IMMFBCG Chapter 13

Chapter Thirteen: A Glimpse Lasts a Thousand Years.

 

When Yu Qi walked into the company, his eyes immediately fell upon a young girl in the crowd.

She was holding a sword made of white jade in her arms, her figure slightly delicate, yet her eyes were incredibly clear.

It seemed as if a thousand worlds were contained within her gaze.

Suddenly, his heart began to race, as if it were about to leap out of his chest at any moment.

An unfamiliar sensation surged through Yu Qi’s insides.

“It’s her,” a voice echoed in his mind.

Without realizing it, Yu Qi’s footsteps came to a halt as he silently gazed at the slender figure.

It was like encountering the warmth of spring when the first snow began to melt, as everything around seemed to be dyed in a hazy spring hue, while that bright figure remained unchanged.

Yu Qi’s heart, which had been racing, suddenly quieted, so much so that he could hear his own breathing.

Originally, Lu Qing had wanted to greet Yu Qi when he saw him enter, but noticing Yu Qi’s gaze fixed on Ye Xue not far away, he thought better of interrupting.

At this moment, the rest of the employees had already left work.

Fearing that the matter of the ghost would cause panic, Lu Qing had let the staff go home and hadn’t kept anyone behind to work overtime.

Now, there were only five of them, plus one ghost.

As everyone fell silent, the office became eerily quiet.

Ye Xue was busy stuffing the vibrating mother porcelain into a cleaning bucket, her movements swift and precise, showing no hesitation as she affixed the talismans.

Once everything was taken care of, she cradled the evil-slaying sword back in her arms.

With the mother porcelain acting so strangely, the child porcelain must be nearby, Ye Xue thought, suddenly sensing a profound stillness.

Aside from the still trembling porcelain, she could hear no other sounds.

As if sensing something, Ye Xue looked up and met a pair of black eyes.

Someone was watching her.

Puzzled, she raised her gaze to meet the person’s stare, only to find herself facing a large number of vengeful spirits, the dense black mist pressing in on her.

Suddenly—

The obsidian beads in the person’s hand emitted a blinding golden light, dazzling like a flash of lightning that pierced through the darkness.

The golden glow enveloped Yu Qi and Ye Xue, and a gust of wind swept through, causing Ye Xue’s skirt, embroidered with cranes, to flutter as if it were alive, ready to return with the ethereal golden light.

Everyone stared in astonishment, their eyes wide, unable to believe what they were witnessing.

They seemed to hear piercing cries echoing in their ears as if something was wailing in agony.

Ye Xue looked around and discovered that she was surrounded by golden light as if a gentle wind enveloped her. The light posed no threat; instead, it filled her with warmth, transforming into specks of gold that integrated into her body.

She felt her sword tremble with excitement, more than ever before, as if it had encountered an old friend.

Reaching out to touch the sword’s body, she could feel its joy.

Was it because of the beads in that person’s hand? Did the evil-slaying sword have some connection to them?

Just as Ye Xue pondered this, her expression suddenly changed, and she glanced in a specific direction.

A figure was sneaking a peek from outside the door, and judging by the intense response from the mother porcelain beside her, this person was undoubtedly the culprit behind the recent events.

The figure seemed to see something, hesitated momentarily, and appeared to struggle to leave.

Ye Xue wouldn’t let her escape so easily; she intended to draw this person out.

Without further thought about the golden light, she looked at the cleaning bucket by her side, already forming a plan in her mind.

Ye Xue confidently picked up the cleaning bucket and moved forward.

The golden light shifted along with her movements, and as she passed by Yu Qi, the young man involuntarily tensed.

Yu Qi felt an unusual nervousness, a sensation he had never experienced before.

As she drew near, the already dazzling golden light intensified.

Amidst the piercing cries, the ghosts surrounding Yu Qi were all obliterated by the golden light.

In an instant, clarity returned.

As the golden light faded, the thick black mist that had nearly obscured their vision vanished as well.

Though only a few minutes had passed, it felt like a lifetime.

The shadows that had previously engulfed Yu Qi, making it hard for him to breathe, seemed to dissipate in that moment.

Turning his head, he gazed at the girl’s figure, and after a moment of silence, a slightly hoarse voice finally spoke: “You…”

Who are you? What is your name?

Before he could utter the question, he saw Ye Xue raise her eyebrows, glancing behind him. “Tsk, you thought you could run after coming here?”

Ye Xue raised her hand, gathering her strength, and hurled the bucket towards the door.

As the cleaning bucket rattled, the ghost in the porcelain screamed, “Oh my God, this is too thrilling!!!”

Since Chen Su was inside the vase, she hadn’t been affected by the golden light, but before she could rejoice too long, Ye Xue swiftly sent her a one-way ticket.

The cleaning bucket flew straight out the door, colliding with a figure. The person gasped, biting their lip in pain, nearly dropping the small porcelain piece in their hand but quickly reaching out to catch it.

“Thank goodness it didn’t break,” Yu Zhu sighed in relief, then turned to look at the nearby bucket, a look of delight crossing her face.

What a stroke of luck—she had been searching high and low, yet it had come so easily.

Upon seeing Yu Qi, she had originally planned to leave and find the mother porcelain another time, but unexpectedly, the mother porcelain was right in front of her.

Yu Zhu eagerly extended her hand to grab the cleaning bucket.

Meanwhile, Ye Xue, holding the evil-slaying sword, gracefully headed toward the door.

Lu Xuezheng and his father looked on in astonishment, unable to comprehend the incredible scene before them. It was even more shocking than the previously floating talismans, which moved without wind. Even after the light disappeared, they still found it hard to believe.

Their already crumbling worldview was once again reshaped.

Assistant Zhou had just calmed down from the earlier golden light when he was surprised by another matter. Although Yu Qi hadn’t said a word, based on his years of experience working alongside Mr. Yu, it seemed that Yu Qi was quite concerned about that girl.

—It wasn’t just because they were both surrounded by the same golden light that made him regard her differently; it was as if he had been particularly attentive to her from the moment he entered the company.

Assistant Zhou had never seen him like this, and curiosity began to stir within him.

At that moment, Ye Xue was already gripping the Exorcism Sword, slicing it through the air towards the door with a force that suggested she was ready to stand against an army.

As she brought down the sword, Yu Zhu thought Ye Xue was about to attack her and instinctively screamed, raising the porcelain object in her hands to defend herself.

Her actions aligned perfectly with Ye Xue’s intentions. With a smile, Ye Xue swung the sword with an unprecedented imposing force, commanding the airflow around her to strike towards the child’s porcelain.

When the Exorcism Sword made contact with the porcelain, both the mother and child porcelain emitted cries that were deafening, like mournful wails echoing through the air.

Moments later, the sounds abruptly ceased.

There was a sharp crack as if something had shattered. The thick black clouds that hung over the company vanished in an instant. Lu Xuezheng, whose eyes were brimming with tears, was delighted to find that the three flickering flames on his father’s body had reignited, restoring their former vitality.

To dispel the ominous energy surrounding the child porcelain, the child porcelain had to be destroyed first.

Once the child porcelain was gone, the dark energy dissipated as well.

The gathering of Yin energy would no longer pose a threat.

Yu Zhu stood outside the door, her eyes wide as she gazed at the nearly unrecognizable fragments of the porcelain in her hands. Some shards had embedded themselves into her flesh, causing blood to seep out, but she remained oblivious to the pain, her eyes bloodshot and terrifying.

The child’s porcelain had been destroyed; even if she retrieved the mother’s porcelain, it would be useless.

This was what it meant to feel joy before despair.

Watching her hopes shattered right before her eyes was far more painful than never having them at all.

She was destined for misfortune for the next forty-nine days, and by then, even a dog could bully her.

Yu Zhu was on the verge of a breakdown: “Ahhhh! I’m going to kill you!”

With that, she threw away the broken pieces and lunged at Ye Xue, her face contorted in rage.

However, having grown up in the mountains, Ye Xue was not someone soft and pampered like Yu Zhu.

Ye Xue easily dodged her attack, and just then, Assistant Zhou, who had rushed over, skillfully intervened, stopping Yu Zhu, who could only unleash her frustration in futile curses toward Ye Xue.

Before long, Yu Qi and the others caught up after Ye Xue charged out the door.

Noticing her nephew’s gaze, Yu Zhu felt a flicker of unease, then immediately turned her anger on Assistant Zhou: “You filthy thing! Get your dirty hands off her!”

Ye Xue pretended to advise, “Sir, perhaps you should take her to get a rabies vaccine, just in case she starts biting people.”

Yu Qi pressed his lips together, looking at Ye Xue as if he wanted to say something, but then he said, “Guangji, take her back to the Zhang family and tell them everything she did today.”

Being sent back home by her family was far more humiliating than being killed!

Yu Zhu’s pupils constricted as she turned to Yu Qi, her eyes filled with resentment. Just as she was about to lash out again, Assistant Zhou swiftly led her away.

With the child’s porcelain destroyed, the period of misfortune would be enough to give her headaches for a while.

As for Yu Zhu being caught in the act of harming others with the child’s porcelain, that was no longer Ye Xue’s concern.

Ye Xue retrieved the mother porcelain from the cleaning bucket and freed Chen Su.

With an apologetic expression, Ye Xue said, “I’m sorry for not letting you out earlier. If there were no souls within the mother porcelain, it would have been summoned to the child porcelain.”

Chen Su didn’t mind; she tidied her disheveled hair and stood before Ye Xue, displaying a bright smile. “Daoist, I’m fine. If you could give me some incense offerings, that would be even better!”

Ye Xue laughed: “Alright, I can do that.”

The ghost was overjoyed. “Really?”

Ye Xue nodded seriously, “Really. Afterward, you can come with me to Xuan Zhen Temple, and I’ll burn paper money for you.”

Chen Su had been starving for several days here, and upon hearing this, she eagerly replied, “Okay! I’ll go with you!”

Now that the situation was resolved, Ye Xue decided not to linger any longer. She turned to Mr. Lu and said, “Mr. Lu, the dark energy near the company has dissipated. From now on, you won’t encounter any more misfortunes without reason.”

Hearing this, Lu Qing let out a sigh of relief and gratefully said, “Thank you, Daoist Ye.”

As he spoke, he handed Ye Xue a red envelope. “In a few days, I’ll bring Xuezheng to the temple to offer incense.”

At first, Yu Qi quietly listened to their conversation, but when he heard Lu Qing refer to Ye Xue by her name, he was taken aback, realizing her surname was Ye.

Ye Xue placed the money into her backpack and then shifted her gaze back to Yu Qi, tilting her head and looking at him intently.

His eyes were as black as night, unfathomably deep.

It felt as if he had been watching her all along.

Remembering the golden light from earlier, Ye Xue’s gaze inevitably fell on the obsidian bead on his wrist, pondering thoughtfully.

Originally, Yu Qi had been gazing at Ye Xue, but when she looked back at him, he became flustered and lowered his gaze, the courage to ask his question fading away, leaving him feeling lost.