Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 51 - 49: Siege [Weird]

Chapter 51: Chapter 49: Siege [Weird]

"A Heavenly Facing Householder who was buried alive for the Yili King? Such a barbaric and bloody system actually continued to exist?"

In the history of Wang Yuan’s previous life, the phenomenon of living sacrifices in burials had gradually disappeared after the Han Dynasty, but in this Divine Deceit World, it had persisted for a long time.

The current dynasty was no exception; since the Ancestor, the Great Yan Imperial Family had also included the practice of human sacrifice in their ancestral traditions.

With the Emperor and the princes, the most revered figures of the Dynasty, as the principals, those chosen for burial sacrifices were mainly concubines and attendants without descendants, and even subordinates who had served them in life.

Usually, the Court would reward and compensate the sacrificers posthumously, even bestowing honorific titles upon them and promoting their relatives to higher ranks and salaries as a form of consolation.

"For those who displayed loyalty and filial piety, thirty taels of silver and a bolt of fabric. For those who were chaste and righteous, sheep, wine, paper offerings; the inner palace would compose writings, and officials were sent to offer sacrifices."

These people who were buried alive came to be known as "Heavenly Facing Householders."

It was straightforward to identify a "Heavenly Facing Householder."

Unlike those who died a natural death, typically dressed in mourning attires and prepared in a simple manner, those buried with their lords were usually dressed in splendid attire to continue to serve their masters, wearing "Soul-Locking Bracelets" on their wrists or ankles made of red string dyed with vermillion.

From this, it could be inferred that this entity, which had transformed into a Yin Object, must have died a tragic death filled with resentment and become a "Heavenly Facing Householder."

Wang Yuan knew their original plan was to plant peach wood earth stakes, piercing through the corpses and coffin’s underpinning nodes of every accompanying tomb.

To break the protective wings of the Owl God Tomb so that it could not take flight and be severely damaged in its primordial qi.

Now, obviously, an accident had occurred; this "Heavenly Facing Householder" who was buried alive for the prince had, after two hundred years underground, turned into a Weird phenomenon as well.

"This is probably the first ’Heavenly Facing Householder’ of the Great Yan Dynasty to be dug up till now, right?"

Wang Yuan did not immediately reveal his presence; he licked the corner of his lips and quietly made his way around to the back of the accompanying tombs.

At that moment.

Strategist Bei, Lang Qi, who was also hiding and riding on the back of a wild wolf, stared at the official robe on the Weird for a long time and silently calculated, saying:

"Although the Yili King was unworthy, the imperial family places the utmost importance on dignity and order.

If my deductions are correct, this ’Righteous Wealth,’ an official of the Prince Mansion who was buried alive and became a Weird, should follow a pattern of ’collecting debts’ when killing."

"The tradition of the Elder Care Pavilion has always existed around Beimang Mountain, causing members of all clans to owe a blood debt to their senior relatives.

Those who died in the Elder Care Pavilion, upon being resurrected, would follow their bloodline and seek revenge upon their own kin.

Therefore, after climbing out of their graves, they only target their respective family members. As long as bystanders do not disturb, they will remain unharmed."

No sooner had he spoken, the bandits, already working half-heartedly due to the strange phenomenon, drew even further away from the Wang Family Tomb Guardians.

They gathered around the Peach Fairy, who was not under attack, fearing even the slightest harm might come to the beautiful maiden.

Seeing this, Wang Yunhu’s expression turned even uglier.

Such was the true nature of bandits.

If it were not for Lady Peach Immortal beguiling them with the Human-Faced Peach Immortal Skill and barely binding them together, they were nothing more than a rabble.

But he really could not swallow his pride and ask Lady Peach Immortal for help over such a trivial matter.

Instead, he gathered all the Tomb Guardians to his side and roared:

"Descendants of the Wang Family, form up! Battle Formation - White Tiger Seven Kills!"

Instantly.

As the Tomb Guardians, who practiced the White Tiger Military Art, moved, the military formation took shape. Above them, a Military Aura rose like dragons and tigers, filled with a chilling murderous intent.

"Military Aura red in front and black behind, such is the aura of a courageous general."

The face of Strategist Bei, Lang Qi, who was adept at seeing qi, changed slightly.

At the same time, Wang Yunhu, the only Non-Human Daoist Soldier, sliced his fingertip on the blade’s edge and painted a piercing blood mark on his forehead as sharp as a sword’s edge.

Raising the Tiger Head Saber high, a nearly imperceptible red light burst forth, sweeping over all the Tomb Guardians involved in the battle formation.

In an instant, their bodies all glowed faintly red, and their eyes seemed ablaze with fierce flames!

One of the three innate Divine Skills that could be awakened after reaching Great Success in the second realm of the White Tiger Military Art—the Imperial Decree Tiger Talisman.

Inspire, enhance, gather the crowd; this was also one of the Divine Skills most suited for commanders.

The resolute Tomb Guardians collectively shouted, "Fire! Fire! Fire!"

Step!

They advanced in the face of the surging tide of Animated Corpses, swinging their sabers in unison.

The Heyan Killing Ghost Seal on the blades shone brightly, and although the grim Animated Corpses were clearly struck by the saber edges, they exploded violently as if hit by a scorching heavy hammer, leaving behind shattered bones and ruined flesh.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

They pressed forward, pursuing with three slashes, quickly slaughtering all the Animated Corpses congregated in front of the tomb.

Swift as the wind, calm as the forest, aggressive as fire, immovable as a mountain, inscrutable as shadow, striking as thunder.

The surrounding bandits looked at each other, horrified.

They could not help but retract their disdain for the Tomb Guardians.

"Everyone, we must intercept all the animated corpses. The more they kill, the stronger the power of the Owl God Tomb becomes, and we cannot let them roam free."

The Elder Care Pavilion nearby hosted not only people from Daling Village but also other clans from the surroundings. At that moment, these animated corpses were swarming down the mountain.

"Clan Leader Wang, rest assured."

"We will carry out our duties!"

"..."

As Wang Yunhu spoke, the bandits immediately sprang into action, unconsciously spurred by his words. They used their unique skills to their utmost, striving to kill those animated corpses attempting to descend the mountain to "collect debts" from their relatives and children.

Immediately after, other people began to retreat in turn.

Wang Yunhu, Lady Peach Fairy, the Ma Brothers, and Fan Zhang, all possessing divine power skills and capable of fighting against the weird, slowly approached the tomb that resembled a mound of earth.

However, in their eyes, this weird entity had neither an owl head nor black feathers, nor the dripping of corpse oil; it was just a shriveled corpse dressed in an official robe.

As they drew nearer, the abnormal power belonging to the weird immediately enveloped them all.

A series of sharp and cluttered whispers arose in the depths of their hearts, sounding like others yet also like their own thoughts, emerging one after another:

"Life is suffering, my parents gave me life, my parents owe me!"

"Hatred meets hate, the world slanders me, the world owes me!"

"Unfulfilled desires, my lover despises me, my lover owes me!"

"..."

To ordinary people and even to new Daoist Soldiers, this abnormal power was utterly unbreakable. Should any of these situations be true, they would immediately act to "collect debts"!

But for a group of magicians, the effect was greatly reduced.

Lady Peach Fairy waved her immaculate hand, and a peach wood talisman inscribed with lightning appeared in her hand.

The runes, unreadable to others, danced like dragons and phoenixes, but the vermilion seal on it faintly bore the name "Lady Peach Fairy."

This was a true talisman that only a Red Seal Mage who had received the talisman could draw, borrowing mana out of thin air from the Venerable God of the Sect that had been worshiped by her family for generations.

The Dragon Qi Prohibition on Beimang Mountain was significantly weaker than that in the city, allowing a Red Seal Mage to exert about seventy to eighty percent of their ability.

Lady Peach Fairy held the rune talisman high above her head, two fingers pinching it as she quickly chanted:

"Heavenly spirit profound, earthly spirit sound.

The north wind drifts here, the western wind comes with gloom. The southern phoenix soars high, the eastern fire dragon roams. By the Sage’s command, I summon you to form clouds and thunder. Quickly attend the Thunder Altar, to rescue from woeful plight.

Hasten like the decree! Imperial Decree!"

No sooner had the incantation ended.

Boom——!

Though there was no visible flash of lightning, a thunderous roar exploded in their ears, and something invisible in the air seemed to be shattered violently, lightening the weight of their bodies.

The nightmare suppressing power, like an oppressive force, had been violently broken by the talisman imbued with the power of the West King Holy Mother.

The noise at the bottom of their hearts instantly dissipated like smoke.

Although not as effortlessly elegant as the Ghost King Altar Sealing Seal, it was a borrowed technique, different in approach but similar in effect.

This nightmare suppressing power was the foundation of the weird’s adherence to its rules.

If the abnormal power remained unbroken, the weird would continue to kill according to the rules; if the abnormal power disappeared, it would be as when Wang Yuan killed the fish face weird in the ancestral hall, relying solely on one’s own skills.

Thus, when the weird was strong, this rule was a thin thread of life for mortals; when the weird was weak, the rule became the last barrier protecting it.

This weird, with an already decayed brain, though not highly intelligent, still had the instinct to pursue benefits and avoid harm.

Realizing that the situation was dire, it immediately turned and rushed toward the woods behind its own tomb.

However, at that moment.

Another thunderous rumble echoed in everyone’s ears.

"Go back!"

It was Wang Yuan, who had stealthily approached from behind the tomb without anyone noticing. Leveraging the Ghost King Altar Sealing Seal, he completely ignored the nightmare suppressing power and closed in on its side.

His punches were like hammers!

His force was like a cannon!

One punch thrown, and the physically weak "Heavenly Facing Householder," who was as slender as a stick, met head-on with the peach wood stake raised by the Ma Brothers.

Thud!

It pierced right through the chest.

Biography, Yin Morality +103, totaling 1099.

-1000 more.

Immediately afterward, Wang Yuan’s Qi Fortune finally jumped from "-5" to "-4," and he felt a sudden relief in his heart, as if stepping back from a crumbling cliff’s edge by a great margin.

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