Upon hearing Zhang Tianle's words, the middle-aged woman slumped her shoulders as if she had lost her parents. Then, as if she had thought of something, she grabbed Zhang Tianle again: "Since you have inherited Master Zhang Ninghe's Shundao Hall and are his top disciple, you must have a way to help me, right?"
Zhang Tianle shook his head: "I won't help."
"You mean you can?" The middle-aged woman stared at Zhang Tianle with excitement.
She was glad he could do it; she was just afraid he couldn't.
If he knew how, she had plenty of ways to force him to prolong her life.
Zhang Tianle broke free of her hand and pointed to the front door: "I said I wouldn't help. Please go back and prepare for your funeral."
"Heh? Looks like you're going to have to suffer the consequences. Do you know who I am?" The middle-aged woman pulled a seal from her pocket and slammed it on the table. "Take a good look at this. What is it?"
"Who are you?"
Zhang Tianle's face turned cold when he saw the seal on the table.
This seal belongs to his master, the Celestial Master's Seal. It is an officially certified item and would never be entrusted to an outsider for safekeeping.
"Who I am is unimportant; all of this is owed to me by your sect! Your master once said that as long as I come with this seal, your sect will do anything for me. So, kid, can you calm down and talk to me now?"
The middle-aged woman looked at Zhang Tianle triumphantly.
Zhang Tianle remained silent.
His master did not tell him this before he died.
Moreover, using a heaven-defying technique on a woman entangled with malevolent energy would violate his master's teachings and the traditions of his sect.
"What? You don't want to?"
Seeing Zhang Tianle's prolonged silence, the middle-aged woman grabbed the seal back, gave him a cold smile, and said meaningfully, "Since you're unwilling, I won't force you. Sooner or later you'll be begging me for help!"
After saying that, she turned and left.
Zhang Tianle scoffed at her words.
He had just seen the woman's face.
This woman carries a huge burden of karma; such people are always despised in their line of work.
He didn't regret not helping her prolong her life.
But why does he have his master's Celestial Master Seal?
Thinking of this, he began to calculate.
Then a large tree appeared in his mind, along with countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the aura of reincarnation, all intertwined.
The images in my mind were terrifying beyond belief...
Moments later, a deadly, death-filled grayish-white energy rushed toward him.
Just as he was about to be hit, a pale golden energy shield, visible only to him, enveloped him.
The grayish-white energy dissipated, and at the same time, the energy shield disappeared.
[Friendly reminder: The host has been attacked from a higher plane. To ensure the host's safety, an invincible barrier has been activated. To balance the Heavenly Dao, forty years of the host's lifespan has been deducted.]
Although he was injured this time, he also saw something.
A giant tree. A sea of blood. The aura of reincarnation.
This indicates that the woman is connected to the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld.
If he were a little stronger, he might have been able to see even more.
"Master Zhang."
Just as Zhang Tianle looked towards the door, Chen Ruixiang came up: "My grandfather wants you to take a call. He says a friend of his needs your help. I just don't know if it's convenient for you?"
Chen Ruixiang pointed to the phone in his hand.
Just then, the system's voice rang in Zhang Tianle's mind.
[Mission: Please reach 50,000 popularity points within 5 days. Special reward: 100 years of lifespan.]
Hearing this, Zhang Tianle glanced at Chen Ruixiang, his expression strange for a second, before nodding to Chen Ruixiang:
"Can."
Having just been harmed by that woman, who had forty years of his lifespan stolen by the system, he felt a sense of urgency.
Now that the system has given him a reward, he naturally wants to make up for the lifespan he has lost as soon as possible.
Seeing that he agreed, Chen Ruixiang quickly handed him the phone.
Zhang Tianle accepted it.
"Hello, is this Master Zhang?"
The person opposite Chen Changling greeted him with utmost respect.
He now truly believes in Zhang Tianle.
They had just seen Zhang Tianle off when his son received a promotion appointment.
Even more bizarrely, a big business deal that his daughter-in-law had previously failed to complete ended up saving the life of an elderly patient who was a fellow patient of his wife, all because his daughter-in-law went to take care of her.
And the fellow patient turned out to be the mother of the boss of her daughter-in-law's big business, which naturally facilitated the deal.
Their family had been plagued by bad luck, and these good things were things they never dared to dream of. But now, good fortune had arrived as expected, making them feel like it was all a dream.
They naturally attributed all the credit to Zhang Tianle.
"Grandpa Chen, it's me."
Upon hearing Zhang Tianle's words, the other party immediately said excitedly, "Master Zhang, I really need to trouble you this time. My old friend's granddaughter is in trouble. According to my old friend, his granddaughter has encountered something unclean and has already consulted several masters, but none of them have been able to resolve the issue. I would be grateful if you could lend a hand."
Something unclean?
Zhang Tianle immediately activated the Yingtian Heart Method to perform a divination.
Calculation complete.
His expression turned strange: "Old Master Chen, let me tell you about her situation. She's not eating or drinking, she's in a daze all day, she often laughs for no reason, then cries loudly, and she's even had suicidal thoughts."
"Yes, yes, that's it! Old Chen, the master you introduced is truly amazing. We haven't even said anything yet, and he's already predicted everything perfectly. Impressive!"
Before Old Master Chen could respond, another old man's excited voice came from the other end: "Master, I am Old Chen's friend. You actually foresaw this. Do you have a way to solve this problem? Don't worry, as long as you solve this problem, money is definitely not a problem."
Zhang Tianle coughed lightly: "Grandpa, your granddaughter didn't encounter a ghost."
"Huh? She didn't encounter a ghost, so why is she in this state?" The old man was bewildered.
Not only his family members believed that his granddaughter had been possessed by a ghost, but everyone who had seen her appearance said that she had been possessed by a ghost, including those masters and several doctors.
"The reason your granddaughter turned out this way is related to your son and daughter-in-law."
“A year ago, they did everything they could to break up your granddaughter and the boy she liked, so as not to let her marry him.”
“At first your granddaughter was unwilling, so they took her home and forced her to break up with her boyfriend.”
"That boy was also very kind. He waited for your granddaughter to come back and tried every means to find her whereabouts. Finally, he learned from your granddaughter's friend that your granddaughter had been taken home by her family and was not allowed to contact the outside world."
"He traveled a long way to her city, found your granddaughter, and had your granddaughter's best friend contact your granddaughter. The two's relationship moved her best friend, and she intervened, causing your granddaughter to run away from home and elope with the boy."
"Unfortunately, we live in a technological age. Before they could escape the city, your son called the police and brought them back."
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