Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

Chapter 36 The Cursed Doll
"Don't, don't come here!"

"Evil, you freak, die for me!"

The eldest lady took out the Guanyin jade pendant for body protection from her bosom. Although there were many cracks on it, it still glowed with a faint Buddha light.

The Buddha's light shone on Hui'er, causing her to let out a scream and unable to approach.

But before the eldest lady was happy, countless strands of hair rushed towards her, directly piercing the Guanyin jade pendant.

With a bang, the Guanyin jade pendant exploded into pieces.

The black hair fell away, Chen Ziyu didn't make any more moves.

Hui'er rushed towards the two of them, and after a while, with the sound of screams, the eldest lady and Mr. Huang turned into two corpses.

Among them, the death of the eldest lady is the most tragic, bleeding from all seven orifices, and a gold hairpin pierced through her neck. Ironically, that gold hairpin was once the dowry Mrs. Xie prepared for Huier.

Hui'er floated there, staring blankly at the two corpses. After taking revenge, she seemed to be at a loss as to what to do.

It became a stupid state again.

At this moment, the mutation protruded.

A strong resentment rose from the lady's body, and they faintly gathered into a human shape, looking at Li Daoxuan and Hui'er with incomparably resentful eyes, as if turning into a fierce ghost.

She is not an ordinary person, but she has practiced the technique of being disgusted with victory, and has some meager Taoism, so she can turn into a ghost so quickly after death.

Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up, is there such a good thing?

"Burn me!"

boom!
Flames spewed out from the gourd of the three realms, fell on the body of the eldest lady, and burned it into coke. The ghost struggled and roared, but in the end it could only be annihilated in ashes.

When the "Book of Demon Swinging Heaven" was opened, a line of handwriting emerged.

"In the first year of Zhenguan, in June, I killed a formed ghost in Xinyang County, and received a reward—a middle-grade magic weapon: a cursed doll!"

"Cursed puppet (woven from the hair of a woman who died unjustly, covered with human skin, quite psychic, feeding other people's personal things, can be cursed to kill.)"

The introduction of this magic weapon made Li Daoxuan's eyes brighten. Such an old man... such a cautious person likes this kind of thing the most.

It is simply a weakened version of the Nailhead Book of Seven Arrows!

As soon as he stretched out his hand, a black doll appeared in his hand. It felt cold to the touch. The doll had no face, and it opened its mouth, as if expressing hunger.

Li Daoxuan knew that if he was fed other people's personal things, such as hair, nails, etc., it would eat them and turn into a similar appearance to that person.

At this time, if Lee Daoxuan pierces the doll's heart with a sword, that person's heart will also be pierced.

It's that insidious!

Putting the cursed doll into the gourd of the three realms, Li Daoxuan smiled slightly, yes, there is another method.

But when he saw Huier's state at the moment, Li Daoxuan couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The resentment on Huier's body is rapidly dissipating, which is a good thing, but along with the resentment dissipating, there is also Huier's ghost.

It seemed that after completing her revenge, she no longer had the desire to live, her thoughts dissipated, and her soul and body also disappeared.

Countless strands of hair poured into Hui'er's body, injecting Yin Qi into her.

But no matter how hard Chen Ziyu tried, she couldn't keep up with Huier's disappearing speed.

For the first time, obvious fluctuations appeared in her eyes, and her red lips were slightly parted to speak, but no sound came out.

Lee Daoxuan patted her on the shoulder.

"Sister Yu, let it go, maybe this is her own choice."

Li Daoxuan looked at Huier and sighed softly.

Master once said that if a person no longer has any nostalgia for this world, this will happen. Even if he becomes a ghost, his soul and body will dissipate and return to the void, without seeking an afterlife.

Li Daoxuan sat cross-legged, with a solemn expression, raised his fingers, and began to chant scriptures aloud.

"The gods of the ten directions are as numerous as sand and dust. They transform into the worlds of the ten directions and save the gods and humans. They gather merits and virtues and save the souls of sins. The souls of sins are really sad. I am going to talk about the wonderful scriptures..."

This is the "Sutra of Rescuing the Suffering", which is a Taoist scripture for saving the dead. His master once asked him to recite it.

Li Daoxuan recalled Hui'er's experience, and compassion arose in his heart. His chanting became louder and louder, and in the end he was even like Hong Zhong Dalu.

Hui'er listened to the scriptures, and the dullness in her eyes gradually faded away.

After an unknown amount of time, all the grievances on her body had dissipated, and only a thin wisp of her soul remained.

But her eyes were exceptionally clear.

At this moment, Huier is a girl with a delicate face and a sunny temperament. She smiled brightly at Li Daoxuan, revealing a shallow pear dimple and two cute canine teeth.

Li Daoxuan understood the gratitude in her eyes.

At least Huier was no longer stupid when she was dying.

After a while, Hui'er's soul body dissipated, turned into dots of dim light, and disappeared into the world.

Li Daoxuan didn't know whether she chose to be reincarnated in the end, or would rather her soul fly away, but no matter what she chose, he should respect it.

A small bronze mirror remained in place.

Li Daoxuan was taken aback.

Countless strands of hair rolled up the bronze mirror and handed it to Li Daoxuan.

Chen Ziyu stared at the sweat on his head and his pale face after exhausting mana. The wedding dress on his body was dripping with blood, forming four small characters.

"She gave it to you."

After a pause, blood dripped from the red clothes again, forming two words again.

"thanks……"

Li Daoxuan was startled, and suddenly felt a little happy in his heart. Sister Yu is thanking me?It's not easy!

He picked up the bronze mirror and felt a faint fluctuation of mana on it. It should be a magic weapon, but the specific purpose is unknown, and he planned to ask the master when he went back.

But before that, Li Daoxuan has to do one more thing,

He walked to Master Huang's body, picked up the money bag containing 300 taels of gold, and put it in his arms.

"Master Huang, I have already returned the money to you, but who told you to be so careless, and it fell out again. Now it can only be regarded as my pick-up."

Li Daoxuan murmured: "Master said I was lucky, and I was right. I picked up three gold ingots before, and now I picked up another 300 taels of gold."

Now, even Chen Ziyu looked sideways at this guy's shamelessness.

"Sister Yu, in order to prevent the government from investigating, can you plant illusions on those servants, making them think that Master Huang and his wife were killed by a ghost, and then I killed the ghost, but unfortunately I couldn't save them."

The master said that there were some very mysterious yamen in the Tang court, and there were many Buddhist and Taoist monks sitting in them. The most famous ones were the unscrupulous people headed by Yuan Tiangang, and the Huntian prison headed by Li Chunfeng.

It's not that I'm afraid of them, because the master used to brag... He once said that Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng and his ilk were all defeated by him back then, and they were the younger brothers who followed behind him and waved the flag.

Regarding this, Li Daoxuan felt that the master might have drunk too much.

However, the Tang Dynasty has a vast territory. Although there are monks in these mysterious yamen, the number is limited, and it is easy to have a situation of too many monks and too little food. They put more energy on a prosperous city like Chang'an.

For example, in Xiaosha Village before, bat demons and snake demons have been causing disasters for many years, but no mages with official backgrounds have come to subdue the demons. Maybe it's not because the local officials don't report it, but because there are simply insufficient manpower and no time to take care of it.

Li Daoxuan is cautious by nature, Master Huang is the richest businessman in Xinyang County, he has some influence, just in case, he still needs to be careful.

Chen Ziyu nodded slightly.

A moment later, all the servants were called into the room by Li Daoxuan, and then their eyes became dull...

(End of this chapter)