Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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It was quite late before Cheng Xin finished questioning Hao Zhiyuan. He asked the same questions over and over again in different ways to make sure that Hao Zhiyuan had not lied. He recorded the useful information and said to Xie Lingya and others, “What should we do with him? We can’t let him go back.”
They also couldn’t take him to the police station. What they just did was extract a private confession. It was just a special case and there was nothing else they could do to find out the clues.
“Let him stay here, he can’t and dares not run away.” Xie Lingya was still threatening, “How can he run as fast as the ghosts? There’s no need to be afraid of Ma Xiaochuan, he will only think that I’m angry and that there was a fight between the two of us, and his attention will be diverted.”
Hao Zhiyuan was dejected and blamed Ma Xiaochuan in his heart. Why did he send him? Why didn’t he find out what kind of person Xie Lingya was. After seeing the Ghost King and the ghost Messenger, he was completely disheartened.
This would not be accomplished in a day, so Xie Lingya left everyone in Baoyang Temple and asked Cheng Xin and Ning Wanlai to go back and rest first.
Ning Wanlai was coming tomorrow, so he had to be careful not to let Hao Zhiyuan see the living version of Ning Wanlai, otherwise his attempt to scare him would be exposed.
Speaking of threatening, Xie Lingya was somewhat complacent: “He really believed that I could indirectly mobilize the ghost officials to collect souls.”
Recruiting ghost soldiers to accompany you and letting the ghost officials collect souls were completely different levels. He was the supervisor of the City God Division, but he was not the City God himself. If he really had such immense magical powers, he would have ascended to heaven long ago.
Ning Wanlai said dimly: “Who knows? Doctor Hai told me the other day that they call you a sponge spirit. Who knows how far you can go.”
….
Xie Lingya arranged Hao Zhiyuan to be confined in Shi Changxuan’s former room, which was also the room where the statue of the founder was placed. The old man held a golden whip, pinched the Lingguan Jue, and glared with his three eyes, almost scaring Hao Zhiyuan to death in the dark room.
Shi Changxuan smiled helplessly. Letting Lingzu come to “guard” Hao Zhiyuan did seem like an arrangement that Xie Lingya could make.
Shi Changxuan was about to leave when Xie Lingya stopped him, “Let me see your arm.”
“…It’s nothing.” Shi Changxuan said.
Xie Lingya pulled up his sleeves and saw that his wrists and upper arms were covered with deep purple bruises. Before, Hao Zhiyuan had fought with him for a while when he was using the Five Soldiers to protect himself, and Xie Lingya felt that something was wrong at the time. However, Shi Changxuan never cried out in pain and just acted as if nothing had happened. Even when he was about to leave, Xie Lingya was still worried and asked to take a look. Unexpectedly, the situation was more serious than he imagined.
Shi Changxuan: “I reduced some of the force, so there is no injury. Let’s go back and apply some medicine.”
“You can’t just not take it seriously.” Xie Lingya said and went to look through the medicine box. “Besides, it’s not convenient to apply the medicine by yourself at this position on your upper arm. It’s late at night and everyone else is asleep. Let me do it.”
Shi Changxuan lowered his head and said nothing.
Xie Lingya found the special medicine to remove blood clots prepared by Hai Guanchao, applied the medicine, and muttered, “You can’t just learn bad things without learning the good ones. You’ll end up spitting blood when you take the exam like me. I think I know what our Professor Zhu is thinking.”
The more this happened, the more natural his attitude towards Shi Changxuan became, and he completely forgot about the previous embarrassment.
Shi Changxuan actually laughed.
Xie Lingya treated Shi Changxuan. Shi Changxuan did not cry out in pain even once during the process. However, Xie Lingya himself felt a little tingling on his scalp and was a little worried.
When he looked up, Xie Lingya found that Shi Changxuan was still staring at him, so he smiled dryly.
Shi Changxuan was originally looking at Xie Lingya in fascination. The moonlight illuminated his focused expression. He did not look as approachable as usual, but a little colder and more aloof. He even frowned slightly, but his hands were moving very carefully.
At this moment, Xie Lingya raised his eyes and smiled with a twinkling gaze, which made Shi Changxuan very interested. He held Xie Lingya’s hand, and Xie Lingya subconsciously jumped a little, but was unable to pull it out as he was pinched by him.
“It’s okay.” Shi Changxuan comforted softly.
How come everything is okay? Xie Lingya was a little panicked. What was he doing? Holding hands under the moon and flowers!
There was still some residual ointment on Xie Lingya’s hand. Shi Changxuan held his hand, pushed all the ointment away, scraped his thumb upwards along the palm, pressed at the base of the thumb, and carefully rubbed each white finger, from the gaps between the fingers to the plump fingertips, rubbing until it was warm and the ointment had melted into it.
Xie Lingya usually drew talismans to prepare for the temple, so he often had to pick up a pen. He also had homework to do after school started, so his fingers were inevitably a little stiff. Shi Changxuan used the remaining ointment as lubrication and gave him a massage.
The strength was just right and Shi Changxuan knew how to identify the acupoints. Xie Lingya just felt extremely comfortable, and he couldn’t help looking at their hands, which were intertwined smoothly and warmly. His hands were manipulated by Shi Changxuan, pressed and kneaded, and every inch was carefully touched…
This feeling was so strange that it was no less than the kiss that Shi Changxuan gave him on the day he confessed his love. Xie Lingya looked at their hands entangled together, as if he was stunned, and actually felt that he could see some tenderness from it.
Shi Changxuan said softly: “Senior Brother, let me massage you…”
Xie Lingya felt that his ears should have turned red, and pulled his hand back: “No thanks, no thanks.”
….
The next day, Xie Lingya was performing a ritual for Ning Wanlai. Zhang Daoting said that the Taoist temple received a call on the landline, where someone was looking for him, but he was unable to get away at that time, so he told them to wait until the ritual was over before calling back.
“Hello, Mr. Xie, I’m Ma Xiaochuan. You should know why I’m looking for you.”
Xie Lingya heard a rough male voice and said without surprise: “Hello, do you need any business? The blessing ceremony is one thousand, the ceremony for the dead is one thousand and fifteen…”
Ma Xiaochuan interrupted him: “Are you making fun of me?”
Xie Lingya said nonchalantly: “Can I tell you about the mosquito repellent talisman?”
Ma Xiaochuan was silent for a moment, then said: “What did you do to my apprentice.”
Why didn’t you come straight to the point earlier. Xie Lingya said: “Your apprentice feels that you are not capable enough, so he decided to switch jobs and follow me.”
Ma Xiaochuan: “…”
Ma Xiaochuan sneered twice: “It seems that Mr. Xie has a bad temper. But let me remind you, there are always people better than you. You have only been in the Taoist sect for a short time, and there will be a time when the Taoist Association cannot protect Baoyang Temple.”
If he had brought up Taoism, he would have been slapped in the face on the spot, but he was talking about Baoyang Temple.
“Hey, if the Taoist Association can’t protect me, I will go to Mr. Bao.” Xie Lingya said, “I refused yesterday not because I really didn’t understand, but I just don’t like to take over the mess of people like you. But if you force me, there is nothing I can do.”
Ma Xiaochuan said angrily: “Okay, are you going to compete with me to the end?”
“I won’t offend others if they don’t offend me. What’s the matter with you sending people to my door to show off? You can’t blame me for competing first if you fail, right?” Xie Lingya asked back, “If you want to provoke me, I will accompany you. I want to see if your life is tougher than Pei Xiaoshan’s, even though you are not as capable as Pei Xiaoshan.”
Ma Xiaochuan was almost angry to death. He didn’t expect Xie Lingya to have an even worse temper than him and be even more unforgiving with his mouth. He shouted, “Wait–“
He wanted to hang up the phone after shouting, but Xie Lingya was very cunning and hung up first. Ma Xiaochuan looked at the phone on the other end and felt even more aggrieved!
“Luckily, I was quick.” Xie Lingya murmured, then he looked at Ning Wanlai and others who were looking at him nervously, and comforted them, “It’s okay, I hung up first.”
Everyone: “…”
Ning Wanlai went crazy: “Teacher Xie, I’m not asking you who won the anger show!”
Xie Lingya: “Oh… It’s okay, he just thought I was competing with him for face and didn’t notice anything else. Let Cheng Xin go and check it out.”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and praised Xie Lingya: “Good job hanging up. Don’t give him the chance to show off!”
Xie Lingya: “Yeah.”
….
After going out, Xie Lingya saw Shi Changxuan who had also finished school and was making a phone call in the corner. After hanging up, he turned around and the two of them ended up looking at each other.
Thinking of last night, Xie Lingya greeted him stiffly, “How is your injury?”
“No impact.” Shi Changxuan put away his phone and said, “The Provincial Taoist Association is going to hold a large-scale Dharma Assembly and asked if you would like to attend.”
“Of course I will go if I have time.” Xie Lingya said. Although he was always being advised to become a monk, the Provincial Taoist Association was very supportive of Baoyang Temple. Since they asked and it was the first invitation, he should at least give them some face. “What’s the theme of the Dharma Assembly? Have they invited high-level Taoist priests from all over the province? That will be a grand occasion.”
Shi Changxuan said, “The Provincial Taoist Association will organize a cultural forum and hold a Dharma Assembly to pray for world peace.”
That means all the high-level Taoist priests will pray together to God for global peace? Good, keep up with the times.
Xie Lingya’s mouth twitched, and he said, “So generous! So classy! I’ll go even if I have to take a leave!”
Shi Changxuan looked at his expression, his brows unconsciously relaxed a lot, and he said lightly, “Well, then you will be responsible for praying for North and South Korea.”
Xie Lingya: “???”
Is this thing still divided into areas? Xie Lingya’s understanding of fasting and offering rituals was far less comprehensive than those who had received professional training. He was confused at the moment, but reacted quickly and said, “Can you change it? It should not have been decided yet, right?”
Shi Changxuan did not answer. Xie Lingya took a closer look and actually found a hint of smile between Shi Changxuan’s eyebrows. He then discovered with some disbelief that Shi Changxuan was joking with him.
Just now, Shi Changxuan’s expression and tone were still as cold and indifferent as usual, and he has such a good reputation that he really believed it. After he realized what was going on, he almost collapsed, “Oh no, Taoist Shi is possessed by a ghost…”
Shi Changxuan touched his head and said, “It’s called “Birds of a feather flock together”.”
Xie Lingya: “…”
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