The Earth Shatters, Heaven Trembles

es marked with five misfortunes and three deficienciesWhy are the men in our family so steadfast in their love, even knowing there's a risk of widowhood, loneliness, and hardshipMy brother said discon..."It's nothing special, really." Mrs. Xue said lightly, "Just a place to provide 'rest and recuperation' for some people who have been afflicted with strange and evil afflictions... This village is just such a place."

"What do you mean, this is what people call a mental hospital"

In Daoist thought, strange and bizarre phenomena are attributed to the disturbance of evil spirits. Generally, these disturbances are addressed by expelling the evil spirits and then nourishing the body.

Some people's fate and eight characters are prone to encountering these evil spirits. If it's an elderly person, everyone will think they have Alzheimer's disease or their brain isn't clear. If it's a young person, they will be thought to have mental illness.

Some of these people are genuinely ill, having nothing to do with being strange or eccentric.

But a small portion are related to this circle, and these people's families shun them, wishing they could send this trouble away and would rather have them die outside.

Speaking of which, my parents got to know each other because of this.

My father was a pedantic scholar even in his youth. Once, he went to treat a fortune teller who had been acting strangely for years. This fortune teller had no children and only nephews. When her nephew saw that she was "crazy," the neighbors and relatives whispered that this was karma. As a result, her nephew drove her out of the house for fear that some retribution would befall him.

Later, I don't know who introduced my grandmother to this witch. She was brought over, claiming she was being treated, but in reality, it was just a place for her to stay and wait to die.

Wait to die.

That's it.

And her nephew had to pay a hefty sum for it, nearly all the old witch's lifetime savings.

"Isn't it supposed to be convalescence How is this waiting to die!" I exclaimed, my eyes wide with disbelief.

Ms. Xue let out a cold laugh: "Xiao Yinluo, do you think we are gods To reward good and punish evil These are all karmic obstacles. We are just taking these 'patients' who endanger others to a place far away from society, allowing them to fend for themselves."

"Once you step out that door, you'll know what it means to be worse off than dead." She gestured with her hand: "Here, ghosts and demons possess people in broad daylight, and at night they roam free, fulfilling their karmic ties. Once they've done so, they naturally return to dust."

Wow, this is a real no-brainer, a guaranteed profit.

Getting a large sum of money, all you need to do is enclose these places with a barrier and prevent these evil spirits from haunting living people. It's actually a good deed!

The old woman's face twitched, a smile playing on her lips.

"We, who have long foreseen our demise, would not waste our efforts." She looked at me meaningfully.

"Xiao Yin Luo, don't you have any premonition at all I told you, the Yin family is stubborn and conservative. Look at this blood inheritance, making you like a silly ordinary girl." Mrs. Xue looked at me with disdain.

"I don't think I have anything to do with you, thank you." I retorted curtly.

"Hehehe, some things can't be erased. I thought that once I left the sect, I would have nothing more to do with it. Who knew, who knew... a few years ago, a name appeared on the cliff of Witch King Mountain City, and it was the name of my great-granddaughter! Round and round, there's no escaping, no escaping..." The old woman suddenly said excitedly.

“Exposing the secrets of heaven, exposing the secrets of heaven… Could it be that my burial place is still that lifeless land Within the Dharma’s embrace, it is not a Peach Garden, it is not a Peach Garden… but a cage of self-destruction! You can't stay there any longer!”

I understand what she's saying, but hearing it from this "traitor" makes me very uncomfortable.

“You old hag, you ran out of the family and didn't care about your clan members’ lives. How can a person like you talk to me about kinship I bet you only approached me because you think I'm useful and said all these old stories to brainwash me!” I snorted coldly.

"Hee hee hee, hee hee hee... soon, very soon... you'll see... some things, even the Great Shaman can't stop... hee hee hee..."

The old woman's smile was sinister, and I felt a chill run down my spine. Her eyes were glazed over, as if her mind was no longer on our conversation.

Ms. Xue smiled calmly: "The Yin family is just a tool for me to carry on the lineage and bloodline. Your father has been visiting me frequently these years, but I'm too lazy to see him."

" ... Shameless! You slept with my father and then ran away, and you still have the nerve!" I thought she was absolutely crazy.

Ms. Xue was taken aback, then chuckled: “Hahaha... That’s right, that’s right. That’s exactly how it is. I left after you were weaned. The Yin family is indeed more suitable for raising you. After all, there are many people there to look after you. Here, I’m just an old woman, and she often doesn’t listen to me…”

"She isn't your grandmother, how can you order her around" I asked in confusion.

Ms. Xue said dismissively, "If she still wants to live, she has to beg me to use my magic to refine her body. Otherwise, she would have been dead long ago."

"Cultivation...What kind of method is this..."

“Ordinary methods can strengthen bodily functions and weaken the power of time, allowing for longevity. The only catch is that it requires constant suffering, which is why it's not widely practiced... You're staying here these past few days, honestly. Don't even think about running away, you can't escape, and don't even try to steal the secret formula back from me. It wouldn't do you any good anyway!” Ms. Xue stated forcefully.

"Why are you keeping me here! At least notify my family, they must be frantic! My husband—"

"It's no use rushing, huh There are probably more things worrying him right now. Just stay put for a few days. You’re so noisy, I can hardly stand it. " Ms. Xue snorted coldly.

You, you...

This attitude makes me so mad, my mouth is about to be crooked.

"How could you do this to me! You won't even let me contact my family, what am I supposed to do when my husband is looking for me everywhere You're heartless old witches, you don't understand human feelings at all! How could my father possibly have chosen someone like you!"

Mrs. Xue laughed a few times, with a hint of smugness in her expression: "You'd better ask your father yourself about this. He hasn't found you a stepmother all these years, so what can I do"

"Don't say I don't care about you, when I go to see you, no one knows...Last time I saw you, you were cursed by a man. If I hadn't saved you, you would have been dead!"

"What What did you say" I stared at her blankly.

Ms. Xue narrowed her eyes and looked at me: "Our clan has a blood gu curse mark on our bodies. Legend has it that the ancient divine shaman marked the foreheads of our ancestors with drops of blood, bestowing upon them a blessing of turning danger into safety. This blood gu was passed down through generations. Although we have lived and married with outsiders, its power has become very faint over time."

"But if another protective charm was placed on you, clashing with the existing one, your body wouldn't be able to withstand it... That's what happened last time. If I hadn't gone back to the Witch King's city and found the last remaining tribe members to help me steal the antidote, you would have been burning with fever all night and probably turned into an imbecile!"

Oh my gosh!

"So there was you in the middle all along! No wonder the mark Mu Wanchen left me disappeared! And I don't even remember what happened. Was it you who did this! You...you...you...you still have informants in Wu Wangcheng!"

"What about eyeliner Everything in Wuwang Mountain City has nothing to do with us anymore. I only risked my life to save you. As for who the Great Shaman King is, how many subjects he has, or if he will destroy anything, it has nothing to do with me. I said it from the beginning, I'm only here to protect you…" Ms. Xue looked at me with a warning glare.

"Xiao Yinluo, be a good girl and stay here. In a few days, I'll send you back..."y raised her slender ten fingers...“Mu, Yun, Fan...” the shadow uttered a low and mournful voice.Mu Xiaoye was almost asleep, exhausted to the bone. He went home and couldn't even restHe heard a sound...