Taoist Master Yuxuan looked Qin Shu up and down, his eyes sweeping across her trouser legs that were worn by her knees, and finally stopping on her hands with turned-out nails.
He originally wanted to give Qin Shu another difficult problem to delay time, or make her give up.
However, facing Qin Shu's increasingly violent eyes, Taoist Yuxuan finally moved aside.
"Donor, please follow me--"
The tension in Qin Shu's chest suddenly relaxed.
She took a step, her weak legs had no strength at all, and her body suddenly threw forward.
"sister in law!"
"Young Madam!"
Amuti and the Xie family confidant who was supporting Qin Shu exclaimed at the same time.
Qin Shu tightly grasped her confidant's arm: "I'm fine, help me in!"
Amuti stared at Qin Shu's shoeless left foot, which was bleeding and standing on the ground. He gritted his teeth and picked her up by the waist.
"Sister-in-law, I'll carry you in!"
Qin Shu was lifted into the air. She was stunned at first, then her tense and trembling body relaxed.
She squeezed out a word from her throat: "Okay--"
She really had no strength left and was eager to see Xie Lanzhi.
Taoist Master Yuxuan glanced at the two of them and led the way without saying a word to the main hall where the Three Pure Ones were enshrined.
Outside the main hall.
From the entrance of the temple to the courtyard below the steps, the disciples of the Taoist temple stood in two rows.
The old Taoist priest in a purple robe was leading the group and walked towards Qin Shu holding three incense sticks in his hands.
"Mr. Xie's body is in the temple, being watched over by the Three Pure Ones themselves. Logically, our temple should let Mr. Xie's body see the light of day again in two days. My master is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see you wait in vain. Mr. Qin, please enter the temple holding three incense sticks."
Qin Shu landed on the ground and took the three incense sticks: "I understand."
She held three incense sticks in her hands and walked up the stairs step by step under the gaze of everyone.
The main hall, where the Three Pure Ones are enshrined, has three levels of stairs, for a total of 108 steps.
With every step Qin Shu took, her body swayed, giving people the feeling that she might fall and roll down the stairs at any time.
Qin Shu stopped at the last flight of stairs and looked up at the majestic and sacred palace.
Her whole body was shaking, and she felt piercing pain in her feet. Her knees could not stand straight and were bent.
Qin Shu withdrew her gaze, gritted her teeth and endured the severe pain, and climbed up the last step tremblingly.
There were two Taoist disciples guarding the door. One of them took the incense from Qin Shu, and the other slowly pushed open the heavy wooden door.
A faint scent of sandalwood wafted towards her face. Qin Shu's eyelashes, which were covered with sweat, trembled slightly, and she raised her eyes to look into the hall.
In the center of the deserted hall, there was a lifeless coffin.
"Xie Lanzhi!"
Qin Shu couldn't stand for a moment, and slid down to her knees, holding onto the wooden door with both hands.
She crawled towards the coffin with a limp body, making mournful sounds and calling out Xie Lanzhi's name in pain.
The coffin was only a few meters away from the door.
Qin Shu crawled awkwardly for several minutes, and her trembling fingertips finally touched the coffin.
With her trembling hands, she gently stroked the cold coffin, as if she was afraid of disturbing the person lying inside.
"Xie Lanzhi, I'm here to see you—"
Qin Shu's forehead was pressed against the coffin, and she let out hoarse, low sobs.
Taoist Master Yuxuan, Amuti and others stood outside the hall, looking at Qin Shu's sad look, and were all moved by her.
Amuti stepped into the hall, wanting to take another look at Brother Lan.
Taoist Master Yuxuan grabbed the man and said, "Don't do that, benefactor!"
Amuti looked at Taoist Yuxuan unkindly: "Why?"
Taoist Master Yuxuan looked up at the Three Pure Ones in the hall and explained in a calm voice: "Donor, do you still remember that when you came last time, the eyes of the Three Pure Ones were slightly closed. Now the eyes of the Three Pure Ones have been opened, which means that they have opened their spiritual consciousness. Except for the man of destiny and donor Qin, no one can withstand the suppression of the spiritual consciousness of the gods."
Amuti looked up at the Three Pure Ones in the hall and found that their eyes, which were open and penetrating, seemed alive and struck his soul directly.
Amuti subconsciously lowered his head and stepped back uncontrollably, his heart deeply shocked.
The moment he looked into the eyes of the statue, he felt an invisible force of oppression sweeping over him, covering his entire body, and he felt both respect and fear in his heart.
"ah!!!"
A heart-wrenching sob suddenly rang out in the hall.
Qin Shu supported the coffin with both hands and saw Xie Lanzhi lying inside.
Xie Lanzhi had a calm expression, he was extremely thin, his face was ashen and pale, and he looked lifeless.
The moment Qin Shu saw Xie Lanzhi, she burst into tears uncontrollably.
Tears of sadness welled up in her eyes, and her vision became blurred, so she could not see the outline of Xie Lanzhi's handsome face clearly.
Qin Shu wiped the tears from her eyes and reached out her hand to the man lying in the coffin.
"Xie Lanzhi, get up, get up! I'll take you home!"
"Wake up, please! How can you be so sleepy? Get up and come home with me!"
No matter how Qin Shu screamed hysterically, the man lying in the coffin did not respond at all.
Qin Shu leaned her upper body against the side of the coffin and reached out to shake Xie Lanzhi's shoulders.
"Brother Lan, I beg you...can you please wake up?"
Her bloody hands grabbed Xie Lanzhi's collar, trying to pull him up. The wounds on her fingertips were torn, and blood flowed out from the wounds of varying sizes.
Qin Shu seemed not to feel any pain and tried her best to pull the man up.
"Xie Lanzhi, stop playing. I admit defeat, okay? You really scared me. Get up and come home with me!"
"The children are still waiting for us. They have been waiting for their dad. Brother Lan, don't sleep anymore. Let's go home together!"
Qin Shu was so weak that she couldn't even pull Xie Lanzhi away, and she almost fell into the coffin.
Qin Shu's hands trembled as she reached out to Xie Lanzhi. When she held the man's cold hand, tears welled up in her eyes again.
She sobbed and cried, "Brother Lan, you are so cold, can I warm you up?"
Qin Shu put Xie Lanzhi's hand on her face and burst into tears.
"Brother Lan, wake up, open your eyes and look at me..."
Xie Lanzhi's hands were too cold. Qin Shu held the man's scarred hands and rubbed them constantly.
The temperature of a dead body is like ice, which cannot be heated up. Any heat that may form will quickly dissipate.
Qin Shu was panicked and frightened. She put her red lips close to Xie Lanzhi's hand and blew hot air on it, but it still didn't help.
She really had no choice but to hold Xie Lanzhi's hand tightly and put it on her heart: "Brother Lan, are you cold? Can I warm you up?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Shu struggled to get up and stumbled into the coffin.
"Sister-in-law, don't!"
Amuti, who was outside the door, saw this scene and shouted to stop it.
Qin Shu hugged the cold body with her hands and feet, and used her body temperature to convey warmth to Xie Lanzhi: "I'll hug you, and you won't be cold."
She was weak and didn't have much heat in her body. The heat was quickly dissipated by the cold corpse, and she became as cold as Xie Lanzhi.
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