Chapter 494: Chapter 486: Breaking the Blood Curse
As Qin Liuxi and her party arrived at the Si Family Ancestral Land, they gave the Old Clan Chief quite a scare. Learning that a curse needed to be broken, he wasted no time and headed into the forbidden grounds.
"Master, the rest of the wizards have yet to arrive, this..." The Old Clan Chief was deeply concerned.
The sudden need to break the curse was truly unexpected; the wizards who had left the Si Family had not yet been notified, and the Si Family’s affairs had just been settled. Other than the donations already dispatched to various Charitable Halls this winter, the large sums had not yet been sent out.
According to what Qin Liuxi had said, can merit be so easily accumulated?
"There’s no time." Qin Liuxi directly carried Si Lengyue to Si Qing’s former residence and said, "Her fate is changing; if we don’t break the curse now, I’m afraid she won’t make it through the year."
The Old Clan Chief’s heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly had his grandson Aqi lead people to start fires in the old residence and prepare all necessary items.
At the Si Family Ancestral Land, mountain winds moaned and snowflakes fluttered down from the sky to land on everyone present, chilly and piercing to the bone.
Qin Liuxi felt Si Lengyue’s body growing colder. She looked down, saw her eyes tightly shut, and involuntarily tightened her grip.
The Holy Daughter’s former residence was already brightly lit.
Qin Liuxi placed Si Lengyue down, then ordered the pre-prepared tub to be filled with ice and snow, and turned to look at Feng Qiu.
Feng Qiu took out the Xuanbing he had brought back and placed it in the tub; immediately, the snow inside began to solidify and turn bitterly cold.
The Qinglan Temple Master glanced over and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
Qin Liuxi replied, "Senior Uncle, I need to set up a Seven-star lamp life extension array."
The Qinglan Temple Master was shocked and said in a grave voice, "Girl, that is defying the heavens and changing fate, the Heavenly Punishment you will have to endure will not be light."
"My master has said, Karmic Fire can burn all things and sins. I’m afraid she can’t withstand it and will end up with her soul scattered."
The Qinglan Temple Master opened his mouth, wanting to ask whether their friendship was so deep as to warrant this?
"It’s okay, just as a precaution." Qin Liuxi curved her lips in a smile: "I am the son of the Heavenly Dao. Even if it punishes me, it wouldn’t let me die, right? Even a tiger wouldn’t eat its young."
Heavenly Dao: Heh, would you like a pre-order for not dying but suffering immensely?
The Qinglan Temple Master still wanted to say more, but Qin Liuxi said, "Senior Uncle, I have weighed the options. If I was afraid, I wouldn’t have accepted this task from the beginning. Since I accepted it, there’s no logic in abandoning it halfway; that’s not in my nature."
"Very well." The Qinglan Temple Master said, "I will guard the array."
Qin Liuxi replied with a grateful smile.
Time was of the essence; everyone who could help sprang into action.
Qin Liuxi took out the seven prepared celestial lamps and began arranging the array in the form of the Big Dipper. She also placed forty-nine smaller lamps around the Big Dipper, with the tub being at the center of the array.
Teng Zhao began chanting and lighting the lamps, one by one, they lit up at his touch, while Qin Liuxi personally lit the seven main lamps.
The Qinglan Temple Master was in charge of affixing the talismans that Qin Liuxi had drawn around the area.
When Si Tu awoke, he felt as if in a dream. Upon seeing Feng Qiu, his pupils contracted, about to shout "demon," but was frozen into an ice stick by a single glance from the other.
"The curse will soon be broken; if you have the time to spare, you might as well go check on your maiden daughter," Feng Qiu snorted.
Si Tu, startled, scrambled over to Si Lengyue’s side and grabbed hold.
Si Lengyue’s eyelids twitched and opened her eyes. Seeing Si Tu, she forced a smile, "Dad."
Si Tu, tears welling up, wiped them with the back of his hand: "Daddy’s here, don’t be afraid."
"I’m not afraid."
Under the Old Clan Chief’s directions, Qin Liuxi took the most spiritually energetic portrait from Si Qing’s collection to the front of the array and lit the Invitation Incense, saying, "If the heaven’s spirits or lingering thoughts still exist, please lend your descendant a helping hand."
The incense was inserted into the incense burner, and wisps of smoke rose straight up.
Everything was ready.
The time of the Zi hour has arrived.
Qin Liuxi came to Si Lengyue and, seeing that she was awake, said, "It’s time to begin."
Si Lengyue smiled and nodded: "It’s all up to you now."
"Don’t worry, I’ll be with you every step of the way." Qin Liuxi took out an elixir and fed it to her: "This is the Seven Treasures Rejuvenation Pill, it contains precious medicinal ingredients and has been refined with an Elixir Talisman, it will strengthen your constitution."
Si Lengyue swallowed it down and felt a warm current coursing through her limbs, dispelling some of the chill.
She looked at Qin Liuxi and said, "If it fails, just give up. Don’t suffer too much from the Five Disadvantages and Three Deficiencies on my behalf, and don’t defy the natural order or feel guilty, for this is the destiny of our Si Family."
"Let’s not talk about these things; you once said that you wanted to fight against the heavens." Qin Liuxi held her hand: "Then I will accompany you."
Si Lengyue smiled: "Actually, I wanted to wait a few more years before breaking the curse because, the time I’ve known you is too short."
"There’ll be plenty of time in the future, I’m also looking forward to being taken care of by you, a wealthy lady." Qin Liuxi spoke jokingly to lighten the mood: "It’s time. Let Acha help you remove your clothes."
Qin Liuxi turned to Acha who was wiping her tears away and instructed: "Just leave the undergarment on, then carry her into the bathing tub."
"Yes."
Si Tu couldn’t help but burst into tears.
"You should leave now," said Qin Liuxi.
"Why?"
"Your constant crying will distract me. If I’m distracted, I might make a mistake, and one mistake means she will be in danger."
Si Tu: Just say you’re annoyed by me!
He looked at Si Lengyue and said, "Yue’er, Daddy is waiting for you. You must pull through. If you don’t make it, Daddy will have no choice but to join you and your mother."
Si Lengyue sighed.
Si Tu stepped outside the room, not daring to stray too far, squatting at the door, listening to the movements inside, and pulled a small mud figure out of his sleeve. It was his wife’s.
"Wife, if your spirit is in heaven, you must protect our Yue’er."
Dressed in a snow-white undergarment, Si Lengyue was placed in an ice-cold tub, the biting chill made her shiver uncontrollably.
Feng Yu looked at her pale face, as white as snow, and reluctantly imbued her with a thread of demonic power.
To her surprise, Si Lengyue felt warm and was no longer cold.
She sat quietly in the tub, cross-legged.
Qin Liuxi took out a small coffin and placed it within another exorcism and evil suppression array. With incense lit, she took an ancient, unadorned Seven-star copper coin sword, began to tread the Gang Step, and started chanting the Golden Light Divine Spell: "Heaven and Earth Xuan Sect, Root of All Qi..."
The Golden Light Divine Spell, safeguarding the practitioner with an inner refined Golden Light Primordial Spirit, is used to defend the Dao and expel demons, driving away ghosts and severing demonic energy, restoring clarity and purity in all.
While she was chanting, Feng Yu felt uncomfortable, and with a flash, he stepped aside to avoid it.
And the Qinglan Temple Master watched the faint golden light shimmering around her and could not help but be astounded, thinking his old friend had truly found a rare treasure.
Teng Zhao noted Qin Liuxi’s motions and footsteps, memorizing them in his heart when suddenly, his gaze shifted, looking towards the small coffin within the Evil Suppressing Array.
As Qin Liuxi reached the end of the Divine Spell, the coffin began to vibrate violently as if a shrill scream resounded, causing ear pain, and from the gaps of the coffin, a jet-black evil spirit erupted as something sought to break free.
Bang.
The lid of the coffin exploded, and a piercing, miserable shriek shot towards the sky as the thing inside attempted to fly out.
"Let my Karmic Fire pass through and eliminate all obstacles, purging and purifying all sins, decree." A wisp of Karmic Fire, born from a thought, descended upon the coffin.
Boom.
The Karmic Fire blazed like a rainbow, and thunder of Heavenly Thunder roared.