Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Killing to Stop Killing

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He had already planned everything out beforehand. All he had to do was wait for the Ghost Bride to kill all the villagers, so that he could avenge his grudges and dissipate his obsession, and then he could completely advance to the strength of the Foundation Establishment stage as a spirit ghost.

Moreover, he had lett a backdoor in the clay statue, which would allow him to completely control the spirit ghost by controlling the ghost bride’s corpse.

Decades of planning had been ruined in an instant. How could he not be angry? “No matter who you are, I will let you be eaten alive by ten thousand ghosts!”

With that, the Daoist priest rode the Yin wind and left the Daoist temple, flying in the direction of the village.

Flying in the air was an ability that only Foundation Establishment cultivators had!

After dealing with the ghost bride, the intent in Zhang Chen’s eyes did not dissipate.

When the villagers brought him the wedding candles and bedding as gifts, he originally thought it was a goodwill gesture. But when he saw the contents of the illusion, the wedding candles and bedding in the young lady’s room, and the temple behind the village,

Zhang Chen understood that it was not goodwill, but malice. The villagers wanted to harm him!

The ghost bride died on the day of the wedding, lighting the red candles would remind her of that day’s scene and attract her.

He would return good for good and evil for evil.

But if someone tried to harm him, he would kill to stop the killing.

“Everyone in the village, come to the Goddess Temple!”

Zhang Chen’s voice was imbued with spiritual power, and it resounded through the village like a thunderclap.

The villagers were shocked, not knowing what had happened.

Did somethinggo wrong?

Many villagers were worried and went out in the rain, heading to the temple.

There were also some timid people who did not leave their homes. They were preparing to deal with it the next day.

On the other side, the two guards who had been thrown at the door by Zhang

Chen woke up. “It hurts so much, how did I end up here?”

At first, they were puzzled, but then they remembered what had happened before, and looked at each other in terror.

“I just had a dream where I became the groom and sealed the bride in a clay statue. One of the guests looked like the old man who led us there.”

“I… I had the same dream,” the other guard’s voice trembled.

The two of them looked at each other and said in unison, “There’s a ghost in the village!”

“Leave, we have to leave quickly!” At this moment, the two of them only wanted to escape the village and run far away.

They couldn’t care less about leaving the young lady and the butler behind. How could they be more important than their own lives?

When it came to dealing with humans, they could fight to the death, but when it came to ghosts, they had no courage.

“Horses! We need horses to escape this village!” The two guards turned their attention to the nearby horse demon.

Zhang Chen did not put the horse demon in his beast bag, nor did he worry about the horse demon running away, so he let the horse demon stand at the door.

Unaware that the ghost bride was already dead, and consumed by fear, the two guards trying to flee the village paid no attention to it and quickly climbed onto the horse’s back.

No matter how much they urged the horse, the horse demon remained still.

“What do we do? The horse won’t move,” one of the guards anxiously said.

The other guard showed a ferocious expression and stabbed the horse with his knife.

“How is this possible!” The guard exclaimed in disbelief. He could not pierce through the horse’s skin.

Could it be that this horse was not real?

Just as they were speculating, the horse demon reacted to the attack.

It stood up on its hind legs, throwing the two guards off its back, and then stomped on them with its hooves.

“Crack!” The sound of bones breaking could be heard.

The two guards never expected to die under the hooves of a horse.

If they knew the cause and effect, they would definitely have regretted their actions.

Encountering this kind of situation, the natural instincts and thoughts of most ordinary people would be the same as theirs.

The villagers arrived at the Goddess Temple and saw Zhang Chen standing at the entrance. They were stunned.

“I killed the female ghost inside,” Zhang Chen said coldly to the villagers. He wanted to know why these people were causing harm.

“What?” The villagers looked shocked, wondering if they had heard correctly.

The old man who had led them there was the first to react. He believed that Zhang Chen was telling the truth since he was at the temple and knew about the female ghost.

“Bang!”

The old man knelt down suddenly, tears streaming down his face. “The female ghost is finally dead. Thank you, sir, for saving our village!”

“Hehe.” Zhang Chen sneered. “Do you think I don’t know that you wanted to use the ghost to harm me?”

“Sir, we were also forced to do this! If we didn’t, the female ghost would have killed us!” Some villagers knelt down one after another, hoping to be forgiven.

Zhang Chen’s smile remained cold. “So you want me to die for you? Is my life not valuable?”

“Sir, you don’t look like an ordinary person. How could you be harmed by a female ghost? Now that the female ghost is gone, we won’t harm anyone again. Please forgive us for the sake of our village, and we will definitely do good deeds in the future to make up for our mistakes.” The old man kowtowed heavily.

Other villagers did the same. “Please forgive us, sir. We will definitely do good deeds in the future to make up for our mistakes.”

Zhang Chen sneered at these villagers. They want to use morality to bind me? Unfortunately, he was not a disciple of the righteous path but a disciple of the demonic sect.

If he were an ordinary person, he would have already died in the hands of the ghost bride by now.

“No matter how much you say, it won’t change the fact that you wanted to harm me. No matter who you are or what your reasons are, I will repay kindness with kindness and enmity with revenge.

“You wanted to harm me, so I will kill you!”

Zhang Chen waved his hand, and numerous drops of blood flew out, piercing through the heads of these villagers. “Boom, boom, boom…’

The corpses fell like dominoes.

Blood scattered in the rain like a river of blood flowing along the village road.

“There are still some people.”

Zhang Chen did not stop there. His thoughts spread out, searching for other people in the village.

He had to kill them all!

When Zhang Chen returned to his residence, he found that two guards had been trampled to death by the horse demon.

He had instructed the horse demon not to move unless someone attacked it.

Since the horse demon had trampled the guards to death, it was clear that someone had attacked it.

Entering the room, Zhang Chen continued to meditate and practice, as if nothing had happened.

The rain fell all night, washing away the blood and cleaning up this sinful land.

The next day, the unconscious housekeeper suddenly sat up and looked around. He quickly ran to the young lady’s room.

“Miss, wake up. Miss, Miss…”

“Uncle Wu?” Seeing the person in front of her, the young lady said nervously and fearfully, “Uncle Wu, I had a dream. I became a bride and was sealed in a mud statue. I’m so scared!”

“Ah-” The housekeeper sighed. ‘Miss, wake Xiaolan up. I’ll go get the guards and we’ll leave quickly. We’ll talk about everything later.”

“Okay, okay.” The young lady was still in a daze, obviously not yet recovered from the illusion of the previous day.

The maid was awakened and was in the same state as the young lady, in a state of extreme shock.

The butler searched for a while but didn’t find any guards on duty. He didn’t bother to look anymore and quickly packed up to leave.

“Miss, we have to leave quickly,” the butler urged.

“Wait, what about the gentleman who came with us yesterday? Notify him too.” The young lady didn’t forget about Zhang Chen.

The butler thought for a moment and instructed a guard, “Go to the other side and tell that young master to leave quickly.”

The guard hurriedly ran over and returned in a hurry. “Butler, that young master might have already left. His horse is also missing. I also saw the corpses of Zhang San and Li Si. It seemed as if they had been kicked to death by a horse.”

“Forget it, let’s leave this village immediately.” The butler pulled the young lady away..