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Chapter 47 A Beauty Adds Fragrance to the Scholar's Sleeves
"You said your life has been too miserable, and if you could have such a life, you would take the gamble no matter what it takes, right?"

Cheng Mai watched as Zhou Long's expression changed drastically. He had suffered too much in this life and wanted to gamble for a better life in the next.

Cheng Mai couldn't be said to be wrong; after all, everyone wants to have a better life.

However, his method of risking his life was wrong.

"That old woman killed me, is it unreasonable for me to borrow her son's life? That person never intended to be reincarnated, what's wrong with lending it to me?" Zhou Long questioned sharply. He was so agitated that he couldn't even stand up and fell to the ground.

"As the saying goes, ordinary people see the world only as fame and fortune; ghosts and gods see the world as nothing more than reincarnation. The reincarnation that Kang Zhenglian disdains is all fame and fortune in your eyes. But all things in this world also follow the natural way. What is not yours will never be yours, and you can't take it even if you try to steal it."

Shang Xingjian brewed himself some tea.

"But this principle of nature also has its unnatural aspects. For example, you can't take what doesn't belong to you, but you can lose what is rightfully yours."

Merchant Jian rarely preached to people because, in his view, the world's hustle and bustle was all fleeting.

He has witnessed countless cycles of life and death, and many unpleasant things in life; he has seen many friends pass away, and he has also witnessed the true annihilation of heaven and earth.

Life is like being in the world, yet it feels like we've never truly entered it.

To him, this world is nothing more than this.

Cheng Mai subconsciously looked at Shang Xingjian, his words carrying a great deal of self-deprecation.

Zhou Long fell to his knees, staring blankly at Shang Xingjian.

"So it's just that heaven and earth are unfair from the start," Zhou Long muttered to himself.

"The injustices of heaven and earth are all part of the cycle of reincarnation. If it is a cycle, then how can it be unjust?" Shang Xingjian leaned forward slightly and approached Zhou Long. "Old Taoist priests like to talk to you about the natural order of heaven and earth, and old bald monks like to talk to you about cause and effect and reincarnation. But whether it is the natural order of heaven or cause and effect and reincarnation, rules are just rules. What determines the outcome is oneself."

Zhou Long's gaze shifted from stubbornness to confusion, and then from confusion to uncontrollable weeping, like an infant who had suddenly lost his way.

Cheng Mai had been silently watching him ever since the merchant Jian started speaking.

Rules are rules, but the outcome is determined by oneself.

Because of those words, Cheng Mai felt a tightness in his chest, accompanied by a dull, throbbing pain.

It seems like anyone can say that, but it shouldn't be said by a business firm.

After crying his heart out, Zhou Long seemed to have suddenly realized what was going on and murmured what he knew.

The boy was indeed lured out by him, because he was the last person from Xuantian Temple to be harmed. The kind-hearted young Taoist priest actually came out to see him.

Then he placed the soul-guiding talisman on the boy's body, and after the boy returned, someone activated the soul-guiding talisman.

However, he did not know who activated the soul-guiding talisman.

"Who gave you the Soul-Guiding Talisman?" Cheng Mai pressed.

“I don’t know him. That person was wearing an iron chain. No, he was a ghost,” Zhou Long replied.

"Iron chains? Soul-reaping messengers? They're from the underworld," Shen Luo said.

Shang Xingjian looked like he already knew, "You know the answer, so why aren't you going to find it?"

Shen Luo nodded immediately and then went to the underworld.

Cheng Mai sat down and snatched the last skewer of grilled meat. "This is the last one. How can you eat so much?" Shang Xingjian's hands were empty. He called her stingy and took out some more skewers to grill for himself. "Is this how you treat your benefactor?"

If it weren't for him, this person wouldn't have spoken.

"Who do you think you are, benefactor? Aren't you Xuanhe's boss? Isn't this Xuanhe's job?" Cheng Mai refused to be taken credit by him.

Zhou Long: "..." How about we tell you how to deal with him first?
Otherwise, just looking at it like that, even though you can't smell or taste it, the memory of the barbecue is still there, which is really painful.

"What about him?" Cheng Mai asked, not forgetting Zhou Long.

"Although he didn't do anything good after death, digging out Kang Zhenglian's skull is a meritorious deed. He was law-abiding in life, so he can line up to be reincarnated." Shang Xingjian's words were tantamount to setting Zhou Long's fate, so he wouldn't have to go through the King of Hell.

"The top scholar's skull has been found?" Cheng Mai was clearly intrigued, and his gaze towards Zhou Long was no longer so hostile.

Shang Xingjian was a little annoyed. "What does finding the top scholar's skull have to do with you? What are you so happy about?"

"A scholar who adds fragrance to the red sleeves, and a scholar who has been a scholar for three generations, who wouldn't like him?" Cheng Mai did have a good impression of Kang Zhenglian, but this good impression was more of an admiration. A person who can work hard for the common people in his first life, continue to help the world in his second life, and if he is not implicated by others in his third life, he will still be a world-renowned minister. Such a person deserves respect.

The merchant said something superficial in a cool tone.

Cheng Mai didn't mind; so what if she was superficial?
"Boss, you said before that you were waiting for the person who took over Fengcheng to complete his merits. You were waiting for the top scholar, right? The top scholar has been trapped for many years, but now that he knows that Zhou Long was also responsible for the souls of several teenagers being taken away, he probably won't stand idly by. So he will definitely go to save them."

Shang Xingjian drank tea alone, but did not deny Cheng Mai's deduction.

"You anticipated this day long ago, and you were waiting for it too, weren't you?" Cheng Mai felt that he had guessed correctly. Shang Xingjian was the kind of person who wouldn't say something he wasn't sure of. Since he had calculated that the top scholar would come, he wouldn't let anything go wrong.

"you guess."

Cheng Mai: "..." Guess what my grandpa is.

"We are born of nature, there are no big shots here," said Jian Youyou from the business.

Cheng Mai: "..." Being able to read minds is really amazing. Can't she just stop thinking about it?

"Can the top scholar come?" If the top scholar can come, then she can be completely at ease in Fengcheng. There is no one more suitable to be in charge of this place than the top scholar.

"Ask me? Go ask your top scholar."

Cheng Mai took a deep breath and couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

Zhou Long got the definite result and practically scrambled away. Even after running far away, he could still hear Cheng Mai asking him to download some app. He gave a perfunctory answer, thinking that getting away as quickly as possible was the right thing to do.

Cheng Mai clicked his tongue as he saw him disappear into the distance.

"Do you want to continue waiting?"

"Such a good place, why not wait?" Shang Xingjian said, raising his hand and popping an old skull out of the ground.

Cheng Mai was startled and suddenly stood up, taking a large step back. "Shangxing Jian!"

"A beautiful woman adds fragrance to the scholar's life." Shang Xingjian put the skull aside, reminding Cheng Mai of what he had just said.

Even if she were the top scholar, she wouldn't have planned to spend her time with a skull, would she?
"Besides, you chose this place because you knew Zhou Long would come here, right? Now that he has found the skull, of course he should take it with him. Is there a problem?" Shang Xingjian asked in return.

Cheng Mai took several deep breaths. Was this the problem?