Chapter 377: The Peach Blossom Luck Evolved Again!

Although Abbot Shimie was even more puzzled, he soon caught on to what Abbess Jiunan was thinking. He laughed and said, “Good! If we turn Ye Wenxin into a nun, and make her stay at the Southern Dipper Temple, we would get the umbrella sword as well. This method is truly brilliant!”

Abbess Jiunan also laughed, and the two began discussing how to go about pulling Ye Wenxin into the monastic life.

Some time later, Ye Wenxin finally woke up. She initially wanted to sleep a bit longer, but Ghost Mother and Sword Ghost were incessantly chattering in her mind, clearly unable to bear their hunger any longer.

Ye Wenxin had no choice but to get up, take the umbrella sword out of her storage ring, and wait for Ghost Mother and Sword Ghost to come out for a meal. However, as soon as Sword Ghost approached, she showed a look of disdain. Ghost Mother, even more frustrated, kissed Ye Wenxin on the lips, but upon contact, she suddenly pulled away with clear resistance in her eyes.

Yet, Ye Wenxin was unaware that she had been repressed for a full ten years. She was extremely horny, and she wanted to fill that void with Ghost Mother. But when she reached out to grab her, Ghost Mother angrily scratched her face with her claws.

Crimson blood oozed out, and the pain jolted Ye Wenxin back to reality. She finally understood why Ghost Mother and Sword Ghost were being so resistant towards her.

“Why has your Yin energy become so unpalatable?”

“Yes, I can’t stomach it anymore.”

The two Yin-Yang ghosts thrived on killing; the more murderous the Yin energy, the happier they were. However, ten years of reading scriptures within the formation had completely purified all the killing intent in Ye Wenxin’s body, thus causing the two ghosts to reject her.

Ye Wenxin felt incredibly awkward. She had known that she couldn’t always get what she wanted, but she hadn’t expected the effects of reading Buddhist scriptures to be so profound. Her Qi Deviation had completely stabilized, and even her temper seemed to have improved. She had entirely lost her consciousness as the Demon Lord Gu Qingcheng and become the true minor character Ye Wenxin.

“Then how about we go find you some ghosts to eat?”

“No, that would corrupt the children I give birth to.” Ghost Mother stroked her own belly and shook her head in refusal. She was unwilling to absorb anyone else’s Yin energy, and her words left Ye Wenxin confused as to whether Ghost Mother hated or liked her.

“Just make do with it for now?” Ye Wenxin suggested to Ghost Mother. “I’ll go out to kill some bandits and robbers later, and then you can have a midnight snack.”

As she spoke, she grabbed Ghost Mother’s hand. Ghost Mother had been considering whether to endure until nighttime, but when Ye Wenxin grabbed her, she remembered the feeling Ye Wenxin brought her every time she touched the Yin Pearl. Ghost Mother felt both shy and annoyed, and anxiously tried to push Ye Wenxin away with her ghostly hand.

“No! Master, don’t be like this, or I’ll ignore you!”

“Sorry, I’ve been enduring for ten years, and Old Jin isn’t around…” Ye Wenxin couldn’t hold back any longer and hugged Ghost Mother.

“Master, you’re a bastard! A big bastard!” Ghost Mother continued to curse, but soon fell silent. Although she had intended to treat Ye Wenxin as food, she ultimately became Ye Wenxin’s meal instead.

Sword Ghost watched from a distance with schadenfreude, thinking that she shouldn’t be as unlucky tonight, but Ye Wenxin grabbed her after finishing with Ghost Mother, saying, “Xiao Jian Jian, shall we look for the Yang Pearl again today?”

Sword Ghost shook her head vigorously, but before she could run back to the umbrella sword, another round began.

Ye Wenxin was truly frustrated. During those ten years in the formation, her morality hadn’t improved at all. Instead, it only accumulated her desires. Again and again, no matter how the two ghosts begged or struggled, they couldn’t change the situation before them.

“Master.”

Ghost Mother had genuinely begun to fear Ye Wenxin, and wanted to plead for mercy, but every time she managed to get a few words out, she was pulled in again. After regaining consciousness, there would be another round until she passed out again, and the cycle repeated. If she weren’t a ghost, she would have probably truly died long ago.

Only once Ye Wenxin truly calmed down did she discover the Yin-Yang ghosts weakly cowering in the corner, lacking even the strength to return to the umbrella sword.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” Ye Wenxin apologized awkwardly. She wanted to cover the two ghosts with a quilt, but found that it passed through their ghostly forms. The Yin-Yang ghosts’ horns were becoming increasingly beautiful, and a pink aura began to emanate from their bodies. Although still very faint, it indicated that Ye Wenxin had a high chance of completely conquering the Yin-Yang ghosts.

Seeing the Yin-Yang ghosts’ gorgeous postures, Ye Wenxin’s heart skipped a beat. She restrained her renewed desires and was just about to change into new clothes to go for a walk outside. Not even a few seconds had passed, when the door burst open.

Gu Xiangsi rushed in, and Ye Wenxin didn’t avoid her, only pausing in the middle of changing her clothes.

“Sis, you’re finally back.” Gu Xiangsi stared intently at Ye Wenxin as if she was bewitched. Ye Wenxin, perplexed, took a closer look at herself and noticed that there were golden ropes tied to her peach blossom aura, enveloping her completely.

The moment it saw Gu Xiangsi, the peach blossom aura frantically rushed forward and encircled her, forming a chain-like shape. Gu Xiangsi’s golden aura struggled desperately, unwilling to let the peach blossom aura capture it, and the two auras were fiercely contesting with each other.

Perhaps because Ye Wenxin had studied for ten years, the peach blossom aura had mutated into a new form. This change was a source of joy for Ye Wenxin. But considering her relationship with Gu Xiangsi, Ye Wenxin thought for a moment, and still decided to restrict the peach blossom aura. She made it revolve around herself again, providing her with the strongest defense.

Gu Xiangsi had been a bit dazed just now, but after the peach blossom chain aura withdrew, she returned to normal. She looked at Ye Wenxin’s back, and said, “The flowers on your back are real pretty, Sis.”

Ye Wenxin was slightly taken aback. She recalled that previously, at the relay station, Qiao Ni had also mentioned that there were flowers growing on her back. She hadn’t paid much attention to it at the time, even more so because it was on her back, making it hard to see. Hearing Gu Xiangsi bringing up the flowers, she simply responded with an ‘Oh’, and continued, “Go get the mirror over there for me.”

Gu Xiangsi immediately did as told. Ye Wenxin lifted her long hair, and then looked in the mirror. She saw that at some point, the peach blossoms on her back had increased significantly.

There was one blossom at her neck, connected to a second one. The third and fourth blossoms clustered together, resembling a single peach blossom. She wondered whether this was due to her peach blossom aura, or a side effect of her Iceborn Constitution, recording her wrestling conquests.

Ye Wenxin silently observed her own back, while Gu Xiangsi curiously leaned in for a whiff, then said admiringly, “Smells so good.”

Ye Wenxin, however, couldn’t detect any fragrance, and felt even more puzzled about this change. She didn’t understand the meaning of these flowers blooming, nor did she know the consequences of their increasing number. Yet, it seemed that this blooming was the reason for the significant change in her peach blossom aura.

What had originally been an ordinary pink aura had transformed into peach blossoms, and now into the current peach blossom chains, making Ye Wenxin even more excited about her future development.

Yet, when she thought about how this aura required constant harvesting and wrestling, she worried that as her luck advanced, she would become increasingly unsatisfied.

It was both a blessing and a curse.