Chapter 36
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Chapter 36: Xian Yue
This was Cancan’s second visit to the underworld. It hadn’t changed much, still peaceful and blooming like paradise. It was hard to believe that such a beautiful place could be the underworld. Shouldn’t the underworld be creepy and scary?
Cancan saw Brother White Impermanence sitting by the Naihe Bridge, unsure of what he was thinking. She warmly waved to greet him. Seeing her, White Impermanence’s mouth twitched in disgust. He silently took a step back, clearly repulsed. Cancan pouted and said, "What are you doing? Am I that unpleasant to you?"
This person, no, this ghost, this ghost is not friendly at all.
Hua Qing quietly pulled Cancan aside. Cancan looked puzzled, and Hua Qing calmly said, "You’re blocking the way."
Cancan looked at the swaying bridge, swallowed nervously, and asked timidly, "Do we have to walk over this?"
Hua Qing raised an eyebrow slightly, and Cancan immediately understood. She looked up at the sky with sadness and said, "I get it." Then she hugged Hua Qing tightly, not willing to let go.
Hua Qing pulled his arm, unsuccessfully. He then glanced at Cancan, who quickly smiled ingratiatingly and said, "I’ll support you." Even the ghosts at the gates of the underworld wouldn’t believe such words.
However, Hua Qing didn’t say much and soon crossed the Naihe Bridge. Cancan looked around nervously, thinking about how she could find the legendary Book of Life and Death in the underworld. Only the Book of Life and Death recorded about the old turtle… Wait, that’s not right, that’s not right!
Cancan suddenly felt at a loss, not knowing what to do. She pouted and said sadly, "The problem is… I can’t read!"
Honestly, there are very few fairies who can read. Cancan felt that even if she really saw the Book of Life and Death, it would recognize her but she wouldn’t recognize it. Thinking about this, Cancan looked sad, feeling even more scared of being uneducated. She thought she should have at least learned how to read in the past!
"Hua Qing, the fairy."
Hua Qing raised his eyebrows, and whenever Cancan said "Hua Qing the Immortal", adding the words "the Immortal" meant there was a request, with just a thought, Hua Qing knew what Cancan wanted, but he pretended not to understand anything, saying, "Are you trying to use the Three Lives Stone to test yourself again?"
Cancan pouted, what she said wasn’t even close, Cancan sighed softly, looking at Yu Xiu standing aside, suddenly feeling a bit troublesome, after all, finding Xian Yue was the most important, even though Yu Xiu couldn’t be Xian Yue, but since they both wanted to verify, at this point, she couldn’t just focus on finding the Book of Life and Death.
"Let’s go." Verify Yu Xiu quickly, then go sneak a look at the Book of Life and Death, Cancan’s little plan rang in her mind.
Cancan grabbed Yu Xiu, Yu Xiu tried to shake off Cancan, but failed, the Three Lives Stone stood in a corner of the underworld, not much different from ordinary stones, Hua Qing pointed his finger in front, touching Yu Xiu’s forehead, a scene appeared on the Three Lives Stone.
In that scene, a woman in red with long flowing hair, glowing mysteriously all over, a melodious voice sounded, she stared fiercely at a man in white, saying passionately, "If I have to stay in this dark dungeon for eternity, then I choose to die!"
The scene changed quickly, the man held the Icebreaker Sword, coldly saying, "Come back with me." And the woman in red exclaimed excitedly, "Even if I die, I won’t stay here…" The two engaged in a fierce battle.
The scene shifted again, the woman in red fell into the rushing river, with a sad smile on her face… the woman in red happened to look exactly like Cancan.
And this woman who looked exactly like Cancan turned out to be Yu Xiu’s past life, Yu Xiu stared incredulously at the unfolding scenes, frozen in shock, as Hua Qing withdrew his hand, instantly a golden chain appeared, binding towards Yu Xiu, swirling around her but not restraining her.
Cancan was startled, stuttering, saying, "What are you… what is this?" She tried to pull the rope off Yu Xiu, as if the rope had a mind of its own, it left Yu Xiu’s body directly, wrapping around Cancan tightly, causing her to gasp, trying to dodge, but the more she struggled, the tighter it got, her face turned pale.
At this moment, Yu Xiu suddenly realized what was happening. She hurried to pull the ropes off Cancan, but the ropes seemed to have a life of their own, unwilling to leave Cancan’s body. Worriedly, Yu Xiu turned to Hua Qing and shouted, "I am the reincarnation of Xian Yue. You can tie me up, just let her go. She is innocent, she shouldn’t be involved in this."
Cancan’s face turned even paler at this moment, she couldn’t even resist. She wanted to scream, but found herself unable to make a sound, only looking at Hua Qing pitifully, pleading with her eyes.
Hua Qing watched the two, unmoved by Yu Xiu. She continued to help Cancan break free, but it was in vain. "What do you want to do? She is Cancan!"
Just as Cancan felt like she was going to faint, Hua Qing finally reached out, and the golden chain returned to his hand. Cancan lay there, transformed into a small fox, meekly not daring to move. Yu Xiu hugged Cancan, angrily saying, "She trusts you so much, why would you treat her like this? Since I am the reincarnation of Xian Yue, you found me, why hurt the innocent?"
Hua Qing looked at the two and said slowly, "You are not Xian Yue."
Yu Xiu, who was in endless darkness, didn’t know what was happening, why the people of Qilian Mountains died, why her past life was Xian Yue. But upon hearing Hua Qing’s decisive words, she was stunned.
She stammered, pointing at the Three Lives Stone, hesitating, "Th-then… then it’s obvious… obvious that my past life is Xian Yue!"
In fact, Hua Qing didn’t know what was going on. Yes, the Three Lives Stone did show that Yu Xiu was Xian Yue, and he believed it. But when he tried to capture Yu Xiu, he found that she didn’t have immortal bones. Xian Yue was a celestial being who jumped into Qixia River, a legitimate rebirth with immortal bones. She must have had immortal bones, but now Yu Xiu didn’t have any. If she did, the Immortal Lock Rope wouldn’t fail to bind her.
Since she didn’t have immortal bones, Yu Xiu couldn’t possibly be Xian Yue.
Three Lives Stone clearly told him that Yu Xiu’s past life was Xian Yue, but she didn’t have fairy bones. Three Lives Stone said Cancan wasn’t Xian Yue, but Cancan did have fairy bones.
Hua Qing didn’t know where things went wrong, or if there were hidden secrets he didn’t know about. It’s not impossible for humans or fairies to have fairy bones, so it’s puzzling that Yu Xiu doesn’t have them.
Hua Qing approached Cancan, while Yu Xiu looked at him cautiously. Cancan sighed and complained, "Are you silly? Why tie me up, it hurts."
Hua Qing gently stroked Cancan’s fur. Cancan used her paws to cover her fox face, seeming to enjoy the attention.
"I won’t do it again," Hua Qing said softly.
Cancan huffed and, thinking about what had just happened, quickly said, "Yu Xiu isn’t a bad person, please don’t hurt her, okay?"
Hua Qing noticed Cancan trying to defend Yu Xiu and continued his actions, saying, "If there’s a misunderstanding, I will keep investigating. You don’t need to worry, I won’t harm a good person impulsively, but I won’t spare a bad one either. Do you remember what I said when I caught the monster? I won’t make hasty decisions."
Hearing this, Cancan relaxed and happily looked at Yu Xiu, saying sincerely, "Don’t worry, Hua Qing is a great fairy, he won’t falsely accuse you, be at ease!"
Yu Xiu watched Cancan and Hua Qing, then turned to the now empty Three Lives Stone. She fell silent, nodded after a moment.
Cancan suddenly turned back into a person and held Yu Xiu’s hand. "We will find the real Xian Yue," she said.
Maybe because of Cancan’s encouragement, Yu Xiu felt a bit better. She looked at Cancan and nodded slowly, saying, "Yes."
Cancan smiled warmly, saying, "When we find the real Xian Yue, everyone will know that the Three Lives Stone can make mistakes sometimes. I may look like Xian Yue, but I am not the real Xian Yue. When that time comes, everyone will know that we have been wrongly accused."
Yu Xiu nodded again.
Hua Qing stood quietly on the side, feeling unsure all of a sudden about whether he could really find Xian Yue…
Is Cancan really not Xian Yue? And what about Yu Xiu?