Chapter 338

Chapter 338: Dad Is a Handsome Trouble Magnet

As Yu Zhi Yi moved, the remnant soul let out a piercing wail.

The sharp sound felt like ten thousand steel needles drilling into people’s brains. The Jiang clan brothers covered their ears, but it didn’t help.

Because the sound didn’t travel through their ears-it went straight into their minds.

The difference was, Jiang Yu Chuan only felt a moment of discomfort. The defensive jade pendant on him gave off a soft glow, warmth spread through his whole body, and the sharp pain vanished.

Jiang Yu Wei wasn’t that lucky.

Even though the wail lasted only a short moment, the needle-like pain seemed to sink into his bones. It hurt so much he wanted to roll on the ground. If not for his strong will, the dignified Martial Alliance Leader might have lost all composure.

Curious about his daughter’s actions and worried for his elder brother, Jiang Yu Chuan thought for a moment, then walked to his brother’s side.

The instant he came close, warmth flowed from him.

Jiang Yu Wei felt the pain grow lighter and lighter, until it was gone. Instead, a gentle warmth filled his mind. It was very comfortable.

The soul-searching process took a long time. After all, a person’s life lasts at least a few years, and at most decades or more than a century.

This “living ghost” had lived a hundred and fifty years before he died.

And he hadn’t died of old age. Someone killed him.

From his memories they learned that in life his cultivation base had reached late-stage Foundation Establishment. Just as he was about to break through to a higher peak, someone ambushed and killed him.

The person who plotted against him didn’t have as high a cultivation base-only an early-stage Foundation Establishment small fry.

Yu Zhi Yi thought to herself: [I miscalculated.]

She had thought this guy’s cultivation in life was lower than hers. She hadn’t expected that he simply couldn’t see her cultivation base because his realm had fallen so much after death.

As for why he ended up attached to that Spatial Talisman, someone put him there on purpose.

The one who set him there was a demonic cultivator wearing a black cloak.

After the man fell, a vicious formation trapped his soul. There was no way for him to cause trouble again.

The enemy didn’t dare fight a late-stage Foundation Establishment expert’s soul head-on and chose to seal it instead. The formation also suppressed the soul.

Day after day of suppression made the “living ghost” weaker and weaker. Over the years, only a tiny wisp of will remained.

If nothing else had happened, that last wisp would have faded within a year.

Right then, a demonic cultivator found him and used a secret art to attach him to the Spatial Talisman.

That person then gave the Spatial Talisman to Chen Ruo Lan.

Even though the “living ghost” was very weak, he was being moved around. Weak wasn’t the same as dead, so of course he could still sense things.

So he saw the whole process of Chen Ruo Lan and the black-cloaked man whispering and working together.

The two didn’t know he had awakened. Right in front of him, they discussed what to do next.

For example, they planned to have him seize Jiang Yu Wei’s body. Then, before he recovered his strength, they would control him and make him work for them.

That way, they could get the Martial Alliance into their hands.

After the demonic cultivator left, Chen Ruo Lan stared at the talismanic seals for a long time-one or two hours with no movement.

When she finally moved again, she suddenly gave a low laugh and said: “Jiang Yu Chuan, you’ll be mine sooner or later.”

Seeing this, Yu Zhi Yi was speechless.

She thought: [Dad really is a handsome trouble magnet.]

More than ten years had passed, and his charm still hadn’t faded. He could still make Chen Ruo Lan plan and scheme for years, just to get him.

She didn’t understand.

With the willpower to hide for more than twenty years, how could Chen Ruo Lan not achieve something better?

They said Chen Ruo Lan’s talent in martial arts wasn’t bad. In the early years she was a famous heroine.

If she had spent those twenty years training, she would already be a top expert. Maybe even Jiang Yu Chuan wouldn’t be her match.

If she still couldn’t let go of her “white moonlight” after reaching that level, using raw strength to snatch him openly would be faster than playing tricks, right?

Taking a step back, if she didn’t mind using her marriage as a tool to trade for resources, why not marry a high official directly?

Didn’t even their eldest uncle want his daughter to form a match with Commandery Governor Song’s son?

Back then, Chen Ruo Lan was a well-known beauty of the Martial World, strong in martial arts, and fully backed by the former alliance leader. Her chances of marrying a high official were quite high.

Unlike today’s Chen Xin Yue, whose status is neither high nor low-very awkward. If she wants to marry a top court official, she has to plan carefully, and even then she might not get a proper title.

Seeing Yu Zhi Yi’s expression shift again and again-and even getting glared at-Jiang Yu Chuan felt confused and a bit guilty, and he asked, stammering: “Jin’er, w-what’s wrong?”

Yu Zhi Yi gathered herself. Being too charming wasn’t exactly her dad’s fault.

She shook her head and described everything she had seen.

When they heard the “living ghost” had lived to one hundred and fifty, the Jiang clan brothers were stunned.

When they heard he’d been killed by someone with a lower cultivation base, the two sighed with feeling.

When they heard it really involved Chen Ruo Lan and that she was in cahoots with that demonic cultivator, both brothers were shocked.

Then they heard Chen Ruo Lan’s stubborn declaration.

Jiang Yu Chuan made a puzzled sound: “?”

Jiang Yu Wei couldn’t hold back a laugh.

Jiang Yu Chuan shot him a long look.

Pressing a fist to his lips, Jiang Yu Wei gave a little cough and said: “I just thought of something funny.”

Jiang Yu Chuan was speechless.

He thought: [Big brother, you’ve gotten mischievous, you know?]

After the silence came an even deeper silence.

All these years, Chen Ruo Lan had behaved. Even during the years when Chen Xin Yue took the initiative to care for Xiao Qing Xuan, she stayed quiet and didn’t use it as an excuse to come close.

He had thought she’d really let go.

He didn’t expect she’d been holding back a huge scheme.

If he hadn’t found Jin’er.

If Jin’er weren’t a big shot in mystic arts.

That woman’s plan would have worked.

Before now, no one knew about the fortune-shifting array, and no one believed that someone could really seize another’s body.

With no defenses in place, the Jiang clan, and even everyone on the mountain right now, would have suffered badly.

At best they’d be injured and lose money. At worst, they could die.

Jiang Yu Wei asked: “Jin’er, do you know the identity of that demonic cultivator?”

Yu Zhi Yi shook her head and said: “He wore a cloak. I couldn’t see what he looked like.”

The Jiang clan brothers looked disappointed.

“But,” Yu Zhi Yi paused and said: “I remembered his aura. If I see him, I’ll recognize him at a glance.”

“And I have a guess about who he is.”

The Earthly Ranking tournament would end soon, and she would be leaving a few days after that. It was time to drag the roach behind the scenes into the light.

She also wanted to spend a few good days with her family.