Seeing the blue bead rushing straight towards me, Gu Yuan was greatly startled. He flicked his finger forcefully, and two silver lights flew out. One of the silver lights disappeared into the thick fog. I didn't know if it had hit the opponent.
The other silver light collided exactly with the blue object that was attacking me. The thing grazed my ear and was nailed into the wall behind me.
I was so close to being hit in the head by that blue bead.
It was the first time I had seen Gu Yuan so flustered. He grabbed me and checked to see if I was injured.
I gave him a smiling face and told him not to be so panicked. I was fine. In fact, my heart was in my throat. It was so scary. I felt like I had just brushed past death.
Gu Yuan frowned tightly. He still wasn't at ease and checked me carefully. Only after he was sure that I was really okay did he let out a sigh of relief.
A clear voice came from the black fog. It sounded just like Long Lin's voice.
"Old acquaintance, we meet again." This seemed to be addressed to me. The voice was so much like Long Lin's that it was exactly the same, even the pauses in the tone were identical.
Gu Yuan was completely enraged. He gritted out a harsh sentence through his teeth: "You're seeking death."
Then he pointed his sword and was about to charge into the fog with the Moon Gold Wheel in hand, but I stopped him with a grab.
I wasn't sure what was going on inside, so I couldn't let him take such a risk.
"Hahaha, Gu Yuan, exposing your weakness is a big taboo in war. I won't play with you today. I'm taking the person away. See you later."
After saying that, the thick fog gradually dispersed, and that person disappeared. There was a mourning robe and a white mourning mask left on the ground.
Wu Qingyun specially picked up a stick and prodded at the clothes. The mourning robe turned into paper and caught fire.
"I'm not sure if I hit him." Gu Yuan seemed a bit remorseful because he had just put me in danger.
I quickly stepped forward to comfort him and said, "You must have hit him."
Gu Yuan was curious about how I could tell. Even he himself couldn't tell, yet I was so certain that he had hit the target.
"Look, he dropped his equipment."
Gu Yuan was helpless. He gave me a sideways glance, looking quite speechless. But Wu Qingyun was amused by me. This guy really had a low laugh threshold. However, at this moment, he didn't seem so annoying.
Gu Yuan told Wu Qingyun to collect the ashes of the burned paper clothes. Then he walked slowly to the wall and dug out the blue bead.
As soon as I saw the bead, I blurted out, "It's Long Lin's bead again."
Since Wu Qingyun didn't know the specific situation, he stepped forward and asked, "Could this matter be related to Long Lin?"
I shook my head and said, "I once asked Long Lin before, and he admitted that the bead was his, but he lost it a long time ago. Moreover, this person called me an old acquaintance. This isn't Long Lin's way of speaking. And as an upper celestial being, Long Lin shouldn't lie, right?"
Wu Qingyun said again, "Humph, you're wrong. Many upper celestial beings are just a bunch of hypocritical rats."
Gu Yuan lowered his eyes and observed the bead carefully. His face was extremely cold. He seemed to dislike this thing very much. With a gentle squeeze of his two fingers, the bead turned into a pile of powder.
Looking at the powder in Gu Yuan's hand, I pouted. I suddenly felt so heart - broken. That thing must have been very valuable. If he didn't want it, he could have sold it. It was such a waste.
"This string of sea - patterned coral was Long Lin's personal item. How could he have lost it so easily? If it wasn't him, it must be related to someone around him. Lan Lan..." Before Gu Yuan could finish his sentence, I interrupted him with an answer.
"I'll ask for you later." Although I was also reluctant to deal with Long Lin, considering the relationship between Gu Yuan and Long Lin, if they met, they would surely fight. So I was definitely the best candidate.
"Okay, we'll talk about that later. Let's deal with the current matter first."
The few of us walked to the almost - ruined altar and pulled the two unconscious people out of the earthen pit.
Gu Yuan glanced at the ink - dipped thread, and with a gentle flick of his finger, the thread was cut in two. The two people also woke up.
Liu Wenjia's eyes were still a bit dazed. She didn't know what had happened. When I handed her the mirror in my hand, she subconsciously dodged.
"Take a look. It won't scare you."
Seeing my sincere face, she dared to bring her face close to the mirror. When she saw herself in the mirror, she was overjoyed and cried.
She had returned to her original appearance. Although she was still chubby, she looked very cute, just like a lucky doll.
"Actually, you're very beautiful. You just lack confidence. A person's beauty or ugliness is not determined by their weight, but by their confidence."
Liu Wenjia gave me a big hug after hearing my words and thanked me repeatedly.
As for Liang Donglong, he wasn't so lucky.
Although he had woken up, he was basically paralyzed.
Gu Yuan told him that when you borrow something, you have to pay it back. He had cut the ink - dipped thread a bit too late.
When returning the yang lifespan to the other person, there was also some interest. Liu Wenjia was given an extra year of yang lifespan. So, calculating it, Liang Donglong now only had less than a year to live.
But he deserved it.
I took out the photo on my phone and showed it to him.
"This was found on your mother's body. She kept this photo until she died, which means you were her only concern. You're still alive now because of her blessing from the afterlife. Without her hair, you would have turned into a ghost corpse. So she gave you life three times."
"And what have you done for her, apart from just asking for things?"
Although Liang Donglong couldn't speak now, tears streamed down his face. I thought that anyone with a conscience would wake up to reality.
The matter here was finally settled. Before we left, Bai Fugui knelt in front of Gu Yuan and hoped that we could take him in.
Generally, the celestial beings who were expelled from the spirit hall had committed serious mistakes, and basically no spirit hall would be willing to take them in.
In order to prevent him from going astray again, and since our spirit hall was indeed short of the Five Celestial Beasts, and he happened to be a white celestial being, I gave him a chance to turn over a new leaf and took him into the spirit hall as a running - errand celestial being.
Bai Fugui also said that he would do his best to repay the spirit hall.
After we got home, I set up a memorial tablet for him in the spirit hall. After informing the upper celestial beings by burning yellow paper, a message came to my phone.
I took out my phone and was extremely surprised. There was an extra 1.5 million yuan in my bank card.
As soon as the money arrived, Liu Wenjia called to confirm if I had received it.
I felt quite embarrassed, but what she said made a lot of sense.
"Lan Lan, you saved my life. My life is priceless."
After hanging up the phone, I happily ran into the room to tell Gu Yuan that we could buy a house.
Seeing my overjoyed look, Gu Yuan hooked the corner of his mouth into a faint smile and pulled me into his arms.
"Do you really want a home so much?"
"Of course. Then we can have a life of just the two of us."
"Alright. But as the mistress of the house, it seems I owe you something."
I tilted my head, wondering what he owed me.