Chapter 89

Xue Zhao and his wife were taken away by the Special Management Bureau, and the birthday banquet was finally able to continue, but the minds of the people at the banquet were no longer on this. They were all secretly observing the reactions of Qi Yue and the Zhong family.

They really wanted to know how much law enforcement power the Special Management Bureau had now, how Wang Yao would be sentenced for her crime, and what the relationship was between Qi Yue and the Zhong family.

They wanted to test Qi Yue directly, but Qi Yue's aura of keeping strangers away was too strong. Anyone who wanted to get close to him and talk to him shuddered inexplicably, felt uneasy, and then could not control their feet and continued to move closer.

Thinking of Qi Yue's identity as a Heavenly Master and his unpredictable methods, they were all startled and didn't dare to disturb him. They could only watch enviously as Sun Jiayuan chatted with Qi Yue and Gu Yunshuang with such familiarity.

Sun Jiayuan revealed his desire to collaborate with the Zhong family. Seeing Qi Yue didn't react in a strange way, he understood. His initial hesitation became even more resolute, and he immediately went to discuss the next step with Boss Zhong. Boss Zhong was grinning from ear to ear. With the Sun family's collaboration, the Zhong family would surely quickly establish a firm foothold in China, no longer having to worry about the Xue Wang family's behind-the-scenes interference. Of course, he also understood that it was Qi Yue that made Sun Jiayuan so confident in collaborating with them.

What surprised the Zhong family even more was that Qi Yue no longer kept too far away from them, but took the initiative to chat with Old Mrs. Zhong and the others about family matters, just like an ordinary son or nephew.

Qi Yue still didn't acknowledge them, but he didn't pretend to be indifferent to the Zhong family anymore. Wang Yao's words reminded him that the mastermind behind the scenes was still targeting the Zhong family. He didn't care whether Qi Yue cared about the Zhong family or not. He wanted someone in the Zhong family to get into trouble or resent Qi Yue. That way, through the blood connection, Qi Yue would be affected by strong negative emotions. After all, the Blood Demon was most sensitive to the emotions of blood relatives.

If Qi Yue really didn't come to the birthday party today in order to create the illusion that he didn't care about the Zhong family, Wang Yao's matter would not have been discovered. After that, the Zhong family encountered troubles one after another, and the mastermind behind the scenes made arrangements to make the Zhong family members think that it was all Qi Yue's fault before they died, and thus developed strong resentment towards Qi Yue and even cursed him. That would definitely be enough to make Qi Yue suffer.

Now that he understood the intentions of the mastermind behind the scenes, Qi Yue no longer needed to pretend, but he still did not recognize the Zhong family and did not get too close to them.

Because he knew that Mr. Qi had emphasized to him from the beginning that he was his grandfather, and his father was a member of the Qi family, but his mother was not. Mr. Qi had his reasons. It couldn't be revenge for his ex-wife remarrying with their daughter, but more likely he wanted to protect Zhong Yingying.

I don't know when it started, but no one in the Qi family has had a good end. What they mean by a bad end is not just a simple death, but also includes dying without even a soul left, and no chance of reincarnation. The fact that Zhong Yingying was sent to reincarnate by Grandpa Qi shows that she has escaped the fate that the Qi family should have. If she is allowed to have a relationship with Qi Yue, who knows if it will disrupt Grandpa Qi's arrangement and make her reincarnation repeat the fate of the Qi family?

Although Qi Yue had no feelings for his love-brained mother, he still did this, as a way to fulfill Mr. Qi's love for his daughter.

Qi Yue and Gu Yunshuang didn't stay long before leaving. After they left, the party didn't quiet down, but instead became even more lively. Everyone in the Zhong family became the target of intense adulation. Many people had previously hesitated about whether to cooperate with or befriend the Zhong family. After learning about the feud between the Zhong family and the Xue and Wang families, they hesitated even more. But now, there was no hesitation anymore, and they were scrambling to befriend or cooperate with the Zhong family.

After leaving the hotel, Qi Yue remained silent in the car. After a while, he suddenly felt that it was too quiet, so he turned to Gu Yunshuang and asked, "Don't you have anything you want to ask me?"

When he came to attend the birthday party, Qi Yue only told Gu Yunshuang that he was attending the birthday party of an old friend of Mr. Qi, who was also his elder.

However, after seeing Old Lady Zhong and experiencing the disruption caused by Xue Zhao and his wife, Gu Yunshuang should have guessed a lot and had many questions to ask him. Why hadn't Gu Yunshuang asked him even after being in the car for so long?

Gu Yunshuang said: "I don't want to take the initiative to mention things that make you sad. You will tell me naturally when you want to talk about it."

Qi Yue was very touched. His Shuangshuang was truly the most caring, beautiful and lovely little angel in the world.

"Actually, I'm not sad. I'm just feeling sad about the mess that happened between their two generations. Ours is still the simplest and least troublesome." Qi Yue said sincerely.

The car stopped right in front of a red light. Zhou Sheng, who was driving, looked at Qi Yue in surprise when he heard this. His expression clearly said, "How dare you say that!"

Qi Yue choked, rolled his eyes at him, and turned to look at his Shuangshuang.

He firmly believed that the relationship between him and Gu Yunshuang was the simplest, not at all like that between Grandpa Qi, Grandma Zhong and Old Lady Zhong, or Zhong Yingying, Xue Zhao and Wang Yao, who had so much messy love, hate and vengeance.

He believed that Gu Yunshuang thought so too.

Sure enough, Gu Yunshuang nodded in agreement, "My brother and I are the best. We don't have so much messy love and hate."

Zhou Sheng watched the red light turn green, silently started the car, and couldn't help but complain in his heart, "No, don't you always think you are just good brothers? Comparing the love and hate between couples and lovers, don't you think it's wrong?"

Qi Yue was very happy to get Gu Yunshuang's recognition, and then talked about his relationship with the Zhong family.

"...My mother was seven months pregnant when she died. When my grandfather arrived, he discovered that I still had a glimmer of hope, so he set up a formation to preserve my life, allowing me to be born into this world."

In fact, the mother died suddenly with resentment, and the already formed baby was affected by her strong resentment and death energy, and almost became a complete evil. It was Mr. Qi who arrived in time to save his last bit of humanity.

He was born in the early morning of the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, so Grandpa Qi named him Qi Yue, which sounds like July.

Qi Yue was still confused about why he had such a sinister name when his yin energy was already strong enough. Then he was scolded. He must have not read the book carefully and just listened to the nonsense of people who didn't understand. Who said July is the month with the strongest yin energy? Haven't you heard of the "July Fire"? On the contrary, July is the month with the strongest yang energy.

Qi Yue believed it, but later found out that he was given this name simply because Grandpa Qi was bad at naming.

Thinking of Grandpa Qi, Qi Yue's expression became more relaxed, and there was a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

"So Xue Zhao and Wang Yao both thought I was dead too, along with my mother. Even if they saw me, they wouldn't believe I was the child."

Qi Yue downplayed the matter, but if Gu Yunshuang had asked more carefully, he would have discovered something wrong. For example, when Zhong Yingying's body was found, she had been dead for more than two hours, and the baby in her belly should have suffocated to death long ago.

After Gu Yunshuang discovered this abnormality, he could naturally tell Gu Yunshuang that he was no longer a human being at that time, but a ghost fetus. That was why he entered the ghost world and sealed the ghost gate so that he could live in the ghost world that living people could not enter for seven years.

In this way, he could clear up all the loopholes and prevent Gu Yunshuang from believing that he actually died after their separation seven years ago, and Gu Yunshuang would not feel too guilty and sad about his death.

He'd learned his lesson now, and he wouldn't fall into the same trap again. Shuangshuang wasn't just smart, she knew him too well. She could tell if he was lying at a glance, so he let her discover the hidden truth on her own. That way, Shuangshuang wouldn't find out any deeper problems.

However, Gu Yunshuang did not notice the loophole he deliberately gave, and her face and eyes were full of heartache for him.

Qi Yue felt helpless and proud. There was nothing he could do since Shuangshuang cared about him too much. He might as well let the people from the Special Management Bureau find a chance to tell Shuangshuang later.

Then he comforted Gu Yunshuang, "Don't worry, Grandpa told me a long time ago that my parents never loved me. They only loved themselves. They used me as a tool to toss around for their own sake and almost prevented me from being born. So I never had any expectations of them. I have Grandpa, and later I had you and my uncle and aunt. That's enough."

Maybe Zhong Yingying once loved him. After all, this was the first child of her and her beloved. But when Xue Zhao lied to her about a fake divorce in order to return to the Xue family, everything changed. Maybe she loved Xue Zhao the most, or maybe it was herself. She could not leave Xue Zhao. In order to win back Xue Zhao, she even used her own child.

Qi Yue has no memory, but Xue Sha is most sensitive to the emotions and feelings from his relatives. He is very sure that he has felt the mother's resentment but has never felt the mother's love for him.

Perhaps when she learned that her child was stillborn and insisted on using evil methods to revive the child, she had already conceded in her heart that her child was dead, and the one living again in her belly was no longer her child, but a monster born from her womb. That's why she could threaten the man with her child and her own life without any scruples time and time again.

Thinking of this, Qi Yue was also confused for a moment. He couldn't help but said to Gu Yunshuang in a joking tone: "Shuangshuang, tell me, is it possible that Zhong Yingying and Xue Zhao's child has actually died a long time ago, and I am just a monster who ran out from somewhere and wanted to borrow their womb to give birth?"

Zhou Sheng, who was driving in front, tightened his grip on the steering wheel and his whole body went numb.

Gu Yunshuang frowned slightly, and her two soft, white hands tightly wrapped around his cold hands, wanting to give him more warmth. "No matter what, you are still yourself. You are the brother who grew up with me and always protected me the best. You are the kid next door who my parents treated like their own son and watched him grow up. You are Grandpa Qi's proudest and most caring grandson. You are also the recognized heir of the Qi family, the hero who sealed the Ghost Gate and prevented the ghost world from invading the human world."

All the negative emotions of self-doubt that Qi Yue had just felt disappeared, his eyes flickered and he was a little afraid to look at Gu Yunshuang.

Shuangshuang is really something. She spoke so seriously, which made him feel so embarrassed and ashamed. But he felt warm in his heart. He also felt that Shuangshuang was worthy of being a top student. What she said was full of philosophy and sounded so nice!

Zhou Sheng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Really, he was scared by Qi Yue. Or was Gu Yunshuang right? Couldn't Old Man Qi and the ancestor of the Qi family in the ancient house tell whether Qi Yue was a member of the Qi family?

After sending Gu Yunshuang back, Qi Yue immediately went to the Special Management Bureau.

Director Lin thought he was here to ask about the progress of Wang Yao's case, and was interrupted by Qi Yue just as he was about to speak.

Qi Yue sat down on the sofa without any courtesy and said something that almost scared Director Lin to death: "I don't think something is right. I've been losing control more and more easily lately."

Director Lin's heart trembled suddenly, and he quickly asked, "What do you feel is wrong? Are you uncomfortable?"

"Nothing is right!" Qi Yue slammed the coffee table and said angrily, "What do Xue Zhao and Zhong Yingying have to do with me? It's not like I haven't known how hard they are to describe. How could I be influenced by them to the point where I doubt myself and even whether I'm really a member of the Qi family? This is absolutely a shame for every member of the Qi family who is proud of their family! So this is definitely not normal. I must have been tricked by that evil thing behind the scenes at some point!"

Director Lin didn't take his words as alarmist, but spoke with great seriousness and caution. "According to our Special Management Bureau's monitoring, the world's Yin Qi has been rising recently. More and more people are being affected by this Yin Qi and developing more and more negative emotions. The increasing number of assaults and injuries reported online is also due to this. Perhaps you have been affected as well."

The Blood Demon is constantly affected by the negative emotions and energy of the outside world, and can even feed on them. They thought that Qi Yue had a strong mind and was protected by the golden light of merit, so he would not be affected, but now it seems that there is still a slight impact.

"We can't continue to be passive like this! It's time for us to take the initiative." Qi Yue clenched his fists tightly.

Director Lin: "What do you want to do?"

The mastermind has been hiding behind the scenes. They don’t even know how many subordinates he has, so they really can’t think of any solution.

Qi Yue narrowed his eyes and said dangerously, "It's July now. It's time to arrange a grand ritual to activate our Qi family's national defense formation. This will give the entire country and even the world's metaphysical community an unforgettable shock. Otherwise, some people will think that all of us Qi family members are dead."

Director Lin's mouth twitched as he reminded, "It's only the fifth month of the lunar calendar."

Qi Yue waved his hand, "It doesn't matter. As long as our Qi family agrees, the formation can be activated at any time."

Now the only ones left in the Qi family are Qi Yue and Qi An, who works as the principal in the old house.

Qi An had just finished class when he received a video call from Director Lin and Qi Yue.

Now he is still dressed in a green Taoist robe, but he has learned a lot about today's social life and can use his mobile phone very smoothly.

After hearing Qi Yue's proposal, he hesitated for a moment and immediately agreed: "Okay, I've long felt that the world is becoming increasingly filthy, with demons and monsters everywhere. It's time to activate our Qi family's Zhoutian Xingdou Zhuxie Grand Formation."

Director Lin's hand on the phone trembled, and he almost thought he had misheard, "W-what?"

The reason why the metaphysical community reveres the Qi family so much is because there is a legend that the Qi family has set up a Zhoutian Xingdou evil-killing formation across the country. It is the Qi family's most powerful and domineering formation, equivalent to an anti-virus program. Once activated, it will instantly eliminate all evil things within the range of the formation and turn them into ashes in an instant. This is the last barrier on earth.

Although it is a good thing to be able to eliminate harm for the people, this formation is too murderous and still violates the harmony of nature. Therefore, the Qi family will never activate this formation unless they have to. If they want to activate it, they need the unanimous consent of all members of the Qi family.

Director Lin thought that Qi Yue just wanted to use the prestige of the Qi family to join forces with the Taoist priests in the Taoist world to set up a formation to eliminate the growing negative energy in the country, and by the way, force out the subordinates who were hiding behind the scenes. Unexpectedly, he wanted to achieve the goal in one step and directly raise all the ashes.

Director Lin had a hunch that this wasn't a good idea and tried to dissuade him, "There's no need to be like this. It hasn't come to that, has it? Seven years ago, when the situation was so dire, Elder Qi wouldn't have even considered activating this formation."

Qi Yue: "It's not that he didn't want to, but he had no choice. At that time, there were only him and me left in the Qi family, and we didn't have enough strength or numbers to activate the formation."

Director Lin: "You are two now..." Not even human beings.

Qi An said: "It doesn't matter, we can use the golden light of merit, one is worth ten."

Qi Yue suggested, "It won't be enough for just the two of us to do it. I'm afraid your ancestor doesn't have that much merit and golden light. We can still have other helpers. There are so many people practicing the Qi family's magic now, and they can be considered half of the Qi family. It's still possible to have them help activate the formation. I believe they would be very happy to do so."

Director Lin: “…” More than happy, he was ecstatic. He actively signed up to participate. Who wouldn’t want to personally participate in the launch of the Qi family’s formation?

It was said that the Qi family was so powerful because every member of the Qi family could easily comprehend the existence of the Heavenly Dao, and the spells and formations they created also contained profound Heavenly Dao mysteries. However, since the disappearance of the gods, no other Heavenly Master in the Heavenly Master world could comprehend the Heavenly Dao, except for the Qi family.

Assisting the Qi family in activating the formation might be a good opportunity to experience the profound meaning of Heaven's Dao up close. Even Director Lin, an ordinary person who wasn't a Heavenly Master, couldn't help but be moved by the thought. He regretted that he wasn't a Heavenly Master himself.

It's hard to deny that the Qi family is a bit crazy at heart. Qi Yue and Qi An, working hand in glove, quickly arranged the activation of the formation, even assigning the entire Celestial Master community a clear mandate. They even believed that simply eliminating domestic evil spirits wasn't enough; they could have the Special Management Bureau promote their efforts internationally. Once the world saw how effective their efforts were, they might even invite them to perform exorcisms abroad.

Of course, they cannot really travel around the world, so they can quickly develop a simplified version of the Zhoutian Xingdou Demon-Slaying Array and pass it on, so that the following heavenly masters can form a group to go abroad to exorcise evil spirits.

The Tianshi Group traveled around the world, they wanted to see where the mastermind behind the scenes could hide!