Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Shooting Yourself in the Foot
The consequences of overusing Spiritual Power were very serious.
Yue Qingqing had been lying in bed for three whole days, having all sorts of strange dreams.
In her dreams, she met her master, who unlike the otherworldly figure that other cultivators imagined, looked very much like a farmer from the mortal realm.
Always wearing a dusty cotton-padded jacket with his grizzled beard trailing down to his chest, he had to be careful not to dip it into his soup when he drank.
Yue Qingqing couldn’t help but want to complain.
Though he had long ceased to need mortal food, her master still liked to sneak her into villages in the mortal realm.
Using Curse Techniques to steal mundane food from people’s stoves to share with her.
Sometimes the household didn’t notice the silver hidden in the firewood pile and thought it was a weasel stealing their food.
In her dream, her master was smiling and chatting with her.
“Qingqing, do you like the life you have now?” he asked.
Yue Qingqing nodded and then shook her head, “I like it, but it’s a pity that you and my senior brother are not here.”
Her master laughed heartily, his beard trembling.
Then… Yue Qingqing heard an anxious voice beside her ear.
“Her eyelids twitched, seems like she’s waking up.”
She slowly opened her eyes to see Yue Jiannan’s worried face before her.
He looked nothing like the vigorous youth he usually was, with messy hair and cracked lips, dark circles under his eyes.
“Huh?” Yue Qingqing blinked, and Yue Jiannan jumped up happily.
“She’s really awake, Mom! Sister-in-law! Qingqing is awake.”
There was a flurry of activity in the room as Lin Chunju and Zhang Ying hurried to the bedside.
Clearly, they hadn’t been sleeping well these past few days either, their faces showing signs of exhaustion, their eyes brimming with tears of joy upon seeing her wake.
“Qingqing, thankfully you’re awake, otherwise how could mom go on,” said Zhang Ying tearfully.
Yue Qingqing lifted her small hand, wanting to smooth out the wrinkles between Zhang Ying’s brows.
Zhang Ying’s tears dropped onto her face with a splat.
Yue Jiannan kept apologizing, “It’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have left you behind, it’s all my fault!”
Yue Qingqing felt like she had heard this before, a persistent voice in her dreams speaking beside her ear.
Finally, she had found the culprit.
Yue Qingqing made consoling noises at him, as if to comfort him.
In fact, it wasn’t Yue Jiannan’s fault; she had been too careless and never imagined that Zhang Tieniu and his accomplice would target her.
It served as a wake-up call for her.
Since arriving in this world where Spiritual Energy was scarce, Yue Qingqing always felt that despite her young age, she had the ability to handle everything.
But this wasn’t the case at all; rather than blaming Yue Jiannan’s oversight, it was her own arrogance that had led to this outcome.
She could see others’ auras but not her own, she could forecast others’ fortunes and misfortunes but couldn’t necessarily change her own destiny.
“Alright, now that Qingqing is awake, you don’t need to keep watch, go take a bath and get some good sleep,” Lin Chunju urged, pushing Yue Jiannan out of the room who kept looking back at Yue Qingqing.
Yue Qingqing tried to give him a reassuring smile.
Halfway through, Yue Jiandong also returned. Ever since his daughter had fallen into a feverish coma, he had been running home every two hours to check on her.
Yue Qingqing noticed changes in her father’s appearance as well, the stubble rubbing her cheek had grown longer.
Because of her condition, no one in the Yue Family could relax, even Yue Xingxing scarcely played outside the courtyard, frequently coming by the bed to check on her.
Wondering why her older sister was always lying in bed.
At dinner time, the house was filled with laughter that had been absent for a long time.
After a while, Yue Qingqing learned bits and pieces about what happened to Zhang Tieniu’s family through conversations with her family members.
Niu Lihua may or may not have gone mad, but people in the village found she never stepped foot outside her house again.
Her son’s marriage unexpectedly didn’t fall through.
After failing to gather enough for the bride price, the bride’s family threatened to make their daughter terminate the pregnancy, but Zhang Jinhe actually took a knife and ran to their doorstep.
Claiming that if she didn’t marry him, he would kill the whole family.
Zhang Tieniu stayed indoors and did nothing to stop his son’s reckless behavior.
The bride’s family, originally only wanting more money, didn’t want to risk a life and had no choice but to marry their daughter into the Zhang Family.
Under the threat of Zhang Jinhe, the wedding was hastily arranged with not many banquets set.
People said that neither family was happy at the wedding, with Niu Lihua not showing her face at all.
The bride’s family argued about the bride price even as they sent their daughter away.
Zhang Jinhe revealed the knife tucked in his waistband, compelling the bride’s family to hand over their daughter with trepidation.
This was not making relatives; it was almost the same as making enemies!
The Yue Family watched coldly from the side, predicting that Zhang Tieniu’s family would not have good days ahead.
This was the retribution for evil deeds, trying to scheme against others, only to lift a rock and crush their own feet.