Chapter 13
“Take a good look at the video upload date. Isn’t it the same day that demoness appeared? In this world, no matter how capable someone is, who can transform an ordinary person with crippled legs into someone like the one in the video in just one day?” The alluring woman pointed to the upload date in the lower corner of the video, her tone unwavering. “There’s only one possibility: the Luo Hengzhi we see now is not the original Luo Hengzhi, but like that demoness, she is also a demon, only she has taken over Luo Hengzhi’s body and used strange powers to control this body to stand up.”
“Yes, yes, what my stepmother said makes sense, that must be it.” Li Man laughed heartily when she heard what she wanted to hear, all her anger from before gone, and she said with schadenfreude, “This Luo Hengzhi is really pitiful! He was originally a cripple, but he could still barely survive. Now, he’s been ruined by that witch and can’t even be a cripple anymore. His soul has been scattered and his body has been taken over. At least he didn’t let down the good marriage that my Li family specially arranged for him.”
"Yes, yes." The alluring woman smiled and agreed, walking to the window and looking at the increasingly sinister atmosphere in the back of the Li family's residence, her eyes filled with amusement.
"Stepmother, Father has said that Grandpa's health is getting better and better. Why doesn't Grandpa come out of the inner courtyard?" Li Man followed the charming woman's gaze and looked towards the inner courtyard.
The alluring woman said, "It'll be soon."
“Why does my stepmother speak like my father, always saying ‘fast’? Doesn’t she know how restless the collateral branches are because my grandfather hasn’t shown his face for so long? Even that bitch Li Xue’er dares to call herself a member of the Li family now, and she’s even using that to seduce Jiang Mo from the Jiang family in Yun Jing City.” Li Man opened a picture and handed it to the charming woman.
The alluring woman glanced at the photo, then her eyes lit up when she noticed the jade pendant peeking out from Jiang Mo's collar.
"Who dares to upset my precious granddaughter?" A deep, weathered voice came from outside the door.
"Grandpa." Upon hearing the voice, Li Man happily stood up and ran out. When she came back inside, she took the arm of a thin but energetic old man and said coquettishly, "Grandpa, you're finally willing to come out of the inner quarters. Your granddaughter missed you so much."
Li Nao turned to look at Li Man, affectionately ruffling her hair: "Grandpa misses you all too."
If Li Man looked up and took a closer look, she would notice that her grandfather's posture stiffened for a moment when he turned his head. That momentary stiffness in his limbs resembled that of a walking corpse controlled by a stringed puppet.
"Xiaoman, what did you just say about the Jiang family in Yunjing City?" Li Nao asked.
“Li Xue’er is from a side branch. Grandpa may not know her, but she’s a rising star now. She’s recently hooked up with Jiang Mo. Grandpa, she dares to call herself the eldest daughter of the Li family. If she’s the eldest daughter of the Li family, then who am I?” Li Man looked like a weak little girl, completely unlike her previous arrogance. Her voice was very aggrieved, as if she was about to cry.
Li Nao smiled and patted Li Man's hand to comfort her, "My Xiao Man is incomparable to anyone else!"
Li Man was pleased and immediately beamed with joy: "Grandpa, Jiang Mo looks pretty good. I heard he's the only son of the Jiang family."
Li Nao: "What, girl, you've taken a fancy to the Jiang family boy again? What about the Luo family boy?"
"Grandpa, it would have been better if you hadn't mentioned Luo Hengzhi. You don't know that a vixen came to our Li family because of Luo Hengzhi. She not only bullied my brother and me, but also beat Master Li so badly that his soul was scattered and turned to ashes." Li Man was about to cry again as she recalled the humiliation she suffered that day.
"What's going on?" Li Nao had just woken up today and was unaware that such a thing had happened in the manor. He looked up at the charming woman beside him.
The alluring woman said, "That man had an unusual, glowing sword in his hand. Master Li was killed by that sword."
"Yes, that sword can even understand human speech, it's really eerie." Li Man remembered something and clicked on the popular video she had just watched. "Stepmother, is this the sword? Is it the one the demoness used?"
The alluring woman took the sword and looked at the longsword flying through the air in the video. A hint of understanding appeared in her eyes, but she said vaguely, "I can't quite tell. I don't know much about swords. It looks a bit like one, but it also seems a bit different."
"Grandpa, look! That witch from that day also had the sword from the video, but she's so ugly, she doesn't deserve such a fine sword." Li Man handed her phone to Li Nao, not forgetting to complain about the witch's appearance.
Li Nao took the phone and looked at Ye Zi in the video, who looked like a celestial being. He was immediately invigorated. This was a celestial body. There really was such a thing as a celestial body.
The book he obtained stated that if one could refine the immortal body, one could attain true immortality.
Li Nao looked down at his withered arms, which were like dry branches. He had to refine this immortal body to get rid of his current inhuman and ghostly body. Refining the immortal body would also allow him to regain his youth.
Li Nao became increasingly agitated as he thought about it. His fingers trembled as he pulled the video back to the beginning and watched it word by word again. When he heard the last part about the Lingju Temple on Wuming Mountain, the expression on Li Nao's face became ferocious and distorted due to his excessive excitement.
"Old Master?" The alluring woman suddenly spoke, interrupting Li Nao's dream of immediate immortality and rejuvenation.
Li Nao suppressed his smile. He needed to be absolutely sure about the matter of the Immortal Body and planned carefully before taking action.
“This video is obviously a special effects composite, don’t worry about it.” Li Nao put down his phone and looked at Li Man. “No matter what weapons that witch has, if she appears again, Grandpa will definitely avenge his grandson.”
"Fine, Grandpa is still the best." Li Man was full of arrogance, her nostrils pointing to the sky, secretly clamoring that no matter if she was a demon or not, she had offended the Li family and would make her pay the price sooner or later.
Only then did Li Nao look at the alluring woman and ask, "Xin Yue, is there anything you want to say?"
"Grandpa, I just sent someone to investigate Jiang Mo, whom Li Xue'er has gotten involved with. He is indeed the only son of the Jiang family in Yun Jing City. Moreover, he has been frail and sickly since birth, and has faced death multiple times. The reason he has survived to this day is because he carries the Jiang family's ancestral blessing token with him." The charming woman, Xin Yue, said respectfully, "This blessing token can not only protect you from misfortune, but also prolong your life!"
"Prolong life and increase health!" Li Nao suddenly looked up at Xin Yue, his eyes sharp. "I've never heard of any family having this before."
“It was Jiang Kaidong, the fourth young master of the Jiang family, who is also Jiang Mo’s fourth uncle, who let it slip when he was drunk. At that time, the old man was still in seclusion.” Xin Yue sent Li Nao an electronic investigation document. “This document contains a video of Jiang Kaidong drunk.”
Li Nao watched the video: "Send someone to inform Li Xue'er to bring Jiang Mo to the old house tomorrow."
"Yes." Xin Yue bowed her head, a slight smile playing on her lips.
Deep in the Yao Mountains
Ye Zi had just received a plea for help online from a small mountain village, saying that a monster had appeared in the village and would come out every night to harm the villagers.
The next second, Luo Hengzhi had already been pulled into this jungle ravine swarming with mosquitoes by Ye Zi.
Looking at the dense, dark jungle and the various rare insects flying around his head, Luo Hengzhi really disliked the insects, even loathed them, and wanted to leave immediately.
After enduring the pain for a while, Luo Hengzhi finally couldn't help but speak up: "Actually, if you want to make money quickly, you can directly target big spenders. With your abilities, you can easily earn tens of millions for performing a ritual for them. The case with the Jiang family in Yunjing City is a good example."
Luo Hengzhi couldn't understand why Ye Zi had chosen this job in the remote mountain village. Not only was the journey long, but it was also in a poor mountain village. The villagers relied on the mountains for their livelihood and didn't have much income. Even if they were paid, it would only be two hundred yuan, which meant that this job would basically be a waste of time.
Xiaoyu's previous order was already a waste of time, and now she's taken on this one.
This cultivator has absolutely no business sense. It's not worth it for him to travel such a long distance back and forth. It's really baffling and I don't understand what he's trying to do!
Ye Zi turned and glanced at Luo Hengzhi, then nodded: "Okay."
Luo Hengzhi was a little surprised to hear Ye Zi agree so readily.
"Then let's go back now." Luo Hengzhi turned and left, wanting to escape the small flying insects as quickly as possible.
"Let's head back now," Ye Zi said, continuing her journey deeper into the mountains.
Seeing that Ye Zi didn't intend to turn back, Luo Hengzhi knew he might encounter something if he returned alone, so he reluctantly continued to follow, saying, "Why don't you just fly there?"
Ye Zi: "That thing is very alert and can detect fluctuations in spiritual energy."
"What..." Before Luo Hengzhi could finish speaking, something furry and soft suddenly smacked him on the face.
Luo Hengzhi was still thinking about something and tried to pull it off when he felt a cool sensation between his eyebrows and a "ding" sounded in his mind.
Hearing the noise, Ye Zi looked at the little thing perched on Luo Hengzhi's head. Her eyes first showed some surprise, then a smile appeared at the corners of her eyes.
Luo Hengzhi peeled the thing off her face: "What is this?" The hair is so soft, and it feels pretty good to the touch.
Just as she finished thinking, Luo Hengzhi met a pair of tiny, squinty eyes, the size of sesame seeds. The key point was that these almost negligible eyes were actually on a large face.
Luo Hengzhi was startled and instinctively threw it away: "What is this thing? It's so ugly!"
"Master, please don't dislike me, waaaah..." The little thing was thrown to the ground, crying pitifully in a childish voice, flapping its tiny, barely visible wings as it looked at Luo Hengzhi, as if begging for a hug.
"Why is there a baby talking? Ye Zi, did you hear that?" Luo Hengzhi looked around when she heard the baby's voice, thinking to herself, "Who would bring a child to a place like this? Isn't this just putting the child in a bad situation?"
Ye Zi picked up the small thing that Luo Hengzhi had completely ignored from the ground and put it back into Luo Hengzhi's arms: "This thing is talking."
"Uh..." Luo Hengzhi looked at the ugly, whimpering thing in her arms, "What is this? It can actually talk?"
"Dragon," Ye Zi answered crisply.
"What is that?" Luo Hengzhi could hardly believe his ears, staring at the little thing in his arms with utter disbelief. How could this thing possibly be a dragon? Was Ye Zi sure she wasn't teasing him?!
"Master, I really am a dragon, my name is Long Bao." The little thing was afraid that Luo Hengzhi would throw it to the ground again, so it tightly clutched Luo Hengzhi's clothes in its little paws.
Luo Hengzhi looked at Long Bao with a completely disbelieving expression. Are you... kidding me too?!
"I really am a dragon, I have dragon horns on my head." Long Bao shook the two bumps on the top of his head, trying to prove that he was a dragon.
Luo Hengzhi couldn't help but roll her eyes. What dragon horns? Are you sure this isn't a mosquito bite?
Luo Hengzhi: "Why do you call me master?"
"Because we've formed a bond, didn't you hear me, Master?" Long Bao beamed, his tiny, happy eyes practically disappearing.
Luo Hengzhi then realized why she had heard a "ding" in her head earlier.
It's another contractual agreement. I don't even need to ask his opinion on how I'm forming this contract with him!
He accepted Ye Zi's situation, but he didn't know what kind of creature this little thing in his arms was, yet it also came out to bully him. Was it because he was easy to talk to?
Luo Hengzhi casually tossed Long Bao to the ground again and said coldly, "The contract is terminated. I never agreed to take you."
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