Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Chapter 276 Past life events

Chapter 276 Past Life

"What did you say?!"

Pei Zhixing said in surprise.

"Tell the truth." Qin Xiao said calmly, "A condescending attitude would make anyone unhappy."

"Your Qin family can't compare to us, that's a fact." Pei Zhixing's uncle sneered, "My younger sister was really blind back then."

"May I ask what your current realm is...?" Qin Xiao remained calm.

"Earth Realm Upper Stage, what's wrong?" the young man said unhappy.

"Oh." Qin Xiao laughed, "I thought we had reached the Heaven Realm."

"You--" Pei Anran exploded immediately. Just as he was about to stand up and say something, the old man stared at him and pinned him to his seat.

"Your father is indeed a good man, but unfortunately he is dragged down by his family." The old man finally spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Blame everything on the family you were born into? I don't agree with that." Qin Xiao said calmly, his attitude did not change because of who said it.

The old man did not get angry: "I would like to hear the details."

"Isn't it ridiculous?" Qin Xiao didn't want to elaborate, "What will happen to those orphans?"

Pei Zhixing: ...

Pei Zhixing had seen his cousin's mouth and knew very well that he had a complete set of ideas and ways of thinking and was difficult to be influenced by others.

"So you refuse." The old man did not get angry and raised his eyelids. Although his face was orange peel, his eyes were still bright.

"Yes."

"I understand." The old man nodded slightly and put down a piece of jade leaf. "If you are in danger, you can crush it. The jade leaf will send a message after you crush it, and it will be transmitted to the nearest Pei family member."

Having said that, without waiting for Qin Xiao to refuse, he added.

"It's not a rare item. The servants and fishermen of the Pei family have it. The market price is only 1 gold coin."

Qin Xiao didn't accept it immediately, and looked at him steadily: "What do you mean?"

"You are different from Qin Jichen and Qin Jinyi. Apart from your father, there are few forces that can protect you openly. This matter is beneficial to you, isn't it?" the old man asked back.

Qin Xiao didn't speak.

Instead of thinking, he waited for him to answer his question.

After a moment of silence, the old man sighed softly.

"Why do you keep refusing? The Pei family has never done anything to let you down."

"We are not familiar with each other, and I have no good feelings towards the Pei family." Qin Xiao did not comment, "I have no reason to accept it. Or, in what capacity are you talking to me?"

"Your status as an elder." Pei Anran suddenly said, staring at him strangely.

"Wasn't my mother removed from the family tree? Besides, you haven't had any contact with her in these years."

"No." The old man glanced at Pei Anran, causing him to immediately shut up. "Your mother has been upstairs the whole time."

Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and said nothing.

The old man put down his teacup, said nothing more, straightened his sleeves, and stood up: "I'm giving it to you. It's your choice whether to accept it or not."

"who are you?"

At the moment when the old man turned around and was about to leave, Qin Xiao suddenly asked.

"In terms of seniority, your grandfather."

The old man's hoarse words echoed in the house, and his figure disappeared without any warning, without even a trace of breath left.

Heavenly realm.

Qin Xiao turned his gaze to the remaining two people. Pei Anran followed closely behind him and left with a flick of his sleeves. Pei Zhixing had a complicated look in his eyes and did not leave with him.

"Anything else?"

"Is the communication ring I gave you still there?" Pei Zhixing asked him.

"It should be... here." Qin Xiao recalled. Because there were too many rings, he simply put them all into a storage ring. If he looked carefully, he should be able to find it.

"You can contact me if you encounter any problems." Pei Zhixing left after leaving the same words as last time.

A silence.

Qin Xiao looked at the jade leaf on the table quietly. The leaf was only the size of a thumb, emerald green, and transparent, with a row of small characters engraved on the bottom of the leaf vein.

"Pei Anqin"

Two years ago, Luo Yun.

"Your mother's name?"

Qin Xiuyun was a little surprised: "Why did you think of asking this? Because you met someone?"

"I heard something..." Qin Xiao touched the back of his neck and lowered his eyes, "I'm a little curious."

Seeing that Qin Xiao didn't want to talk, Qin Xiuyun didn't say much.

"Your mother's name is Anqin."

"Pei Anqin."

……

Qin Xiao lowered his eyes and stroked the marks on the veins of the jade leaf, and he was absolutely sure that this was his mother's name.

When Qin Xiuyun came out and saw him like this, he thought he was in a daze and only came back to his senses after calling him twice.

"What did you tell them?" Qin Xiuyun sat down and was stunned when he saw the jade piece in Qin Xiao's hand. "Did they give this to you?"

"Yeah." Qin Xiao repeated what the old man had said to him, "...but I found my mother's name engraved on it."

Qin Xiuyun took the jade leaf, stared at the long name with complicated eyes, and remained silent.

"…This is your mother's communication jade token, which was returned to her when we broke up."

Qin Xiao didn't say anything, just looked at him steadily.

Qin Xiuyun's eyes seemed full of nostalgia, reminiscence, and sadness. He stared at it absentmindedly for a while and then returned it to him.

"Since the Pei family gave it to you, you should take it with you."

"You don't want it?" Qin Xiao didn't take it immediately, "This is also considered my mother's legacy, right?"

Qin Xiuyun was silent for a moment and shook his head.

Qin Xiao knew that he didn't want to say more, so he stopped talking, took the jade leaf, thought for a moment, and put it away.

Shan Qiushi flew here by himself and looked a little tired when he arrived at Yuxi Pavilion.

Before this, he had briefly listened to what Qin Xiuyun said, but when he arrived at the place, he still felt a little bit reluctant when he saw his beloved disciple being stabbed like a hedgehog and unable to move.

Qin Xiuyun told him the whole story and took out the Soul-Breaking Gu that he had taken out earlier as evidence.

As expected, after seeing the Soul-Breaking Gu, Shan Qiushi believed Qin Xiuyun's words without hesitation and took the insect to study it.

"This Gu... is truly exquisite." Shan Qiushi could not help but admire it, "The person who made it has obviously been studying it for a long time."

Qin Xiuyun: "...This doesn't seem to be the time to praise the instigator."

"Ah, of course." Shan Qiushi became serious and stepped forward to examine Chen Yuge. His face was solemn, "He really has been poisoned."

"..."

Later, I heard from Qin Xiuyun that after discussing, the two decided to report to the imperial capital to investigate the murderer. After a detailed examination, Chen Yuge confirmed the identity of one of his victims, but because his intelligence was taken away, the Gu itself knew nothing about what happened before it was planted, which caused some jams in the case.

Shan Qiushi peeled off the puppet. Chen Yuge has not yet regained consciousness and is still in a daze. Qin Jichen woke up two days later. After repeated examinations, nothing unusual was found, except that his soul was a little unstable. Qin Xiuyun found some spiritual herbs for him to strengthen his soul and spirit, and he will probably recover soon.

Qin Xiao still had doubts after hearing this.

"Since he didn't know, why did he put a curse on Qin Jichen? What was his purpose?"

"It's definitely not that simple." Qin Xiuyun's eyes darkened slightly, "He was very skilled in casting the poison on you and me... He must have had some connection with the person behind the scenes."

Mo Hanyu looked at the two of them, then looked at Qin Jichen who was sitting on the bed peeling fruit slowly, and hesitated for a moment: "Actually... this time and the previous time, the person who cast the curse is the same person."

Suddenly, all eyes were focused on him.

Mo Hanyu met Qin Xiao's displeased look and pursed his lips.

"You said before? What do you mean?" Qin Jichen was puzzled.

Qin Xiao dragged Mo Hanyu out without saying a word.

"I just want to help you."

This time, before Qin Xiao could speak, Mo Hanyu took the initiative to say, "You don't know, it's very uncomfortable to hold it in."

Qin Xiao really couldn't do anything to him: "Last time? Was it the time with Wang Ji?"

Meng Liyun had told him about this before, and also said that she suspected it was related to Lei Ting, but after a long investigation no evidence was found, so the case had to be dropped.

"Yes." Mo Hanyu nodded, "You can tell the emperor about this, it will definitely help you, after all..."

After all, this man had attacked Wang Ji.

Qin Xiao frowned and remained silent for a moment: "Is the person who poisoned you Lei Ting?"

"No." Mo Hanyu chuckled, "Do you want to know?"

"What's the use of knowing? We still need evidence." Qin Xiao sighed, "Can you find it?"

"……cannot."

Qin Xiao finally contacted Meng Liyun and told her about it.

As expected, Nangong Huaxue was furious when he learned about this, and he wanted to find the real culprit immediately and burn him to death.

"Calm down. I've asked around. Apart from these two times, there haven't been any other victims so far."

"Have you confirmed?" Nangong Huaxue asked in a calm voice.

"Yes." Qin Xiao had already confirmed with Mo Hanyu, "but it's better to check it out."

The curse was cast twice, once by someone in power and once by a tutor at a senior college, and there seemed to be no connection between the two.

Unfortunately, no clues could be found for a while. Qin Xiao stayed for another two days. In addition to his concern for Qin Jichen, he also cared about Mo Hanyu.

Mo Hanshang dragged Mo Hanyu out to play for two days, and bought him a bunch of delicious and fun things before leaving. He was reluctant to say goodbye.

Mo Hanyu got goosebumps when he saw it.

Qin Xiao couldn't stand it either. But Lan Huaiqiu looked at the two of them and whispered "That's great".

Seems envious.

Miao Kaijie fell asleep immediately and was unexpectedly quiet throughout the journey.

Back at the academy, the dean, who had received the news early in the morning, couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw everyone appearing.

Qin Xiao was startled and looked at Bai Ze at a loss.

Shen Youge just smiled at him.

The dean looked at the bewildered Lan Huaiqiu and the complicated Miao Kaijie, and burst into tears: "Why are you so stupid? Such a good academy..."

So that's why...

Qin Xiao and Mo Hanyu looked at each other and decided to slip away.

Before leaving, he wanted to return the two pieces of hibiscus to Bai Ze, but was rejected.

"Take it, maybe you'll need it someday."

But in fact, Qin Xiao didn’t know what this thing was used for. He only knew that the Fusang tree was ancient and mysterious, and there was only one in the world.

As for what its function is, I have no idea.

Bai Ze did not explain too much and gently told him to have a good rest. Qin Xiao had no choice but to give up.

After Qin Xiao left, Qiongqi looked at the still moved dean with disdain, and said to Bai Ze: "I'm going to go out for a walk."

Shen Youge nodded gently: "What did you gain?"

"You have some ideas, right?" Qiongqi suddenly asked, "What about this academy..."

"As for ideas, I do have some." Bai Ze tapped the wheelchair handle lightly, as if thinking about something. "You said these kids trust this place so much and think of it as their home. It would be too unreasonable if they just muddle through their days like this."

Qiongqi raised his eyebrows: "So?"

"They have nothing to do anyway, why not ask them?" Bai Ze's eyes flashed with cunning, "I heard that other colleges recruited their own mentors and resources at the beginning. Our students are special, so it's normal for them to be unwilling."

"You want to call them to do hard labor for you?" Qiongqi grinned, "How much--"

"How can you say it's hard labor? I'm just asking about your willingness." Bai Ze smiled and shook his head.

Qiongqi smiled but said nothing.

"So I'm sorry to bother you again. Taotie and the others have already set off." Bai Ze looked at him, "But it shouldn't be too tiring. It has been decreasing over the years."

Qiongqi knew what he was referring to.

Mountain gods are created by faith. Although they will not disappear directly when faith disappears, they will gradually weaken and even disappear.

When they arrived, hundreds of mountains had already lost their gods. To date, except for some natural gods, such as Zhuyin Taifeng, most of the others have disappeared into the heaven and earth.

Qiongqi didn't respond and turned and left.

Shen Youge looked at his back, with a hint of sadness in her eyes, like ripples on the water, which took a long time to calm down.

Mo Hanyu was a little nervous.

Listening to the sound of water in the bathroom that never stopped, my heart beat rapidly.

Xiao said that he would tell him about him and Mo Ze after he came back, and now he is back...

Mo Hanyu swallowed his saliva, his blue eyes sparkled, his palms even sweated a little. In order to divert his attention, he could only dry his hair, change into pajamas and wait for Qin Xiao to come out.

In fact, with his current strength, it is not difficult to know these things, but he wants to hear Qin Xiao himself say it, tell him how he felt at the time, and listen to this experience from Qin Xiao's perspective.

But as time went by, after Qin Xiao finished taking a shower, he sat down on the edge of the bed, dried his hair, and lay down to sleep.

Mo Hanyu:...? !

Mo Hanyu looked at Qin Xiao who was lying leisurely in disbelief, and couldn't help but tap him a few times.

"What's wrong?" Qin Xiao was puzzled.

Mo Hanyu observed his expression and found that he seemed to have forgotten...

"Have you forgotten what you told me before?" Of course Mo Hanyu wouldn't let him go just like that. He sat cross-legged beside him, looking like he was ready to accuse him.

Qin Xiao stared at the ceiling for a while with lifeless eyes, and finally he said "Oh" belatedly.

"Oh what? Talk." Mo Hanyu couldn't help but shook his arm twice, "Chen Mo is not here right now, so just talk to me alone."

Qin Xiao was a little amused and clapped his hands: "You want to know so much?"

Mo Hanyu nodded quickly.

Qin Xiao smiled and sighed, then sat up: "Well, there's actually nothing to say..."

When Mo Hanyu saw him speak, he changed into a comfortable sitting position and listened quietly to Qin Xiao telling about his childhood in previous life.

That day was the first time he met Mo Ze.

Before this, he had never seen an animal that could transform into a human, and he didn't know what he was. He just listened to Mang Ling's words and followed Mo Ze to leave Mangshan.

Before leaving, the group of ghosts said goodbye reluctantly for a long time. In fact, he was also a little reluctant because he didn’t know if he would have the chance to see certain ghosts again - after all, once the obsession was resolved, they would be reincarnated and would no longer be the ghost he knew.

Mo Ze walked very fast, and would not give in to him, just kept moving forward. Although he had practiced with Liu Hongyu, he was not as good as Mo Ze, and was left far behind in a short while.

Eventually, he got lost.