Chapter 109 (2/2)

Under the G.o.d of Thunder and the G.o.ddess of Lightning's escort, the mini golden cat transformed into a golden light and returned to the multicolored stone on Yu Xiaocao's wrist. Had it not been afraid that it would attract too much attention, it would have chosen to appear on Xiaocao's shoulder in its cat form.

At this time, Shopkeeper Zhang Dongming, who didn't believe in heresy, pointed at the sky and vowed in a peculiar tone, ”I, Zhang Dongming, swears to the heavens that if I wrongly accused the young lad whose surname is Yu, then let the Heavens strike me…”

Before he had finished speaking, the G.o.d of Thunder and G.o.ddess of Lightning had received the little divine stone's order, and a loud sound of thunder rang out. The sound of thunder sounded as if there was a landslide and the ground splitting open. It felt as if the ground vibrating. Shopkeeper Zhang was so scared that his legs went limp and he fell onto the ground.

However, the G.o.ddess of Lightning wasn't finished. She aimed the mirror in her hands at the signboard with the name 'Zhang Ji's Carpentry Shop'. A glaring beam of light flashed by and a bolt of lightning struck the signboard, turning it into a pile of ashes that happened to fall on Shopkeeper Zhang's head.

Shopkeeper Zhang recalled of the oath he just made and thought that he couldn't escape this calamity. He eyes went still with fear, and a feeling of wetness spread down his thighs.

After a few seconds of silence, the surrounding people began to talk amongst themselves.

”Heavens! Shopkeeper Zhang got struck by lightning! His oath has been fulfilled!”

”The Heavens has opened its eyes! It should just kill this black-hearted man! The grandson of Old Liu's family from the neighboring village, who was sent over to be an apprentice, was beaten until his legs were broken. Now, the boy can never use his legs anymore.”

”He's crippled but at least he's still alive. Over the past decade or so, there had been two apprentices who disappeared from this woodworking shop. Shopkeeper Zhang told others that they stole some items and ran off. But I reckon that these two children had most likely met with a disaster.”

”What a sin! The Heavens should've taken him away already!”

”What a great strike! It would be even better if it hit more accurately and strike this vile and rotten man to death!”

”Thank goodness, I borrowed twenty taels from here and there, and got my Si'er back. Otherwise, he would've ended up like the child from the Yu Family.”

”Ay! I don't know if the child from the Yu Family can be saved.”

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Yu Xiaocao looked coldly at Shopkeeper Zhang, who lay paralyzed on the ground and had wet himself in fright. She said with hatred, ”Shopkeeper Zhang, I already told you that 'the G.o.ds will always be looking over our actions'. It's not that you're not going to be punished but rather it wasn't time yet! Now, do you still insist that my brother stole money from your store?”

Shopkeeper Zhang had already woken up after fainting briefly. However, he didn't have any face to confront the wetness between his legs and the criticism of his neighbors. After hearing Xiaocao's words, his heart was filled with respect and fear towards the G.o.ds, so he decided to fake death until the end.

Yu Xiaocao saw the slight movement of Shopkeeper Zhang's eyelids, and knew that he was pretending to be unconscious. He had beaten the sensible and clever Yu Hang until his bones were fractured and left with internal injuries, so she obviously couldn't just let him go like that. She needed to give him a deep and unforgettable lesson!

Yu Xiaocao communicated with the divine stone in her mind, and then the little divine stone sent out its second command. Above the clouds, the G.o.d of Thunder picked up his thunder hammer once again, while the mirror within the G.o.ddess of Lightning's hands flickered repeatedly.

In front of Zhang Ji's Carpentry Shop, the limestone slabs near where Shopkeeper Zhang lay p.r.o.ne on the ground were consecutively struck by thunderbolts. The broken pieces of limestones flew onto Shopkeeper Zhang's face and body.

Zhang Dongming's ears were about to be deafened by the sound of thunder. He felt as if the snow-white thunderbolt was almost about to land on him. How would he dare to continue to lay on the ground and pretend to be dead?

Disregarding how others would view him, he got up nimbly and tried to jump into the store to hide. But, as if they had eyes, the thunderbolts chased him the whole way and repeatedly struck at locations within one meter of him, cutting off the path into his store.

The onlookers were afraid of being implicated by the thunderbolts, and all backed away. Only the members of the Yu Family stood firmly in the midst of the lightning flashes and roaring thunder. With the fierce winds blowing behind them, they appeared somewhat solemn and tragic.

Yu Xiaocao looked at him with a stern gaze, ”Shopkeeper Zhang, aren't you going to plead guilty? Or, are you only willing to repent sincerely after the Heavenly Thunder strikes you on the head and turn you into a pile of dispersing ashes?”

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[1] Pan Gu (盘古) - creator of the universe in Chinese mythology