Chapter 380: The World Cannot Bear Your Bow
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“Has Ning’er’s child been found?”
“Back when Ning’er was giving birth, the village was engulfed in flames. We barely managed to send her away through the back mountain… How did her child end up being tricked back into the Su Family?”
“Poor Ning’er, her whole life has been ruined by the Su Family!”
“That heartless man! I should never have trusted him! The entire village pooled money, chickens, and ducks to celebrate his wedding, yet it was all at the cost of Ning’er’s ruin!”
The vengeful spirits of Peach Source Village wept bloody tears.
They tried to block Lu Chao Chao’s way, but she walked straight through them.
As she neared the ancestral shrine, the spirits were abruptly halted outside.
“Do not enter the shrine! That place is a den of devouring ghosts!”
“Countless children’s bones are buried beneath it. The Su Family is steeped in sin…”
“They used virgin boys and girls for sacrificial rituals. Those children have no souls left… their bones are buried right beneath the shrine.”
Lu Chao Chao clenched her tiny teeth in anger, her young eyes turning cold.
“Go ahead, little princess. Offer your prayers. Remember to bow three times and kowtow nine times. Be sincere, and the Su Family’s ancestors will bless you…” The clansmen handed her incense with casual indifference.
Lu Chao Chao glanced back as she stepped inside.
The old village chief’s vengeful spirit suddenly locked eyes with her. He murmured in a low voice, “Why do I feel like she can see me?”
Inside the Su Family Ancestral Shrine, a pitch-black stone statue loomed over them.
The statue exuded an eerie and terrifying presence. Xie Yu Zhou shivered, hiding behind Lu Chao Chao.
“This is Xuan Yu, the Dark God, ruler of the Fiend Realm.”
“These are our Su Family ancestors…”
Lu Chao Chao stared at him intently. “You really want me to kneel? Are you sure?”
A master kneeling to a disciple—such disrespect!
And I, who have saved the world, can the Su ancestors truly bear my bow?
“Just kneel when you’re told! Stop wasting my cultivation time!” The Su Family disciple grew impatient. A batch of fresh sacrifices had arrived today—if he started his cultivation earlier, he might even advance a level.
With that, he stepped outside, closing his eyes to meditate, letting his spiritual energy circulate.
Lu Chao Chao held the incense in her small hands, silently staring at Xuan Yu.
Xuan Yu, you’ve come a long way.
“Do you really have to kneel?” Xie Yu Zhou asked from behind her.
Lu Chao Chao didn’t answer. She lifted the incense high above her head, closed her eyes slightly, and bent at the waist…
Her knees barely bent…
Suddenly…
The ground quaked violently, and the entire shrine trembled as if an ancient dragon had been roused from its slumber.
The disciple at the door snapped his eyes open, his expression turning to sheer terror as he looked up at the night sky.
Lu Chao Chao’s knees had barely touched the cushion when…
The heavens changed color. The bright moon hanging in the sky and the twinkling stars were swallowed by dark clouds. An overwhelming divine pressure poured down from the heavens…
In that moment, it was as if the Su Family had been noticed by an unfathomable cosmic entity.
In the Southern Capital…
Fish in the ponds thrashed wildly, caged chickens and leashed dogs collapsed in fear, trembling on the ground.
In the sky, brilliant lights streaked toward a single location, illuminating the entire city as though it were daytime.
Countless citizens rushed out of their homes, faces filled with dread at the sight.
“It’s Heavenly Fire! Heavenly Fire is descending!”
“The heavens have cast down divine flames!” Panic-stricken, they screamed, fleeing wildly toward the city outskirts.
But as they ran, they realized the divine flames were headed straight for a particular destination.
Lu Chao Chao grabbed Xie Yu Zhou’s hand and dashed out the shrine’s doors.
Fireballs rained down in the stunned gaze of the Su Family, striking the heart of the ancestral shrine.
Boom—
A raging inferno erupted, engulfing the entire sinful shrine in its flames.
A refined young figure landed soundlessly beside Lu Chao Chao.
Even Lu Chao Chao was slightly taken aback. It was true that mortals were unworthy of her bow—after all, she had saved the world.
But…
Wasn’t this a bit too dramatic?
“Did you act without permission?” she whispered to the boy.
The boy’s voice was low. “It’s perfectly legal.”
Lu Chao Chao eyed him skeptically. “Really?”
“So long as you are unwilling, no one in this world is worthy of your bow.” He gently patted the small tuft of hair atop her head.
Xie Yu Zhou, still dazed from the sudden inferno, turned his head and saw a black-clad youth standing behind Lu Chao Chao.
The boy melted into the shadows, as though he were one with the darkness.
“Wha-wha-where did he come from?! When did he get here?! Am I blind?!”
“Are you calling me a fool or a blind man?” He rubbed his eyes furiously, gaping in disbelief.
“You saw nothing.” Lu Chao Chao’s voice was calm, disinterested.
Xie Yu Zhou was so frustrated he nearly burst into tears.
He wanted to question the mysterious youth, but upon raising his eyes for just a moment, he immediately looked away in silence.
Forget it. He was clearly someone not to be provoked.
Waaa…
I’ll just pretend I saw nothing!
The Su Family clansmen rushed over, servants carrying water to extinguish the fire.
But as the water hit the divine flames, instead of dying out, the fire burned even fiercer, transforming into a roaring fire dragon that enveloped the entire Su Estate.
Old Master Su’s face darkened. “Quick! Use spiritual energy to summon spirit rain!”
The Su Family members raised their hands, sending waves of spiritual energy into the night sky.
A fine drizzle of spirit rain fell.
Yet the divine flames raged on, consuming the entire Su Estate in an instant. The delicate spiritual rain could only suppress the fire momentarily before it reignited, even stronger than before.
The Heavenly Fire burned throughout the night.
By dawn, the Su Family was reduced to ruins.
The ancestral shrine suffered the worst, with all of the Su ancestors’ memorial tablets reduced to ash, leaving no trace behind.
The Su Family members slumped to the ground, exhausted, staring blankly at the wreckage.
Old Master Su broke down on the spot. “A millennium of Su Family legacy! The heavens are unjust! What did the Su Family do wrong?!”
His burning tears fell, wrenching sorrow from all who heard.
As the morning sun rose, its rays piercing the darkness…
Amidst the crumbling ruins, a chilling sight emerged—a fragment of white bone.
Standing in the wreckage, Lu Chao Chao picked up a tiny bone. “Grandpa Su, why are there so many little bones under the shrine?”
As daylight broke, many townsfolk gathered nearby.
At the sight of Lu Chao Chao holding up the bone, one gasped, “That looks like a child’s remains…”
“No older than twelve.”
“Look, the ground beneath the shrine is filled with countless tiny bones. What is going on?!”
Curiosity turned to horror as villagers stepped closer. The sight of a field of children’s bones sent chills through their spines.
“What has the Su Family done?!”
Lu Chao Chao winked at the young boy beside her. Well done!
The vengeful spirits trembled, shrinking into the corners.
Why was the youth beside the little princess so terrifying?
His gaze alone felt like it could obliterate them.
The boy lowered his gaze, standing obediently behind Lu Chao Chao.
Old Master Su, regaining his senses, cast a venomous glare at Lu Chao Chao.
He immediately ordered guards to seal the area, forbidding anyone from getting closer.
Yet whispers still spread of the countless children’s corpses buried beneath the Su Family Ancestral Shrine.
His face darkened. “What exactly happened inside the shrine?!”
The Su disciple guarding the entrance shuddered and fell to his knees. “I had just made Princess Sunshine kneel… and then the Heavenly Fire descended…”
“Nothing else happened!”