Chapter 262

Bái Sōnglán has always been a very mysterious presence in my mind.

I know her, I also understand her position, but I have never met her face to face.

On New Year's Eve, Bái Jīngmò stood for a long time at the east street corner; at that moment I was thinking, perhaps the Bai family is Regret?

Regret, when Hui Moqiong was persuading them, did not decisively return to Wufu Town Pawnshop.

Wufu Town Pawnshop is indeed a dragon's pool and tiger's den, but being in Wufu Town, one is already in this vortex; no one can remain uninvolved.

I just didn't expect that Bái Jīngmò would invite me again and say such things to me.

Does Bái Sōnglán have a heart demon?

After a hedgehog cultivates into a spirit, every hundred years its whole body becomes covered with backward spikes that pierce the flesh; this is also a tribulation.

If one's mind is unstable, they will make mistakes and fall into heart demon.

And Bái Jīngmò said, Bái Sōnglán already has a heart demon…… what is her heart demon?

I faintly felt a hint of unease.

"In fact, you should also be able to see that the Bai family has heart demons, not just one person from the Immortal Clan."

I never interjected.

It seems that after seeing clearly what kind of person Bái Jīngmò is, our meetings have always been like this.

He spoke, I listened, rarely expressing my opinion.

"The Immortal Clan had long wanted to live in seclusion; she wanted to return to Qinling, but could not abandon the Bai Xian lineage, so she selected the five descendants with the best qualifications from the clan to cultivate. Bai Xian'er, in order to gain the Immortal Clan's favor, studied diligently and trained hard, morning and evening self-reflection, and even when the Immortal Clan was tormented by heart demon, she did not hesitate to use her own heart's blood as a medicine guide, solely to lessen the Immortal Clan's suffering."

I was genuinely surprised; I didn't expect Bai Xian'er to have had such a side before.

Bái Jīngmò continued: "The Immortal Clan was moved by Bai Xian'er's effort and sincerity, and entrusted the Bai Xian lineage to her hands."

Perhaps having just gotten her wish, Bai Xian'er became overjoyed and lost herself, or perhaps she hit a bottleneck in cultivation; in any case, after Bai Xian'er steadily held the position of hall master of Bai Xian Hall for half a year, the Immortal Clan completely relinquished authority and returned to Qinling to go into seclusion.

"The Immortal Clan had just left for a month, and Bai Xian'er began everywhere looking for a consort candidate; before the consort candidate was finally decided, she slept with three or four men……"

I simply couldn't believe my own ears.

Bái Jīngmò's next sentence left me feeling as if struck by five thunderclaps: "She sleeps with one, he dies; it is said that when each man dies, his body is covered with flesh spikes, and blood gushes from his chest."

I frowned: "According to hearsay? That means you haven't conclusively proven this matter."

Bái Jīngmò lowered his eyes, lifted the tea cup and took several sips in succession.

The tea was a bit hot, but he seemed unaware.

After a while he finally set down the tea cup, and with difficulty said: "No need for proof; they are facts."

Bái Jīngmò is only in his twenties this year; he has not experienced those things of Bai Xian'er, yet he is so certain, indicating that the person who told him these matters is likely an elder of Bai Xian Hall.

I recalled the time when the little monster appeared; Bai Jīngmò was firmly controlled by Bai Xian'er's hands, which was also quite pitiable.

What did he go through during that time?

At that time I felt he must have been…… by Bai Xian'er.

"Xiao Jiu, don't look at me with those eyes; I am clean." Bai Jīngmò said without reservation, "I am the inheritor of the highest medical talent in the Bai family for generations, and I have plenty of ways to make her hallucinate……"

So Bai Xian'er indeed had laid hands on Bai Jīngmò, but he merely deceived her with drugs.

"She is too dirty." Bai Jīngmò's eyes were full of naked contempt, "She doesn't know how many men she has touched, nor how many men have died at her hands."

Not long before she turned four hundred, she fainted on the road; my great-grandfather discovered her, brought her home and administered acupuncture to save her; my great-grandfather possesses exquisite medical skill, and Bai Xian'er is said to have fallen in love with him at first sight.

Young people's blood is vigorous; how could they resist Bai Xian'er's temptation? The two quickly became intimate, confirming their relationship; my great-grandfather had his heart lardened, and even willingly became the male consort of Bai Xian Hall.

It is said that during that time Bai Xian'er was indeed well-behaved, with her heart and eyes filled only with my great-grandfather, until she became pregnant.

"Is the little monster their child?" I asked, "But why does the little monster have such an appearance?"

"Because that child, from beginning to end, came into this world under Bai Xian'er's calculation." Bai Jīngmò said, "Bai Xian'er obtained an ancient medical text that recorded a cultivation method: through cultivation, one transfers one's hundred-year soul-piercing tribulation to the fetus, thereby lessening the mother's burden when she undergoes tribulation."

Therefore, the little monster was originally created by Bai Xian'er to avoid the hundred-year soul-piercing tribulation.

Those strange traits on the little monster's body are precisely what remain from bearing the tribulation for Bai Xian'er!

Malicious!

Bai Xian'er is simply selfish and malicious!

"When the little monster was born, my great-grandfather suffered a blow; after he learned the truth, he quarreled fiercely with Bai Xian'er, who cut off both his hands, and he finally swallowed poison and committed suicide."

A medical practitioner skilled at feeling pulses, grabbing herbs, and acupuncture, without hands, is essentially having his future completely ruined.

Under several blows, he completely collapsed.

What a pity for such an outstanding medical practitioner.

After thinking, I asked: "You say you have no blood relation with your great-grandfather?"

"Yes, my great-grandfather had a disciple raised beside him from childhood, who taught him medical skills hand over hand; that is the Child Skill." Bai Jīngmò explained, "When my great-grandfather passed away, he was almost ten years old; later he became the new consort of Bai Xian Hall, controlling the entire Bai Family Medical Clinic, thereby continuing our lineage."

So that's how it is.

In other words, the sole culprit who messed up Bai Xian Hall into a state of chaos is Bai Xian'er.

I then asked some details about Bai Sōnglán.

Bái Jīngmò said, previously Bai Sōnglán had always lived in seclusion in Qinling; only when Bai Xian'er encountered trouble did she return from Qinling to Wufu Town and take over Bai Xian Hall again.

Bái Jīngmò said: "The Immortal Clan's condition has always been poor; heart demon prevents her from calming her mind to cultivate, and after so many years of soul-piercing tribulation torment, it has caused new wounds to pile over old ones on her body; at the worst, she even…… self-harms."

Hearing this, I even felt a little pity for Bai Sōnglán.

But what Bái Jīngmò said next poured a bucket of cold water over my head.

Bái Jīngmò stared intently into my eyes, speaking very seriously: "Xiao Jiu, I've said all this; why don't you ask me what the heart demon of my family's Immortal Clan is?"

I wanted to say I actually wanted to ask, but I was also a bit afraid to ask.

"This year just happens to be a hundred-year soul-piercing tribulation for my family's Immortal Clan." Bai Jīngmò said, "The closer to the tribulation, the stronger the heart demon; I attend to her closely and often hear her shout a name."

I stood up with a rustle and turned to leave.

Bái Jīngmò did not stop me, but calmly said behind me: "The name she calls is…… Xingyi……"