It seems as if there is an invisible force at play, and the world is full of wonderful coincidences.
Yu Shuang was passing through a certain area when she happened to come across a large family holding a funeral.
Just then, I saw a confused and lost ghost hovering above my mourning hall like a headless fly.
A beam of light entered the ghostly mist, which condensed into a phantom figure—a beautiful young woman.
She looked blank, instinctively following the only thing she could see.
It was like a guiding light shining in the darkness.
Subconsciously, she was told that as long as she followed the direction of the guiding light, she would surely regain her sight…
Sure enough, the more she followed the lamp, the more conscious she became, and the more capable she became of thinking.
Curious, she tried to grab the lamp, but was bounced away by an invisible wave of air.
After several failures, she realized that the guiding light was untouchable and decisively gave up her curiosity about it.
Before long, her world seemed to have some other blurry colors in addition to darkness and that lamp.
The lamp gradually took on a more concrete form—
He's actually a person, just like her!?
Judging from her back view, she should be a girl like me.
She suddenly shuddered, realizing with a start that she was in a desolate wilderness.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?
"Zhao Qiqi, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and follow me."
A cool voice rang in her ears, and she instinctively jogged to catch up, afraid of being abandoned.
I was quite surprised myself for being so obedient.
Zhao Qiqi? Yes, my name is Zhao Qiqi, and I am the young lady of the Zhao family in Ping'an County.
Why am I here out of nowhere, following a stranger?
Subconsciously, she didn't see the person in front of her as a malicious villain, after all, it was the other person who brought her out of the darkness.
He was her benefactor.
She had an inexplicable dependence on and trust in him.
"My benefactor, where are we going?"
The girl in front of him said succinctly: "The capital city."
Why go to the capital?
"revenge."
Zhao Qiqi asked curiously, "Your enemy is in the capital?"
"They are our enemies."
Zhao Qiqi was stunned. "Is he also my enemy?"
The Zhao family is a well-known family in the area for their good deeds and virtues. Generations of them have been famous for their philanthropy and they have never had any enemies.
As a daughter of the Zhao family, she was influenced by her surroundings from a young age to be kind to others and never made enemies.
Where did this enemy come from?
Zhao Qiqi voiced her doubts.
The man simply replied indifferently, "Think about it yourself."
Zhao Qiqi wasn't angry. Let her think what she wants; it seems she's lost a lot of memories.
She tried hard to recall her experiences from childhood to adulthood.
Recall your experience before you were locked in the dark and lost consciousness.
I remember that their family kindly took in a destitute mother and daughter.
Ms. Hu and her daughter.
The Hu family's daughters contracted a strange illness that defied all medical treatment. They were driven out of their husbands' homes and left homeless, a truly pitiful situation.
She then allowed the mother and daughter to stay temporarily at the Zhao residence and found Hu a job there.
Two days later, someone in the Zhao family was possessed by an evil spirit. A wandering sorcerer came to the Zhao family to perform an exorcism.
I also took a look at the sick daughter and found a way to treat her.
The woman surnamed Hu threatened to kill herself, pleading with the sorcerer to help save people, without explaining any potential harm.
She agreed.
After cooperating with the sorcerer's ritual to save the person, she showed no abnormalities.
The next day, Madam Hu left the Zhao residence with her unconscious daughter and went to stay with relatives.
She's sick...
And it's getting worse every day, it's so uncomfortable...
She's dying...
The sorrowful gazes of parents and relatives were incredibly painful to see.
The Zhao residence was draped in white...
Zhao Qiqi stood there, stunned, as if struck by lightning.
She...she's dead!?
It was that mother and daughter, and that sorcerer, who were responsible!?
“My benefactor, I remember now…”
She recounted her experience of taking in the mother and daughter before her death.
I just don't understand why those people would harm her when they had no grudges against her and had even been kind to her.
"Because you're lucky, she needs to borrow your life to save her daughter."
Zhao Qiqi was shocked, angry, and unwilling...
I see…
But on what basis?
...
That night, outside the capital city.
The Yu father and son looked excitedly toward the city gate.
The journey was fraught with hardship and not peaceful, but at least the ghost survived and arrived at the foot of the capital.
How could they not be excited about their upcoming family reunion?
Unfortunately, the capital city is a place where the dragon's fortune gathers, and ordinary little devils don't dare to go in at all.
As soon as they passed through the city gate, they felt their cultivation being suppressed, and their ghostly bodies were also in great discomfort.
If we don't leave now, we'll be utterly destroyed sooner or later.
The joy they had just felt vanished instantly, and the father and son had to make other plans.
Seeking a way to enter the city.
Driven by his instincts, the ghost cultivator arrived at an extremely yin place on the outskirts of the city, where there was a ghost market.
Upon inquiry, a solution was indeed found.
Either one's cultivation level is strong enough, or one obtains a trace of divine power from the ghost messengers to conceal oneself from the corruption of the imperial city's dragon fortune.
It is obvious that neither the father nor the son met either of these conditions.
They tried to curry favor with the ghost messengers along the way, but they were completely looked down upon and almost got captured and taken back to the underworld for judgment.
Another, more dangerous method, is to find a mortal to possess.
However, it's easy to be targeted, and in that case, you could end up in dire straits, which would be a huge loss.
The father and son chose this risky method in order to reunite their family.
He found a good item in the ghost market that concealed yin energy and began wandering around looking for unlucky people to possess.
Unlike those uncultivated ghosts, they can also come out and move around during the day, only their magical power is limited.
They didn't find any unlucky guys that night, but they actually found two suitable unlucky guys on the official road during the day.
They were an ordinary couple who sold vegetables.
After being possessed by a ghost, they did not show any abnormalities and went to the city gate as usual to queue for routine checks.
Suddenly, for some reason, they noticed a girl leading a horse, and their anger was inexplicably provoked.
"What are you two standing there for? Are you coming into the city or not?!"
The city guard's impatient urging brought the vegetable-selling couple back to their senses, and they shook their heads in confusion.
Was I possessed? How did I come to hate a strange young girl?
The two entered the city, but before they had gone far, their expressions turned dark and twisted, and their eyes glowed green.
"Father, it's that ungrateful wretch! I can't be wrong!"
“Yes, I saw it too. There’s also a ghost cultivator with her. They can enter the city so openly without possessing someone. They’re probably not easy to deal with.”
"What should we do then?"
"The enemy is in the open while we are in the shadows; there's always a way."
The two men, their faces full of sinister calculation, watched the man and the ghost who had just entered the city from the corner.
I decided to secretly follow him and see what mischief that ingrate was up to this time.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
