Chapter 352

One hundred and sixtieth page Little Envoys (Part One)

[11:00]

[The courtyard of the low-rent apartment complex]

Preparing to go to the temple through the grandfather’s altar to contact Lord Hai.

Linhua, Sister Lei, Zijiang, and Grandma will all go along.

Rubifang does not plan to go together, but she sent Zhubeihai ahead to the southern city temple. If nothing goes wrong, he will arrive there before us.

“Over here! My car can seat seven passengers!”

Li Qiuluo, who did not expect to still be useful, began to curry favor with Linhua and even Grandma. She was always good at flattering people.

However, the latter seemed drowsy, looking as if her magical energy balance was insufficient and needed to be replenished soon…

“Grandma, let me help you.”

I approached and took her tender, newborn-like white hand, slowly transferring some divine power to her.

“Little Ying? What are you doing…”

Noticing that her magical energy was gradually filling up, Grandma also showed surprise.

“…Xiaokai isn’t here, so my divine power is basically useless. It’s good to recharge you with it.”

Mentioning Xiaokai, Grandma lowered her brows in self-reproach.

“Grandma, this time it was my negligence. Originally, such a great sacrifice wasn’t necessary. Even if Mother didn’t bear the cost for you, she would have been erased by Heaven’s Path within one or two weeks… This was all calculated, an accepted plan by everyone.”

Grandma shook her head and even touched my face.

“Naive child, I’ve already understood the ins and outs of things these past few days. You don’t need to take all the blame. This isn’t your fault. Grandma knows how you feel, you couldn’t bear it.”

She wanted to comfort me, though her own expression didn’t look relieved, making it unconvincing.

White-haired, yet appearing as a seventeen-year-old girl, even her features seemed younger than Linhua’s, but her demeanor was very mature…

The rejuvenation period wasn’t long, so Grandma’s inner and outer appearances were mismatched.

“Xiaokai and I should both be responsible for this matter, but no matter whose mistake it is, Grandma, you have no responsibility.”

Perhaps due to excessive divine power, Grandma suddenly spoke loudly.

“I certainly do have responsibility!”

My words seemed to touch her fragile heartstrings. When she looked up again, her self-reproach had turned into overflowing tears.

Her emotions easily collapsed. Grandma cried out without regard for her image: “Though I don’t know what the price is, I’ve known they planned to make sacrifices to save me. I even guessed Cang’er might use his life to exchange for mine… But I just knew, I said nothing, I stopped nothing… Because I was afraid of death, especially when trapped in this avatar, I only thought about getting rid of that decrepit body. It was my fault that they suffered!”

Grandma was quite neurotic.

Even though her wish was granted, her emotions were hard to control. Despite being in the eye of the storm and unconscious during the incident, the pain she endured was no less than mine and Father’s.

“Grandma, there’s no need to say more.”

Linhua came over and gave Grandma a deep hug, gently patting her white-haired back to soothe her: “It’s natural for humans to fear death. You didn’t do anything wrong. Sister Ning Ying volunteered to be your firewood, extending your life. So you shouldn’t feel guilty.”

Previously, I was also afraid of death. The closer I was to Xiaokai, the more I wanted to live.

But now, I realized I was more afraid of losing Xiaokai. Without him, the world isn’t worth staying in. If Heaven’s Path allowed me to exchange my life for his, I would unhesitatingly sacrifice myself for him.

This feeling is the same for Grandma, her tears symbolizing regret.

“If I had known the result would be like this, I’d rather pretend I never survived.”

Linhua hurriedly said: “No, you mustn’t say that!”

There are still matters to handle at the research institute, Rubifang doesn’t plan to go to the temple with us, but she noticed Grandma’s emotional breakdown and hurried downstairs, showing her concern openly—something even granddaughter Zijiang hadn’t enjoyed.

“Yuehua, why can’t you understand?”

She挽着 her former best friend and current mother-in-law and confidante’s arm, earnestly advising her.

“You must pull yourself together. You were brought back with such a huge sacrifice. If you’re dominated by negative emotions, then everything becomes meaningless… Get in the car first, don’t get too excited when you see Cang’er.”

Grandma was reluctantly pushed into Li Qiuluo’s business car by Rubifang.

Then she grabbed me and said: “Little Ying, as you can see, Yuehua’s mental state and emotions are affected by her magical energy levels. When it’s low, she feels lost and depressed; when it’s high, she gets easily agitated. Is there no way to solve this side effect?”

“I don’t know what to do. Perhaps Grandpa might know something.”

“Then ask Cang’er when you get there. This isn’t a solution.”

Looking at Grandma’s emotionally fluctuating state, I comforted Rubifang instead.

“Although her mental state is influenced by magical energy, the rate of its dissipation isn’t particularly fast. After teaching her how to refine magical energy, once her capacity expands to a certain extent, this symptom won’t affect her much.”

“Never has a woman undergone that transformation ritual, nor has anyone transformed under such high concentrations of divine power. I’m worried there might be other side effects.”

“That can’t be guaranteed…”

Rubifang continued: “Little Ying, if we can contact Lord Hai this time, I want to entrust you with another task.”

“I know… You want to ask about Xiao Qianxia, right?”

Mother is gone now, and Qianxia doesn’t have any reason to continue dreaming anymore.

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Compared to Professor Shi Huorong, Sister Qiuluo’s driving skills are quite impressive, but this violent woman has road rage. She often floors the gas pedal and makes sharp turns, making it seem like she’s chasing down some criminal.

I patted the driver’s seat.

“Hey! Drive steady! Grandma is going to get carsick!”

Though Grandma didn’t show any signs, I was really about to get carsick. Usually, I would hide in Xiaokai’s clothes to avoid the discomfort.

Even Sister Lei shouted: “Too fast! Sister Xiao Jiu is going to die!”

“Idiot, who’s dying! We’re almost there! Just hold on a little longer!”

But she had no intention of restraining herself, treating traffic lights as signals, and accelerating sharply.

“Can this economy-class business car handle such rough treatment?”

Only after the drift and skid into the parking space did I raise my head from the backseat, feeling queasy. Fortunately, I hadn’t eaten lunch yet, so even if I wanted to vomit, nothing came out.

The winter park was quite desolate, even elementary school students wouldn’t come to play in the square. Muxi’s sister sat by the shop door reading diligently. Noticing our arrival from afar, she turned around and called out to someone inside.

Immediately after, twin-like Dog Sister came out of the shop.

“You arrived pretty quickly. I heard you left later than Bei Hai, but you got here first?”

Isn’t that because of Li Qiuluo’s dangerous driving?