Chapter 642: Anything Requires an Equal Price
Chapter 642: Anything Requires an Equal Price
Wei Linchen sat on the side, his slender fingers propping up his chin. "The spirits hanging on the tree earlier, judging from their clothing, they shouldn't all be from the school. Some of them were wearing mainstream clothes from different eras, and some were even dressed in blue cotton robes. They can't be from the same era, right?"
He didn't ask who the people Qin Ruan knew were.
Her hesitation earlier made it clear that she didn't want to talk about it.
A tree spirit would only recognize others of its kind or fellow practitioners.
Qin Ruan raised an eyebrow. "Indeed, not all of them were from Audri School. Over the past century, many people who made wishes to the Huangju Tree died, and over time, the area under the tree piled up with countless bones."
Wei Linchen's lips tightened. "It's quite skillful to remain undiscovered for so many years."
Qin Ruan's gaze fell on the few ghosts controlled by Cheng Xuelan. "I'll investigate the Huangju Tree. Now that they have marks of the tree inside them, I'll help them extract the wood essence. Would you like to send them away, or should I do it?"
Wei Linchen shrugged. "You do it. I can't send them away. Every time I send these spirits away, I have to go find the old monk from Nanyin Temple."
It was better to let Qin Ruan handle it than to go ask Hui Cheng from Nanyin Temple.
Qin Ruan nodded. "It's getting late. After dealing with them, I'll head back."
She hadn't forgotten that she promised to have dinner with Third Young Master when leaving the Xiangxi Manor.
"Is the tree spirit really gone?" Hearing the conversation between Qin Ruan and Wei Linchen, Cheng Xuelan couldn't help but speak up.
Her crimson eye still appeared red, but the anger and vigilance on her face had diminished significantly.
Qin Ruan leaned against the sofa, gently caressing her slightly more active belly. She looked at Cheng Xuelan with indifference. "As I told you before, it's your own disbelief."
Cheng Xuelan was momentarily stunned and blurted out, "Then are the other people in the school saved?"
Qin Ruan sat up straight. "Other people?"
Her sharp eyebrows and eyes exuded a sense of indifference.
Cheng Xuelan bit her lip. "Teacher Lu and my roommate, as well as a classmate from my class, they were all targeted by the Huangju Tree."
Qin Ruan narrowed her eyes and asked, "How do you know?"
"After I died, I could feel that they had the same death aura as me. It's the sensing of the mark left by the Huangju Tree."
Qin Ruan pointed at the six male puppets squatting next to Cheng Xuelan. "Did they die because they were targeted by the Huangju Tree too?"
"Yes!" Cheng Xuelan nodded firmly.
Qin Ruan's dark eyes stared at Cheng Xuelan thoughtfully.
After a while, she asked, "Why did you possess Teacher Lu?"
Cheng Xuelan frowned. "I wanted to borrow Teacher Lu's body to tell Teacher Kang to stay away from the Huangju Tree."
"Then why couldn't you say it after possessing his body?"
"After I possessed Teacher Lu, I couldn't say anything related to the Huangju Tree. I don't know why it happened."
Speaking of this, Cheng Xuelan's face was full of resentment.
Qin Ruan gently rubbed her index finger and thumb together, and with an interested expression, she looked at Cheng Xuelan. "Write down the names of the people you know who were targeted by the Huangju Tree later."
Cheng Xuelan blinked, and the red light in her eyes faded, replaced by darkness. "Okay!"
She inexplicably believed Qin Ruan.
The six male ghosts around her, who were saved by her, told her that they had seen Principal Liu together with these people when she woke up.
Knowing their identities, she wouldn't have fully believed Qin Ruan with just a few words.
Qin Ruan suddenly asked, "Why did you return to school during summer vacation, and why did you die in the artificial lake?"
"Me?" Cheng Xuelan lowered her head slowly. "It was because of my greed."
Wei Linchen couldn't help but mockingly interject, "Ignorance is truly beyond belief. In this world, nothing is handed to you for free. If you want something, you must pay an equal price."
A layer of frost covered his face, showing disdain and a cold and merciless demeanor.
Cheng Xuelan's lips tightened, unable to refute his words.
She did pay a hefty price indeed.
If she hadn't been greedy and hadn't made a wish, she could have lived for several more years.
Cheng Xuelan took a deep breath and continued, "Not long after that, school was about to start, and my condition improved significantly. I went to the hospital for a check-up, and one of the high-risk values in my body decreased significantly. There was a chance for my illness to be cured. That was good news, and I thought the wishing tree was truly miraculous."
"But then, one day during the vacation, I went to my family's store and ran into Teacher Kang, Teacher Lu, and some other classmates. That day, I felt a little strange."
Qin Ruan listened quietly, not interrupting.
The six ghosts around Cheng Xuelan spoke softly.
"We didn't mean it that day. You seemed like a different person, and you were dressed differently... We thought you had gone astray."
Cheng Xuelan looked at the ghost who spoke, and a relieved smile appeared on her face. "I know. If it were the old me, I might have felt uncomfortable that day, but I didn't care about it then."
Another ghost said, "Actually, you're a nice person."
"Yes, you're good-looking, just not very social. Many boys in our class discuss you."
"Actually, actually... I quite like you."
Cheng Xuelan was comforted by their words, and a bright smile appeared on her face.
Despite the abnormal paleness on her face, her smile was still beautiful.
Qin Ruan propped her head with one hand, watching these young male and female ghosts conducting a tea party on the spot.
Interestingly enough, this atmosphere reminded her of her memories back in West City High School.
There were no good schools around West City, and more than half of the students were troublesome characters.
Even Qin Ruan herself was a headache for the teachers.
Wei Linchen had no mood to appreciate this scene. The dirt on his sleeves and the faint smell of decay made him quite uncomfortable psychologically.
At this moment, he only wanted to do one thing.
Take off these clothes immediately, take a good shower, and change into clean clothes.
Seeing that they were reminiscing about the past, Wei Linchen interrupted in a deep voice.
"If you want to reminisce or talk about love, there will be plenty of time for that in the Netherworld. Deal with the matter at hand now."
Playing the role of a villain who breaks up friendships, Wei Linchen spoke coldly, and all seven ghosts looked at him.
Wei Linchen didn't feel any psychological pressure. His refined appearance showed detachment.
He raised his chin at Liu Liu, who was standing beside him. "Go get paper and a pen."
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