Chapter 45
Time goes back half an hour.
Qingfeng Temple.
The square of the Taoist temple is now in a mess, with tables, chairs and benches all broken into pieces on the ground, and a female ghost in red is being painfully burned by a talisman in the center of the temple.
Around the female ghost, four people collapsed on the ground. It was obvious that they had just experienced a fierce battle.
"Wang Xing! Where did you find this talisman that's so effective?"
The young man with the naturally smiling lips gasped and shouted in surprise to the boy next to him.
The boy he called out to was also breathing heavily, but spoke weakly after hearing his friend's words.
"I drew it myself. The abbot taught me a purification talisman. He said it was difficult and I had never tried it before. I didn't expect to succeed in one go. I'm really a genius, hehehe."
He spoke with his eyes wandering as he sat down on the ground exhausted, not forgetting to protect the young boy behind him.
He had just rescued the young boy from the cellar of the evil spirit. The other two didn't know why he appeared there, but seeing his handsome appearance, they didn't dare to leave him in the cellar, but kept him with them.
Now, the young boy was grabbing the boy's sleeve with a look of fear on his face and sticking close to him.
"Brother Ye, are you okay?"
He said worriedly, as weak and helpless as an abandoned kitten.
The boy patted the boy's back skillfully, ruffled his hair, and spoke soothingly.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Don't be afraid, ah——"
Ye Wangxing swallowed the second half of the word back, and it sounded like he was saying "ah" to coax someone.
He also quickly looked up and saw that the black energy on the female ghost had been eroded by the talisman and was about to disappear. He turned around and shouted at the young man beside him.
"Dalu! Have you found out who the Brother Li the ghost girl was talking about? If you can't find him, go check out the local news!"
The young man pushed up his glasses and looked at the young boy who was clinging to his childhood friend with a dark glint in his eyes. He then checked what his childhood friend said before shouting.
"Found it, found it! This Taoist temple was once a bandit stronghold. Even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were still bandits roaming here, but they were all publicly tried and sentenced during the crackdown in the 1980s!"
As the young man spoke, Ye Wangxing excitedly shouted to the female ghost, "Sister! Sister! We've found the person who murdered our brother-in-law! He was shot in the 1980s! If he's been reborn as an animal, he'll have been reincarnated more than eighty times!"
Just as the boy was happily talking to the female ghost with his cell phone, the man leaning against the pillar, still bleeding, frowned.
"In his previous life, that Lu guy didn't seem to find the news so quickly. He and Ye Tianshi—no, I should call him Ye Xiao Tianshi now—were almost killed by that female ghost before they found it."
"But maybe it was the butterfly effect caused by me changing some details that allowed that Lu guy to find it earlier? Tsk, I was originally planning to wait until they were about to be killed before taking action. I got their gratitude and took away his opportunity. What a pity."
Zhou Tianning stood there in a Taoist robe, looking like the little Taoist priest that the monsters in the storybooks loved to seduce.
Little did he know that all he was thinking about was seizing other people's opportunities.
The jade pendant he wore around his neck was also faintly filled with black air. If someone with Taoist experience carefully examined it, they would find that although this Taoist priest looked righteous, he was actually raising ghosts.
'Do you want me to kill that guy, my lady?'
A voice sounded in Zhou Tianning's mind. Zhou Tianning frowned and replied in his mind to the evil spirit who had made a contract with him.
"No, now is not the time - find an opportunity to kill Tang Fang first."
Zhou Tianning spoke lightly, glancing at his phone. He had just sent a message to Tang Fang. He was still useful now, and Tang Fang would definitely bring people over to help with the aftermath.
When he thought of that man, a murderous look flashed in Zhou Tianning's eyes.
In his previous life, he mistakenly trusted this scumbag and promoted him to the position of president, but he kicked him out. Even the Zhou family was implicated by him and turned into evil. All of their cultivation was destroyed, and in the end they could only be ordinary people who were mediocre and did nothing.
On his 30th birthday, he could not bear the blow and eventually committed suicide by burning charcoal.
Before he died, he saw a news pop-up on his mobile phone, and the person standing next to Tang Fang in the news was the powerful Master Ye Tianshi.
Only then did he recall that when he first met Tang Fang, Ye Wangxing was actually more talented, but he was blind and kept praising Tang Fang, so that Ye Wangxing also kept supporting Tang Fang, which led to him becoming the president.
But now think about it, if he can seize Ye Wangxing's opportunity and make his abilities stronger and stronger, he will naturally be able to reach that position.
Why can’t he sit here when others can?
He came back to take everything back!
And... Zhou Tianning held the jade pendant in front of his chest, thinking with gentle eyes.
She also has to protect this ghost husband who was abandoned by him in the previous life.
He did not notice that the young man who seemed to have been concentrating on looking at Ye Wangxing now looked at him with a hint of hostility.
"...Thank you very much, young comrade. If it weren't for you, I'd probably still be wasting my time here, and I might even hurt others."
The red-clothed ghost returned to his normal appearance after his resentment disappeared. The two long black braids hanging on his shoulders gave him a simple beauty of that era.
"I didn't do anything. It was mainly because the country cracked down on it, and the news was found by my childhood friend."
Master Ye Xiaotian, who was thanked by the evil spirit, smiled and rubbed his hair, his handsome face full of embarrassment.
His dark round eyes and nose that had turned pink due to strenuous exercise reminded the red-clothed ghost of the white pine trees he raised as a child.
My heart softened again immediately.
"...This Soul-Nourishing Jade is the magic weapon that has allowed me to survive until now. I'm about to be reincarnated, and I won't need it. If it's taken away by a villain, it could easily cause trouble, so I'm giving it to you."
The evil spirit smiled and hung the emerald green jade pendant around the boy's neck.
Ye Wangxing couldn't refuse, but after taking the jade pendant, he said seriously: "Sister, if you don't mind, I will build a couple's tomb for you and your brother-in-law in the cemetery."
"That's not necessary. The price of cemeteries in this world has risen even higher than the price of houses. Since you already live in a Taoist temple, it's not good for you to spend money. Just light a perpetual lamp for the two of us."
Ye Wangxing was silent: "...Sister, what you said is really heartbreaking."
The red-clothed ghost did not respond, but just smiled and entered a door that suddenly opened behind her.
The battle with the evil spirit finally ended.
After Ye Wangxing caught his breath, he stood up, holding the soul-nourishing jade and began to wail to his childhood friend, asking what to say when the temple master came back.
"...tables, chairs, benches, and everything else costs money! Luckily, the Grand Master wasn't invited over, otherwise it would have been too disrespectful."
He howled, chasing his tail in circles like a puppy that had just demolished a house and was worried about being discovered.
"Okay, okay, I'll lend you the money. If you can't pay it back, I'll take you to my house and do housework for the rest of your life to pay off the debt."
It seemed that Lu Shi knew what the man was going to say next as soon as he heard him wailing like that. He looked at the energetic boy in front of him with gentle eyes, but spoke jokingly.
"Aww! Mainland, I love you so much!"
Ye Wangxing immediately pounced on his childhood friend, carefully avoiding the wound, and then shouted excitedly.
The young man smiled and hugged the boy, and the two started playing around.
Zhou Tianning looked at the two people making a fuss with a hint of contempt in his eyes. He noticed that the man surnamed Lu had a questionable look in his eyes towards Master Ye Xiaotian.
As if missing something.
Zhou Tianning felt something was wrong, but when he was about to think about it, he turned around and met the eyes of the young boy who was rescued.
...Her resentful look seemed even more resentful than that female ghost just now.
Zhou Tianning got goosebumps and muttered to himself, why didn't I see this young boy like this in my previous life?
Just as Zhou Tianning was thinking about these things, Ye Wangxing, who was standing next to him, finally finished playing with the young man and spoke to him.
"Thank you for what you did just now, brother. If it weren't for you, I would probably be dead now. Do you want to go to the hospital to see a doctor? I have some acquaintances in the hospital."
Zhou Tianning frowned again when he heard Master Ye Xiaotian's familiar words.
"After two lifetimes, I still can't get used to his personality of being so friendly with everyone. Fortunately, if I can snatch his opportunity, I won't have to endure his personality anymore."
Zhou Tianning walked to Ye Wangxing and thought about it, but he did not delay what he said.
"Thank you, but these are minor injuries. I can just go back and recuperate."
Zhou Tianning said with a smile on his face.
But Master Ye Xiaotian was obviously grateful and would repay the favor. After he showed some concern for Zhou Tianning, he assured him that if he needed any help, he could just ask and he would definitely not refuse.
"...Actually, I do have an unwelcome request."
Zhou Tianning seemed to be in embarrassment and was silent for a while before speaking.
"I wonder if you're willing to sell your Soul Nurturing Jade. I can offer 8 million."
Zhou Tianning said.
But Master Ye Xiaotian was stunned on the spot, his handsome face blank, as if he was overwhelmed by wealth. His eloquent mouth finally uttered a duck-like sound after a long time.
"Huh?"
Zhou Tianning did not raise the price rashly, but just patiently repeated his words again.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he felt a burning gaze.
Zhou Tianning looked up and met the gaze of Lu, who was standing next to Ye Wangxing. Lu's eyes were gloomy, and he looked at him as if he was an enemy.
He didn't understand why this person looked at him with such hostility. In his previous life, this Lu had left immediately after what happened today. Although he heard that he had contact with Ye Wangxing later, they were just friends.
I don't know why he looks like a vicious dog now.
But then he felt another pair of eyes staring at him. Zhou Tianning frowned and found that it was the boy who was rescued by Ye Wangxing.
After being rescued by Ye Wangxing in his previous life, the young man soon left Ye Wangxing's side. Like the man surnamed Lu, they both lived their own lives. Apart from occasionally calling them, Ye Wangxing did not have any deep contact with them.
But now their gazes made Zhou Tianning feel creepy, as if he was surrounded by vicious dogs.
Fortunately, Master Ye Xiaotian reacted at this time. The curve of his mouth narrowed a little before he said, "Brother, eight million is a bit too much. I don't want to take your money. Waiting for Master to come back like this—ah!"
Zhou Tianning originally looked at Ye Wangxing waiting for his decision, but in fact he was already determined to win.
But the next second, Master Ye Xiaotian, who had just said this in front of him, suddenly disappeared in front of Zhou Tianning.
He subconsciously took a step back and assumed a vigilant posture.
Before Zhou Tianning could react, he felt a cold and oppressive aura pressing down on him from above.
It feels like a mountain is pressing down on your head, or like you are in the deep sea.
The black energy in the soul-nourishing jade on his chest was almost suppressed and dissipated.
Zhou Tianning was already seriously injured and the pressure made him spit out blood.
His brain was still a little confused about what was happening, but his body reacted faster than his brain.
It was a trembling feeling emanating from the bone marrow. Zhou Tianning had only felt it in one person from his previous life to this life.
Or rather, on a ghost.
He forced himself to look up despite the pressure, and sure enough, the familiar yet unfamiliar figure was standing above his head.
Ghost Emperor, Xie Yu.
He had appeared in his previous life. At that time, the Zhou family was still in the religious association. After the spiritual energy was revived, he had a fierce battle with Ye Wangxing in a blessed place.
Zhou Tianning didn't know the specific situation. He only knew that Ye Wangxing was seriously injured and on the verge of death, while the Ghost Emperor walked out unharmed and suffocated all of them.
Can……
His appearance was after the spiritual energy was revived! Shouldn't he be recuperating in the underworld at this time? Why is he here?
Zhou Tianning thought in disbelief.
Then he also heard the voice of Master Li. He was very aggressive and seemed to want to seek justice for his disciple. However, the next second he was pressed to the ground and could not move.
But at this time Zhou Tianning no longer cared about the grudges from his previous life. He had to escape from the pressure of this person as soon as possible.
Zhou Tianning was prepared and even ignored the hint of gritted teeth in the man's voice.
——Until that decisive “I don’t believe it” appeared.
Master Li Guan almost fell to the ground, and Zhou Tianning was not much better off. He felt a sweet taste in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.
Then he looked up at the person in the sky in disbelief.
……ah?
It wasn't just Zhou Tianning who couldn't believe it, but everyone present had a rather funny expression on their face.
The faces of the people in the center of the Taoist temple were blank, and Master Li and his colleagues were all stunned like fools.
The two people who were just thinking about taking action looked up with stunned expressions.
The Ghost Emperor didn't care about the effect of his words on others, or rather, he didn't even look down. He even held down Ye Xiaotianshi, who was trying desperately to struggle backwards, to prevent him from breaking free.
He stared at the wandering eyes of Master Ye Xiaotian in front of him and spoke word by word.
"Boy, are you making fun of me? What normal person would kiss their enemy for this reason?"
The Ghost Emperor said this in a sinister tone, with an indescribable sense of oppression.
Zhou Tianning also felt so. After all, who would be so stupid as to befriend their enemy? Isn't he afraid of having nightmares at night?
But Ye Xiaotianshi in his hand was still struggling desperately, as if he didn't notice the oppressive feeling, and wanted to pull his face out of the Ghost Emperor's hand.
Master Ye Xiaotian struggled and said rather aggrievedly, "You asked me why I would kiss my enemy! He's not my lover. I must have kissed him to annoy him!"
He felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, pulling harder and harder at the man's hand, until veins popped out of his arm. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been unable to hold on, either breaking their arm or having their muscles ripped out.
But for the Ghost Emperor, his arms didn't even move, and his expression even showed a hint of vague understanding.
"So... you won't kiss your enemy?"
Master Ye Xiaotian nodded with difficulty.
The Ghost Emperor seemed very satisfied with this answer. He loosened his grip on Master Ye Xiaotian's hand and even considerately carried him to the ground.
Master Li and his colleagues behind him breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhou Tianning was a little confused as to what this person was doing here.
But at the same time, I felt a little more relaxed.
'It looks like things are coming to an end.' Zhou Tianning thought as he watched the red-robed Ghost Emperor and Ye Xiaotianshi land in the center of the square.
Master Ye Xiaotian also seemed a little unbelievable. He looked at the Ghost Emperor's behavior with his eyes widened, but he still reacted and planned to leave the Ghost Emperor immediately.
But before he could lift his legs to leave, the Ghost Emperor pinched Master Ye Xiaotian's face again, and the flesh on his cheeks was pinched out a little.
Zhou Tianning also pinched his talisman again. Could it be that this person wanted to attack again?
But before Zhou Tianning was ready to escape, he saw a scene that was as incredible as Amei's transformation into a red person.
——The Ghost Emperor cut his wrist, and the ghost blood that flowed out of his wrist was forcefully stuffed into Master Ye Xiaotian’s mouth.
No matter how hard he struggled, he could not withstand the Ghost Emperor's strength and magic, and was eventually forced to swallow that drop of ghost blood.
The next second, a blood-red line appeared between the two of them, connecting their hearts.
A strong wind suddenly blew up in the center of the square, making it impossible for everyone present to open their eyes. They could only hear the Ghost Emperor saying something in the middle of the wind. Zhou Tianning felt that those words seemed familiar, but he could not hear them clearly.
When the strong wind subsided, Zhou Tianning opened his eyes and saw that the Ghost Emperor had let go of Master Ye Xiaotian.
Master Ye Xiaotian was checking himself from head to toe, looking like a monkey looking for fleas.
But he searched for a long time and couldn't find any additional markings on his body. Then, as if he had thought of something, he pinched the Taoist hand gesture with a shocked expression.
The red line appeared again, but the square did not look as stormy as before.
Zhou Tianning didn't know what kind of magic spell Ye Wangxing was using. After all, he was like that in his previous life, and he could use all kinds of strange and bizarre magic spells at will.
Zhou Tianning had already come to a conclusion about this. It must be because of the opportunities that Ye Wangxing obtained later that allowed Ye Wangxing to know these techniques.
But he was also quite confused, or rather, he had been confused since the Ghost Emperor appeared today.
Why would the Ghost Emperor appear here at this time?
Why did he ask Ye Wangxing that question? Why didn't he believe the answer after getting it?
And why did the Ghost Emperor just pour the ghost blood into Ye Wangxing's mouth?
And that red line that lights up between the two people, why does it look so familiar?
Zhou Tianning, full of doubts, paid close attention to the actions of Ye Wangxing and the Ghost Emperor.
After Ye Wangxing made that gesture and watched the red line between him and the Ghost Emperor light up, he became like an idiot, his hands pointing back and forth between the Ghost Emperor and him.
The Ghost Emperor seemed to have achieved his goal and was not angry. He just watched Ye Wangxing perform pantomime in front of him in a playful manner.
His chin was raised, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looked very handsome.
The pressure from him has been removed, which means that Master Li and the others should be able to move around.
However, when Master Li's colleagues walked up to him, they found that Master Li, who had already climbed up from the ground, also opened his mouth wide and stared at his disciple and the Ghost Emperor in front of him motionlessly.
It was Master Fang, who had a good relationship with Master Li, who patted him on the shoulder and finally woke him up from his previous state.
"What's wrong? You look shocked. What did that red line just now mean?"
Master Fang was really confused. She was a Buddhist and didn't know much about Taoist magic. Moreover, the magic that the Ghost Emperor could use was not ordinary, so it was normal for her not to recognize it.
Besides, didn't you see that Zhou family kid also looked confused? I'm afraid this is indeed an uncommon spell.
Li Guanzhu looked at the red line with trembling hands, his hands shaking like Parkinson's, only his left hand was six and his right hand was seven.
"If I wasn't dazzled, that red line would represent..."
"Swear an oath of unity."
Just as Master Fang and her colleagues behind her realized what the oath of unity was, Master Ye Xiaotian's wails were heard from the center of the square.
"——You're crazy! You're signing a marriage contract with someone you just met. Have you been dead for too long and your brain is broken?!"
“…????”
Everyone present gasped.
This was the scene that Tang Fang and his men saw when they arrived.
Despite being stopped by his colleagues, Master Li cried out to the sky in front of Master Ye Xiaotian in the center of the square, crying even more sadly than an old father who was about to get his daughter married.
Master Ye Xiaotian, who was standing by, was comforting the delicate young man who threw himself into his arms and sobbed, while holding back the young man who was full of anger and seemed to want to fight.
Zhou Tianning, who sent him the message, was sitting aside leaning against the pillar, staring at the situation in front of him with a dull look in his eyes.
——I have to say, this posture really looks like Xianglin Sao.
However, the most eye-catching thing was the red-clothed ghost in the center of the square. His aura alone made Tang Fang nervous. He wondered why Zhou Tianning sent him a message for help.
However, when Tang Fang saw this person's face, he was immediately shocked, and looked at Zhou Tianning with disbelief.
"I'm fighting the Ghost Emperor? Is that true?"
After everything was explained clearly, Tang Fang was even more incredulous.
His expression also coincided with Master Li's a few minutes ago.
He stretched out his hand, shaking like a Parkinson's patient, pointed at the Ghost Emperor beside him, and spoke tremblingly to Master Ye Xiaotian, who had a dazed expression in front of him.
"You said that the Ghost Emperor made a vow of union with you? And now, he's asking you to register your marriage in the human world?"
Master Ye Xiaotian buried his face in his hands and let out a mournful cry, while the Ghost Emperor floated in the air beside Master Ye Xiaotian, looking as if it was a matter of course.
Instead, his friend named Lu was sending messages with a frown on his face, and the young boy he rescued was holding on to Master Ye Xiaotian's arm and crying.
Master Ye Xiaotian's friend seemed to be trying to find a solution, but even Master Li couldn't think of any solution, so how could he possibly think of one?
Just as Tang Fang was thinking this, the young man with glasses, as if he had seen some good news, immediately picked up his mobile phone and walked to Master Ye Xiaotian to show him the message in his hand.
Under Master Ye Xiaotian's incredulous gaze, the young man raised the corners of his mouth and said shyly.
"Wang Xing, you and I were betrothed to each other since childhood. If you want to register your married status, I have to go first, right?"
The Ghost Emperor sneered disdainfully, "Can this finger-tips marriage be compared to the oath of heaven?"
However, Lu Shi did not give up. He also said with a smile: "Our parents also officially signed the marriage certificate and worshipped the heaven and earth."
"I'm the principal wife, and you're the second wife at best."
Ye Xiaotianshi, who had just buried his face in his hands, finally couldn't help but scream, "No, Dalu, what are you talking about! What's the point of having a first wife or a second wife? I don't plan to get married!"
Just as he was screaming, the little boy who had just been holding his arm and crying miserably quietly wiped away his tears, stood up and spoke in a low voice.
"Um, can I be the third wife? Actually, I don't mind even if I'm a concubine..."
Master Ye Xiaotian looked at the chaotic scene and made another sharp explosion.
"——What are you doing here to cause trouble again?"
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