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Chapter 75: The Dream of the Red Chamber (Part Four)
They found me, and Chi Xinrong, Qin Jian, and Zhang Xian all became tense, unsure of what I intended to do with this book.
"Could you step outside for a moment? I have something to take care of."
The three of them finally took the hint and left the room. I opened the pages of "Dream of the Red Chamber." Each chapter had annotations made by Li Luwen, reflecting her views and thoughts on the characters. Particularly unsettling were her comments on Lin Daiyu: "Daiyu is living under someone else's roof; fortunately, she is Jia Mu's granddaughter. No relative of the Jia family would dare mistreat her. How pitiful! I really shouldn't have been born into the Li family. Am I particularly hated? Do people wish to do bad things to me?"
I continued flipping through the pages until I reached the chapter where Daiyu withers away. The illustrations were vivid, almost lifelike, so much so that I could smell the burning silk paper. Then, a strange scene unfolded before me: Lin Daiyu, lying in bed and crying, had actually wet the page.
I closed my eyes slightly, focusing my mind. The Soul Absorbing Talisman was activated as I recited the incantation: "Return to your soul, weep no more, summon Li Luwen from her lost state back to reality, command..."
As soon as I finished the incantation, a wisp of light was drawn out by the Soul Absorbing Talisman. I quickly closed it up, sealed it with a handprint, and stood up to open the door for them. "Hurry up and leave."
Qin Jian understood me immediately and led the way downstairs.
Chi Xinrong and Zhang Xian were naturally confused about my intentions; just moments ago, I had sent them away, and now I was urging them to leave again. Their eyes were filled with questions, but I was unwilling to clarify anything as I hurriedly followed Qin Jian.
They had no idea that if I didn't act quickly, Lin Daiyu would pass away—and so would Li Luwen.
We rushed into the hospital straight towards Li Luwen's ward but heard someone shouting from afar: "Ma Qi, I love you! Where are you? Why won't you come see me?" Han Lan was indeed losing her mind. I ignored her and bypassed her room to continue forward.
At that moment, however, I realized Qin Jian was nowhere to be seen.
I remembered walking in alongside him; where could he have gone? There was no time to search for Qin Jian when suddenly a figure appeared ahead—disheveled and frantic, clutching a piece of paper while shouting: "Ma Qi! I love you! You can't leave me!"
"Encountering a ghost? I clearly avoided Han Lan's room; how did she find me here? And she seems intent on coming straight for me." I didn't want to dwell on it; every second counted—I needed to return Li Luwen's soul as quickly as possible.
As I turned to run away, Han Lan did not pursue me. I breathed a sigh of relief. Activating my spell with the Six-Character Mantra: "Om Mani Padme Hum," unexpectedly, another obstacle appeared—not Han Lan this time but Mo Feng.
I felt dizzy.
Mo Feng was protected by a barrier; she wouldn't be harmed. It had to be an illusion—something sinister was obstructing my path to rescue Li Luwen.
"Don't blame me for being rude then." I formed a hand seal and chanted the Five Thunder Spell: "Five Thunder Three Thousand Generals, countless thunder soldiers, flames burning across the four realms, evil spirits turned to dust, by the command of the Supreme, able to slay thousands of evils and ghosts—evil spirits, earth spirits, yearly spirits, monthly spirits, daily spirits, hourly spirits—gather the unclean energies of the earth, I command!"
The person before me transformed into a wisp of smoke and vanished. Li Luwen's Mother appeared at the door, looking extremely anxious as she asked me, "Master Ma, where have you been? Someone took Wenwen away."
"Who took her?"
"Um, it was that Rongrong who was with you."
Chi Xinrong? Impossible. Both Qin Jian and I were ahead of them; there was no way she could have reached the ward and taken Li Luwen away. It had to be a trick.
"Auntie, don't worry. I'll go check right now."
I dashed forward—using my Shadow Leg technique. Whoosh! My legs felt like they were equipped with energy-filled wheels as I zipped down one corridor to another. Finally, I spotted someone pushing a wheelchair ahead. It was none other than Qin Jian; Chi Xinrong was nowhere in sight.
"Qin Jian!" I shouted. He paused for a moment but showed no intention of stopping and continued walking forward.
He wasn't Qin Jian. I sneered; this was my Ma Grandpa's territory—how dare you come here to challenge me? I formed another hand seal and chanted an incantation, biting my tongue to draw blood for the Bagua symbol in my palm. I charged forward: "Open the door, close the earth gate, leave the human door, sever the ghost path, penetrate the ghost heart, break the ghost belly; front Vermilion Bird, back Black Tortoise, left Azure Dragon, right White Tiger; I summon Six Ding and Six Jia, Southern Dipper Six Stars, Big Dipper Seven Stars; I invoke Nine Responses of the Primordial Thunder Sound Universal Decree and Taishang Laojun's Urgent Command!"
Whoosh—squeak!
I passed right through Qin Jian's body; he instantly transformed into a wisp of smoke and disappeared. Li Luwen in the wheelchair had her head bowed and her hands limply hanging down. My heart tightened. Grabbing the armrest of the wheelchair, I took out the Soul Absorbing Talisman and chanted: "Three souls return to their original body; life's journey knows no bounds; Soul Requiem grant you rebirth—I command!"
From the Soul Absorbing Talisman, two souls emerged and floated gently into Li Luwen's Yintang. Then several specks from another direction whizzed in and merged into her body. I held Li Luwen's wrist and felt her pulse beginning to recover; a smile of relief spread across my face.
"You’re still smiling."
Hearing someone scold me, I turned around to see it was Qin Jian.
Qin Jian was drenched in sweat, his face livid with anger as he exclaimed, "Ma Qi! What are you doing? Running around like a madman while I'm chasing after you! You ignore me when I call out! Is this funny?"
Could I not see Qin Jian? I did see someone who looked like him but it wasn’t really him. The risky move I just pulled was unavoidable; if that had truly been Qin Jian, I couldn't have passed through him so easily without harming his original energy. Once someone's original energy is damaged, it's akin to entering a vegetative state—forever losing consciousness. Thinking about this made me secretly fearful. I straightened up and said earnestly, "Boss, it's not funny. You know that as long as Li Luwen is okay."
"She's fine."
"That's about enough!" I said as I pushed Li Luwen down the corridor with Qin Jian. Chi Xinrong and Zhang Xian came running, panting, and when they saw that Li Luwen was okay, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
Chi Xinrong urgently called for Li Luwen's attending physician to check on her, while Zhang Xian helped us get Li Luwen onto the hospital bed.
When someone summoned the attending physician into the room, Li Luwen's mother stopped her, saying, "You're a bad woman; don't come in here."
Chi Xinrong was bewildered and looked hurt as she asked, "How did I become a bad woman?"
"Oh, it's a misunderstanding; that person just now wasn't her," I quickly explained.
"It is her; it really is her. They look exactly alike."
"Auntie, the one just now was a real villain pretending to be her, trying to harm Wenwen. Now that Wenwen is fine, I chased that villain away." Honestly, if I weren't worried about getting Li Luwen's spirit back in place in time, I would have liked to have a word with that troublemaker who dared to show up again.
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