Chapter 188: Entrusting
After thoroughly appreciating the elegance of Baoyi Temple from beginning to end, Gong Ziliu finally satisfiedly took the two to retrieve that lost soul who was unwilling to be delivered away.
The so-called lost soul was actually that woman residing in the bell.
Now that bell was enshrined in a side hall of Baoyi Temple. After Gong Ziliu led Xuan Xia and Daoist Master Qin into the hall and closed the door, he lit an incense stick before summoning the woman.
The woman appeared gracefully. Seeing Daoist Master Qin and Xuan Xia, she said, “You’ve finally come.”
This tone made it seem like she thought they had arrived too late.
Xuan Xia looked at the woman and found her somewhat different from before.
Although the woman was unwilling to leave and still lingered in the mortal world, she had ultimately been cleansed of her entire body by the pure dew, washing away her original ghostly appearance.
Now her eyes were no longer pitch black but had the appearance of ordinary human eyes, her features no longer bloody, her small face clean and neat—she had been a beauty in life.
Unfortunately, the beauty couldn’t get over her emotional ties and had turned herself into that previous state.
Xuan Xia couldn’t help but softly sigh at the woman.
The woman glanced sideways at Xuan Xia, opened her mouth, and asked in an opera singing style, “Why are you sighing? Is my unwillingness to leave disappointing you?”
Xuan Xia: “…”
If she could stop using the opera singing style, Xuan Xia might feel a bit less disappointed.
Thinking this, she replied to the woman in a similarly dry tone.
The woman fell silent for a moment, then huffed and turned to Daoist Master Qin, saying, “I’m not leaving. I have a wish unfulfilled. I won’t leave.”
Daoist Master Qin asked her, “What wish do you have unfulfilled?”
The woman said, “I want to find him.”
Daoist Master Qin fell silent for a moment. Regarding the woman’s obsession, he had explained last night that the person she wanted to find was one hundred percent no longer in the world and very likely had already been reincarnated.
Finding him would be easier said than done.
But the woman stubbornly said, “Even if reincarnated, I will find him.”
At this, Daoist Master Qin didn’t know what more to say.
The woman changed her tone and said, “He promised me. He said he could bring him to see me. He knows where he is. He clearly promised, but he didn’t do it.”
By the end, the woman’s expression was indignant, showing signs of turning dark again.
As for the “him” throughout, it was easy to understand: the woman meant that Ren Yaozhe could find the person she wanted to see, even if that person had reincarnated.
Although Xuan Xia strongly suspected that Ren Yaozhe had simply deceived her just to make her work for him.
Xuan Xia looked at the woman again, about to say something, when the woman looked over and spoke first: “I want to follow you. You help me find him.”
Xuan Xia: “???”
“You want to follow me?”
Why?
The woman nodded and explained, “I know you can leave here. I know you can go to many places. Take me to find him.”
Xuan Xia: “…” You know quite a lot.
But though the woman wanted to follow her, Xuan Xia didn’t want to agree.
Joking aside, keeping a lost soul by her side—did she have a hole in her brain?
Not to mention their relationship: the first time they met, the woman had attacked her, trying to kill her!
Like this, and still expecting her to help find someone? Xuan Xia really couldn’t nod to that.
The woman saw Xuan Xia’s expression. After being cleansed by the pure dew, not only had her appearance become clean, her mind had sharpened too. Seeing Xuan Xia unwilling to agree, the woman turned directly to Daoist Master Qin.
Then she said to Daoist Master Qin, “Let me follow her. If you tell me to protect her, I will protect her. If you tell me to watch her, I will watch her.”
Xuan Xia: “???”
Wait a minute—what did that last sentence mean? It sounded so strange.
Did this woman not know who was the head of Changsheng Temple? Who was the boss?
Daoist Master Qin was clearly speechless at the woman’s words too, falling into a puzzled silence.
Seeing neither speaking, the woman grew anxious.
As she grew anxious, her ghostly appearance began to show again.
The observing Gong Ziliu couldn’t help but hiss, secretly on guard. If the woman went berserk, he had to subdue her immediately—neither could these two be harmed, nor could Baoyi Temple be threatened.
But Gong Ziliu making a sound drew Xuan Xia’s attention to him.
Xuan Xia quickly pointed at Gong Ziliu and said to the woman, “You find him instead.”
Gong Ziliu tensed up, never expecting that as just a spectator, he would be pushed forward.
However, the woman was not satisfied with Gong Ziliu and immediately refused, “No.”
Xuan Xia asked, “Why not?”
The woman turned her head away, “So ugly, I refuse.”
Gong Ziliu: “…………”
Though Daoist Master Gong didn’t rely on his looks for a living, his pride was still somewhat hurt at this moment.
Xuan Xia: “…”
Who would have thought this woman was still part of the looks faction.
After turning her head away for a moment, the woman soon turned back and said to Xuan Xia again, “If you’re unwilling to help me, I’ll haunt him. Sincerity can move mountains and rivers; I’ll haunt him until he helps me.”
This time, this “him” referred to Daoist Master Qin.
Xuan Xia looked at her, blinked, and said, “You think it’s some unfinished human-ghost romance, or that you’re Nie Xiaoqian? In your dreams.”
The woman fell silent.
Seeing her gloomy ghostly look, Xuan Xia figured she was coming up with some new argument.
However, what the woman had just said about haunting Daoist Master Qin—Xuan Xia didn’t know how she came up with that.
She just slightly imagined such a scene and found it not very pleasant.
Not wanting to think about it anymore, Xuan Xia turned to Daoist Master Qin, who had been silent for half a day, and asked, “Daoist Master Qin, what do you think? Should we still take her back with us? Or just leave her at Baoyi Temple.”
Gong Ziliu hurriedly said, “That won’t do.”
How could they leave this lost soul at Baoyi Temple? Besides, this lost soul had already set her sights on Changsheng Temple.
The woman suddenly glared at Xuan Xia, her long hair flying up without wind, as if the next moment she’d attack if words failed.
Daoist Master Qin glanced at the woman on the verge of turning dark, then at Xuan Xia, and helplessly said, “You and Daoist Master Gong go out for a moment.”
Hearing this, the woman instantly calmed her bristling state and fixedly looked at Daoist Master Qin, guessing he wanted a private talk and would likely agree to her request.
Xuan Xia thought the same, but she didn’t want to agree.
Gong Ziliu, however, didn’t give her time to express her opinion, hurriedly saying yes and immediately ushering her out.
After leaving the side hall, Gong Ziliu looked at Xuan Xia and hesitantly said, “Boss Xuan doesn’t seem very willing to help others?”
“Hm?”
“Oh, help ghosts. Help ghosts.”
Xuan Xia said, “I don’t, I’m not.”
Gong Ziliu sighed and said he didn’t know why Xuan Xia was unwilling to agree, but helping such a lost soul fulfill her wish was a great merit.
He then added that such great merit could ward off disasters and avoid calamities, and on a grander scale, even prolong life.
Xuan Xia “hm?”ed again, catching a key point from his words, “Prolong life? Increase lifespan?”
Gong Ziliu said, “Yes.”
Xuan Xia: “…”
She patted the hall door and shouted inside, “Daoist Master Qin, just give in to her.”
