During this process, Chen Yan had used his divine eyes to see clearly what an hourglass was.
It turned out to be a merit bead.
This old turtle spirit has saved countless people for thousands of years, and the merit he accumulated has turned into this bead.
The sand in the hourglass is actually merit, and every grain of sand is a life that has been saved.
Originally the lower half was full of sand, but due to the abuse of the new wife over the years, more than a third has been reduced.
Now turn the hourglass upside down and let the sand (merit) flow down, then you can reverse time and be resurrected from the dead.
However, because it was used to save lives, the consumption was extremely huge, and by the second time it was used, less than one-third was left.
If it is beaten to death by Chen Yan again this time, it will only have one chance to survive at most.
So as soon as the time flow stopped, the old turtle spirit knelt down with a thud.
While kowtowing to Chen Yan, he cried: "Great Immortal, please have mercy on me! Great Immortal, please have mercy on me!"
It knew that its chance of survival lay in Chen Yan's hands.
As long as Chen Yan lets it go, it will be safe if it returns to the river.
Even if it doesn't want to ruin the bride again in the future, it will be willing to do so, but it's too late to say so now.
And it was somewhat lucky because it could see the pity in Chen Yan's eyes.
Yes, from the bottom of his heart, Chen Yan really didn't want to kill this old bastard.
Its kindness is obvious, otherwise there would be no need to stick its head out just now.
This kind of kindness is engraved in its bones. Even though its temperament has changed dramatically due to the influence of Gui Che, and it has done scandalous things, its true nature is still revealed at critical moments.
Therefore, if the Merit Pearl was not of great use to him, Chen Yanzhen would not be able to do this.
At this moment, he gritted his teeth and groaned: "It's not that I don't want to spare you, but that your energy has run out. You should lie down and submit to the law. After you die, I will ask the villagers to build you an ancestral hall in recognition of what you have done." The good deeds you have done may help you enter reincarnation early and be a good person in the next life."
"No...I don't want any ancestral hall, I just want to live..." The old turtle spirit suddenly jumped up and turned around to run away, but as soon as he stepped out, Lu Xiaojun's hammers came down.
boom!
The old turtle spirit showed his true form and ate him hard with a turtle shell. Then the two sides repeated their old tricks, and a stalemate formed again in an instant.
This time, the villagers have experience.
Almost instantly, there was a sound of falling into the water, and a young man shouted: "Help, I fell into the water! Where are you, Lu Youdao? Come and save me——!"
Lu Youdao cried.
Because the head is hidden inside the turtle shell, it sounds like a buzzing sound coming from a cave.
"Don't call me... don't call! If I stick my head out again... I will die, wuwuwu..."
well!
Chen Yan heard Lu Xiaojun sigh softly, and then the bull's head stretched out and asked in a low voice: "Young Marshal, do you have to kill it?"
"yes!"
"But I think it's really pitiful, and...it's really a crime that doesn't lead to death."
"It's enough to die a hundred times for all the bad things it has done!"
"But what about the good things it did? Can't it be worth the merit?"
"cannot!"
"Why?"
"Because the time has come!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaojun fell silent.
Yes, everything is arranged by God.
Otherwise, he and Chen Yan couldn't go anywhere but ended up here?
This old turtle spirit has reached his destiny and must die today!
At this time, there were more sounds of falling into the river, and then a little boy shouted: "Help, I fell into the water too, Master Dao, where are you? Come and save me——!"
"Whose child is so careless?" Lu Youdao couldn't bear it any longer, and suddenly stretched out his head and asked loudly.
Whoosh!
A ray of white light came and instantly the turtle's head fell to the ground...
The villagers gathered around again, and several wet young men happily carried Lu Youdao's body with their feet, laughing that it couldn't help but stick its head out after all.
Before the laughter stopped, Chen Yan asked: "If it comes back to life again this time, will you let it go?"
Well……
The villagers looked at each other, and then someone shouted: "It's too late to release it now. God knows if it will take revenge on us in the future? So if it wants to survive again, we still have to kill it!"
"Yes, it must be killed, otherwise we will be killed by it sooner or later!"
"Kill, kill, never let the tiger go back to the mountain!"
After all, Lu Sanwang is the village chief, with a higher level of "awareness" and more foresight.
Seeing Lu Xiaojun's eyes wide open with anger, as if he was about to explode at any time, he quickly said loudly: "After all, this goblin has done a lot of good things for our Lujia Village and saved a lot of lives. How about... just do what Marshal Chen said just now Yes, after it dies, build an ancestral hall and worship it from generation to generation, which will be considered as repaying its kindness."
Upon hearing this, the villagers fell silent.
They don't seem happy to look at their expressions.
Sure enough, an old man with a hunchback walked out tremblingly, and said in a trembling voice: "Three prosperous times... our village is so poor... where can we find spare money to build an ancestral hall? This wood... this stone... Who will provide so many workers?"
"I'm going out!" Lu Sanwang's son Lu Sanshun said loudly.
Well, the young man was so hot-blooded that he agreed without even thinking about it, and his father was so anxious that he almost slapped him in the face.
It's an ancestral hall, not a thatched shed.
It's impossible to build it without a few hundred taels of silver. Our family can't even afford a tael of silver. Aren't you trying to make a fool of yourself?
"Are you going to do it? That's good... I have no objection..." The old man with a hunchback nodded, "But it must be built in a grand manner, and we can't lose the face of our Lujia Village, don't you think so?"
"Yes——!" the villagers echoed loudly.
Poor mountains and rivers bring out unruly people, and Chen Yan really saw it today.
But there was no time to say anything now, the turtle shell cracked open again, and the beads of merit rose again.
The hourglass turns upside down and time flows backwards.
This is Lu Youdao's last chance to survive because the sand has been used up.
This time, it knelt down before the villagers.
Crying bitterly and regretting it.
I promise not to sleep with my new wife in the future. I just ask everyone to be noble and let her go this time.
The villagers had already reached a consensus and were all silent at this moment.
Lu Sanwang still couldn't stand it, and sighed: "Master Tao, there is no turning back now. We have already discussed that after you ascend to heaven, we will build an ancestral hall for you by the river. For generations to come. Worshiping you on your behalf can also be considered as accumulating merit for you in your next life, what do you think?"
Before Lu Youdao could speak, the hunchbacked old man interrupted: "Sanwang...it's right to discuss it. This money..."
"The money comes from our family!" It was Lu Erya who said this, and her voice was extremely angry.
"Okay...then I have no objection..." The hunchbacked old man retracted his head.
Lu Youdao cried, so sad that he cried.
"Woooooooo... Sanwang, I don't want any ancestral hall, I want to live... You know, it's not easy for me to live for such a long time. If I can live for another hundred years, maybe I can achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven.
Please...please please let me go...I will never do bad things again, I will only do good things, okay?"
No one spoke, everyone looked at Chen Yan, the expression on their face clearly said: "Why don't you do it?"
Chen Yan remained motionless.
If he doesn't move, Lu Xiaojun and Chen Xiaoqiang won't move either.
Only Chen Xiaomiao, who was flying in the air, was holding a refined stick and chewing on it...
"Great Immortal... Great Immortal, please spare my life..." After walking around in a circle, Lu Youdao finally turned back to Chen Yan, with tears streaming down his face, and kowtowing was like pounding garlic, "I really know I was wrong... I will do it again in the future. I won’t do bad things anymore. Great Immortal, just let me go, wuwuwu..."
"As I said just now, it's not that I don't want to let you go, but that you have run out of energy." Chen Yan stretched out his right hand and patted Lu Youdao's shoulder lightly, and asked, "Have you figured out how to get on the road? "
"I..." Lu Youdao hesitated for a moment, then suddenly turned his head to the villagers, and then sighed and said: "That's all, since you want me to die, then I'll just die, so that you don't abandon the child again. Go into the river. What if you don't have time to fish it out and drown?"
Upon hearing this, several villagers holding children in their arms looked at each other.
Yes, they are indeed planning to do this.
Although each child is tied with a rope, if he is thrown down, he will be pulled up immediately.
But if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of the worst, so what Lu Youdao said is not unreasonable.
boom!
Lu Youdao suddenly transformed, scaring the villagers and running away.
But after running a few steps, he stopped at the same time.
Well, the old turtle spirit didn't move at all, just lying on the spot.
When he looked back, he saw tears falling from his eyes.
A low whimper came from his mouth, sounding extremely miserable.
The turtle's head was stretched out long and placed at Chen Yan's feet.
Chen Yan took out the mountaineering ax from his personal mark, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Are you ready?"
"Cut the innermost section, which is the weakest." Lu Youdao said.
Chen Yan had actually seen it a long time ago.
The base of the turtle's neck is the lightest and thinnest.
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
"Will you really build an ancestral hall for me?"
"Yes." Chen Yan nodded.
"Well, after living for more than a thousand years, I still haven't lost anything by earning an ancestral hall. Great Immortal, please give me a good time!"
Click!
The electric light shines, shocking the heaven and the earth!
The moment the ax fell, the turtle's neck split into two.
Black blood spurted out, dyeing the surrounding land pitch black...
