Ch 516: Zhuge Village

Jiang Nanyu walked around the Taoist Monastery; every brick and tile’s texture and crack were etched in her memory, as were the mountain paths. The small animals that had lived on Changqing Mountain for generations also emerged, cheerfully chirping and chirping around Jiang Nanyu.

“Don’t be so sad, you won’t die.” The General, accompanying Jiang Nanyu, slowly hopped onto a tree, his tail drooping and swaying. Looking down at Jiang Nanyu, who was squatting and holding a wild rabbit, he said, “Isn’t there a saying, ‘Good people don’t live long, but harm lasts a thousand years’? You, a harmful one, won’t die in that kind of place.”

Jiang Nanyu rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, “If you can’t speak properly, don’t speak.”

“This King will speak!” The General, taking advantage of Jiang Nanyu’s inability to catch him, stood proudly on the tree, wagging his tail. “This King has calculated that you, a harmful one, will definitely live a very, very long time…”

Jiang Nanyu hummed a tune, walked slowly forward with her hands behind her back.

She appeared silently in Changqing Monastery and left silently; no one knew she had ever returned.

When Yin Fangshan arrived the next day, Jiang Nanyu had already left.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Changqing Monastery, a bronze figurine holding a tree branch and standing with its hips akimbo blocked the entrance, shouting in a childish voice, “Don’t move, put your hands up!”

Yin Fangshan was startled, thinking it was a mountain spirit. After all, Changqing Mountain was full of spiritual energy, and it was not strange for living beings to become spirits. He was about to capture the little thing when he suddenly felt a natural spiritual energy descending from the sky, pressing down on his shoulders.

This familiar power clearly came from a Divine Spirit!

The Little Mountain Spirit summoned a letter many times larger than its bronze body, which fell into Yin Fangshan’s hands.

“This is a letter the stinky girl left for you. She’s gone, to a place with lots and lots of treasures. She said she’d bring back a better-looking body for me!” the Little Mountain Spirit said proudly.

“You are… a Mountain Spirit?”

Yin Fangshan stared at the bronze figurine in shock.

He knew that Changqing Mountain had Divine Spirits, and he had even seen the Venerable’s true form, but the fact that a Mountain Spirit was now inhabiting a small bronze body was incredible.

“This is a bronze body found for this Mountain Spirit by a Taoist Priest of Mount Mao, an antique. You mortals wouldn’t understand!” the Little Mountain Spirit said arrogantly. “I’ve given you the letter, you can go down the mountain now. Don’t stay here, this is the territory this Mountain Spirit protects!”

If Jiang Nanyu were present, she would have long since pushed the Little Mountain Spirit into the water.

This arrogant look was simply too annoying!

Yin Fangshan didn’t take it to heart, but bowed and walked down the mountain.

When he saw the contents of the letter, he was amused and helpless. Although he had anticipated Jiang Nanyu, he clearly hadn’t anticipated enough; she had anticipated him as well.

But just thinking about where Jiang Nanyu was going, a large stone hung heavily in Yin Fangshan’s heart. He pondered all the way until, after going down the mountain, he suddenly thought of something—

The Capital City, the Zhuge Clan!

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Jiang Nanyu arrived at Zhuge Village as dusk fell.

At the Village Entrance sat a group of elderly Old Men and Aunties, fanning themselves with feather fans, shelling peanuts, chatting, and drinking tea.

Seeing the Big Black Cat leashed by Jiang Nanyu, several pairs of eyes lit up.

“Young Lady, your cat is really nice, where did you buy it?”

Jiang Nanyu looked down at the General, who looked impatient, and smiled, “Picked it up from an animal shelter.”

“What a good cat! Its physique, those eyes…” The Old Man was about to touch it when the General bared his teeth and hissed at him, his eerie green eyes full of ferocity.

Even after being treated so fiercely, the Old Man not only didn’t get angry but liked it even more, and couldn’t help but say, “This is an extremely rare Mysterious Cat, Young Lady, will you sell it?”

As soon as he spoke, the General exploded with anger.

“Meow!!!”

The General almost broke free from the leash and lunged at the Old Man, muttering and cursing, “Meow meow.”

Jiang Nanyu seized the opportunity, grabbed the General, held him tightly in her arms, apologized repeatedly to the Old Man, and then whispered a warning, “Don’t cause trouble for Madam, or I’ll shave your fur and get you neutered!”

The words “neutered” were like a blow to the head, striking the General hard!

The originally angry cat instantly froze, its duster-like tail instantly drooping.

“Meow~”

This King isn’t for sale!!

Jiang Nanyu understood his words and quickly stroked his big head to comfort him.

“So fierce, and so intelligent, such a Spiritual Object is rare in the world! Young Lady, let’s talk this over again, how about…”

But before the Old Man could finish, a light cough interrupted him.

Looking back, Zhuge Liuguang had already walked in front of them.

“Clan Leader.”

“Clan Leader, why did you come out?”

Jiang Nanyu sweetly called out to Zhuge Liuguang, “Uncle.”

The Old Man who had previously wanted to buy the General’s mouth dropped open—

“Un-Uncle? You’re a Junior of the Zhuge Clan?! No, that’s not right, when did the Clan Leader have a…”

He seemed to have suddenly thought of something and looked at Jiang Nanyu again, his eyes instantly changing!

“You are Jiang Nanyu, the Young Mistress’s bloodline!”