hotmtlnovel Chapter 103 Zhou Linglong
Chapter 103 Zhou Linglong
Wang Min was also surprised to see Zhou Fengchen. "What are you doing here?"
Zhou Fengchen was about to lose his temper. Pointing at the ground, he said, "This is none of your business. I just want to ask, why are you attacking my talisman? Are you out of your mind? Huh?"
Wang Min looked at the talisman on the ground, then at the policewoman beside him, and said apologetically, "She just took a picture casually. What? Did I interrupt your business?"
"I've messed up something important!" Zhou Fengchen was furious but had nowhere to vent his anger.
Just then, a cold voice came from behind the girls: "Look at you, so pathetic!"
Zhou Fengchen froze, his eyes widening in surprise. That voice…
Wang Min said with a grin, "Didn't you want to see my cousin? Here she is!"
As they spoke, the policemen stepped aside, revealing a tall girl in a wool coat. It was hard to define whether she was pretty or just average-looking; her features were very soft, and she looked very clean. Just standing there, she made people feel very comfortable. Even the most hot-tempered person would find it hard to get angry at her.
Looking at the girl, Zhou Fengchen's breath trembled. Five years had passed, and he never expected to meet her again in such a horrible place as a crematorium.
He walked over slowly, his eyes red, and choked out, "Linglong, Xiaomi Mountain has been dug up, inside..."
Before he could finish speaking, the girl grabbed his ear and said, "What 'Linglong'! Call me 'sister'..."
Zhou Fengchen winced in pain and quickly said, "Sister!"
Wang Min and the other police officers exchanged glances, all dumbfounded.
……
In a private room at a coffee shop in the city, there were only Zhou Fengchen, Zhou Linglong, and Wang Min.
Wang Min chuckled and said, "So, cousin, you were adopted before. Your uncle has been working as an official in another city all these years, and he had a falling out with my mother, so he hasn't contacted my family. If we hadn't run into each other at the crematorium today while investigating a case, you and your brother would never have seen each other again, right?"
Zhou Fengchen ignored her, and Zhou Linglong remained silent.
Wang Min awkwardly picked up his coffee, took a sip, and then stared at the cup, counting the dots on it.
After a long pause, Zhou Linglong finally said, "I've already foreseen the situation at Xiaomi Mountain!"
Zhou Fengchen quickly said, "You probably already know about the myriad demons inside, right? This isn't my fault, is it?"
Zhou Linglong smiled faintly, "It's not your fault. What's the big deal? It's just that two thousand years of Great Evolution Dao, the life's work of all the patriarchs and my father, has been ruined by you!"
Zhou Fengchen was stunned for a moment, a lump forming in his throat. He stubbornly said, "What does this have to do with me? Nobody told me what was inside! If I had known, I would have just killed all the monsters inside!"
"Why not just kill them one by one?" Zhou Linglong sneered. "Brother, it's not that I look down on you, but there are countless demon kings inside who could kill you instantly."
Zhou Fengchen fell silent, his head bowed, constantly fidgeting with his cup.
Zhou Linglong looked at him for a while, then her tone softened. "Forget it, what's done is done, it's all fate. It's beyond our control now. I have to apologize to the Ancestral Master every night. As for the future... let's take it one step at a time. There are many capable people in those ancient temples deep in the mountains. I don't believe they won't help."
"I feel like Dad tricked me..." Zhou Fengchen scratched his head and asked, "So... we're just not going to do anything?"
"Need not!"
Zhou Linglong smiled, then said disdainfully, "But you're still as stupid as ever. Look at all the mess you've made lately!"
Zhou Fengchen scratched his head. "I didn't do anything shady. I just caught ghosts to make some money."
"That's hilarious." Zhou Linglong sneered, "If Dad finds out you're making money by catching ghosts with these skills, he'll crawl out of the ground and skin you alive."
Zhou Fengchen chuckled awkwardly, then thought for a moment, "Wait a minute! How do you know what I've been doing all this time? Did you already know I was coming here?"
Zhou Linglong said, "The video of you and that monk Yimu fighting at the Free Club was uploaded online, and it got over a million views in three hours. If it hadn't been banned so quickly, you would have become really famous."
Zhou Fengchen said, "I didn't want to either. That monk Yimu and Jiang Suoshen insisted on challenging me to a duel. They were quite a fun pair, but unfortunately, they were killed."
Zhou Linglong said, "Enough with the nonsense. You look so gloomy. Did something happen to you?"
"Yeah! I'm so frustrated right now!" Zhou Fengchen slammed his hand on the table and recounted how Monk Yuanzhi had been switched and how he kept getting tricked while chasing monsters.
Zhou Linglong thought for a moment, took out a string of ancient bronze coins, muttered a few words, scattered them on the table, glanced at them, and said, "The reason this monster knows your purpose is because he can smell your scent from dozens of miles away. Of course you can't catch him. Haven't you taken a bath in days?"
Zhou Fengchen sniffed his armpit and said awkwardly, "It's been almost half a month, hasn't it?"
Wang Min, who had been listening silently, exclaimed "Eh!" and quickly moved away from Zhou Fengchen.
Zhou Linglong shook her head. "You're so dirty!"
Zhou Fengchen grew impatient. "What do I care if I'm dirty or not? Just tell me how to catch him!"
Zhou Linglong smiled, "It's simple. When we get back, I'll take a bath with mugwort, and then..."
She looked around and whispered something in Zhou Fengchen's ear.
Zhou Fengchen's eyes widened. "This can work? You're kidding me!"
Zhou Linglong shrugged. "Believe it or not, it's up to you."
"I believe you, I believe you." Zhou Fengchen quickly added, "Can you calculate for me again whether my friend is dead or not? If he's dead, where are his remains? If he's alive, where is he?"
"Birth date and time?" Zhou Linglong asked.
Zhou Fengchen's birthday was a while ago. I heard about his birthday while chatting with Monk Yuanzhi, so I mentioned it.
Zhou Linglong took out the copper coins again, muttered a few words, scattered them on the table, looked at them for a while, and said, "Not dead, but imprisoned, that's about it."
Zhou Fengchen asked anxiously, "Where is he now?"
Zhou Linglong said, "It's fifty li west of the city. You'll have to find it yourself, but first you have to deal with this demon and his accomplices before you can go find your friend, otherwise they'll kill you."
"I understand!" Zhou Fengchen nodded, anxious and eager to get back and start working immediately. He said, "I'll be going now. Where can I find you another day?"
"You don't need to look for me!" Zhou Linglong said expressionlessly, "I don't know any magic at all. My Yin-Yang Qimen is sealed. I only do divination occasionally. Unlike you, who is skilled and brave. I'm with my biological parents now. I'm just an ordinary college student and I still have to study."
"Well... alright then." Zhou Fengchen turned and hurriedly left the room.
Watching Zhou Fengchen's retreating figure, Zhou Linglong hesitated, then finally lowered her head, staring at the coffee cup in her hand, and sighed softly.
"Cousin, what's wrong?" Wang Min asked.
This was the first time she had ever seen her usually quiet cousin talk so much and sigh so inexplicably.
Zhou Linglong raised her head, looking in the direction Zhou Fengchen had left, and said as if talking to herself, "He was the leader of the Dayan Sect who guarded Xiaomi Mountain. Now that Xiaomi Mountain has collapsed, his good karma is exhausted, and bad luck is endless. More importantly, the karma between him and the demon race, Buddhist and Taoist disciples is inextricably linked. If things go wrong, he will be shattered to pieces!"