Nanshan Cemetery.
Lu Jingnian went to complete the procedures for taking away his uncle's ashes.
Jiang Yue and the old Taoist priest stood outside waiting for him. Taking advantage of Lu Jingnian's absence, Jiang Yue quickly asked the old Taoist priest.
"Master, last time in the formation, Lu Jingnian's finger was cut by a dagger, and I also have a wound on my finger."
"If he gets injured in the future, will I also get wounds?"
Jiang Yue had actually wanted to ask the old Taoist priest this question when they returned from the neighboring city.
I just haven't found the opportunity yet.
The old Taoist priest shook his head. "No, that effect is only caused by being inside an array."
Once you're outside the formation, if he's injured, you'll only feel his pain; you won't see the same wound on yourself.
Jiang Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
That's good.
The old Taoist priest raised an eyebrow at Jiang Yue's reaction. "Judging from your expression, you haven't told him about sharing your lifespan yet?"
"No."
Jiang Yue explained, "Daoist, you don't understand Lu Jingnian. If I tell him about it, he definitely won't accept it. He can't bear to see me get hurt in the slightest."
If he knew I had given him a portion of my lifespan, he would definitely try everything to get it back.
"You also said that before his death tribulation is over, there is a way to restore my lifespan, so I want to wait until his death tribulation is over before I confess to him."
"I really don't understand you young people nowadays. You're clearly doing it for the other person's own good, but you go to great lengths to keep it from them."
The old Taoist priest was at a loss for words, and could only sigh in the end.
Is it because he's been in the Taoist temple for too long and can't understand this world anymore?
"Keeping it from the other person?"
Jiang Yue grasped the key point in the old Taoist's words, "What do you mean by that, Taoist Master?"
Did Lu Jingnian, like me, secretly do something for me without my knowledge?
"I have no idea."
The old Taoist priest shook his head without hesitation, "I promised you that I wouldn't tell him about your affairs, and I also promised him that I wouldn't tell you about his affairs."
Therefore, Lu Jingnian did indeed do some things secretly for her sake.
Jiang Yue looked at the old Taoist priest and pursed her lips.
Judging from the old Taoist priest's expression, he was definitely not going to say anything.
"never mind."
Jiang Yue suddenly smiled and shook her head, "No matter what he has done for me, as long as I know he can live well with me, that's enough."
The old Taoist priest wouldn't talk, and forcing him wouldn't help.
She'll find out someday.
Lu Jingnian returned quickly, bringing with him the staff who manage the cemetery.
Lu Jingnian walked over and said to the old Taoist priest, "The formalities have been completed. Let's go to the cemetery now and retrieve Uncle's ashes."
When it came to his junior brother's ashes, the old Taoist priest's expression immediately became serious.
"Wait a moment."
The old Taoist priest took out a tattered, unrecognizable outer robe from his tattered cloth bag at his waist and draped it over his shoulders. He then took out a few copper coins and hung them in front of his chest. After doing all this, he nodded to Lu Jingnian and said, "Alright, we can go now."
Lu Jingnian didn't ask him what these things were. He greeted the cemetery staff next to him, and they quickly led them to the old man's grave.
Because the old man never told Lu Jingnian his name, and there was no photo of him, there was neither a name nor a photo of the old man on the tombstone.
The old Taoist priest looked at the tombstone and couldn't help but tear up.
"Junior brother, your senior brother has finally found you."
"I'm sorry, senior brother is late."
The old Taoist priest wept uncontrollably before the tombstone, "Junior brother, your senior brother has come to take you home..."
The cemetery staff opened the grave, and Lu Jingnian, with red eyes, took out the urn containing ashes. The old Taoist priest walked over and carefully took the old man's ashes from his hands.
"Junior brother, your senior brother has come to take you home."
The old Taoist priest cried and shouted all the way until he got into the car, at which point he stopped crying, holding the urn tightly in his arms without saying another word.
Lu Jingnian walked behind, his head down, looking heartbroken, which was heartbreaking.
Jiang Yue held his hand and gently comforted him, "We should be happy for Uncle that he can go home."
Lu Jingnian didn't speak, but tightened his grip on Jiang Yue's hand.
After a long while, he looked up and continued walking towards the car.
After Lu Jingnian got into the car with Jiang Yue, he saw the old Taoist priest talking incessantly to the ashes of the old man in his arms. Lu Jingnian didn't say anything more and drove away from the cemetery.
The car departed from Nanshan Cemetery and left City A two hours later, heading towards a neighboring city.
It's already dark, and soon after, a light rain began to fall.
"Honey, drive slower."
Jiang Yue looked at the rain outside the car window, which was gradually intensifying, and reminded Lu Jingnian.
The road to the neighboring city was already difficult to travel, and now that it's raining, it's even more difficult.
"We can't slow down."
The old Taoist priest sitting in the back suddenly spoke.
"Not only can't we not go slow, we need to go even faster, the faster the better."
Jiang Yue frowned upon hearing this. "Daoist Master, has something happened?"
The old Taoist priest knew that the roads were difficult to travel on when it rained, and he certainly wouldn't have asked Lu Jingnian to drive so fast at this time if there wasn't a reason.
"You'll find out soon enough."
The old Taoist priest did not offer any further explanation.
Although Jiang Yue was puzzled, she was too embarrassed to ask any further questions when she saw that the old Taoist priest was unwilling to explain.
Lu Jingnian increased the car's speed.
Fortunately, it was raining tonight, and there were no other cars or people on the road.
The rain intensified and showed no signs of stopping.
About half an hour later, the old Taoist priest behind him suddenly said to Lu Jingnian, "They're here, kid, be careful."
As soon as the old Taoist priest finished speaking, Jiang Yue saw two cars suddenly appear on the previously pitch-black highway.
Those two cars were clearly coming for them; they caught up with them almost in the blink of an eye.
"Sit still, Yueyue."
Lu Jingnian reminded Jiang Yue, turned the steering wheel, drifted to avoid the car crashing in front, and sped forward.
In the car behind, Su Chen's gaze was like that of a venomous snake hiding in the grass in the rain, fixed on Lu Jingnian's car in front, and he gave instructions to the driver beside him.
"Hurry up and crash into it."
That's outrageous! The talisman that person gave him didn't work at all. Not only did Lu Jingnian's car not go out of control, it even managed to swerve around his car.
The driver said with some difficulty, "No, boss, the rain is too heavy and the road is too difficult to drive. It won't be easy to catch up with the car in front now."
On the car in front.
Lu Jingnian drove the car at its fastest speed. He had driven this road twice before and was very familiar with the terrain, knowing which parts were easy to drive.
Therefore, it is much faster than the two cars behind it.
The old Taoist priest, holding his junior brother's ashes, turned his head to look behind him, a mocking smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"They think they can cause trouble for this old man with such petty tricks? They're simply courting death."
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