Chapter 43: Misfortunes Never Come Alone

  Misfortunes never come singly

  Just last night, after Yun Xiang Tian left the Ghost Valley's dark cave, Madame Wang felt anxious and uneasy. She had this feeling once before, it was the day before her husband met with disaster, she also felt restless. On the second night, her father-in-law and husband unfortunately met with disaster while guarding the secret of Feng Ling Mountain. But what does today's absent-mindedness foretell? She looked at Yan Xue with a troubled expression. Thinking to herself, perhaps it's because she gave Yan Xue to Yun Xiang Tian, and felt a little reluctant in her heart? She secretly ridiculed her own petty mind, since she had given her away, why was she still worrying alone? She stood up and said: "Xue Er, let's go out for a walk, patrol around, see if there are any lazy brothers."

  "Yes, ma'am," Yan Xue replied in a low voice. She helped Madame Wang put on her cloak and carefully followed behind her as they walked out of the cave.

  Today is the tenth day, the moon has risen high in the sky, its cool light shining down on the earth, and the snow-covered Fengling Mountain, under the moon's illumination, reflects a silver glow, like a dream, like an illusion.

  Madam Wang gazed at the snow-covered Fengling Mountain, its peaks and ridges a majestic silver. She couldn't help but sigh: "Fifteen years have passed, the landscape remains unchanged, yet beauty is fleeting. How many more fifteen-year periods do I have left?" As she thought of this, she let out a long, sorrowful sigh and said: "Xue'er, do you think I've grown old?"

  "Madam, what are you talking about? If I were to say you're my sister, others might even think we're twins! Or they'd say, 'No way, she should be your younger sister!' You don't look old at all. Stop daydreaming!"

  Madam Wang smiled happily and scolded in a low voice: "You little oily mouth, only picking up good things to say. Am I really not old? You... Alas, speaking from the heart, I really can't bear to part with you. But after all, you're grown up and should go out into the world to make your own way, find a good place to settle down, and can't stay by my side forever."

  Yan Xue was just about to speak when Madame Wang suddenly let out a loud roar: "Who is it? Get out here!"

  A strange laugh that seemed to come from hell accompanied two figures emerging from the snowy ground. "Ghost!" Yan Xue exclaimed first.

  Madam Wang sneered, "I am the Ghost King's mother, why should I be afraid of a few ghost sons?" As the daughter of a martial arts family and having played ghosts to scare people in the Ghost Village, she was not intimidated by the two ghostly shadows before her. She slowly walked towards them.

  They were two small goblins with silver bodies, a few dry white hairs scattered on their grayish-white skulls, no skin on their faces, and no visible eyes. Their teeth made a crisp collision sound when the lower jawbone opened and closed. The entire body was composed of bones, which stood out starkly against the snowy background. Seeing Madame Wang approaching them, the two small goblins bared their teeth and pounced towards Madame Wang and Yan Xue.

  Madam Wang let out a low growl: "You've come at the right time, today I'll make your souls scatter." As she spoke, she dodged the little ghost's pounce and struck its head with her palm. The little ghost was quite agile, avoiding Madam Wang's palm and kicking towards her. A person and a ghost were entangled in combat.

  Yan Xue was fighting with another skull ghost, but after all, she was timid at heart and couldn't exert herself, being restrained everywhere, gradually falling into a disadvantage. In one careless moment, the ghost's claw grasped her shoulder. Yan Xue let out a cry of surprise, twisted her body, kicked her leg, dodged and escaped, but on her shoulder, there were still scratches that drew blood.

  Madam Wang originally wanted to capture the little ghost alive, but seeing Yan Xue injured, she couldn't care about that anymore. She made a feint and drew out the soft sword from her waist, waiting for the little ghost to pounce over. With one stroke of the sword, she stabbed into the little ghost's throat and turned around to rescue Yan Xue. Madam Wang had a sharp blade in hand, so the little ghost was no match for her. Seeing its companion being killed, it panicked and was stabbed by Madam Wang in the chest, letting out a low hum before falling to the ground.

  After Mrs. Wang knocked down the little ghost, she quickly checked Yan Xue's wound. Yan Xue looked at the wound on her shoulder and smiled bitterly: "It's nothing, madam, just a flesh wound." When she turned back, a red-haired evil spirit was waving its claws towards Mrs. Wang, who had her back to it. Seeing that things were not going well, Yan Xue pushed Mrs. Wang aside and exposed her own back to the red-haired evil spirit. With a pained cry, Yan Xue flew out like a kite with a broken string. Mrs. Wang, who was pushed away by Yan Xue, heard Yan Xue's cry for help and sent out a distress signal while approaching the red-haired evil spirit with her sword. The evil spirit opened its mouth and sprayed a ball of flames towards Mrs. Wang, who retreated several steps as the flames approached with a loud roar. After the flames disappeared, the evil spirit was gone, and the two little ghosts that had been knocked down also vanished without a trace. At this time, Yan Xue's brothers, who had received the signal, rushed over to help. They helped up the injured Yan Xue and strengthened their guard.

  Yun Xiang Tian listened attentively to Wang Furen's account and looked at Yan Xue with concern, asking: "Does it still hurt?"

  Yan Xue looked at Yun Xiang Tian and shook her head lightly, saying: "It doesn't hurt, it's nothing."

  Madam Wang smiled and looked at Yan Xue with a sarcastic tone: "Oh, it doesn't hurt now? I don't know who was in so much pain just now that they were screaming 'ahh' and couldn't bear the pain. Now, you say it doesn't hurt and it really doesn't hurt. Ha! Yu'er, you're still a wonderful medicine for treating injuries. But I wonder if this medicine only works on Xue'er's injuries? Does it work on others?"

  "Madam, I'm already like this, why are you still teasing me?"

  Yun Xiangtian also smiled and said, "Yes, Mrs. Wang, Xue'er is badly hurt, so don't tease her anymore. Just look at her face, it's as red as a ripe apple, how embarrassing she must be."

  Madam Wang suddenly looked bored, she sighed and said: "Alas, it seems my words are really unnecessary. Not even started yet, both of you are already finding fault with me. And you say Snow's face is like a ripe apple? Yu'er, do you want to take a bite? Or should I step aside and let Yu'er take a bite, taste the sweetness of that red apple?" After finishing speaking, she smiled alone, her face also flushed with red glow. She was originally a woman from a wealthy family, it's hard for her to say such words. But in order to distract Xue Snow's attention and reduce her pain, she was thinking of ways to make Xue Snow happy.

  Yan Xue and Yun Xiang Tian were shocked, only to realize that Wang Furen was joking after she burst out laughing. Yun Xiang Tian also pretended to pat his chest and said: "You scared me to death, Wang Furen! I'm naturally timid, if you really scare me to death, I'll take Snowy (Yan Xue) with me to the underworld to sue you for frightening a good person. Right, Snowy?"

  Yan Xue also revealed a flower-like smile and said: "Hmph, you coward, are you going to let the lady be scared like this? Our lady's tolerance is not to be trifled with, although it can't be said that she can contain heaven and earth, but it's also capable of holding a boat in the belly of a prime minister. You're using a small-minded person's heart to measure a noble person's abdomen. Right, madam?"

  Madam Wang gently stroked Yan Xue's face, saying intimately: "It's still my Snow who understands me, not like him who always thinks I'm being petty. Would I be so narrow-minded? Right, Snow?" Yun Xiang Tian knew that the 'him' referred to himself.

  Yan Xue burst out laughing and said: "Right, right, Young Master Yun is not only timid and afraid of trouble, but also petty-minded." After finishing speaking, she looked at Yun Xiang Tian.

  Yun Xiang Tian pulled a long face and said seriously, "Alright! Yesterday, Wang Furen had just given you to me, today you're helping outsiders speak ill of me, do you know that? This is called betraying one's master for personal gain. Wang Furen, why don't you take Snowy back instead? You can keep her yourself, lest in the future... Hmph!"

  Yan Xue naturally knew that Yun Xiang Tian was joking, and she giggled and said: "Alright, young master, I didn't want to leave the madam anyway. You're saying exactly what I wanted to hear."

  Madam Wang smiled and said, "Really? If that's the case, then Xue Er doesn't need to go. I'll send Xue Ping over to Yu Er instead. It's also better for you two not to be together. I'll go call Xue Ping right now." Although she said this with her mouth, her body didn't move at all.

  Yun Xiang Tian thought: "If you want to say who's not being serious, it's still you, Madame Wang."

  Although the three of them were chatting and laughing, they were thinking about another issue in their hearts - where did the ghost who hurt Yan Xue come from? Just as they couldn't figure it out, Yezi Chun was rushing to Anmin Village. A real showdown had just begun.

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