Demon King's Repayment - chapter 56

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Han Rui’s sad face the previous night, the gentle and elegant smile like the sun, repeatedly appeared in Yuan Xiang’s mind causing her to not concentrate on anything she was doing throughout the afternoon. She couldn’t fill water and chop wood properly.

After enduring until the night, she once again came to the vicinity of Tongjitang.

Only a day had passed but the insect on the roof of Yongji Hall became bigger.

That chaotic and filthy demon raised his wrinkled head, with a human soul dangling in his mouth.

The human stretched out his pale arm, struggling to resist. The outline of his soul was shattering. He was obviously about to be unable to hold it.

A faint golden light shone on him from time to time, but it was quickly dissipated by the black energy emitted by the demon. The long hair tied to the top of his head was scattered, revealing a painful and desperate face. It was Han Rui.

Under the eaves, the street lights were shining. The crowds talked and laughed freely. No one could see the tragedy so close to them.

Yuan Xiang was taken aback. She strayed into the alley on the side of the street, then chanted, “Heaven and earth’s profound purpose of Taoism, the origin of all kinds of (ten thousand) qi, golden light appear and subdue and kill the demons, daoist spell!”

The scorching golden light split out from the talisman and directly shone on the bloated body of the demon. Wherever the golden light illuminates, it blares like burnt and bursts of blue smoke. The demon twisted his body, let out a sharp scream, dropped the human soul in his mouth, turned and quickly disappeared into the depths of the house.

“Hey, did the light flash just now?”

“Was it thunder? It’s a weird thing to see the lightning on a sunny day.”

Passers-by looked up in shock, talking about the golden light that had just passed by.

Han Rui’s body rolled down from the eaves and fell to the side of the street. His face was pale and his body was in pain. Several times he reached out his hand to prop up his body from the ground, but he was unable to continue.

“Doctor Han,” Yuan Xiang stretched out her hand to help him up carefully and took advantage of the chaos in the crowd to take him away.

When she returned home, she drew a set of Qi gathering arrays, placed the soul that was about to collapse into the array, sat cross-legged on the edge of it and recited the requiem mantra several times. The figure lying down in the array gradually became stable and clear.

“You saved me again,” Han Rui sat up, draping his sleeves to cover his face.

“Doctor Han,” Yuan Xiang squatted in front of him, “You have done good deeds throughout your life and your rewards are profound. If you abandon your obsessions and step into reincarnation, you will have a good destination. Why do you hang around in the world like this? You must have seen the big grudge-eater, why bother to venture closer to it.”

Han Rui lowered his eyes. His long hair was loose, his complexion was bleak and his body was translucent, “What you said is right. It’s just that my child is missing. I am his father, how could I feel relieved? Tongjitang… was the place where I have worked all my life. It was originally a place to save lives and heal the wounded, but it was invaded by the resentful devil and the shopkeeper changed the formula privately. How could I leave?!”

Yuan Xiang thought for a moment, “I may know the whereabouts of your son. You can’t find him in Tongjitang. Follow me to Celestial Wolf mountain tomorrow to inquire.”

The time Ah Teng said that she picked up a human child in Celestial Wolf mountain was close to the time when Dr. Han’s son was lost. Yuan Xiang thought she could go to Ah Teng to see the situation.

“He can’t go to Celestial Wolf mountain.” Li Yu stretched out his head from his stilted hut, “Once the sun shines, he should be gone.”

Wu Yuan crouched on the branch and snorted, “What do you know? Even if it’s just a soul, it doesn’t disappear when being exposed to the sun.”

“But human beings are different. Human souls are very fragile.” Li Yu held the door and leaned out half of his body, “I have seen many human souls like him in a village. With the sun, they turned into bubbles and disappeared. Unless …”

“Unless what?” Yuan Xiang asked.

“Unless you put him in a container.”

“Container? Do you know what kind of container is needed, Li Yu?”

“It’s something that you could put him in.” Li Yu gestured, “They are things that look like humans with eyes and nose.”

Yuan Xiang probably understood what he meant and found a pair of ceramic dolls from the house that she had bought from the market. Ceramic dolls, one male and one female, with fair faces, smiling brows and eyes.

She put the male ceramic doll in front of Han Rui, “Doctor Han, will you try it?”

Han Rui’s figure disappeared, but the porcelain man’s brows and eyes became alive. Although his hands were tucked in his sleeves and his eyes narrowed, he was able to breathe and smile as vivid as a spirit.

“Yes, I feel much better here!” Han Rui’s voice came from the porcelain, “Thank you, Li Yu.”

“Cuckoo!” Li Yu made a series of cooing sounds. He was very happy being thanked by human beings.