Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 217 008. A Familiar Encounter: The Wild Geese Return

When the monk Longyi spoke, his face didn't turn red and he wasn't out of breath.

"Then you can also make amulets?"

"Yes, it's precisely because you can't beat them that you need to make a spirit-concealing talisman for protection." The monk Long Yi's tone was so matter-of-fact that it opened Fu Xun's eyes. He never expected that someone of this age could portray a good-for-nothing in such a refreshing and extraordinary way.

“There is a protective force in the temple, and evil spirits usually dare not break in.”

Jin Ziyue realized why the old monk dared to act so recklessly in the small mountain temple.

"Yes, the secret formation in the back mountain suppresses many powerful demons. Thanks to them, those evil spirits generally dare not trespass. Even the guy who killed Sanshui's best friend back then could only watch from afar. Of course, the price is that only the guardian spirits of the temples in this mountain can enter."

Here, "Long Yi" clearly refers to the sword attendant of San Shui Lin Xin.

"So I had no choice but to settle for second best and rely on talismans to give Xiao Linxin a chance to live, but apart from the temple, no one can say for sure what might happen."

Hearing that it was safe, Fu Xun breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Please stay here for now. The young monks who are currently doing their internships have all gone home for summer vacation. I happen to have some rooms available for the three of you to rest in."

Abbot Long hesitated as he spoke, then said tentatively, "It's just that I'm used to living alone, and now we don't have enough food to feed you all..."

“Three hundred per person per night, put it on my tab.” Sanshui Linxin knew the old monk’s character and said expressionlessly.

"There are so many!" Abbot Longyi exclaimed, beaming with pride.

San Shui said to himself, "Please arrange for me and Jin to share a room."

“No,” Jin Ziyue added.

"What's the big deal? We've already been intimate." Sanshui Linxin wanted to go up and take his arm.

“Young man,” Long Yi stared at Jin Ziyue with a serious expression and said, “Do you know that you’ve hooked up with a rich woman?”

Fu Xun wisely refrained from interrupting.

Jin Ziyue had no intention of chatting with them and said, "Since it's safe here, we'll trouble the abbot for the night. We'll go out for a stroll first."

"Don't worry, the old man's hearing isn't very good. Even if you make a lot of noise, I won't hear it."

Abbot Longyi smiled and said, then raised his phone and asked Sanshui Linxin, "Card payment or QR code?"

Sanshui then realized that his phone seemed to have broken down at home.

"Uh……"

After a while.

Upon receiving the remittance from Jin Ziyue, Abbot Longyi confidently declared, "Don't worry, I will definitely not let Xiao Linxin harass you two benefactors in the middle of the night."

San Shui looked at Lin Xin with a resentful gaze: "Let me correct you, I only bothered one person."

After Jin Ziyue and Fu Xun left, she said angrily, "Traitor."

Abbot Longyi sighed and sat down cross-legged.

He glanced at Sanshui; the girl was still sulking, seemingly still upset about the monk's defection. Abbot Longyi wasn't annoyed, but looked at her with concern and said:

"Silly girl, it seems you've been caught in a terrible vortex."

San Shui blinked in confusion: "What?"

……

Jin Ziyue and Fu Xun walked outside, the chirping of insects echoing in the small mountain temple. The two stood silently side by side without saying a word.

"Things started to take an unexpected turn today." Jin Ziyue recalled that from the girl forcefully exposing their plan to the sudden attack by the evil spirit, or rather, the fateful oath, the things the two experienced became increasingly complicated.

"Is all of this within the trajectory set by [Hundred Rivers Converging into the Sea]?" Fu Xun asked, seemingly without seeking an answer.

"What do you think is wrong with this girl?" Fu Xun's intuition was always sharp. "So far, she has never revealed any reason for getting close to you."

"I don't know either," Jin Ziyue said.

Jin Ziyue couldn't describe that wonderful feeling either.

She was clearly being pretentious, almost like a female driver, even welding the car doors shut while driving, and sometimes pretending to be a bit worldly.

Most people, when they encounter this kind of girl, will either feel disgusted and wary, or they will be more straightforward and half-heartedly go along with it, thinking that it's a fool not to take advantage of the situation.

But Jin Ziyue hesitated.

He gazed into the girl's eyes, at the way she was trying so hard to get attention, as if he were looking at a beautiful canary. The pure joy in her eyes seemed to say:
Ah, I've finally waited for you.

That deep-seated joy, and the trust that made her instinctively snuggle into his arms in times of danger, made Jin Ziyue hesitate.

The girl's feelings seemed genuine, but he didn't know why.

It's like a wall blocking your heart, separating you from someone else. When you reach out to touch it, you feel like the other person is reaching out to you too.

It seemed that a long-lost warmth, tinged with a joyful emotion, flowed from the girl's bright eyes.

"Hey, are you tempted?" Fu Xun glanced at him.

Jin Ziyue's thoughts were interrupted, but he didn't care. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "That evil spirit is a death sentence that is over a hundred years old."

Fu Xun grinned, knowingly skipping the topic, his knuckles cracking as he said, "Goodness, we found this 'Chuan' so quickly, but it seems it hasn't dared to make direct contact with us, even when we were in the car, it only showed us illusions."

He sighed, stretched his arms, and said, "Finally, I have something to do."

"Don't make any rash moves. If the other side has its eye on us, they will naturally have time and opportunities to find its weaknesses."

Jin Ziyue stared at the distant lights. From the dark grass came the rustling of insects, and occasionally a chaotic shadow would drift by—a young mountain spirit.

In this temple, mountain spirits and monsters are very active, and even many little creatures curiously look at Jin Ziyue and his group, but they dare not approach because of his imposing presence.

These mountain spirits and creatures, like the Destiny Words, are beings that the Destiny Master can discover, communicate with, and drive.

However, they have their own consciousness and their own physical form; they might just be a firefly in the grass or a blooming dandelion in the haystack.

“It’s quite lively in these mountains,” Fu Xun said, clearly having also noticed the little creatures hiding in the shadows late at night.

The old monk seemed to have just finished taking care of Sanshui Linxin's side, and slowly walked over. He looked at the two young men, gazing intently into the distance.

"Do you think these little guys are derived from the Oath?" Fu Xun asked.

"do not know."

Jin Ziyue was absent-minded, but judging from the current situation, the Fate Word could become a spirit, an evil spirit, or even replace a human.

"The transformation of the decrees into spirits may just be one form of existence. In this world, there are beings with intelligence beyond our imagination. Perhaps, humanity is not alone."

Abbot Longyi strolled over.

The following is a Qixi Festival bonus chapter; those who feel it affects the reading flow can skip it.

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