Chapter 100: Ghost Valley [3]

Facing the confusion of Yan Yu and Su Han, Lin Xuan acted mysterious and took a silent drag from his cigarette.

"Actually, I am Su Han's godfather," Lin Xuan said.

Su Han looked at Su Wu in disbelief, and saw Su Wu give a silent nod.

"What is going on here?" Yan Yu found it strange. How could his master be connected to Su Han?

"Let me explain," Su Wu said, gathering his thoughts. "Twenty-two years ago, Han'er's mother was nine months pregnant. When the couple went out, they were involved in a car accident. By the time we arrived, Su Han's father had already passed away, but her mother was still clinging to life.

At that time, her mother grabbed my hand tightly and begged me to save the baby. But Han'er had not reached her full term, and even with surgery, the chances of survival were slim. It was then that Mr. Lin appeared.

Perhaps unable to bear the thought of a new life vanishing just like that, Mr. Lin took action himself to ensure Han'er was born safely. However, due to the premature birth, Han'er was born blind. Her mother, unwilling to let her daughter never see the world, chose to donate her own eyes to Han'er. By the time Mr. Lin had finished everything, Han'er's mother had followed her father into the afterlife..."

As she listened to Su Wu's account, Su Han's eyes turned red.

She had always known that her parents died in a car accident and believed her Yin-Yang eyes were natural, but only today did she learn how difficult her birth had been.

Her parents, whom she had never met, were truly great.

"So, my eyes are my mother's..."

Eyes belonging to someone on the verge of death were naturally capable of seeing things from the Yin and Yang realms.

Yan Yu patted Su Han on the shoulder to comfort her. If not for the presence of others, he wouldn't have minded lending his broad shoulder for her to lean on.

Su Wu continued, "Mr. Lin did a great service for our Su family, so we took the liberty of having the young lady recognize him as her godfather. Back then, Mr. Lin left without a word and refused to take a single cent. I never expected that after all these years, he would appear again and save another descendant of the Su family."

Lin Xuan waved his hand. "Actually, I was hiding from enemies back then. After I saved Su Han, I had to flee before I could ask you for money."

"..." Su Wu fell into a momentary silence.

"Counting this time, let’s settle the old and new debts together. Just give me three or five hundred million as a token of your appreciation, and that will do," Lin Xuan said with a grin.

Yan Yu shot Lin Xuan a glare. "Master, didn't you say that if we accept money for doing good deeds, it damages our spiritual merit?"

"I'm so poor I can barely afford a pair of pants; what good is spiritual merit to me?!"

Su Wu gave a bitter smile. "Mr. Lin, we really can't produce three or five hundred million right away. Why don't you stay at the Su Garden for a few days while we gather the funds?"

"You're actually going to pay?" Lin Xuan was taken aback.

Su Wu laughed. In truth, he had other plans. He knew who Yan Yu was, and if he could use this opportunity to bring Yan Yu and Su Han together, the benefits would far outweigh three or five hundred million.

However, Yan Yu stopped him. "Old Mr. Su, let's forget about the money. We can't stay at the Su Garden long; there are many things in Rong City that need to be handled."

"Your business is your business. Why are you dragging me into it?" Lin Xuan shamelessly insisted on staying.

Yan Yu's face darkened as he whispered, "About that time you spied on my Big Mom while she was bathing..."

"Ahem! Practitioners of the Tao should wander the world and not be confined to a trivial place. My apprentice is right; we truly cannot linger at the Su Garden," Lin Xuan immediately said with a solemn expression.

Su Wu was slightly disappointed, but he replied, "Since that is the case, I will not force you to stay. But since you have helped our Su family so much, please accept this gold card."

Butler Mo presented a gold card with both hands, which contained a balance of two million. Lin Xuan accepted it happily.

Yan Yu calculated the time; it was already Sunday, and he had to go on a spring outing with his classmates the next day, so he proposed returning to Rong City.

Lin Xuan didn't object, since he already had the money.

Su Han, however, said, "Yan Yu... I want to stay for a few days to pay respects to my parents. Why don't you go back to Rong City first?"

"No problem. Bring plenty of paper money. If their souls haven't been reincarnated yet, they might still be able to use it."

Though he said this, he knew that after twenty-two years, Su Han's parents were likely long reincarnated.

To see them off, Su Wu prepared a table full of fine dishes at noon. Neither Yan Yu nor Lin Xuan stood on ceremony and enjoyed a wonderful meal.

Since they were leaving, Shangguan Xin decided not to stay at the Su Garden any longer. She exchanged contact information with Yan Yu, agreeing to keep in touch if they ever needed each other.

After lunch, Su Wu sent a driver to take Yan Yu and Lin Xuan back to Rong City.

Once in the car and having said their goodbyes to everyone in Lu City, Yan Yu frowned and said to Lin Xuan beside him, "Master, in the month or so since I left Mount Emei, I've encountered many things."

Having taken Su Wu's money, Lin Xuan hadn't forgotten to swipe a few packs of expensive cigarettes from the Su family. He puffed on one, indifferent, and said, "Isn't it just meeting a few bad guys and killing a few small ghosts? Oh, right, I heard you’re living with a female ghost named Zhao Qingqing? Not bad, kid! A romance between a human and a ghost, eh?"

"..." Yan Yu knew he couldn't get a serious response from this guy, but at least he understood that his master hadn't completely abandoned him.

Yan Yu recounted his journey, from arriving at Zhou Xiaowan's house to the hanged ghost Zhao Qingqing, his first fight with Liu Sen, and finally Yang Yongsheng and the internet addiction treatment center. Lin Xuan listened with great interest.

"At Yang Yongsheng's and Liu Sen's places, I saw the goat-head symbol. I suspect they might both belong to a sect called the Ghost Valley Sect. Have you heard of it, Master?"

Yan Yu hadn't managed to capture Liu Sen this time, but Liu Sen was in bad shape. If they met again, Yan Yu was confident he could catch him himself.

"The Ghost Valley Sect... those bastards are old acquaintances of ours," Lin Xuan said slowly. "Xiao Yu, do you remember when you were six years old and we caught those zombies at the foot of Mount Emei?"

"I remember. There was a famine in the village, and after a few people died, they turned into zombies and even ate an old man."

"Those zombies were created by the Ghost Valley Sect. This sect has a mysterious organization, its members are scattered across the world, and they have committed almost every despicable act imaginable."

Yan Yu asked, puzzled, "If the Ghost Valley Sect is so evil, why hasn't anyone stood up to stop them?"

"People do stop them. Every righteous person who encounters the Ghost Valley Sect kills them without hesitation. Didn't we stop their zombies back then? And didn't you stop Liu Sen and Yang Yongsheng?" Lin Xuan said. "But the Ghost Valley Sect is like a wildfire; it simply cannot be extinguished. Every time the spring breeze blows, they somehow emerge again."