."

"Uncle Zhao, governing Ninghai State, is likely still feasting with our elders as we speak.

To accuse us? To seek justice? Does this old dog not know that we are the justice of Yunhe County? Hahaha..."

Their mockery of his helplessness was excessive.

The old scholar Zeng Wentai turned back savagely, his eyes glaring vehemently at the three young men in brocade leading the pursuers, furiously shouting:

"Beasts! You three beasts! Return my daughter’s life to me!"

He would recognize them even if it were dark at night or if they turned to ashes.

They were the sons of Yunhe County’s County Magistrate, County Governor (overseer of food and horses), and Chief Clerk (overseer of the arrests), who humiliated and murdered his daughter!

Upon hearing his blood-curdling accusations, Young Master Hu, the magistrate’s son, merely sneered:

"Why did your daughter dress so attractively and go out alone? It’s all her fault!

Even if I tell you that we all enjoyed that beauty together, when your daughter was still calling out, ’Dad! Save me! Save me!’

What could you, an old dog, do to me?

Pah, a mere worm dares to accuse us at the county office?

Today, you shall learn how to be a human under the law of Great Yan!"

Zeng Wentai breathed heavily, his whole body trembling violently, his mouth desperately howling:

"Ah! Why? Why!

We can endure living carefully like insects, but we won’t actually let you officials trample us like insects at will!

I, Zeng Wentai, have read the books of saints since young, living honestly all my life; why do the winners always seem to be you lawless beasts?!

Justice, I only seek justice for my daughter!"

However, Young Master Hu seemed to hear a huge joke, laughing uproariously with the crowd behind him.

"In Yunhe County, my Hu Family is like the Marquis of Hundred Miles, the heaven of this hundred-mile territory! A mere peasant dares to defy his parents?

Justice? You’d better go seek justice in the Underworld!"

Receiving the waist knife passed by a government official, ready to personally indulge in the act of cutting people, he was suddenly halted by an arresting officer who had followed him, pointing to the two shadows on the river surface and saying:

"Young Master, the ’Double Shadow Bridge’ is in sight; now is absolutely not the time to cross the bridge."

The elders near "Yunhe Bridge" always warn the younger ones not to cross the bridge at night.

If it’s absolutely necessary to cross, one should look at the shadows of the bridge under the moonlight.

If the bridge casts only one shadow on the Turbid River, then it’s safe to go. If there are two shadows, it’s better to take a longer detour and avoid crossing it no matter what.

It is said the appearing shadow has something sinister—it is called the "Double Shadow Bridge," a mixture of the shadow and the nefarious air cutting through the bridge.

Sometimes it appears, sometimes it disappears, with no pattern.

But when it appears, no one can cross the bridge and come back down alive.

Clearly, Zeng Wentai was out of luck today.

Hence, the group halted, their faces sneering coldly as they watched Zeng Wentai move forward bit by bit like a dog with broken legs... seeking his justice.

Then...

Splash!

The stone structure of the bridge suddenly gave way, and the old scholar instantly fell into the water.

Zeng Wentai still tried to struggle, but the water seemed infinitely out of reach, unable to surface no matter how he struggled, and within moments, his eyes bulged and his face turned purple.

As Young Master Hu and his group laughed heartily as they left, his corpse slowly sank into the icy depths.

But the soul trapped within the shell continued to roar.

Yet what he roared out was no longer "justice."

It was "Hatred! Hatred! Hatred! Hatred! Hatred!..."

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