My Lady Always Lacks Ambition

Chapter 1317: Chapter 1237: Farewell to Master, Digging Up the Grave!

Qin Liuxi entered the City God Temple.

The South City God saw her and was first pleased and joyful, but quickly sensed something, saying: "Inappropriate times, what are you here for?"

Qin Liuxi lifted the items in her hand: "The New Year is approaching; I might not be able to pay respects to you then, so I’m here to offer them early."

The South City God listened and said nothing, just watched as she rolled up her sleeves to clean.

She personally dusted the statue of the South City God, draped it with a red silk embroidered with the Golden Light Divine Spell, then offered the tributes, sacrificed fine wine, and lit the Divine Incense.

Reverent, and with fond affection.

The South City God felt the Divine Mansion move slightly, saying: "Offering without reason, this City God won’t speak of it, but just say directly if there’s anything you need from me?"

"There truly is one thing."

Indeed, one doesn’t visit the treasure hall without a reason.

The South City God said: "Speak, what is it?"

"Please, City God, protect all living things." Qin Liuxi smiled, raising a cup of wine: "If possible, I ask you to bestow blessings upon me as well."

The South City God was somewhat surprised and awkwardly said: "Your unorthodox manner suddenly being so serious makes me uneasy."

Qin Liuxi moved forward, resting her forehead against his crossed legs, saying: "I have a master, like a father to me, who brought me to enlightenment, taught me the Mystic Sect’s Five Skills, guiding me along the Righteous Path. He often taught me to accumulate merit and do good, solely focusing on spreading the Dao. I didn’t understand before, but later I did, because my lack of great virtue needed repayment."

The South City God felt bittersweet, saying: "Being a master, having you do good and accumulate virtue, may not be to repay a debt, but perhaps because you inherently need such merit? Merit can shield oneself, counteract sins, when sins are cleared, the path of cultivation becomes wide open, saving others is saving oneself."

"Saving others is saving oneself." Qin Liuxi repeated, saying: "You’re right, saving others, saving ghosts, saving oneself, this is the Dao."

She rubbed against the statue’s leg, saying: "My master, didn’t have late-life blessings, could have lived another hundred years, I even prepared the Foundation Establishment Pill for him, but he missed it. As a disciple, I received his teachings but couldn’t repay his kindness, don’t know if he blamed me."

The South City God’s hand fell on her head, saying: "You said he is both master and father to you, would a father blame his child? He had a bond with you, bound by previous fate, you were destined in your past life, thus he came to this world to take you as a disciple, fulfilling that bond. Beginning and ending of fate, all is karmic cause, don’t obsess over how long the bond lasts."

His eyes gentle, saying: "All humans die eventually, he has passed, but he always lives in your heart, doesn’t he? Death is not truly frightening; the scariest thing is forgetting that person."

With those words, something heavy struck his Divine Mansion, a barrier crumbled, some images emerged.

The South City God froze for a moment.

The image flashed by but he caught it.

He looked down, his hand slightly trembling.

Qin Liuxi remained unaware, eyes closed, saying: "You’re both right and wrong, sometimes forgetting is quite nice. My master, like you, loved drinking, often stealing the wine I brewed, had I known his life was short, I wouldn’t have stopped him, let him drink to his heart’s content. That old man didn’t know, I actually brewed a jar of Hundred-year-old Wine for him, prepared to open it when he turned one hundred."

She flipped her wrist, a mud-sealed wine jar appeared in front, saying: "The old man missed out while living; City God, please enjoy it for him."

The South City God’s heart cracked.

"This wine, wait until you comeback next time, shall we drink together?" He pressed the wine jar.

Qin Liuxi looked up at him, finally showing a smile after a long time: "That sounds great, once I return from slaying monsters, I’ll toast to you."

The South City God infused a strand of divine power into her Divine Mansion, softly saying: "With Dao in the heart, Taoism is boundless, Protector, naturally under divine protection."

Qin Liuxi’s Divine Mansion warmed, she knelt, kowtowing nine times: "Disciple Qin Liuxi, solemnly follows the master’s teaching, taking evil slaying and Righteous Path as personal duty, saving the world from suffering."

Disciple Qin Liuxi, bids farewell to master.

She bowed with a formal Taoist ceremony and turned, walking out of the South City God’s sight.

The South City God’s Divine Sense watched until she disappeared into the void, murmuring a curse ’stupid girl’.

A devotee entered, unintentionally glanced over, rubbing his eyes, was he seeing things? It seemed like the City God was crying?

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Leaving the City God Temple, Qin Liuxi used the bit of divine sense she left in Teng Zhao’s mind to give instructions, then went to the Yan Family Ancestral Grave.

Before setting in motion the God Creation Array, she needed to do one last thing.

That is the Marquis of Wind’s grave, which needs handling.

The Marquis of Wind, though half-god, his remains mere mortal, yet possessing half-god Divinity, previously had faith, wishing power bestowed upon him, turning mortal remains into Divine Bone.

Divine Bone can condense soul; if destroyed, can also annihilate soul. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

She must dig it up, in preparation for burning the bone.

Once burned, soul destroyed, it’s god-slaying.

Divine Soul extinguished, no longer Divinity, Si Luo dreams in vain to possess this Divinity.

She realized this when at the ruins before.

Feng Xiu listened to her, saying: "Burning bone to slay god, Si Luo already seized that Divinity, if the Marquis of Wind remains, won’t he be first to suffer if you burn it?"

Her slaying the Marquis of Wind is god-slaying.

To slay god invites karmic backlash.

Qin Liuxi said: "Hence digging first, waiting until the right moment to burn."

Feng Xiu said coldly: "What you thought of, the old dog won’t?"

Si Luo seized Divinity, effectively obtained an amulet, would he spare Divine Bone?

"Shut up!" Qin Liuxi glared at him.

The two reached the Yan Family Ancestral Grave, Golden Fortune still flourishing. freeweɓnovel.cøm

"Strange, the court ordered not offering worship to the Water God, logically, commoners wouldn’t defy officials. Without worship, Qi Fortune shouldn’t be strong, yet why like this?" Feng Xiu puzzled.

Qin Liuxi coldly said: "Look again at the Marquis of Wind’s grave."

She led him to the Marquis of Wind’s grave.

The grave had threads of blood-red karmic lines, connecting the entire Yan Family Ancestral Grave, the life force Qi Fortune of the karmic lines kept flowing into the grave.

"He’s extracting the entire Yan family clan’s life force for nourishment," Qin Liuxi said seriously: "If this continues, Yan family might face extinction."

Feng Xiu’s pupils shrank: "Why is this?"

Qin Liuxi: "To create Divine Body."

Nothing matches closer than flesh and blood kin; he extracts Yan family’s life blood, to recreate body from this Divine Bone, preparing for Tribulation and Ascension.

Realizing this, Qin Liuxi didn’t hesitate, hands forming spell, Gang Zheng’s Daoist intent shaped into sword, slicing those invisible karmic lines, forcefully severing them.

Boom.

She directly blasted open the grave mound, revealing a coffin.

Apologies, promised to fight monsters together, but now I must dig your grave!

Qin Liuxi was about to lift the coffin when a sinister wind came, feeling a not unfamiliar aura; she swiftly looked over.

Wang Chuan, no, Heartless, are you trying to stop me?