Chapter 80: Praying to Gods and Buddhas is Not as Good as Asking Your Celestial Master Brother

The internet says this kind of behavior is perverted.

Wen Chu tried his best not to show too much joy.

Xiu deactivated his spirit body state. He obediently followed Xiu to get up and wash, then went to the dining room for breakfast.

The chocolate waterfall he didn’t get to eat last night was surprisingly still there, and the chef in the dining room also looked exceptionally familiar.

Meeting Wen Chu’s puzzled gaze, Xiu chuckled lightly: “Venison feast today, plenty of deer from the farm.”

Wen Chu: “How did you… Eh?”

Wen Chu looked at the Five Emperor Coins on his wrist, which were slightly heating up. They were emitting a warm yellow halo, letting threads of spiritual power flow into the Soul-Nourishing Stone within his body.

“What do you think? The things I left on you can locate you.” Xiu said helplessly, “Yesterday, it seemed a ghost was hiding behind the chocolate waterfall, crying out of anger?”

Wen Chu immediately retorted: “I didn’t! I was just drooling.”

After speaking, meeting Xiu’s half-smiling eyes, he realized he had been tricked into admitting it.

Wen Chu shut his mouth and floated angrily to the table.

He wanted to eat meat too, eat it all, eat Xiu into poverty.

The chef dutifully introduced the dishes throughout the meal.

The workers hired in the manor knew Xiu’s identity and had long been accustomed to Xiu talking to the air from time to time.

After eating a few mouthfuls, Wen Chu wasn’t angry anymore. Watching Xiu’s clumsy movements of eating with one hand because he was handcuffed to him, he suddenly realized something was wrong: “Since you can locate me through the things on me, why handcuff me to you?”

Xiu gave him a meaningful look: “Isn’t this what you wanted?”

Finished sleeping, bun in the oven. Didn’t have time to say anything last night. Xiu felt it was time to talk properly with Wen Chu about the running away incident.

Wen Chu didn’t react.

What did he want?

Since last night, Xiu had been weird.

Regarding mating, he was always the one actively begging Xiu, but last night it was completely reversed, as if… Xiu was deliberately seducing him?

Thinking of this, Wen Chu couldn’t help recalling the hazy scene in the bathroom, and the whole ghost shivered.

“Phone.” Xiu reminded him, “Those fortune tellers you found before.”

Trapped in the illusion for ten years, Wen Chu had long forgotten what he did before entering the illusion. Reminded by Xiu, he remembered he had added quite a few tarot readers claiming to be able to calculate marriage fate.

Prices ranged from 29 to 129, the most expensive one was 2999, but he entered the illusion before he could ask.

He hadn’t even checked one result.

Wen Chu hurriedly took out his phone, and indeed there were many unread messages.

Mostly from fortune tellers costing over three digits coming for after-sales service, asking how his relationship progress was.

Looking carefully at the questions he asked—

【Wen Chu: I want to ask, if he had a blood feud with me from the start and almost killed me, but after I approached him concealing my identity, he treated me quite well, does it mean we still have a chance?】

【AAA Love Career Divination | Tarot Star Dice Qiqi: …Baby, are you making up a story? We don’t do dream interpretation here, fake stories can’t be divined oh.】

【Wen Chu: It’s true.】

【AAA Love Career Divination | Tarot Star Dice Qiqi: Then do you really have to be with him… feels a bit dangerous, he already got physical, haha.】

【Wen Chu: When he’s not hitting me, he treats me quite well T^T】

【AAA Love Career Divination | Tarot Star Dice Qiqi: . Okay】

Xiu pointed at this message expressionlessly: “Except for the beginning, did I ever abuse you?”

Wen Chu didn’t understand: “Yeah, that’s why I said when you’re not hitting me, you treat me very well.”

Xiu: …

Even though he had seen it yesterday, looking at it again today, Xiu was still speechless.

Wen Chu continued scrolling down.

His questions became more and more detailed.

【Wen Chu: I want to ask, I want to make him pregnant with my child, so he can never leave me, is this feasible?】

This tarot reader had already blocked Wen Chu.

【Wen Chu: He bound me with chains, does it mean he likes this? Can I be bound with him forever?】

【Wen Chu: Is there a possibility of romance between him and me?】

【Wen Chu: Is there a possibility he likes me? He never took the initiative, always pushing me away.】

…

Because the results drawn were good and bad, Wen Chu tirelessly added a bunch of people, only keeping the good results.

Looking at it now, it seemed he asked too many.

Wen Chu whispered: “Sorry… did I spend too much money? I’ll draw cards online myself next time.”

“It’s not about money.”

Xiu raised the hand handcuffed, pulling Wen Chu’s wrist up.

He looked at Wen Chu, speaking concisely: “You wanted to be bound together, realized.”

“You said initiative, I took the initiative.”

“You wanted a child, I gave it to you.”

Wen Chu stared blankly at Xiu.

Xiu gave a look to the chef who even started adding dishes to continue eating melon (watching drama), signaling him to leave.

After the chef left reluctantly, Xiu continued.

Looking at Wen Chu, he found it somewhat funny: “Baby, the world’s recognized most powerful Celestial Master is here. If you have any questions, why not tell me instead of asking strangers online?”

Wen Chu lowered his eyes, whispering: “I didn’t want fortune telling.”

“I just knew it was impossible, but was unwilling to give up, so I wanted to hear others say something nice.”

True or false didn’t matter. As long as the other party proved with lengthy arguments that he and Xiu should be together, he would feel happy watching it.

He had already given up on killing Xiu and taking him away. Spending a little bit of Xiu’s money to hear some pretty words shouldn’t be too excessive, right?

Wen Chu thought uncertainly.

If Xiu didn’t like it, he would find a way to find some money to pay Xiu back.

Actually, there were still many gold coins left from the previous world in the system space, but the money used in this world was paper of various colors and numbers in the phone. Wen Chu didn’t know if gold coins were still valuable.

Working to earn money was also fine, was the Celestial Master Association short of working ghosts…

Just as Wen Chu’s thoughts drifted away, he heard Xiu’s helpless voice: “Who told you it’s impossible?”

A hand with distinct joints reached over, covered with spiritual power, pinched his cheek, forcing him to look up.

Wen Chu met Xiu’s eyes, devoid of smiles, instead suppressing some anger.

“Wen Chu, you don’t still think I got pregnant for you for the sake of the Reincarnation Grand Array, do you?”

Wen Chu was confused: Is that not the case?

He didn’t ask out loud, but his expression explained everything.

Xiu gritted his teeth in anger.

“According to you, wouldn’t it be simpler for me to just throw you into the array? Why go through such trouble entangling with you? Trying every means to fish you out and talking about love?”

Wen Chu nodded in agreement: “Yes, that would be much simpler.”

“Wen Chu!” Xiu interrupted him sternly, really a bit annoyed.

Unknown where he got the courage, Wen Chu looked straight at Xiu and said seriously: “I mean it.”

“At the very beginning, I wanted to kill you, take you into the array eye together, and never separate from then on.”

Wen Chu whispered: “But Xiu, getting hurt hurts so much. Becoming a fierce ghost will only hurt more. I don’t want you to hurt.”

“So I thought, it’s fine if I die alone. You can have such a good future living; it will only be better without me.”

“But you treat me so well… I couldn’t help it, secretly kept you in the illusion for a few more years.”

Xiu should like him, right? After all, Xiu treated him so well.

But what Wen Chu wanted was never superficial liking. He still brooded over that 10 points difference in favorability.

He wanted Xiu to only like him, only have him in Xiu’s world, just like how he liked Xiu.

If he wasn’t the first, then he would rather not have it, go to the next world and start over.

The system said after all worlds, he could see Xiu with memories.

One world might not leave many traces in Xiu’s heart, but what about four worlds? Every time he was willing to die for Xiu? Xiu would be moved eventually, right?

Xiu looked at him with half-closed eyes, silent for a long while.

Thinking Xiu was angry, Wen Chu whispered: “I didn’t mean to say bad things about you. I just feel compared to this world, I’m not that important. I can understand.”

Xiu sneered: “Is this the reason you ran away?”

Caught off guard by old scores being brought up, Wen Chu paused before saying: “More or less.”

Xiu stopped pinching Wen Chu’s cheek. His hand moved to the red-clothed fierce ghost’s soft neck.

“Wen Chu, do you know how I treat people I don’t like?”

Wen Chu felt the slight tightening force on his neck.

Xiu choked his throat.

Xiu said coldly: “If I didn’t like you, I should have executed you on the spot on the subway, let alone taking you home.”

Wen Chu stated the facts even more grudgingly: “You didn’t kill me then only because I was hard to kill.”

Xiu: …

Releasing his hand in despair, Xiu had absolutely no solution for Wen Chu’s brain circuit.

“Although I don’t understand why you always think like this, but Wen Chu, there is one point I want to clarify to you.”

“If not for the timely appearance of the little white ball, even if you didn’t kill me, I would have died.”

“What do you mean?” Wen Chu was astonished.

Xiu enunciated word by word: “Literal meaning. I originally planned to collect all your internal organs and entrust them to Yuan Le’s care, and go be the array eye in your place.”

As a result, the illusion matter happened later, piercing those hazy feelings, leaving nowhere to hide.

Fortunately, with the illusion, he and Wen Chu finally had a turning point.

“No!” Wen Chu was anxious, “You can’t die! You live so well, how can you die.”

Saying so, he was about to pounce and hug Xiu, finally realizing belatedly: “So becoming a spirit body last night wasn’t a sudden whim; you were researching these long ago?”

Xiu grabbed the back of his neck preventing him from getting close. Looking at Wen Chu who was anxious to the point of crying, he raised an eyebrow: “What? Now you know to be anxious? Talking about dying in front of me just now, didn’t you think if I would feel bad?”

Wen Chu couldn’t reach Xiu, staring fixedly at him: “I don’t allow you to die.”

Taking in Wen Chu’s expression, Xiu’s tight mouth corners finally relaxed a bit, emitting a chuckle: “If you don’t seek death, I won’t seek death.”

Holding Wen Chu’s hand, stroking his own not obvious protruding lower abdomen, he softened his voice: “I don’t care about this world that much, at least not to the point of being willing to submit to others and get pregnant for this world.”

“But it’s you, you like it, and this can save you.”

Sensing the familiar ghost qi fluctuation in Xiu’s lower abdomen, Wen Chu quieted down.

Even if he was unreasonable, he knew Xiu was confessing his heart sincerely.

There were too many old scores to settle between them, impossible to finish in a few words, not to mention Xiu didn’t have memories.

But now Xiu loved him, even willing to die for him.

Although it was verbal explanation without proof, it was enough to make Wen Chu tremble uncontrollably.

He held grudges, but was easy to coax. Even if Xiu was really just casually saying some pretty words to coax him, he would take it as real.

“I…” Wen Chu started but went silent.

He didn’t know what to say.

But Xiu patted his head.

“Alright, I was also wrong to look through your phone without permission, but—”

Xiu dragged out his voice, shaking the handcuffs between their wrists.

“Next time if there’s anything, don’t go for fortune telling, come ask me.”

“Praying to gods and Buddhas is not as good as asking your Celestial Master Brother. Is there anything I won’t agree to?”

Wen Chu’s nose tingled: “Mn.”

“Alright, let’s eat. Weren’t you drooling yesterday? The meat is getting cold.”

Xiu chuckled and pulled back the topic, as if the dispute just now didn’t exist.

Just at the end, he tapped Wen Chu’s head, saying seriously: “Although I don’t know what messy stuff is in your head every day, from now on, whenever you think of messy things, recall today for me.”

“I love you, and I am willing to give my life for you. Remembered?”

Wen Chu was coaxed dizzy, nodding repeatedly in agreement.

Although the internet said his thoughts were perverted.

But Xiu agreed. What Xiu agreed to didn’t count as perverted.

Three days passed in a flash.

Wen Chu and Xiu lived exceptionally absurdly.

Xiu gave birth to another little white ball. Surprisingly to them, even without entering the illusion, this ball could provide energy for the grand array for about a year.

Wen Chu was very excited. Compared to the ending where one must die, he hoped more to be with Xiu. Holding the little white ball like a treasure, floating behind Xiu every day, watching Xiu flip through ancient books and writing waste countless papers.

Finally, on the fourth day, Xiu stopped reading ancient books and started packing luggage.

Wen Chu’s eyes lit up, floating up to lie on Xiu’s back: “Ready? We set off now to find President Ren.”

Xiu gave a “Mn”, holding his hand.

These days he modified the handcuffs in passing, installing a retractable bracelet in the middle, capable of stretching up to half a meter.

The practicality of the handcuffs greatly improved, with much fewer restrictions on daily activities.

Just a bit like a child anti-lost wristband.

Xiu walked out carrying Wen Chu on his back: “Because of the Wen family matter, the grand array was postponed by a day. Exactly one day left, I’ll take you to find President Ren to explain the situation now.”

Wen Chu swung his legs on his back: “What if the President doesn’t agree and wants to kill me?”

“She won’t.” Xiu said calmly, “She’s not that kind of person, at most she’ll ask us to prove it.”

Wen Chu: “I mean just in case.”

Xiu said helplessly: “Then I’ll die with you, absolutely won’t separate from you, okay?”

Wen Chu was satisfied, thought about it, then wasn’t quite satisfied.

At this time, he actually preferred Xiu was just coaxing him.

Wen Chu realized he was much more generous than he imagined.

He thought he would take Xiu with him even in death. As it turned out, today, he actually hoped Xiu was really a scumbag who could safely leave him behind and live an ideal life.

So contradictory.

Wen Chu couldn’t figure it out, so he stopped thinking, whispering on Xiu’s back: “I won’t let them bully you. If they dare, I’ll pull them all into the illusion and kill them all.”

Xiu: …

People who didn’t know would think they were rushing to the execution ground.

Connecting to Wen Chu’s past, he found it both funny and distressing: “It’s fine, people from the Celestial Master Association aren’t unreasonable.”

Especially since the Wen family who always disliked him was gone, it was even easier to talk.

Saying so, Xiu carried Wen Chu onto the helicopter again.

.

Yuan Le was confirming details with President Ren, suddenly hearing a helicopter buzzing, couldn’t help complaining casually: “Who is it? Flying helicopters randomly every day like Xiu.”

President Ren was also attracted, looking up at the slowly descending helicopter, chuckling: “Seems to be Xiu.”

Yuan Le instantly quieted like a chicken.

He watched helplessly as the helicopter landed, and the golden-haired man jumped off the plane carrying a beautiful red-clothed fierce ghost on his back.

That red-clothed fierce ghost even politely waved to them in greeting.

Yuan Le: …

Ren Chuanyu: …

“Xiu.” President Ren weighed her words, “I know you always have your own ideas, but bringing a fierce ghost here, isn’t it a bit inappropriate?”

After all, this was the grand array they set up to trap the array eye, classified as confidential.

Carrying Wen Chu, Xiu walked up quickly, stating directly: “This is Wen Chu.”

“Oh, Wen… wait?” President Ren finally showed an astonished expression.

She looked at the red-clothed teenager on Xiu’s back in disbelief: “Who did you say this is??”

Beside her, Yuan Le also stared at Wen Chu with an expression of seeing a ghost.

“Wen Chu.” Xiu said calmly, “The escaped array eye.”

Ren Chuanyu took a step back imperceptibly, rubbing the sandalwood bracelet on her wrist: “So you brought him here to…?”

“I have a way to maintain the grand array, and the array eye escaping wasn’t accidental.” Xiu noticed Ren Chuanyu’s movement and didn’t rashly move forward.

He concisely recounted the Wen family’s past, the missing heart and thoracic vertebra of the grand array, omitting the production process, and briefly explained the use of the little white ball.

Ren Chuanyu was initially wary, but listening on, she slowly lowered her hand.

She frowned: “I really didn’t know about the Wen family matter. It’s been so many years, I only heard my parents mention it. The Wen (news/smell) family also…”

“The Wen family kept their mouths tight too.” Yuan Le couldn’t help interrupting, “Even after sobering up, they were still quibbling about being possessed. If not for Wen Yaozu going crazy and saying everything, they might really have fooled us.”

He hated this second-generation ancestor Wen Yaozu the most and was very concerned about the progress of the Wen family case.

Wen Chu, who already knew everything in advance, added calmly: “It’s retribution. Changing their surname was useless. Just because I was locked in the magic array before and my heart was taken by them, the retribution couldn’t reach them.”

Hearing this, Ren Chuanyu looked at Wen Chu with a complicated expression.

Her impression of this teenager was actually quite deep.

A little ghost kept by Xiu, pretty, scheming-less, gluttonous, sleeping crookedly in Xiu’s arms during every meeting. This was her entire impression of Wen Chu.

The words “Array Eye” were very cold.

But when the person Wen Chu appeared alive in front of her, it was different.

Ancient records stated he was the Wen family genius who sacrificed for the world’s righteousness, but in reality, he was just a child exploited to the bone by his family as soon as he turned eighteen.

Ren Chuanyu rubbed her glabella: “Fortunately, there is still one day left. I’ll summon everyone for a brief meeting now to explain your plan—did you bring that little white ball you mentioned?”

Xiu took out the little white ball from his bag and handed it to Ren Chuanyu.

He handed over the ten-year little white ball. The small ball had long ceased movement, lying quietly in Ren Chuanyu’s palm.

Ren Chuanyu exclaimed in surprise when taking the small ball: “Such pure spiritual power and ghost qi? How were these mixed together?”

Xiu looked away awkwardly: “Some special methods. In short, if either Wen Chu or I die, this white ball cannot be produced.”

Yuan Le standing aside: …

Associating with the ex-husband’s child Xiu mentioned earlier, he had a bold guess.

But he dared not say it, only looking at Wen Chu with admiration.

This fierce ghost looked weak and pitiful, didn’t expect to be so fierce.

Truly worthy of being the genius senior from a hundred years ago! Presumably, the usual behavior was all disguise?

Ren Chuanyu directly burned a sound transmission talisman to call people over. Everyone’s first reaction upon hearing the news was skepticism like hers, but these doubts turned into shock after seeing the little white ball.

“But this is still too risky. Only let this ball enter the grand array?” Someone raised an objection, “What if there’s an emergency, what if no one is there to solve it?”

Xiu was sharp-tongued: “Are the Celestial Masters guarding outside dead?”

That person paused, stopped talking, and muttered to himself: “Right, so we guard outside…”

Wen Chu gave him an extra look.

He felt what this person said was strange.

Ren Chuanyu pondered for a while and took the lead in deciding: “In that case, Xiu, today we will go to the grand array. You and Wen Chu prove it to us. If it is truly as you say, then we are willing to cooperate with you to return Wen Chu’s original internal organs to him.”

“And my bones.” Wen Chu added.

Ren Chuanyu looked at him with a loving expression of an elder looking at a junior, saying gently: “Okay.”

Xiu also agreed: “No problem, we can set off now.”

Ren Chuanyu patted his shoulder: “You have always been the successor I favor. Don’t be too nervous. If you really succeed…”

Ren Chuanyu smiled faintly: “You saved our lives too.”

Wen Chu finally sensed something wrong.

Looking around, he discovered that the surrounding Celestial Masters were all middle-aged people around forty or fifty, similar in age to Ren Chuanyu.

With the Wen family’s memories, Wen Chu could be sure that people of this age group were almost all pillars of various families.

Family heads, or siblings of family heads.

Especially since there were many people with similar appearances standing in twos and threes around, it was obvious that Celestial Masters of this age group turned out in full force.

Wen Chu was about to speak when the system voice that had disappeared for a long time finally sounded.

【Favorability panel upgraded for you… What’s going on? I went to upgrade for three days, and you guys are having a second child?】