My Lady Always Lacks Ambition

Chapter 613: Chapter 605: A Glimmer of Hope Hidden in an Ominous Sign

At this moment, Qin Liuxi observed the thick aura of death surrounding Lv Xiaoshan and furrowed her brows. She asked for her birth dates and then used turtles and coins for divination.

Turtle coins were cast six times; Qin Liuxi had Teng Zhao record the divination results each time. After six times, she looked towards Teng Zhao, “How is it?”

Teng Zhao furrowed his brows and said, “It’s an extremely ominous sign.”

Qin Liuxi looked at the recorded divination and patted his head: “You didn’t slack off, you’ve learned well.”

Teng Zhao did not show any pride, but instead closely examined those divinations and reassessed them. Then he looked up towards Lv Xiaoshan, who was pale and unable to utter a word, and said, “You won’t die, there’s a glimmer of hope.”

Hearing this, Lv Xiaoshan’s tense back immediately slackened, and her tears started to fall heavily.

Qin Liuxi said: “It seems that Zhang Yong must have found someone backing him, getting ready to make a deadly move against you.”

Because the previous slow healing methods have failed, they have to resort to severe measures.

“But I am here, how could he make a move? Hire an assassin?” Lv Xiaoshan used the back of her hand to wipe away her tears, puzzled.

Qin Liuxi said, “For a Taoist with some cultivation, harming someone is easy; just knowing the person’s birth dates is enough. Zhang Yong is your husband, just like you know his birth dates, he knows yours and even has access to your personal belongings.”

Lv Xiaoshan clenched her teeth in anger: “In that case, can the Junior Temple Master act first to cut off his intentions?”

Qin Liuxi shook her head: “The other party and I have no grievances or enmity, I won’t do such a thing. However, rest assured, if he does make a move, I’ll make sure you survive.”

Lv Xiaoshan looked embarrassed: “I was out of line and disrespectful, mistaking the temple master for those ruthless one’s from the Evil Path.”

Qin Liuxi handed over a Jade Talisman: “Wear this, it will keep you safe.”

Lv Xiaoshan hurriedly took it with both hands, placing it solemnly against her chest and securely tucked it away.

Qin Liuxi lifted the carriage curtain and asked: “How much further do we have to go?”

“We should arrive before nightfall,” replied Lv Xiaoshan.

Their ancestral graves of the Lv family was located in Xin Village, a hundred kilometers from Shengjing in Yongshun Town. With horses pushed to their fastest, they could arrive by nightfall.

“It’s a bit slow.” Qin Liuxi had Teng Zhao retrieve the vermillion talisman pen, stopped the carriages, drew several talismans, and affixed them in different directions of the carriage. Then, she formed seals with both hands, chanting the spell Shrinking Land into Inches: “An inch of land, pull from all directions, divide among three families, enclose around… urgently as the law decrees, rise!”

Qin Liuxi slapped the carriage and the horse’s head, and then leapt onto the carriage. As everyone was dizzy from suddenness, the carriage and horses started moving again, but with each motion, it seemed as if they were leaping through space, not continuous, but like a giant striding big steps, shortening long distances as if even space was folded.

Teng Zhao’s eyes shone brightly, he must fully learn this.

“You don’t have enough cultivation, your mana cannot support such a grand spell,” Qin Liuxi saw through his thoughts, tapped his forehead, and said: “Don’t dream of succeeding in one step, without a solid foundation, even if you climb high, you will only fall down.”

Lv Xiaoshan curiously asked: “Does the Daoist sect also speak of cultivation? What cultivation does the Junior Temple Master have?”

Qin Liuxi gave a moment’s stunned look, then laughed: “I don’t know.”

What?

“I know a bit of everything, regardless of cultivation.” She can do some things.

Teng Zhao tilted his head looking at Qin Liuxi, wondering, is she the child of Heavenly Dao or something?

An hour later, they arrived at Xin Village. Qin Liuxi was not in a hurry to visit the ancestral grave, but first went to the Funeral Shop and Paper Mache Shop to prepare some items, even including live ones, before finally hurrying to the Lv Family’s ancestral grave.

Below the Lv family ancestral graves, there was a small village called Lv Village, which was settled by the National Guardian General Lv Tian after he rose to prominence. He enclosed a large area including fertile and barren lands, and the people living in the village were either the sickly, elderly, or wounded who had retired from following him on the battlefield, or war widows and orphans willing to settle there.

Lv Tian could have chosen not to do so, as taking care of the elderly, sick, and wounded soldiers and the orphans and widows was the court’s responsibility. But he did so because he had the ability and heart to do it; thus, this Lv Village existed, sustained by the blessings of Lv Tian.

Hearing Lv Xiaoshan’s words and observing the Qi Fortune of Lv Village, Qin Liuxi sighed and said, “I finally understand why Zhang Yong wants your Lv family’s Qi Fortune, your father has performed a great virtue.”

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In her childhood, she was somewhat spoiled, not understanding why her father went through the trouble to provide for those disabled soldiers. Her father had said that the high honor he enjoyed was all supported by the troops behind him, after all, no matter how brave, one cannot win a battle alone.

Since he had risen to prominence and had the capability, he naturally wanted to give back to those disabled soldiers and comfort those orphans from the battlefield, as this was also a way to accumulate blessings.

Back then, she was somewhat unconvinced, but now, hearing Qin Liuxi’s words, she couldn’t help but complain: “He accumulated such blessings, yet it brought such great misfortune, what’s the use of accumulating blessings? This is unfair.”

“You are being short-sighted,” Qin Liuxi said as she looked at her: “Everything you encountered, though life-threatening, has a thread of vital energy concealed within, isn’t this precisely because of that fortuitous blessing protecting you?”

Lv Xiaoshan fell silent.

“Practicing virtue and accumulating good deeds will bring blessings, otherwise you wouldn’t have met us, you would have died without trace, and Zhang Yong would inherit all you possess, including your ancestor’s blessings, completely changing the Zhang Family’s status,” Qin Liuxi continued: “But meeting us, you have the chance to set things right. In the future, you can marry a son-in-law into the family to continue the Lv family line. Of course, you must choose someone with clear discernment this time. You’ve toughened up and your mind is alert, making it hard for others to deceive you.”

Lv Xiaoshan looked a bit embarrassed.

The carriage entered the village and quickly attracted attention. Someone asked about it, and knowing it was the daughter of the National Guardian General coming to worship the ancestral grave, they couldn’t help but be surprised and hastened to inform the village chief.

“How long has it been since you last came here?” Qin Liuxi looked around and felt something was off.

Lv Xiaoshan calculated and suddenly was shocked: “Since I got married, I have never come to pay respects to my parents.”

Qin Liuxi’s expression was hard to decipher, and she said solemnly: “All these years, your father hasn’t appeared in your dreams cursing you as an unfilial daughter; he must really be an ultimate doting father.”

“There’s also a possibility, he can’t curse,” Teng Zhao added.

Lv Xiaoshan felt somewhat abashed.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to come, but every Qingming festival, she would feel various discomforts; one year, she came to the village only to suffer from severe diarrhea, rendering her unable to pay respects, forcing her son-in-law Zhang Yong to do it instead.

Now it seems, Zhang Yong might have secretly done something, preventing her from paying respects to discover something.

The village chief soon arrived, limping. Upon seeing Lv Xiaoshan, he burst into tears and said, “Miss, you finally came to worship the general.”