Chapter 80: Chapter 80: The Ancestor Searching for Someone
Xia Xin calculated that they had gone to sleep at around four or five in the morning, which was equivalent to staying up all night.
They had only slept for about four or five hours now.
No wonder he was so tired.
Seeing him leaning against the doorframe, as if he could fall asleep at any moment, Jiangli frowned and said, “What are you doing? Didn’t you hear Shuaishuai’s parents knocking on the door? It’s time to get to work, wake up!”
Yawning deeply, Xia Xin lethargically responded with an okay, his eyes barely open, he went back to his room to change clothes. He carried Shuaishuai out and set him down in front of Jiangli, then went to open the courtyard door.
“Why did it take so long for the little master to open the door?”
Xu Yang and Liu Rongrong stood outside the door, knocking for quite a while without anyone answering. Both of them wondered if Jiangli and Xia Xin had gone out.
The two were already hesitating about whether to make a phone call or not.
“It’s fine, I just didn’t hear it earlier,” Xia Xin vaguely explained, adding, “Well, our Abbot is waiting for you inside, come in.”
Liu Rongrong and Xu Yang nodded and followed Xia Xin in.
Jiangli had already proceeded to the front courtyard.
As the three of them entered, they saw Jiangli.
Liu Rongrong and Xu Yang politely greeted Jiangli.
Jiangli nodded slightly, “Did you bring the items?”
“Yes, we brought them!” Liu Rongrong took out a set of clothes and a tiger toy. “I made these by hand for Shuaishuai before. Especially this tiger toy, it was Shuaishuai’s favorite. He needed it to sleep every day. This should be enough, right, Abbot?”
As she talked about these things, Liu Rongrong couldn’t help choking up.
Jiangli glanced at the tiger toy, which bore a strong scent of Shuaishuai’s presence; it should be fine.
Jiangli hummed an acknowledgment, “Go to the side hall.”
There was a side hall within Jiaoyang Temple that was vacant, usually used for entertaining guests.
Xia Xin gestured for them to follow him, intending to lead them there.
A glancing around, Liu Rongrong couldn’t help asking, “Abbot, where… where is Shuaishuai? Why haven’t I seen him today?”
“Yesterday we temporarily opened your Heavenly Eye, which is why you could see him. After six hours, he became invisible again,” Jiangli explained briefly, already turning to walk towards the side hall.
Liu Rongrong quickly followed, “Abbot, can you let me see Shuaishuai again? I feel anxious not seeing him… Just let me see him one more time, please.”
Jiangli turned to look at her, his eyes as calm as an ancient well: “I advise you, it’s better not to see him again. The living and the dead should not mingle; constantly seeing him is bad for you and for him. Too much contact with the living will harm him, and could make his attachment to this world too strong to enter the cycle of rebirth. You don’t want him to become a lonely ghost, do you?”
Liu Rongrong’s body stiffened, her complexion turning a faint shade of white, “Is it… that serious?”
“If it wasn’t serious, there wouldn’t be a separation between yin and yang,” Jiangli said. “Otherwise, I would have let him go home with you yesterday, and there would be no need for Xuanmen to exist in this world.”
Liu Rongrong hung her head down blankly, “I… I understand…”
Listening to her sobbing voice, Xia Xin felt his nose tingle with emotion.
But he knew that what Jiangli was doing was for the best for both Liu Rongrong and Shuaishuai.
He looked at Xu Yang and Liu Rongrong, saying softly, “Let’s go inside for now. The urgent task at hand is to find Shuaishuai’s remains so that he can be laid to rest soon, right?”
At his words, Liu Rongrong nodded her head, rallying her spirits.
Xu Yang supported her as they followed Jiangli into the side hall.
Once seated, Jiangli said, “Hand the items to me.”
Liu Rongrong passed the clothing and the tiger toy to Jiangli before they both took their seats.