Chapter 524 (1/2)
Chapter 524: Agreement
Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales
While calmly looking at the blind old woman, Tang Xiu shook her head and said, “As old as you are, you shouldn’t be messing around like this, Old Lady. It’s not easy to cultivate for a hundred years, to begin with. If you can’t break the shackles of your feelings toward the mundane world, then you can never sever this thread with the world of mortals. Once that line is implicated by the dark underworld, likewise, you can never transcend worldliness as well.”
The blind old lady fell into silence. Indeed, there was still a wish left unfulfilled for her, yet to make her wish come true was an extremely difficult endeavor to realize. She would still probably have no means to sever the line of connection between her and the mundane world like Tang Xiu said even if she were to live 100 years more. As a result, she just peered into the Heavenly Secrets, wanting to locate the Immortal World, wishing that she could go beyond to that secret, hidden world.
“I just can’t do it!” The blind old woman was silent for a long time before she shook her head and forced a wry smile.
“One mustn’t miss any sliver of opportunity. If you are unable to transcend worldliness, then you must enter the cycle of samsara to be reincarnated, and continue to bear hardships and the bitter limitation of the world. Why would you not take it?” Said Tang Xiu lightly.
“I must go there. I hope you can help me,” said the blind old woman.
Tang Xiu was silent for a while, as he then turned to Lulu and Hu Qingsong and said, “Are you two full already? If you are, wait for me outside. I’ll catch up with you shortly.”
Ouyang Lulu and Hu Qingsong exchanged looks with confused expressions. The abstruse and profound theory of Daoism spoken by Tang Xiu and the blind old woman was a subject they couldn’t make sense at all. After hesitating for a while, both of them obeyed Tang Xiu and walked outside.
“Tell me about your origin and history,” Tang Xiu said.
“I’m of a very common origin,” said the blind old woman. “I hail from the northwestern Hongdong County, and my ancestry line hails from the Occult Sect. It’s a pity that we have revealed too many Heavenly Secrets, thus I’m the last one remaining. I’ve gotten married for nine times in the first 50 years of my life, and all of my husbands had premature deaths because of me. After I turned 70, I journeyed north and south, traveling to all corners of the country, yet there was no direction I could find, neither could I grasp the answer to that question.”
“So to say, you no longer have anything that ties you to the world, and you’re free from constraints and attachments?” Asked Tang Xiu.
The blind old woman shook her head, “No, I still have one wish. That is to find the ancestral tomb of my ancestors. A pity that the custom of my family is only passed on men and not on women, so they didn’t pass them to me. The reason why I can learn divination is entirely based on self-study on the ancient codes and records left by my father’s legacy.”
Tang Xiu nodded, “Since you want me to help and give you shelter, then let’s talk about the conditions.”
“Please say it!” Said the blind old woman.
“Give me your life,” said Tang Xiu with all seriousness.
The blind old woman smilingly replied, “Although I dare not say ‘that my fate depends on myself and not the heavens’, yet I can’t allow someone else to control my life either. You are very special, however; your fate is very interesting. If you really have the ability in this aspect, then take it as you wish.”
“I will give you six months to consider it carefully. If you agree, I will send someone to escort you back here,” said Tang Xiu slowly after thinking for a while.
“Half a year?” The blind old woman strangely said. “I don’t need half a year to think!”
“You may not need it, but I do,” said Tang Xiu. “That place hasn’t been reconstructed yet, and is unable to be used for the time being. Hence, come here six months later.”
“All right!” The blind old woman took her walking stick and got up from the sofa, saying, “I will return here half a year later. If you need anything that needs my assistance within these six months, you only need to burn three sticks of incense and call out Blind Old Woman thrice. I’ll come to you as fast as possible.”
“Understood,” Tang Xiu nodded.
After sending her off, Tang Xiu returned inside, looked at the approaching Chi Nan and said, “Has the family been properly settled?”
“Yeah. I used a special medication to make the entire family unconscious. They will wake up tomorrow morning,” Chi Nan nodded.
“Remember, if they wake up earlier than expected, you must not let them step out of the Everlasting Feast Hall’s entrance before the sunrise tomorrow morning. If… by any chance, they’re still adamant to leave and you are no longer able to stop them, feel free to let one of them out, and then send someone to quietly follow him. After half an hour, if there’s no problem endangering that person’s safety, then let the rest go.”
Chi Nan hesitated before asking, “Boss, do you really believe what that blind old lady said?”
“Yes!” Tang Xiu nodded. “She’s not an ordinary person. Don’t look at how easy she got beaten back then, and don’t think that because she lost her sight that she can’t see things better than people who can see with their eyes. If it wasn’t for a special reason, that family wouldn’t have been able to even move her fingers, more less hit her.”
“Special reason? What exactly is it?” Chi Nan confused.
“She wanted to draw my attention, wanted me to come forward. She… wanted to lead me to her,” said Tang Xiu lightly