Chapter 4: Souls in the Space

The little old man muttered in a grievance, “Souls don’t have tears, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be sad!”

“Alright, stop nagging. Tell me how to get back to modern times, or I’ll smash the jade pendant and wreck your lair!” Zhuang Jin’s eyes were fierce, and she unconsciously exuded the murderous aura she had cultivated from her days as a special agent in her previous life.

“No, no, don’t do that!”

The old man panicked instantly, his eyes wary as if facing a formidable enemy, pitifully begging, “You’re my grandma, my great-grandma—can we not be so violent?!”

Zhuang Jin raised her eyebrows: “Can you talk properly now?”

The old man nodded like a garlic clove, obedient beyond belief: “Yes, definitely!”

Finally, Zhuang Jin managed to get a rough idea of the Blood Jade Space from the old man. Going back—there was hope, but after listening to the old man in front of her, Zhuang Jin felt it was so distant and mysterious!

Unseal the nine-story pagoda, release great divine power, tear the space apart???

Each one was more mysterious than the last, but the fact that her soul had transmigrated was already quite mysterious!

It seemed, she could accept it.

“How do I unseal the nine-story pagoda?” Zhuang Jin asked.

The little old man scratched his ears and cheeks for a long time, only squeezing out one sentence: “Uh—forgot.”

When Zhuang Jin asked about other things, nine times out of ten he knew nothing.

How could you not be annoyed!

Zhuang Jin glared at him disdainfully: “Your Alzheimer’s seems pretty severe!”

The little old man’s face almost wrinkled into a chrysanthemum: “Don’t worry, let Grandpa think!”

“I still remembered it yesterday, why can’t I remember it today!” The little old man patted his head, pondering hard.

How tiring it was to chat with someone not on the same intellectual level!

Calm down, calm down!

Zhuang Jin took a deep breath and rushed out of the nine-story pagoda as if fleeing. She was afraid that if she stayed in the pagoda any longer, she would hit someone! No, hit a ghost!

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to describe the space as riddled with holes. There was nothing to see. Zhuang Jin walked to the pool. The water was as blue as a beryl, with a bit of spirituality in its color. Standing next to the pool made her feel relaxed, as if wisps of spiritual energy were pouring into her body.

Zhuang Jin’s eyes lit up. The little old man said this was a spiritual spring that could cleanse the marrow.

It was perfect for her current body.

No sooner said than done, Zhuang Jin cupped her hands and drank a mouthful of spring water. It was sweet when it entered her mouth, and after it entered her stomach, it felt as if wisps of warm currents were washing over her limbs and bones, instantly sweeping away the fatigue in her body.

The joy on Zhuang Jin’s face grew even stronger, and she unknowingly drank a lot of spring water.

Until a searing pain suddenly swept through her body, Zhuang Jin’s face changed drastically. The intense pain made her body sway, and half of her body fell straight into the spiritual spring.

Zhuang Jin fell headfirst into the spiritual spring, inevitably swallowing a few more mouthfuls of water. This made the pain in her body even worse, her whole body filled with a tearing sensation.

“Dead old man, liar!” Zhuang Jin cursed in her mouth while struggling to climb out of the spiritual spring onto the shore.

After climbing out of the spiritual spring, Zhuang Jin felt as if she had been skinned, and it hurt even more.

“Girl, I seem to have remembered something—” The little old man happily came to find Zhuang Jin, only to see a ball curled up and twitching beside the spiritual spring.

“Silly girl, how much spiritual spring water did you drink?”

“Ver—very much—”

The little old man’s expression instantly turned serious, and he wailed, “Ordinary people need to cleanse their marrow gradually, just one mouthful is enough for an ordinary person to bear!”

Zhuang Jin rolled her eyes: You didn’t say that!

“Sob sob sob—girl, don’t die! In thousands of years, I’ve only seen one descendant I like, if you die—I, I won’t live either—”

“Are you stupid? Are you stupid? Can you drink your fill of spiritual spring water! My line has always had few descendants, and I finally found one with barely passable aptitude, why are you about to die! Wuwu—Heaven is unfair to me!”

“Shut up!” Zhuang Jin suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes so red that the black and white were indistinguishable. Her face was twisted like a ghost from hell.

Zhuang Jin’s roar stopped the nagging that was about to come out of the little old man’s mouth, and the restless emotions gradually calmed down.

Zhuang Jin closed her eyes, gritting her teeth and enduring wave after wave of pain. The spiritual spring water had already taken effect in her body, and the marrow cleansing had already begun. At this point, she couldn’t vomit even if she wanted to.

There was no other way.

She could only endure!

Time passed bit by bit. Zhuang Jin almost fainted from the pain several times, but she bit her lip and persevered. She knew that if she fainted at this time, she would never wake up.

When people are in pain, time passes very slowly. Although it was only a few breaths, Zhuang Jin felt like it was centuries.

But, fortunately, she made it through. The pain lessened, and a warm current was flowing through her meridians.

An hour later.

Zhuang Jin’s tightly closed eyes finally opened. Her obsidian-like clear and cold eyes seemed to have stars twinkling in them. She deeply exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and the corners of her mouth slowly rose.

But in the next moment, her good mood cracked little by little, and her face showed a rare embarrassment—it was too smelly!

Her body was covered with a thick layer of black dirt, emitting a stench that made people faint.

“Is this the impurities discharged from marrow cleansing?” Zhuang Jin muttered, frowning her delicate eyebrows.

“Girl, sob sob—you finally survived!” The little old man’s eyes were misty with tears, and he was about to pounce over with a runny nose. He didn’t mind, but Zhuang Jin did. Souls don’t have tears, how could they have snot?

“Get out of the way!” Zhuang Jin screamed in her heart, don’t come over, don’t come over—

Aww—she wanted to go out, she wanted to take a bath!

As soon as this thought came to Zhuang Jin’s mind, her figure disappeared into the space as her mind moved. The little old man missed, fell on his face, got up and curled his lips: “This stinky girl, doesn’t even say goodbye when she leaves!”

Zhuang Jin only felt her body lighten, and countless lights and shadows seemed to flash before her eyes. Then she appeared out of thin air in the cave, falling from mid-air to the ground.

It was still the same position, exactly the same, except—Zhuang Jin’s mouth twitched—the pose she appeared in, sticking her butt up in the air, was really not very pretty!

So, entering and exiting the space depended on her will!

To confirm her guess, Zhuang Jin moved her mind again, and the next second she appeared in the space again.

Then the little old man was stunned, gaping as he watched someone flashing in and out in front of him, having a great time.

Her guess was confirmed. This time Zhuang Jin came out and did not enter the space again.

At this time, the sky outside was already dark. Zhuang Jin wanted to find a place to wash up before going home, but due to three years of drought, the only river in the village had long dried up. Fortunately, Zhuang Jin found an underground river in the cave. After quickly washing up, she ran home in her wet clothes.

Along the way, she felt that her body was as light as a swallow, and she seemed to have endless strength.

Just as she entered the village, Zhuang Jin’s expression suddenly changed, and she stopped.

Ahead, there were shadowy figures. Several hundred people, holding torches, entered the village from the east. Judging by the direction, their target should be the Zhuang Family’s Main House.

After cleansing her marrow, Zhuang Jin’s eyesight had also improved. From a distance, she could clearly see that the leader of these people was a middle-aged old Taoist wearing a dark cyan Taoist robe and holding a horsetail whisk. Beside him were Granny Zhang and her dwarf son, and an old man Zhuang Jin had never seen before. But looking at the way he was surrounded by the people behind him, he should be the one with more say among these people.

Zhuang Jin frowned irritably. They were causing trouble again!

Some people were like dog skin plaster, impossible to shake off.

A cold killing intent flashed in her eyes. She changed direction and slipped into the darkness, taking a step ahead and climbing over the back wall of the Zhuang Family’s house.

At this time, the people of the old Zhuang family were not asleep, and the courtyard was noisy.

Just as she climbed into the courtyard, she heard Zhuang Xiaohu roaring in a low voice, “Mother, did you really decide to sell Ajin? How could you sell Ajin, she’s still your granddaughter!”

Then she heard an arrogant old woman coldly snort, “A girl, selling her is selling her. It can also be exchanged for dozens of pounds of food, why can’t she be sold! That dead girl hasn’t come back at this hour. When she comes back, I will break her legs. Wouldn’t it be good to obediently go to the Zhang family next door? Now, not only have we lost dozens of pounds of food, but we have also offended the Zhang family. She’s really a jinx!”

The people causing trouble were almost at the door. Zhuang Jin was not the type to meddle in other people’s business. The feud with Zhang Family Village was originally caused by Zhuang Laotai and Zhuang Dazhu and Liu Cuihua, and they should bear the Zhang Family Village people’s anger.

Therefore, Zhuang Jin originally wanted to slip in along the corner of the wall, grab a piece of clothing, and leave.

But when she thought of how her cheap Uncle Zhuang Xiaohu had protected her at the risk of his life during the day, Zhuang Jin stopped and hesitated.