Chapter 41: Yinjie Lin Zhuyue wants to punch Shi Can twice
Shi Can drove the car and took Lin Zhuyue out of the community.
Lin Zhuyue sat in the passenger seat, her almond-shaped eyes were red and watery, as if two tears were about to fall in the next second.
While waiting for the traffic light, Shi Can took out a tissue from the tissue box placed between them, handed it to Lin Zhuyue, and asked:
"Will your mother really freeze your bank card?"
Lin Zhuyue took the tissue, but she simply held it in her hand without wiping her eyes. She didn't want to cry, so she tilted her head back, determined to swallow back the tears.
She replied, "Maybe."
"You seem calm."
Shi Can teased slightly,
"Is it the mission bonus that gives you the confidence?"
Lin Zhuyue nodded and said:
"Fortunately, my daily expenses are not high, and I haven't developed a habit of spending money carelessly. The mission rewards are very generous, which is enough for me to use, and I can even save a lot."
Shi Chan drove to Yuancheng Airport, parked in the parking lot, and left the keys. The car wasn't his; the person who lent it to him would send someone to pick it up later.
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can checked in their boarding passes and luggage at the airline counter, then went through security with their boarding passes. An hour and a half later, they boarded the plane back to Linhai City.
Shi Can's driver, Lao Li, will go to Linhai Airport to pick them up and has already left home.
After the plane landed, Old Li smoothly picked up Lin Zhuyue and his young master, and drove towards Tiancheng with the two half-grown children.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can finally arrived in Tiancheng.
Someone is waiting for them.
Cui Yi stood in the night, dressed in her home clothes and a simple coat. She looked anxious and worried, her eyes red as if she had been crying.
After seeing the headlights, Cui Yi's eyes followed the car until it stopped.
Lin Zhuyue opened the back door and got out of the car. Before she could stand firmly, Cui Yi hugged her.
Lin Zhuyue was caught off guard by the hug. She was stunned for a moment until she heard the person hugging her sobbing. Then she reacted, reached out and hugged him back, saying:
"Auntie, I'm back."
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..."
Cui Yi patted Lin Zhuyue's back gently and said,
"Auntie will make those who secretly messed with your family pay the price. You won't be wronged for no reason."
Shi Chan got out of the car from the other side and said:
"My mother was terrified when she heard that you were almost dragged into the underworld. If we hadn't returned today, she might have gone to Yuancheng to look for you herself."
"You're too talkative."
Cui Yi hugged Lin Zhuyue and asked softly,
"Stay at my house tonight, okay?" Without waiting for Lin Zhuyue to agree, Cui Yi began to order Shi Can around:
"Shichan, take Xiaoyue's luggage upstairs."
"Shican, Xiaoyue...you really know how to yell. If I hadn't seen your appearance, I wouldn't have known whose mother you were."
Shi Chan opened the trunk and took out the luggage.
"The fake young master will immediately help the real daughter move her luggage."
After Shi Can finished moving his luggage and washing up, he went to bed. Thanks to Lin Zhuyue, he hadn't slept for two days and one night. If he hadn't drunk coffee, he might have fallen to the ground.
Cui Yi invited Lin Zhuyue to take a bath in the bathtub together.
The bathtub in Shican's house is very spacious, and it is more than enough for several people to take a bath together.
Lin Zhuyue felt dizzy from the heat, and she slumped over the cool marble edge of the tub. Her hair was pinned in place by a shark clip, the steam slightly dampening her hair and dripping down her beautifully sculpted neck and shoulders.
After coming out of the bathtub, Cui Yi helped Lin Zhuyue blow dry her hair.
After blowing, the two went to the small living room.
Cui Yi sat on the sofa, holding a massage comb, and gently combed the hair of Lin Zhuyue, who was lying on her lap. As she combed, Lin Zhuyue felt a little sleepy.
Lin Zhuyue whispered, "It's so comfortable."
"Isn't it?"
Cui Yi said to Lin Zhuyue,
"Combing your hair more often is good for you. It stimulates your scalp and helps it grow more hair. But you already have a lot of hair. Unlike me, I have very little hair to begin with. If I encounter a difficult task, it will all fall out."
"Oh, no."
Lin Zhuyue sat up and took a closer look, then said,
"Auntie, you look like you have a lot of hair."
Cui Yi brushed her hair with her hands and said:
"It just looks like a lot. When you tie it together, the braids are very thin. That's why I don't like to tie my hair up and always let it down."
Lin Zhuyue and Cui Yi chatted for a long time in the small living room, and the atmosphere of their conversation was always relaxed and pleasant.
Lin Zhuyue felt that Ms. Cui was a very magical person. When she was with her, taken care of by her, and talked to her, Lin Zhuyue felt as if she was loved and could feel the feeling called "happiness".
Sometimes I really can’t help but be jealous of Shican.
The night is getting late and it's time to go to bed.
Lin Zhuyue said good night to Cui Yi and was about to return to the guest room.
But Cui Yi suddenly called her.
"Xiaoyue."
Cui Yi handed over a card.
"This is for you."
Lin Zhuyue took it and found that it was a black gold credit card. Lin Zhuyue had seen the world and knew what it was, so she quickly stuffed it into Cui Yi's hand.
"No, Auntie, I can't accept this."
Lin Zhuyue knew that it was most likely Shican who told Cui Yi that her card might be frozen, so Cui Yi gave her the credit card.
"I, I have a mission bonus..."
Cui Yi patted Lin Zhuyue on the shoulder and warned:
"I know you have a mission bonus. Take it first. You don't have to use it normally. If something happens and you suddenly need a lot of money, you can use it for emergencies."
"If you don't accept it, I'll be angry."
After much refusal, Lin Zhuyue was forced to accept the credit card, but she was determined not to use it.
Cui Yi put the baguette in the guest room to sleep with Lin Zhuyue.
This time, the baguette did not ride on Lin Zhuyue's face, but it started singing for food after dawn, meowing non-stop, and woke up Lin Zhuyue who slept very late.
Lin Zhuyue had no choice but to carry Baguette back to the cat room. The automatic feeder in the cat room was already filled with this morning's food. As soon as Lin Zhuyue let go, Baguette rushed to the food bowl of the automatic feeder and started eating like a forklift.
Lin Zhuyue closed the door of the cat room and went downstairs in slippers.
Shi Chan and Cui Yi were having breakfast. They were multitasking, eating and talking about business at the same time.
"Mom, what do you think about what happened in Lin Zhuyue's family?"
Cui Yi took a butter knife and spread butter on the bread:
"I don't think it's something the Ling family's enemies would do. The bad guys are bad, but they're not brainless. Xiaoyue's family are just ordinary people. There's no special benefit in harming them, and it will definitely make Xiaoyue angry."
"Could it be that someone who wants to lift the blockade of the underworld deliberately pretends to be a hostile party and sends them to Xiaoyue's house to cause trouble and anger her? If so, Xiaoyue will be more likely to join in what they want to do."
"Isn't this treating people like fools?"
Shi Chan said to Cui Yi,
"I feel like this butter isn't very tasty. I still prefer fermented butter. Lin Zhuyue's fate is quite difficult. Lingwu is not a Ukiyo-e scroll, and it's already like this. If the outside world knew that Lingwu was a Ukiyo-e scroll, what would happen?"
"I'm not going to let this go easily."
Cui Yi looked at the bag placed aside. She had just put the talisman paper brought back by Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can into it not long ago. She planned to go to the spiritual master's house after dinner.
"Anyone who intends to hurt her or take advantage of her must not be let off easily."
Shi Can suddenly noticed someone standing on the stairs, and he called out:
"Lin Zhuyue?"
"Morning, I just got up."
Lin Zhuyue walked down quickly and said to Cui Yi,
"Good morning, Auntie."
"Good morning, do you have anything you like to eat?"
Cui Yi pointed to the Western breakfast on the table and asked,
"If you don't like it, just ask the kitchen to redo it."
Lin Zhuyue quickly waved his hand to refuse and said:
"No, no, no, the breakfast is very rich and looks delicious."
The main dish for breakfast is low-sugar toast, served with asparagus, scrambled eggs, bacon and shiitake mushrooms. Not much oil is added and there is not much seasoning, relying mainly on the taste of the ingredients themselves.
Lin Zhuyue was about to sit down to eat, but she covered her mouth as if she remembered something and said:
"I haven't washed up yet..."
She ran back upstairs.
When Lin Zhuyue came back, Cui Yi had already left home.
Not only did Cui Yi have to go to the Spiritual Master's Mansion to hand over the eight talisman papers that Lin Zhuyue had picked out of the pipe, but he also had to carry out a mission and would not be able to go home in the short term.
Shi Can felt that Lin Zhuyue's breakfast seemed a little cold, so he put the plate into the oven to bake it. After baking, he put on gloves and brought the breakfast to Lin Zhuyue, saying:
"Let's go to the training hall later and I'll teach you how to use a knife."
Lin Zhuyue’s archery skills are already very good, so he doesn’t need to spend a lot of time practicing. He can just consolidate them daily.
So Shican planned to give her the next lesson.
When they arrived at the training hall, Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia were already practicing physical skills. When Wen Miyan saw Lin Zhuyue coming, she immediately knocked Ye Yangjia over and ran over.
"I wanted to see you last night."
Wen Miyan took Lin Zhuyue's hand and said,
"But Shichan told me not to disturb his mother from spending time with you, so I didn't go over. I heard you fell into the water. Did you catch a cold?"
Lin Zhuyue smiled and shook his head.
Ye Yangjia struggled to get up from the ground and said:
"Wen Miyan was very worried when she heard that Shican was going to look for you. She said that Shican would definitely make your mother angry, and then your mother would never let you go back to Tiancheng."
Shi Chan asked, "Is it that serious?"
"You should have a clear understanding of how much you deserve to be beaten."
Wen Miyan put the towel aside and asked,
"Practice with me? It's too boring to beat up Ye Yangjia all the time."
Shi Can didn't refuse, and he and Wen Miyan fought with their bare hands on the field.
Lin Zhuyue and Ye Yangjia sat on the side and watched.
As he watched, Lin Zhuyue discovered that compared to the steady and cautious Wen Miyan, Shi Can seemed to be more aggressive.
After finishing a set of training, Shi Can drank some water, took Lin Zhuyue to the next venue, put on protective gear, picked up a bamboo long sword, and began teaching swordsmanship.
Lin Zhuyue adjusted his knife-holding posture according to Shican's request:
"Will I get beaten a lot for learning this?"
"I did get beaten up a lot. When I was first learning, Master Fu beat me up until I was black and blue."
Shi Can held Lin Zhuyue's hand and said,
"Come up a little, okay. Don't worry, you won't get hit today. It's not time for sparring yet."
Shi Can had originally intended to teach Lin Zhuyue more, so that he could gradually become familiar with and consolidate his knowledge. However, he was unable to do so. Before the New Year's Day holiday was over, he received a notification from the Spiritual Master's Mansion about an assistance mission.
Assisting with tasks, writing assistance, read as wiping ass.
Assistance missions are often initiated when a group of spiritualists fail in a mission and are trapped, and the Spiritual Master House sends other spiritualists to provide assistance. Therefore, the spiritualists who participate in assistance missions are often very outstanding.
Although Shi Can hadn't graduated yet, his inspiration and combat power were stronger than many regular spiritualists. Therefore, he was occasionally assigned to assist in missions.
Shi Can sent Lin Zhuyue back to the dormitory, and then, as instructed, went to the Spiritual Master's House meeting room for a meeting. That evening, he and a group of formal Spiritual Masters took a helicopter out of Tiancheng. After going to bed that night, Ye Yangjia forwarded a WeChat article to the four people's group:
What benefits does it bring to people to speak more virtuous words?
He specifically tagged Shican.
Under normal circumstances, Shican would have jumped in to rant. Ten minutes of four people arguing with each other would produce at least 99 messages. But today was different. Shican's account was completely quiet, completely silent. He even skipped the usual videos of small fish sent from the cattery.
Lin Zhuyue felt that there might be no signal at the mission location.
The next day, Lin Zhuyue went to school, but Shican, who hadn't finished his mission, naturally didn't come. Ye Yangjia was finally able to sit in a row with Lin Zhuyue and Wen Miyan. He even took a photo and posted it to the group chat, hoping that Shican would die of anger as soon as his phone got a signal.
But Shi Chan didn't come back for the next week.
The weather in Tiancheng suddenly turned cold, and there was even a light snowfall. The snow wasn't thick, but it was enough to make a snowman, which was enough to drive the southerners of Tiancheng crazy.
Lin Zhuyue had a nightmare.
She dreamed of Shi Can running through the endless darkness with a sharp blade.
There seemed to be a huge sandstorm blowing, and he took out a handkerchief from time to time to wipe his eyes, and the skin at the corners of his eyes was rubbed so hard that it oozed blood.
Moreover, this person with good physical strength has to stop and rest after running a few steps. He has to rest for a long time before he can stand up and continue walking.
Lin Zhuyue woke up with a start and lit a calming incense stick.
But that night, in the second dream, the third dream, the fourth dream... Lin Zhuyue dreamed of Shi Can over and over again. She realized belatedly that this was not an ordinary dream. She sat up and called Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia.
"Maybe something really went wrong."
Wen Miyan's voice came out,
"The Spiritual Master's Mansion may not know yet, so we need to tell the people above. Zhuyue, you go to the Spiritual Master's Mansion first, I'll be there soon."
Lin Zhuyue put on her clothes, combed her hair hastily, and went to the spiritual master's residence.
There was a commotion in the hall of the Spiritual Master's Mansion.
The Spiritual Master's Mansion had several meeting rooms, all covered with anti-snooping talismans. Normally, everything was discussed in the meeting rooms. But today's situation seemed unusual; someone erupted before even entering the meeting room.
"How could you lose Shi Chan?"
Yi Lanshan pulled a spiritualist by the collar and asked,
"That's the only child of this generation in the Shi family. How do you want me to explain this to his parents?"
The spiritualist who was grabbed by the collar felt very guilty:
"I don't know why the yellow ribbon that bound us both came undone, and a cold wind just happened to blow. Director Yi, I'll go back to him right away."
Yi Lanshan shook her head: "No, give up the rescue."
The spiritual master asked in surprise, "Director?"
"There is nothing that cannot be done without hope."
Yi Lanshan calmed down and said to the people in the room,
"Let's go upstairs for a meeting to discuss how to appease the Shi family."
When Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia arrived, Lin Zhuyue was sitting alone downstairs with her knees hugged.
Wen Miyan asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Zhuyue raised her head and told Wen Miyan what she had just heard in the hall. Although she didn't quite understand what the spiritualists were saying, she was certain of one thing: Shi Can was in trouble and it would be difficult to save him.
"Yellow ribbon, cold wind..."
Wen Miyan thought for a moment and said,
"There's a kind of wind in the underworld that will blow anyone who enters it from one place to another. This wind doesn't just blow once; a person's location will constantly change. Therefore, many people who stray into the underworld will lose their trace and never return."
"The yellow ribbon is made of cloth that has been consecrated to the earth's veins. It can pin a person's position to the earth's veins, so after tying the yellow ribbon, the person will not be easily blown away by the yin wind. However, using it in the underworld consumes a lot of spiritual energy, so usually two people share one. You should have one in your bag, and all basic configuration kits also have it."
After hearing Wen Miyan's explanation, Lin Zhuyue became even more worried.
Lin Zhuyue said: "Then, Shi Can..."
"The Spiritual Master's Mansion cannot confirm his location."
Wen Miyan shook her head and said,
"Without a location, there's no way to rescue him. The spiritualists who come to rescue him will just be killed in vain."
Lin Zhuyue lowered his head.
How sad Cui Yi will be when she knows this.
Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia took Lin Zhuyue upstairs, knocked on the door of the conference room, and told Yi Lanshan about Lin Zhuyue's dream. Yi Lanshan said, "I know," and urged them to go back to bed.
After Lin Zhuyue returned to the dormitory, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
She didn't know how she fell asleep in the end. She didn't dream of Shican again and slept until she was woken up by the alarm clock.
She got up from the bed with a tired look on her face and brushed her teeth expressionlessly in the bathroom, but as she was brushing, she felt that something was wrong with the mirror.
Lin Zhuyue stared at the mirror for a moment, then glanced down at her hand, her fingers pricking with a stinging sensation. Then, a bright red "edge" emerged from the tip of her ring finger and reached into the mirror.
Lin Zhuyue raised his hand and touched the mirror.
The fingers did not touch a cold, hard solid object, but instead touched a soft, wet, and cold cloud-like thing. With a little force, the fingers passed through it.
Lin Zhuyue was stunned for a moment.
Door?
After realizing what was happening, Lin Zhuyue immediately turned around and went back to the room to look for his travel bag.
Yesterday she wanted to clean the contents of her travel bag, so she brought it back to the dormitory from school.
There have always been a lot of strange things in the travel bag. Although he has been on many missions, some things have never been used. Lin Zhuyue can be said to have no understanding of them at all.
She opened the compartment according to her memory and pulled out a long yellow silk ribbon. This ribbon had been consecrated and the scent of sandalwood could be smelled from it.
Lin Zhuyue put on her thick clothes, smeared grave dirt on her face, and tied a silk ribbon around her wrist. She carried her travel bag into the bathroom, climbed onto the sink, and stepped into the mirror.
A cold breath hit me in the face.
Lin Zhuyue saw the endless darkness and yellow sand.
The door opened far from the ground, and Lin Zhuyue fell from a height. The ukiyoe scroll slowly unfurled beside him. Lin Zhuyue grabbed the scroll in the biting cold wind, his fall gradually slowing until he finally landed safely.
The edge extending from the finger is clearly visible.
The other end of this fate is Shican.
People at the Spiritual Master's Mansion said that Shi Can had been lost in the cold wind and could not be found. However, for Lin Zhuyue, who could see the edge, Shi Can's direction was not that difficult to determine.
Lin Zhuyue walked in the direction indicated by Yuan.
On the way, she met several strange-looking ghosts.
She smeared the grave with dirt, masking the yang energy of the living. She also deliberately restrained her spiritual power. Therefore, aside from her more rosy appearance, there was nothing about her that could attract the attention of the dead.
Although the edge was clearly visible, Lin Zhuyue walked in the yellow sand for a long time and could not see Shi Can's whereabouts.
A cold wind blows.
The wind, filled with sinister energy, was a bit irritating to the eyes of the living. Lin Zhuyue blocked the wind with her arms, and when it passed, she took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears.
One time when he was wiping his eyes, a ghost finally spoke to Lin Zhuyue.
"Little girl, is there money in your bag?"
Lin Zhuyue raised his head and saw some crooked and cracked fruits.
Shi Can said that the world of the dead is sometimes very simple, and the rule of the jungle applies in most cases.
Lin Zhuyue replied: "It's not about money."
The ghost wearing sunglasses and pigtails said with a grin:
"I don't believe it. Let me see."
After saying that, his brothers turned into black mist and pounced towards Lin Zhuyue fiercely, as if they were going to devour Lin Zhuyue.
The thick ghost fog failed to swallow Lin Zhuyue, but turned into ashes and dissipated.
The hand of Lin Zhuyue that was not holding the travel bag was holding a long sword that was emitting a faint purple glow, with the inscription on the sword being "Jue Ren".
A long time ago, she used the Ukiyo-e scroll to copy Shican's absolute blade.
At this time, she was in the underworld. As an extremely yang fire, the golden amber fire could easily cause disturbances that she could not solve. Lin Zhuyue was not very good at using the power of the Ukiyo-e scroll itself, so she could only take out the replica of the absolute blade.
She shook off the dust on the knife and looked up at the remaining soul with cold eyes.
The next moment, a knife that was no different from the absolute blade in Lin Zhuyue's hand stabbed out from the back and ripped off the ghost's head.
"Your knife-holding posture is wrong. You need to change it."
Shi Can shook off the soul fragments on the knife and gradually approached.
"Why are you in the underworld? Are you trying to kill yourself?"
Although Shi Can was still unforgiving with his words, his condition was very poor. His face was pale, almost transparent, and his Yang energy was almost gone. The light in his eyes had dimmed, and the corners of his eyes, which had been wiped too much, were covered with blood scabs.
He put away his sword, held Lin Zhuyue's hand, pulled out the yellow silk ribbon hidden in her sleeve, and tied it around his wrist.
The cold wind blew, and the ghosts came one after another. They surrounded Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can, and the gloomy ghostly aura almost covered the night sky.
Lin Zhuyue was a little scared: "What are you doing?"
Shi Can summoned the Absolute Blade again and said:
"I thought I was going to die in the underworld, so I just went for it."
Lin Zhuyue wanted to punch Shi Can twice.
Who says that wherever a person goes, trouble will follow?
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