Fate Trading System – Chapter 79

Plan A

Gift of the Spring Breeze 13

Lan Yue

Su Xin and Ling Zhi had finished eating pears and returned when it was still late at night; Su Xin invisibly entered Qin Yi’s room.

Qin Yi was lying on the bed sleeping, and not far from his bed, a few people were tied up; the room was filled with a strong smell of blood, and there was even a broken arm on the ground.

Those people all had their eyes open, as if they had already given up struggling.

Su Xin planned to wait for Qin Yi to wake up before coming to find him, and with Ling Zhi, floated up to the roof to look at the moon.

Qin Yi opened his eyes and glanced outside the window, wondering why his daughter had not returned yet.

Su Xin lay on the roof, thinking about when her father would wake up the next day.

Qin Yi was supposed to resolve the situation at that time, but since it was already late, even if they told him where they killed the person and hid the corpse, it was too dark to go and verify, so he planned to wait until the next day at dawn to gather evidence.

Su Xin entered Qin Yi’s room at the break of dawn, with Ling Zhi staying inside the bracelet on her hand. This time, she was not invisible, and Qin Yi, being in a state of alert, opened his eyes when she appeared.

“What time did you return?”

Qin Yi wore a cold expression, trying to portray the image of a weathered old father who knows the truth about his daughter and a wild woman not returning home at night, possibly due to some unspeakable matter.

He is very angry, isn’t he?

“I came back already in the middle of the night last night. I saw you sleeping, so I just stayed on the roof.”

Su Xin obediently replied, looking innocently at Qin Yi.

Qin Yi looked up at the sky, wishing he had kept his eyes open this morning.

“You two… are you… already…”

“Yes, from now on, Sister Ling Zhi is my person… ah no… my ghost.”

Su Xin said happily, Father, you have a daughter-in-law now, do you understand?

Qin Yi’s expression became very subtle, unable to express anything about this kind of love that crosses race and gender.

“I am going to gather evidence now. You stay here and watch them, wait for me to return.”

Those few people had already been scared silly ever since Su Xin suddenly appeared.

She did not float in from outside the door; she just abruptly appeared directly inside the room.

These few people were not initially evildoers or big villains, but ordinary villagers.

Several years of continuous drought led to poor harvests, leaving them hungry with no grain.

The whole village truly couldn’t survive any longer, and at that time, for the sake of food, they had already entered a state of madness.

Don’t even mention Guanyin clay (soil) or gnawing on tree bark; some people had already gone insane to the point of targeting their own kind.

The village chief stood up and made a suggestion.

Since some were going to resort to cannibalism, rather than eating the living, they might as well eat the dead. After all, they were living people whose conscience was not entirely extinguished.

At that time, no one had food, and they didn’t care whose family graves they were disturbing. Those corpses, not yet fully decomposed or recently buried, were dug up by villagers to be taken home and shared.

However, dead bodies were limited, and after some tasted the benefits, they were no longer satisfied, thus beginning to slaughter the living.

That village chief eventually died along with most others, only these few survived by relying on the flesh and blood of the living, but since then, they developed a strange and perverted hobby of eating human flesh.

They opened an inn in this place, specifically to harm those who stayed overnight.

Because the place was remote, there weren’t many people, but one living person could sustain them for a long time.

The innkeeper once had relationships with these few big men, as she was the only woman, and she bore more than one child.

The first child was even raised to a few years old, but when no one came for too long, their cravings struck, and they killed and ate the child.

They completely disregarded that it was their biological child; the innkeeper did not stop them. She originally did not like the child either, because the initial relationship happened when those men pressed her to the ground together.

They are no longer human, but a group of evil spirits wearing human skin.

Even ghosts are not as cruel as they are.

Qin Yi saw those remains and returned with a knife.

He couldn’t restrain his temper and fiercely kicked them.

“Things that are not human.”

Qin Yi does not have a hobby of torturing people for pleasure; he is just a constable with a strong sense of justice who likes solving cases.

Although he felt that ending them with one strike was too lenient, Qin Yi couldn’t bring himself to torture them.

“Young master, rest assured, after you deal with them, I’ll have my sister catch them and throw them to the ghosts they killed. Their resentment is too strong, and they haven’t left yet. Moreover, having committed so many evils, the underworld will not let them have a good time.”

Su Xin shook her bracelet, knowing Ling Zhi could help.

Those few people’s mouths were stuffed with cloth strips, leaving them no way to plead, their eyes wide open in a state of absolute terror.

Qin Yi sent them on their way, raising his hand and bringing the knife down, spraying the room with blood.

The reason those ghosts cannot reincarnate is because of that Taoist priest. He feeds on ghosts, unlike Ling Zhi’s method of devouring. The Taoist followed this group to take advantage, using parts of the ghosts’ souls for his own purposes.

Ling Zhi, too angry at the time, directly devoured his soul, so the ghosts’ resentment could only be vented on this group of people.

Ling Zhi had already appeared and captured these people’s wandering souls.

They had no obsessions, and Black and White Impermanence quickly returned to capture the souls.

When Black and White Impermanence arrived, they saw the souls they were supposed to capture being pressed and bitten by other ghosts. At a glance, they saw Ling Zhi standing nearby, feeling a lingering fear.

Although that incident happened several hundred years ago, the shadow still looms large in the hearts of Black and White Impermanence, and seeing Ling Zhi makes them want to turn away.

Several hundred years ago, Black and White Impermanence came to capture a soul, intending to take away Ling Zhi.

Ling Zhi, in life, had committed too many killings and had too much resentment. Although she was not an evil ghost, she still made Black and White Impermanence wary.

During the process of having her soul captured, Ling Zhi was very quiet, cooperative, and did not mention any unfinished wishes. She seemed completely unconcerned.

But the change occurred when Ling Zhi stepped onto the Naihe Bridge.

Ling Zhi did not intend to cause a riot, but the aura she emitted made all the ghosts start to panic. When Ling Zhi unconsciously touched a ghost, that ghost vanished.

The ghosts became more frightened and wanted to escape one after another.

The ghost guards came to suppress them and started attacking Ling Zhi, and of course, Ling Zhi fought back; it was her combat instinct.

Thus, the underworld fell into chaos, and both the King of Hell and the judge had no solution, so they ran to the Heavenly Court to complain.

Since that time, Black and White Impermanence have avoided her. Fortunately, previously, Ling Zhi couldn’t leave the Chenghuang Temple, but when living souls went there, Black and White Impermanence still had to first discuss who would go in.

When those ghosts saw the ghost guards approaching, they ran to one side, and those people’s ghosts, seeing they had a chance of rescue, immediately rushed to Black and White Impermanence’s side.

“Wait a moment.”

Ling Zhi spoke.

“… Okay.”

Black and White Impermanence took a step back and then turned their backs.

The expressions of those ghosts changed, and they continued to pounce fiercely.

“These ghosts cannot reincarnate.”

“Yes, after some time, they will be completely destroyed.”

Ling Zhi watched them finish venting, with her fingers emitting black energy, strands encircling the bodies of those ghosts.

“Since they are to be destroyed, then I will unceremoniously enjoy.”

Ling Zhi actually did not have the desire to become stronger before, but during that battle, she understood the importance of strength.

Her little fool’s strength was actually too weak; she must become more powerful to ensure her little fool is foolproof.

Black and White Impermanence immediately took the pitifully abused few ghosts away to the underworld for their execution.

Qin Yi could not see Black and White Impermanence, nor could he see that group of ghosts.

He sat on the chair, feeling an inexplicable sense of power.

Qin Yi set a fire to burn this place, as there were too many disgusting things inside.

This black inn was originally small and shabby, and only when Qin Yi saw the fire extinguished did he leave with relief.

They started on the road again, and what made Qin Yi angry was that those few people actually killed their horses, causing Qin Yi great heartache for his good horses.

Su Xin and Ling Zhi did not get tired, and Qin Yi walked with a cold face along the road.

While on the road, they saw a carriage.

That carriage looked very luxurious, clearly belonging to a wealthy family.

When Qin Yi saw the carriage, his eyes brightened, and he energetically led Su Xin toward the carriage.

The driver saw people stopping the carriage in front, slowed down the speed, and stopped.

“Dare to ask if Miss Lan is inside the carriage?”

“It’s Young Master Qin, long time no see.”

The carriage curtain was lifted by someone, and a gentle female voice spoke, sounding very pleasant.

“Long time no see, I didn’t expect to meet the young lady here.”

Qin Yi smiled, his originally handsome face appearing even more charming.

His face, originally cold, suddenly became sunny and bright.

Su Xin, at the side, frowned, realizing the situation was not simple.

“This place is so remote, why is Young Master Qin rushing, and the young lady beside you is…?”

Lan Yue’s gaze lingered on Su Xin beside Qin Yi; she was considered the first beauty of Jianghu, but the girl beside her was even more beautiful, not resembling a human beauty, yet not with a particularly seductive appearance, looking full of spirit.

Such a person, if appearing in Jianghu, would inevitably be pursued.

“She… she is my good friend, called Pear.”

Qin Yi almost blurted out that she is his daughter, which would have been very awkward.

“So… if Young Master Qin and Miss Pear do not mind, where are you going? I can give you a ride.”

Lan Yue made a gesture of invitation.

“Thank you, Miss Lan.”

Though he said this, Qin Yi was quite happy to bring Su Xin along.

Su Xin, with a dazed expression, followed Qin Yi onto the carriage.

Lan Yue’s carriage was very large, with only her and her maid inside, making it easy for two more people to sit.

“Where is Miss Lan heading?”

Qin Yi asked Lan Yue in a low voice.

Su Xin felt that her father had changed; could the girl in front of her be her future mother?

“Jinling, my elder brother was killed there.”

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