God's Gift

Lu Keming did not feel the slightest bit happy about Yu Youyou's praise. Instead, he fell silent and looked at Yu Youyou's smiling face without saying a word. His eyes were like the cold and bottomless water of a well.

The pedestrians around were still bustling and noisy, and the wind blew gently through the willow trees on the shore, making a tiny rustling sound.

Time passed in silence. After a long while, Lu Keming finally found his voice and asked:

"you know?"

Yu Youyou's clear eyes did not avoid the question, and she nodded seriously, "Yes."

Lu Keming's breathing gradually became heavy, and his hands on his robe began to clench. He lowered his head and no longer looked at Yu Youyou's sincere eyes, and asked in a low voice:

"So you already knew that Ning Jin wanted to use the Yin-Yang Resurrection Formation to revive, and you also knew everything behind it."

“Then…” Lu Keming raised his eyes and looked at Yu Youyou, and asked: “At that time, I told you that you were the Yin Fish that the Yin-Yang Reversal Formation had not yet found, and you had not left the General’s Mansion.”

"why?"

She must stay there, because she trusts Ning Jin and... Ning Yue so much?

What he saw in the general's mansion that day became a thorn in his heart. The thorn took root and grew in his flesh, causing him unbearable pain and itching.

But he was afraid that if he asked, the answer he would get would be what he had in mind, so he carefully hid his uneasiness and stubbornly refused to ask.

Yu Youyou didn't know what Lu Keming was thinking. Seeing Lu Keming like this, she rubbed her head with some worry, patted Lu Keming's shoulder comfortingly, and explained:

"Because we still have things we need to take with us, we can't leave the General's Mansion."

Just this one sentence calmed down all the emotions in Lu Keming's heart. He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Yu Youyou.

Those cold eyes were like the mist on the lake surface during the rainy season. Yu Youyou's gaze fell on those eyes, and after a second, she added another sentence.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Lu Keming withdrew his gaze, took a deep breath, and for a moment he didn't know how to react.

This situation is very strange no matter how you look at it.

As a human being, Yu Youyou saw through everything that happened in the General's Mansion early on, but she did not panic or escape because of it, and she did not behave like an ordinary person.

But what is even more unbelievable is that Lu Keming did not feel any surprise at all when faced with Youyou's unusual behavior. He even vaguely felt that this was how things should be.

Even when she told him not to worry, he actually felt a little relieved.

Lu Keming lightly pressed his fingertips, hiding the emotions in his eyes, and asked in a low voice: "When are we going to get the fire?"

"No hurry." Yu Youyou rested her elbows on the table, holding her face with both hands. After thinking for a while, she muttered:

"Like you said, if we take away the fire, once the Baixu Formation is broken, all the ghosts in the area will run out."

"But if you take away the fire, the ghosts will flee. If the Taoist destroys the formation, the ghosts will also flee. Why is the result always the same?"

Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou who seemed to be worried, and comforted her: "Even if the hundred ghosts don't cause trouble in Gusu, the Yin-Yang Reversal Formation will devour the souls within a hundred miles when it is activated, and the people of Gusu will still not be able to escape death."

"No matter what, as long as the Baixu formation is activated, Gusu will be in trouble."

But Lu Keming doesn’t care what Gusu City is like.

Yu Youyou, on the other hand, thought for a long time and said, "Not necessarily."

"Why?" Lu Keming had not thought of any other way, and was a little surprised to hear Yu Youyou's words.

Yu Youyou placed her hands on the table, leaned over to the opposite side, and came close to Lu Keming, saying seriously: "If, as Fang Ling said, the ghost domain is moved a hundred miles away, then even if it is opened, it will not harm the people of Gusu."

Lu Keming listened to Yu Youyou's words, his eyes were filled with contemplation, and he replied: "It is true that the ghost realm has changed its position, but no one knows how it changed."

"Besides, even if the ghost domain is moved a hundred miles away and the Yin-Yang Reversal Formation is activated, the ghosts will still be free from the restraints of the ghost domain and can return to Gusu City to roam and cause chaos."

Yu Youyou lowered her eyes and looked at the porcelain bowl on the table. She slowly put a mouthful of iced bean curd into her mouth and changed the subject:

"I read in the Atlas of the Hundred Ghosts that if someone has unresolved karma during their lifetime, they will not be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation after death. If their karma is resolved, can they be sent to reincarnation?"

Lu Keming seemed to have thought about this a long time ago. When he heard Yu Youyou ask this, he slowly shook his head and said:

"It is true that Taoist priests can perform rituals to liberate lonely ghosts, but the ghost domain is extraordinary. Once the ghost domain is broken, hundreds of ghosts will come out in droves. It is almost impossible to rely on the magic power of the Taoist priests in Gusu to liberate hundreds of ghosts in a short period of time."

After hearing what Lu Keming said, Yu Youyou looked up at the blue sky and sighed sadly.

Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou's distressed expression, twisted his fingers, and asked carefully: "Youyou wants to protect the people of Gusu?"

When Yu Youyou heard this question, she pursed her lips and said, "Because Fang Ling made a wish last time that he wanted the people of Gusu to be healthy."

"But if hundreds of ghosts roam Gusu, it wouldn't be considered safe."

Lu Keming's eyes darkened a little, and he stroked his robe with his fingers and asked, "Why do you care about Fang Ling's wish?"

Yu Youyou looked at Lu Keming, her eyes bright and sincere, and she replied in a clear voice: "Because we are friends, and friends should care about each other."

After that, she thought about what she had encountered in this world, and nodded again, "Everyone is like this."