Published at 18th of October 2020 06:29:13 PM
Chapter 60
Ch 60.01
When Liu Cang Ling left in the morning, I accompanied Zhi Yan in Zhuo Chen Hall. I was not someone who could comfort another person, but she probably did not need any comfort. Therefore, I simply lay on the windowsill, and told her to practice some martial arts in the courtyard.
Now that I was not afraid of being detected by Mo Qing, I could daringly teach her with peace of mind.
A few days ago, when I was in her body, I helped her meditate for a while, and cultivate for a while. I even took several Nine Reversal Original Pills, so her cultivation had improved a lot. I used her body several times to stretch her magical abilities beyond its limits. Although it injured her body somewhat, it also quickly raised her cultivation base to the upper boundary.
If it was said that when she first entered Wan Lu Sect, her cultivation base was estimated to be just among the middle- and lower-level demon cultivators. Now, I could guarantee that if Zhi Yan encountered that same situation like before, where she suffered North Mountain Lord’s beating, then for herself, she would not do worse than me.
When I told her to focus her mind on practicing her skills, she cooperated. So throughout the span of one day, she was so tired that she did not even have the effort to go ponder about those things related to Liu Cang Ling.
As I taught her into the evening, I saw the sun going down the mountain. I ran out swinging and immediately discussed with Zhi Yan that I would first go to the ghost market to settle my debt, then by the time the Hour of the Rat came, Zhi Yan would bring her body to go find me. In this way, after I finished with the debt at the ghost market, I could immediately possess her body and come back. Those precious two hours with Mo Qing would not be wasted in the least.
*Hour of the Rat (子时 – zǐ shí) – between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
“What about me?” Zhi Yan felt a little aggrieved, “You’re just going to toss me aside in the ghost market like that?”
I looked at her utterly deadpan: “After a busy day, you definitely want some stillness…”
“I don’t want it.”
“… Don’t talk back.” I said, “You definitely want some stillness. I’ll give you a timeframe of these two hours, you can float to wherever and soak up the wind. When the two hours pass, you’ll automatically return to your body, don’t be scared.”
She bit her lip. In the end, she still obeyed, accepted her fate, and said: “Alright…”
Then I bluntly drifted towards the ghost market.
I relentlessly hurried all the way to the ghost market and with much difficulty, I made it there during the first Hour of the Pig. There was still more than an hour until the Hour of the Rat, so there was enough time for me to deal with these terrible messes in the ghost market.
*Hour of the Pig (亥时 – hài shí) – between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.
My first thought was to go to the Da Yin Netherworld Bank to check my account and see how much money I have. After that, I would go find Cao Ning and his mother along the way, calculate the money owed, and have the green document written. However, I did not even need to find them at all, because Née Zhou found me first.
*green document – divorce document
Even though she was shorter than me, she glared at me with her eyes crossed. I knew that she disapproved of me. In her eyes, I was a charming fox, who had stolen her son’s heart and soul away. I knew that she was angry with me, so I deliberately flicked my hair to make myself look even more alluring: “The debt is paid, so bring your son over to write the green document.”
“Write, what’s there to write!” As soon as she heard my words, Née Zhou immediately exploded, “My son has gone to heaven! He ascended to immortality! So what green document is there to write!” She went up to grab me, but just like before, she passed through my body, and dived to the ground, crying loudly, “You give me back my son!”
Huh?
What?
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I was a bit confused.
Why did something always happen that I could not understand every time I encountered this old woman? What was called ascended to immortality? I asked her: “He’s been dead for such a long time and can still ascend to immortality? Also, what’s the system of ascending to immortality? So he ascended to immortality, what’s that got to do with me? How can I give him back to you?”
“It’s due to that money that you burned!” Née Zhou wiped her tears while scoldingly pointing at me, “It’s because you burned so much money for him! So much money! Instant merit! He immediately soared to heaven! He isn’t coming back!”
Huh? When people gave you guys these good merits by burning money, burning a lot of it, it could burn you guys to heaven?
Nobody in your ghost market had ever told me this rule at the beginning!
“I just dazedly watched my son go to heaven! With my own eyes, I watched him fly away!” She cried miserably, but for some indescribable reason I thought that… It was somewhat funny?
However, due to her howling cries and screaming noises, her voice was getting louder and louder, which attracted the attention of the ghosts next to her.
Ch 60.02
However, my heart became fearful, I did not want to be criminally charged for something again and have to go to prison for three days. I was about to stop her when a ghost suddenly appeared beside me, it was Zi You. He floated by me and lifted Née Zhou up from the ground: “You old lady, you really can’t differentiate the good from the bad! My family’s Big Sis sent your son to heaven, he soared up to become an immortal! It’s a merit that many people beg for but can’t get! It’s a blessing that you guys have cultivated over several of your lifetimes! How can you still blame my Big Sis?!”
Née Zhou sobbed and cried, unable to respond.
“Big Sis, let’s go.”
Zi You reached out his hand and pulled me aside, trying to get me to avoid this old woman, and leave this quarrelsome place. I understood his good intentions, but…
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“What about the green document?” I looked back and forth between Zi You and Née Zhou, “What about my green document? Who do I write it with?”
*green document – divorce document
Zi You smiled at me: “Your ‘husband’ has levitated heavenward. Why do you still need to write the green document? You’re now the widow of a celestial being. You’ve regained your freedom. Also, you’re free to marry.”
So… In other words…
Because of two Resurrection Pills, I obtained the title of a widow?
Ohh…
As I stroked my chin, I pondered. If I did not tell Mo Qing about this, he should not be able to find out about it. Otherwise, I would just hide it from him for a lifetime. In any case, when we die later, he would have no energy to bother about whether I had been a certain celestial being’s… Widow.
However, even if he knew, it should not even matter.
As I contemplated, I driftingly followed Zi You towards the restaurant. However, as I drifted, I suddenly managed to react: “Then what about me?”
Zi You got frightened by my sudden outburst that he turned his head back: “What’s wrong?”
“What about me?” I distractedly stared at him, “The ghost money that I received, I received a lot of it. Will I also just flap away and burn up to heaven?”
Zi You looked like he was amused by me: “Big Sis, you worry too much. You won’t be able to become an immortal.”
“Why not?”
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“People who have been convicted of slaughtering cannot ascend to immortality.” He explained it to me carefully, “In fact, it really doesn’t entirely depend on Big Sis. If you want to ascend to immortality, you cannot slaughter for ten lifetimes, live benevolently, earn great merits, and then you can ascend to immortality. It’s the scholar’s own fate that has arrived. Big Sis, you merely sent him on his journey.”
Ohh…
I still felt some lingering fears: “So actually burning paper offerings can even burn someone to heaven, why didn’t anyone tell me before?”
Zi You somewhat literally did not know whether to laugh or cry: “When ghosts receive ritual money, they actually receive a part of the living world’s heart intentions. The more heart intentions there are, it shows that this person did many good deeds during his life. So one-tenth of ritual money gets one-tenth of merit, when merit accumulates to a certain degree, then naturally it’ll create a change. But due to so much money being burnt, it’s also… The first time I heard that someone got burnt to heaven. Even ordinary people wouldn’t expect this, so naturally nobody would be able to tell you.”
So in the end, to settle the debt, it was still me exerting… Too ferociously.
This could not blame me, argh! Blame Mo Qing for accepting so many disciples, he had North Mountain’s disciples burn money for two days straight and it burned the person up to heaven!
“Big Sis, don’t you worry about it. You’re now the widow of a celestial being, Heaven will definitely take care of you.”
I pursed my lips, being taken care of by Heaven or not did not matter. I, Lu Zhao Yao, did not have it and still managed to live a good life… Ah, that was not right, I was currently still half dead.
I followed Zi You, sitting on the second floor of their tavern. Zi You sat down next to me, I looked at him and rapped the table: “So let’s talk about you.” I propped my head up and looked at him, “How did you suddenly know that I committed slaughtering crimes when I was alive, cuz I haven’t told you about these before?”
Zi You fell silent.
As he lowered his eyes, he suddenly smiled: “Sect Leader… Is brilliant.”