Chapter 33 The Evil Daughter Who Was Driven Away
After Zhang Xiaojia finished drinking the porridge, a middle-aged man appeared in the live video. He was dressed in a suit and tie, and was dressed meticulously, clean and calm.
The middle-aged man took the lead in introducing himself. "Master Zhang, my name is Gu Tingfeng, I'm thirty-five years old. I saw you mention being bewitched, and I'd like to know if I've been bewitched."
After seeing Gu Tingfeng's face, Zhang Xiaojia sighed softly and said, "Tell me about your business first."
Gu Tingfeng's deep voice rang out, "I met Sun Youcai a year ago. He actually lived a good life. His ancestors had some money, and the three of them, brothers and sisters, had always lived in a small town. They weren't rich, but they didn't worry about money."
He paused and continued, "Last year, a weathered elderly couple came to our quiet and peaceful town. They asked around for news about me and finally found me, insisting that I was their long-lost son. Faced with this sudden situation, I naturally found it hard to believe. How could it be possible? After all, I have lived here for so long and have familiar relatives and friends.
However, seeing the two elderly people's earnest and hopeful eyes, I decided to go to the hospital with them for a DNA test. The results were shocking: I was actually their son! At that moment, my world seemed to be turned upside down.
Honestly, I was already 35 years old at the time, halfway through my life. I wasn't overly excited about the sudden arrival of my biological parents. In my heart, perhaps it would be more appropriate to treat them as distant relatives. Furthermore, I simply couldn't let go of my small-town life; it held so many memories and emotions. My family, my partner, and the friends I'd grown up with were all an integral part of my life.
But my biological parents didn't understand. They came full of hope to recognize me, only to return to the outskirts of Beijing filled with sorrow. From that day on, my life changed forever. For some reason, I no longer loved my beloved with the same deep affection I once had. I also resented my siblings, who had been with me since childhood, and I constantly picked on them for no apparent reason. Even the smallest insignificant incident would be magnified into a fiery argument.
Finally, fate dealt me the heaviest blow. My lover was in a serious car accident, leaving him paralyzed in bed. This should have been a time for me to be there for him, but instead, I made a heartbreaking choice—I heartlessly abandoned him, leaving town without a second thought, and running to the arms of my biological parents in the old city.
Looking back now, it's as if two distinct souls inhabited my body during that time. One desperately longed for a so-called upper-class life, pursuing wealth and glory; the other desperately struggled to return to my small town, to be with my loved ones, and to recapture the warmth and family love I once had. Master Zhang, am I heartless, or have I been bewitched?
Zhang Xiaojia asked, "Now that you've returned to the city, will your biological parents' business immediately see a turnaround and prosper? And will your biological brother and sister also experience continuous good fortune and success from now on?"
Gu Tingfeng nodded slightly in agreement, then slowly continued, "When I first arrived in this city, I was shocked to discover that my parents' business was already in deep crisis and on the brink of bankruptcy. My elder brother, a civil servant, should have had a bright future, but unfortunately, he was caught up in a scandal involving his superiors accepting bribes and was implicated. Even my beloved younger sister's marriage was in jeopardy and seemed to be on the verge of collapse."
"However, things often develop unexpectedly. Just after we held our first family gathering, as if by divine help, the company suddenly received a large business deal and successfully saved its declining fortunes. At the same time, my eldest brother was able to prove his innocence. Not only that, he turned a disaster into a blessing and replaced his former boss's position. As for my younger sister, her marital status has gradually begun to improve." At this time, Gu Tingfeng's eyes flickered, as if he was lost in some memories.
"But..." Gu Tingfeng's tone became heavy as he changed the subject. "From that time on, I felt as if there were two completely different souls in my body. One soul wanted to stay here and live a luxurious life; the other soul, because it was worried about its relatives and friends, especially the ones it loved deeply, wanted to escape this city and return to its lover and family. Whenever I wanted to leave the Forty-Nine City, my other soul would force me to leave, otherwise I would go into a coma for two days.
"Master Zhang, am I just greedy for a life of luxury, or have I been bewitched?" After saying this, Gu Tingfeng sighed deeply, his face filled with worry.
Zhang Xiaojia organized his words, "Your forehead is sunken, your adoptive parents died early, your forehead is covered with wrinkles, your life palace is black with white, and you have the aura of mourning clothes and weeping.
"Your heavenly storehouses and earthly treasuries are full and bright, your wealth is abundant, and your two cabinets are rich, which will benefit your descendants. Your biological family members should all be wealthy, either rich or noble." Zhang Xiaojia said again.
This person's wealth palace is smooth, but his adoptive parents, relatives and children are a mess.
Biological parents and biological brothers and sisters can all be wealthy and noble.
Zhang Xiaojia held her little face with both hands and said cruelly, "Your adoptive parents and adopted siblings are exactly the same age as your biological parents and siblings. Your two eldest brothers are both forty years old this year. Their birthdays are coming soon, right?
This is the case with your biological family, your grandparents, and even your uncles and aunts. They all died at the age of 40 without any accidents or illnesses. It was simply a natural death, and the hospital couldn't find the cause.
They looked for many talented people, and consulted fortune tellers and feng shui masters many times. There was no shortage of talented people with real skills. Their solution was to give away all the family property, go to a Taoist temple, or go to a Buddhist temple and stay there for ten years, and that would solve your family's problems. However, they were reluctant to give up their wealth and glory.
Greed is insatiable. Your biological parents hired evil cultivators, who then found substitutes for them. Your adoptive parents and siblings are their substitutes. They also planted an evil spell in your body. Once you learn about your biological parents, you'll hate them.
If you go back, your biological parents will die immediately, and your eldest brother will die at the age of forty unless he gives away all his family property and goes to the mountains to practice cultivation for ten years. If you don't go back, even if your biological parents and siblings successfully change their fate, it will benefit three generations, but your adopted siblings and their descendants will die at the age of forty, causing disaster for six generations. There is no solution yet."
"What?" When Gu Tingfeng heard this, the first thing he thought of was that his adoptive parents were killed by his biological parents. Would his elder brother and younger sister hate him?
Zhang Xiaojia didn't say anything and watched him make the choice. Some people are always favored by God, because they were kind people in their previous lives, such as the person on the screen: in the first life, he gave away all his property to save the people of the city; in the second life, he died defending the city against the massacre by foreigners; in the third life, for the sake of the people, he swore to die rather than surrender, chased the Japanese, waited for reinforcements, rescued the people, and finally died on the battlefield for the country.
If the Gu family had taken good care of him and done more good deeds, they would have actually avoided the fate of dying at the age of forty. This was a glimmer of hope given to the Gu family by Heaven, but the Gu family was not sure of it and directly asked the evil cultivator to perform a ritual to kill the adoptive parents of the three generations of good people. After three generations of the Gu family, even if they gave away all their property and went to the mountains to practice for ten years, their descendants would all have the life of beggars. Whether there was a glimmer of hope or not would depend on whether their descendants did good deeds and accumulated virtue.
Gu Tingfeng thought for a long time, and finally said, "Master Zhang, I want to go back to the small town. That's my home. If the Gu family just gives away all their wealth and goes to the mountains to practice for ten years, won't everything be fine? I am Sun Youcai. If I don't go back, what will happen to my elder brother, younger sister, nephews, nieces, and nephews? What will happen to my lover?"
In this life, he chose to live as Sun Youcai. This name suits him best. He will have both talent and wealth. The Sun family will not do wrong, and their descendants will be rich and powerful.
"Well, now that I've encountered this, I won't stand idly by. Don't turn off the live broadcast, just go to the garage."
Sun Youcai quickly came to the garage.
Zhang Xiaojia looked at the cars in the garage and said, "Get in that Hongqi car."
When Sun Youcai saw the Red Flag car, he burst into tears and choked up, saying, "Master, this is the car my wife gave me. How could I be such a jerk to abandon it?"
Zhang Xiaojia twitched her lips and said, "Don't show off your love. If you don't go back, your lover will go on a blind date."
When Sun Youcai heard that, he was so angry that he immediately got in the car and drove out.
Zhang Xiaojia then continued, "Don't stop, don't drive on the highway, just drive on the national highway."
Sun Youcai saw the guardrail and hurried to say...
Zhang Xiaojia directly said, "Bump into it, quickly..."
Sun Youcai made up his mind and drove straight ahead, following Zhang Xiaojia's instructions, turning left and right. Miraculously, there was no red light.
"Master, there are police following us..."
Zhang Xiaojia said calmly, "Oh, you just knocked down the door sill and were seen by a traffic policeman. He thought you were driving under the influence and is chasing you. Ignore him and drive as I tell you."
Sun Youcai mumbled, "I've never done anything illegal in my life..."
"Sun Youcai, it doesn't matter if you broke the law once. The law won't sentence you for saving people. Think about the fate of your brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, and nieces."
Under the command of Zhang Xiaojia, Sun Youcai finally succeeded in leaving Sijiucheng, the place where he felt constrained.
Looking back on the past six months, Sun Youcai racked his brains and tried every possible way to escape from this place, but no matter how he planned, there seemed to be an invisible force that trapped him here.
"Master Zhang, should I stop the car? There's a traffic police officer behind us?"
"No, turn right in 50 meters."
"Aren't we taking the national highway? Why did you choose the small road?"
Zhang Xiaojia kindly explained, "There's a traffic police officer stopping you ahead. You can't stop. Just follow my instructions."
[There are already many police cars behind him. Sun Youcai is really impressive. He has police cars escorting him all the way home.]
[There were many cars following, all following the route given by the anchor, and Sun Youcai didn't encounter a single red light]
[I don't know how much money will be deducted for this? How many points will be deducted?]
[At most, I'll pay a small amount of money! I just broke the guardhouse's gate, but there's nothing else wrong with it.]
Zhang Xiaojia directed the march from nine in the evening until five in the morning. She yawned and said, "We've arrived at your hometown. The evil spell on your body has been broken, and the Sun family's curse has been resolved. 1,000 meters ahead, your brother, sister, and lover are waiting for you. Remember, do good deeds."
Zhang Xiaojia simply closed the live broadcast room and went to sleep.
He Fei would come over every time when she fell asleep. He would carry Jia Jia back to bed, wash her up, and look at her. He could resist the punishment of the Lord God, but Jia Jia's level was too low and she couldn't bear it. He could only help her bear most of it. Three years was a short time. After three years, he would never let her leave his sight.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, he was woken up by his elder brother. Zhang Xiaojia looked at him dazedly and said, "Brother, you asked me to live broadcast yesterday, and I did it until 5 o'clock. What are you doing now? I want to sleep."
Zhang Xiaoqi didn't want to talk, so he just left the paper man to help her brush her teeth and wash her face and stuff the rice into her mouth. At that time, Zhang Xiaojia officially woke up, snatched the rice ball from the paper man's hand, and ate it in no time.
The head of the Qingwei sect set up ten exchange formations on Mount Qingcheng. The Qingwei sect's Taoist priests attached amplifying notes to their bodies and chanted loudly, "Li Xiang of Maoshan, Zhang Xiaoqi of Zhengyi Sect, Li Daoming of Quanzhen Sect, and Taoist friend Yi Zhi of Xuanmen Sect..."
One after another, the young and promising next leaders of Taoism came out and stood in the waiting area at the front of the line.
"The last one is Zhang Xiaojia from the Zhengyi Sect. Please ask the above disciples to enter the first set of illusion arrays."
Zhang Xiaojia immediately protested, "The first group is the successor to the leader, and this is the most dangerous illusion array. I, who has lost my memory, can't handle it. Old man, you said that the uncles, brothers, sisters, and junior brothers and sisters from Zhengyi Sect and Longhu Mountain would support me."
The leaders of all the sects looked at Zhang Tianshi, whose face turned completely black. Why was this little idiot shouting "lover" so loudly? Did he not care about his dignity anymore?
He didn't want her to be the next leader either! They were all heirs chosen by the ancestors of each faction, so what could he do?
The Qingwei Sect's headmaster and eldest disciple stood before them and said, "The competition officially begins at ten o'clock and will last for eight hours. The ratio of real time to time inside the illusion is nine to one, meaning you will have to live inside the illusion for three days. During the competition, you will undergo various trials. Your mission is to survive. If you die inside, you lose the competition. In addition, if you can find the truth in the illusion according to the clues, you will get extra points."
A clear goose cry rang out in the sky, and they were kicked into the illusion.
After a moment of dizziness, Zhang Xiaojia opened her eyes and found herself in a pitch-black cave. She couldn't see anything a few meters away, but there was thunder. Was she kidding? She had entered a fantasy world, and the thunder continued.
At this time, in the conference hall of the Taoist temple, there were dozens of screens showing the performance of these successors. Zhang Tianshi, the head of Longhu Mountain, and the head of Zhengyi Dao were staring at Zhang Xiaojia's screen. They didn't want this little idiot to become the head. They had finally eased the situation with the Quanzhen Taoists. Who knew what would happen after this little idiot took office?
Zhang Xiaojia took out the paper substitutes from her bag and threw them around. Then she saw six paper substitutes holding super bright light bulbs in their hands, illuminating the area of more than ten meters around them.
Suddenly, a flying zombie appeared from nowhere and rushed directly towards Zhang Xiaojia.
Before it reached five meters away from Zhang Xiaojia, it was struck by lightning again and again, and soon turned into charcoal.
After seeing this, the people in the conference room didn't know how to describe their feelings. If they encountered a flying zombie, it would take some time for it to die, but Zhang Xiaojia didn't have to do it himself.
The most unhappy person here is the leader of Quanzhen Sect. His successor this year has the best talent, but since he meets the daughter of Heaven, he has to step aside.
After Zhang Xiaojia saw the soul inside the zombie corpse, she took out the notebook given by the old man and flipped through it desperately to find the introduction of zombies. She realized that there was only a way to destroy zombies, but no way to save souls. She directly opened the ghost gate, and her wild man came out of the ghost gate. Zhang Xiaojia ran over happily and took his arm. "This zombie has a soul trapped in the corpse. I can't take out its soul. You take out its soul and take it to reincarnation."
If it was an ordinary ghost catcher, he couldn't do it directly. Even if the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master came, they wouldn't want to do it either, as it would take a lot of mana. It would be better to destroy the soul directly. However, as the Southern Ghost King, He Fei was able to do it very easily. He chanted the spell and waved his hand, and the soul came out.
Zhang Xiaojia also followed and thought she had learned it. Although the wild man did not speak to her, his eyes could not betray her. The wild man must like her.
He Fei put the Qiankun bag in Zhang Xiaojia's hand and left. Zhang Xiaojia put the Qiankun bag in her bag and continued on her way.
Everyone in the conference room glanced at each other with varying expressions. Damn it, what are we even playing at! The Southern Ghost Emperor had even come out to help Zhang Xiaojia. This was simply cheating.
Along the way, thunder roared incessantly, and the lightning danced wildly in the air like silver snakes, striking the ground fiercely.
Some ghosts were unable to dodge and were directly struck by the violent lightning, and their souls were instantly destroyed; others were luckier and were just struck unconscious.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaojia seemed unusually calm and composed. She methodically directed the paper figures around her:
"Zhang Xiaoqi number one, you're so stupid! Go open the Ghost Gate!"
"Zhang Xiaoqi No. 2, haven't you eaten yet? Go up and beat him up!"
"Zhang Xiaoqi number three, stop dilly-dallying and quickly put that female ghost into the talisman paper!"
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Hearing Zhang Xiaojia's cry, the people from the other sects initially speculated, wondering why Zhang Xiaojia addressed the paper substitute Zhang Xiaoqi in this way. Could it be that the relationship between the two was very bad? Some even thought that Zhang Xiaojia was deliberately taking this opportunity to humiliate Zhang Xiaoqi.
However, something unexpected happened. As these paper substitutes took action, eliminating ghost after ghost, the points that should have belonged to Zhang Xiaojia suddenly poured into Zhang Xiaoqi like a tide. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Xiaoqi's score soared, far surpassing the others and becoming the undisputed leader.
It was only then that everyone suddenly realized that these seemingly ordinary paper substitutes were actually Zhang Xiaoqi's! In other words, no matter how Zhang Xiaojia used them in battle, all the points earned from successfully eliminating ghosts would be counted in Zhang Xiaoqi's name.
The leaders and disciples of the various sects were immediately in an uproar, accusing this behavior of blatant cheating! For a moment, the atmosphere on the scene became tense, and a heated debate seemed about to break out...
The head of Qingwei said with a smile, "The paper substitute is the exclusive secret technique of the head of the Zhang family."
The Quanzhen Sect leader lost his composure and asked, "Does Zhang Xiaojia know that these points belong to Zhang Xiaoqi? Or is it possible that Zhang Xiaojia doesn't even know?"
Zhang Tianshi pointed at the screen. This little idiot was really trying hard not to become the head of the sect. Why did he feel so upset?
I saw Zhang Xiaojia sitting on a stone pier in the cave, eating from his lunch box, muttering to himself, "Big brother, you shameless guy, you think that just because you took my paper substitute, you can use it to do things and count the points you earn as mine? All the blood dripped from these paper substitutes is yours, ha ha ha, you thought I gave you a sleeping talisman, you big fool, I put sleeping pills in your food, unless you have become an immortal, your flesh can't resist sleeping pills, ha ha ha ha ~"
After finishing her meal, Zhang Xiaojia rested briefly before setting out again. Dragging her slightly exhausted body, she continued on her way, step by step. Time ticked by, and before she knew it, three full hours had passed. Finally, she had successfully exited the deep cave.
The cave was located halfway up the mountain, in a rather precarious position. The moment Zhang Xiaojia stepped out, sunlight instantly bathed her, causing her to squint. She gathered her composure and looked ahead, only to see a quiet little village not far ahead. The village was shaded by green trees, with curls of smoke rising from chimneys, creating a warm and peaceful atmosphere.
However, even though the distance didn't seem far, reaching the small village would still take some time. Zhang Xiaojia began her descent at a leisurely pace, the bumpy path causing her steps to stumble. As she advanced, she grew increasingly sleepy, her eyelids feeling as if they were weighed down by lead, unable to lift. After all, she had already walked in this pitch-black cave for seven hours, and had slept for less than three hours the previous night. At this moment, she just wanted to find a place to rest.
After finally reaching a relatively flat surface, Zhang Xiaojia eagerly pulled a small, exquisite courtyard model from her bag and whispered a spell. As the spell rang out, the courtyard, originally only the size of her palm, rapidly expanded, transforming into a full-fledged courtyard in the blink of an eye. Without hesitation, Zhang Xiaojia walked straight into the courtyard. Upon entering, she saw a comfortable bed. Without a word, she collapsed onto it like a puddle of mud and quickly fell asleep.
For Zhang Xiaojia, those so-called words and things like hard work and motivational struggle belong to Zhang Xiaoqi. She is just a person who takes things as they come and lives from day to day. She is just an unlucky person who only has 100 yuan on her. She doesn't want to be the head of the group.
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