Chapter 40: Re-encountering Shuijingchen

  Thank you for the sachet and peace charm from Tingyuan after the rain...

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  The last sentence was finished, a pair of beautiful eyes gazed at the cold and stern man who was among the few.

  Qing Jin heard Qing Yao's words from the side, lowered her head and sneered. When did her brother become represented by Gu Qing Yao? Looking at what Gu Qing Yao said, it was clear that the man's guard had almost injured her brother. After Gu Qing Yao spoke, it was still that man who saved her own brother. How ridiculous.

  It's better this way, she didn't want to have anything to do with that person anyway, and Ning Xuan wasn't in any big trouble, so he just let Gu Qingyao say whatever she wanted.

  She watched indifferently as Gu Qingyao and those people chatted, thinking in her mind whether she should take Ningxuan to see a doctor. Qingjin raised her head and swept her gaze casually, suddenly seeing a familiar figure in the crowd far away. Without even saying goodbye to the people next to her, she stood up, pulled up Gu Ningxuan and rushed towards the place where she saw the familiar figure.

  She hadn't run many steps when Qingjin suddenly felt a familiar, prickling sensation on her back. She couldn't help but slow down and turn around, but she didn't find the gaze that made her feel this way. Instead, she heard Qingyao's puzzled voice behind her: "Second sister, where are you going?"

  "I have something to attend to, I'll leave first. You find Fifth Sister and Sixth Sister and head back to the manor for now!" Qing Jin didn't want to say more to Gu Qing Yao.

  Qing Yao was taken aback by Qing Jin's words, looking at Gu Ning Xuan being pulled along by her, somewhat disapproving and worried: "That Seventh Brother..." She wanted to remind Qing Jin that Seventh Brother had just received a fright, now it would be best to bring him back to the manor, let the doctors in the manor give him some calming medicine.

  "Ning Xuan is with me, I'll tell Grandma when I get back, okay, I'm leaving first!" Qing Jin saw that Qing Yao wanted to say something but didn't have time to investigate, and didn't look at Qing Yao's expression either. She pulled Gu Ning Xuan in the direction of the white figure she had just seen.

  Turning the street, I saw that white figure calmly walking in the crowd, alone and untainted by worldly dust. The people around him unconsciously made way for him, their hands clasped together as they whispered a Buddhist prayer.

  Qing Jin pulled along Gu Ning Xuan and the Mandarin Duck following closely behind, slowly catching up. When they reached a place with sparse human traffic, Qing Jin hastily called out to the figure in front: "Shui Jing Chen—"

  Upon hearing a familiar voice, Shuijing Dust stopped in his tracks, turned around, and saw Qingjin's faint warm smile. "Master Gu, it's been a long time!"

  This person may have been born for Buddha, and simply standing there makes the people who see him feel clear in their hearts and peaceful inside.

  "Is it for this young donor that you've stopped me, Master?" Water Mirror Dust's voice called back Qing Jin from her momentary reverie. As soon as she saw Water Mirror Dust looking at the person she was holding hands with, Gu Ning Xuan, Gu Qing Jin immediately thought of the purpose she had brought Gu Ning Xuan to hurry and stop Water Mirror Dust.

  "This is my younger brother Ning Xuan, who just accidentally bumped into someone on the street. The other person's identity is a bit special, so my brother was quite startled. Do you have any solution?" Qing Jin asked Water Mirror Dust.

  Upon hearing Qing Jin's words, Shui Jing Chen lowered her head in contemplation.

  She only realized the inappropriateness of her current words and actions when she saw Shuijingchen's dust. Her mind unconsciously replayed her words and deeds since she met Shuijingchen, and she suddenly realized that she seemed to have an unreasonable trust in Shuijingchen, always easily letting her guard down against him. This was a strange, inexplicable sense of trust, and also a super dangerous behavior.

  As she thought of this, she began to frown. Why did she have such a feeling? She looked up at Mizukage Tsunade and could only say that this person was too easy to let her guard down around. She felt it was a terrible sense of familiarity, how had she not noticed before? No matter what kind of person Tsunade was, her own sense of familiarity was undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

  Thinking of this, Qingjin raised her head and said to Shuijing Xuan, "Sorry, I was rash. I should have taken him to see a doctor..." She now urgently needs to leave and sort out her emotions.

  When Qing Jin spoke, Shui Jing Chen raised his head to look at her, his eyes as calm and peaceful as ever, yet making Qing Jin feel an inexplicable sense of oppression.

  Feeling this oppression, Qingjin blinked her eyes and looked at Shuiming Chen again. However, there was no oppressive feeling; the Shuiming Chen in front of her was so calm and peaceful, quietly watching her with neither joy nor sorrow.

  "Then I'll take my younger brother..."

  "If Master Gu believes me, I can show you something, young master." Unexpectedly, Shuijingchen interrupted Qingjin's words as she was about to leave.

  Qing Jin heard this and immediately turned to look at Shui Jing Chen, seeing him standing there quietly and peacefully, with a clean and serene appearance. Although he looked as calm and peaceful as ever, Qing Jin somehow felt that Shui Jing Chen's mood was not good at the moment.

  She hesitated for a moment, but the calm and peaceful eyes of Shuijingchen made her forget to come over, and she said lightly: "Is Master Gu's hesitation because he doesn't believe in me?"

  "Of course not." Qing Jin replied subconsciously.

  "That's good." After the words fell, Shuijing Chen came to Gu Qingjin's side, stretched out a hand and gently placed it on the top of Gu Ningxuan's head, who was being held by Qingjin. He closed his eyes and began to recite a mysterious scripture. As soon as the scripture left his mouth, Shuijing Chen's body seemed to emit a holy glow. The glow flowed slowly into Gu Ningxuan's body through Shuijing Chen's hand on his head, making even Gu Qingjin feel a sudden sense of emptiness in her mind and body.

  A moment later, after the scripture was finished, the holy light disappeared, and the dust-collecting water mirror returned to Gu Ningxuan's hand on his head. He chanted a Buddha's name: "Amitabha..."

  Qing Jin's soul returned to its rightful place at the sound of the Buddha's name, and she lowered her head to look at Gu Ning Xuan. At that moment, Gu Ning Xuan's eyes, which had been dull and lifeless, regained their normal luster as he moved his hand away from the water mirror. His eyes were no longer dull, but still somewhat dispirited. Qing Jin was worried about Gu Ning Xuan's mental state.

  Qing Jin raised her head and said to the nearby Shui Jingchen: "Thank you, Master!" Under Shui Jingchen's calm gaze, she swallowed back the word "Master".

  "It's just a trifle!"

  "Are you an immortal?" Gu Ningxuan replied normally, looking at the white-robed and sacred monk in front of him with curiosity.

  When Gu Ningxuan asked this question, Qing Jin was thinking about how to answer.

  "I am Monk Water Mirror Dust, a monk from Banzhao Temple and also a friend of your sister."

  Upon hearing Shui Jingchen's words, Gu Ningxuan only then realized that the person beside him was actually his least favorite cousin, Gu Qingjin. He struggled free from Gu Qingjin's grasp and asked, "Isn't it Fourth Sister who has always been taking care of me? Where is Fourth Sister?" After looking around without seeing any familiar faces, he glared at Gu Qingjin with hostility.