Chapter 167 Goodbye Mountain Ghost, Another Truth of the Sister-Brother Love Story
He clearly remembered that early that morning, she stroked his head lovingly and said that Alin had finally grown up safely and that she had done her duty to the ancestors of the Ji family.
When she said this, her face was full of relief and pride.
Later she said that she was going out for a trip to celebrate his coming of age and would give him a surprise when she came back.
However, he never waited for her to come back.
He looked for her everywhere like crazy, searching the whole town to no avail. He then returned to the village and even went to all the places she had taken him to when they were children to collect herbs in the mountains.
Finally, he packed his bags and went to Langzhou to look for her hometown, which she had mentioned in a few words.
But no one there had ever heard of any family with the surname Chang. Even the old people who had lived there all their lives had never seen the girl named Chang Xiaoyu from more than ten years ago.
He did not give up and found a place to settle down in Langzhou, hoping that one day he would find out her whereabouts, or that she would return here out of homesickness.
Just like that, after days of fruitless efforts, a fellow villager from the Imperial Capital who was returning to Langzhou to visit his relatives suddenly spread a message:
There is a mysterious Tianming Pavilion on East Street of Dijing. The pavilion master has great powers and can help those who ask for help to realize their wishes.
However, there are countless people from the Tianming Pavilion searching nearby every day, but only a few can succeed.
It is said that only those with a predestined relationship can enter, and the Pavilion Master will respond to the requests of all those who enter to seek help.
Although it was just a rumor and most of the hearers did not believe it, he still rushed to the capital without stopping to pursue a slim chance.
Ji Ranlin finished speaking all this in one breath and slowly closed his eyes.
"Sister must hate me for being mean and marrying her in such a way. That's why she left me so decisively."
"But I didn't lie to her. If I couldn't marry her, I really couldn't live."
"Is it because Sister has never been happy in the past two years and hates me so much that she left me so cruelly?"
Yun Qingqing found it hard to understand his idea of living just for love and made no comment.
She began to speak:
"Your sister values her promises. Just as she swore to raise you well, she will never break her promise since she promised not to abandon you in this life."
Ji Ranlin's breathing stagnated slightly, and the light of hope in his eyes was mixed with a bit of fear.
His voice trembled a little:
"If she disappeared not because she abandoned me, then why? Could it be..."
He didn't say the rest, but the meaning was clear.
Yun Qingqing sighed:
"She's still alive, but she may not want you to find her."
“…”
Ji Ranlin was silent for a while, then slowly said:
"It won't get any worse. Please help me, Master."
He stood up and bowed deeply.
Yun Qingqing stared at him for a moment and said:
"I can tell you where she is, but I'll have to exchange it for the sachet she embroidered herself."
Ji Ranlin slowly untied the sachet, held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time as if it were a treasure, then reluctantly handed it to her:
"Thank you, Pavilion Master."
Yun Qingqing nodded, pinched her fingers with the sachet, and raised her eyebrows slightly:
"There is a temple dedicated to the mountain god on Zhiluo Mountain outside Beijing. Take this talisman to pray to the mountain god and tell her that I asked you to go. She will help you."
Ji Ranlin's eyes lit up with hope again. He took the talisman, bowed solemnly, and left quickly.
Eight or nine guests came that day, and Yun Qingqing was busy until late at night before she finished dealing with everything.
It's really very busy.
Yun Qingqing was a little worried. It was a good thing that many people came to her for fortune-telling, but now that Tianming Pavilion was becoming more and more famous, more and more people were coming. If this continued, she would soon be too busy to handle it.
Is it time to raise the threshold for “the right person”?
She was thinking about all this in her mind as she walked out of Tianming Pavilion. Her expression suddenly changed and she nimbly moved to the side.
A red figure whizzed past her.
"What~! Why are you still so alert!?"
The woman in the red silk dress had long hair that fluttered in the wind, and a charming face that could captivate everyone with a coquettish/angry smile.
"By the way, what kind of magic did you use? I have been looking for you around here for most of the day, but I couldn't find the legendary Tianming Pavilion! I just waited here, and finally I found you!"
Yun Qingqing smiled slightly, raised her hand and drew a talisman in the air and placed it on Zhiluo's forehead. She immediately looked at the gate of Tianming Pavilion with her eyes wide open.
"Good fellow! I thought I had improved so much recently that I could finally compete with you, but it turns out that we are still so far behind! I am so angry! You are exaggerating!"
The mountain ghost Zhiluo said she was angry, but she smiled and put her arm around Yun Qingqing's arm, almost leaning against her.
Yun Qingqing's eyes were bright, and her smile was filled with relief:
"It looks like you've been doing well lately."
"Oh, don't mention it. I'm almost busy to death!" Zhiluo wrinkled her nose in disgust. It was obviously a very cute little gesture, but when she did it, it looked very charming.
"Ever since the Ming family built that temple for me, it was quite peaceful at first. There were offerings, and I would help people who came to ask for wishes, depending on my mood. I had a very carefree life."
"But somehow, more and more people come to my little temple to worship and make wishes, and I can't keep up with them all!"
"And when there are a lot of people, there are all kinds of weird requests, like asking me to help teach a neighbor a lesson, trying to steal a best friend's fiancé, and even asking me to help kill an enemy!"
"What on earth is this all about?"
Yun Qingqing burst into laughter:
"But I see you're enjoying it, otherwise how could your merit increase so quickly?"
Zhiluo was not annoyed when her thoughts were exposed. She made a face and said:
"As mountain ghosts, we should accept anything that is beneficial to our cultivation!"
She changed the subject and finally mentioned her purpose:
"Did you point the way to the mortal husband of the rabbit spirit today?"
Yun Qingqing smiled calmly:
"Are you here to punish the rabbit spirit?"
"How could that be? The little rabbit is crying for joy!" Zhiluo sighed.
Yun Qingqing paused for a moment:
"Happy? Didn't she leave that man because she was beaten back to her original form and became a demon? Would she still be willing for him to find her?"
Zhiluo sighed:
"You can even calculate that she was beaten back to her original form by her enemies, but you can't calculate how much she loves the husband who raised her with her own hands."
"Hmm... That's true. I really find it hard to understand why someone would fall in love with someone so deeply even though they knew from the beginning that they were not suitable for each other."
Yun Qingqing felt that she had very good reasons for not being able to figure out the rabbit spirit's feelings.
Zhiluo sighed and completed the story of the two people.
Not long after Chang Xiaoyu transformed, a wolf demon targeted his inner elixir. During the fight, both demons returned to their original forms. Chang Xiaoyu was accidentally bitten by the wolf demon and almost became its tonic.
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