Starting boy Ma Kongqun

Chapter 381: Fox Girl Yingning, Like an Old Friend

Hearing the laughter, Ma Ji's eyes suddenly opened, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

When he returned to Lanruo Temple, he felt an inexplicable throbbing in his heart. He had a premonition that something important would happen to him, so he decided to stay overnight.

The answer should be revealed now. Thinking of this, his figure disappeared out of thin air.

Outside the north wall of Lanruo Temple is a deserted garden. Although the flowers and trees originally planted there have not been anyone to take care of them for many years and are now mixed with weeds and vines, they are still full of vitality and are full of colorful flowers.

Under the moonlight, a little girl in a white dress was skipping among the grass and trees that were taller than a person, humming an unknown tune from time to time, and sometimes letting out a string of silver bell-like laughter, seeming to be very happy.

She looked no more than five or six years old, with a pretty and delicate face, and her crescent-shaped eyes full of smiles, as if she had never known what worry was.

However, in the girl's black hair, there was a pair of white furry animal ears standing upright, and a white fluffy tail was vaguely visible from the hem of her skirt.

She walked all the way to the south side of the garden, which was outside the north wall of Lanruo Temple. There grew two huge poplar trees, each as thick as a man's embrace, side by side, with unknown vines growing on the trunks.

The girl stood between the two trees, raised her little hands and pointed at each tree. The vines on the trees immediately grew and spread, and then intertwined with each other in the air, and in an instant they turned into a unique swing.

She sat on the swing with a smile on her face, and after supporting herself with her short legs on the ground, her body began to swing along with the swing.

The swing swung higher and higher, until it even surpassed the wall next to it.

The girl showed no fear, but just laughed happily. Then she hummed a song again, which was a piece of "卜算子". The lyrics were: "Wind and rain send spring away, and flying snow welcomes spring. The cliff is a hundred feet of ice, but the flowers are still beautiful. Beauty does not compete for spring, but only announces the arrival of spring. When the mountain flowers are in full bloom, she is laughing in the bushes."

Just as he was feeling relaxed and happy, Ma Ji suddenly appeared beside the swing with a complicated look on his face. He sighed and asked, "Who taught you this song?"

The girl screamed in fear and her hands that were holding the swing loosened involuntarily. Her small body flew into the air as the swing rose high, and she fell into the distance while dancing with joy.

Ma Ji raised his hand and the girl flew over as if pulled by an invisible rope. He held her collar and lifted her into the air, and they looked at each other in surprise.

The girl's face showed three parts of fear but seven parts of curiosity. She looked at Ma Ji with her dark eyes and asked, "Who... who are you?"

Ma Ji said expressionlessly: "I asked the question first, you should answer it first."

The girl became more fearful and said anxiously, "I...I have memorized this song since I was born. No one taught me."

Ma Ji asked again: "Is this the only one?"

The girl became more and more timid: "There is... there is another one."

Ma Ji said, "Sing it and let me hear it."

The girl also tried to get away secretly, but she found that the hand holding her collar seemed to contain infinite magic power, which made all her tricks disappear without a trace. She knew that the human being in front of her who looked very pleasant was actually a terrible guy. She could only sing carefully with a bitter face:

"Outside the post station, by the broken bridge, the flowers bloom lonely and ownerless. It is already dusk and I am alone in sorrow, made worse by the wind and rain. I have no intention of struggling for the spring, and let all the flowers be jealous. They fall into the mud and turn into dust, but the fragrance remains the same." She sang this song with trepidation, and it was naturally not as graceful and fluent as the previous one.

Ma Ji's expression became more and more complicated. He immediately used his magic power silently, and his eyes glowed with a hazy light as he fixed on the girl.

As he used his great magical powers to see through the secrets of heaven and reverse yin and yang, the girl's face changed in his sight. In the blink of an eye, she had become the real and fake appearance of Nie Xiaoqian who had been rubbing shoulders with her for three days in Lanruo Temple.

After a moment, Ma Ji dispersed his magic power, put on a smile and tried to appear more friendly: "What's your name?"

The girl thought his smile was a little strange, much scarier than when he had a stern face, so she timidly replied, "My name is Yingning... Auntie, help me!"

After shouting "Help", she seemed unable to control her inner fear any longer and burst into tears.

"Shangxianrongqing!"

A panicked female voice came from a distance, and a white figure floated along with the voice. She knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly in front of Ma Ji. She was a beautiful woman in her thirties.

But Ma Ji could tell at a glance that the woman was a ghost and not a physical being.

He frowned slightly, and first let go of the little girl Yingning, letting her run to the woman. Then he said calmly: "I am Ma Ji, the director of the Hun Tian Supervisory Office of Dayu. Who are you? What is your relationship with this child?"

"I pay my respects to the Grand Master!"

The woman obviously knew Ma Ji, and her face became even more frightened. She kowtowed again before answering Ma Ji's questions.

"My name is Chen, and my husband's surname is Qin. My late husband was bewitched by a fox demon and gave birth to a half-human, half-fox daughter, Yingning. Later, the fox demon was struck by lightning and died. My late husband also died of grief. Before he died, he asked me to raise Yingning.

"But unfortunately, my home caught fire and I was also burned to death. Only Yingning was born with some supernatural powers, so she was lucky enough to save her life and even left my soul in the world. Because my family property was gone, I brought Yingning to this deserted garden to live. In the blink of an eye, five years have passed."

"So that's how it is." Ma Ji suddenly realized and waved his hand, "You stand up and talk."

Chen stood up after saying this, and Yingning hid behind her, but then she poked her little head out to peek at Ma Ji.

Ma Ji said: "If your soul had not entered the door of cultivation, it should have entered the underworld to reincarnate long ago. You have stayed in the human world for a long time and been contaminated by the yang energy. Your soul should have been scattered long ago. But you have the obsession of raising orphans for your husband, and the child's natural talent and magical power to protect you, so you are temporarily safe.

"But this is not a long-term solution. You should feel that you are getting weaker day by day. If this continues for at most ten years, your soul will eventually die."

"Then what should I do?" Yingning immediately became anxious, forgetting her previous fear of Ma Ji. She ran to him, knelt down and begged, "You must have a way. Can you please help me?"

Chen was very calm. She first stepped forward and pulled Yingning up, then said calmly: "Ten years is enough for me to raise Yingning. By then, she should be able to hide her half-demon features. I can entrust her to someone to take care of her, and even if she dies, I will have no regrets."

Seeing that she spoke from the bottom of her heart, Ma Ji sighed and said, "It's rare that you are so loyal and righteous. It's not that I can't help you and your daughter once. But how to choose is up to you to decide."

(End of this chapter)