Chapter 112: If I invite you, you must promise not to silence me.
Shi Can pondered for a moment, pulled Gong Yongyuan over, and urged quietly:
"Call the Spiritual Master's Mansion and check if this old lady is a descendant of the Geng family."
The character Geng is not often used in names.
Therefore, Shi Can suspected that the old lady's name was actually a combination of her father's surname, her mother's surname, and a character. The surname "Geng" was also very rare. If "Geng" was indeed the old lady's mother's surname, she might have come from a family of metaphysics.
Shi Can is not in mission status now and has no right to ask the logistics center to provide him with information, so he can only ask Gong Yongyuan and Meng Qi to investigate.
The trainee spiritualists sat in the lobby, waiting for a response from the resort owner and the Spiritual Masters' Mansion.
Shi Can then asked Lin Zhuyue:
"Does this have anything to do with her?"
"I dreamed of her. The aura in the dream was very similar to the aura I felt in the corridor through the door last night... or should I say, exactly the same?"
Lin Zhuyue sat next to Shi Can with a bottle of mineral water and asked:
"Can you tell me about the Geng family?"
She was not very clear about the affairs of the metaphysical family.
But it doesn’t matter. Shi Can, who grew up in Tiancheng since childhood, knows all about these things.
"To talk about the Geng family, we must first mention the Ling family."
Shi Can took the water bottle from Lin Zhuyue's hand and said,
"Because of the Ukiyo-e scroll, the Ling family has been the strongest metaphysical family for almost generations. The Ling family has many disciples, and the Geng family's ancestor was one of them. Therefore, the Geng family has always been a follower of the Ling family."
"But after the underworld was sealed off, the Ling family became a target, and the Geng family, as followers, also had a hard time. Over 150 years ago, the current head of the Geng family lost three sons. Unable to bear the pain, he took his family and left Heavenly City."
Lin Zhuyue lowered his eyes.
Gong Yongyuan, who was sitting on the other side of Lin Zhuyue, said:
"Whether it's the Ling family or their followers, their fate is tragic. Wouldn't it be better to give up your destiny and live an ordinary life? Although everyone always says that the balance of yin and yang is about to be broken, in fact, it is likely that it will not be broken while you are alive."
Lin Zhuyue was silent for a long time before he said:
“This isn’t just destiny.”
And there is hatred.
The hatred of the Ling family, the hatred of her mother, her hatred.
Shi Can unscrewed the bottle cap and said:
"Gong Yongyuan, do you have the ethics of a spiritual master when you say something like this?"
"Oh, ethics..."
Gong Yongyuan sighed and said,
"One must first live before considering things like moral integrity. In my opinion, moral integrity is even more important than money. After all, countless people have sacrificed their moral integrity for money since ancient times, haven't they?"
Meng Qi patted Gong Yongyuan on the shoulder and said:
"Your cousin has signed up for the Four Schools League."
"……ha?"
After being surprised, Gong Yongyuan gritted his teeth and said,
"I told him to wait until he's in fifth grade to join! Why doesn't he listen..."
"The young man is quite opinionated."
Shi Can gave Gong Yongyuan a thumbs up and said,
"I promise to hit him gently."
Gong Yongyuan firmly stood on his cousin's side and said:
"We don't know who will beat whom yet!"
A few minutes later, Gong Yongyuan received a call from the Spiritual Master's Mansion.
"Student Gong Yongyuan, the investigation results show that Shang Gengfan's mother is named Geng Qiuyun, and her maternal grandfather is named Geng Xu, who was once a spiritual master. Shang Gengfan's son died in a car accident last year, and she has no surviving family..."
The logistics staff of the Spiritual Master's Mansion asked,
"Does the mission require reinforcements?"
Gong Yongyuan turned his head to look at Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can.
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can waved their hands at the same time.
Gong Yongyuan rejected the proposal for reinforcements:
"Not for now, I'll contact you when I need you."
After hanging up the phone, Gong Yongyuan wanted to touch Shican's ears and said:
"I refuse reinforcements. You'd better really be able to solve this problem. Don't keep making trouble and then tell me you can't handle it."
Shi Can smiled and said:
"How could that be? I'm not you."
Gong Yongyuan: “…”
Damn it, he really wanted to kick that bastard Shi Can twice.
The owner of the hot spring resort came back from outside.
"Excuse me, I just went to the post station to sign for the chicken my mother-in-law sent me. Alas, the old lady raised the chickens herself, but she couldn't bear to eat them, so she left them all for the children."
The boss put down the foam box containing the chicken and ice packs, came forward, and asked humbly and politely,
"Have you had breakfast? I'll ask the restaurant to send some over..."
"You're welcome."
Gong Yongyuan said straight to the point,
"These two are my companions, and they wish to see your mother."
"Okay, okay, go this way."
The boss agreed and led the trainee spiritualists.
The young men followed the boss behind the counter.
Not long after, Lin Zhuyue met the boss's mother.
The old, skinny woman lay quietly on the bed with her eyes closed. A few wet towels were placed on the shelf next to her where the washbasin was placed. Every day when the old woman was unconscious, the boss would wipe her body with the towels.
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Canzhan stood beside the bed.
Gong Yongyuan asked, "Did you see anything?"
"The soul is no longer in the body, and has become very weak, but it should not have dissipated. If the soul's vitality has not dissipated, there is still a possibility of returning to the body."
Lin Zhuyue explained to Gong Yongyuan the reasons for his judgment.
"If the soul dissipates, the fate will also dissipate. But her fate remains."
Meng Qi said with a bit of envy:
"My eyes are quite good."
After visiting the boss's mother, they drove to the hospital to visit the other two unconscious victims.
The situation is similar.
The soul is no longer in the body, but has not yet dissipated.
On the way back to the hot spring resort, Gong Yongyuan sighed and told his companions the results of the divination in frustration:
"I've calculated that if we try to ambush her tonight, we'll miss."
Shi Chan rolled his eyes while waiting for the traffic light:
"Great Immortal, are you really going to count this as the result of our proactive waiting? A ghost like this doesn't come out to cause trouble every day, so it's easy for us to miss her. Can't you just calculate where we can find her?"
"What if I take the initiative to ask her out for a talk?"
Lin Zhuyue suggested,
"She seems to be looking for me."
In her dreams, Lin Zhuyue vaguely felt that Shang Gengfan was calling her "Ling", but because "Ling" and "Lin" sounded so similar, Lin Zhuyue couldn't be sure. However, after learning about the Geng family, Lin Zhuyue was certain that Shang Gengfan was looking for the descendants of the Ling family.
As for her purpose...
It can't be that because his family followed the Ling family and suffered misfortune, he hates the descendants of the Ling family to the core, right?
Shi Can pondered for a moment and said, "You can give it a try."
"You're taking a risk?"
Gong Yongyuan reached out and handed a candy to Lin Zhuyue who was sitting in the passenger seat, and said,
"If you complete this mission, I'll give you a quarter of the reward. Hmm, it seems I can't do it, but it's not a failure either... How strange."
Meng Qi increased the reward: "Give her half."
Shi Can stepped on the accelerator and said:
"I think it would be best if you two just gave up the entire bonus. What do losers need a bonus for?"
Meng Qi: "Your uncle..."
The trainee spiritualists were about to start quarreling.
Lin Zhuyue sometimes really "admires" Shi Can. Why is it that no matter where he goes, Shi Can always makes people want to quarrel with him? Is he the reincarnation of the main tank?
Lin Zhuyue hurriedly asked, "How do we ask her out?"
Shi Chan replied, “It’s a small problem, I’ll take care of it.”
After asking about the hot spring resort hotel, Shi Can took out a piece of black cardboard from his tool kit. He took out a fountain pen filled with gold ink, handed the cardboard and pen to Lin Zhuyue, and said:
"I'll tell you, and you'll write."
Lin Zhuyue picked up the pen.
“To Ms. Shang Gengfan:
I'm a descendant of the Ling family. Hearing about the events of the Geng family, I feel deeply regretful. My heart is filled with sorrow, yet I have no words to express it. Since you're interested in renewing our relationship, why don't you use this letter as a token of trust and meet somewhere to reminisce about our ancestors? Would you agree?
Written by a descendant of the Ling family.
After Lin Zhuyue finished writing, under Shican's instructions, he took the cardboard outside and burned it with a lighter.
The black cardboard turned into ashes under the burning flames.
But the ashes did not fly away. Instead, black and golden spots of light floated on the ashes. They floated into Lin Zhuyue's hands and gathered into the shape of a letter.
On this letter, a strange handwriting replied:
[Tonight at midnight, there will be an important meeting at the well in the backyard. Don't miss the appointment.]
Shi Chan asked, "Is there a well here?"
"Yes, there is a yard behind this building, and the well is in the yard. It was not filled in during the renovation and has been preserved."
Meng Qi replied,
"The immortal and I went to check it out yesterday, and we were still able to draw water."
Gong Yongyuan was somewhat worried about the invitation:
"What kind of good family would meet at a well?"
At night, Lin Zhuyue, accompanied by his companions, went to the yard behind the hotel building.
There was no sign of a dead soul in the backyard under the moonlight, but there was a layer of gloomy mist that made people feel inexplicably cold down their spines.
Lin Zhuyue looked around, his eyes fell on the well in the backyard, and said:
"There's something in the well."
Meng Qi approached the well, looked out for a moment, and said:
"It's a living soul, bring the Bagua bag..."
Gong Yongyuan said: "Don't get so close—"
Before Gong Yongyuan could finish his words, an old, withered hand stretched out from the well.
Meng Qi was about to dodge, but he only took half a step back before his eyes went from bright to dull. He allowed the hand to grab him and he fell headfirst into the well.
Gong Yongyuan said: "Meng Dake?!"
After dragging Meng Qi down, the hand stretched out again and beckoned to Lin Zhuyue, signaling her to go to the well.
“…There was no sound of falling into the water.”
Shi Can reconfirmed with Gong Yongyuan,
"You saw water in the well yesterday, didn't you?"
Gong Yongyuan was stunned for a moment and said:
"Is there a 'door' down here? Meng Dake fell into the 'door'. Is it the 'door' to the underworld?"
The Yang and the Yin worlds are opposite worlds. The Yin world is to the Yang world like a reflection in a mirror. Therefore, a mirror can sometimes serve as a passage to the Yin world, a "door." Water, because it reflects the shadows of objects on it, has similar properties to a mirror and can also serve as a "door."
"Hey, what are you doing——"
Lin Zhuyue made a panicked sound.
"Who asked you to come out? Are you rebelling?"
Lin Zhuyue's arm was entangled by the Ukiyo-e scroll that appeared out of nowhere and was dragged towards the well.
“Let me go!!”
Shi Can grabbed Lin Zhuyue's hand.
Gong Yongyuan was completely stunned. He stared at the scroll wrapped around Lin Zhuyue's wrist in amazement and asked:
"Ukiyo-e scroll? Isn't your spiritual weapon Golden Amber Fire?"
"Don't worry about the Ukiyo-e scroll or the amber fire, come and help—"
Shi Chan was dragged closer to the wellhead.
"Come here quickly..."
"Promise you won't silence me."
Gong Yongyuan hurried over and grabbed Shi Can and Lin Zhuyue.
"Damn, this force is too strong..."
A minute later, Lin Zhuyue, Shi Can and Gong Yongyuan were dragged down the well together.
Lin Zhuyue felt dizzy.
Instead of falling into the water, she remained suspended in the air.
She saw the yellow earth and the red sky.
Between the sky and the earth, there grows a giant tree.
The branches and leaves of the giant tree cover the sky, and the roots of the giant tree are strong and winding. In the tree trunk, which is thicker than a pillar, a key is emitting a faint golden light.
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