The Spirit World

Chapter 456 Fate and Wine [Gate]

My dear king...

Even in the face of such stupid setbacks, you refuse to give up?
What is the meaning of running around in this world?
I miss you so much…

Just like birds flying over the land, sparrows leave their voices behind. 】

“Don’t be so nervous… If you don’t have this ability… How dare you open a store on Shanglong Street…” Mei Qingzi lifted her long hair, and her long black hair spread out like a waterfall. To be honest, there are not many people who look so charming with their hair dishevelled. After she finished speaking, she slowly sat down, as if she had finished saying something important.

She raised her hand and the white gauze fluttered lightly, motioning Chang Yufeng and Ju Junyi to sit down.

Chang Yufeng knew very well that he was not nervous, but because he hated others prying into his thoughts. This made him feel like a puppet...

But when he saw Mei Qingzi calmly pouring and drinking tea, he sat down with a bang and put his sword aside.

He had a feeling that this person would be able to resolve his doubts and prevent him from taking a meaningless detour.

He didn't want to ask first. Just like what Tachibana Junichi thought, a person knew they were coming before they even arrived, and then she said the pseudonym she used to travel. Who knows if she knows about his past and can really know everything about the world...

Jun'ichi Tachibana also sat down angrily.

What's with this inexplicable feeling of struggle?

This woman is really uncomfortable.

The subtlety of the atmosphere was not limited to this, but also came from the calligraphy and paintings and the gadgets with strange tempers that had quietly moved away, as if they were deliberately avoiding this conversation.

"I've known almost everything about your situation since you walked in... If you want the amulet, I can give it to you..." Mei Qingzi drank tea with one hand and pushed the teapot in front of the two people with the back of her other hand: "It's just that... I don't just sell amulets... I also help others solve their problems... I can help them solve their problems based on fate... If we are destined to be together, I can give you the most effective amulet, and you don't need to charge me."

"Destined?"

Chang Yufeng spoke, his voice was deep and even more magnetic.

"Well... it's fate... As the saying goes, if you are destined to meet, you will meet even if you are thousands of miles apart, but if you are not destined to meet, it will be difficult to hold hands... Whether we are destined to meet or not, I can tell at a glance." Mei Qingzi looked at Chang Yufeng again. Chang Yufeng did not dare to respond and lowered his head looking at the tea with ripples.

"So... you want to help us check our fortunes for free?" Tachibana Junichi drank the tea in one gulp and slammed the cup on the table with a bang, not too hard or too light, just enough for Mei Qingzi to glance at her. She responded with a snort.

"No, no, no, fortune-telling is rubbish. I can't tell fortunes, and I can't tell fortunes accurately. There's no way to tell fortunes. To be honest, I can only observe the stars, which can only predict good or bad luck at a certain time."

"How mysterious, what a charlatan..." Tachibana Jun'ichi looked at Mei Qingzi's extremely beautiful white dress, then looked at his own clothes, and took another swig.

"Little girl, don't be so angry..." Mei Qingzi rolled up her sleeves to reveal her white arms, pressed her shoulders, and turned them back and forth as if to loosen her muscles. Judging from her face, she definitely didn't just wake up, but the smell of alcohol lingered around her, and it was hard to imagine how much she had drunk.

She was in a very good state now, concentrating on the tea on the table. Her posture and figure were very natural. In front of two strangers, she behaved so relaxed, without any restraint at all, as if everyone present was an acquaintance.

"Whether you believe it or not is up to you... I am a know-it-all here after all, and many people come to me for help... To put it nicely, it's called predicting good and bad luck, to put it bluntly, it's called fortune-telling, it's all rubbish, you can think whatever you want, but just don't report it... It's not easy for me to come here, and it's not fun for Xu Jiaqing to kick me out... Although he is in big trouble now... He can't save himself."

As she spoke, she picked up the teapot and began to pour tea for herself. She pressed the spout of the teapot with her index finger, and the tea leaves flowed back on her fingers along with the blue spiritual power, and only clear tea entered the cup.

Chang Yufeng looked at her and took a sip of the tea. The tea was very fragrant. If you had to say it, she added some unknown sugar cubes. The sweetness and bitterness were mixed together, which was a bit magical.

The fragrance of this tea is completely different from the aroma of the wine here. It really has the function of sobering up. If you drink it alone, it is also sweet enough...

He had never thought of using sweet to describe a tea.

"What?" Junichi Tachibana blinked her eyes. She seemed not to understand the words that seemed to be spoken to herself.

"What?" Chang Yufeng looked at her, not knowing what she was thinking.

"What?" Mei Qingzi first looked at Chang Yufeng, and then at Tachibana Junichi.

The three of them looked at each other in confusion for two seconds, and then went back to drinking their tea.

"Oh, let's go..." Ju Chun stood up and patted her dress, as if the place was not very clean. After patting to make sure there was no dust, she was about to pull Chang Yufeng away.

Chang Yufeng obviously didn't want to leave and was not pulled up.

"Goodbye, I won't see you off." Mei Qingzi giggled. The sudden laughter made her originally serious face turn into a beaming one, shaking with joy.

"Hahaha, you guys are really interesting, interesting."

Mei Qingzi smiled with her eyes narrowed, and the news seemed to reach Chang Yufeng's eyes through the veil, making him feel that this woman was particularly concerned about his condition.

He didn't smile.

Just drinking tea calmly.

"Hmph! You want me to leave, but I won't leave!" Tachibana Junichi sat down again, drank the tea in front of him in one gulp, crossed his hands tightly across his chest, and sulked.

Logically, she shouldn't be angry, but she seemed to dislike this place, and she disliked the drunk Mei Qingzi even more. Moreover, Mei Qingzi's words provoked her, and she didn't give her a way out. Chang Yufeng was also a blockhead and didn't do his best to speak up for her. As time went by, she became more and more angry.

"Are you and I destined to be together?"

Chang Yufeng put down the teacup and asked softly. He looked at the quilt on the table, and the tea inside was vibrating like a spiral, and then returned to calm.

Mei Qingzi was stunned at first, then nodded with a little relief.

She didn't seem to know that he would ask this question. It seemed that someone who predicted good and bad luck shouldn't make such a mistake.

"How should I put it...it can be considered as fate...what do you think?"

"I don't know..."

Mei Qingzi was stunned again, then chuckled and said, "That's right...that's right...drink tea!"

She raised her glass and wanted to clink glasses with Chang Yufeng. Chang Yufeng understood what she meant and picked up the small teacup and clinked it gently. The teacup made a crisp sound and the tea in the cup swirled and its color became darker.

The subtle atmosphere here doesn't seem so ordinary anymore.

"Fate is a very wonderful thing... no one can really explain it clearly..." Mei Qingzi tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp, as if he was drinking wine.

She kept looking at Chang Yufeng, and although her face was covered by a veil, it seemed to be invisible. Chang Yufeng could feel her burning gaze, which was different from that of ordinary people.

He had felt this kind of look from Lin'er before.

Close yet distant, interdependent.

He thought that this person should be sent by Xun Huangying to pick him up. Xun Huangying would definitely come after hearing that Lan Luo was here. If it was a scam, Xun Huangying would have run away long ago.

"Um……"

Chang Yufeng nodded.

Junyi Tachibana lay on the table, counting the stacked teacups one by one. She suddenly felt bored. If Chang Yufeng wanted to stay, there would be nothing for her to do. It had always been like this.

"Bai Ling Mountain, is it fun?"

Mei Qingzi looked at the empty teacup, staggering, not knowing whether to ask Chang Yufeng or Tachibana Junichi.

Chang Yufeng shook his head.

There was still a lot of tea left in the cup, and it was shaking more and more. "That's great..." Mei Qingzi smiled happily, sweeping away the gloom just now, and smiled as brightly as a flower: "Drink tea!"

She poured another cup of tea so quickly that it seemed to be full as soon as she finished speaking.

She raised her glass again, looked at Chang Yufeng, and gestured to clink glasses with him.

Chang Yufeng raised his cup and clinked it with his own. This time he said something, but it was so soft that no one could hear it clearly, and then it disappeared with the clash of the cups.

Jun'ichi Tachibana didn't hear clearly, but he clearly heard Chang Yufeng talking again. He stopped counting the teacups, put his face against the tea table, and looked at him in confusion.

Mei Qingzi didn't hear it clearly either, but she laughed even more happily.

"So, we are destined to be together... What do you think?"

Her smile was as beautiful as a flower, and her slightly red eyes looked like they were formed by crying and being baptized by tears.

Perhaps, in that long, endless dark night, she drank and cried, and she was used to sobbing. Today, when he came, she gave her tea to sober her up. When he left, it was all over, and this cycle repeated.

Chang Yufeng nodded respectfully and placed his hands on his knees.

"Well...we are destined to be together..."

Inexplicably, he felt her sadness. He seemed to be able to detect those slightly red eyes, as if they were from crying day and night. Why did she feel so sad...

She smiles so beautifully...

So……

pain.

"Well, now I can predict your future. Whether it's a disaster or a blessing, I will tell you the truth~"

Mei Qingzi coughed lightly, as if something was stuck in her throat.

"In that case, I do have something I want to ask. Can you tell me whether what Xu Jiaqing said about Lan Luo showing up in half a month is true or not..."

Chang Yufeng became more and more certain that this person should be from the clues left by Xun Huangying's trap.

She seemed to know me but not to know me, and it was obvious that there was something else behind her words. If she was not related to me, she would not be drinking with me here.

After all, Xunhuangying has never left me.

He couldn't confirm why he wanted to kill Lan Luo himself, but he came anyway... He didn't know whether Lan Luo's attempt to untie Xun Huangying from him would succeed or not, nor did he know what Lan Luo was up to...

It seems as if all the calculations have come back to me.

The mystery has not been solved... Entering a new situation... Is it destined by heaven, or is it the result of people's open conflict?

He was too lazy to beat around the bush...he was already sure that Mei Qingzi knew everything he was saying.

"True and false, false and true, true and false, false and true... Is true and false so important..." Mei Qingzi's answer was very confusing, and it was not the answer Chang Yufeng wanted...

"Only when we can distinguish between true and false can it be fair to everyone in Longzhong City...so, truth and falsehood are very important..." Chang Yufeng looked at the tea calmly. The tea in the cup lay quietly in the cup, ripples appeared, and people's hearts were moved.

"Really... in half a month, Lan Luo will open the Tower of Babel here... by then, everything here will be shattered, including humans."

Mei Qingzi became serious, but she continued to pour tea, looking calm as if she already knew the ending.

"Why does Lan Luo do this?" Chang Yudong asked, but she couldn't look into Mei Qingzi's eyes. She looked at the table, and then at Tachibana Junichi who was lying down to rest.

"Because... this is the center of the entire empire... letting the demonic energy spread from here is the fastest and most effective way."

"Demonic infection... Lan Luo wants to spread the demonic infection throughout the empire?"

Chang Yufeng looked at Mei Qingzi in shock. Mei Qingzi touched her neck and looked at the quilt.

"To be precise, it's the entire spirit world... She was determined to die in doing this... Before it even started, everyone was defeated..."

Mei Qingzi said with regret.

She looked at the teapot and poured the tea gently.

"What do you mean?"

Chang Yufeng was even more surprised, and Ju Junyi also sat up suddenly and snorted in response.

"It's meaningless... Peace will be gone soon... The [New Testament] will become a piece of empty talk because of the fall of the empire..." Mei Qingzi looked at the floating calligraphy and paintings and wanted to touch them, and the paintings flew over to feel her touch.

“If all the masters in this world gathered in Longzhong City, and there were some casualties, they would stop Lan Luo together, and let the evil spirit infection be contained in Longzhong City, then there would still be some hope... However, this is simply impossible, everyone thinks Xu Jiaqing is lying... The masters in this world are all arrogant and proud, how could they possibly think that the news that Lan Luo made an appointment here is true..." Mei Qingzi looked at a woman in the painting walking quickly on the path, a man and a woman walked past the woman with laughter... Those dripping ink spots were on the scroll, and the clothes without red fluttered gently in the rain. This woman must be extremely beautiful... She doesn't get wet by the green rain, and she doesn't shed tears in the world.

"The world has finally reached the point where it needs a savior..." Mei Qingzi sighed and closed her eyes: "Xu Jiaqing... met Lan Luo... The cunning Xu Jiaqing deceived Lan Luo. He promised Lan Luo that he would help her find a person named [Chang Yufeng] to kill her..."

"Chang...Yufeng..." Chang Yufeng said this name.

He looked at the confused Junichi Tachibana, who didn't say a word. He then looked at Mei Qingzi, but Mei Qingzi just didn't look at him. She closed her eyes as if she was praying for something.

"Yes... It was this person named by Lan Luo. Xu Jiaqing agreed to her request... But he regarded her as an incredible lunatic pretending to be the Great Demon King of the First Day. He used the Great Demon King of the First Day as an excuse to hold a banquet for all the heroes and summon all the masters to jointly kill the lunatic. If that was indeed the Great Demon King of the First Day... He also had the confidence. He thought that with so many masters here, they would definitely be able to defeat the legendary Great Demon King of the First Day... If not, then it would be even easier... The business of Shanglong Street would only become more and more prosperous... It can be considered smart, right..."

The last sentence seems to be Mei Qingzi's evaluation of Xu Jiaqing.

"So, it's true... The banquet for all the heroes has been held... So many masters have come here to admire him, and there will always be a time when Lan Luo can't beat four hands with two hands... Xu Jiaqing is a veteran and will definitely make a profit..."

Jun'ichi Tachibana spoke, also clicking his tongue and looking very uncomfortable.

"Lan Luo did not hurt Xu Jiaqing... Do you know what happened that night?" Chang Yufeng continued to ask.

Is Lan Luo... someone who can get along well with others? Is she someone who can make promises?
Mei Qingzi was silent this time and did not answer.

"I still have doubts... but it doesn't matter anymore..." Chang Yufeng stood up: "Thank you..."

Jun'ichi Tachibana also stood up.

"I can't take you back to that time... I'm sorry..." Mei Qingzi finally looked at him, but just looked at his knees.

"It's okay..." Chang Yufeng nodded to express his gratitude.

"Ms. Mei Qingzi... can you predict my fortune?"

"No..." Mei Qingzi smiled, as if she was laughing at her own answer.

"Then... can Lan Luo find the person named Chang Yufeng as he wishes?" Chang Yufeng nodded.

"do not know……"

Mei Qingzi shook her head slightly.

Chang Yufeng nodded.

(End of this chapter)