Chapter 588 A Narrow Escape

Song Chunxue glanced over indifferently. This person didn't seem to have any murderous intent; he was just bluffing. It was indeed Xie Zheng.

But she felt unwell all over. "Where's my senior brother?"

Xie Zheng quickly put away his longsword; his eyesight was poor at night, and he couldn't see very clearly.

"Senior brother is meditating inside. I'm sorry, I heard footsteps just now, but I didn't see anyone."

Song Chunxue was not surprised; if a trap had been set here, someone else must have been here before.

That bastard, he's clearly after her.

Besides her, who else would dare to climb over the wall of Lord Xie's house?

Her senior brother was much lighter than her; he floated down gently from the air, unlike her.

She took a breath and went to find her senior brother.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Song Chunxue was too upset to speak, "I'll talk to you later."

She rushed into her senior brother's room, only to find him changing his clothes.

Song Chunxue quickly turned around, thankfully her senior brother was wearing his undergarments.

"What's wrong? Why are you all in such a rush?" Before the Taoist priest could finish speaking, he suddenly looked up, his brows furrowed. "Are you under some kind of evil spell?"

The Taoist priest didn't care about anything else, casually draped his outer robe over his shoulders, and stretched out his arm, "Stretch out your hand."

Song Chunxue sat on the stool, feeling prickly all over, and as she stretched out her arms, she couldn't help but wriggle.

If she finds out who did it, she'll skin him alive!

Master Zhang looked solemn as he took out a black porcelain bottle from his Qiankun bag, deftly poured out two pills, and handed them to her.

"Swallow it, circulate your energy, and quickly refine it, allowing it to travel rapidly throughout your body to expel the evil energy within you."

The Taoist priest stood up and gave Xie Zheng a wink, signaling him to go outside to talk.

"Junior brother, don't worry, let's wait outside."

After swallowing the pill, Song Chunxue quickly pushed the two stools together, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate her qi.

She couldn't think about anything else; she was completely focused on detoxing.

Outside the door, the Taoist priest quickly walked to the corner of the wall.

"Where did she come in from? What noise did you hear in the yard just now?"

Xie Zheng confessed truthfully, "When I first heard a noise, I thought it was her. But after a while, it was very quiet. So when there was another noise a quarter of an hour later, I took my sword and went over, only to find it was her."

He was furious. "They actually came to my house to cast their nets! This is outrageous!"

The Taoist priest looked extremely displeased, drew his sword, and jumped onto the roof. "Tell a few more people to keep watch nearby. I'm going to track them down."

Therefore, this was the first time Xie Zheng had ever seen the Taoist priest unleash his full power and truly demonstrate his skills.

The Taoist priest closed his eyes, held a sword in one hand and took out a talisman in the other, sticking it on the sword while silently chanting something. The next moment, the sword suddenly turned red, just like the red-hot iron in a blacksmith's shop.

A strong wind rose, and the Taoist priest's long hair fluttered in the wind. His hand movements were fluid and graceful, dazzling Xie Zheng.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, the Taoist priest pointed his long sword at the place where Song Chunxue had come from, and a burst of energy shattered, causing Xie Zheng's mind to buzz and his ears to ring.

The servants and old men in the courtyard, as well as Xie Dong, all ran over.

"Sir, what happened?"

"Has a thug broken into the yard?"

Watching the Taoist priest walk away with his sword, Xie Zheng reassured him, "It's alright. The Taoist priest made a commotion, but don't go to sleep yet. Stay with me in the courtyard for a while. There were indeed some bad guys who came by."

Xie Dong ran over, "Sir, what's going on? Are you also being chosen by the Ancestral Master to resign from your official post and begin a life of seclusion?"

"..." Seeing Xie Dong's eager eyes, Xie Zheng was speechless. "Have you been listening to too many ghost stories lately?"

"No, how could that be a ghost story? It's all true, just that ordinary people don't encounter such things. I think that your many misfortunes and setbacks in your career over the years must be Heaven's way of testing you. Meeting the two Taoist priests, and the fact that those you couldn't have became your fellow disciples—these are all trials. Only those chosen have this honor. Although it's been tough, but..."

Xie Zheng couldn't listen anymore and turned to walk towards the Taoist priest's door, saying, "Don't follow me."

Xie Dong stopped. The man was really stubborn. He was a few years older than the man and had more experience. Naturally, he understood better that there were things in this world that were not only visible but also invisible.

The Buddhist saying goes, "One leaf contains a world, one leaf contains Bodhi." An enlightened master once said that there are countless small worlds in this world, and naturally, there are countless beings, or people, in those small worlds.

Although he doesn't practice Taoism, he can still understand these principles as he lives longer.

Sigh, never mind, it's not the same as Japanese.

Their lives are different, they are different ages, they have met vastly different people, and they have experienced different things from childhood to adulthood. It's better that adults don't understand.

But he believed that all paths lead to the same goal, and one day, the adults would understand that what he said was true.

He just hasn't fully grasped it yet.

...

When Song Chunxue woke up, she found herself sleeping in Xie Zheng's house, the same room she had lived in before.

She moved her legs and feet, feeling extremely comfortable; the pain from yesterday had completely disappeared.

She just doesn't remember how she fell asleep.

The two pills her senior brother gave her had a very strong aftereffect, and it was extremely difficult to digest them. She was in pain all over her body at the time.

He probably fainted from the pain.

She also wanted to thank her senior brother for saving her life.

After washing up, she dressed neatly and left the room.

Xie Dong was weeding chives in the garden of the yard. He carefully pulled a radish from the vegetable patch next to him, wiped it with his shirt, and put it in his mouth.

The sound was so crisp and clear, it made her mouth water.

"You're eating so deliciously, can I have one too?"

Xie Dong turned to look at her, seemingly surprised, "You're awake?"

He awkwardly stepped over the fence, broke the radish in his hand in half, and handed her the uneaten half.

"The radish is still small, the others will grow a bit more. Don't eat it yet, eat something first. Eating radish on an empty stomach will give you heartburn, it's very uncomfortable."

Song Chunxue knew this; she had tried it and it was indeed extremely painful.

That feeling of wanting to have diarrhea but not being able to, wanting to cry but not being able to, feeling nauseous in the stomach and intestines, not feeling much pain but unable to straighten up, and wishing you could eat a pot of steamed buns to cover up that feeling.

The sky was overcast today, making it impossible to tell the time, but Song Chunxue felt it was getting late.

"What time is it?"

"It's about 1:45 AM. The magistrate has gone to the yamen and hasn't returned yet. I've already sent someone to buy what you needed. The carriage should be back in a bit." Xie Dong said with a smile, "Your chestnut horse is really handsome."

"Yes, it's quite beautiful, and it has a certain charm."

"But I heard you have five Akhal-Teke horses," Xie Dong said in a low voice. "How about selling one to one of my family members?"

"Okay." He Chuan should send over a few horses in a few days; she had already planned to give Xie Zheng one.

Yesterday, Mulan said her mother replied to her letter, saying she was willing to come and visit, but she doesn't know if it's true or not.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a sound comparable to grinding stones on a grinding stone rang out.

The Taoist priest arrived on his sword, dropping something into the courtyard that created a large crater in the ground.

"Ouch, my back! Master, have mercy! I know I was wrong!"