She stood before the vermilion gate, extending her hand to welcome Ruan Mulan.

Ruan Mulan kept staring at the expression on her face, as if there was nothing wrong with it.

Faint Buddhist chants and the noise of a crowd emanated from the main hall behind them, and even the afternoon sunlight seemed peaceful and beautiful.

Ruan Mulan reached out to touch the other person's hand, but as her fingertips crossed the threshold, she noticed a strange smirk playing on the corners of the other person's mouth.

Startled, she quickly withdrew, clenched her fists, and whispered a few incantations. A burning, stinging sensation came from her palms.

Ms. Wei's expression changed drastically as she stood outside the door.

In that instant, she felt an urge to lunge forward and grab Ruan Mulan. Yes, so close! If she could just grab her, it would lead her outside!

Ruan Mulan quickly retreated, her movements swift, showing no signs of a serious ankle injury.

Ms. Wei's hand had barely crossed the door when it vanished, shrieking as it withdrew.

It looked at Ruan Mulan with resentment and bitterness: "So you were faking it all along."

Ruan Mulan: "Don't you think you're being too pretentious? It's impossible for Ms. Wei to have noticed that I'm injured and still be standing there so calmly."

Things are different now. In the past, Xu's relatives might have thought that the mother and daughter were not good enough for them because of their status.

However, ever since Xu Zhongkai said at the wedding that Ruan Mingying was "marrying down," Ruan Mulan brought out a generous dowry, and the bride's relatives and friends even included a member of the royal family, the Xu family completely changed their attitude.

Ms. Wei's family had been on a downward spiral, and for the sake of her two sons, she was willing to lower herself to curry favor with herself.

It's just that Ruan Mulan doesn't like to boss people around, which makes it hard to tell who is in a dominant position between the two.

The thing inside the door had done its homework, but it secretly looked down on itself, and Ruan Mulan was most sensitive to this emotion, so how could she not sense it?

"I'm doing this for your own good." The thing inside the door laughed eerily. "Ruan Mingying won't have children. Hasn't anyone said that your eldest daughter is destined to die in childbirth?"

"If you cross this door, we will give you a perfect life. Isn't that wonderful?" Its voice was full of seduction.

They wove a beautiful dream for her, a dream from which she would never wake up.

In her dream, she crossed the door and happily returned home with Ms. Wei. Then came the good news that Ruan Mingying would give birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

Two children are difficult to raise, so Ruan Mulan would put aside her work to focus on helping her eldest daughter take care of the children.

Just when the children were finally grown up, the second daughter was about to have another baby...

She spent the rest of her life tirelessly raising her daughter's children, day after day, year after year, until she gradually grew old...

What a great script! That person finally showed mercy and was willing to let her go, so why is she so ungrateful?

Ruan Mulan: "Your master likes this script, so why doesn't he take care of the child himself?"

What mercy? That person still looked down on her from the bottom of his heart, thinking that she should just be worn down by the years and grow old.

Without hesitation, she turned her head. She couldn't waste any more words on this thing. She had to go back to find Ah Hu and her amulet!

There was something wrong with that fall; her amulet is missing. No wonder the amulet didn't give any warning.

Ruan Mulan hadn't run far when she saw Ah Hu.

"Great! Madam, it's me, Ah Hu!" Ah Hu shouted hurriedly. He had just seen his shadow disappear and was completely stunned.

What exactly happened? Why did this happen?

Ruan Mulan composed herself and confirmed that it was indeed Ah Hu. "Ah Hu, there's something wrong with the incense in the Guanyin Temple. Where's Aunt?"

Ah Hu: "She suddenly fainted. Something's wrong with Madam. We have to leave quickly!"

The two looked up and around, only then realizing that they were in a very remote location.

The direction Ruan Mulan came from was a lake.

The soft afternoon sunlight shone on the lake, creating a shimmering effect. The lake reflected the statues of the Bodhisattva and the temple, and the shimmering light created a dazzling spectacle.

A scene of a Buddhist kingdom amidst water and sky.

Ruan Mulan felt a chill in her heart; that person really wanted to kill her no matter what.

The two left the lakeside and headed back the way they came, but as soon as they saw the courtyard gate, they found someone blocking their way.

Wuyou was no longer as dull as before; her eyes revealed compassion. "Don't you like that Buddhist paradise by the water and sky?"

Ruan Mulan stared at the other person: "It's you, isn't it?"

She knew the other person understood what she was asking.

Worry-free: "You actually figured it out."

He smiled calmly and murmured, "Then why did you ignore me every time I appeared in front of you before?"

Towards the end, his tone even carried a hint of anger.

Ruan Mulan: "What do you mean? We've only met twice at most, once when you killed someone under the moonlight, and the other time when you came to cast a curse."

Wuyou clenched her fist and slammed it heavily against the wall. "You didn't know? How could you not know? Didn't you already guess that I abandoned Taoism for Buddhism?"

Otherwise, he wouldn't have deliberately used the story of Guanyin's conversion from Taoism to Buddhism to mock him.

He thought it was a reunion with an old friend, but in her eyes he was just a stranger? How dare she ignore him like this!

Ruan Mulan frowned and pondered for a moment: "Are you that Young Master Jin? And that Young Master Wang?"

Wuyou did not answer.

But Ruan Mulan had already realized that she had indeed encountered some people who were trying to curry favor with her before the moonlit night.

She was beautiful from a young age, standing out in the small mountain village, and she was never short of suitors.

The reason I have a vague impression of these people is not because they are particularly good-looking or have excellent qualities, but because of their attitude.

No matter how refined one may appear on the outside, deep down one always carries a sense of superiority and disdain.

She was perceptive and immediately noticed the other person's intentions, so she took the initiative to refuse before the other person could speak.

I never imagined that those people were all the same person!

Ruan Mulan was terrified: "Who exactly are you?"

The sun suddenly disappeared behind the clouds, the sky darkened, and a gust of wind blew by, making Ruan Mulan feel her hands and feet a little cold.

Wuyou slowly said, "You have become my inner demon. If I don't kill you, I will not be able to ascend to the Great Dao. Originally, that Water Heaven Buddhist Kingdom was the best place I arranged for you. You refused, so don't blame me for being ruthless and killing you to prove my Dao."

Ruan Mulan took a step back in fright, "Who are you?!"

Wuyou gave a strange smile. "You still expect Ruan Mingzhuo to come and save you? She's probably in trouble herself right now."

Ah Hu stood in front of Ruan Mulan, "Do you think you can cause trouble in broad daylight?"

His muscles were bulging all over his body. In terms of individual combat ability, he did not believe that the other party, a vegetarian monk, could defeat him.

Ruan Mulan: "Are you Master Kongchen?"

Wuyou wasn't surprised. "You guys just contacted each other secretly."

After leaving the lakeside, Ruan Mulan should have arrived here soon, but she lingered for a while, probably because she was still shaken and asked her daughter for help.

He knew that Mingzhuo was also skilled at live-streaming fortune telling, and could catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits from thousands of miles away.