Chapter 103

Chapter 103: Don’t We Already Have One Right Here?

As soon as Du An Rao had that thought, all the hairs on the bodies of Jiang Wen Tao and his son stood up.

A dead thing? Did she mean what they thought she meant? How could You Nian, who had been fine, have come into contact with something like that?

Before they could figure it out, Du An Rao was already frowning in worry.

[If it’s really like that, then this is going to be troublesome.]

She had learned skills like Exorcism and Dispelling Miasma. But before she came down from the mountain, she had always thought these things were just theory in books and not very useful.

Besides, she had always been living up in the mountains and had never had a chance to practice, so who knew if it would work or not?

Even this so-called yin energy was something she had only heard about before. This was the first time she had seen it with her own eyes.

But…

[Master once said that everything in this world restrains something else. Things harmed by yin fear a few things most: ritual artifacts, pure yang energy, and… accumulated merit.]

The members of the Du family reacted at once when they heard this. An An had mentioned before that the reason she could see things normal people could not was because she had changed some people’s fated tragedies and gained accumulated merit.

In other words, Du An Rao now had exactly the thing that this kind of yin object was afraid of.

The only problem was that this accumulated merit could not be seen or touched. How was it supposed to work?

Because of what Du An Rao said, the hearts of Jiang Wen Tao and his son rose to their throats.

This talk of ritual artifacts, yang energy, and accumulated merit sounded very vague and unreal. At a time like this, where were they supposed to find such things? Could You Nian… still be saved?

[Forget it. First I should find a way to touch big cousin’s hand.]

Touch his hand? Jiang Chang Bin was stunned. He still did not understand why Du An Rao wanted to do that, but Du Wen Tao’s eyes flashed. He quickly caught on.

“Chang Bin, bring over the gift your mom prepared for An Rao and let her see if she likes it.”

The Du family members also understood Du Wen Tao’s plan right away. They chimed in: “Your sister-in-law is so thoughtful. Even when she’s very busy, she still remembered to prepare a birthday gift for An An. An An, hurry and take a look at what your aunt prepared for you. See if you like it.”

Du An Rao had not expected the chance to come so quickly. She stepped forward at once and took the gift box that Jiang Chang Bin handed over. When she did, she pretended it was by accident and let her own palm press against the palm of his hand that carried the yin energy.

Right away she saw a streak of light rise from the back of Jiang Chang Bin’s hand and travel upward. In the blink of an eye, it swallowed that little thread of yin energy and it vanished without a trace.

Jiang Chang Bin could not see this scene, but he could clearly feel the fatigue and chill in his body quickly fade away at the moment Du An Rao touched him.

In their place came a steady warmth that flowed through all his limbs and bones, and a mind that grew clearer and clearer as the tiredness left him.

[It worked. It really works!]

Du An Rao’s joyful thought and her cousin’s visible change happened almost at the same time. Jiang Wen Tao almost could not hold back his excitement and lose control right there.

He had a feeling that his younger son could be saved.

The Du family members also quietly let out a breath of relief. Just now, they had almost stopped her. After all, none of them knew anything about this so-called yin energy. Since it had been able to cling to Jiang Chang Bin, it might cling to their own child too.

But they also understood that if they really spoke up and stopped her, this family relationship would be ruined.

Most importantly, they could all see that Du An Rao was truly worried for the Jiang family and truly wanted to save him. Deep down, they were like Jiang Wen Tao and his son, also holding onto a bit of hope that Jiang You Nian could be saved. After all, he was a child they had watched grow up.

Du An Rao did not know about the tangled feelings in everyone’s hearts around her. Seeing that the accumulated merit on her body could really drive away yin energy, her spirits lifted. But before she met the person himself, she still did not feel fully confident.

[Big cousin’s yin energy is gone. I just don’t know what second cousin’s condition is now, or whether the accumulated merit on me is enough to save him. Before I see him, anything I say is empty. It looks like I still have to find a chance to meet this second cousin.]

When Jiang Chang Bin heard that Du An Rao wanted to save his brother, he took two steps forward by instinct. He was just about to speak when Du Jun Yan cut him off.

“Uncle, Chang Bin, just now when you mentioned You Nian, I thought of something different.”

Jiang Chang Bin was stunned: “What did you think of?”

“Since the machines in all those big hospitals can’t find anything, maybe it isn’t an illness at all? One hospital might misdiagnose, but they can’t all misdiagnose, right?”

Jiang Chang Bin was not stupid. He understood Du Jun Yan’s intention right away and smoothly took the line: “If it isn’t an illness, then what is it?”

“Maybe he bumped into some unspeakable dirty thing or offended something. I remember when we went back to our hometown once when we were little, Yi Han also suddenly got a high fever and started talking nonsense with no warning. Medicine and injections did nothing. In the end, Grandmother went to ask a local old master. After burning incense and praying, he finally got better.”

Du He Xuan’s eyes lit up. He hurried to nod: “Right, right, right, I remember that too. Grandmother said that Yi Han had been naughty and went with the neighbor kids to the back mountain. There happened to be a graveyard there, and he offended something.”

Father Du listened to the two brothers singing in tune and cooperated by putting on a thoughtful look: “That really did happen. It sounds mystical, but if the hospitals really can’t find anything, we can only look for someone to try and help.”

Jiang Wen Tao frowned and said in a troubled voice: “I understand what you mean, but I don’t know who to look for in such a short time. You know there are too many con artists these days. Not long ago, an older madam near our place was cheated. Losing money is nothing. I’m just afraid of delaying things and hurting the body.”

“Isn’t that easy? If you’re looking for a grandmaster, don’t we already have one right here in our family?”

“Who?”

“An An, of course. An An grew up in a Daoist temple. She learned exactly these things. Since she came home, she has already helped several people read characters, tell fortunes, and look at feng shui. Her approval rate is one hundred percent.”

Du He Xuan said this with such pride that if you did not know better, you would think he was the one everyone had praised.

Du An Rao was already used to being suddenly called out. Facing all the eyes turning toward her, she showed a mysterious smile and said: “It’s all family learning. My Master comes from a line that had some skill. By his generation, things have become low key and declined a lot, but at least he hasn’t completely lost the basic skills.”

As if to prove her words, the noisy banquet hall suddenly grew quiet for some reason. Everyone stared wide-eyed as they watched a snow-white pigeon flap its way in through the door, flying a bit clumsily toward where Du An Rao and the others were standing.

Du An Rao and the rest were still talking. When they suddenly couldn’t hear the noise around them, they were startled and turned to look. They saw a white shape flapping toward them and jumped in surprise.

“What is that?”

“A carrier pigeon. It’s Master’s carrier pigeon!”

Du An Rao’s eyes lit up. As soon as she finished speaking, something dropped down toward her head, startling her into reaching out her hand to catch it on reflex.

The moment the thing landed in her palm, her shoulder also sank under a new weight.