Chapter 204: 204 Xiao An, You Are the First Among the New Generation

After New Year's Day, they started preparing for the Spring Festival.

In previous years, Tushan Jiu always spent the New Year on the mountain with just her grandfather.

However, they would prepare a big table of dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner, and then the people down the mountain would sneak up for a while, and everyone would eat a reunion meal together.

Of course, they were caught and scolded by the lower-level leaders several times.

But their family was truly incorrigible; later the leaders had no choice but to tacitly accept their behavior.

This year, Tushan Jiu spent the New Year at the Xie family's place, while they did not come up.

Mainly because they were afraid it would affect the Xie family.

However, Xie Shiyu had already asked Tushan Jiu what she used to do on the mountain during New Year's celebrations back at New Year's Day.

At that time, Tushan Jiu didn't think much of it, assuming he simply wanted to learn about her past.

As a result, that New Year's Eve, after eating the reunion dinner and waiting until the end of the year, the Xie family members all returned to their own rooms.

Meanwhile, Xie Shiyu went back into the kitchen again and started cooking himself.

He worked until the early morning, preparing a full eighteen dishes, then had Tushan Jiu light incense and invited the Tushan family members to come up for a reunion meal.

To be honest, at that moment Tushan Jiu's nose felt a bit sour.

Since she came down from the mountain, only half a year has passed; everything Xie Shiyu has done for her has been done with care, including the other Xie family members—aside from the initial minor misunderstanding with the third brother—and everyone has looked after her very well, all of which she has seen.

Under these circumstances, no one could fail to be moved.

At dawn, after finishing another reunion meal, she said thank you to Xie Shiyu, but he blocked her words with a kiss.

Nan Cheng has a ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers, so compared to Yun Shi's Hehua Village, it lacks much of the festive atmosphere.

After the New Year, the weather in Nan Cheng remained somewhat cold, so Tushan Jiu and Xie Shiyu prepared thicker clothing.

Because they were going to Chunbai Mountain.

Xie Shiyu also went along, and Tushan Jiu did not refuse.

Because if something really happened, Xie Shiyu's luck could indeed be a great help.

After all, the spirit medium's final trump card is certainly not anything good.

However, on the day they arrived at Chunbai Mountain, as soon as Tushan Jiu landed, she received an @ from three people in the group chat, saying they would have dinner together that evening.

Earlier, when the group sent New Year greetings, the four of them chatted for a while.

When asked whether Tushan Jiu would be busy after the New Year and if they should gather, she said she was going to Chunbai Mountain to confront the spirit medium alone.

The matter between the sword-drawer and the spirit medium is no secret in the metaphysical world; any elder of a certain age knows about it.

Many people witnessed the duel back then.

Therefore, when Tushan Jiu mentioned the spirit medium, the three of them simultaneously started a private chat and decided to also go to Chunbai Mountain after the New Year.

Tushan Jiu truly did not expect that those three would actually come as well.

The reason for this, she understood tacitly.

Some things don't need much explanation; just remember the favor.

Inside a hotel in Chunshi City.

Suk Mu'an looked at his grandfather, who was sitting on the sofa with eyes closed, resting his spirit, and his expression was somewhat complex.

Suk Yuan on the sofa did not open his eyes, merely saying in a light tone: "Have you arrived in Chunshi?"

Suk Mu'an nodded: "I arrived this morning."

Suk Yuan's cheeks tightened slightly, his tone somewhat resentful: "That little girl from the Tushan family did it on purpose! She exposed such a big opening for her—how could she have only just noticed? She clearly did it deliberately!"

Suk Mu'an lowered his gaze and did not speak.

Suk Yuan opened his eyes, looked up at him, and asked: "How are the preparations going?"

"He Qian's soul has fully merged the yin energy obtained from soul-refining; now his cultivation can reach the level of a thousand-year-old vicious ghost."

Upon hearing this, Suk Yuan's face also showed a hint of a smile: "Then let him be the appetizer; the old ancestor of the Liu Xian family has already been placed under my death curse—he will surely obey me by tomorrow at the latest. When the Tushan family girl goes to find them, that will be her second course!"

Suk Mu'an sighed and said: "Grandfather, Tushan Jiu is very strong, and besides her, a few others have also come to Chunshi this time."

Suk Yuan turned his head to look at him: "Who?"

"The young sect leader of the Xiangxi corpse-drivers, Xiang Yichu; the senior disciple of the Zhengyi Sect, Wang Dongqing; and the closed-door disciple of the Maoshan Sect's sect leader, Maomao—these three are also not to be underestimated."

Suk Yuan dismissed it: "No problem, they're just newborn calves; even if they manage to survive and eat the first two dishes, by three o'clock the day after tomorrow, when my constructed god successfully passes the heavenly tribulation, they will all become his 'food.' At that point, no matter how talented or brilliant they are, Xiao An, you are the first among the new generation!"

Suk Mu'an's brows twitched slightly, and a flash of disgust and hatred crossed his eyes.

The "he" his grandfather spoke of is his own biological son—and also his own biological father!

Before, he never knew his biological father was still alive.

But his father had been turned into a "monster" by his grandfather's own hands!

As for his mother, she had become an iron puppet used to restrain his father.

If it weren't for him returning early from Yun Shi to Nan Cheng, seeing his grandfather in the secret room feeding his father the yin energy from soul-refining, along with those pawned fortunes, he would still have been kept in the dark.

No wonder his grandfather never let him enter the secret room; whenever he asked, his grandfather said that thing must not be seen by living people, or it would become agitated.

It was also from that time onward that he realized his grandfather had gone mad—he was no longer human.

He is a devil among men.

Thus he also firmed his resolve: he must do something, cannot let him continue down this wrong path.

Xiang Yichu and the others arrived in Chunshi before Tushan Jiu, directly checking into the Xie Family's five-star hotel here, because they knew Tushan Jiu would certainly stay here as well, and it would be convenient to be close.

Xie Shiyu knew their purpose, so he naturally would not slight them; he told the hotel manager to switch them all to a presidential suite.

The hotels under the Xie Group are similar in layout; the presidential suites are always the top three floors.

Xie Shiyu and Tushan Jiu stay on the topmost floor; Xiang Yichu and Wang Dongqing stay on the bottom floor; Maomao occupies a floor by himself.

That evening, after eating together, Wang Dongqing and the others asked Tushan Jiu for specific details.

Regarding the spirit medium's reappearance, they actually had no information at all; it was still the same as last time in the orphanage, when Tushan Jiu said that the master behind the evil spirit lord was the spirit medium.

Tushan Jiu explained, "Actually, behind the evil spirit master there is another person behind that person; that is the true spirit medium."

Wang Dongqing: "No, wait a moment, behind the behind?"

"Hmm." Tushan Jiu nodded, "I guess that person should be a tool person used by the Su family to test my strength; the traces of a spirit medium on him are too obvious, including that the evil spirit master is a former spirit medium family secret technique; these were deliberately placed before me."