“Demon! It’s you!!”
Su Houde was stupefied, his lips started trembling and his face turned ashen. The person formed from the green smoke was not Sanniang he yearned for, but instead, his old adversary. Now, he didn’t even know was it sorrow or rage he felt.
Yang Taizi revealed an astounded expression as well. He mumbled, “How can… the records circulated within my sect be fake? This isn’t the real Koan Sutra?”
“No! The Koan Sutra is real! But you don’t know the other side of the story!” The demonic old man laughed grimly. “Yu Sanniang! You made me suffer for 500 years! I, Tai Yinzi, swear to make you suffer eternal damnation after I break through this cage!”
“You’re…Tai Yinzi? The traitor expelled by master?” Yang Taizi expression became even uglier.
“Traitor? Hahahaha!” Ridiculous!” Tai Yinzi laughed maniacally. “How ridiculous! If I wasn’t framed by the b*tch, Yu Sanniang, I wouldn’t be expelled by my master! Scr*w that evil b*tch!”
Su Houde couldn’t hold his back indignation, saying angrily, “Evildoer, stop insulting Sanniang! You caused Sanniang and I to be separated for hundreds of years, and now you are still defaming her…I, I’ll never let you off!”
However, Su Houde couldn’t help shivering due to excessive fear of the old man.
Tai Yinzi laughed sarcastically. “Blockhead! Do you still think that b*tch loved you deeply? It was just her trick! She just wanted that enormous sorrow you would give off when you two were separated! That was her true purpose!”
“Bullshit! All lies!”
“Bullshit? Hahahaha!” Tai Yinzi laughed pathetically. “Look at my pitiable state! 500 years ago, I was furious after being framed by that b*tch, so decided to follow her to the imperial palace! I was extremely clear on how she seduced you, how she cultivated her firm Taoist heart using your ‘true love’! You were the only person that believed you two were a fated pair! Do you still think she loved and was willing to be with you---a person from a lower class? I’m telling you, she was using the most basic illusion magic! It was all a dream! Foolish idiot!”
“Did you know at the moment you were beheaded, Yu Sanniang succeeded!? Her tears fell when she witnessed your beheading! At that moment, she managed to achieve the Indifferent Mind! Ever since then, she had a sharp increase in power, and I wasn’t a match for her! Emperor Xian Zong asked me to deal with Yu Sanniang, but I failed, and was sealed in the white jade tokens! Then she dressed up as me, sent the jades to the emperor, and escaped from the palace to enjoy her life in leisure! Hum, everyone was cheated by her! But only you didn’t know that and kept denying reality!”
“You liar! I don’t believe it! I won’t believe it!”
Su Houde went mad and rushed at Tai Yinzi, striking about wildly and clumsily. However, it was impossible to punch smoke. At last, he ran out of his energy and fell down. Then, he just kept repeating, “You lied to me…lied to me…lied to me…Sanniang loved me! Yes, she loved me!!”
“I lied to you? Idiot! If I lied to you, it makes no sense why I’m the one sealed in the jade and not Yu Sanniang!” Tai Yinzi sneered. “Try recalling whenever you slept with her, didn’t you feel sleepy or felt your conscious blurring? You didn’t drink or have any sort of disease, why were you so tired every time?! You think you can still lie to yourself after 500 years!?”
“You liar!!!!”
Su Houde stood up abruptly and…ran towards the warehouse exit.
Luo Qiu frowned and glanced at You Ye. You Ye snapped her fingers and a ray of light was shot towards Su Houde’s back. He then fell unconscious and collapsed onto the ground.
“Well…Yu Sanniang really was a b*tch.” Luo Qiu broke the silence after a while.
But obviously these words made the situation more awkward.
Tai Yinzi suddenly went into a frenzy, “Hey, boy! Break the jade tokens in your hands! I know your story since I fell into the hands of that butterfly monster! You have no power here. Hurry up! Or I’ll kill you!”
Luo Qiu replied coolly, “I’m so scared…If it wasn’t for my help, did you think you could escape from the jade? Besides, you wasted 10 minutes of my time.”
The faint light faded away at once, while he shook his head. Then the green smoke was divided into two and was absorbed by the jades again. With a piteous cry, Tai Yinzi vanished from sight.
Now, the only ones that were still conscious were Yang Taizi, his disciple, Luo Qiu and You Ye.
Luo Qiu waved his hands. A black flame gathered above his palm, and suddenly transformed into a black card devoid of any stamps. Then he flicked it out, leaving it stuck between the floorboards near Yang Taizi’s feet.
Luo Qiu said with a poker face, “The pair of white jade tokens are mine! If you want them, then exchange them with items of equivalent value!”
The moment Luo Qiu finished speaking, Yang Taizi felt a powerful spirit force sweeping through him, striking his conscious. He passed out and fell down without being able to react.
“Master, how should we deal with Su Houde?” You Ye asked.
Luo Qiu said, “He is merely a pitiful guy. Just leave him here!”
You Ye inquired, “Master, don’t you want to make a deal with him? He has a wonderful soul that has existed for 500 years.”
Luo Qiu had his own thoughts on that matter and shook head. “If it’s necessary, he will come to us…right? Plus…”
“Plus what?”
Luo Qiu laughed, “Leaving after acting cool, is really exhilarating!”
You Ye didn’t say anything. Then the two just left and headed towards the airport.
Not long after, Yang Taizi woke up. He found the black card, holding it in his hand without saying a word.
His disciple asked him curiously, “Master, what’s this?”
Yang Taizi expression showed that he wasn’t sure. He hesitated for a while, then said, “It might be…a legend from long long ago. Could… it be true?”
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“Master, I’ve sent the white jade token anonymously by express to Ms. Dong. She should receive it by tomorrow.”
You Ye reported to Luo Qiu at the airport, then asked puzzledly, “Master, You Ye doesn't understand. Why did you send back the jade?”
Luo Qiu replied while reading a magazine, “If we don’t, how will they react after that? I don’t want them making apologies every other day or so. Anyway, Ms. Dong promised she would send it to me herself as soon as they got it.”
He turned to another page, “It’ll be a happy ending once she sends it to us. What’s more, we’ve obtained the secret of the jade tokens, so time is of no matter now.”
You Ye nodded without a word.
Luo Qiu suddenly smiled. “Do you feel that I think too much? To actually be concern about such worldly matters, does it not match my status of a boss?”
“No, You Ye dare not to do so.”
Luo Qiu shook his head, “Take it easy. You’ll be with me for a long time. If you dare not do anything, life will become boring.”
You Ye said, “Master should not be limited by ordinary ethics and rules.”
Luo Qiu replied, “I actually think so too…but not now. Sure, I’m the current boss, but that hasn’t even been a week. It’s hard to change my thoughts after being shaped by more than 20 years of ordinary life and education. “
Luo Qiu paused for a moment. “Thus, I won't’ stay in the club permanently until I get used to that lifestyle. Do you understand?”
You Ye didn’t seemed to get it but still nodded.
Luo Qiu smiled. “You may understand it if you recall the memories you had before turning into a puppet.”
You Ye shook her head firmly. “It is not necessary. You Ye serve the club, and obey orders from the boss, that is everything for me.”
Luo Qiu was unwilling to speak anymore, he felt he would get annoyed if this conversation continued.
So he closed the magazine and put it back, then stood up. “I’ll go buy something good to stop Ren Ziling’s talkative mouth. Or else she’ll lecture me for a whole night.”
Ren Ziling planned to have a heart-to-heart talk with Luo Qiu. She claimed her busy work prevented her from taking care of him, and had not played her role as a mother well.
However, boxes of biscuits interrupted her. Once she finally reacted, Luo Qiu had already closed the door to his room.
Following that, she heard music coming from Luo Qiu’s CD player---it turned out be ‘Desperado’ by Eagles. Ren Ziling was speechless and could only nibble the biscuits.
However, Luo Qiu wasn’t in his room.
Once he turned on the CD player, he immediately teleported himself to the club.
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He sat behind the counter. Due to it being late he said that he didn’t want scented tea, so the thoughtful servant girl opened the liqour cabinet beside at the bar counter.
A bottle of Vodka, one black bottle of Crème de Cacao, and jarful of Gin with the flavor of fruit. You Ye looked at Luo Qiu with a slight smile. She added ice to the shaker, then poured the amount of liquor she wanted into 3 different small cups, before adding them in. After closing the lid, she started to shake it.
She didn’t used any fancy techniques as she shook while gazing at Luo Qiu.
There was a saying that beauties go well with good wine. This might be what Luo Qiu was feeling. He felt totally relaxed watching this scene.
You Ye stopped shaking once a layer of white frost emerged, then poured the liquor into a cocktail glass. She walked, her heels clicking, as she sent the mixed drink to Luo Qiu.
Luo Qiu joked with her, “I might have to barge into the kitchen next time.”
You Ye was confused by his words, so Luo Qiu smiled and explained, “Because watching you mix liquors or cooking is such an enjoyable pastime.”
You Ye understood and smiled gracefully. Then walked slowly to a corner of the hall, towards the old Long Play gramophone made out of old pine wood.
You Ye placed the record on it and pressed down the stylus. Gentle, soft and mysterious music begun playing. You Ye then returned to Luo Qiu’s side, taking a seat opposite of him.
The servant girl revealed a lazy expression and crossed her legs below her skirt hemline. She put her elbows on the round table, holding up her face.
Luo Qiu sipped the mix drink. To his surprise, instead of a strong one, it tasted sweet and refreshing, maybe because she added the black cocoa.
He played around with the jade token obtained from Dance, but suddenly asked, “Is there reincarnation in this world? Can a person reincarnated in a new body? And is there King of Hell?”
You Ye answered slightly, “There are plenty of ancient legends. People believed several of them without any reason, even though they didn’t see or verify the facts.”
Luo Qiu asked, “Then what do you think of Su Houde?”
You Ye said, “Thoughts make a person’s soul. There are no ghosts or evil spirits in this world, merely strong concentrated spiritual energy, that left their original bodies but cannot dissipate due to their intense obsessions or feelings.”
After hearing this, Luo Qiu agreed with her viewpoint. “I’ve read some fantastic stories, which said that a human’s spirit is like a wave. When both have the same or a similar wavelength, they might be able to send and receive those waves to each other. In other words, there’s no so-called reincarnation. Perhaps Su Houde merely found someone who is able to receive his own thoughts?”
You Ye smiled, “Master can choose which one to believe.”
Luo Qiu shook his head, sipping the cocktail. Then he furrow his brows as he felt the full aroma from the wine. “If reincarnation exists in the world, where do newborns come from them? If it exists, why was there such a small population at the very beginning of the world, yet now a population explosion is occurring? Where do these excess individuals come from?”
Well, it might exist. Some unknown non-spiritual beings which did not need to go through reincarnation.
As he thought of this, Luo Qiu felt he would just go around in circles if he continued down this topic.
Hence he stopped.
After that, the bell at the door rang.
It was Zhong Luochen coming.
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Zhong Luochen came following the directions of the map on his cellphone. This club didn’t exist on the map, instead, another shop was shown.
He stood at the entrance, realizing that there were passersby that went into the club, yet only leaving with goods for daily use.
Apparently, the club in his view and the shop that the passersby entered were different. They were in the same location, but the club was clearly in a different dimension.
Zhong Luochen felt a strong reverence for this mystical power. He took a deep breath, pushed the door open went into the club.
The man with clown mask and that beautiful lady in a maid costume were still the only two beings inside. However, Zhong Luochen was not in the mood to enjoy her beauty. He said frankly, “Mr. Clown, I’ve taken my grandfather to a hotel nearby.”
Luo Qiu waved his hand to stop Zhong Luochen’s talking. Then swung his black cane, an even more unbelievable and mysterious sight appeared before Zhong Luochen’s eyes.
They were teleported to a corridor filled with gentle lamplight and appeared on the carpet. Zhong Luochen was slightly frightened. “Here is…the hotel?!”
Luo Qiu walked ahead, clasping his hands behind his back. “Customer, take me to your grandfather, please…however, I have a request, that nobody else remains in the room except you and your grandfather.”
Zhong Luochen said at once, “My family members followed due to their anxiousness. But please rest assured as they are waiting at the floor below…but, we don’t have much time.”
Luo Qiu calmly said, “I see.”
Luo Qiu saw Zhong Luochen’s grandfather lying in a room.
The old man lay in bed with an IV drip and a cannula piercing his arms. He appeared to be receiving a transfusion of some sort. The pale face with no color in his cheeks showed that he was at the end of his life.
Luo Qiu walked to the old man, and pressed a finger onto his forehead. Then, some black light spots started floating out. They were all extracted slowly and absorbed into Luo Qiu’s palm.
Just then, the door to the room was pounded heavily. A voice of a man could be heard. “Luochen! I heard some noises. It’s you isn't it? Open the door! Open it! Why aren’t you allowing us be with grandfather?”
The pounding was very loud and clear “We will enter forcefully if you don’t open up! Is there someone else in the room?”
Zhong Luochen looked at the door with an anxious expression. The sound was from his big brother, Zhong Luoyun…who was always distrustful. He must have been monitoring Zhong Luochen. Hence this appearance as soon as Zhong Luochen came back.
“Mr. Clown I don’t know…”
Zhong Luochen hurriedly turned to Luo Qiu, but there was no one there. The scene left him astonished but excited…
The old man had opened his eyes somehow and sat up. His face remained pale, but he was conscious now.
“Where am I? Luochen?” The old man said slowly.
At the same time, Zhong Luochen heard another sentence.
---Dear Guest, your commodity has been successfully delivered to you. The transaction is finished.
Zhong Luochen instantly found himself in a dark world, with a scroll made of goatskin floating in front of him. Then it started to burn until it disappeared. At that moment, he felt something being drawn out from his body, thus felt about his body unconsciously.
His sight recovered soon, and he returned to the studio.
The old man stared agape as he saw Zhong Luochen’s eccentric behaviour, “Luo Chen, what are you looking for?”
Zhong Luochen was taken aback. He stopped and raised his head to look at the old man. Suddenly he fell to the ground.
He didn’t feel any joy.
Just as if he saw a stranger.
“Luochen?” the old man said a third time.
Zhong Luochen swallowed his saliva, then stood up and tried to put on an ecstatic appearance.
“Grandfather, you woke up. That’s great…great!”
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