When they entered Yanzhou, it was already early summer. The wound on Luo Yujing's hand had healed, leaving only two pink scars.
For several days, they had not encountered any evil spirits or ghosts, and Luo Yujing realized something was wrong. She had no curiosity about this world before, but after a few months, she had some understanding of it, so she guessed, "Is this the territory of a clan god?"
It is said that where the clan god is, it is peaceful and tranquil, and no evil spirits can arise. During this journey, I only saw some harmless little monsters roaming in the forest and wild fields. There were fewer unknown wild temples on the roadside, but when I went to ask for water from people's houses, I saw that many people had a small shrine in their homes, enshrining a small statue of the clan god.
"There are few evil spirits in this kind of place, what are you doing here?" Luo Yujing asked.
"The clan god here is named Luo." Kusheng said.
"Luo? You brought me here specially?" Luo Yujing was shocked. "But don't you know that my last name is Luo, but this body's last name is not Luo? I'm not even from here. What's the point of you bringing me here?"
Kusheng said: "I see something special about you. You must be someone blessed by the clan god."
But he had not become a clan god after all, so he could not see clearly what was going on with Luo Yujing. That was why he brought her to Yanzhou, wanting to trace back her fate and resolve her heart knot.
Although Luo Yujing didn't know what was strange about herself, she was still not optimistic about meeting Luo's God. She turned her head from behind him, grabbed his hair and said, "Forget it. Isn't it said that it is difficult to see Luo's God? You must want to break in. What if you can't beat him?"
Kusheng: "I already took you to a Ujigami mansion when you slept in a coffin that time."
Luo Yujing: "… Turns out he's a repeat offender."
Although Ku Sheng said it simply, this time was different from the last time. Since entering Su Ling City, his steps were a little heavy. This was because the aura of Luo God was shrouded in this place. This God obviously rejected outsiders, especially "evil gods" like him who had fallen into zombies.
It wasn't so hard to move, but it was like carrying a mountain on his shoulders. However, it didn't matter if he was not welcome. Kusheng strode forward and headed for Xingyun Mountain outside Suying City.
Yanzhou is a famous place with beautiful scenery, and Xingyun Mountain is also a famous sacred mountain here. From a distance, the mountain is dark green and light red, surrounded by moving clouds.
The continuous black and white buildings protrude from the top of the green trees and are built up along the undulating mountainside, forming a small but exquisite mountain city. That is where the Luo God resides and the ancestral land of the Luo family.
When they reached the foot of Xingyun Mountain, a group of people ran down the mountain steps, stopped them and said, "No matter where you come from, the Luo family's ancestral land does not welcome guests. Please turn back."
They had swords on their waists, looking ready for battle.
Seeing this, Luo Yujing pulled Kusheng's ear and said, "Forget it, let's go."
Kusheng stopped her from pulling her ears and pulled her hand down.
"Wait, this guest can leave. Our clan god has ordered that she be kept." The group of sword-wearing men standing on the mountain steps pointed at Luo Yujing again and said solemnly.
As if Kusheng had expected, he pulled Luo Yujing off from behind and pushed her in front of him: "Go ahead."
Luo Yujing turned her head and asked suspiciously, "Are you planning to leave me here and run away?"
Kusheng: "I'll wait for you here, the sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back."
He kept his word and never lied to anyone. After Luo Yujing heard him say that, she sat cross-legged on the mountain steps next to her, ignoring the people staring at her, as if he really wanted to wait for her.
She was pushed out in a daze, and then was let through by the group of people. A woman came over and led her up the stairs, passing through many black and white buildings.
There is also a school here, where a group of children are studying. The chirping of birds is perched on the lightly upturned eaves, interspersed with the sound of the children reading, creating an interesting contrast.
A few young girls poked their heads out of the door on the side of the road, then quickly retreated. The sound of their conversations inside the wall could be heard clearly by those outside:
"Who is this?"
"I heard he came from far away, and wanted to see Ujigami."
"What's so special about her? How can she go to see the god? It's not the right time of the year."
"She is pretty, but it's a pity that she doesn't have some flowers or hairpins on her head."
The woman leading the way couldn't keep her smile off her face and shouted towards the door, "Why are you here talking when you're not working? How rude!"
“Haha, I don’t dare anymore!” “I’ll go right away!” A group of girls ran away laughing.
The higher she went, the quieter and less people there were. Finally, she was led to a hexagonal building. A shallow crescent-shaped lotus pond was surrounded by white lotuses.
"The god is waiting for you inside, go ahead." said the woman who led the way.
Luo Yujing was not afraid of the demons and monsters she met on the road, but now she was facing this building and suddenly felt awe. As soon as she entered the building, there were rows of tablets. Going upstairs, there was nothing around except a closed shrine with a cushion in front.
Luo Yujing stood there looking around, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, she felt a pair of invisible hands pushing her to the front of the futon. She knelt down with a plop, and her hands, as if with their own consciousness, picked up three incense sticks and lit them.
At this time, the closed shrine opened, and the hem of a dress with ink-colored white lotus paintings spread out in front of her. Luo Yujing felt that she could not lift her head, and a hand was gently pressing on her head and stroking it.
After stroking her head for a while, a voice said, "You are the heir of the Luo family... but you don't seem to be here at this time."
As a clan god worshipped by generations, Luo can feel his people. There is an inseparable "cause and effect" between the clan god and his people, so he can feel that this is indeed a child who needs protection, but she is very strange.
Like living but not living, like dead but not dead, the body is in this world, the soul is in another world, and...
"You have evil in you," said the Luo clan god.
Luo Yujing looked up and saw the face of the clan god in front of her was confused, like mist floating and gathering. His aura was majestic and cold, like an elder who was not close but very strict.
She gritted her teeth, suppressed her anger and asked, "What kind of evil? Is it because I let the evil spirit kill people?"
Luo Shi Shen Dao: "'Evil' is the destruction of others and the destruction of oneself. 'Sin' is the disorder of cause and effect."
Luo Yujing was stunned, chewing on these words in her mouth, seeming to realize something but unable to fully understand.
"But you also have a powerful wish power. Someone is offering incense to you. They are your blood relatives." The Luo God stretched out his hand and hovered over Luo Yujing's forehead, sensing the vague connection in the dark.
"…blood relatives?" Her only relative was her elder sister Luo Yu'an. Apart from her, no one else in the world would offer incense to her.
Sister... Was she still thinking about her? Was she not angry with her for the trouble she had caused and decided to forget about her fragile and cowardly sister
"How could it be, she is not in this world..." Luo Yujing murmured.
She has never been sure whether the world she is in now is the world she came from, because in the later life, she has never heard of the existence of the gods, nor has she encountered these inhuman monsters.
"Wait for me to trace it back—" Luo said.
Luo Yujing felt a chill on his forehead and his body became heavy, but his soul floated upwards.
She recalled her childhood memories, when her parents were still alive and they were a very ordinary family. Later, her parents passed away and she and her sister depended on each other for survival. Her sister would pick her up from school, even though she was still a student. And that incident… Her past scenes emerged one by one, like a train window whizzing past her.
Finally, she heard her sister Luo Yu'an sighing and she said:
Sister, my dear sister, I really hope you can rest in peace.
Tears flowed from Luo Yujing's eyes. She was dazed and heard the Luo family god say: "The karmic relationship between you and a relative has not been severed, and the evil sins are shared. She will offer incense in the future to dispel your resentment and pray for your afterlife."
…
Not remembering how she left the Lotus Tower, Luo Yujing was taken to a room and watched the sun setting outside the window.
"I have marked this unique fate for the future." Finally, the god seemed to say this.
She didn't really understand what that meant, and she didn't want to think about it. The words just kept echoing in her mind.
The god said that all the evil deeds would be shared by her sister and she, and that her sister was waiting for her in the next life.
She gave up on herself, but her sister didn't, and she was still trying to pull her up from somewhere she didn't know.
… She couldn't do the same thing as before, at least she shouldn't give up her life so easily. If her sister took on the responsibility she should have, then she should also take on the expectation of seeing her again in the next life.
She still felt that living was painful, but she could no longer escape from such pain.
The sudden noise outside woke Luo Yujing from her deep thoughts. She looked outside and saw a man jumping down from the wall under the setting sun. He walked up to her and asked, "Do you want to stay here or leave with me?"
It is a life of suffering.
Luo Yujing didn't think about it and subconsciously handed her hand to him. His eyes curved, and he leaned over from the window and carried her out of the room.
Many people were running around outside looking for the intruder, while others were gathered under the wall and talking:
"That person barged in to look for the woman who met Ujigami today?"
"It should be. We can't let him take her away. Shishin said that the woman should live here from now on."
Luo Yujing recalled the conversation with the God of the Family, and recalled that he seemed to have really said that since the child was his own, he should not run around outside. She was unable to come back to her senses at the time, and was unable to react.
The Kusheng who broke into the clan god's territory to rob people passed over the heads of the crowd and walked quickly down the mountain. He asked, "Did today's trip solve your doubts?"
"I don't know." Luo Yujing said, "There are more and more things I don't know. I just want to understand one thing."
"Before, I couldn't rest in peace because of those people, but now I want to rest in peace for the people who love me."
She tightened her grip on Kusheng's shoulders a little and said, "I'm sorry."
Kusheng: "Why are you saying sorry to me again?"
Luo Yujing: "I said sorry before because you didn't want to kill me, but I still wanted you to kill me, so I had to say sorry to you. I'm saying sorry now because I'm not ready to die now. I'm going back and forth like this, so I'm saying sorry to you."
Kusheng: "Who said I don't want to kill you?"
Luo Yujing: “…”
Luo Yujing: "… Then put me down, I won't leave."
Kusheng laughed. At the same time, they left the Luo family's ancestral home in Xingyun Mountain.
"Over there! Chase after him!"
A group of Luo clan members who were searching for him heard the laughter and were about to chase him, but suddenly they heard a few people running up from behind and saying, "The clan god said, don't chase him, just let him go."
…
"Follow me and practice in the future. This world is vast, everything is cyclical, and there are both good and evil. If you can only see evil, indulge in resentment, follow your heart and do not restrain yourself, you will eventually lose yourself."
"Practicing with you... So I have to take you as my master?"
"I won't accept any disciples... I will only teach you how to use the Evil-Slaying Sword."