Chapter 422 - Conjoined Lotus

Chapter 422 - Conjoined Lotus

Bai Lingmiao's carriage arrived at the entrance of Cowheart Village. The villagers came out to greet her upon seeing her return. However, Bai Lingmiao's stepchildren soon attracted their attention.

"Well, this isn't that bad as well," Pupp said, supporting his pregnant wife. "We have too much land here, and we won't be able to work on them all, even if we had cows. At least, we now have farmers to handle the land."

"Hey, isn't that Lu Xiucai? Why is he—" Puppy was interrupted by someone shoving him aside. When he recovered his balance, he saw Lu Juren rolling up his sleeves and rushing at Lu Xiucai with fury in his face.

Lu Zhuangyuan rushed forward as well and slapped Lu Xiucai in the face twice.

The sight invigorated Puppy, and he exclaimed, "This is going to be entertaining!"

Lu Xiucai was soon tied to a tree at the entrance of the village.

Lu Zhuangyan smacked Lu Xiucai with his smoke pipe, and the father and son proceeded to exchange insults.

"How dare you steal my money and run away?! Our old Lu Family has been upright for generations, but a scoundrel like you actually appeared in this generation! I can't accept that—I can't! I'm going to beat you to death, you little bastard!"

"If I'm the little bastard, then you're the big bastard! If you dare to fight me, then release me! Release me, and I'll kill you!"

"Who are you calling a big bastard?! Say that again! Who are you calling a big bastard?!" Lu Zhuangyuan roared, swinging the smoke pipe at Lu Xiucai's mouth.

Bai Lingmiao cast a placid gaze at the father-and-son argument. She leaned out of the carriage, looked around, and turned to the tall Gao Zhijian, asking, "Zhijian, can you bring some paper and pens? We need to sign up some laborers for the village."

Gao Zhijian looked away from Chun Xiaoman and turned to the children behind the carriage.

"All right."

Soon, the desolate Bai Family’s ancestral hall became lively. People were queueing up, stamping their contracts with their handprints. None of them could read, but the contracts remained fair.

"Miaomiao, what's going on?" Chun Xiaoman asked, looking at Gao Zhijian busy writing on the pieces of paper.

Bai Lingmiao rolled her eyes and continued looking around the dark room. After looking around for a while, Bai Lingmiao ultimately fell to the temptation and casually picked up a book to read. Unfortunately, the characters were still a bit too complicated for her to read, and she struggled quite a bit.

As Bai Lingmiao frowned and pondered over the words on the manual, a faint glow from the side caught her attention. Bai Lingmiao turned and saw that the glow was coming from the giant lotus made from white jade on one of the cabinets.

However, the faint glow had become intermittent for some reason. She approached for a closer look, but she had no idea what was going on. Of course, she also had no idea why there was a giant lotus on one of the cabinets.

However, the fact that it was here meant that it was valuable.

Bai Lingmiao thought that it might be related to the so-called Heavenly Mater. From what she had learned, the supernatural powers of the Bai Lian Sect had been bestowed upon them by the Heavenly Mater.

Why is the light flashing? Is something wrong?

A hand landed on Bai Lingmiao's shoulder just then, startling her. She turned around and saw the Second Deity staring at a mural on the wall.

Bai Lingmiao looked up, and her eyes widened slightly. The lotus flower that was being carried by six white donkeys on the mural overlapped with the lotus' petals, and the petals had become so thick that the lotus looked more like a hollow onion rather than a lotus.

Just then, a strange chanting came from their left and inundated them.

"Great Thousand Nectar Realm, Qinghua Chang Le Gate, Eastern Extreme Wonderful Strict Palace. Within the ten million circles, on the nine-colored lotus seat, a hundred billion auspicious lights surround the Jade Pure Spirit Treasure, helping in the great calamity. Seven treasured horses in the forest responding to the origin of Xuan Yuan."

The chanting was a cacophonous din of a variety of voices including men, women, elderly, and youngsters. The voices overlapped incessantly, creating a jarring melody.

Bai Lingmiao trembled all over upon hearing the chanting, and the killing intent in her heart was on the verge of getting dispelled.

No, it’s not just my killing intent... it's affecting my Ten Emotions and Eight Sufferings! A variety of emotions suffused Bai Lingmiao's face as she struggled against the chanting.

Bai Lingmiao instinctively reached out to the lotus made from white jade, and she felt a bit better when the flickering light enveloped her.

Fortunately, the chanting soon disappeared. Bai Lingmiao looked back at the mural in shock and found that the lotus flower that was being carried by six white donkeys had become a conjoined lotus.