Chapter 327: No Peace

What really frightened him was that his eldest grandson's five-year-old son suddenly developed a high fever and started talking nonsense.

After several famous doctors in the capital failed to cure the disease, the eldest grandson's wife asked someone to find a half-immortal to take a look. However, the half-immortal immediately said that something had come to collect a debt from the family and he could not do anything about it.

Originally the Zhuang family was skeptical, but before leaving, Banxian said that this debt was not light, and there must be more than one child in your family who had accidents these days.

As soon as these words came out, the Zhuang family members became panic-stricken because they were exactly what he said.

The half-immortal thought that he was not powerful enough and refused to take care of the matter no matter what. The people in the bank had no choice but to ask for help everywhere and found some people with spiritual power to take a look.

But later on, these masters either said they couldn't do anything like the half-immortals, or pretended to "perform rituals" and then collected the money, but to no avail.

The clan was in chaos, but Zhuang Qinghong felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His head was buzzing and the childhood dream that had long been forgotten finally came to his mind.

He suddenly remembered that the scholar had been muttering that he could help him collect good fortune from future descendants.

Anyway, as descendants, it is our duty to respect our elders. By collecting a little luck from each generation, we can help them get out of the mountains and become successful. The whole family will benefit from it, which is definitely a profitable business.

The scholar also said that as long as he was alive, the contract would last for one day, and it would ensure that he would live a long life without illness or disaster...

Zhuang Qinghong finally realized that the smooth sailing and good health he had enjoyed over the years were all due to that dream!

He himself is the real culprit who has brought unrest to his descendants and family!

And it wasn't just the current events, he suddenly remembered many things that happened in the past.

His eldest son broke his leg at the age of fifteen and became disabled, thus ruining his dream of joining the army.

The second son was obviously talented, but he took the imperial examinations several times. Each time, he either fell seriously ill the day before or had an accident. He never passed the exam smoothly and finally became discouraged and gave up hope.

The younger daughter was gentle and kind, but she met the wrong man. After being attached to her unfaithful husband and his family, she was oppressed and bullied for more than ten years. Finally, she couldn't stand it anymore and told her family everything. With the support of her family, she finally divorced her husband, but she never wanted to marry again...

That night, after thinking through all the causes and consequences, Zhuang Qinghong had the thought of committing suicide.

The old man said this and let out a long sigh.

Yun Qingqing understood and said:

"Remember what the scholar in the dream said, that the contract will last as long as you are alive, so if you are dead, the contract will be over, and he will not be able to collect the debt from your descendants."

"But you find that when you try to die, all kinds of accidents always happen, and you end up not dying, right?"

Zhuang Qinghong nodded and sighed:

"But after I looked for the dead several times, my great-grandson's fever subsided, and he finally recovered after some nursing care."

"In the years since then, the younger generation has not had any mishaps. I gradually came to believe that the immortal had spared our family because he saw that I wanted to commit suicide. I finally felt relieved."

"But half a year ago, a grandson was walking on the street. Suddenly, a horse got scared and kicked him. The child fainted on the spot and has not woken up since then... I realized that as long as I am alive, I will..."

The old man's eyes turned red, and he choked for a while before continuing:

"I tried many methods, but the rope kept breaking when I was hanging myself. I failed to drink the poison myself, and almost caused my family to eat it by mistake. I even..."

"One time, I found a cliff and jumped off it under the pretext of going out for a trip. But when I woke up, I was hanging on a branch only two or three feet away from the bottom of the cliff, and there were quite a few people watching below."

He paused, remembering that when a group of people rescued him, they inevitably asked him why he fell off the cliff. He could only say awkwardly that he slipped.

After all, it would be embarrassing for him to commit suicide at such an old age. If the news spread back home, he would definitely be questioned.

But how could he have the face to say that all these years, his high and respected status was obtained at the expense of the blessings and luck of his entire family?

"I am a sinner... Master, please help me!"

"They are all good kids, each with their own talents! But because of me, the scourge of the family, no matter what they do, it backfires!"

"Only when I'm gone can they escape the fate of having their luck taken away by the immortal in the dream, and live a good life in peace!"

Zhuang Qinghong prayed earnestly word by word.

Yun Qingqing took a pen and paper and wrote a few words, then pushed them in front of him:

"This is your birth date."

Zhuang Qinghong glanced at the paper, his face was surprised, and he nodded repeatedly, with hope on his face:

"That's right! This is exactly my birth date, not a single mistake! Master is indeed as the rumors say, a true master! You must be able to help me, right?"

Yun Qingqing nodded:

"I can help you, but I can't help you commit suicide."

"This..." The old man hesitated, "But the contract..."

Yun Qingqing pointed at his eight characters:

"I'm showing you my horoscope because I want to tell you that you have a prosperous body and wealth, and you have a Huagai destiny. You are born with good fortune, and you are born with a high level of literary talent. You are a scholar."

"Hiss..." Zhuang Qinghong was full of knowledge and immediately understood what she meant, but became even more confused.

"If you put it that way, then it doesn't mean that..."

"That's right." Yun Qingqing's eyes were slightly cold. "Even if the so-called immortal in your dream didn't make a contract with you, you could still leave the village and achieve something with your ability to study. It wouldn't necessarily be worse than it is now."

"And your descendants would have been blessed by you and would not have had to go through those hardships."

Zhuang Qinghong was stunned, his expression changing again and again, as if he couldn't bear the blow of these words.

If he hadn't casually agreed to the contract in his dream when he was a child...

Yun Qingqing saw what he was thinking and said in a gentle voice:

"But you don't have to blame yourself too much. The spirit was cunning by nature. You were just a five-year-old child at the time. It can't be considered your fault that you signed the contract under its trickery."

"A spirit?" Zhuang Qinghong murmured, "So he is not really an immortal. He came to me just to cheat my family's luck."

Yun Qingqing nodded:

"I think it has been practicing near that village for a long time. It is used to seeing ordinary people who have no great fortune in their lives. Suddenly it encountered a rare and blessed life like yours, so it became greedy."

"That thing has actually been following your family all these years. Every time you tried to commit suicide, you would end up with an accident, and it was also the thing that was secretly stopping you."

Zhuang Qinghong closed his eyes and said with gritted teeth:

"It still attempts to rob my descendants of their luck!"

"Master, please help me. As long as I am alive, the descendants of the Zhuang family will never have peace!"