Chapter 36
Lingxi reached out to help.
The little boy, well-mannered at home, had tears still in his eyes. He turned his little hand away, refusing Lingxi's help, and instead braced himself with his hands on the ground, trying to stand up on his own.
He was wearing a cartoon T-shirt and a red rope around his neck. The decorations on the red rope were a little heavy. When the little boy raised his buttocks, with his head lower than his hips, the wooden sign hidden in the red rope inside his clothes fell down due to gravity. Then, pulled by the rope, it hung in mid-air and swayed up and down.
As the little boy stood up, the wooden plaque fell onto his chest again.
Upon seeing that wooden sign...
Lingxi couldn't help but reach out and examine it closely. When she picked it up, she felt inexplicably resistant to the amulet, as if her body was subconsciously telling her that it was not a good thing.
Because of her cultivation, Lingxi's aura is pure, and children are sensitive to this, so they naturally do not resist her approach.
Seeing that the pretty woman was interested in his amulet, he enthusiastically introduced it: "Sister, this is my amulet, it protects my health."
"Oh, is that so?"
"So beautiful!"
"hey-hey…"
The little boy's thick, curled eyelashes still held some tiny beads of hair. He then bent his eyelashes, reached out his little hand, and placed the wooden plaque in Lingxi's hand.
"Sister, you can show it to me if you want, but I can't give it to you~"
"Really? Thank you, little one!"
Lingxi took the sign and examined it closely.
The Buddha statue carved on the front was nothing unusual, but when Lingxi turned it over, she found that only one character was carved on the back.
Cang!
What does this mean?
Lingxi had a gut feeling that the problem lay here.
Unfortunately, she is temporarily unable to use her spiritual power and divine sense, so she has no way to investigate. She wonders if she can ask for or buy it.
"Oh dear, son!!"
Did you fall down?
The little boy, nestled in his mother's arms, had already passed the point of wanting to cry. He nodded obediently and pointed to the small ball next to him, indicating that he still wanted to play with it.
The woman looked the boy over and, seeing that he was unharmed, breathed a sigh of relief. She then looked at the young woman squatting beside her.
"Miss, my child has been a bit naughty lately, did he bump into you?"
Lingxi immediately said, "No, no, it was me..."
"Thanks for looking after my brat, thank you."
"Ah, no..."
"No need to refuse. My friend saw him fall and told me. Otherwise, he'd probably still be crying right now!"
Lingxi was interrupted repeatedly before she could finish speaking, so she had no choice but to swallow her words.
"Thank you so much, you're beautiful inside and out."
Lingxi gave a helpless twitch of her lips.
Her eyes involuntarily drifted towards the boy's chest.
"Sister, is your son wearing a Buddhist amulet?"
Speaking of amulets.
The woman's smile faltered, a hint of wariness flashing in her eyes before quickly disappearing. Had Lingxi not been watching closely, she probably wouldn't have noticed.
"Oh, we specifically asked for this, right, father?"
"yes!"
The middle-aged man who had just walked over responded, "Miss, we're leaving now, so we won't chat any longer."
Lingxi immediately came up with an excuse: "Could you tell me which Buddhist temple it is? Or I can take a picture and buy the same one, so I can get one for my child too."
"Excuse me, I'll take up a minute or two of your time."
Lingxi's words seemed to put the woman at ease: "Oh, of course you can, but I can't give you this part that's on my child."
"No, no, I just thought it was new and wanted to let my niece wear it."
"You treat your niece quite well."
“I think it looks good on your child, and I thought it would have a good meaning and be good for your niece’s health.”
"Then you should wear it." The woman released the boy and handed him to his father, then said, "The effect will definitely be very good. As for the symbolism, there's no harm in wearing it."
"Yes, that's what I think too, thank you, sister."
Lingxi picked up her phone and took a few pictures from both sides.
The woman looked up and saw that the car they had booked had arrived. "Miss, we'll be going now."
"Okay, bye-bye."
Lingxi stood at the hotel entrance and watched the family of three get into the car.
What are you asking for?
The amulet was clearly given to me by the man in black in the hospital room.
After cultivating, Lingxi's memory became excellent. Scenes from the video flashed by, and the appearances of the family of three were exactly the same.
The little boy who was pale back then is now rosy-cheeked and very healthy.
Could it be that the amulet really does have the effect of strengthening the body? No problem.
Can……
Why would the couple lie?
Moreover, she seemed to value that amulet very much; her expression changed whenever the amulet was mentioned.
Lingxi was still deep in thought, her mind a jumbled mess, completely clueless.
"Su Yuan, what do you think?"
Su Yuan rarely uses his divine sense these days, so he didn't notice the commotion outside just now.
Lingxi enlarged the characters on the back of the Buddha amulet.
Su Yuan paused for a moment, wondering why the handwriting looked so much like his friend's.
"It looks somewhat familiar."
"oh?"
"It does resemble my friend's handwriting somewhat."
"Unfortunately, there's only one word, and I'm not entirely sure."
Lingxi frowned: "You said he was also seriously injured back then, could it be that something happened to your friend?"
Anything that makes her sense something is wrong or even feel disgusted or repulsed is, in her opinion, not a good thing.
It's best to keep Su Yuan's friends out of this mess.
Su Yuan: "I do not know."
His mind flashed back to his friend's past, as he had observed:
“He brought me into the world, and he detested crooked ways and evil paths more than anything else in his life. He was definitely not the kind of person who would go astray.”
Lingxi nodded, choosing to believe Su Yuan.
"That leaves only the cult I came into contact with, which is highly likely."
As she spoke, Lingxi opened Yang Lanling's profile picture.
I sent her new findings over.
Then, she went to find the video the man had sent her last time.
The video was still there and hadn't been taken down. Lingxi tapped the screen a few times and sent the video.
The matter was then dropped.
"Su Yuan, you're telling me that I've encountered more things in the last few days than I have in the previous twenty-odd years."
Lingxi recalled the events of the past three days and felt utterly exhausted.
"Maybe they're looking for you!"
Su Yuan wasn't talking nonsense. It was from the moment she arrived at Xishan, his place of residence, and carrying his ancestral artifacts, that she unwittingly opened her meridians and embarked on a smooth and rapid path of cultivation.
If she wanted a cultivation technique, she didn't need to worry about it; the technique would appear in the next second.
She always manages to get whatever she wants in the next second through various coincidences.
Previously, he even suspected that his landing here was also a matter of fate.
"I?"
Lingxi: ? ? ?
"Just as you said, the protagonists in books are always lucky and blessed by heaven. From my observation, this world is showing signs of recovery. Logically speaking, there should be no cultivators here. But this has happened again and again. I'm afraid the Heavenly Dao of this world has noticed the problem and is waiting for you to come and solve it. In that case, you may not be the chosen one described in the novels."
Su Yuan paused for a moment: "Although I don't know my friend's situation, I can't be completely sure either."
Those favored by Heaven are likely to be accurate in guessing eight or nine out of ten things.
His friend is probably...
Su Yuan lowered his eyes, and the ominous feeling in his heart became more and more obvious.
Lingxi: ...
This is probably meant to scare her; Lingxi wasn't raised on fear.
A woman destined for heaven!
She didn't believe it.
The more they talk, the more outrageous it gets.
Lingxi laughed and said, "Hehe~ Who am I! Someone who can't even stand being a beast of burden and plans to live in seclusion, being chosen by the Heavenly Dao is completely impossible!"
"Oh? You mean in such a place where spiritual energy is so scarce, who could possibly go from spiritual energy entering the body to the late stage of Qi Refining in less than two months, and even reach the Foundation Establishment stage?"
"Who is this person who, having just begun cultivation, has achieved sudden enlightenment and even comprehended the True Fire of the Sun..."
"Do you consider all of this a coincidence?"
"I...I..." Lingxi was speechless for a moment.
That being said, it was truly too far-fetched for her to believe.
She stubbornly insisted, "Maybe I'm just unlucky. When Yun Qingzi's cultivation level improves, I'll have him do some divination for me and see if he can come up with any methods to change my luck."
Su Yuan chuckled lightly, but didn't continue the topic, letting the other person act like a coward.
Skipping that topic, Lingxi brought up the previous one: "Here's the problem: right now there are only a few of us cultivators... and the tree, and you're the only friend."
"Then let's make a bold guess: could it be that one of your friends is involved in that Gui Xie Cult?"
Su Yuan remained silent: "That's possible."
"Alright, let's pack up and go back to the village to relax now."
The topic jumped too quickly, and Su Yuan didn't react in time.
Why?
Lingxi gave her a look that said, "You scoundrel trying to harm me: Since your friend is willing to follow you, what does that mean? It means his cultivation level isn't bad either. Even if he's injured, a tiger that's fallen into the water is still a tiger. Do you think I can beat him?"
"Now that both issues have been resolved, if I stay here, won't I just become a target for attack?"
Lingxi, without pausing for a moment, headed towards the hotel.
Su Yuan: "..."
He suddenly discovered another of Lingxi's strengths: she was very self-aware.
“His condition is only worse than mine, and there is absolutely no chance of him recovering to his original state.”
"Then I'll leave too, I can't win."
Lingxi then sent over what she knew.
Officials should also take it easy.
Su Yuan did give her some good news.
“I have concealed your presence. If my friend is indeed among them, no one else can find you except him.”
"So, what have I been up to these past few days?"
"rest assured."
Su Yuan's words had a magical power, which suddenly dissipated much of the sense of crisis that Ling Xi had just felt, and she was no longer so anxious.
"That's good."
...
"Hey, Yao Yao, have you seen Ling Xi?"
After An Ruo finished toasting, she went backstage and asked Li Yao a question.
Li Yao was resting when she heard this and shook her head. "I don't think I saw her. Did she not come?"
"Impossible, I just saw her name in the gift money book."
Li Yao lowered her eyes and her voice also became somewhat soft: "Did she... see me and then just leave?"
"It seems she... still won't forgive me."
She bit her lip, her shoulders slumped, and she looked utterly aggrieved.
After changing her clothes, An Ruo went over to comfort her, "Forget it, maybe we're just not meant to be with Ling Xi. Let's just leave it at that from now on."
"But... I've dragged you into this, boohoo~"
As Li Yao spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, as if she was blaming herself for dragging An Ruo down with her.
"Okay, okay, stop crying~"
"If you cry, you'll turn into a little kitten and won't be pretty anymore~"
"Hmm~"
After Li Yao recovered, An Ruo finally felt relieved.
But as she walked out the door, Anruo felt for some reason that there was a gap in her heart, as if she had lost something.
She thought and thought, but couldn't come up with an answer.
I simply put it out of my mind.
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