Chapter 519. What the Hell? (2/2)

Zhu Junyang, who was walking abreast with her on the street, smiled at that comment and used his finger to gently tap her head as he said, “It’s not in the least bit related to her body odor! Is this prince that weak to go out of control because of a little bad body odor? As for what sort of smell it is, I really don’t know how to describe it. I can only say that it’s a feeling that makes a person want to rampage!”

[I know what the problem is!!] The little divine stone had been mediating and cultivating for the entire day and finally decided to show itself.

Yu Xiaocao’s spirits rose and she quietly asked, 'Quickly tell us, just what is the reason?”

[Your little lover’s younger cousin is a pure yin girl. She was born on a yin year, in a yin month, on a yin day, at a yin hour. She must have been very sickly and weak when she was young. In addition, she probably easily attracted remnant spirits here on earth that continue to linger on after death. In more common terms, she attracts ghosts!] The little divine stone explained to Xiaocao the facts about being a pure yin girl.

‘So what does this have to do with Zhu Junyang losing control of himself?’ Yu Xiaocao couldn’t quite make heads or toes of this. Were people with pure yin bodies able to disturb heart devils?

[It usually wouldn’t have much of an effect! However, your little lover’s younger cousin is quite favored at home and her mother couldn’t bear to see her enduring hardships, so she invited an ‘expert’ to change her fate.] The little divine stone paused a bit as it seemed to like to keep its audience in suspense.

Yu Xiaocao frowned deeply and impatiently grumbled, ‘Can you just say it all at once? Hemming and hawing all the time is so irritating!’

Zhu Junyang observed as the little lass first grinned happily and then revealed an unhappy look. Her facial expressions changed alarmingly quickly. He really wanted to know what his little lass was thinking about at this time.

“Xiaocao, what’s wrong?” He lightly pushed on Xiaocao’s shoulder and gently asked.

Yu Xiaocao was right in the middle of the most important part of the little divine stone’s story, so she waved a hand at the prince in dismissal and turned all of her attention back to the stone. [Unfortunately, your little lover’s younger cousin’s mother is a stupid one. She didn’t seek out any of the true expert monks in the world. Instead, she had to find a swindler who dabbled in some type of sorcery. However, this swindler did have some tricks up his sleeves. He used a spell to steal from a person’s life force to suppress that poor girl’s fate.]

‘Stealing a person’s life force?’ Yu Xiaocao was quite startled by this. This type of sorcery definitely caused harm to a person, ‘Then, doesn’t that mean that this spell is eating away at Wu Junling’s life span?’

[That’s right ah! If that spell doesn’t get broken, then I bet she won’t live past the age of thirty! However, if the spell does get broken, she will revert back to having spirits congregating around her at every night and her nightmares will go on without stopping. That will also influence her life span! In any case, this lass wasn’t born to live a long life ah!] The little divine stone spoke in a manner that made it seem like it was a swindler waving around a magic wand.

“Argh...sorcery can truly harm people ah!” Yu Xiaocao revealed a sympathetic look on her face and inadvertently said her thoughts out loud.

Before Xiaocao could walk into a pillar in front of her, Zhu Junyang pulled her aside to avoid getting hit. He asked worriedly, “What sort of demonic sorcery? Xiaocao, just what is going on? Did you encounter a sorcerer?”

“It’s not me who’s been enspelled; it’s your younger cousin!” Yu Xiaocao looked at him and wanted to say more but she was also afraid he would dig deeper into this.

“How do you know that Wu Junling had a spell cast on her? She looks like a normal person.” Zhu Junyang didn’t think she was speaking nonsense. He solemnly looked at Xiaocao. He didn’t care whether Wu Junling had encountered demonic sorcery but he was afraid it might affect Xiaocao in some way.

Yu Xiaocao prepared what she was going to say first before she replied, “If I told you that I know a bit of ‘the way of mysterious learning’ [1] , would you believe me?” She lifted her large, glittering eyes to look at Zhu Junyang in a hopeful manner. She wasn’t expecting him to believe her nonsense but was mostly trying to pave the way to the topic at hand.

‘The way of mysterious learning’? What the hell was that? Was that the Daoist way of catching monsters and spirits or the feng shui way of predicting one’s fortune? Zhu Junyang’s phoenix eyes flickered, showing that he didn’t believe the little lass’s words. He had known her since she was eight years old and had never seen her learn how to cook, concoct medications, come up with skin and body nourishing recipes, or build greenhouses. However, she knew how to do all of those things and do them quite well.

Now, she said she knew a bit about the way of mysterious learning. He thought it wasn’t out of the ordinary. Even if she claimed that she was the earthly incarnation of the Queen Mother of the West [2] , he would still take that as fact. However, if she was the Queen Mother of the West, he wouldn’t be able to marry her. She absolutely could not be the Queen Mother of the West!

“Alright, Immortal Teacher Yu, what have you discovered?” Zhu Junyang was as calm and collected as ever.

Yu Xiaocao slightly relaxed when she saw that he wasn’t going to pursue this line of questioning. She stated, “Your younger cousin has traces of being enspelled by someone. This is the reason why whenever she gets close to you, the heart devil inside of you will have a reaction. Your exposure to her caused your heart devil to wake up and control you.”

[1] the way of mysterious learning - a metaphysical post-classical Chinese philosophy from the Six Dynasties (222-589), bringing together Daoist and Confucian beliefs through revision and discussion

[2] Queen Mother of the West - Goddess in Chinese mythology. In the Daoist pantheon, she is the Goddess of life and immortality.