“Why?” Lou Ming asked in surprise.
“Because I’ve been on a train and plane for more than ten hours today, I look ugly all over.” Now that she is a woman in love, she must appear beautiful in front of her boyfriend every day.
“Ha-ha-ha…” Lou Ming couldn’t help a burst of amusement. “I’ve seen you get beaten up by zombies with a bruised nose.”
“Third Brother!” Chen Yu immediately yelled in displeasure. “Forget it, forget it, forget it. You’re not allowed to remember.”
“Okay.” Lou Ming nodded with a smile and a doting look on his face that he didn’t notice.
“Third Brother, did Master Mao talk to you?” Chen Yu asked tentatively.
“What?” Lou Ming’s smile faded. He asked, pretending not to know.
“It’s about our stay in Qingmang Mountain for a few more days.”
“Are you guys going to stay in Qingmang Mountain for a few more days?”
“Yes ah. But don’t worry, I will definitely bring back the spiritual artifact,” Chen Yu assured him.
Hearing Chen Yu’s sworn assurance, Lou Ming was suddenly filled with worry. Shishi wouldn’t act recklessly, right?
“Third Brother, we are going up to Qingmang Mountain early tomorrow morning, so I have to go to bed early. Let’s talk tomorrow,” Chen Yu said.
“Good night.”
“Good night.”
Lou Ming ended the call. After a short deliberation, he sent a message to Master Mao on his phone: (Master Mao, please watch Shishi for me. Don’t let her act recklessly.)
Lou Ming was in fear. He was afraid that Shishi would force herself to get the spiritual artifact for him. If the drought demon that had been sealed awakens and wreaks havoc on the earth because of Shishi, then such terrible karma will all fall on Shishi’s head.
With this thought, Lou Ming was deeply panicked. He was antsy all night, tossing and turning and wishing that he could fly to Qingmang Mountain at once.
Early the next morning, Chen Yu was listlessly sitting in the dining room eating breakfast and playing Hatcher. After yesterday’s phone call with Lou Ming, she went to bed early, but did not get much rest.
“Did you go robbing last night?” Elder Wu asked lightheartedly.
“It’s all because of you.” Chen Yu rolled her eyes.
“Did I ask you to rob?” Elder Wu replied in mock surprise.
“…” Chen Yu felt that if she could roll her eyes any bigger, she would not have minded showing the limit of her eye roll. “Didn’t you say yesterday that when I was at the Soul Gathering Platform, I induced a strange woman to appear? I’ve been thinking about it last night. Do you think that strange woman, like Feng Luo, is a memory of my previous life?”
“Then, have you remembered anything about her?” Elder Wu looked askance at his granddaughter.
“No.” Chen Yu thought for a moment and then said, “Old Man, do you think she will appear if my soul leaves my body?”
“What are you thinking?”
“Talk to her ah. And by the way, ask her why I have such a memory in my past life?” After Chen Yu reached this point, she suddenly laughed inexplicably. “So my Third Brother and I are really a natural pair. Both of us have memories from our previous lives, hee-hee-hee…”
Elder Wu was truly annoyed by his granddaughter’s silly look. Unable to bear it any longer, he raised his hand and flicked her forehead.
“It hurts. Old Man, what are you doing?” Chen Yu covered her forehead and glared at Elder Wu.
“Stupid!” After scolding the girl, Elder Wu got up with a huff and left the dining room.
In the six karmic realms of reincarnation, Celestial Masters who could leave memories in their souls were not people with great merit. But then again, who would waste all their merit just to leave memories in their souls? Lou Ming’s was to get rid of the mysterious evil qi in his body, so what was Shishi’s past life for?
Elder Wu sighed, feeling that things were getting more and more troublesome.
After breakfast, Shen Qingzhu and Elder Shen prepared three cars, and the group drove to Qingmang Mountain. Master Mao, Elder Wu and Chen Yu were assigned to the same car.
“Old Man, you arrived here a few days earlier. Have you ever been to Qingmang Mountain?” Chen Yu suddenly asked.
“Why?” Elder Wu glanced at his granddaughter.
“You’ve been there, huh.” Chen Yu’s eyes lit up. “Is there anything different up there?”
As soon as Master Mao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, heard Chen Yu’s question, he knew what she was going to ask. His ears immediately perked up.
“Having a drought demon is not enough of a difference,” Elder Wu said in a foul mood.
“No, ah…” Chen Yu simply said straight, “To tell you the truth, the fifth spiritual artifact is on Qingmang Mountain.”
“A spiritual artifact in Qingmang Mountain?” Elder Wu was taken aback. He suddenly remembered the trembling magic artifact he had sensed when he went up the mountain with Shen Qingzhu and the others previously.
“Yeah.” Chen Yu nodded heavily, staring at him without blinking.
Elder Wu frowned. He looked at Chen Yu solemnly, and said with a serious expression that she had never seen before: “Girl, we will arrive at Qingmang Mountain in a while. Even if you sense the spiritual artifact, you are not allowed to touch it.”
Now that Elder Wu had already said what he had wanted to say to Chen Yu, Master Mao swallowed the words that reached his mouth.
“I will be careful not to touch the seal.” Chen Yu knew what her grandfather was worried about. She wouldn’t be foolish enough to ignore the drought demon and insist on getting the spiritual artifact.
“The Nine Cycle Profound Gate Array is a formation that old fellow, Shen Qingzhu, came up with to reinforce the seal. A seal, that actually restricted a drought demon, is so complex and unusual that none of us have ever seen it, and none of us can study it.” Elder Wu said, “The drought demon has been sleeping under Qingmang Mountain for countless years. The seal has long been fused with Qingmang Mountain, so every grass and tree of Qingmang Mountain may be part of the seal, not to mention a spiritual artifact.”
Chen Yu’s face turned pale: “But… if there is no spiritual artifact, Third Brother…”
“Without the spiritual artifact, Lou Ming’s evil spirit will still remain in his soul, and it may take thousands of lives to completely resolve it. However, if you free the drought demon, the world will be ruined.” Elder Wu looked at Chen Yu. He believed that the granddaughter he had taught himself would understand the powerful relationship involved.
“…” Chen Yu stayed silent for half a second and finally nodded: “Got it.”
Master Mao, who heard the whole thing in his ears, sighed silently. He took out his phone and silently sent a message to Lou Ming: (Elder Wu has advised Little Friend Chen. However, she looks very depressed.)
When Lou Ming saw this message, he couldn’t help showing a wry smile. The girl tried so hard to defuse the evil qi in her body, but in the end, things suddenly turned out like this. How could she not be depressed?
Lou Ming himself was somewhat depressed, but only somewhat. Last night, he recalled his dreams again. He did not know how many lives he had reincarnated since Feng Luo, but in each of his dreams, there was a woman who looked very much like Shishi.
If I can meet you in every reincarnation, then no matter how many times I reincarnate, it will be a pleasant surprise to me.
The car soon stopped at the foot of Qingmang Mountain. The bigwigs got off with Chen Yu following behind Elder Wu. It was just that she sensed an inexplicable call as soon as she stepped out of the car, as if something was calling her.
“There’s something on the mountain,” Chen Yu suddenly said.
“Pardon?”
“There. There seems to be something there.” Chen Yu pointed to a certain place on Qingmang Mountain.
Her action naturally also drew the attention of the rest of the bigwigs. Shen Qingzhu’s gaze towards Chen Yu changed immediately after seeing the direction Chen Yu was pointing.
It seemed that Wu Li had not exaggerated. His disciple was indeed extraordinary.
“Since Shishi has already found it, let’s go there first.” While leading the crowd up the mountain, Elder Shen explained, “About a week ago, I noticed that the aura of Qingmang Mountain was abnormal, so I came over to investigate. The first place I found was there.”
The crowd walked up a bit more and could already see the place: “I found that the spiritual power here is a bit chaotic. Something seems to be trembling under the surface, and it’s this shaking that is affecting the seal. Our initial suspicion is that what is trembling underneath the ground should be a magic artifact.”
“A magic artifact?” Elder Liang asked, “Could it be the magic artifact used to seal the drought demon?”
“Most likely.” Elder Shen was of the same mind. “If this magic artifact flies out of the seal, then the seal is likely to be unlocked.”
“Everyone, when you approach, try not to use your spiritual power, in case you influence something related to the magic artifact,” Elder Shen instructed them.
Everyone nodded and restrained their spiritual power.
“Hmm!” Chen Yu grunted suddenly, and grabbed Elder Wu’s sleeve next to her.
Elder Wu turned around in bewilderment, and when he saw that Chen Yu’s cheeks turned bloodless at some point, he asked anxiously, “What’s the matter with you?”
“I-I am so uncomfortable.” Chen Yu seemed to be unable to support herself. Her legs weakened, and she fell to her knees with a thud.
“Shishi, girl, girl.” Elder Wu called anxiously, but he didn’t know what to do.
“What’s going on with Little Friend Chen?” Master Mao hurried toward them.
“What’s going on?” The bigwigs walking in front also turned around to check on her.
“Bzzz!!!!”
All of a sudden, an overpowering spiritual power shot through the sky behind the crowd. They turned around, and then their expressions changed dramatically.
Amidst the uprooted vortex of spiritual power was a spinning bead that was emitting a burning golden light.
That…that’s a spiritual artifact.
The golden bead hovered in the air for a moment, but magically landed on the already unconscious Chen Yu. And then, the golden light converged and no longer moved.
Silence instantly settled in the air. Chen Yu was unconscious, so all eyes turned to Elder Wu.
Elder Wu: “Why are you looking at me? I don’t know what’s going on either.”
The author has something to say:
All the bigwigs: Nobody in your Luoshan Sect is normal.
Elder Wu: Look at your ugly jealous faces.