Chapter 116: with translation of chapter title

Hearing this, Zhang Guihua, who was already worried, immediately became tense and hurriedly asked: "Dongzhu, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with this letter?"

"Old lady, don't worry, since the other party left a letter in our main hall, and also left a bunch of things!"

While speaking, Wang Lin took out the stack of talismans he had just picked up from the table and comforted: "This shows they have no ill intentions toward us!"

Although he said that, the worry on his face could not be concealed.

He didn't even know whether those words were meant to comfort Zhang Guihua or himself.

"Never would I have thought that doing a good deed would scare my grandparents like this!"

Wang Ping'an, seeing and hearing what happened in the main hall through Hei Mao Bu Tou, couldn't help but shake his head.

He had considered dividing the stack of talismans into three sachets and secretly hanging them around the necks of his mother and his grandparents.

But this thought hadn't lingered in his mind for even a second before he dispelled it himself.

He worried that doing so might scare his family in some unknown way.

That's why he did it this way!

He placed the talismans on the main hall table and left a letter explaining the reason.

Never would I have thought...

And yet he still scared his family!

Although his mother didn't shout, one could still see a fleeting look of shock in her eyes from her expression.

Wang Ping'an secretly sighed: "Good thing I didn't make them into sachets to hang around their necks, otherwise—no, it would definitely have scared them to death!"

"Dad, don't worry, this isn't a bad thing, it's a good thing!"

Liu Dongzhu suppressed her inner shock, looked at the talismans Wang Lin took out, her eyes instantly lit up, and she discovered many of them were very familiar.

As if she had seen them somewhere before!

Liu Dongzhu quickly untied a sachet from Wang Ping'an's neck; it was the thunderbolt talisman that she had originally found, given to her family's Ping'an by Daoist Xuanqing, which had disappeared at some point.

From seeing Aunt Li's condition at the time, it was obvious she had been struck by lightning.

Eight or nine out of ten, it was used on Aunt Li!

Therefore.

She therefore secretly took off the thunderbolt talisman she wore on herself, put it back on Wang Ping'an, fearing it might fall, she specially made a sachet, placed it inside, and hung the sachet around Wang Ping'an's neck.

Liu Dongzhu found the sachet she had made herself, opened it, took out the thunderbolt talisman, and then compared it with the stack of talismans in Wang Lin's hand.

Apart from the difference in newness, they were practically identical in every other aspect.

"Dongzhu, how is this pile of things in my hand exactly the same as—no, the thunderbolt talisman given to you by Daoist Xuanqing?"

Wang Lin also instantly noticed the abnormality; when he had earlier seen the stack of talismans on the table, he had felt a sense of familiarity.

He had pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out where that feeling of familiarity came from.

He suspected it was because he was old and couldn't remember many things, so he didn't bother thinking further.

Only then, when Liu Dongzhu produced a thunderbolt talisman for comparison, did he understand where that feeling of familiarity came from.

It was the thunderbolt talisman that Liu Dongzhu had recently given them, saying it was given by Daoist Xuanqing to protect their safety. A flash of insight passed through Wang Lin's mind, and he murmured thoughtfully:

"Dongzhu, could these all be thunderbolt talismans? Could these talismans have been specially left by Daoist Xuanqing for us to protect Ping'an? He left this letter specifically to explain the reason?"

"Dad, you know full well that Daoist Xuanqing just went to the prefecture capital a few days ago; how could he possibly return so quickly?"

Liu Dongzhu shook her head, her face instantly becoming extremely complex; the letter explained why they had left so many talismans for their family.

But after reading it, she didn't feel a sudden enlightenment; instead, her heart was filled with worry.

"Who offers kindness without cause is either a spy or a thief!"

How could she not know this principle? Besides Daoist Xuanqing, anyone who shows them kindness for no reason cannot be said to all harbor ulterior motives; they all have some purpose of their own.

Wang Lin wondered: "If these talismans weren't left by Daoist Xuanqing, then who gave them?"

"Regardless of these things—no, who gave these talismans!"

Zhang Guihua hurriedly spoke, pausing, looking at the stack of talismans in Wang Lin's hand, her face full of fervor, she eagerly said:

This novel you have arrived.

"You see, shouldn't we make a cloth bag, put all these talismans in it, and place it on Ping'an's body, so it can protect our Ping'an's safety!"

Liu Dongzhu said with a complex expression: "Mom, the other party said, these talismans were specially prepared for us, to protect our safety; Ping'an's share doesn't need us to worry about!"

"Who, who said that?"

Zhang Guihua's face showed even more bewilderment; she exclaimed in astonishment: "Besides our family and Daoist Xuanqing, who else would care about Ping'an's safety? Could it be—could it be that beast?"

"Don't talk nonsense; how could that beast possibly care about Ping'an's and our lives or deaths!"

Wang Lin gave a cold snort, fearing Zhang Guihua's words would affect Liu Dongzhu's feelings, he quickly interrupted and said: "If that beast truly cared about our family's lives and deaths, how could it possibly do something worse than a pig or dog!"

Liu Dongzhu had no mind to pay attention to Wang Ruhai's situation; she glanced at the letter in her hand, then at the talismans in Wang Lin's hand, and said puzzledly:

"Dad, you said besides Daoist Xuanqing, who else would leave these treasures?"

"Dongzhu, I heard you mention me; could something have happened?"

Wang Lin opened his mouth to answer, when he heard a curious voice from outside the main hall—it was Daoist Xuanqing's voice, and shortly after, Daoist Xuanqing, dusty and weary, walked in from outside.

Liu Dongzhu's eyes instantly lit up, and she said: "Daoist Xuanqing, you've finally returned! You just went to the prefecture capital, how could you come back so quickly?"

Qingyang County can be said to be the most remote area of Qing Prefecture; let alone walking, even on horseback, a round trip takes ten days to half a month.

"We cultivators come and go like the wind; the prefecture capital has nothing fun, and besides, I'm old, accustomed to staying at the Xuanqing Temple; after sending those two useless disciples to Ziyang Palace, I hurried back!"

Xuanqing explained briefly, not wanting to dwell on it, then changed the subject: "I just heard you mention me at the gate; what happened?"

Naturally, it wasn't convenient for him to tell Liu Dongzhu that he rushed to Qing Prefecture and back so quickly because he feared someone would rob his home while he was away.

He hadn't forgotten that Luo Quan, that bastard, eyed his disciple Wang Ping'an with a hungry gaze.

Don't look at Luo Quan then, seeming to have given up; who knows what scheme he's hatching?

(End of chapter)