roccoschili Chapter 176 Defeat
Chapter 176 Defeat
Lady Guyao flew to the cave on the rocky slope and sensed Miaolian's Buddhist aura approaching from behind. She stopped hiding and greeted her with a cold smile.
The two faced off on the desolate rocky slope. Madam Guyao's eyes were full of resentment, while Miaolian's gaze was compassionate. However, Miaolian knew that she was probably about to get serious!
Lady Guyao knew that things couldn't end peacefully today, and she was very annoyed by the other party's relentless pestering!
Lady Guyao struck first, transforming into a giant lotus shadow, her hands forming a hand seal to summon the power of vengeful spirits. The vengeful spirits she summoned transformed into black mist and lunged at Miaolian.
Miaolian clasped her hands together, and Buddhist light surged forth, transforming into a golden lotus flower that dispelled the black mist.
The old lady of the ancient kiln sneered: "Though the Buddha's light is strong, my resentment runs even deeper!"
She transformed into a black shadow and charged straight at Miaolian.
Miaolian moved swiftly to dodge the attacks, while chanting Buddhist mantras to summon the guardian deities of Buddhism to descend and engage in a fierce battle with Madam Guyao.
Lady Guyao unleashed a magical artifact—a black jade lotus, which had absorbed countless resentments and possessed astonishing power. She tossed the black jade lotus into the air, where it transformed into a black cloud that pressed down upon Miaolian.
Miaolian took out the Buddhist treasure—the Crystal Pure Bottle. A beam of white light shot out from the bottle's mouth, colliding with the dark clouds and producing a deafening roar.
The two unleashed their supernatural powers: Lady Guyao took form from her resentment, while Miaolian protected herself with Buddhist light. The two fought fiercely on the rocky slope, their battle raging until the sky darkened.
Seeing that Miaolian possessed profound magical power, and looking at the intense battle around her, Lady Guyao realized that her side was already at a disadvantage. Moreover, she had never seen the supernatural powers that the enemy was using before, and she began to make a guess in her mind.
Knowing that she would likely perish here today, she felt no impatience, but rather a calm, even a sense of impending liberation. She decided to use her last strength. She gathered all her resentment into a single point, transforming it into a black pillar of light that shot straight towards Miaolian.
Seeing this, Miaolian formed a hand seal and chanted a forbidden Buddhist mantra. Her whole body shone with Buddhist light, transforming into a golden light screen that blocked the black light pillar.
The two attacked with all their might, causing the ground on the rocky slope to shake and dust to fly. In the end, Miaolian used her Buddhist supernatural powers to suppress Madam Guyao.
Lady Guyao was bound by Miaolian's Buddhist light and unable to move. She gasped for breath, her eyes filled with resentment: "You've won... but I won't let you hypocritical humans get away with this!"
Miaolian sighed, stepped forward, and said softly, "You were originally a kind lotus spirit, why did you have to take this step?"
It turns out that ever since Miaolian learned that the person behind all these events was Madam Guyao, she had been secretly investigating Madam Guyao's background.
Unfortunately, mortals are easily misled, and he found dozens of different versions of the story.
Miaolian didn't believe it, but she learned a lot of secrets from Xiaoliang, the former prince, and later learned the whole truth from her uncles and senior brothers.
Lady Guyao was originally a lotus spirit in the mortal world. She helped the fourth prince of the last emperor of the previous dynasty to establish his imperial career, but was betrayed, imprisoned, and stripped of her merits. In the end, she fell into the ghost realm and became a vengeful spirit.
She feeds on resentment, slaughters living beings, instigates wars, and becomes a scourge on humanity.
Lady Guyao smiled sarcastically, then burst into loud laughter!
"Irony, what an irony! I was once righteous and determined to save all living beings, but what happened in the end? I was betrayed, betrayed without a second thought, and ended up like this wretched creature!"
The angry and resentful roar of the Ancient Kiln Lady echoed throughout the entire mountain!
"Hahaha, I'm not convinced! I'm not convinced! Why? Why?"
After the maniacal laughter, it turned into a sorrowful, angry, and indignant roar, before finally returning to calm!
Finally, she gave a cold laugh and slowly recounted her story!
I was originally a lotus flower that cultivated itself into a spirit, and I always believed that if I accumulated enough merit, I would surely ascend to immortality.
Unfortunately, I was too naive at the time, and I happened to save the fourth prince, who had ill intentions and was the last emperor of the previous dynasty, in order to accumulate merit and assist him in becoming emperor.
During this period, I quelled wars, warded off natural disasters, and cured plagues, ultimately leading to national prosperity and the well-being of the people.
He once promised to make a golden statue of me and offer incense, and I promised to protect their country, so that it would prosper and be peaceful and prosperous.
Unfortunately, people are too greedy. In the end, they actually hoped that I could stay forever and continue to protect this country.
Ultimately, provoked by my former rival, the Mountain Demon, he finally succumbed to the lure of power and immortality.
I gave everything I was promised to that mountain spirit, but I don't know how she ended up with a treasure.
That treasure actually managed to block the heavenly secrets, and after receiving my incense offerings and merits, its strength increased rapidly.
I had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but it was too late; I was no match for that mountain demon.
In the end, I was imprisoned, and all my merits and cultivation were bound by the formation. I was forced to constantly replenish the nation's fortune, which gradually weakened me. Eventually, I revealed my true form. At that time, the emperor was on the verge of death and, following the advice of the mountain demon, ate my true form in order to gain immortality.
He also publicly declared that I was the cause of the divine punishment that brought about the plague, in order to gain merit by deceiving his superiors and subordinates. The emperor, being benevolent, kept him permanently stationed in the capital, while those whom I had once saved despised me.
I resent these hypocritical people, I hate the injustice of heaven, and I despise my former naive self even more. I want to kill, to kill all living beings in this world, and to destroy the heavens and the earth!
By sheer accident, these resentments led my only remaining essence into the realm of ghosts.
In the end, the once kind, noble, and pure lotus demon, by slaughtering living beings, instigating wars, and helping demons wreak havoc on the human world, caused widespread resentment among the people of the previous dynasty. I absorbed these resentments and eventually transformed back into human form, slaughtering the entire royal family of the previous dynasty and burning down the capital.
I originally wanted to slaughter those filthy and hypocritical humans, but as those flames burned, I realized that it wasn't just me who was pathetic, it was all of this that was pathetic. We are forever just ants under those rules, at the mercy of others!
I wanted to see what it was up to. After that, I moved to a remote, rocky slope and made my home there, forbidding the humans I hated from coming!
Miao Lian frowned, finding it increasingly strange, and asked, "Who is he?"
Lady Guyao didn't say anything; she merely gave him a slight, mocking smile as she looked at him.