Chapter 58: Relinquishing Worldly Ties and Awakening
The ghosts who recognized Song Yin dared not speak to her easily, because Song Yin had changed too much and was not like the person they remembered. Now she had an extraordinary demeanor. What if they angered her and she sent them into reincarnation?
The spirits of those who had previously cursed Song Yin with harsh words like "worthless good-for-nothing," "unloved by her parents," and "jinx" were especially uneasy. When it was their turn, they could only awkwardly force a smile.
Song Yin remained silent, calmly seeing off each departed soul.
Until the last four souls in the group perished.
Two men dragged the heavily pregnant ghost out of the room.
The pregnant ghost forced a smile and took a few steps forward. "Are you Daya?"
In the village, seven or eight out of ten girls can be called "Da Ya".
Song Yin: "No, are you entering the cycle of reincarnation? If you're not entering the cycle of reincarnation, then stand aside. I don't have time to chat with you."
The old woman, upon hearing this, became displeased. She pushed her son aside and stepped forward, saying, "You brat, how dare you talk like that? Even if you're Da Ya, you don't recognize your own parents. Don't you know anything about filial piety?"
"You speak so rudely, even a child knows my name is Song Yin." Song Yin picked at her ear with her little finger, completely unconcerned about the old woman's tantrum. Or rather, seeing her so angry and exasperated was just too funny and satisfying.
The old woman raised her hand to hit someone, but her hand passed through Song Yin's body and she couldn't hit her.
Song Yin deliberately looked you up and down, then gave you a disgusted look. "You're covered in blood and filthy. Fine, you won't be reincarnated. Just wait for your soul to be scattered." After saying that, she turned and walked away.
The old man rushed out from behind, "Hey, don't go, Yin girl! She won't enter the cycle of reincarnation, but Grandpa will."
Song Yin turned around and looked at the old man.
"I knew Yin'er was destined for greatness; she's even become an immortal now." The old man rubbed his hands awkwardly, then tentatively asked, "Now that you're an immortal, can you revive Grandpa?"
Upon hearing this, the old woman immediately dropped her angry expression and put on a fawning smile, "Your grandfather is right, we're family after all, blood is thicker than water..."
The old man's son then quietly approached without saying a word.
Song Yin: "Fine, then apologize properly to me. If you're in a good mood..."
The old woman quickly called to the group.
"Da Ya, no, Yin Ya, I'm sorry. It was my fault as your grandma back then. I apologize to you. Please forgive me. Once you bring me back to life, I'll stay with you and take good care of you."
Once she comes back to life, what's there to be afraid of? Let's appease her first.
Song Yin casually replied, "Mmm, mmm, stand over there, I know."
“Yes, your grandma has a hard time at home, so don’t be angry with her. I, as her grandpa, will keep a close eye on her from now on and make sure she doesn’t dare to hit or scold you.”
Song Yin: "You're not much better; at least she admits her mistakes."
The old man's face flashed with displeasure, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, it was Grandpa's fault all these years."
Song Yin: "Alright, stand aside."
The old woman winked at the old man, signaling that she'd teach him a lesson once he recovered. The old man understood his wife's meaning and nodded silently.
“Yin’er, I’ve done wrong things all these years and I’m sorry. When the bandits broke in, I thought, thank goodness you weren’t home. Now that you’re grown up and capable, please forgive your mother.”
Song Yin pointed to the side, "Go stand with them."
"Hey!" She immediately smiled and stood over expectantly.
There's only one left.
“That girl Yin, you know that your father hasn’t done anything bad all these years. I will definitely become a good person in the future and help keep an eye on them.”
Song Yin: "Stop pretending. None of you are good people. You're the one who's hiding the worst. You let them do all the bad things, but you get all the benefits. Don't think I don't know that the idea to sell me out was yours, and then you told them. Apologize now, or I won't work."
"Um, me." He looked at his mother and the others.
The old woman winked and made faces, urging him to apologize quickly and appease her first.
"Yes, I'm sorry. I was blinded by greed back then."
Song Yin: "You're pretty blind, pretending to be deaf and dumb while also acting blind. Alright, hurry up and stand over there."
The four of them stood together, looking at Song Yin with expectant eyes.
Song Yin raised her hand to cast a spell, and the light emanating from her fingertips made the four of them grin from ear to ear.
After finishing the spell, Song Yin clapped her hands, "It's finally over."
The old woman's expectant smile vanished: "Something's not right, we didn't come back to life."
Song Yin suppressed a laugh: "Who said I was going to resurrect you? I'm sending you into the cycle of reincarnation."
The old woman stamped her feet anxiously: "You brat, we're supposed to be resurrected!"
Song Yin couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You wish! I remember everything you said and did during my six years in the Song family. So what if we're still connected by blood? You're dead, why are you still bringing this up?"
As the four souls gradually disappeared, Song Yin deliberately spoke words that struck at the heart, "Heaven remembers everything you've done. If nothing unexpected happens, you'll only be reborn as animals to be slaughtered in your next life."
"You! You brat!"
"You damned beast, you deserve to die a horrible death!"
"No, no, no, you will all die young and be reborn as animals, while I will attain immortality and live forever." Song Yin stabbed her precisely: "I am no longer a mortal. I can calculate your next life clearly. In ten lifetimes, you will all be animals, either guard dogs or domesticated poultry, destined to be eaten. How miserable."
The four men's eyes were bloodshot, and they wished they could devour Song Yin.
Song Yin conjured a fan out of thin air and waved it, drawing out a lot of hatred. If she wanted to make them feel heartbroken, she first had to give them hope: "However, with my strength, I can prevent you from being reborn as livestock for ten lifetimes, and I can also let you be reborn into the families of kings, nobles, and wealthy people, where you can enjoy endless wealth and glory."
A glint of hope shone in the eyes of the four. Hearing about endless riches and glory, they immediately cast aside the idea of resurrection. What good was resurrection? They would still suffer. It was better to be reborn into a wealthy family as soon as possible and become superior beings.
"We want to be reborn into a wealthy family. Please, for the sake of our past kinship, help us." The four pleaded incessantly, already fantasizing about their next life of wealth and luxury, with a multitude of servants, fine clothes, delicacies from land and sea, power, money, and everything else imaginable.
Song Yin's cold words instantly plunged them from their beautiful dream into an inescapable hell.
"Unfortunately, I never even considered helping you." With her fan covering the lower half of her face, Song Yin laughed incessantly, her voice clear and melodious.
"You! You'll die a horrible death! Aaaaah! You'll die a horrible death!"
"You're a beast, an ingrate! I should have strangled you back then!"
"You bitch!"
No matter how much they went mad and became possessed, they could not change the fact of reincarnation, and soon the four souls disappeared.
After all the souls had been saved, Song Yin threw the fan back into her spatial dimension.
What followed was all nonsense. How could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like her possibly calculate something as complex as reincarnation, let alone interfere with it?
It was so satisfying to see them break through their defenses!
Click—
I could almost hear the sound of something breaking.
The Song family had shown her kindness in giving her life, and she helped the souls of the Song family avoid being scattered and sent to reincarnation. From then on, her karmic ties with the Song family were completely severed.
Song Yin entered a very mystical state, and without caring that the place was a graveyard, she sat cross-legged and meditated on the spot.
As I meditated, the sky gradually brightened.
Back in Shijia Village, after speaking with his parents, Shi Heming personally escorted their souls into reincarnation. Shi Heming had considered trying to stop them, but his father said that life and death were predestined and shouldn't be forced; his only obsession was his son, and now that his obsession was over, it was natural for him to enter reincarnation. Shi Heming's mother shared the same sentiment, telling him to focus on cultivation from now on, and ideally, ascend to become a true immortal.
After seeing his parents off, Shi Heming heard roosters crowing from the distant village. Only then did he realize that dawn was breaking, but there was still no news of Song Yin.
Shi Heming flew to Xiaosong Village on his sword, scanned the area with his divine sense, located Song Yin, and landed directly beside her.
Seeing Song Yin meditating, Shi Heming was startled. Could it be that she was having an epiphany?
He immediately took out the talismans he had drawn and, using the array formations he had learned on his own, set up several different arrays around Song Yin, creating an absolutely safe and undisturbed space for her. He also stood guard beside Song Yin, protecting her.
Time passed quickly, and it was noon in the blink of an eye. The summer sun was scorching, and the cemetery was surrounded by woods and bushes, with cicadas chirping incessantly, giving people a headache.
With the support of the array, Song Yin could not feel the scorching sun, nor could she hear the headache-inducing cicada chirping.
Finally, she opened her eyes and stood up with a joyful expression.
"You've arrived. I have some good news to tell you."
Shi Heming: "What good news?"
Song Yin: "I have severed my worldly ties and entered a state of enlightenment. Now that the enlightenment is over, I only need to return to the sect to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage! If it weren't for the thin and impure spiritual energy in the mortal realm, I could have broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage right now."
Shi Heming was happy for Song Yin after hearing this, "My cultivation level is just loosening, and it will take some time before I can break through. But for you, a breakthrough is just around the corner. That's wonderful!"
Song Yin patted his shoulder and said in a serious tone, "You don't need to feel inferior for falling behind me."
Shi Heming laughed heartily: "Yes, yes, yes."
Song Yin nodded in satisfaction. In the past, Shi Heming buried the past deep in his heart and appeared relaxed. Now, Shi Heming has completely let go of the past, and he is relaxed both on the surface and in his heart.
Song Yin: "I want to go to another place."
Shi Heming drew his sword: "Together."
Song Yin arrived at Xiaohaigou and tried to summon the spirits of the dead as well. After waiting for a while, not a single spirit appeared in Xiaohaigou.
“These are the remains of children who died young, but their spirits linger here. Either their souls have dissipated, or they have no resentment or obsession, or…” Song Yin withdrew her magic.
Shi Heming continued, "Or perhaps someone has already guided the departed souls."
Song Yin: "That's right. If it's the last one, then the other person is really a great person."
"Now that things are over, shall we go find Xia Xining or stay here for a few more days?"
Shi Heming: "Anything is fine, I'll leave everything to you."
The decision was left to Song Yin: the two of them would fly all the way to Dingzhou on their swords, find a large inn, and book two rooms.
The two of them tacitly agreed not to go looking for Xia Xining to reunite with her family.
After settling in, Song Yin knocked on Shi Heming's door and asked if he wanted to go out for a walk. If not, she would go by herself.
Shi Heming was more than willing. He put the spirit sword into his storage bag, changed his clothes, but all white was still too eye-catching.
Let's go.
The two went downstairs together and walked on the street. The city in the mortal world was very different from the city in the cultivation world, and the things sold on the street were also different from those in the cultivation world.
They discovered that wherever they went, people were talking about the Xia family.
"The Xia family's daughter has returned. I heard that the Xia family has been hosting banquets for relatives and friends for several days in a row. They truly live up to their reputation as the Xia family."
Do you think she'll take her family to live in the immortal realm?
"It's hard to say, we'll see when the time comes. But I think there's a difference between immortals and mortals, so anything can happen."
Song Yin listened all the way, and the most common question from the people was whether the Xia family would follow them.
Song Yin: "Do you think Xia Xining will take her family back to the cultivation world? There are mortals in the cultivation world, but they are very, very, very few. It's normal for her to take them to live in the cultivation world. She can rent or buy a courtyard in Xianxiao City and see her family as soon as she leaves the sect."
Shi Heming: "I don't know."
Song Yin: "How about we make a bet? Whoever loses has to give up one hundred mid-grade spirit stones."
Shi Heming: "Okay, you choose first."
Song Yin: "I choose Xia Xining to bring her family to the cultivation world."
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Author's Note: Song Yin: If you choose to take her away, you'd better prepare your spirit stones. [Sunglasses]
Shi Heming: Then I choose not to take it.
Xia Xining: You two actually used me as a bet! I'll fight you to the death! [Angry]
Guess if I'll take away [dog head with rose in hand]
The next chapter will depict the journey back to the clan. [Lower-eared rabbit head]
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