Chapter 167 Goodbye Mountain Ghost, Another Truth of the Sister-Brother Love Story
He clearly remembered that early that morning, she stroked his head lovingly and said that Alin had finally grown up safely and that she had done her duty to the ancestors of the Ji family.
When she said this, her face was full of relief and pride.
Later she said that she was going out to celebrate his coming of age and would give him a surprise when she came back.
However, he never waited for her to come back.
He searched for her everywhere like crazy, searching the whole town to no avail. He then returned to the village and even visited every place she had taken him to when they were children to collect herbs in the mountains.
Finally, he packed his bags and went to Langzhou to look for her hometown, which she had mentioned in a few words.
But no one there had ever heard of any family with the surname Chang. Even the old people who had lived there all their lives had never seen the girl named Chang Xiaoyu from more than ten years ago.
He did not give up and found a place to settle down in Langzhou, hoping that one day he would find out her whereabouts, or that she would return here out of homesickness.
Just like that, after days and days of fruitless efforts, a fellow villager from the Imperial Capital who had returned to Langzhou to visit relatives suddenly brought back a piece of news:
There is a mysterious Tianming Pavilion on the east street of Dijing. The master of the pavilion has great powers and can help those who seek help to realize their wishes.
However, there are countless people from the Tianming Pavilion searching nearby every day, but only a few can succeed.
It is said that only those with a predestined relationship can enter, and the Pavilion Master will respond to the requests of all those who enter.
Although it was just a rumor and most of the hearers did not believe it, he still rushed to the capital without stopping to pursue a slim chance.
Ji Ranlin finished speaking all this in one breath and slowly closed his eyes.
"Sister must have hated me for being so mean and using such means to marry her. That's why she left me so decisively."
"But I didn't lie to her. If I couldn't marry her, I really couldn't live."
"Is it because Sister has never been happy in the past two years and hates me so much that she left me so cruelly?"
Yun Qingqing found it hard to understand his idea of living only for love and made no comment.
She began to speak:
"Your sister takes her promises very seriously. Just as she swore to raise you well, she will never break her promise since she promised not to abandon you in this life."
Ji Ranlin's breathing stagnated slightly, and the light of hope in his eyes was mixed with a bit of fear.
His voice trembled a little:
"If she disappeared not because she abandoned me, then why? Could it be..."
He didn't say the rest of the words, but the meaning was obvious.
Yun Qingqing sighed:
"She's still alive, but she might not want you to find her."
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Ji Ranlin was silent for a while, then slowly said:
"There's nothing worse to come. Please help me, Pavilion Master."
He stood up and bowed deeply.
Yun Qingqing stared at him for a moment and said:
"I can tell you where she is, but I'll give you a sachet she embroidered herself."
Ji Ranlin slowly untied the sachet, held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time as if it were a treasure, then reluctantly handed it to her:
"Thank you, Pavilion Master."
Yun Qingqing nodded, pinched her fingers with the sachet, and raised her eyebrows slightly:
"There's a temple dedicated to the mountain god on Zhiluo Mountain outside Beijing. Take this talisman and pray to the mountain god. Tell her I sent you there, and she'll help you."
Hope flashed in Ji Ranlin's eyes again. He took the talisman, bowed solemnly, and left quickly.
There were eight or nine guests that day, and Yun Qingqing was busy until late at night before she finished dealing with everything.
It is really very busy.
Yun Qingqing was a little worried. It was a good thing that many people came to her for fortune-telling, but now that Tianming Pavilion was becoming more and more famous, more and more people were coming. If this continued, she would soon be too busy to handle it.
Is it time to raise the threshold for "the right person"?
She was thinking about these things in her mind as she left Tianming Pavilion. Her expression suddenly changed and she moved to the side nimbly.
A red figure whizzed past her.
"What the hell! Why are you still so alert?!"
The woman in the red silk dress had long hair that fluttered in the wind, and a charming face that captivated everyone with a coquettish/angry smile.
"By the way, what kind of magic did you use? I've been searching for you around here for most of the day, but I couldn't find the legendary Tianming Pavilion! I just waited here, and finally you came out!"
Yun Qingqing smiled slightly, raised her hand and drew a talisman in the air and placed it on Zhiluo's forehead. She immediately looked at the gate of Tianming Pavilion with wide eyes.
"Good fellow! I thought I'd finally be able to challenge you after my cultivation had increased so much recently, but it turns out we're still so far behind! I'm so angry! You're exaggerating!"
The mountain ghost Zhiluo said she was angry, but she smiled and put her arm around Yun Qingqing's arm, almost sticking her whole body to her.
Yun Qingqing's eyes were bright, and there was a hint of relief in her smile:
"It seems like you've been doing well lately."
"Oh, don't mention it, I'm almost busy!" Zhiluo wrinkled her nose in disgust. It was obviously a very cute little gesture, but when she did it, it looked very charming.
"Ever since the Ming family built that temple for me, it was quite peaceful at first. I had offerings, and I would help people who came to ask for wishes, depending on my mood. My life was so carefree."
"But for some reason, more and more people come to my little temple to offer sacrifices and make wishes, and I can't keep up with them all!"
"And when there are a lot of people, there are all sorts of weird requests. Some ask me to teach a neighbor a lesson, some want to steal their best friend's fiancé, and some even ask me to help kill their enemy!"
"What on earth is this all about?"
Yun Qingqing burst into laughter:
"But I see you're enjoying it, otherwise how could your merit increase so quickly?"
Zhiluo was not annoyed when her thoughts were exposed. She made a face and said:
"As mountain ghosts, we must accept anything that is beneficial to our cultivation!"
She changed the subject and finally mentioned her purpose:
"Were you the one who showed the way to the mortal husband of that rabbit spirit today?"
Yun Qingqing smiled calmly:
"Are you here to punish the rabbit spirit?"
"How could that be? The little rabbit is crying for joy!" Zhiluo sighed.
Yun Qingqing paused slightly:
"Happy? Didn't she leave that man because she was reduced to her original form and became a demon? Would she still be willing to let him find her?"
Zhiluo sighed:
"You can even calculate that she was beaten back to her original form by her enemies, but you can't calculate how much she loves the husband she raised."
"Hmm... That's true. I really find it hard to understand. Why would someone fall so deeply in love when they clearly knew from the beginning that they weren't suitable for each other?"
Yun Qingqing felt that she had very good reasons for not being able to figure out the rabbit spirit's feelings.
Zhiluo sighed and completed the story of the two people.
Not long after Chang Xiaoyu transformed, a wolf demon targeted his inner elixir. During the fight, both demons turned back to their original forms. Chang Xiaoyu was accidentally bitten by the wolf demon and almost became its tonic.
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