Bloody Kyoto

About half an hour later, Li Nanle finished treating a patient, took a step to the right and, not seeing the patient, asked, "Is that all?"

The villagers knelt down again, and an old man at the front replied, "Thank you, Demon God. All the sick people in the village have been cured."

Li Nanle nodded, then turned to leave.

Seeing this, the villagers immediately stood up and blocked their way. Li Nanle frowned, "Is there something else?"

"Demon God, may we build a shrine to worship you?"

Li Nanle pointed to the Liu family mansion and said, "I killed everyone in there. I'm not some kind of demon god, but a demon, a ruthless killer."

When the villagers heard that everyone in the Liu family's house had been killed, their faces turned pale. They couldn't understand why the Demon God, who had clearly been kind and saved so many of them, would kill people.

"You still want to worship a demon?" Li Nanle asked calmly.

The villagers fell silent for a moment, and Li Nanle left without saying a word.

After walking for a while, she heard messy footsteps behind her. She stopped and turned around to see villagers running towards her.

“Demon God, you are the Demon God of our village. We still want to worship you.”

Looking at the expectant eyes, Li Nanle sighed inwardly. He hadn't managed to scare them away.

"To clarify, I am not a god, but a human being, a murderer wanted by the imperial court."

"If you don't want trouble, don't get involved with me. Everyone in that house is dead. Someone will be coming to investigate soon. Just tell the truth then."

"There's no need for offerings, because I wouldn't receive them anyway."

The villagers were bewildered. They didn't believe that the Demon God was a human or a wanted murderer.

"Demon God..."

"Remember, if anyone comes to investigate, just tell them everything you saw, but don't mention that you received treatment, lest they think you're one of my people."

The villagers still looked dazed.

Li Nanle raised her voice and asked again, "Have you remembered everything?"

She had always spoken in a cold tone, so this sudden increase in volume startled the villagers, who instinctively replied, "I understand."

*

Yun Family in Beijing

Master Yun Er prepared everything that Master Yun Laozu needed and reported it through the screen.

"Ancestor, Huo Yunxia's old belongings and the heart's blood of the person born in the Year of the Dog have all been prepared. Are we going to conduct a divination tonight?"

Ancestor Yun was sitting cross-legged in meditation. The divination he had performed a few days ago had greatly depleted his vital energy, and he had been quietly recuperating these past few days.

Upon hearing Yunji's report, he opened his cloudy, sinister eyes.

"Go and prepare; it will begin at the end of Hai hour tonight."

"Yes!" Master Yun immediately withdrew to prepare for everything.

Li Nanle was unaware that someone was using a large-scale divination technique to find her; at that moment, she had just left the small mountain village and was heading to the capital.

It would take at least three days to get back to the capital, so Ancestor Yun's deductions tonight are destined to yield nothing.

Because his accurate predictions of a person's location are limited in scope.

After changing his clothes, Li Nanle leisurely lay on the donkey cart, gazing at the starry sky as he continued his journey.

Meanwhile, the Yun family patriarch finished a large-scale divination, only to find nothing. He was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"How could we not find it!"

Master Yun was furious. How could they not find anything at all?

In fact, this kind of divination technique that uses human blood as a catalyst is a forbidden technique and also an evil technique.

Therefore, although this technique is powerful, the price is considerable.

It's incredibly frustrating to have paid the price but found nothing.

“Ancestor, in this situation, it’s only possible that the otherworldly person left the capital during the last major purge of the Han family.”

Ancestor Yun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and slowly nodded in agreement, "That should be it."

Master Yun helped Ancestor Yun into the house and sat him down. After some hesitation, he suggested, "Ancestor, why don't we wait until that otherworldly person kills someone in the capital again before we conduct the deduction?"

Ancestor Yun glanced at him without saying a word. Another deduction? Didn't he know that his ancestor had no more price to pay?

He sacrificed ten years of his life for this simulation. If he were to conduct another simulation, the lifespan he would sacrifice would not be ten years, but twenty years.

He originally only had a lifespan of a little over ten years. If it weren't for the green ability to increase his lifespan, he would never have so readily given up his already limited lifespan.

Now that he has given up ten years of his life, he only has four years left to live.

Even if he were willing, let alone unwilling, it wouldn't be enough to pay for it.

“Ancestor, we can take the price from another source next time.”

Master Yun spoke casually, but it made Old Master Yun's forehead veins throb. He angrily rebuked:

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Master Yun looked directly into his eyes, "Grandfather, I know that taking someone else's lifespan carries karmic consequences, but..."

"Greater karmic consequences are about to befall me, so why should I care about the karmic debt of taking someone's life?"

"If we cannot eliminate the otherworldly beings, our entire Yun family will be destroyed. Comparing the two, can't you, Ancestor, see which is more important?"

Ancestor Yun choked on his words. He was right. Finally, he sighed deeply and said, "Send a message to Yun Ze and tell him to come to the capital."

"That otherworldly being isn't someone you can just find and kill; you'll need a powerful fighter to prevent her from escaping."

Master Yun nodded. His elder brother possessed the ability to control wind, so dealing with otherworldly beings would definitely not be a problem.

only……

"Ancestor, if my elder brother makes a move, won't the Zhao family find out...?"

Upon hearing this, Elder Yun's eyes sharpened, and he slammed his palm heavily on the table, causing it to collapse instantly.

"Never mind, if the Zhao family wants to trace the origin of this ability, we'll wipe them out too. We've already made enemies last time anyway."

After careful consideration, Master Yun made up his mind and nodded in agreement.

For many years, in order to prevent the Zhao family from discovering that Feng's abilities had reached their Yun family, they had kept it hidden, which resulted in them being subordinate to the Han family.

It's good to expose everything at once; it might allow the Yun family to rise to a higher level.

"I'll go and send a message to my elder brother right away."

*

Several days ago, Chen Chusheng failed to obtain any useful information from the emperor, so he secretly arrested many servants of the Fu family and the Prince Cheng's mansion and subjected them to severe torture.

He eventually found out about Huo Yunxia.

These horrifying things actually happened right next to him.

He was shocked and terrified.

What shocked him was that his son had participated, and what terrified him was that even the ruler of a country had been involved.

He no longer knew how to distinguish between right and wrong.

The man who killed his son wished he could return the same fate.

But when he thought about what his son had done, he realized that his fate was entirely his own fault, and he didn't know where to direct his anger.

He returned home dejected and locked himself in his study, refusing to see anyone.

After processing the information he received, he gradually calmed down.

The emperor who committed such a heinous act was no longer worthy of his loyalty, and his son's death was his own fault. What kind of revenge was he seeking?

He carefully considered the events that had occurred in the capital during this period and felt that things would not be peaceful in the future, and that unpredictable consequences might occur.

Huo Yunxia died so tragically, and that avenger possessed abilities beyond those of ordinary people; this was probably just the beginning.

Thinking of this, he felt a chill run down his spine. He had other family members who absolutely could not be implicated.

The best course of action right now is to pretend you don't know anything, or better yet, to stay out of it.

As for avenging his son, forget about it.