My Lady Always Lacks Ambition-Chapter 266 - 265: Is Qin Liuxi the One to Break the Curse?

Chapter 266: Chapter 265: Is Qin Liuxi the One to Break the Curse?

Qin Liuxi was unaware of the actions Prince Wang and his grandson were taking behind her back. At this moment, she was seated in Si Lengyue’s guest room, watching Si Tu, with snot and tears streaming down his face, talking about the difficulties and bitterness of raising an orphaned girl, fearing at any moment she might leave him.

Si Tu’s eyes were red and swollen as he looked at Qin Liuxi, pleading, "Little Taoist, I know you’re greatly skilled. You must help save my daughter. If she follows her mother, I can’t live on either. I’d have to follow them too."

"Follow them for what?" Qin Liuxi provocatively asked, "If she were to die young, the vast wealth of the Si Family would fall into your hands. You could still marry and have children with your surname; wouldn’t that be delightful?"

Si Tu’s eyes widened, shocked, "Are those the words a person should speak?"

"Isn’t that human nature?" Qin Liuxi countered, "Hasn’t a son-in-law of the Si Family ever done such a thing?"

"Of course not! If they had, what would be left for us?" Si Tu replied without hesitation, "Once a son-in-law enters the Si Family, they are completely loyal. I’ve never harbored such malicious thoughts. I’m determined to be faithful to my wife for life."

His body was reserved for his wife alone; he wouldn’t think of touching any other demoness or vile woman.

Si Tu even gave Qin Liuxi a look, thinking the beliefs of this little Taoist were truly unhealthy.

Qin Liuxi: "!"

The Qinglan Temple Master let out a cough, and said: "The Si Family usually finds their sons-in-law at Charitable Halls, orphans mostly. Previous sons-in-law who lost their wives would either help manage the Si Family’s assets or pass away in depression. Rarely any lived past forty."

"Ah, they possess the art of controlling husbands," Qin Liuxi realized.

"Nonsense, it’s our loyalty," Si Tu protested discontentedly.

Right, right, whatever you say goes.

Si Lengyue entered from outside. She had just bathed and changed into fresh clothes for meeting guests, her hair gently pinned up. Perhaps due to her frequent soul departures, her spirit seemed lacking.

Seeing Si Lengyue, Si Tu’s heart ached, and tears began to well up as he said, "Look at her, every time her soul leaves and then comes back, her face is so pale without a hint of color. My child is too pitiful."

"Father, I am just a little tired," Si Lengyue said helplessly.

"You say that every time," Si Tu wiped away his tears, "Every time your soul departs, I fear it won’t return."

Si Lengyue looked at Qin Liuxi, "Sorry for making you see this."

Qin Liuxi took out a small cloth bag from her embrace and handed it over, "Wear this. It can protect your body and stabilize your soul. No evil spirits will dare to intrude."

On hearing this, Si Tu’s sobbing ceased, his eyes eagerly fixed on the small cloth bag.

Si Lengyue didn’t decline, opened the bag, and poured out the golden prayer beads. Touching the round beads engraved with runes, she was delighted and said, "These are very precious."

Qin Liuxi casually waved her hand, "Just for protection."

Si Lengyue smiled, which was rare, and with her father’s urging, she wore the prayer beads on her wrist. After she put them on, Qin Liuxi pinched a spell and cast it towards her.

Feeling the bead bracelet tightening on her wrist after the spell, fitting snugly without slipping off, Si Lengyue turned to look at Qin Liuxi.

"I have nourished these prayer beads for years, not knowing who would need them. Each person’s frame is different. Seeing they were a bit loose on you, I tightened them slightly," said Qin Liuxi, "Now you won’t easily lose this protective magical artifact. With the spell’s blessings, it won’t be easily destroyed."

Such thoughtfulness was indeed rare.

Si Lengyue looked at Qin Liuxi with light in her eyes.

"Now that you’ve given them to me, you don’t have any left," she remarked.

Qin Liuxi spread her hands out, "Magical artifacts are made to protect good people. If one is gone, it’s simply gone. Besides, I have received another box of golden beads. I can always refine and nourish new ones when I’m free."

"Besides golden beads, can jade be used too?" Si Lengyue asked.

Qin Liuxi nodded: "Jade is naturally formed and is excellent for crafting Magic Artifacts or for array formations."

However, jade is more fragile than golden beads, not resistant to knocks. Just like the Jade Talisman Si Lengyue previously wore, it cracked at the slightest impact. Even though it didn’t completely break, it was still possessed by a Wild Ghost with a little Daoist Cultivation.

Si Lengyue pondered thoughtfully: "I see."

Si Tu took over the conversation: "little Taoist, we have another request, which is..."

"Dad, she already knows. I told her on the way here," Si Lengyue interrupted him: "This is a sin committed by the ancestors of the Si Family. If we are to repay this debt, then..."

Si Tu said with agitation: "Even if it’s a sin, we’ve been repaying this Karmic debt for a hundred years, isn’t that enough?"

Si Lengyue’s expression darkened: "Dad!"

Si Tu saw her stern face, shrank his neck, and suddenly became timid, pathetic, and humble: "Dad is just scared."

Seeing them like this, Qin Liuxi said: "This Blood Curse, just by hearing you talk about it, I still can’t make out anything. The Si Family must have handwritten notes from the ancestors over these hundred years, right?

With such a curse existing, and the Si Family originally stemming from the Witch Clan, there must be records of the past events, and even a complete record of how the Witch Clan transformed into the current Si Family for the descendants to read and to find a solution.

As expected, Si Lengyue nodded, such handwritten notes indeed existed.

"May I see them?"

Si Tu looked at his daughter. Such handwritten notes are a secret history within the Si Family, and someone like him, an in-law, is not qualified to see them; only the true bloodline of the Si Family can.

Not to mention him, even the many generations of in-laws before him had never seen the historical handwritten notes of the Si Family, no matter how loving they were with their wives, they were not allowed to see them.

Si Tu himself had never seen them either.

So, can outsiders see them?

Yet Si Lengyue’s eyes shimmered with a different light, and she nodded: "If it’s you, it’s possible."

Qin Liuxi’s eyebrows raised, that statement seemed to have a deeper meaning.

Even the Daoist Qinglan was somewhat shocked: "Why can she see them?"

He had also reviewed many historical records for the Si Family’s Blood Curse and had not yet found a solution, nor had he read the Si Family’s handwritten notes. But now, Qin Liuxi could.

Multiple pairs of eyes were all looking at Si Lengyue, awaiting her response.

Si Lengyue was silent for a long while before she slowly said: "The historical records of the Si Family stated that ten years after the Blood Curse was cast, our clan’s witch Si Qing exhausted her own Daoist Cultivation and Witch Power to uncover a sliver of the Heavenly Secret. A century after the Blood Curse, there will be a child born with Karmic Fire, bearing fire runes on their body. This child will be the one to lift the curse for the Si Family."

She looked at Qin Liuxi and said: "I don’t know if what I saw that night was Karmic Fire, but I do know it was a terrifying presence that shook both God and soul. Nor do I know if you are as the ancestors said, bearing fire runes on your body. What do you say?"

Si Tu was shocked; he had never heard of this before, and neither had Si Lengyue’s mother ever mentioned it.

He couldn’t help but look at Qin Liuxi, almost blurting out a suggestion to let him see those fire runes.

Qin Liuxi’s expression remained unchanged, not even a flicker of emotion, and after a long while, she finally uttered: "Were your ancestors’ witches both powerful in Witch Power and beauty, or to put it bluntly, was she pretty?"

Everyone: "???"

Master, you’re digressing, aren’t you?

Si Lengyue, on the other hand, felt a sense of relief. She didn’t deny it!

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