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Chapter 316 - 316 315 Tampered With
Chapter 316 - 316 315 Tampered With
?Chapter 316: Chapter 315: Tampered With Chapter 316: Chapter 315: Tampered With Many areas on the mountain had already been mined and planted with medicinal herbs.
Down in the fields, vegetables, fruits, and mixed grains, including rice and glutinous rice, were planted.
A greenhouse was also built on a piece of wasteland, and all the delicate flowers and precious varieties were moved there.
Jiang Xinxin hired nearby farmers for the work, so she was not tired.
Walking through the mountain, a shadow soon came from afar, leaping from tree to tree.
Then it landed on Luo Ning’s shoulder, rubbing her face incessantly.
Luo Ning also rubbed her face against its little face, “Baby, did you miss me?”
She had actually missed the little creature after not seeing it for a month.
“Squeak squeak!” Baby clung to Luo Ning’s neck, calling dependently.
Baby really missed Mommy.
Luo Ning reached out to scratch its chin, “Mommy missed Baby too.”
After a tender embrace between the two, as Luo Ning was about to head down the mountain with her mom, Baby suddenly pointed in a direction and started calling out.
Luo Ning could understand its meaning.
“Are you saying there’s something bad over there?”
Baby nodded and called out a few times, indicating its dislike for something in that direction.
So Luo Ning followed the direction Baby pointed and went there.
She saw a broad creek ahead.
The creek water was very clear, and there were fish swimming in it.
Not far away was an extinguished fire pit, seemingly used for grilling fish.
Luo Ning asked Luo Xi following behind her, “Is this where you guys came to catch fish before?”
Luo Xi nodded, “Yeah, that’s also where we grilled the fish.”
Luo Ning understood then pointed to a dense patch of bushes not far away.
“Baby, is the thing you mentioned over there?” She too noticed something odd.
Baby nodded and yelped: Yes, yes, right over there.
So Luo Ning walked over and parted the bushes.
The grass here was taller and deeper, and beyond the grass was an old tree.
Luo Ning’s gaze fell on a spot behind the big tree that looked like it had been dug up and then covered with soil again.
She took out the Yin Evil Dagger she carried in her backpack and began digging at the spot.
She then dug out a red cloth bag.
Luo Ning frowned, dug out the cloth bag with the dagger, and then cut open the buckle.
Using the dagger, she picked out several pieces of talisman paper.
Jiang Xinxin came over, saw the object, and frowned, “What’s this?”
Luo Ning looked closely and then said, “Unlucky Talisman, Misfortune Talisman, and Pollution Talisman similar to those that affect air quality around.”
Luo Xi’s expression changed, “Previously, Luo Xinxin said she needed to relieve herself and then came near here.”
At that time, as Luo Xinxin was the only girl, it was not appropriate for the three boys to follow her.
But he did not expect that her supposed need to relieve herself was a pretense, and instead, she came here to bury these talismans.
Just hearing the names of these talismans indicated ill intent; someone must bear a deep grudge to do such a thing.
Recalling the caring and smiling demeanor she had from when he met her until she left, Luo Xi could not help but feel a chill run down his spine.
Such a girl was terrifying.
He guiltily pursed his lips and said, “I’m sorry, Mom, Sister, I shouldn’t have brought them to play on the mountain.”
Previously, when those two boys had asked him what he was doing over the weekend, he had mentioned going hiking.
So, they had proposed to tag along, and Luo Xinxin had also expressed her desire to join. He hadn’t thought much about it and had agreed.
After all, it seemed like a normal thing to bring classmates home to play.
Who could have expected something like this to happen?
Seeing her brother full of guilt and self-blame, Luo Ning patted his back gently, “It’s not your fault for bringing them here to play, you couldn’t have anticipated that Luo Xinxin would do such a thing.”
“It seems like this girl wasn’t only targeting you,” she said, looking at the talisman on the ground.
Jiang Xinxin agreed, “To do such a thing, it’s as if she holds a grudge against us.”
“But I didn’t feel any hatred from her towards us.”
“Could someone be deliberately arranging this, like the Gou family’s mother and daughter?”
She couldn’t help but target her enemies.
Luo Ning shook her head, “This doesn’t resemble the handiwork of Gou family’s mother and daughter.”
“Moreover, they have luxurious cars worth millions when they go out, and their clothing and consumption are all top luxury goods. The Gou family has fallen into such disrepair; they couldn’t possibly spend so much money to do such things.”
She squatted down and poked at the talisman with a dagger, examining the symbols drawn on it.
“This thing is a high-level talisman, not something an ordinary Feng Shui Mage could draw.”
“If the Gou family’s mother and daughter knew such a person, they would have already discovered that I had tampered with the Gou family’s ancestral grave.”
Jiang Xinxin thought for a moment, “Then who else could it be? Besides the Gou family and the Feng family, we seem not to have offended anyone else.”
“Right, could it be that Feng Shui Mage from the Liu Family who had run away before?” she asked.
Luo Ning shook her head again, “It’s also not that person’s doing; that person’s skills aren’t enough to draw such a high-level talisman.”
She reassured them, “Don’t worry, I will go and inquire about Luo Xinxin’s background.”
“Since she deliberately approached Xixi and did such a thing, she will eventually reveal her true colors.”
Luo Xi, feeling somewhat downhearted, asked, “Sis, if the baby hadn’t noticed something was wrong here, would Mom and you have been affected by these talismans?”
Luo Ning honestly replied, “In theory, yes.”
“However, Mom and I agreed to set up Shengji Arrays all over this mountain. So even if the baby hadn’t noticed, I would have.”
“These things are just buried in the mountain and need some time to gradually ferment to take effect, so they currently don’t affect us.”
That was the truth.
Only then did Luo Xi breathe a sigh of relief, “That’s good.”
Luo Ning again admonished, “When you go to school, remember not to let on that you know about this.”
That Luo Xinxin didn’t seem like a simple student, so cunning. If the brother revealed any disgust or anything, she might discover it.
Luo Xi nodded, “Don’t worry, I definitely won’t alert her.”
“Let’s go down the mountain first.”
After saying this, Luo Ning picked up the talisman paper poked by the Yin Evil Dagger, wrapped it back in the red cloth, and threw it back into the soil where it was before.
Luo Xi, somewhat worriedly, asked, “Sis, shouldn’t we take this thing away and destroy it?”
Luo Ning replied, “No need, the red cloth has also been tampered with by someone. Once it moves beyond a hundred meters from this tree, it will be detected.”
“I’ve already ruined the effect of this talisman, and it will no longer work, so don’t worry.”
Even if it had not been discovered, the damage and impact on her would not be significant, for she was a cultivator.
But the impact on their mother would gradually increase, though not deadly, she would become increasingly unlucky and plagued with misfortunes.
For instance, the herbs her mother planted on the mountain would inexplicably wither and die.
The crops planted in the field below wouldn’t yield well, and the flowers in the greenhouse would fare no better.
Hearing her say this, Jiang Xinxin and her son finally relaxed.