RI Chapter 22

“Is that all?” Chen Jing suddenly asked.

Aru was stunned, stopped, and then continued walking, muttering, “Of course, it’s not just that.”

“Then what is it?” Lei Yun suddenly leaned close to her, looking at her with a playful smile and asking.

Aru was reluctant to say, but Lei Yun kept pestering her. Finally, unable to resist, she said, “Sister Yao Lan is different from us.”

“Different?”

These three words were interesting. Lei Yun figured he wouldn’t get anything more out of Aru in this state, so he didn’t press her. Instead, he simply took a leisurely stroll through the Lu mansion’s garden with Chen Jing.

Aru found it strange; weren’t these two guests tired of walking? They’d seen the garden twice.

In the courtyard where the two were staying, Lei Yun poured a glass of water for Chen Jing. “What did you notice just now?”

Chen Jing rubbed the rim of the glass with her fingertips and slowly said, “Although the garden is exquisitely and beautifully built, that’s just the superficial feeling. I always felt like something dirty had been added to it.”

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Lei Yun rested his chin in his hand, sitting behind the table, and sighed, “This Lu family isn’t simple!”

When Lu Wen arrived, Lei Yun and Chen Jing were planning their evening actions.

Lu Wen knocked on the courtyard door and walked in.

His expression wasn’t good at the moment, rather gloomy, his thin lips tightly pursed.

“President Lu, what’s wrong? Why do you look so bad?” Lei Yun asked.

Lu Wen sighed and sat down beside him, looking dejected. “When are you planning to investigate my father’s matter?”

“Tonight,” Lei Yun answered directly. Lu Wen’s current state seemed very wrong.

Lu Wen seemed hesitant to speak, remaining silent for a long time before finally saying, “Then please finish this matter as soon as possible.”

“Second Uncle is coming here tonight; let’s be careful.”

Second Uncle Lu was going out? Lei Yun and Chen Jing were both stunned, looking at each other, extremely puzzled.

“Doesn’t your second uncle rarely go out?”

Lu Wen shook his head and said, “I’m not too sure either. He said he had an appointment with an old friend for something important.”

“In that case, then you and Chen Jing should explore the garden house tonight.”

That night, Second Uncle Lu’s car left the old mansion.

Lei Yun and the others cautiously stepped into Tan Wan’s tomb again.

Chen Jing seemed to have discovered something; as soon as she entered the house, she went to Tan Wan’s nose to check.

“No breath,” Chen Jing said somberly.

Lei Yun also stepped forward to examine Tan Wan’s body carefully. They didn’t dare turn on the lights here, only using their phone flashlights to illuminate.

“Her body doesn’t look like it’s been alive for thirty years,” Lei Yun said in confusion. He examined Tan Wan’s hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, and her entire body.

Chen Jing, who was beside him, remained silent, suddenly grabbing Tan Wan’s wrist.

“What’s wrong?” Lei Yun asked.

Chen Jing held up Tan Wan’s wrist, reaching out to touch the red string tied to her hand, but was blocked by a transparent barrier.

“The problem really lies here; it’s this bracelet,” Chen Jing said intently. “The Yin energy I felt is coming from this thing.”

Her words startled Lei Yun. The bracelet on Tan Wan’s hand seemed like the previous Yin Jade, but this piece was smaller, not as big as the one in the Huai King’s tomb. It should be said that it was only half the size of that one.

Lei Yun also tried to touch the bracelet, but he couldn’t reach it either.

Even using spells was useless.

Lei Yun paced back and forth outside the house, resting his chin in his hand. His gaze suddenly fell on the spirit tablet beside him.

This spirit tablet was different from others; it only had “Beloved Wife Tan Wan” written on it, and below was an incense burner, filled with unknown incense, emitting a strange fragrance.

Lei Yun immediately took the lid off the incense burner, stirred it a few times with his hand, and smelled it. He only felt a foul smell enter his nostrils.

Unlit, it was smelly, but when burned, it was fragrant. This was soul-nourishing incense.

Then, this spirit tablet was clearly nourishing Tan Wan’s soul.

“No need to look,” Lei Yun said in a deep voice.

Chen Jing, who was by the bed, looked at him curiously, quickly turning around and walking over, asking, “What did you discover?”

“If I’m not mistaken, Lu Jianbei wants to resurrect Tan Wan!”

“Resurrect Tan Wan?” Chen Jing asked in shock.

“That’s impossible, right? How can a dead person be resurrected?”

Lei Yun’s expression was heavy. He walked to the table to the side and sat down, saying, “How is it impossible? He’s using soul-nourishing incense to nourish Tan Wan’s soul and Yin Jade to nourish her body.”

“But aren’t people’s lifespans recorded in the Netherworld?”

Lei Yun said, “That’s why Lu Jianxi died.”

In a villa in the suburbs of Su City.

In a dark room, an old man with a pale face was meditating, with Second Uncle Lu Jianbei and the maid Yao Lan, who had come from the Lu family, behind him.

“Great Master Nie, when can my wife return to her former appearance?” Lu Jianbei asked respectfully, bowing his head slightly.

Great Master Nie slowly opened his eyes and looked at Lu Jianbei, saying, “Didn’t I tell you? Use the lifespan of your closest relative to pay the debt.”

Lu Jianbei clenched his fists at his sides, turning them black, and said weakly after a long time, “My elder brother has already died.”

Great Master Nie suddenly chuckled, looking at Lu Jianbei and saying, “Bringing the dead back to life is something no one in this world can do except for me. If you hadn’t been kind to me many years ago, I wouldn’t have bothered to help you so much.”

“Tan Wan has lived for thirty years, and these thirty years have been spent using other people’s lifespans to sustain her death. Now, the time is ripe. If you want her to return to her former appearance, you must sacrifice another person!”

Great Master Nie’s voice was hoarse, and the last sentence revealed endless ruthlessness.

Lu Jianbei was stunned, opening his mouth but not knowing what to say. He remained silent for a long time before saying, “Okay.”

The word “okay” was said very weakly.

He was already doomed; as long as he could save Da Wan, what did it matter if he bore another sin?

“I’m not talking about ordinary people; it must be your closest relative!” Great Master Nie’s words shattered Lu Jianbei’s last bit of luck.

“No, no, that won’t do. My elder brother is already dead,” Lu Jianbei said, his eyes turning red.

Now, his closest relatives were only his third brother Lu Jiannan and his nephew Lu Wen.

One was his beloved younger brother, and the other was his nephew, whom he had watched grow up since childhood.

Great Master Nie said, “It must be so. As long as the soul of your closest relative is sacrificed, the array will be complete, and Tan Wan will be able to resurrect very soon, returning to her former appearance.”

Hearing this, Lu Jianbei knelt on the ground as if the sky had fallen. Yao Lan, who was beside him, looked at him worriedly.

“I am the eye of the array; I have no way back. Go back and think about it carefully. Three days later will be the best opportunity.”

“If you miss it, Tan Wan will have no chance.”

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