Chapter 140 Still Alive
Taoists are skilled in metaphysics, which is indeed very mysterious. If one is proficient in it, finding someone to help them is a simple matter.
But Grandpa Zhou's little granddaughter was an "unregistered" person, with no information whatsoever, so Ning Bao had no way of finding her. Ning Bao looked at Zhou Rongzhang with a troubled expression.
"Grandpa Zhou, I'm so sorry!"
Zhou Rongzhang shook his head.
“It’s okay. I know it’s harder than finding a needle in a haystack. I also know that the chances of finding my granddaughter in this lifetime are almost nil. But I just don’t want to give up. Maybe it’s because I’m unwilling to accept this fact.”
Ning Bao felt a pang of sadness seeing Zhou Rongzhang's dejected appearance.
Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration.
"Grandpa Zhou, although I can't help you find your granddaughter's exact location right now, I can help you determine if she's still alive."
"Really?" Zhou Rongzhang looked at Ning Bao in shock.
"Ningbao, can you really tell whether that child is still alive?"
Ning Bao nodded seriously.
"Really! All Grandpa Zhou needs to do is tell me his birth date and time (both Yang and Yin)."
"When I'm doing the calculations, Grandpa Zhou just needs to silently recite what he wants to be calculated."
"Okay, okay." Zhou Rongzhang nodded repeatedly and then carefully explained the two hours Ning Bao needed.
Ning Bao carefully set up the formation. Zhou Rongzhang was no longer a person of the mortal realm, so calculating for him would be troublesome and would also consume a lot of his energy and spiritual power.
Just as Ningbao started setting up the formation, Lingling quietly crept over.
Lingling gave Ningbao a reproachful look.
“Master, you’ve made such a grand show of things and didn’t even call me over to protect you. You’re really quite magnanimous.”
Ningbao felt a little guilty after being scolded by her own pet, but she still stubbornly refused to admit it.
"We're all on our own, so we probably don't need any protectors here."
Lingling gave her master a disdainful look.
“I know they won’t hurt you, I’m just worried about your spiritual power.”
While Lingling and Ningbao were arguing, Ningbao had already set up her formation.
At this moment, Ningbao was squatting in a corner of the cave where she was resting. At first, everyone thought she was squatting there playing.
The Mu brothers were all reciting their lessons under Shen Junshan's supervision. Just then, Mu Chengye, who had just finished reciting, saw Ning Bao squatting there and wanted to go find her.
He had only taken one step when Li Guizhi pulled him back.
Mu Chengye looked at Li Guizhi, who was tugging at him.
"Grandma, I'm going to go play with my little sister."
Li Guizhi glanced at Ning Bao.
"You're not allowed to go. Can't you see your sister is busy? Wait until she's finished before you go."
Having known each other for some time, Li Guizhi could tell from Ning Bao's constant muttering and gesturing—sometimes holding a talisman, sometimes lighting incense, and occasionally practicing a few moves with a peach wood sword—that Ning Bao was busy.
Although Ningbao often deals with ghosts, Li Guizhi is not afraid at all, nor are the children in the family, because they believe that Ningbao will not harm them.
...
Ning Bao's forehead was covered in sweat; this divination was indeed quite strenuous. Fortunately, the result was in, and Ning Bao looked at Zhou Rongzhang with delight.
"Grandpa Zhou, congratulations! Your granddaughter is still alive, and doing quite well, with a very strong vitality."
After Ning Bao finished speaking, she looked at the divination plate seriously again.
The more she looked at it, the stranger it seemed. Why did she find the divination chart strange?
"Good! Good! Good!" Zhou Rongzhang was very happy and excited after hearing Ning Bao's words.
"As long as she's alive, that's enough. Even if I can't be by her side, I'm content knowing she's still alive and doing well."
It might just be a coincidence!
Ning Bao regained her composure, comforted Zhou Rongzhang a few more times, and then summoned his soul back to the Soul Nourishing Chamber, as it was getting late and she needed to sleep.
She saw that her mother had already made up the bed and was waiting for her.
Mu Chunping felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the chubby little girl talking to thin air.
"Wife, do you think Ningbao is talking to a ghost?"
Shen Yuzhen rolled her eyes at Mu Chunping.
"Nonsense, do you even need to ask? Our Ningbao isn't stupid. Why would she talk to thin air if she didn't talk to ghosts?"
"Hehe! My wife is so smart." Mu Chunping said, reaching out to pull Mu Chunping into his arms.
The moment Mu Chunping reached out his hand, Shen Yuzhen quickly dodged. She lowered her voice and whispered...
"Are you crazy?"
"We're not in our own house now; we're in the middle of nowhere with our whole family of over ten people here. Get out of my way; I don't want to lose face in front of my own family."
Mu Chunping blushed slightly.
"I……"
"Honey, I'm sorry, I just wanted to hug you."
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