Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn
Chapter 56: Xiao Lu Displays Her Divine Might

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Xiao Lu Displays Her Divine Might

The Dragon Suppressing Bell quieted down, and the angry pleas for mercy from the little girl earlier also disappeared.

Red Locust knew that without her command, the gu insects inside the Dragon Suppressing Bell would not harm the prisoner. She thought Xiao Xian had come around and agreed to be her apprentice, so she withdrew her focus and concentrated on studying the Purple Ginseng in her hands.

Years ago, Red Locust had serendipitously discovered the Dragon Suppressing Bell at the bottom of White Dragon Pond, and upon realizing it had a universe of its own inside, she began to keep all sorts of snakes, insects, rodents, and ants within the bell.

The miracle of the Dragon Suppressing Bell was that all the creatures nurtured within it became spiritual and obeyed Red Locust’s commands. And those Gu Moths that belonged to Yezi’s mother were also hatched from the Dragon Suppressing Bell.

People in Dongnan Miao Village privately said that the Great Wizard bred gu insects, but very few had actually seen the Great Wizard use gu; even Li Quqi thought his wife was using gu, but that was a misunderstanding. Red Locust practiced a type of Insect Taming Technique, with Gu Technique being a branch of Insect Skill. Insect Skills, from low to high level, include Insect Repellent, Insect Cultivation, Insect Control, and Insect Transformation. Red Locust was skilled in both Insect Repellent and Insect Cultivation.

Perhaps it was the nurturing of the spiritual mountain and beautiful water of the Miao Village, Yezi’s mother, like Yezi, was naturally gifted in communicating with insects, which is why Red Locust took notice and taught her the basic Insect Repellent Skill. This talent in Yezi extended to various creatures, originally better suited for cultivation; unfortunately, Yezi’s own nature was fiery, strong in yang energy. The Yin-associated Dragon Suppressing Bell repelled her, leaving her no method to practice, which was indeed a regret.

Tonight, Yezi and Zhu Xiaoxian entered the suspension house, a space of different nature, which somehow resonated with each other. The Dragon Suppressing Bell chimed continuously, and Zhu Xiaoxian’s words startled the Great Wizard, who then used the Dragon Suppressing Bell to take her in, laughing as she took the thousand-year-old ginseng as well.

All gu in the Dragon Bell were spiritual. Once a single type of poison within it had its eyes on the little girl, she would have no choice but to learn Gu Technique because gu, when used well, could save lives, but if poorly handled, it could backfire and harm oneself.

To outsiders, Red Locust’s recent actions might seem somewhat coercive, but considering that Red Locust’s parents mysteriously abandoned her in the deep mountains to live among creatures since she was young, she no longer distinguished right from wrong. She only knew that as she aged, she had not yet found a suitable successor. Tonight was heaven-sent good fortune, not only restoring years of lost vitality with the thousand-year-old ginseng but also finding a genius level apprentice who made all the gu in the Dragon Suppressing Bell resonate. Even if Red Locust had to "force", she intended for Xiao Xian to willingly accept her as a teacher.

Little did she know, it was a huge misunderstanding; the simultaneous resonance of the Ten Thousand Gu did not necessarily mean that the gu insects wanted to accept a new master. Instead, things developed in the exact opposite direction.

Xiao Xian tried to smooth down the goosebumps on her skin, but upon seeing the ground covered with gu insects, the goosebumps rose again like inextinguishable wild grass.

"You won’t let me out, will you? Fine, then I’ll let you see the power of my garbage space," Xiao Xian glared at a silver ring snake hissing at her in this strange bell, where there was no daylight, no touch on the bell walls, and no exit to be found.

It seemed the only way out of this bell was to start with those unpleasant snakes, insects, rodents, and ants. For a moment, every creature inside the Dragon Suppressing Bell shivered.

Outside the Dragon Suppressing Bell, Red Locust sat cross-legged, the Spiritual Energy in the Purple Ginseng in her hands had almost been completely absorbed. The last few age spots on the neck of the Great Wizard also faded. These spots were poison spots accumulated over the years from consuming poisonous substances. The Purple Ginseng brought by Xiao Xian, it’s unknown where she got it from, could only be digested by someone like Red Locust who grew up with creatures without the assistance of Iron-grade space.

"The time is almost up; I hope my good apprentice can make the Golden Cicada accept her as the master. If so, I can cultivate another Golden Cicada without having to avoid that cursed creature hiding in the pond," Red Locust chanted an Insect Spell, hoping to get feedback from the creatures within the Dragon Suppressing Bell about the situation inside.

"!!!" Red Locust was shocked, her figure soared like a small bird, rushing down to the Dragon Suppressing Bell.

At this moment, Zhu Shijun and others were still trapped on the stone path in front of the Great Wizard’s house, Zhu Shijun had lost all patience and began to curse softly.

"Mama, please send a moth to Grandma quickly, don’t let them eat up Zhu Xiaoxian," Li Ye’s eyes were bloodshot, feeling like there were pins in his stomach. He shouldn’t have brought Zhu Xiaoxian along; she must have been consumed by Grandma’s snakes, insects, rodents, and ants without a trace left behind. After encountering the ghost wall, Yezi guessed that Xiao Xian must have been confined by Red Locust.

"I must get out, damn ghost wall," Li Ye muttered under his breath, with the single thought in his mind to prevent Grandma’s gu insects from devouring Zhu Xiaoxian.

As Yezi was overwhelmed with excitement, a dog’s bark echoed from the end of the road, and Yezi saw a red fireball, "Little Pig!"

After locating the direction, Yezi disregarded his parents behind him and dashed towards where "Little Pig" indicated.

The clouds in the sky covered the moon, Li Ye finally saw the road ahead clearly, and not far away, a woman in her thirties was standing in front of Grandma’s house, her eyes blazing with a cold light.

Why would there be a strange woman in the village? That’s right, she must be the one who set up the ghost wall, it was she who kidnapped Zhu Xiaoxian.

Yezi clenched his fists tightly, charging towards Red Locust like a provoked lion cub.

"Yezi, what are you doing?" The Great Wizard, who was very agitated at the moment, swept his palm releasing a fierce gust of wind, neutralizing Yezi’s charge. Just now, no matter how she called out to the gu insects inside the bell, it was like throwing stones into the sea, with no response.

The "sugarcane seedling" struggled valiantly, its jade-green stem swaying like waves, gathering invisible green light continuously inside the bell. The green light gathered more and more until it compressed into the Dragon Suppressing Bell.

Once the spiritual energy inside the bell reached a certain concentration, a green sprout’s phantom appeared next to the bell. The phantom grew steadily, fluctuating between solid and ethereal.

With a "bang" sound, the Dragon Suppressing Bell shattered into pieces in the air, a figure dropped from the eaves, pigtails flying in the air, landing sturdily while thinking herself incredibly suave; unfortunately, she was too small, and her clothes were too bulky, making her look like a snowball falling from the sky.

"Zhu Xiaoxian? Where did you come from? And who is she?" Li Ye was dumbfounded, having only seen the strange woman before, not knowing where Zhu Xiaoxian had appeared from.

"Did you destroy my Dragon Suppressing Bell?" Red Locust almost spat blood; the Dragon Suppressing Bell, which had hung in the suspension house for years, was now shattered under such tremendous spiritual power. Not a single gu insect of the bell survived, all blasted into pieces.

"Your Dragon Suppressing Bell? Are you Grandma?" Li Ye finally came to his senses. The ghost wall a few steps away from the suspension house was also dispelled, and Zhu Shijun and the Li couple hurried over.

"This time, it’s this little boy you brought along with you who killed us," the Red Locust Great Wizard didn’t bother explaining and dashed towards Black Mountain like a flash of lightning, headed in the direction of White Dragon Pond.

"Xian, are you alright?" Mr. Zhu quickly picked up his little granddaughter, examining her from head to toe.

"I’m fine," Xian muttered quietly, thinking it should be the old lady who’s in trouble.

In the moment when the Dragon Suppressing Bell burst open, the scene over White Dragon Pond changed drastically from the beautiful calm waters of the day.

The calm waters transformed into raging waves, with two to three-meter high waves stirring up from the lakebed, a shadow writhing and swirling, about to break through the surface.

(Yezi fans, I’ve found a good main occupation for Yezi. As an older brother who returned from overseas and Yezi as a local, it’s a clash between an expatriate and a native. Satisfied, huh~)