The ghostly aura was about to strike.
Just as it was about to touch the tip of his nose, the ghostly aura collided with a golden protective shield, causing it to quickly retreat in fear.
"I’m here," a woman’s voice sounded behind Zhi Mi, "You called out so loudly, I had to come."
Nanli took a step forward, her face cold, her eyes filled with anger.
"Daring to capture my junior brother, are you tired of living?"
"Senior Sister!" Zhi Mi’s eyes welled up with tears, "Nith...Ninth Prince, you’re here too..."
Princess Yuchang and Xu Linglong were shocked. H
ow did someone suddenly appear?
Were their eyes playing tricks on them?
Nanli glanced at the table and narrowed her eyes, "No wonder they wanted to capture my junior brother.
So it was all for the Heavenly Thunder Talisman.
Li Zhengkui, you dare to call yourself a master, yet you can’t even draw a single Heavenly Thunder Talisman."
Li Zhengkui was deeply embarrassed, but he had no power to refute.
Princess Yuchang’s face turned pale.
With Presence of Ye Siheng, she didn’t dare to order the servants in the courtyard to take action.
She thought for a moment and simply knelt down with a thud, tears streaming down her face, "It was all Master Li’s idea, Ninth Prince. I didn’t expect him to use someone else as a sacrifice for the formation."
Xu Linglong followed suit and knelt down, nodding, "Yes, it was all this old Taoist’s idea. My mother and I tried to dissuade him, but he said that Miss Chu caused his Beifeng Temple to be searched, and he wanted revenge."
Li Zhengkui trembled with anger, "You are truly vicious!"
However, what they said was true.
His senior brother was caught by Ye Siheng and sentenced to be beheaded in public.
If he didn’t avenge this, he wouldn’t be Li Zhengkui!
"Ye Siheng, since you insist on barging in, there will be no escape for you in hell."
He pointed with two fingers, and three Heavenly Thunder Talismans floated in the air.
"Today, I will avenge my senior brother!" T
he sky above darkened, and dark clouds churned as thunder resounded incessantly.
"Li Zhengkui, do you dare to use Heavenly Thunder Talismans? Aren’t you afraid of divine punishment?"
Nanli frowned and shouted, hoping that Li Zhengkui would reconsider.
"Since we’re all going to die anyway, what’s there to fear about inviting divine punishment!" Li Zhengkui shouted angrily.
Even if his soul scattered, he had no fear.
He had been barely surviving for too long.
Tonight, killing these two would be a grand and glorious act.
"Heavenly Thunder! Rise!" Li Zhengkui didn’t hesitate any longer and activated the Heavenly Thunder Talismans, pointing them at Ye Siheng and Nanli.
Amidst the thunderous light, Ye Siheng’s face darkened.
He wanted to push Nanli away and bear the brunt of the three Heavenly Thunders alone.
But Nanli knew that a mortal body couldn’t withstand the Heavenly Thunder.
"Stand behind me," Nanli said, and the Xuanyue Sword soared into the air, blocking the first Heavenly Thunder.
Then, she quickly formed hand seals, and a protective membrane seemed to envelop them both.
The sky changed drastically as the second Heavenly Thunder struck.
Nanli’s hand seals remained unchanged, but cracks appeared in the golden protective membrane.
Unexpectedly, Li Zhengkui’s desperate attack had such power.
"A’li!" Ye Siheng didn’t know why, but he placed a palm on her back.
In an instant, Nanli was somewhat surprised because her power seemed to have increased significantly.
The Heavenly Thunder accompanied by a fierce wind.
Their clothes fluttered in the air. T
he third Heavenly Thunder struck, and not only were they unharmed, but a beam of golden light shot straight into the sky.
Before Nanli could see clearly, the golden light descended straight towards Li Zhengkui.
Li Zhengkui, who had just made up his mind to die, couldn’t help but shout and turned to run.
But the divine punishment’s golden light wouldn’t let him escape.
The dazzling light rose, raising a cloud of dust that blinded everyone’s vision.
When they opened their eyes again, there was nothing left of Li Zhengkui.
"A’li." Ye Siheng didn’t care about anything else and worriedly supported Nanli, "Are you alright?"
Nanli shook her head, "I’m fine."
She reached out and touched Ye Siheng’s hand, but the power she had just felt was gone.
Strange, Ye Siheng had never studied Taoism.
Could it be that this was his innate power?
Indeed, he was a person with a purple aura, possessing extraordinary abilities.
His meager power was able to easily withstand the Heavenly Thunder.
Ye Siheng breathed a sigh of relief, his countenance clearing slightly.
Nanli proceeded to untie the ropes that bound Zhi Mi.
Zhi Mi, frightened out of his wits, threw himself into Nanli’s embrace and couldn’t help but weep, "Senior sister, you scared me to death."
If anything were to happen to senior sister because of the thunder talisman he had thrown, he would rather die a thousand of times.
Before he could finish crying, Ye Siheng had already come over and lifted him away.
At the sight of Ye Siheng’s face, Zhi Mi trembled in fear, not daring to utter a word of protest.
Nanli couldn’t help but chuckle.
Somehow, she found Ye Siheng’s action of lifting someone familiar.
But at this moment, there was already commotion outside.
Qing Feng had arrived with the Black Armor Guards.
The Lord Xu, also followed suit, seeing his wife and daughter kneeling on the ground, looking somewhat disheveled.
He was taken aback and hurriedly approached, "Madam, Linglong, what has happened to you?"
In front of her husband, Princess Yuchang naturally burst into tears, recounting how Li Zhengkui had deceived her and how he had almost harmed the Ninth Prince and the Sixth Miss with the thunder talisman.
Xu Linglong added, "Father, we were haunted by vengeful spirits. If the Sixth Miss had been willing to help from the beginning, we wouldn’t have been deceived by others."
Xu frowned, "Such impoliteness is unacceptable."
Helping others is a matter of obligation, not a choice.
How could his daughter shift the blame onto others?
Upon hearing this, Nanli knew that Xu was a person who distinguished right from wrong.
The Lord turned around and bowed apologetically to Ye Siheng and the others, saying, "My wife was entangled by vengeful spirits and momentarily confused, thus trusting the wrong person. I implore the Ninth Prince to show mercy this time, and in the future, I will certainly discipline her strictly."
Ye Siheng was not surprised at all, as Xu was well known for protecting his wife.
However, Nanli said, "It’s not surprising that he would act this way, but why would I refuse to help?"
The Lord Xu was taken aback and said, "If the Sixth Miss refuses to help, there must be a reason."
"Yes, because I have brought this upon myself and cannot live with it," Nanli replied.
Princess Yuchang was furious, "Sixth Miss, I can apologize to you, but this was Li Zhengkui’s idea in the first place. Why do you target me?"
Nanli couldn’t be bothered to deal with her and said, "When you were seventeen, you were engaged to the Chen family’s daughter. You swore that once you returned after achieving success in the imperial examinations, you would marry her in a grand procession. Unfortunately, after you entered high school, the Chen family suffered a flood, and the three of them died in the fire."
"How do you know?" The Lord Xuwas somewhat surprised.
Even the Ninth Prince might not know about these past events, right?
"Chen Ying told me," Nanli’s gaze was sharp, "Lord Xu, she asked me to ask you whether you were aware that Princess Yuchang had sent someone to burn her family of three to death. Do you know?"
Xu widened his eyes in shock.
He looked at Princess Yuchang and, in astonishment, began to step back.
"You... you were the one who set the fire? Didn’t the authorities say it was an accident?"
His voice trembled, his face filled with disbelief.
Princess Yuchang hurriedly said, "It wasn’t me! She’s just talking nonsense. Chen Ying died a long time ago. How could she ask her questions?"