The Tycoon's Enchanted Mermaid-Chapter 117 - : There Won’t Be a Problem for a Short Time

Chapter 117: Chapter 117: There Won’t Be a Problem for a Short Time

“You’re not willing to give up yet?”

Qingzhi said helplessly, “Master, please don’t mess around any more. Have you forgotten the injuries from the backlash last time?”

What he meant was that Lingcheng Mountain wasn’t so short of money either. Lingcheng Mountain is a tourist spot, and its income was very considerable, even though most of it was donated or used for maintenance, but the remainder was enough to sustain their lives.

“Go, go, go, you don’t need to remind me. Besides, wasn’t the backlash before all because of you…”

Master Ting Chan suddenly let something slip, looking somewhat panicked.

Qingzhi stopped in his tracks, “Because of me?”

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“Because of you my ass, you misheard because you’re deaf.”

Master Ting Chan dropped the retort and ran upstairs, moving swiftly; he vanished at the stairwell in no time.

Qingzhi stood still, his brows tightly furrowed.

Ah Da followed Qin Yu to the storage room, and she was astonished to find that each antique was neatly arranged in rows, creating an impressive sight.

Qin Yu pointed at a small sofa in the middle of the storage cabinet, “If you’re tired of standing, you can sit there.”

Ah Da shook her head, her buttocks ached from sitting all day.

Movement came from behind, and when Ah Da turned around, she saw Master Ting Chan, hands clasped behind his back, walking in proudly with his chin up, ignoring Ah Da and Qin Yu and sitting down on the sofa by himself.

He sat straight up, exuding the air of a transcendent being.

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“What are you staring at, bring them over.”

Ah Da blinked and said, “Master, all of these are here, which one do you want to see first?”

Master Ting Chan, who had just managed to maintain an elevated demeanor, couldn’t hold it anymore and suddenly widened his eyes, looking around at the storeroom filled with antiques as if seeing them for the first time, his mouth opening and closing.

“Not these… you mean all of these?”

Ah Da nodded, stepping forward to tell him, “Actually, these items have always been in the incense burner; I didn’t know they were related to the incense burner before. Qin Yu thinks that my soul is inside, so he wanted to call you to have a look.”

The previously overwhelmed Master Ting Chan calmed down upon hearing Ah Da’s words.

“You mean you have always been with these items?” Master Ting Chan pointed at the cabinet and asked.

Ah Da nodded, “Yes.”

“How could you not have mentioned this earlier? Don’t you know that souls can sense each other?”

Master Ting Chan, agitated, then stroked his beard, muttering to himself.

“No, maybe some cannot be sensed, it’s not impossible. It could have been tampered with by someone knowledgeable, like the incense burner has restrictions, and with restrictions, they cannot come out.”

Master Ting Chan almost stroked off all his beard.

Qingzhi took a jade artifact from the cabinet, his fingertips lightly trailing over it, and indeed saw a wisp of grey smoke entwined within the jade.

He put it back down and picked up others, with the same result.

“Master, look, all these jade items contain a strong resentment.”

Qingzhi came over, handing a Jade Pendant to Master Ting Chan.

Master Ting Chan took it, turning it over in his palm, “Nothing surprising. Just the condition of this little merfolk could have hinted at it; the origin of these items probably isn’t anywhere good.”

Qin Yu said, “A friend of mine said that the Green Jade Incense Burner might be from Xiling. These items might all belong to the same dynasty, or even the same Earth Tomb.”

“Xiling?” Qingzhi said confusedly, “I don’t recall there being such a dynasty?”

“No record doesn’t mean it didn’t exist. Archaeologists haven’t found more evidence, so it hasn’t been announced to the public.” Qin Yu took a bronze artifact from the cabinet, turned it over, and on the bottom was clearly engraved the character “Ling.”

Yao Qingzhi saw the situation and also turned around to take down a few more items for inspection. Sure enough, they all bore the character “Ling.”

“Indeed,” Yao Qingzhi looked at Ah Da, “Miss Su, do you have any recollection of this Xiling?”

Ah Da frowned and shook her head, saying, “No, I don’t remember when these things were in the incense burner, I only know that they’ve been with me for a very long time.”

Qin Yu took her hand and directly asked Master Ting Chan, “Please take a look, is it there or not?”

Ah Da’s round eyes also turned towards Master Ting Chan.

The commanded Master Ting Chan, albeit reluctantly, strolled around the storage room and finally came back spreading his hands and said:

“Unfortunately, it’s not there.”

“There are no restrictions, nor souls, but there’s plenty of ominous and resentful energy. It seems that this Xiling underground palace was either a site of massacre or a place for sacrificial burial, with quite a number of victims,” he explained.

Then, Master Ting Chan looked mysteriously towards Ah Da, squinting and smiling as he said, “You are an exception, your soul has remained with conscious clarity and hasn’t turned into ominous energy like those others.”

“That being said, there indeed seems to be a difference between Merfolk and humans. Little girl, have you ever seen other Merfolk like yourself?”

Ah Da stepped back, leaning against Qin Yu’s chest. Master Ting Chan’s eyes were sharp, as if he could see into one’s soul.

“I haven’t. When I was in the incense burner, I saw many spirits, like the Bronze Sword and Little Pink Bottle, and I’ve also seen some demons, but I never encountered my own kind.”

In fact, she didn’t know she was a merfolk at that time.

Master Ting Chan sighed long and said, “So it is. You are the first merfolk I’ve ever met.”

Ah Da clenched her fists, feeling somewhat nervous.

Yao Qingzhi, holding a jade artifact in his hand, said, “Every living being’s soul has some sort of attraction, like rivers flowing naturally into the sea and merging with it. As Miss Su said, these items have been in the incense burner space with her; if her soul was present, after such a long time, it should have already merged with her.”

Master Ting Chan praised, “The disciple is right.”

Qin Yu remained silent, and Ah Da held his hand to comfort him.

Yao Qingzhi consoled, “It’s alright if we can’t find it now. The Five Elements Technique Master applied on Miss Su’s body will sustain her physique and soul; there won’t be any problems for a short period.”

“We are indebted to Master and Master Yao,” Ah Da thanked them in her heart.

Master Ting Chan looked at her and sighed, “Having come all this way, I might as well help you out, little girl.”

As Qin Yu’s gaze swept over, Master Ting Chan arrogantly raised his hand: “Don’t misunderstand; it’s not because of you, nor am I submitting to your Qin Family’s influence. I am doing this because I pity this little girl.”

“Loving all beings is my virtue.”

Yao Qingzhi couldn’t listen anymore.

“Master, maybe you should talk less.”

Yao Qingzhi knew his master best: greedy for money, an obstinate old child who loved to tease others.”

“Love for all beings,” such grand claims were indeed too exaggerated.

Master Ting Chan immediately got unhappy, his beard flying in anger as he glared at Yao Qingzhi, “You’re just trying to undermine me; are you really on my side or not?”

Yao Qingzhi kept a straight face and an impartial attitude: “Even if I’m with you, I can’t follow you in talking nonsense; Master, isn’t this what you’ve taught your disciples since young?”

Master Ting Chan shot himself in the foot. Unwilling to deal with this wooden-headed disciple any longer, he waved Ah Da over, and she hurriedly broke free from Qin Yu’s grasp to run over.

Channeling Spiritual Power to examine the spirit veins throughout her body, he also reinforced the Five Elements Technique along the way. After the period of integration, her Spiritual Power was almost not leaking anymore.

Master Ting Chan reminded her, “Since you’ve chosen to join the secular world, it’s best to live as an ordinary human.”