Chapter 227: 227

227 "This might not be a bad thing."

As expected, the one bringing the meal was still Wang Dongqing.

Seeing it was Tushan Jiu, Wang Dongqing immediately pulled her out.

Tushan Jiu wondered, "What's wrong? Why do we have to come out to talk?"

Wang Dongqing: "Xiang Yichu is going to have trouble!"

Tushan Jiu's expression tightened.

"According to rumors, the Xiang family has been schemed against by their rivals, targeting their genius young sect leader, Xiang Yichu. They boast they want to see just how strong this genius is and intend to cripple him."

Tushan Jiu frowned, raised her hand to calculate, and her brows knitted even tighter.

Seeing her frown, Wang Dongqing's heart skipped a beat; he had never seen her expression like this before.

"Is it not good?" he asked, lowering his voice a bit.

Tushan Jiu nodded. "This is a hurdle for him. If he passes, everything will go smoothly thereafter; if he doesn't......"

She rubbed her fingers together, gazed into the distance, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

Wang Dongqing anxiously asked, "If he doesn't pass, what then?"

"His heart demon will entangle him, his cultivation will regress, and eventually he'll become a cripple."

Wang Dongqing widened his eyes. "That serious!"

Tushan Jiu didn't speak, but her brows relaxed as she said, "This might not be a bad thing."

Wang Dongqing: "???"

After saying that, she turned and went back into the building, only to come out again shortly after.

That ghost had just been chatting and almost forgot to turn itself in.

After she came out, Wang Dongqing's figure was already gone from the doorway.

Tushan Jiu headed toward the back door, and as expected, someone was waiting there to borrow a sword from her.

Upon reaching the exit, Tushan Jiu felt that history was strikingly similar.

Last time, Gou Sheng borrowed a sword here as well.

This time, Gou Dan borrowed a sword, also here.

However, Gou Dan borrowing a sword isn't a big deal; anyone in the office who knows a bit of divination can help him check it out.

But he also doesn't know why; he just really wants to borrow this sword from Tushan Jiu.

Considering Gou Sheng was an old customer, Tushan Jiu lent a sword to Gou Dan, foretelling what he had in mind—but it turned out to be an ominous saying.

Namely, Gou Sheng will not see the day Gou Dan's child is born.

Although Gou Dan had already guessed it, he still felt uneasy inside.

He lit a cigarette, squatted on the ground, and smoked in silence.

Tushan Jiu glanced at him and then left.

Just as she came out of the exit, Tushan Jiu heard two cat cries.

One voice was high-pitched and sharp, the other a lower-pitched call.

Tushan Jiu walked over curiously to take a look.

After looking, she pursed her lips and murmured, "So spring is coming after all."

She took out her phone and called Xie Shiyu.

As she walked toward the alley's exit, she told him, "Xie Shiyu, I'm afraid I have to go out again."

After a pause, he asked, "All right, where are you going this time? I'll have Assistant Li make the arrangements, but our plane is at the public airport's apron—when will you need it?"

"Tomorrow."

"All right, I'll arrange it. By the way, we won't be going back to the old residence for lunch today—Lu Ze Yuan recommended a newly opened restaurant; he'll take you to try it and see if you like it."

"Sure, then I'll come find you—I don't have anything else to do right now."

"Take it easy on the road."

After they hung up, Tushan Jiu happened to be walking up to her car.

She opened the car door, got in, and told Wu Shu Yue to go to the company.

The next day, Tushan Jiu set off early for the airport, with Xie Shiyu seeing her off.

Over an hour later, at the airport exit in Huai City.

Tushan Jiu, Wang Dongqing with a slightly flushed face, and Maomao, who was still a bit sleepy with a U-shaped pillow around her neck, faced each other—six eyes meeting.

The three of them looked at one another, then gave a helpless smile.

Of course, Maomao didn't smile; she was still a bit groggy and had a terrible case of morning grumpiness.

That morning, Wang Dongqing gave her a deadly series of setbacks, saying he had also booked a ticket for her to go to West Hunan Huai City.

While washing up, she finally realized it, took out her phone, and saw he had sent her a message.

But she had been catching ghosts these days, her schedule turned upside down as she adjusted her routine, and she completely missed it.

She hurriedly packed her things and boarded the plane.

Once on the plane, she fell asleep and didn't wake up until they arrived, when Wang Dongqing woke her.

Wang Dongqing, for waking her while she was still asleep, got slapped.

Tushan Jiu gave his face two more looks, pursed her lips and smiled, "You......"

Wang Dongqing grinned, "No problem, I misjudged—I thought she'd strike with her right hand, but she swung with her left instead. Hehehe, my skin's thick; the swelling will go down soon."

Maomao nodded in agreement, feeling no guilt at all, "Yeah, that's right."

"All right, let's go." Tushan Jiu had already received the message saying the driver was waiting for her at Exit No. 3.

Although Huai City doesn't have a branch of the Xie Clan conglomerate, ever since Xie Shiyu came along, he arranges everything in advance whenever she goes out, so she never has to worry about a thing.

Moreover, this time he arranged a business car suitable for travel for her.

When Tushan Jiu saw the car, she smiled knowingly, thinking that Xie Shiyu's intuition was terrifyingly accurate.

When there are many people, riding a business car is much more comfortable; moreover, in Huai Cheng, the towns are spread far apart, so the travel time by car is also quite long.

Because they didn't know exactly where they would stay, Tushan Jiu didn't have Xie Shiyu arrange accommodations for them in advance; she would make her own arrangements after they arrived.

After the three got in the car, they set off for Luling Town, where the Xiang family resides.

The driver was a local; upon hearing they were going to Luling Town, he hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Seeing this, Wang Dongqing asked, "What's wrong, Master?"

The driver felt a bit embarrassed, saying, "You don't know, but lately something strange has been happening on the road to Luling Town—it's really eerie, and I'm not too keen to drive that way."

"How is it eerie?" Tushan Jiu asked.

"Miss Tushan, it's like this: recently drivers often get lost on that road, but it's strange because there's clearly only one road—how could one get lost? It's as spooky as encountering a ghost wall!"

Wang Dongqing sighed and told him to relax, "It's fine, it's just a ghost wall—with the three of us in the car, not only a ghost wall, even if a ghost stood there, it would have to make way for us."

The driver gave him a strange look, then finally turned his gaze to the host, Tushan Jiu.

Tushan Jiu calmly told him to just drive, nothing would happen.

When the driver met Tushan Jiu's eyes, for some reason he inexplicably felt a sense of peace; he no longer delayed, started the car, and drove toward Luling Town.

Vehicles were normal along the way, but once they turned onto the road to Luling Town, traffic became scarce.

Luling Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides.

Most of the buildings in the town retain ancient architectural styles, with a hint of Western Hunan ancient towns.

More than half of the people living here are corpse carriers.

At night, if someone passes through Luling Town and is unlucky, they might 'fortunately' see a string of corpses hopping along.

Of course, not on the main road, but there is a dedicated corpse-carrying path not far away.