Fate Trading System – Chapter 86

Plan A

Gift of the Spring Breeze 20

The End

“How could this happen? Aren’t you a demon? Who did this to you? Where’s that ghost?”

Qin Yi wanted to touch Su Xin, but was afraid of causing her more pain.

So he could only watch helplessly as Su Xin gradually disappeared, until she became completely transparent.

“Pear!”

No matter how agonizing the cry, it was impossible to hold back the departing soul.

The needle of the compass above the Nine Heavens trembled slightly, then returned to normal.

In the room full of unconscious people, Qin Yi moved his fingers, waving futilely in the air.

Gone.

Little Pear said, you saved me, you are my benefactor, I have come to repay the kindness.

Little Pear also said, there is a great calamity in your destiny, I will help you overcome it.

He didn’t know if his current situation was the great calamity, nor did he understand why she felt such pain after saving him.

Qin Yi picked up his sword and began to deal with the matters before him.

His hands were shaking, and he started to doubt the righteousness of his actions.

If Little Pear hadn’t appeared, he might have been in a life-threatening situation here.

This was his great calamity, wasn’t it? Because of the righteous path he insisted on following in his heart.

He now understood that sometimes his interference might be seen as meddling in others’ affairs.

Lan Yue was a survivor of a tragic massacre that wiped out her entire family many years ago. She escaped, but she wasn’t the only one who got away; her cousin brother did too.

The master took them both in and taught them many things.

Lan Yue’s cousin wasn’t talented in martial arts, so he focused his attention on business, while Lan Yue persisted in martial arts, training hard for many years.

Few people knew that the massacre of Lan Yue’s family was because of her cousin brother.

If he hadn’t leaked the secret back then, Lan Yue’s family wouldn’t have ended up like this.

When Lan Yue’s martial arts skills greatly improved, she crippled her cousin’s legs. Her master knew of the resentment in Lan Yue’s heart, but as both were his disciples, he couldn’t show favoritism. Moreover, Lan Yue’s cousin willingly bore her wrath. They thought it had ended there, not knowing what Lan Yue was planning.

She found all the participants from back then who hadn’t died and killed them all.

She entered the Jianghu, deliberately showcasing her efforts and using her appearance to attract many talented young men, then taking the opportunity to kill the descendants of those who had participated.

These three were the last ones. Unable to find them, she could only go to great lengths to get close and inquire about them. These three were the most cunning and couldn’t be found.

So today’s events unfolded. Lan Yue didn’t hesitate to attempt to kill her cousin to lure them out. When Lan Yue drew them here, she used her own reputation. After all the participants were dead, she needed someone to prove her innocence, so she sought out Qin Yi.

Their encounter wasn’t accidental, but intentional.

However, later Lan Yue discovered that Qin Yi wasn’t easily fooled. If he really discovered something, it wouldn’t only hinder her plan but might also expose her flaws.

Lan Yue planned to find new people to carry out her plan, but she didn’t expect Qin Yi’s attitude to be so firm, so she had to give up.

Indeed, Qin Yi discovered something and conducted a secret investigation. Lan Yue sent people to obstruct him in secret, but it was useless.

That youth wasn’t really a youth, but an old monster in disguise.

Lan Yue, fearing that time would reveal her plan and let these people escape, recklessly decided to act ahead of schedule. But when she was preparing to act, Qin Yi knocked on her door.

Lan Yue wasn’t confident she could defeat Qin Yi, so she could only drug him when he was off guard. However, she didn’t carry such things with her. Coincidentally, she found some aphrodisiacs in the room her cousin had prepared, so she had to use those.

She didn’t know if Qin Yi would fall into the trap of sensual pleasures. Actually, Lan Yue was reluctant to kill Qin Yi, after all, in her constantly gloomy world, Qin Yi was warm and radiant, looking at her with admiration rather than lewdness, so she planned to make the act real.

But unexpectedly, the plan was ruined by Su Xin. She was certain that someone of Qin Yi’s character would definitely come to clarify things, so she prepared many things, ready for Qin Yi’s return.

To her surprise, Qin Yi was very relaxed, seeming somewhat fearless.

She incredibly easily tied up Qin Yi. Regardless of his purpose, she couldn’t let him live any longer.

Sudden unconsciousness. When Lan Yue opened her eyes again, it was already a dim world.

She saw a beautiful woman in red, or to be precise, it should be a ghost, because that beautiful woman had no shadow.

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Ling Zhi, remaining in place, witnessed the withering of this tree.

In an instant, this century-old tree that was just thriving moments ago, withered.

The leaves turned yellow and fell off, the sturdy trunk began to decay, and the real thing that had just existed was gone.

Ling Zhi was trembling. She crouched down, the umbrella floating above her head to shade her from the sun.

“Little fool…”

Ling Zhi touched the soil, and began to dig frantically like a madwoman.

Where are the roots!

Where is that tree!

Where did it go!

“Stop it… little fool…”

How could this be…

Ling Zhi, frantically wanting to scream, tremblingly raised her hand to look at the red string on her little finger.

The red string… was broken.

Broken?

How could it possibly break, wasn’t it said that Yue Lao’s red string was the strongest thing in this world!

How could it possibly break!

It’s fake… it’s all fake… impossible…

Ling Zhi thought she would cry, but she discovered that ghosts can’t shed tears, only drops of blood flowed from her already decayed body.

Ling Zhi, holding her umbrella, went to the Nine Heavens.

Yue Lao was writing names in the book of marriages when he was startled by the ghost suddenly barging in.

That ghost was emitting black vapor all over her body, exuding a scent of despair.

Yue Lao noticed that the red string on the female ghost’s little finger was broken.

His red string was impossible to break. For ordinary people, it would mean that the predestined relationship in this life had ended, with one party having died. For immortals, it would mean that the two were no longer suitable for each other. Celestials don’t have the concept of death; even if they lose their divine status, they would continuously reincarnate, unless… one of them had their soul completely scattered.

This principle, it seems, also applies to ghosts.

“Can you tell me where she is? She will reincarnate, right?”

Ling Zhi looked at Yue Lao with hope.

“…You should know that when demons die, they don’t reincarnate.”

Yue Lao swallowed before answering.

“She’s not dead.”

Ling Zhi’s gaze was cold. She looked at the object in Yue Lao’s hand, wanting to snatch it away.

“Can you write down both our names? We will meet again in the next life, right?”

“I’m sorry… I can’t write… The book of marriages can only record mortals.”

“If you won’t write it, I’ll write it myself!”

Ling Zhi snatched it away, and with trembling hands wrote down her and Su Xin’s names, but it was in vain. Nothing appeared in the book of marriages; it wouldn’t show.

Ling Zhi threw down the brush and asked Yue Lao to take her to Jinling.

She could go up or down, but couldn’t move freely in the mortal realm.

Yue Lao sighed and took her there.

Ling Zhi saw Qin Yi staring blankly into the air and grabbed his clothes.

“Where is she?”

Qin Yi’s expression was somewhat vague. He looked at Ling Zhi, his face full of guilt.

“I’m sorry…”

“I don’t want your apology, I’m just asking you, where is she?”

“She’s gone…”

“What do you mean gone? Has she turned invisible?”

“Little fool, come out quickly, we’re not playing anymore, this isn’t fun.”

Ling Zhi called out to the air, as if Su Xin was really still here, just invisible.

Qin Yi shook his head, staring into the air, just continuously saying sorry.

“If it wasn’t for my great calamity, she might not have died. Is this the price?”

Qin Yi looked at Ling Zhi. Actually, he didn’t need to blame himself. If he hadn’t saved that tree several years ago, the pear blossom demon would have died long ago, how could it have lasted until now? But he couldn’t help feeling guilty; Su Xin died for him.

“Great calamity… great calamity… What do you know?”

Ling Zhi grabbed Yue Lao beside her.

“Each person has their own fate. If one wants to change a person’s fate chart, they must pay a price. This is the way of heaven.”

Yue Lao’s words seemed somewhat heartless, but they were true.

They went to the Nine Heavens again, and Ling Zhi saw the giant compass on the pillar.

“This is the fate chart. The six realms of reincarnation and all things in the world are on it.”

“But no one can peek at it. That pear blossom demon, in order to change that human’s fate, disturbed the fate chart, so she had to pay the price for it.”

“You are celestials, did you do this?”

Ling Zhi clenched her fists, wanting to charge at the fate chart, but before she could get close, she was thrown far away.

“No one can approach it, including the Heavenly Emperor. This is the way of heaven; our fates are also within it.”

Yue Lao shook his head. He left, leaving Ling Zhi alone, unwilling to give up, trying there.

Ling Zhi had to admit that her little fool had left her forever.

So she returned to the mortal realm and looked at Qin Yi.

She very much wanted to kill someone, but she couldn’t touch ordinary people, let alone Qin Yi, who was her little fool’s lifesaver and the person her little fool died to save.

So she turned her anger towards another person, that behind-the-scenes instigator.

She didn’t act, nor could she act, so she just made Lan Yue live in a nightmare, killing herself in extreme fear.

In this series of events, who was the most pitiful, who was the most innocent?

Lan Yue’s entire family was wiped out, so she embarked on the path of revenge. She had her own unavoidable reasons and difficulties.

Qin Yi trudged along for the righteousness in his heart. This was a predestined calamity in his fate.

The pear blossom demon had escaped death earlier, and now exchanged her life for another.

Ling Zhi lost her lover, so she took revenge in return.

After everything had come to an end, Qin Yi returned to the capital, continuing to be his divine constable self, only he began to become more cautious, and would often think of that very beautiful girl, the way she said to him, “Young master, you are the most capable.”

Ling Zhi threw away her umbrella and walked into the sunlight. The scorching midday sun made black smoke start to rise from her body, until she completely disappeared.

Let it be this way then. So desperate, from the very beginning, we never had a next life.

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