Chapter 96: A Change in the Family

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  After a dizziness, Shi Sheng found himself in a thicket of shrubs. He quickly left and after passing through a village several days later, he inquired about the location and learned that it was indeed within the borders of Xiangyang Prefecture, only a few days' journey from Gǔ Huái Village.

  Waaah!

  Jin Ling suddenly poked his head out of Shi Sheng's sleeve, looked around with a sly and cunning gaze, then patted his chest with his front paw, chattered excitedly, as if saying "I'm scared to death, I finally escaped".

  "It's not like I forgot about you, you little guy is really good at hiding, as soon as there's danger, you don't show your head!" Shi Sheng rolled his eyes and Jin Ling curled her lip, showing a look of disdain, gesturing to tell Shi Sheng that it would be stupid to reveal one's head in times of danger. Afterwards, she slipped back into her sleeve, and Shi Sheng also ignored Jin Ling.

  "Tianlei Zi, Extreme Treasure Fire Cloud Sword, 20,000 pieces of Xuanjing Jade, several jade boxes and jade vases, and a Nianyuan Ring!" Shi Sheng counted the spoils, although not all were his own, but he was still excited.

  The only thing that's a bit depressing is that within two years, I must gather the old monster's spiritual medicine and return it, otherwise my own life will be in danger. And even if I really go back, it's not certain that I can keep my life safe.

  "We must think of a foolproof plan, otherwise it's not safe to be threatened by others. That old monster may not let us off either!" Shi Sheng sighed and felt that he couldn't believe Hua Wuxie's words, but for now, he needed to hurry back and take a look at Lin Wan'er. This matter could only be dealt with slowly.

  Seven or eight days later, Shi Sheng returned to Guhuai Village. Due to this matter, he had wasted a whole month's time, but fortunately, he was able to preserve his life, and Shi Sheng could only secretly rejoice.

  He had always suspected that Lin Wan'er was deceived, after all, ordinary people can't find the Tianxuan Sect. Thinking of this, Shi Sheng became even more anxious, but when he ran home and saw Lin Wan'er's figure, Shi Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  "Woe is me, Father, Mother, it's Wan'er being unfilial, Wan'er owes you an apology!" Shi Sheng had just arrived home to find Lin Wan'er kneeling in the courtyard, with Bai Ming standing beside her trying to persuade her of something.

  The thatched hut is gone, leaving only the charred remains of a fire. The place has become a desolate ruin, with wisps of smoke drifting through the courtyard.

  "Wan'er, what's wrong?" Shi Sheng hastily came forward to support Lin Wan'er, and saw that she had lost a lot of weight, her face was pale, her eyes were red, looking pitiful, where was the gentle and elegant little girl from before? Shi Sheng's heart ached.

  "Ah, she's been crying for three days and three nights, kneeling here without eating or drinking. I couldn't persuade her either. You've finally come back, boss! I'm going to go eat something too, or I'll starve to death!" Bai Ming covered his stomach and ran away with a haggard expression.

  "It's all your fault, I told you to bring the parents' belongings with us, but you refused, refused..." Lin Wan'er cried uncontrollably, her expression somewhat agitated, struggling to push away Shi Sheng.

  Shi Sheng's nose turned sour, and he tightly hugged Lin Wan'er, who was weak in the arms. His eyes sparkled as he said seriously: "Sister Wan'er, what's going on? Who did this? Shi Sheng promises you, he will definitely make them pay back tenfold!"

  "Can revenge bring back my parents' belongings? Now they're all burned, nothing's left, even the ancestral tablets of my parents were burned...... Waaahhh......" Lin Wan'er spoke while struggling, her weak little fists pounding on Shi Sheng, crying and crying until her voice gradually weakened and finally stopped abruptly, her body going limp as she fainted.

  Shi Sheng looked at the pale face of the person in his arms, and his heart felt a pain like dripping blood. He hadn't expected that after living with him for only a year, he would develop such deep feelings. This feeling was simply impossible to express in words.

  Gently helping Lin Wan'er wipe away her tears, Shi Sheng lightly kissed her forehead, clenched his fists and solemnly said: "Sister Wan'er, rest assured that I will avenge you!" As he spoke, Shi Sheng picked up Lin Wan'er and headed towards the Wang family's residence.

  Although he himself didn't have any feelings for this 'home', Shi Sheng knew that Lin Wan'er's feelings towards home were different from his, especially since the destruction of her parents' belongings and ancestral tablets was considered unfilial in this era. He remembered how he had stopped Lin Wan'er from bringing those items when they first went to Tian Xuan Sect.

  "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang!" Shi Sheng called out as soon as he entered the door.

  "What's wrong with her?" Wang Bo saw Shi Sheng first stunned, then touched Lin Wan'er's wrist and sighed: "Nothing serious, just overstimulation, unstable spirit, plus physical weakness, leading to short-term fainting, I'll prescribe some medicine for her!"

  Wang Bo finished speaking, hastily opened the medicine box, drew a talisman paper, burned it into ash and mixed it into a small bowl. Finally, he took out a medicinal pill the size of a fingernail and handed it to Shi Sheng.

  "Take the Anshen Dan with the Fu Shui water, it will help him recover some energy. After waking up, get something to eat, relying solely on medicine is not enough, if it weren't for his foundation as a cultivator, this ordeal would be enough to make him seriously ill!" Wang Bo put away the medical box and sat down in the chair behind the wooden table.

  After Lin Wan'er had drunk the talisman water and eaten the tranquilizing pill, Shi Sheng spoke up: "Wang Bo, my family's house is on fire, there's no place to rest now, I don't know if it's convenient for you here..."

  "It doesn't matter, there's an empty room over there, you can stay if you don't mind!" Old Wang pointed to a door on the side.

  "Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Shi Sheng said gratefully.

  "No need for politeness, just add up the silver and that's it!" Wang took a sip of clear tea, shrugged his shoulders, but Shi Sheng didn't say anything more. This wasn't the time to haggle over prices.

  He helped Lin Wan'er into the house, gently laying her on the bed, and smoothed out the blue silk in front of her forehead, revealing that pale and wan face that was heart-wrenching.

  For a moment, Shi Sheng was stunned, and then he hastily cooked some porridge and placed it on the wooden table beside the bed. He moved a chair to sit beside the bed, quietly waiting for Lin Wan'er to wake up.

  Wang Bo didn't come to disturb, Shi Sheng silently looked at Lin Wan'er, Jin Ling suddenly jumped out from his sleeve, first showing dissatisfaction by baring his teeth and curling his lips at Shi Sheng, then landed on Lin Wan'er's pillow, his little nose twitched twice, and two drops of moisture fell from the corners of his eyes.

  A moment later, Jin Ling scratched his head, rolled his eyes a few times, and finally nodded heavily with his small brain. He put his front paws to his mouth, and with one bite, they were bitten through, and fresh red blood flowed out.

  In this blood, there were actually flashes of golden light, and then the dripping blood was placed on Lin Wan'er's lips, a few drops of pale golden blood entered her mouth from the corner of her mouth.

  "I'll skin you alive if Lin Wan'er gets poisoned!" Shi Sheng didn't stop him, as it was said that the blood of some spiritual beasts was a great tonic, and since Jin Ling was so intelligent, he probably wouldn't harm Lin Wan'er.

  Waaah!

  Jin Ling glared at Shi Yun, flipped her eyelids, and then retracted her injured paw. She looked a bit weak as she sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out her pink little tongue, and began to lick her wound.

  "Cough, cough!" It wasn't just the effect of Wang Bo's medicine, but also because she had drunk those few drops of golden-colored blood from Jin Ling. Lin Wan'er let out a couple of gentle coughs and slowly opened her eyes!

  "Wan'er, you've finally woken up. Who exactly set fire to our old mansion? And who was it that made you leave the Tianxuan Sect?" Shi Sheng's eyes narrowed, feeling that this matter wasn't as simple as it seemed! (End of chapter, next chapter will be even more exciting!)

  (PS. Hmm, a small gathering with friends, and one of my friend's friends and his wife happened to mention that I write, and they actually lectured me on writing something new, saying that they saw a great ranking list the other day, and it was actually "Xian Nian", haha, bad thoughts in my heart, but didn't say it was written by me, hehe!!!)