My Lady Always Lacks Ambition
Author: Yan Xiaomo
Chapter 661: 645 Successfully Fooled by the God Stick
Wei Xie was willing to dissolve the contract, and it brought tears of joy to Madam Lei and the others as they let out a sigh of relief.
But before their joy could fully bloom, Qin Liuxi doused them with a bucket of cold water; breaking the Heaven and Earth Contract was not that simple, a price must be paid.
And that price was the lifespan of parents and children to fill the void.
This was the punishment for breach of contract, as well as a form of constraint.
A Heaven and Earth Contract cannot be created whenever one wishes, nor can it be dissolved simply by uttering a sentence; the price involved is not something everyone can bear.
To dissolve this contract between Lei Ming and Wei Xie, it would cost them and their parents and children ten years of lifespan.
Huang Family’s face turned pale as she looked at Lei Ming, heartbroken, feeling resentful towards him for the first time.
Madam Lei, clutching her chest, said, “Can it only be mine? I’m just an old pile of bones, no need to live that long. Just take mine.”
Qin Liuxi said: “These are the rules of heaven and earth, and they’re to instill reverence in mortals, just like the weight given to a vow.”
Upon hearing this, Madam Lei slumped into her chair, muttering despairingly, “He’s been confused, really confused.”
Now that things had come to this, they had no choice but to do as Qin Liuxi instructed.
Qin Liuxi asked Teng Zhao to take Nian Youwei to buy the incense, candles, and sacrificial offerings needed for the Heaven-Reporting Ritual while she asked for the birth dates of Madam Lei and others, writing them down on a piece of paper and folding it neatly.
After getting Wei Xie’s birth date as well, she took a talisman pen and vermillion and began to draw talismans, and wrote the Heaven-Reporting Ritual Script, placing it to one side for later use.
Wei Xie witnessed her drawing the talisman in one go, the talisman brimming with Spiritual Energy, and couldn’t help but flicker a glance.
The malicious Little Devil did possess some capabilities.
Teng Zhao and the others were quick to return, they set up a table and arranged the sacrificial meat and fruits on top, creating a Heaven-Reporting Altar right in Madam Lei’s courtyard.
Qin Liuxi cleansed her hands, lighted incense candles, and burned yellow and white paper. With both hands forming a Dharma Seal, her feet stepping out the Seven-star Gang Step, a spell started chanting, “Thousands of decapitations, millions of dense forms, universally announcing to the boundless, all Gods heed, the Three Realms and Five Emperors, your words are the most High… Qingping Temple’s disciple Buqiu invites the divine to descend and grant the decree, to dissolve the Heaven and Earth Contract of Wei Xie and Lei Ming… Command, oh Heavenly Venerate, resplendent and perfect!”
With two fingers, she picked up a talisman from the table, forming a seal and the talisman spontaneously combusted into nothingness. Subsequently, she also burned the Heaven-Reporting Ritual Script.
“Kneel before the altar.” Qin Liuxi instructed Wei Xie, “You must volitionally announce to the heavens your desire to dissolve the contract, follow my lead…”
She recited each line, and Wei Xie repeated after her. Qin Liuxi took a segment of red rope, tied it into a knot, and asked him to untie it with both hands, just like playing with a rope as usual.
Three consecutive times.
Qin Liuxi lit another talisman.
The blue smoke of the incense candle sparse and upward.
A gust of wind blew by and Wei Xie’s soul body leaped out from Lei Ming’s body.
The Heaven and Earth Contract was dissolved.
Lei Ming collapsed limply to the ground, and at the same time, Madam Lei felt as if something was leaving her body; her face developed many more wrinkles, looking as if she had aged ten years.
Huang Family cried out in shock.
Qin Liuxi said, “This is the price of ten years of lifespan; hereafter, you should rightfully do good deeds and accrue virtue.”
Tears streamed down from Huang Family’s eyes.
Qin Liuxi took a needle and pricked Lei Ming’s philtrum and several other acupoints, then drew a Soul Stabilizing Talisman on his forehead, and Lei Ming woke up.
“Mother. Your son has been unfilial!” The first thing Lei Ming did upon awakening was to kneel before Madam Lei, crying uncontrollably.
A family huddled together, crying their hearts out.
After leaving the Lei Family’s home, Nian Youwei felt a twinge of regret and a moment of realization; some things cannot be forced, nor should one go to extremes.
Like Lei Ming, who didn’t hesitate to sell his soul to get what he wanted, and indeed he got it, but the cost was the ten years from the lifespan of his family; what significance does his achievement then hold?
Would Lei Ming spend the rest of his life trapped in guilt, unable to free himself?
Nian Youwei didn’t dare to think too much about it; contemplating it made him feel that it would be better to exist in a dazed state rather than with such thoughts.
“Junior Temple Master, will Brother Lei be able to live smoothly from now on?” Nian Youwei couldn’t help but ask.
Qin Liuxi indifferently responded, “As for his character, his official career will be mediocre with no major achievements. The only good thing is, after this event, he will be more cautious in his actions. But being overly cautious also means he can’t act freely and will not accomplish anything significant. In this lifetime, he probably won’t rise above the rank of Sixth-rank, and moreover, he won’t hold his post for long.”
Nian Youwei was somewhat stunned.
“This is the price he must bear. Even if it’s just Sixth-rank, it’s still better than many people; at the very least, the family’s status has indeed changed. As for not holding his post for long, that may not necessarily be a bad thing. He just needs to teach his children and grandchildren well.” Qin Liuxi said to Nian Youwei with a half-smiled expression: “Therefore, taking shortcuts isn’t that easy; the price can be very grim. In the future, if you ever want to take a shortcut, think about your Brother Lei.”
Nian Youwei immediately pulled a solemn face and said, “Junior Temple Master, rest assured, I will be grounded, devoted to serving the people, and I will be a good official, doing good deeds.”
“That’s very noble of you,” Qin Liuxi said. “You may go now.”
Nian Youwei took out a wallet and handed it to her: “Thank you for your efforts today.”
He still had to go back and say a few words to Lei Ming.
Qin Liuxi took the wallet and tucked it into her bosom, then strolled away leisurely with Teng Zhao.
Wei Xie floated beside her, saying, “You seem to show the Nian surname a bit more kindness than you do to the Lei surname.”
“Of course, why would I show a kind face to an idiot? Not only is he stupid, but he also dragged his entire family to pay for his stupidity,” Qin Liuxi snorted.
“Isn’t it because he was tricked by me… unknowingly?” Wei Xie touched his nose.
Qin Liuxi: “Ignorance is not an excuse. If he’s stupid, then he is stupid. He’s all about taking the easy way out; didn’t he think what if you didn’t have the means and he’d end up worse off than before he entered the examination? But he was bewitched by you and made a pact, showing his weak will. If he had any self-awareness, he wouldn’t stay in officialdom for too long, to avoid harming the people.”
“Why don’t I see you going to report his cheating with such righteousness?”
Qin Liuxi glared at him: “Do you think I have nothing better to do? Plus, how would you even describe this cheating? Claim there was a ghost taking the exam for him? Should I talk about strange forces and gods at the examination courts? Do you think I’d enjoy being spat on by scholars who think their spit smells of ink?”
Wei Xie showed a look of disgust. At such a young age, how can you speak so crudely?
“How are you going to make my body? You have to make it exactly like me,” Wei Xie said, circling in front of her.
Qin Liuxi said with an expressionless face, “Stop it with the flower hairpin, it’s not in fashion now.”
“That’s impossible, a flower hairpin is the last stand of a scholar; you don’t understand!” Wei Xie glared. “Are you planning to go back on your word?”
Was he really duped by this God Stick?
Just as Qin Liuxi was about to speak, she quickly pulled Teng Zhao and dodged back, while Wei Xie, unable to evade in time, had someone pass through his soul body.
Wei Xie: “…”
I’m so wronged!
“Master of the house, wake up, please. My goodness, you at Lin Clinic have messed up treating my husband, and now you’re beating people; is there no justice?” A woman stumbled out, falling on the ground on top of the man that was thrown out, wailing, “Everyone come and see, come and judge for yourselves, this unscrupulous Lin Clinic, not only did they botch treating someone but now they’re trying to silence him. There’s no law or heaven!”
Qin Liuxi looked at the gray pallor on the man’s face on the ground, then lifted her eyes towards the clinic’s banner – Lin’s Medical Hall?
But before their joy could fully bloom, Qin Liuxi doused them with a bucket of cold water; breaking the Heaven and Earth Contract was not that simple, a price must be paid.
And that price was the lifespan of parents and children to fill the void.
This was the punishment for breach of contract, as well as a form of constraint.
A Heaven and Earth Contract cannot be created whenever one wishes, nor can it be dissolved simply by uttering a sentence; the price involved is not something everyone can bear.
To dissolve this contract between Lei Ming and Wei Xie, it would cost them and their parents and children ten years of lifespan.
Huang Family’s face turned pale as she looked at Lei Ming, heartbroken, feeling resentful towards him for the first time.
Madam Lei, clutching her chest, said, “Can it only be mine? I’m just an old pile of bones, no need to live that long. Just take mine.”
Qin Liuxi said: “These are the rules of heaven and earth, and they’re to instill reverence in mortals, just like the weight given to a vow.”
Upon hearing this, Madam Lei slumped into her chair, muttering despairingly, “He’s been confused, really confused.”
Now that things had come to this, they had no choice but to do as Qin Liuxi instructed.
Qin Liuxi asked Teng Zhao to take Nian Youwei to buy the incense, candles, and sacrificial offerings needed for the Heaven-Reporting Ritual while she asked for the birth dates of Madam Lei and others, writing them down on a piece of paper and folding it neatly.
After getting Wei Xie’s birth date as well, she took a talisman pen and vermillion and began to draw talismans, and wrote the Heaven-Reporting Ritual Script, placing it to one side for later use.
Wei Xie witnessed her drawing the talisman in one go, the talisman brimming with Spiritual Energy, and couldn’t help but flicker a glance.
The malicious Little Devil did possess some capabilities.
Teng Zhao and the others were quick to return, they set up a table and arranged the sacrificial meat and fruits on top, creating a Heaven-Reporting Altar right in Madam Lei’s courtyard.
Qin Liuxi cleansed her hands, lighted incense candles, and burned yellow and white paper. With both hands forming a Dharma Seal, her feet stepping out the Seven-star Gang Step, a spell started chanting, “Thousands of decapitations, millions of dense forms, universally announcing to the boundless, all Gods heed, the Three Realms and Five Emperors, your words are the most High… Qingping Temple’s disciple Buqiu invites the divine to descend and grant the decree, to dissolve the Heaven and Earth Contract of Wei Xie and Lei Ming… Command, oh Heavenly Venerate, resplendent and perfect!”
With two fingers, she picked up a talisman from the table, forming a seal and the talisman spontaneously combusted into nothingness. Subsequently, she also burned the Heaven-Reporting Ritual Script.
“Kneel before the altar.” Qin Liuxi instructed Wei Xie, “You must volitionally announce to the heavens your desire to dissolve the contract, follow my lead…”
She recited each line, and Wei Xie repeated after her. Qin Liuxi took a segment of red rope, tied it into a knot, and asked him to untie it with both hands, just like playing with a rope as usual.
Three consecutive times.
Qin Liuxi lit another talisman.
The blue smoke of the incense candle sparse and upward.
A gust of wind blew by and Wei Xie’s soul body leaped out from Lei Ming’s body.
The Heaven and Earth Contract was dissolved.
Lei Ming collapsed limply to the ground, and at the same time, Madam Lei felt as if something was leaving her body; her face developed many more wrinkles, looking as if she had aged ten years.
Huang Family cried out in shock.
Qin Liuxi said, “This is the price of ten years of lifespan; hereafter, you should rightfully do good deeds and accrue virtue.”
Tears streamed down from Huang Family’s eyes.
Qin Liuxi took a needle and pricked Lei Ming’s philtrum and several other acupoints, then drew a Soul Stabilizing Talisman on his forehead, and Lei Ming woke up.
“Mother. Your son has been unfilial!” The first thing Lei Ming did upon awakening was to kneel before Madam Lei, crying uncontrollably.
A family huddled together, crying their hearts out.
After leaving the Lei Family’s home, Nian Youwei felt a twinge of regret and a moment of realization; some things cannot be forced, nor should one go to extremes.
Like Lei Ming, who didn’t hesitate to sell his soul to get what he wanted, and indeed he got it, but the cost was the ten years from the lifespan of his family; what significance does his achievement then hold?
Would Lei Ming spend the rest of his life trapped in guilt, unable to free himself?
Nian Youwei didn’t dare to think too much about it; contemplating it made him feel that it would be better to exist in a dazed state rather than with such thoughts.
“Junior Temple Master, will Brother Lei be able to live smoothly from now on?” Nian Youwei couldn’t help but ask.
Qin Liuxi indifferently responded, “As for his character, his official career will be mediocre with no major achievements. The only good thing is, after this event, he will be more cautious in his actions. But being overly cautious also means he can’t act freely and will not accomplish anything significant. In this lifetime, he probably won’t rise above the rank of Sixth-rank, and moreover, he won’t hold his post for long.”
Nian Youwei was somewhat stunned.
“This is the price he must bear. Even if it’s just Sixth-rank, it’s still better than many people; at the very least, the family’s status has indeed changed. As for not holding his post for long, that may not necessarily be a bad thing. He just needs to teach his children and grandchildren well.” Qin Liuxi said to Nian Youwei with a half-smiled expression: “Therefore, taking shortcuts isn’t that easy; the price can be very grim. In the future, if you ever want to take a shortcut, think about your Brother Lei.”
Nian Youwei immediately pulled a solemn face and said, “Junior Temple Master, rest assured, I will be grounded, devoted to serving the people, and I will be a good official, doing good deeds.”
“That’s very noble of you,” Qin Liuxi said. “You may go now.”
Nian Youwei took out a wallet and handed it to her: “Thank you for your efforts today.”
He still had to go back and say a few words to Lei Ming.
Qin Liuxi took the wallet and tucked it into her bosom, then strolled away leisurely with Teng Zhao.
Wei Xie floated beside her, saying, “You seem to show the Nian surname a bit more kindness than you do to the Lei surname.”
“Of course, why would I show a kind face to an idiot? Not only is he stupid, but he also dragged his entire family to pay for his stupidity,” Qin Liuxi snorted.
“Isn’t it because he was tricked by me… unknowingly?” Wei Xie touched his nose.
Qin Liuxi: “Ignorance is not an excuse. If he’s stupid, then he is stupid. He’s all about taking the easy way out; didn’t he think what if you didn’t have the means and he’d end up worse off than before he entered the examination? But he was bewitched by you and made a pact, showing his weak will. If he had any self-awareness, he wouldn’t stay in officialdom for too long, to avoid harming the people.”
“Why don’t I see you going to report his cheating with such righteousness?”
Qin Liuxi glared at him: “Do you think I have nothing better to do? Plus, how would you even describe this cheating? Claim there was a ghost taking the exam for him? Should I talk about strange forces and gods at the examination courts? Do you think I’d enjoy being spat on by scholars who think their spit smells of ink?”
Wei Xie showed a look of disgust. At such a young age, how can you speak so crudely?
“How are you going to make my body? You have to make it exactly like me,” Wei Xie said, circling in front of her.
Qin Liuxi said with an expressionless face, “Stop it with the flower hairpin, it’s not in fashion now.”
“That’s impossible, a flower hairpin is the last stand of a scholar; you don’t understand!” Wei Xie glared. “Are you planning to go back on your word?”
Was he really duped by this God Stick?
Just as Qin Liuxi was about to speak, she quickly pulled Teng Zhao and dodged back, while Wei Xie, unable to evade in time, had someone pass through his soul body.
Wei Xie: “…”
I’m so wronged!
“Master of the house, wake up, please. My goodness, you at Lin Clinic have messed up treating my husband, and now you’re beating people; is there no justice?” A woman stumbled out, falling on the ground on top of the man that was thrown out, wailing, “Everyone come and see, come and judge for yourselves, this unscrupulous Lin Clinic, not only did they botch treating someone but now they’re trying to silence him. There’s no law or heaven!”
Qin Liuxi looked at the gray pallor on the man’s face on the ground, then lifted her eyes towards the clinic’s banner – Lin’s Medical Hall?