But in the wooden house, apart from Liu Ming's own voice, there was no other response.
"Lian Xi! Feng 'er! "
Liu Ming turned around and left the wooden house. He ran towards his family's rice field in a daze, shouting loudly as he ran.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, in a rice field behind the village.
"Er Gou, why are you plowing my family's land? Where are Lian Xi and Feng 'er?" Liu Ming grabbed a thin man and roared.
"Third Brother Liu, you still have the nerve to ask. You've been away from home for ten years. I don't know what kind of life you've been living in the county town, but do you really have the heart to let an orphan and a widow wait for you here? "The thin man pushed Liu Ming away and said coldly.
"Er Gou, what do you mean by that? Why are you the one plowing my family's land? Where are Lian Xi and Feng 'er? Tell me quickly!" Liu Ming asked anxiously.
"What do I mean? Lian Xi died four years ago because she became ill from overwork. As for your son, Liu Feng, a year ago, the government recruited soldiers in the village and took him away. Before he left, he transferred this land to me. "The thin man answered truthfully.
"Impossible, you must be lying to me. I receive letters from Feng 'er every year. He and Lian Xi are fine. How could this be? Tell me, what's your purpose in lying to me? Did you snatch my family's land and drive them away? Tell me quickly." Liu Ming once again stepped forward agitatedly and grabbed the thin man's clothes as he asked angrily.
"High Official Liu, Liu Tanhua, you are now a high official. How would this commoner dare to lie to you? Everyone in the village knows about this. If you don't believe me, you can ask them yourself." The thin man pushed Liu Ming away again and rolled up his sleeves. He no longer spoke. He turned around and picked up his tools to continue plowing.
Hearing this, Liu Ming took two steps back in a daze. He staggered and fell into the field.
"Impossible, this is impossible!"
After a while, Liu Ming got up and ran into the village again.
Along the way, he fell down a few more times, causing his face to swell, yet he didn't care about the pain in the slightest as he crawled up and waved his hands in a daze as he continued to run forward.
A month later, on top of a mountain outside of Liu Village, in front of a grave overgrown with weeds, a man with messy hair and a black robe in tatters was kneeling on the ground, crying bitterly. In his hand, he held two letters tightly. His fingernails had already sunk deep into his flesh and blood dyed a corner of the letter red.
The first letter was found in the only remaining cabinet in the wooden house. It was written by his son, Liu Feng, five years ago.
"Father, Mother has been working hard all these years and has fallen ill from overwork, but she didn't let me tell you, and you haven't come back to see us for five years. Is fame and fortune really that important? Mother said that it is father's lifelong wish to pass the imperial examinations. Even if she has to give up her life, she hopes to fulfill your wish. Do you know what mother's wish is? She only hopes that you can accompany her, eat simple meals, and spend the rest of your life with her. That is enough. In fact, this is also Feng 'er's wish. "
The second letter was sent by the government. There were only a few lines of words on it, and the ink was still fresh. At the bottom, there was an official stamp.
"Liu Feng of Liu Village, over eighteen years of age, brave and skillful in battle. When he was judging the rebellion in the Eastern County, he was ambushed and unfortunately died. In recognition of his outstanding achievements in the past year, he was conferred the title of Assistant Minister and Valiant Soldier. He was awarded fifty taels of silver."
"I, Liu, have been obsessed with fame and fortune my entire life. I thought that after passing the imperial examinations, I would be able to marry my wife and children, give them a decent life, and enjoy endless glory, splendor, wealth, and rank! But in the end, not only did I cause my beloved wife to die of illness at home, I didn't even know it. Moreover, I even implicated my son, causing him to die on the battlefield. Not even his bones were left. This is all because of my stubbornness. How can I live alone in this world? "
As soon as Liu Ming finished speaking, he faced the sky and howled in grief. Tears streamed down his face as he spoke. After a long while, he suddenly raised a jug of wine beside him, raised his head, and wildly gulped it down.
After a few gulps, he fiercely smashed the jug of wine to the ground. Then, he took out a sparkling dagger that glowed with a purple light from his waist.
"Lian Xi, Feng 'er, I'm coming to accompany you and your son. Wait for me!" Liu Ming's eyes were bloodshot. He raised his hand without hesitation, and placed the dagger against his neck.
At this moment, his hands, which were tightly holding the dagger, suddenly trembled. A dazzling purple light emitted from the dagger. Then, Liu Ming felt a cool sensation spread throughout his body.
The next moment, Liu Ming felt a chill run through his body. Everything around him began to blur.
"Bang", a crisp sound was heard!
The surrounding scenery was like a mirror, shattering with a loud rumble …
"This is impossible. How could this be! Could it be that he isn't holding the Spirit Cleaving Dagger? No, that bitch added another layer of Spirit Recovery Spell on the dagger. "
Before Liu Ming could open his mouth to speak, the voice of the woman in the palace dress suddenly came to his ears.
When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had been pushed back to the entrance of the hall. The Spirit Cleaving Dagger in his hand was already at his neck. It was only an inch away from cutting his throat. It seemed that the dagger would cut his throat in the next moment, and his blood would splatter on the spot.
On the surface of the dagger, there were circles of strange purple spirit patterns flashing non-stop. From them, pieces of purple crystal light were released. One could vaguely feel a burst of coolness from them.
It was clear that it was the purple crystalline light that had enshrouded him, thereby allowing him to clear his mind and escape from the illusionary realm.
Thinking of the words of the woman in the palace dress before, Liu Ming still didn't understand what happened. After taking a long breath, he removed the dagger from his neck, stared at the woman in the palace dress and said faintly, "It seems that you still failed.
"Looks like your efforts are still lacking. If that's the case, then hand over your life."
As soon as he spoke, he made a gesture, and black gas surged out of his body. He strode toward the opposite side again.
"If that bitch really thinks that she can make me surrender by activating this spiritual array, then she is underestimating me too much! Not all puppets in this hall are affected by this enchantment. Fine, I will let you see the new puppet that I made myself! "Seeing this, the woman in the green palace dress said with a cold snort.
A layer of red light appeared in her eyes again, and a series of creaking noises rang out from the top of the beam. Two large holes were revealed, and two black things fell down from the holes. They were two black humanoid puppet warriors on either side of the woman.
Liu Ming's expression changed slightly. He immediately stopped and glanced at the 2 newly appeared puppets.
These 2 black humanoid puppet warriors were 5 meters tall. Their eyes were closed, and their faces were covered with bloody grimace masks. They were not burly, and there were many strange bloody patterns engraved on their chests. One of them was holding a shining golden giant sword, and the other was holding a green sharp blade.
Seeing this, Liu Ming frowned immediately.
Didn't the girl say that once the enchantment was activated, all the puppets in the palace would lose their effect and be unable to move? What's going on with these 2 puppets?
Although these 2 puppets had no aura at all, making it impossible to know what kind of strength they had, since they were personally refined by the woman in the palace dress, they must be extremely tricky to deal with.
At this time, the eyes of the woman in the green palace dress condensed slightly. The red light in her eyes suddenly turned bloody red. After a flash, the 2 bloody red eyes in her eyes slowly rotated like a vortex.
At the same time, the strange patterns on the chests of the 2 motionless black puppet warriors seemed to be resonating. A burst of red light flowed suddenly, then a burst of dazzling red light was emitted. Then the eyes of the 2 black puppets opened, but it was a pair of bloody eyes. The bloody light in their eyes was even more intense than the eyes of the woman in the palace dress. They stared at Liu Ming at the same time.
Seeing this, Liu Ming's pupils shrank.
But before he could think more, the eyes of the 2 black puppet warriors flashed with bloody light, and they walked toward him. Their footsteps were very heavy. Every step seemed to have the power of thousands of kilograms, causing the entire side hall to tremble slightly.
Liu Ming's heart shuddered. This momentum seemed to be at least above the Pseudo Pellet State. With a thought, the spirit breaking dagger in his hand disappeared in a flash. His figure flickered and turned into 3 phantasms that charged at the incoming attack.
Although this spirit breaking dagger was powerful, it had not been sacrificed after all. The power it could exert was probably less than 1/10 of its true power. But even so, with his current Condensation Period cultivation, if he wanted to forcibly activate this treasure, his spiritual power would probably be sucked dry in a few moves, so he naturally couldn't use it to fight the enemy directly.
The puppet holding the green sharp knife flashed and appeared in front of a phantasm. It waved one hand, and a green blade light struck out without warning.
"Peng!"
As soon as the phantasm touched the blade light, it was smashed.
At the same time, Liu Ming channeled another phantasm to greet the puppet holding the sword, and his real figure flickered and appeared behind the puppet holding the sword.
As soon as his figure appeared, he clenched one hand into a fist. Under the surging black gas, a black tiger head phantasm appeared faintly on his fist.
"Ao!" A tiger's roar resounded!
The black tiger head phantasm bit the left arm of the puppet holding the sword. With a force, it tore off half of the left arm.
The broken right arm of the puppet holding the sword spurted a stream of blood like a human. Suddenly, a strong bloody smell spread in the air.
But before Liu Ming showed a look of joy, he heard a loud "boom"!
In the mouth of the giant tiger transformed by the fist shadow, the half arm exploded in an instant. Circles of bloody waves rolled out wildly, not only tearing the tiger head phantasm into pieces instantly.
Liu Ming, who was close at hand, was affected by it. He only felt a huge force hit his body heavily, and his figure suddenly flew out like a broken sack. He fell heavily on a nearby pillar, causing it to tremble for a while. A thick crack suddenly appeared on the surface.
Liu Ming sucked in a breath of cold air. Enduring the pain, he moved his body and suddenly disappeared from the pillar of the hall.
In the next moment, a golden sword light slashed on the shattered mark left on the stone pillar with a "pu" sound.
It was another black armor puppet, slashing at him with the giant sword in its hand.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
