Chapter 197 Extra Theater Story: Borrowing Years (Part )

“There must be something strange about this goddess of fortune.” Lingxiang frowned, with the light reflected in her eyes.

Long Qi was puzzled when he heard this: “Strange? What’s strange about it?” Isn’t it normal for a person to live longer because of a possession? Could it be that Lingxiang still doesn’t believe that there are gods in this world? She is a Taoist practitioner.

Mai Dong hesitated for a moment and nodded in response: “It is indeed a bit strange.”

Hearing Mai Dong’s response, Long Qi became even more confused. He scratched his head, not knowing what was going on, and looked at the two of them with a bewildered face: What are these two little girls talking about?

Seeing Long Qi’s confused look, Lingxiang couldn’t help but think that this big boy was indeed a little funny, but she paused for a moment and tried to suppress her laughter and said, “According to the “Xianjia Benji”, the so-called God of Fortune is the Ziwei Emperor of Yuqing Realm, the heavenly official who bestows blessings on the Lantern Festival. The so-called God of Fortune in the countryside is actually the God of Land, who does not have the power of heaven to make people live longer.”

“So what?” Long Qi looked puzzled: “What’s so strange about this? Why can’t it be a blessing from the heavens?”

“He’s kidnapped.” Maidong’s eyes were full of contempt, and he wondered in his heart where Lingxiang had picked up such a cheap guy.

“Let’s not even ask whether the so-called goddess of fortune was blessed by the heavenly officials. If the lunchbox is real, how could it fail again and again?”

Long Qi was even more confused after hearing this. How did Mai Dong know that the old lady had been in trouble again and again? Wasn’t he cursing her for no reason?
Just when Long Qi was confused, he suddenly remembered what Kuan Ge’er had just said, and immediately understood:
“The Goddess of Fortune is dying again, and the village chief is calling everyone to come!”

Seeing Long Qi’s understanding, Ling Xiang spoke up, “That’s right. If it was really a blessing from the Heavenly Official, how could such an old man be in such a state of death? It’s not a blessing, but…”

“It’s torture…” Maidong frowned and turned to look in the direction of Aunt Chang’s family. She really couldn’t guess what was going on.

“In that case, why not go and find out. Long Qi, you wait here, lest you reveal your true identity.”

By the time Long Qi reacted, Lingxiang and Maidong had already left the yard one after the other. He couldn’t help but complain about Lingxiang in his heart, but he stayed at the door as she said – the incident in Liangcheng was still vivid in his mind, and he naturally understood that relatively speaking, the two little girls knew more about this kind of thing than he did. If he followed them, he might be held back.

But why do I feel so bad in my heart?
……

An old woman was lying on the bed, her hair was white, her face was haggard, and although her chest was rising and falling steadily, she looked like she was dying. There were many people kneeling under her bed, and the leader was the village chief of Yunluo Village.

The village chief saw the old woman open her eyes as if looking for something, so he hurried over to her ear and asked, “Who are you looking for, grandma? Everyone is here.”

It turned out that this person was the Goddess of Fortune that Kuan Ge’er had mentioned. She turned her head with great effort and looked at the people kneeling on the ground. She saw Aunt Chang’s family crying on the ground. When she saw Gou Wa kneeling on the ground, her cloudy eyes suddenly opened wide, and the wrinkles on her face trembled, as if she was extremely unbelievable.

The village chief had no idea what this goddess of fortune was thinking about so suddenly and he just cried, “Grandma, just tell me who you want to see and I’ll find him for you.”

The Goddess of Fortune was excited for a while but then calmed down. After a long time, she raised her hand tremblingly and murmured. The village chief didn’t know what she was saying, so he put his ear close to her and listened carefully.

The village chief listened for a long time before he understood what Grandma Fushen meant. He nodded, wiped his tears and said to everyone in the house: “Grandma cares about the younger generation, so she asked the wives to take their children back to rest. Grandma is just a little tired, it’s nothing serious.”

Everyone heard this and thought that the Goddess of Fortune was kind, but none of them moved and they kept crying. The village chief saw this and scolded with red eyes: “Grandma is fine, why are you crying? Listen to her and take the children back!”

Seeing the village chief say this, the wives of each family hurriedly kowtowed to the children, then stood up, led the children out of the house and went home.

At this time, Lingxiang and Maidong were sticking the spirit-hiding talisman and practicing the invisibility technique, staring at the old man on the bed in the corner of the room. To their surprise, although the old man on the bed was still alive, his body was filled with the breath of the dead, as if…

It was like a battlefield where a war had just ended, full of death!

……

When Aunt Chang brought Gou Wa home, Lingxiang and the other two were sitting in the house. When they saw the mother and daughter coming back, they hurried forward to ask if they were okay. Aunt Chang just sighed:

“Who knows? The old lady looked like she was suffering, but this wasn’t the first time. She had happened before, and she looked like she was dying, but she was alive and kicking the next day. Maybe it will be the same this time.” Aunt Chang sighed again, “The old lady probably knew it herself, and she was a kind person who loved her children, so she asked the wives to take the children home, for fear of scaring them.”

Hearing this, Lingxiang and Maidong looked at each other, and each of them understood what was going on. However, Long Qi looked puzzled, not knowing what the two were thinking.

Just when Long Qi was puzzled, he heard Aunt Chang say, “It’s getting late, why don’t the fairies and immortals take a rest?”

Lingxiang smiled when she heard this, and took Aunt Chang’s arm and said, “Aunt, please listen to me. Although Gou Wa is fine now, he has suffered a disaster today after all. It would be better to let him sleep with us, so that he can calm down and have peace of mind in the future.”

Upon hearing Lingxiang say this, Aunt Chang was extremely excited. In her opinion, this was a blessing from the immortals to her dog boy. Who knows, maybe her dog boy could live as long as the goddess of fortune in the future!

What mother doesn’t want her child to be well? Aunt Chang naturally agreed.

……

Maidong coaxed Gou Wa to sleep while Lingxiang was drawing talismans. After each one was drawn, she put a copper coin in it, folded the talisman paper into five ribs, and then tied it up with the red thread she got from her aunt, and tied a strange knot.

Long Qi didn’t know what Lingxiang was doing. He had been arranged by Aunt Chang to go to bed, but Lingxiang suddenly broke into his room and grabbed him.

He was only wearing his shirt, so does this woman have no sense of gender distinction?

Just as Long Qi was complaining, Ling Xiang called him and handed him a handful of five-edged talisman paper: “Go with Mai Dong to every household and quietly put this thing under everyone’s pillow, especially the children. Remember not to let anyone find out!”

Long Qi didn’t know what Lingxiang wanted to do. How could she go to someone else’s house so late at night? He was not afraid of being discovered with his kung fu skills, but it was still a bit unethical.

Mai Dong had coaxed Gou Wa to sleep by then. She quietly laid him down, walked to Ling Xiang, took a handful of talismans and said to Long Qi, “This is about saving lives. If you don’t do this, someone will definitely die before tomorrow.”

After hearing what Mai Dong said and seeing Ling Xiang’s serious face, Long Qi took the other talisman paper she handed over without hesitation and left the house with Mai Dong.

Regardless of Maidong’s explanation, he naturally believed Lingxiang, but he felt a little uncomfortable as to why he trusted her so much.

There was no noise outside the house. Lingxiang came to Gou Wa’s bed and looked at the sleeping child in front of her. She whispered, “Don’t worry, Gou Wa. Sister will definitely protect you.” Then she took out a Huimeng Pill from her Qiankun bag and stuffed it into Gou Wa’s mouth, then raised her hand to help Gou Wa swallow it.

Lingxiang looked calm, but no one knew that she was already furious. Earlier in the house of the Goddess of Fortune, the old lady’s eyes made her very uncomfortable. If she guessed correctly…

If I’m not mistaken, she will come to see Gou Wa again today!

It’s bad enough that he is afraid of death, but he even doesn’t let the children go. It’s so despicable!
……

Gou Wa was playing alone by the river, picking up stones and throwing them into the water.

His elder brother was very good at skipping stones on the water, but he could never learn how to do it. The stones would sink after he threw them, unlike his brother, which would sometimes even float to the other side.

He also wanted to be like his brother, so that he could show off in front of other children in the village and appear proud.

When Gou Wa was throwing stones, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. He turned around and saw that it was the Goddess of Fortune. She was carrying a cane and a package, waving at him from a distance.

Gou Wa quickly dropped the stone and ran to the old man: “Where are you going, old man?”

The old man looked at Gou Wa lovingly and coughed twice: “The old man is going out for a while, but he forgot to bring money. Can Gou Wa lend him some money?”

“But I don’t have any money…”

The old man pointed at Gou Wa’s chest and said, “Look carefully, isn’t that money?”

Gou Wa suddenly felt his chest sinking. He reached into his arms and touched a string of hard objects. He pulled them out and saw that it was a string of copper coins, about sixty or seventy in number.

Huh? When did I become so rich?
Just as Gou Wa was scratching his head, the old man said, “Here, isn’t this money? Can you lend it to us, old ancestor?”

“Since the ancestor wants it, then of course we should give it to him. Since the ancestor is going out, we should give it all to him!” Although he was confused, his parents had said that he must be a filial child.

Gou Wa stretched out his tender little hand and handed over a string of copper coins. The old man was about to take it with a smile, but just as he was about to touch the copper coins, a green figure flashed before his eyes, and suddenly a white hand appeared and pressed on Gou Wa’s hand, and put the copper coins back into Gou Wa’s arms.

“This money will be used to help Gou Wa get married in the future. Since the ancestor wants money, I might as well give it to him!” It was Lingxiang!

“Sister Lingxiang!”

Lingxiang squatted in front of Gou Wa, touched his little face and said with a smile: “Sister is richer than Gou Wa, can you lend me some money?”

Gou Wa blinked his eyes with an innocent look on his face, staring at Lingxiang. He had never seen such a beautiful sister!

Seeing that Gou Wa was so cute, Lingxiang pinched his little face again and said, “Aunt Chang has made some delicious food for you. Be careful if you come back late or Kuan Ge’er will eat it all!”

When he heard that there was delicious food, Gou Wa’s eyes lit up. Seeing this, Lingxiang smiled and touched his head, then unnoticedly stuffed a five-edged yellow talisman into his arms.

“go quickly!”

Gou Wa got the order and ran and jumped towards the village, but he disappeared after a while. It was then that Ling Xiang looked at the old man, only to see that his face was full of gloom, with no trace of his previous kindness.

“Where did this little girl come from? How dare you ruin my good thing!”

Lingxiang smiled calmly: “It’s not important. What’s important is that you and I have no blood relationship. If you want to take away my life span, I’m afraid it won’t work!”

The old man had a fierce look on his face and stared at Lingxiang for a long time. Then his body gradually disappeared.

……

When Long Qi came back, he saw Ling Xiang meditating with her eyes closed. This was the first time Long Qi saw Ling Xiang so quiet, and she looked very delicate.

He moved closer to Lingxiang and looked at her carefully, and gradually felt that Lingxiang was not only delicate, but also extremely beautiful, and that she also had a fragrance on her body, which made him somewhat addicted.

Just at this moment, Lingxiang suddenly opened her eyes, scaring Long Qi so much that he quickly took a few steps back, feeling his face getting hot.

What is he doing! What’s so good about this little girl!

Long Qi pretended to touch his chest to comfort himself, complaining: “I called you for a long time but you didn’t respond. I thought something was wrong with you. But you actually scared me. It’s really… really…”

Lingxiang looked puzzled. She had just come out of Gou Wa’s dream, so how could she know that Long Qi would come back so soon?
“Have you let go of everything?” Lingxiang asked.

“That’s it! Who am I!” Long Qi seemed very proud. He had just competed with Mai Dong. Each of them took half a village to see who could put the object away first. It turned out that he was better.

Just then Mai Dong also entered the room. Seeing Ling Xiang sitting cross-legged, she frowned and said, “You fell asleep without waiting for me to come back. Isn’t it dangerous if there is no one to protect you?”

Dangerous? What dangerous thing did she do again?
Long Qi suddenly turned around and looked at Ling Xiang, but the latter smiled calmly: “It’s okay.”

Just when Long Qi was about to ask, he suddenly heard a bell ringing outside the door. The sound was ethereal and very strange.

Lingxiang Maidong naturally heard it as well. The two of them went to the window, opened a crack and looked out. Long Qi was also curious, so he also went to take a look. He saw a white figure outside the yard, holding a mourning stick and walking towards the east entrance of the village. There seemed to be another person beside him.

He suddenly felt a sudden chill all over his body, and he began to tremble unconsciously, with his upper and lower teeth shivering. Seeing this, Lingxiang quickly stuffed a piece of talisman paper into his mouth, twisted her fingers, pinched the seal, and chanted something, and Long Qi felt better.

“It’s the Black and White Impermanence,” Lingxiang frowned and said to Maidong, “Watch Long Qi. He has just been touched by ghost spirits. Don’t let them bewitch him. I’ll go meet them.”

Mai Dong nodded: “Be careful! These two are not easy to deal with.”

Long Qi was confused, but he could clearly hear Lingxiang’s moans. He felt that there was danger outside, but he was too weak to move. He wanted to stop Lingxiang, so he raised his hand with all his strength, but he could only watch Lingxiang go out the door.

Spiritual fragrance…

Spiritual fragrance…

……

Outside Grandma Fushen’s yard, chains were moving like snakes, extending into her house, and at the beginning of the chains were two figures, one black and one white.

“Life and death are determined by fate. Don’t be greedy or obsessed. The road to the underworld is long. Come quickly!”

The chains jingled, and soon an old man came out of the house. It was none other than the Goddess of Fortune mentioned by the villagers. At this time, bursts of crying were heard from the house.

“But even if she is greedy, what should we do?” Just as the Black and White Impermanence were about to lock up the soul and leave, Lingxiang suddenly appeared and spoke.

Hei Wuchang glared at Lingxiang angrily and said, “Who are you, you little bastard? How dare you obstruct me!” As he said that, he shook the black mourning stick in his hand, and the bell on the stick rang.

At this time, Bai Wuchang held the white mourning stick in his hand horizontally and stopped Hei Wuchang: “Don’t worry, don’t worry, take her on the road, I have something to say to this little Taoist.”

Hei Wuchang glanced at Lingxiang, then snorted and took the old man back the way they came. Bai Wuchang, on the other hand, looked at Lingxiang with a smile on his face.

Lingxiang had always thought that the Black and White Impermanence were long-tongued soul-collecting messengers from the underworld, but she never expected that the White Impermanence in front of her was actually such a handsome man.

“It just so happens that I also have something I don’t understand, so I need to ask Master Qi for advice.”

Bai Wuchang was not annoyed by Lingxiang’s rudeness, but just said, “I know what you want to ask. When a person dies, his soul must go back to the underworld to settle accounts, but that person is not here. However, perhaps the man next to you can help you with what you are asking for.”

Hearing this, Lingxiang was surprised, but then she thought, after all, he was the God of the Underworld, it must be easy for him to see through her, but…

“That woman committed many evil things and took away people’s lifespans, but she was taken away without any pain?”

Bai Wuchang smiled and said softly, “Who are you defending by being so persistent? Is the underworld a vegetarian? What she did will eventually be judged in the Yama Palace.”

“So what if we tried her? What about those people who died unjustly? Those…those…” Lingxiang was a little angry. How could she let that old woman go so easily?

Just as Lingxiang was furious, a voice came from behind her.

“Sister shopkeeper.”

It turned out to be Taoniu. Bai Wuchang waved at her and she ran over.

“Sister shopkeeper, thank you for catching the monster in the village.” Taoniu smiled brightly.

Lingxiang’s eyes warmed up when she heard that, and she didn’t know how to start. But Bai Wuchang said, “The underworld knew about this place a long time ago, but they couldn’t take her away because of that person’s dirty tricks. That’s why I left this child here on purpose and told her about you. I guess you knew from the beginning that she was not a living person, so you lit the incense to comfort her soul.”

“Since you are an outsider, if you can attain enlightenment in the future, the underworld will also be grateful to you.”

After Bai Wuchang finished speaking, he waved his long sleeves, covered Taoniu and walked away. Not far away, Hei Wuchang was waiting for him, with the chained Goddess of Fortune beside her.

……

Lingxiang didn’t know what she was up to, but she actually asked him to attend the Yuanqing Sect’s initiation meeting. As soon as he returned to Youranju, she asked him to pack his bags and go to Jiuque Mountain, saying that they were now accepting disciples and asked him to go quickly. She also gave him a black jade plaque and a talisman.

Is she going to be a hands-off boss?
Long Qi was unwilling at first, but Lingxiang actually ordered Maidong to throw him out. He complained about the two of them all the way, but he was helpless.

Forget it, just deal with it first and then go back. Then he can say that they don’t want him. Then he can move back to Youran Ju, right?
Thinking of this, Long Qi became extremely proud, and ran towards Yuanqing Sect humming a tuneless tune all the way.

(End of this chapter)