Chapter 1159: Blessing

"Our family has been shou miao ren for generations," Xuanwu said again. "So we cannot commit suicide; suicide disrespects Pusa and will lead to the eighteen levels of hell..."

Qiu Shiliu listened and scratched her head, then placed her hands on her waist.

Now she had more doubts than before.

"Jiu jie... did you hear that?" Qiu Shiliu murmured. "I'm a bit confused."

"I heard it..." Bai Jiu said, puzzled. "I don't really understand this identity... but if it's true... then help her."

"Help her means..."

"That's the only way," Bai Jiu replied. "Our brothers and sisters' lives are in her hands... If we can't stop Xuanwu, Wang Ba and Shiyi will fall, then Xiao Jiang Shi will follow, and next is me and Qi ge. We'll collapse like a house of cards, and anything we say then will be futile."

"Good... good..." Qiu Shiliu nodded heavily. "I understand, Jiu jie. Leave it to me."

Qiu Shiliu put the "men" into her pocket and turned back to look at Xiao Xuanwu again.

"Can you kill me now?" Xiao Xuanwu asked again.

"Xuanzi," Qiu Shiliu called, "you said you are a 'shou miao ren', but where is the 'miao'?"

Xiao Xuanwu paused, then spread her hands: "Right here."

"Good, this is the 'miao', then what about the 'Pusa'?" Qiu Shiliu said again. "You said you are shou miao ren, but here there's no spirit tablet or gods; what are you guarding?"

"Sister..." Xiao Xuanwu lowered her head slowly after hearing. "When my mother was alive, there was some incense here. But then for three or four years in a row, there was a great flood, then a great drought, and finally an earthquake. The village had a famine; almost half the people died, and even my mother starved to death in the drought. Some said Pusa couldn't protect them; others said I brought bad luck to them. Later, they angrily rushed up the mountain, smashed the Pusa, demolished the shrine, melted the incense burner, and captured me."

"You were captured...?"

"They thought everything was related to me," Xiao Xuanwu said again. "If Pusa didn't protect properly, then it was because I, the shou miao ren, didn't guard well. They beat me for a long time, but no one dared to kill me; they were afraid of being executed..."

"You..." Qiu Shiliu was speechless for a moment.

"I could only beg in the village..." Xiao Xuanwu frowned, showing an extremely sad expression. "But they wouldn't give me food; perhaps if I starved to death, they wouldn't be executed..."

"You... actually tried to beg in a mountain village...?" Qiu Shiliu shook her head. "Do you really think Pusa is protecting this village?"

"Pusa can see everything; He is worrying about everyone, so how could He not be protecting them?" Xiao Xuanwu said again.

"Then how is He protecting them?" Qiu Shiliu asked. "Floods, droughts, earthquakes all piled up; no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like there's a god protecting it."

Perhaps after experiencing the Zhongyan Zhidi, Qiu Shiliu felt a deep repulsion when hearing about "gods".

"You remember? No matter how high and mighty Pusa looks, His eyebrows are always drooping; He is watching over the beings," Xiao Xuanwu answered. "If not for Pusa's protection, maybe more people would have died."

"But you are still alive; even though fate has treated you this way, do you still think Pusa is protecting you?"

"Yes," Xiao Xuanwu said again. "Even if His face is covered in mud, it doesn't hinder Him from looking at the beings with humble eyes. He is in a high place, yet always looks down."

Qiu Shiliu sighed after hearing: "But He is gone."

"I pray to Him day and night; He is in my dreams," Xiao Xuanwu said. "He promised that in the future, I won't worry about food and clothing, be free from illness and pain, and be able to walk in the world openly."

"So did Pusa tell you to die?" Qiu Shiliu directly asked the key point. "Now you ask for death; is this Pusa's intention?"

She found that the Xiao Xuanwu in front of her seemed more mature than the real Xuanwu, and couldn't help but wonder what had happened to Xuanwu.

"I don't know; I can't fathom Pusa's meaning," Xiao Xuanwu said. "But I know that if I am killed, I won't go to hell, because I have always been guarding Pusa. Maybe after I am killed, I will reach the place Pusa spoke of, where I won't worry about food and drink, be free from illness and pain, and can walk in the world openly."

Qiu Shiliu sighed after hearing: "Good, I understand."

"So... are you willing to kill me?"

"I am willing," Qiu Shiliu said. "Offend you."

"Thank you, sister."

As soon as the words fell, Qiu Shiliu directly reached out and pinched Xiao Xuanwu's neck. At this time, she no longer had any psychological burden, just silently increased the force in her hands.

She finally understood Xuanwu's past; only by killing her could she truly be saved.

But thinking carefully, if Xiao Xuanwu died, she might enter the Zhongyan Zhidi, that true place where she has food and clothing, no illness or pain, and can walk openly.

What ironic protection?

"Xuanzi, I'm sorry," Qiu Shiliu said. "Pusa has too many people to protect; maybe He accidentally overlooked you."

Xiao Xuanwu's face was red, and she squeezed out a bitter smile from the corner of her mouth: "It's okay, sister... thank you..."

Qiu Shiliu watched as Xiao Xuanwu gradually lost her vitality; her face turned purple, and her two eyes became bloodshot due to congestion.

Just as she was about to die, she suddenly widened her eyes, and her expression instantly became dull.

Qiu Shiliu hadn't reacted yet when Xiao Xuanwu grabbed her arm with her slender palm.

Her strength was extraordinarily great, as if the real Xuanwu had descended.

A sentence that made Qiu Shiliu's back tingle came out eerily from Xiao Xuanwu's mouth:

"Bold... not only wanting to kill me... but also to undermine my heart..."

...

"Bold... not only wanting to kill me... but also to undermine my heart..."

Xuanwu roared angrily and directly grabbed Wang Ba's huge arm.

Wang Ba saw that something was wrong and struggled a few times but couldn't break free at all.

Then Xuanwu stepped forward, stretched out his foot and pressed it against Wang Ba's abdomen, then suddenly kicked, tearing off one of Wang Ba's arms alive. Fresh blood spurted out from his shoulder like a fountain.

"Urgh!"

Although Wang Ba couldn't feel pain, he instantly felt his body turn cold.

"Ba ge!!" Luo Shiyi and the others exclaimed, attracting Bai Jiu's attention.

Bai Jiu looked over, and before she could confirm the situation with Xuanwu, she heard a scream from Jiang Shi's left eye.

"Ah!!!!!"

She fixed her eyes and saw that Jiang Shi's left eye was also spouting bright red blood.