Lin Jingting, who had been looking on with amusement, immediately turned ashen-faced, so angry that he could hardly breathe. He then flicked the wide sleeves of his ancient-style robe and turned to leave, only to be blocked by the barrier once again.
He then remembered his earlier question and turned to ask Chu Nian, "Why didn't you set up a barrier to stop me from coming in?"
Seeing that Chu Nian had already cleaned the room, he leisurely walked to the sofa and shamelessly sat down.
Chu Nian sat opposite him and said frankly, "Didn't Li Feibai bring a ghost-catching master with him? If I don't let you in, how can they catch ghosts? I never expected this!" She smiled as she said this.
Lin Jingting noticed that her smile was exceptionally bright, and for some reason felt a little dazed. He unconsciously turned his face away and stopped looking at her.
Chu Nian: "You're actually the ancestor of the Celestial Masters? This news is absolutely explosive!"
Lin Jingting: "Having lived for so long, I am actually the ancestor of many races. If you have the opportunity, you will witness this further in the future."
Well, that makes a lot of sense. I'm speechless! Chu Nian looked helpless.
Lin Jingting: "What do you mean by setting up a barrier to prevent me from leaving?"
Chu Nian then remembered that the barrier she had set up earlier hadn't been removed yet. She waved her hand as she removed it, saying, "Sorry, I forgot to remove it."
Lin Jingting's eyelids twitched a few times: So... you forgot? No other meaning? Why do I suddenly feel a little lost?
He gave a soft hum and got up to leave. But just as he reached the window, a thought suddenly struck him, and he turned back and sat down on the sofa.
Chu Nianqi asked, "What, aren't you leaving yet?"
Lin Jingting: "I suddenly remembered that this has always been my territory."
He had just wanted the Celestial Master to fight him so this woman could reap the benefits, but now she wants him to leave as she pleases? There's no such thing as a free lunch. Lin Jingting has lived for thousands of years, but he's never been someone easy to get along with.
After saying that, he raised his legs and put them on the armrests of the sofa, looking incredibly relaxed and comfortable.
Chu Nian was very annoyed: she should have realized that it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away, and she shouldn't have removed the barrier to let this guy in.
However, if she hadn't let this guy in, and he had seen the Celestial Master bowing to him, she might have felt that she could borrow some of the Celestial Master's lineage's power!
But this guy is refusing to leave now, it's really troublesome!
Seeing Lin Jingting's eyes darting around, Chu Nian immediately came up with a plan and ordered takeout.
Soon, the deliveryman brought her the side dishes and three cases of beer she had ordered. She accepted the delivery, opened the beer, and started drinking one can after another. She also turned on the speaker to listen to music while leisurely and happily drinking and eating.
Lin Jingting was a little confused by her actions: he had noticed that this woman loved to eat these past few days; but she had always been very moderate with her alcohol, knowing when to stop, and had never drunk so much as she had today.
Soon, three cases of beer were gone, and Lin Jingting was quite shocked; this woman could really drink. Then, he realized she was drunk. "So what if she's drunk? Can't she just go to her room and sleep? Don't go around throwing up everywhere, okay?"
Lin Jingting was disgusted by the vomit all over the floor, and the smell was so strong... He covered his mouth and nose and quickly jumped out of the window.
But the moment he stepped out, a barrier appeared behind him, blocking his way back into the house. Lin Jingting turned to look at the invisible barrier and his lips twitched: The barrier appeared so quickly, is this woman drunk?
Chu Nian cleaned the room as quickly as possible: she had finally found a way to contain Lin Jingting, this big shot—although the method was quite disgusting!
She fiddled with her phone and computer for a while, then washed up and lay down on the bed. But then she remembered the characters in the story who Lin Jingting used to practice his skills: those who had unresolved sins from their past lives or those with bad luck.
How does he discern whether someone has sins from a past life, and how does he judge whether someone's fortune is good or bad?
Honestly, even if they had sins from their past lives or were unlucky, Chu Nian didn't think Lin Jingting had the right to reward or punish these people.
Because she felt that Lin Jingting's judgment was not necessarily objective and fair, which is the same as Lin Jingting's theory that people's distinction between good and evil, right and wrong is full of subjectivity.
So unless the other party deliberately provokes her, she won't try to cultivate someone else's soul like Lin Jingting did; just thinking about it is cruel. In any case, she should at least leave them a chance to survive!
Chu Nian was curious about how Lin Jingting could distinguish other people's fortune and sins.
After thinking for a moment, she extended her spiritual energy out the window again, but did not find Lin Jingting, which made her feel a little disappointed.
However, given how Lin Jingting had been following her around like a tail these past few days, it was likely that this big shot would reappear soon, so she closed her eyes with peace of mind and fell asleep in no time.
As expected, Lin Jingting appeared outside the window again late at night.
Chu Nian immediately spoke up, saying, "I have something that I'm quite curious about."
Lin Jingting: "What is it?"
Chu Nian asked, "As the ancestor of the Celestial Masters, you must have a deep understanding of the Heavenly Dao, yet you have refined numerous living souls. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the Heavenly Dao?"
Lin Jingting: "Heh!"
Huh? Chu Nian was speechless for a moment, then said, "What kind of answer is that?"
Lin Jingting: "What goes around comes around; good and evil will eventually be rewarded."
Chu Nian: "You mean, those people you cultivated were destined to die because of karma and reincarnation? So, I'm also nearing the end of my life? That doesn't make sense, it seems like these haunted houses weren't specifically targeted when they were sold."
Lin Jingting paused for a moment before saying, "The reason why people are able to enter the cycle of reincarnation is because they have sins on their hands."
Therefore, whoever enters this haunted house will find it difficult to escape being refined into something else. Chu Nian has now grasped the truth. The reason given in the book is probably just an attempt to whitewash the male protagonist.
Lin Jingting continued, "I refined them, allowing them to escape the cycle of reincarnation. In a sense, it is equivalent to saving them."
Chu Nian chuckled and said, "So, if I'm successfully scared to death and refined by you, and in the end not even a trace of my soul remains, I should thank you!"
Lin Jingting: "If you are refined by me and merged into my body and soul, you will also merge into this world after I die. Even if I do not die, I will still be one with this world. This is no different from you merging into the world after you die."
Chu Nian: "But that's not me at all."
Lin Jingting: "Woman, the Buddha spoke of formlessness, do you know what formlessness means?"
Chu Nian: "Without the marks of self, others, sentient beings, or lifespan."
Lin Jingting: "One, two, and three... are all the same. One, a hundred, a thousand, and ten thousand are also the same."
Chu Nian: "In other words, there is no difference between the individual and the collective."
Lin Jingting: "The individual among all living beings, and all living beings, are all living beings."
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