Chapter 496 A Final Reunion (Please subscribe, vote, and recommend)
"My apologies, my apologies. May I ask you to tell me about your battle with the Great Sage back then?" Lin Qing said, cupping his hands in greeting.
The black bear spirit plopped down on the ground: "No problem, I'll tell you."
Then, the black bear spirit began to chatter on and on. During this time, Lin Qing even took out some spirit honey, which the black bear spirit praised highly.
Ten minutes later, just as the black bear spirit was getting into his story, the boy came over.
"Lin Qing, come with me to see Guanyin Bodhisattva. Guanyin Bodhisattva is waiting in the Purple Bamboo Forest." The boy glanced at the Black Bear Spirit and then said to Lin Qing.
The black bear spirit quickly stood up, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Brother, you should go see Guanyin Bodhisattva. You can take this honey back; I'm full."
"Haha, Brother Xiong, what are you saying? This jar of honey is for you. I'll drink and chat with you again when I get back." Lin Qing laughed heartily, and then entered the purple bamboo forest with the boy.
The black bear spirit muttered to itself, "What an honest person, unlike..." The following voice was barely audible, as if it were cursing someone.
Lin Qing followed the boy to a lake deep in the Purple Bamboo Forest.
There were many goldfish in the lake, and Guanyin Bodhisattva was scattering some kind of fish food into the lake.
"Great Bodhisattva Guanyin, Lin Qing has arrived." The boy bowed and then walked to the side of the Great Bodhisattva Guanyin, picking up the flower basket from the hands of another girl.
"Namo Amitabha Buddha, you are a true dragon alone, why don't you stay in the four seas, but instead go to Hangzhou to destroy Bai Suzhen's earthly ties?" Guanyin Bodhisattva said slowly.
Upon seeing this, Lin Qing's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected that his identity would be seen through so easily.
A thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, but none could be uttered aloud. He immediately asked the system in his mind:
"System, my identity hasn't been assigned yet, right? Hurry up and make me into someone like Bai Suzhen's brother or uncle."
[Bai Suzhen is the protagonist of this world; success requires consuming a large amount of evolution points and luck value.]
"Uh, then get me one from a distant place, one that doesn't consume too much energy."
[Consuming ten million evolution points and one million luck points, identity creation complete.]
"Why are you hesitant now? Is it because you don't know how to answer, or because you can't answer?" Guanyin Bodhisattva's gaze focused on Lin Qing's eyes.
At this moment, the identity Lin Qing had acquired also entered his mind, and he immediately cupped his hands in a slightly respectful gesture, saying:
“It’s not that I don’t know, nor that I can’t. Since Guanyin Bodhisattva wants to know, then I will tell you.”
"Actually, I am a distant relative of Bai Suzhen. I am the son of the sister of the son of her grandfather's brother. I am his distant cousin."
"Oh? You're actually Bai Suzhen's cousin?" Guanyin Bodhisattva looked on with suspicion.
She immediately stretched out her hand and began to calculate. Before long, Guanyin Bodhisattva obtained the result.
He said with some surprise, "Indeed, you are related to Bai Suzhen. So, you are a snake who attained enlightenment and cultivated all the way to become a celestial being?"
Lin Qing humbly replied, "It was just luck."
Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "Since you are Bai Suzhen's cousin, why do you prevent Bai Suzhen from meeting Xu Xian? Do you know that Bai Suzhen wanted to end this earthly bond?"
Lin Qing said with some indignation, "Of course I know, but my sister is about to ascend to immortality and wants to end this earthly bond, so she has no choice but to marry him."
"How could a white snake who is about to become an immortal possibly marry a mere mortal?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "You know that your ascension is imminent. If you cannot sever this karmic ties, how can your sister ascend to heaven?"
Lin Qing directly refused, saying, "Anyway, it won't work. Humans and demons cannot be together."
Guanyin Bodhisattva raised her voice: "Then don't you want Bai Suzhen to be among the immortals? How stubborn you are."
Lin Qing said respectfully, "At worst, we can wait for Xu Xian to be reincarnated as a woman, and then we can find another way to repay his kindness."
Guanyin Bodhisattva said sternly, "Hmph, Lin Qing, don't forget, you are just a wandering immortal now, and wandering immortals can't build temples. Your temple in Qiantang County is very popular."
Immediately, Lin Qing's face turned cold, and he softened his stance, saying, "Since Guanyin Bodhisattva has spoken, then I will give up and will not interfere any further."
Guanyin Bodhisattva: "You are teachable. You don't need to worry about the temple. However, this is only within Qiantang County. See guests off."
Lin Qing said calmly, "No need to see me off, goodbye." After saying that, Lin Qing turned around and slowly walked out.
After Lin Qing had gone far away, Guanyin Bodhisattva shook her head and said softly, "Little fish, you can't live without water."
Although it's unclear why Guanyin Bodhisattva insisted on ending Bai Suzhen's earthly ties, Lin Qing still has a chance.
As long as the two of them are not married, Lin Qing will have a chance.
Lin Qing sneered: "Guanyin Bodhisattva? Heh!"
Before long, Lin Qing walked out of the purple bamboo forest, and the black bear spirit came running over from who-knows-where.
"Brother, have you finished seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva? That brother is a bit hungry right now, and he's finished the honey." The black bear spirit said awkwardly when he saw Lin Qing staring at the jar in his hand.
Lin Qing laughed heartily and said, "Brother Xiong, what are you saying? There's plenty of honey." After saying that, he took out another large water vat filled with honey.
"Oh my, brother, this is really something!" The black bear spirit was speechless upon seeing this scene.
You have to understand, he hadn't eaten anything on this island for ages, let alone spirit honey.
The Black Bear Spirit wouldn't dare eat fish, since he couldn't leave the island. The island was covered in purple bamboo, which he found too hard to eat.
Having been up there for who knows how many years, his mouth had long since grown numb with the taste of honey. He was incredibly excited to finally get to eat his favorite honey.
Afterwards, Lin Qing started chatting with the black bear spirit while eating.
An hour later, one-fifth of the honey in the jar had been consumed. Seeing that it was almost gone, Lin Qing compressed his divine sense to the extreme, reducing it to a radius of five meters, wrapping it layer by layer.
Lin Qing was confident that even if Guanyin Bodhisattva was stronger than him, she would never be able to hear their conversation through this layer of divine sense.
"Brother Xiong, you mean Guanyin Bodhisattva, he..."
A day later, Lin Qing returned to the Immortal Master Temple in Qiantang County. Xiao Qing and Bai Suzhen were discussing matters in the inner room.
Upon hearing this, Lin Qing realized that the two were talking about Xu Xian. It seemed that, just like in the original story, they met on the Broken Bridge and then met again in the cabin.
"Sister, are you watching again?" Xiaoqing asked, looking at Bai Suzhen who was grinning foolishly.
Chapter 497 Wait a minute (Please subscribe, vote, and recommend)
Bai Suzhen said shyly, "Xiaoqing, what do you think? Does he want this umbrella or not?"
"Then let me ask you, if he comes back and asks you for it, will you give it to him or not?" Xiaoqing teased with a smile.
"If he wants it, of course I'll give it to him! How could I? Xiaoqing, what are you talking about? I'm talking about this umbrella." Bai Suzhen rolled her eyes at Xiaoqing after realizing what was happening.
Xiaoqing smiled and said, "I was talking about this umbrella, what did you think I was talking about?"
"How annoying!" Bai Suzhen smiled shyly.
Xiaoqing paced back and forth, saying, "No wonder my sister is so infatuated, searching for her savior from one or two thousand years ago."
Listening to their conversation, Lin Qing knew that they must have hit it off.
"No, we can't wait any longer. We must complete the task as soon as possible, or it will be too late."
With Guanyin Bodhisattva causing trouble, Lin Qing couldn't interfere at all; it was truly frustrating.
If things continue like this, they will definitely get married within three days, just like in the original story, and his mission will fail.
"Since Guanyin Bodhisattva will stop us if we interfere with the two of them, we can only find a reason why she can't stop us." An idea suddenly popped into Lin Qing's mind.
This method isn't exactly a way to stop them; at most, it could postpone their wedding for a month or two without any problem. Besides, Guanyin Bodhisattva has no reason to cause trouble.
It won't take long. In ten days, when Guanyin Bodhisattva goes to participate in the once-in-a-century Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Buddhas, then nothing will be a problem.
The Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Buddhas is presided over by the Buddha Tathagata, who possesses the power of a saint. It lasts for one year, and the participants will not leave during that year.
He learned this news from the Black Bear Spirit, which was the reason he befriended him. He hoped to get useful information, but it wouldn't be a big deal if he didn't.
"There's no rush now. I'll come out after they've settled down!" Lin Qing smiled and returned to the Zhang family mansion.
As soon as Lin Qing returned to his room, he asked the system, "System, how many offerings are left in the Mr. Zombie world?"
[The incense offering power is 9,980 points.]
"Only twenty points left. It seems like it should be enough once the mission is completed." I'm still a little dissatisfied with the rate of increase; after all, it's too slow.
"I wonder how far the spiritual energy revival in Mr. Zombie's world has progressed in the past three years." Lin Qing was already getting impatient to go there.
Three days passed, and just as Lin Qing had predicted, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen met again in the cabin, their emotions surged under the paper umbrella, a bolt from the blue occurred in Shuangcha Alley, and their hearts were united under the locust tree.
Finally, the wedding night at the Shogunate Hall has arrived, and the date is set for tonight.
After they fell in love, the two couldn't wait to get married that very night. In such a short time, it would have been impossible to arrange the Bai residence properly without Xiaoqing and her five little devils.
Furthermore, it's unclear what Xu Xian was thinking, that he didn't even invite his sister and brother-in-law to such a big event as his wedding.
Seeing that the time was right, Lin Qing had an idea and appeared in the hall with Hu Xiaoxue, who was waiting nearby.
"May the newcomer step up and may every household be safe and sound," shouted the butler (who was actually a little devil in disguise) standing to the side.
Then, with a smile on his face, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen walked into the main hall, each holding a red embroidered ball.
Just as the butler was about to call out again for the newlyweds to nod their heads, Xiaoqing suddenly exclaimed, "Mr. Xian, what brings you here?"
Clearly, Xu Xian was unaware of Xiaoqing's true identity.
Xu Xian immediately followed Xiaoqing's gaze and asked in confusion, "Sir? May I ask who this gentleman is?"
At this moment, Bai Suzhen was also puzzled, but since she was still the bride, she could not remove the red veil on her head and could only wait quietly.
"Wasn't your marriage a bit too hasty?" Lin Qing said calmly, sitting on the high seat.
"Ah, young master, what makes you say that?" Clearly, Xu Xian did not recognize Lin Qing.
It's normal that Xu Xian doesn't recognize Lin Qing, because ever since Lin Qing possessed that statue, its face has been completely obscured, making it impossible to see its features clearly.
Now, even Bai Suzhen, who wanted to remain silent, had no choice but to lift a corner of her red veil, look at Lin Qing, and say:
"Who is this young master, and why do you say he is hasty?"
Lin Qing chuckled and was about to explain when a chanting sound rang out in the courtyard.
Lin Qing's expression changed slightly, but he quickly recovered and thought to himself, "Hmph, so what if she's Guanyin? Unless you force them to get married, they can't get married today."
Outside the main hall, a flash of white light appeared, and a woman in white appeared with a pair of children before slowly entering the hall.
"Congratulations, congratulations on your marriage." The woman in white, who was none other than Guanyin, congratulated them with a smile, and then glanced at Lin Qing.
Although he had a smiling expression, Lin Qing only saw a threat in him. If Lin Qing really forced his way into their marriage...