The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 404 Outrageous Rebellion, Leave it to Fate
The bone bell stopped spinning and fell from mid-air. Lang Jiuchuan opened her eyes, reached out and caught it, carefully sensing that the bell was more spiritually abundant than before. She could even feel that pure power settling in.

This is highly nutritious.

She examined the bone bell closely. With the addition of the unknown bone fragment and the infusion of water essence, the originally translucent white bone bell had turned into a refreshing blue-green color, light and exceptionally lustrous. Upon closer inspection, fine lines floated on the surface of the bell. As it turned, it shimmered with light and color, and the spiritual energy emanating from it was so refreshing that it swept away the fatigue of the past few days.

Lang Jiuchuan looked at the entire glowing bone bell, tossed it up and caught it. It felt warm and smooth like jade to the touch. He then asked the water spirit, "Water spirit, how do you feel?"

Water crystals rippled out from the bone bell, forming a round, soft water ball that emitted a crystal-clear pale blue-green hue, making it even more endearing. It was so excited that it stammered, "Such a clean and pure aura! I would gladly drown in it!"

It suddenly realized the benefits of the bone bell, especially since this was an advanced bone bell, and it was an advanced one at that, naturally. Its agile and pure aura made it feel cleaner than anything else.

Lang Jiuchuan noticed that its water spheres were indeed more crystal clear, so he poured a glass of water and said, "Purify it for me."

Shui Jing: "!"

They're so good at exploiting people!
But it said it was fine, it was just worried that Lang Jiuchuan wouldn't let it attach to the bone bell.

Ding dong.

It transformed into tiny, round, crystal-clear water droplets that fell into the water glass, spreading its spiritual energy.

A moment later, it flew out again, and Lang Jiuchuan picked up the cup of water and drank it. It was sweet and delicious, like the legendary spiritual spring water, extremely pure.

However, seeing that the water crystal was not as lustrous as before, he said, "Cultivate well, and when I make medicine or incense, you can help me with the water."

She wouldn't squeeze the essence out of the water, but for her own use, she would squeeze it out as much as she could.

The water sprite hummed, neither agreeing nor disagreeing!

Jiang Che exclaimed in surprise, "What is this thing? It has such abundant spiritual energy!"

It licked its lips, as if it wanted to swallow the bone bell whole.

Lang Jiuchuan looked at its fur, which had become glossy and smooth, and played with the bone bell, saying, "Whatever it is, it's a good thing."

Jiang Che deeply agreed. In such an era of scarce spiritual energy, having such a treasure by one's side would be like adding wings to a tiger in cultivation, making the effort twice as effective with half the effort.

Lang Jiu is quite lucky; he fell into that lake and still managed to retrieve such a treasure. Even the chosen one is no more than this!

That's not right either. The chosen one wouldn't need to rely on merit or anything like that to barely survive!
Is this some kind of compensation from heaven?

The water spirit couldn't wait to reattach itself to the bone bell. Its water essence merged with the bone bell, making it even more lustrous and shiny. It asked, "Then do you still want to inscribe that spirit-gathering pattern?"

Lang Jiuchuan shook his head: "If we don't know where it came from, we shouldn't damage the bell itself. However, even if the inscription isn't carved, my soul will still be there."

Her things, even if they're lost, are still hers!

Lang Jiuchuan placed the bone bell on the table, formed intricate Daoist hand seals with his hands, and channeled his soul consciousness into a spell, striking the bone bell.

As she finished her incantation, the bone bell spun again, as if it wanted to burst out the door.

Once the evil energy intensifies, it blocks all the doors and windows of the house, making escape impossible.

Lang Jiuchuan placed three soul imprints on the bone bell. Perhaps it was because of her powerful aura, but after the bone bell had nowhere to escape, it began to circle around Lang Jiuchuan as the soul imprints were placed on it.

Rings of spiritual energy emanated from the bone bell and returned to Lang Jiuchuan, as if trying to please her. Jiang Cheyan was extremely greedy.

Lang Jiuchuan withdrew his imposing aura, raised his hand, and the bone bell landed in her hand. Now that she had a soul consciousness, her resonance with the bell was even deeper. If anyone wanted to steal it, they would have to see if she would allow it.

With a joyful expression, she hung the bone bell around her waist.

However, this joy was quickly interrupted by the Lang family servants that Fu Qi had brought.

The Cui family is in trouble again.

Inside Qichi Pavilion, Physician Chen put away the gold needles, sighed, and said to Lang Zhengping and the others, "Let's invite Ninth Miss back. I have no confidence in treating Second Madam's illness."

Lang Zhengping's heart sank, and he said, "I've already gone to invite them, you should at least stall for a bit."

Granny Cheng took out a calming incense stick, lit it, and looked worried and depressed.

As Lang Jiuchuan strode in, he overheard Physician Chen's words. He glanced at the people in the room and said coldly, "Get out."

Upon her return, Lang Zhengping and the others felt as if they had been granted a pardon. Only Old Master Cui frowned and glanced at Lang Jiuchuan, but said nothing.

After everyone had left, Lang Jiuchuan saw that Cui's face was as pale as paper, and without saying a word, he took the gold needles and began to administer the acupuncture again.

She had already heard from the servants of the Lang family what Cui had done and why she had fainted. Seeing Cui's withered face, she was both angry and annoyed.

Seeing Lang Jiuchuan's cold and aloof aura, Granny Cheng didn't dare to utter a single word.

This time, Lang Jiuchuan did not leave the needles in place. Instead, he used a technique called "moving needles" to promote blood circulation and invigorate Cui's vital energy. However, after this round of acupuncture, she still did not wake up.

She held her pulse for a long time before sighing. She leaned close to Cui's ear and said in a defiant tone, "If you don't want to look for your daughter anymore, then just go. It will save you from torturing yourself."

She stood up and said to Granny Cheng, "Use a reed tube to put the medicine into her mouth. Drink as much as she can. As for when she wakes up, that's up to her."

Granny Cheng nodded and said, "Miss, Madam has adopted the Fourth Young Master. From now on, he will be the heir of the Second Branch of the family and will also be considered your elder brother. However, Madam said that her dowry will be given to you to handle."

"I don't need these things. Let her take care of them herself when she wakes up," Lang Jiuchuan said coldly.

Granny Cheng sensed the coldness and anger in her words and dared not say anything more.

Lang Jiuchuan stared at Cui Shi for a while, then took out a jade talisman from his large purse, put it around Cui Shi's neck, placed it on her chest, and said, "Leave it to fate."

Granny Cheng felt a pang of sadness.

Frustrated, Lang Jiuchuan left Cui's bedroom and went to the east wing. Lang Zhengping quickly put down his teacup and asked, "How is your mother?"

"Leave it to fate." Lang Jiuchuan looked at the old man in another seat and said coldly, "Healing people doesn't cure their hearts. If she doesn't want to live, no matter how good my medical skills are, I can't save her life."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Cui frowned and looked at Lang Jiuchuan. This child was too calm. It must be Huijun's actions over the years that had chilled her heart. Otherwise, how could the mother and daughter have become so estranged?

Seeing them looking at each other, Lang Zhengping introduced them again: "This is your maternal grandfather."

Lang Jiuchuan called out "Grandpa" in a low voice. She would never call him "Madam"; she even called Cui Shi "Madam," let alone this "Madam" whom she had never met and had no feelings for.
Old Master Cui choked up, but still said, "You've suffered all these years!"

Lang Jiuchuan was somewhat surprised that she didn't scold him.
　The Cui family of Langjia, I have to write about it, even if I don't want to! I'll try to speed things up!
　　(End of this chapter)