That year, he returned from selling tea in the county town. While walking at night, he encountered something unclean and was trapped in a cornfield, unable to get out. Then, he suddenly heard the voices of a man and a woman talking.

“This man loves to do good deeds and has merit protecting him. We can’t do anything to him or seduce his soul. Let him go to save our energy.”

"That's true, otherwise even if we bewitched his soul, we wouldn't be able to devour him..."

From then on, He Shunde loved doing good deeds even more, considering it as accumulating merit.

"Besides that, judging from your appearance and fortune, I've discovered that you're going to make a fortune today. I'd like to congratulate you in advance," Jiang Xianya said with a smile.

He Shunde's eyes widened again upon hearing this.

He might believe it a little if his son was in danger of bloodshed tomorrow, but as for getting rich... he dared not even think about it.

Their family lives in the village, where would they get the opportunity to get rich?

And today, isn't that ridiculous?

“Xianya, I’ve remembered what you said. It’s getting late. Let your Uncle Guangcai take you to Liuhe Town,” He Shunde said with a forced smile.

"Thank you, Grandfather, and thank you for your trouble, Uncle Guangcai." Jiang Xianya slightly curtsied.

Just after they left the village and got on the oxcart, Jiang Xianya heard someone calling her again.

"Little girl from the Jiang family, where are you going?"

Jiang Xianya turned around and realized that a carriage had come up behind her, and the person she was talking to was Zhang Cuiyun.

Xu Lanxiang, who was known as the Fairy Maiden, sat next to Zhang Cuiyun.

"Let's go to Liuhe Town." Jiang Xianya didn't hide anything.

Because there's only one road outside the village, it takes everyone quite a while to travel together.

She had heard that Xu Lanxiang was going to the county town to exorcise evil spirits for a wealthy family.

To get to the county seat, you have to pass through Liuhe Town.

Liuhe Town is very close to the county seat, only a few miles away.

Zhang Cuiyun was about to speak when Xu Lanxiang, who was sitting next to her with her eyes closed, suddenly said, "Jiang family girl, I see that you have excellent potential. Would you like to become my disciple?"

She had been curious and wanted to see what the fate of this young girl from the Jiang family was like, but despite using all her abilities, she couldn't see a single thing.

This is a bit strange.

As a disciple of the Xuanmen sect, she used her magical artifact to sense Jiang Xianya's exceptional fortune and decided to take her as her disciple so that she could also seize some of Jiang Xianya's fortune.

Of course, the title of "disciple of the Xuanmen" was self-proclaimed by Xu Lanxiang. When she was young, she met an injured disciple of the Xuanmen by chance, gave him some food and received a book. From then on, she explored on her own and embarked on this path.

In reality, she was only a half-baked amateur. She could fool people in the countryside, but she wouldn't stand a chance even in front of an ordinary Taoist priest.

"Thank you for your kindness, Fairy Xu, but I'd like to go find my mother, so I won't keep you from going to the county town," Jiang Xianya declined.

Even if the current head of the Taiyi Sect wanted to take her as a disciple, she wouldn't be qualified, let alone Xu Lanxiang, a half-baked sorceress.

Moreover, she discovered that Xu Lanxiang not only had an unstable foundation and a very unstable fortune, but was also surrounded by malevolent energy, as if she had taken something that did not belong to her.

It won't end well.

Xu Lanxiang hadn't expected Jiang Xianya to refuse her. She glanced at Jiang Xianya and said with a faint smile, "You're still young and don't know how dangerous the world is or how hard life is. There's no need to rush to refuse. It's not too late to make a decision after you find your mother and discuss it with her."

She didn't need to force the little girl to join her. She could send her pet ghost to harass the mother and daughter for a few days. When they were haunted by ghostly energy and had nowhere else to turn, they would naturally come to her door obediently.

Xu Lanxiang and Zhang Cuiyun rode in a horse-drawn carriage ahead, while Jiang Xianya followed behind in an oxcart driven by He Guangcai. They traveled along the winding and rugged path towards Weiyang County, where Liuhe Town was also located.

When they reached a mountain hollow, the carriage in front stopped. The driver unloaded the carriage and led the horses to graze and drink water. There was a stream not far away, with green grass growing along its banks.

He Guangcai also felt sorry for his own ox and said to Jiang Xianya, "Xianya, Uncle will also drive Huangdou to drink water and eat grass. He will be back in a while. You can sit on the oxcart and rest for a while."

Soybean is the name of this cow. He Guangcai kept rambling on about it the whole way. Jiang Xianya also knew that the name was given by He Guangcai's eldest daughter.

"Uncle, there are pebbles by the stream. Could you please collect some for me?" Jiang Xianya called out to He Guangcai's retreating figure.

"Okay." He Guangcai thought the little girl was just being playful and agreed with a smile.

Jiang Xianya felt a little thirsty, probably because she had eaten too much chicken. She looked up and saw a patch of wild raspberries on the mountainside. Some of them were so red they had turned purple, and they looked very sweet and delicious.

Jiang Xianya was a girl who grew up in the mountains. She often went up the mountain to pick tea. Sometimes her grandparents would force her, so her mother had to take her deep into the mountains to pick tea. Over the years, the mother and daughter had good physical strength and were quite agile, but they were a little weak.

However... Jiang Xianya is not the same person she used to be. She is now more capable of protecting herself. Without thinking too much, she climbed directly up the mountainside.

Seeing how quickly she climbed, as agile as a monkey, Zhang Cuiyun couldn't help but widen her eyes: "Children who grew up in Danhua Mountain are truly different."

Jiang Xianya climbed more than ten feet up the mountainside and easily picked a ripe raspberry. She didn't care much about the taste and just popped it into her mouth. It was seven parts sweet and three parts sour, and tasted great. It quenched her thirst and satisfied her cravings.

In her previous life, she entered the Taiyi Sect when she was young. When she was still a child, she often went to the back mountain of the Taiyi Sect to pick wild fruits to eat.

Jiang Xianya was extremely satisfied, having not eaten this for decades, yet it still tasted just like she remembered. She lifted her clothes to make a bag and picked quite a lot, intending to eat it with Uncle Guangcai later. Just as she felt she couldn't hold any more and was about to climb down the mountainside, she heard the sound of horses' hooves. The sound was rapid and chaotic, indicating that at least several horses were galloping towards her.

Xu Lanxiang and Li Zhang Cuiyun also heard it. The two subconsciously looked ahead and, after a moment, saw several people riding fast horses coming.

The man in the lead was dressed in a light blue outfit and wore a bronze mask, obscuring his face. However, judging from his riding posture, he was clearly a martial artist with considerable skill.

However, the mask on his face gave Jiang Xianya a sense of déjà vu. Perhaps she had seen it before, but it had been too long and the impression was not deep enough for her to remember where she had seen it.

The four people following behind him were dressed differently; one of them wore a black iron mask, while the last three showed their faces.

Jiang Xianya was a big shot in the Taiyi Sect in her previous life, so she had seen the world. She could tell from these horses that they were warhorses, and the people in them were also extraordinary.