Chapter 157
Chapter 157
Xu Fangcao vehemently opposed the decision to enter the temple and burn incense before the Buddha.
Previously dazed and almost soulless, she now made a scene and demanded that they leave at once.
Li Yun even noticed that Xu Fangcao’s eyes were full of fear whenever she looked toward the gates of Jinguang Temple.
Yes, there was no mistaking it.
It was terror that came from the very marrow of her bones!
That only strengthened Li Yun’s resolve to enter the temple.
Together with the other two girls, she forcibly dragged Xu Fangcao inside.
Then something remarkable happened.
Xu Fangcao had struggled so violently that she scratched Li Yun’s hand, yet the instant she entered Jinguang Temple’s main hall, she fell silent.
It was as if she had become another person.
Without any prompting from the other three, she lit three incense sticks and placed them in the bronze burner.
Then she performed three kneels and nine bows before the Buddha statue at the center of the hall.
As Xu Fangcao knelt, Li Yun faintly heard a voice.
“Namo Amitabha. All living beings suffer.”
The voice was solemn and compassionate, laden with the weariness of ages.
Yet strangely, it also sounded remarkably clear and youthful.
Almost… almost like the voice of a child.
But when Li Yun asked the two girls who had come with them, neither had heard anything.
After Xu Fangcao left Jinguang Temple, she no longer seemed dazed or soulless.
Instead, she became unusually quiet, her face serene.
Even when Li Yun and the others spoke to her, Xu Fangcao merely smiled without answering.
After hearing Li Yun’s account, Hua Jiunan grew even more worried about Xu Fangcao.
It really did look as if filthy things were harming people!
“Li Yun, thank you for telling me.”
“I believe everything you said.”
Zhao Fei, on the other hand, looked positively excited.
“Hey, some blind fool actually dared mess with the great Fatty’s Sister-in-law!”
“Big Brother, let’s call Grandma right now.”
“Have her bring Great-Grandma and Old Immortal Hui over, then drag that filthy thing back to our house and beat the hell out of it.”
“We’ll pound it so badly even its own mother won’t recognize it!”
Li Yun had evidently heard a few things about Hua Jiunan’s Grandmother.
Although she did not fully understand Zhao Fei, she showed no surprise.
“All right. Since the class monitor has a solution, I can stop worrying.”
Li Yun was about to leave when Chen Daji shamelessly caught hold of her.
“Hey, Yun.”
“Why don’t you stay at my place for a couple of days? Grandma can check whether any filthy things have latched on to you.”
“I’m telling you, my grandma… Ow! That hurts like hell!”
Annoyed that he had grabbed her, Li Yun stamped on the top of his foot.
Zhao Fei burst out laughing.
“Chen Daji, that’s what you get for acting like a creep!”
Chen Daji was like a duck: even when the meat was cooked soft, the bill stayed hard.
As soon as the pain eased, he shot back, “What the hell do you know, Fatty Zhao?”
“Haven’t you heard that hitting is affection and scolding is love?”
Hua Jiunan was in no mood to listen to their nonsense.
He took the phone from Chen Daji’s pocket and called home.
Hu Fei’er answered and was clearly delighted to hear Hua Jiunan’s voice.
“Brother Jiunan, did you need something?”
Hua Jiunan repeated Li Yun’s story, then continued, “Fei’er, please tell Sixth Brother Hui and ask him to take a look around the ski resort.”
“I can’t shake the feeling that this isn’t simple. It may involve something much bigger.”
After a brief silence, Hu Fei’er’s sweet voice came through the phone.
“Brother Jiunan, I don’t think… I don’t think we should trouble Senior Hui every time.”
“Why not leave this matter to my Hu Family?”
“I’ll… I’ll ask my grandfather to inspect the ski resort himself. Would that be all right?”
The book quietly notes:
Of the five patriarchs serving the northern spirit medium tradition, Hu Qingshan, the Hu Family Patriarch, ranked first in strength.
First, the Hu Family Immortal Spirits possessed a profound legacy. Their ancestor, Lord Hu San, had attained the Dao in the era of the Human Sovereigns.
With him teaching the younger generations, anyone who was not hopelessly dull could accomplish something.
Second, the Hu Family clan possessed the greatest innate spirituality and the best natural foundation among the five spirit medium families.
Third, Hu Qingshan had encountered another extraordinary opportunity in his youth, which would be recounted later in the story.
After hearing Hu Fei’er’s suggestion, Hua Jiunan also felt that Old Sixth Hui had been working too hard.
He nodded in agreement. “Then I’ll have to trouble Senior Hu.”
After they ended the call, Hu Fei’er turned around and found Hu Qingshan already standing behind her.
He watched her with indulgent affection, a teasing smile in his eyes.