Chapter 92: Chapter 92: Ling Yu’s Tragic Life

The little one’s answer was straightforward. "I don’t want to!"

Mo Chen’s expression stiffened slightly, and soon, his face turned into one of helplessness. Even without turning back, he could already guess that Physician Bai was trying to hold back his laughter.

They had been friends for quite some years, and knew each other quite well. Despite his young appearance, Mo Chen was actually in his thirties.

It was also the first time someone had rejected his offer to be his disciple...

However, considering Xiao Qingya’s age, it was normal. Even though she was clinging to him didn’t mean that she liked him enough to accept his offer.

Nevertheless, she was quite clever, unlike the usual children her age.

"I am sorry, Mr. Mo, Little Ya is still too young." Zhou Anran immediately apologized on her daughter’s behalf.

Mo Chen’s expression returned to normal. He didn’t take offense and continued to explain. "Judging from your daughter’s reaction, she couldn’t see ghosts before, right?"

Otherwise, Xiao Qingya would show signs of it since she was still a baby and Zhou Anran wouldn’t ask him such a question.

Zhou Anran nodded. "Little Ya never showed such ability before."

"She should have just awakened her ability, opening her sixth after the ghost following your son triggered it," Mo Chen explained his guess.

Xiao Qingya nodded vigorously, thanking the heavens that someone had already made an explanation for her.

Mo Chen glanced at her, thinking it was quite strange that the little one wasn’t afraid of the ghost’s grotesque appearance. However, considering she was still a baby, she probably didn’t think it was unusual or was simply too brave.

"Even if you don’t want to be my disciple, I can still teach you some things." Mo Chen told Xiao Qingya, although he was actually saying these words for Zhou Anran to hear.

Zhou Anran didn’t immediately agree. Mo Chen was still a stranger, and she still needed to confirm some things about him first to make sure that she wasn’t putting Xiao Qingya in danger.

At this moment, their conversation was suddenly interrupted by a clear female voice that only Mo Chen and Xiao Qingya could hear.

[Little Master, what happened to me...? I didn’t hurt anyone, right?] Ling Yu asked nervously. She has regained her senses.

Xiao Qingya shook her head, and Ling Yu heaved a sigh of relief. However, once Ling Yu’s eyes landed on Mo Chen, she exclaimed. [Stinky taoist... or are you another scammer?]

She waved her hands in front of Mo Chen, but the latter threw a talisman on her, making her hiss in pain.

Ling Yu concluded, [You can also see me!]

[Ling Yu, tell him about your brother.] Xiao Qingya urged her.

Ling Yu was surprised. She didn’t like taoists, but since Xiao Qingya had spoken, she was willing to cooperate.

Mo Chen began to interrogate her. Knowing that he should be able to help her, she didn’t hide anything from him.

She started to tell him the reason Xiao Jingran fell unconscious, the cause of her death, and even her wish for her brother to recover.

Once he was done listening, Mo Chen nodded. "So, you died because of a murder and your body was thrown into a river."

"Because you died such a gruesome death, you feel resentment toward the people who killed you, causing you to become an earthbound spirit. You can’t leave the place where you have died," Mo Chen said.

Ling Yu was taken aback. This one seems to be a genuine taoist master. She became a little nervous.

"By chance, Xiao Jingran passed by. His profession as a physician triggered the memory about your brother, so you instinctively followed him to ask him to help you."

"You can finally leave the place you are bound to, yet you find yourself bound to Xiao Jingran instead." Mo Chen paused. "As a normal human, Xiao Jingran can’t handle your strong resentful aura. Hence, he fell unconscious."

"You want to cure your little brother’s broken leg, right?" As Mo Chen confirmed it, and after seeing Ling Yu nodded, he turned to Physician Bai.

The old physician instantly understood. "Where is your brother? I will check on him."

Considering that Xiao Jingran had been unconscious for so long, the female ghost’s little brother also must have had his leg broken a long time ago.

It might be tricky to heal him, so he didn’t promise anything yet. Still, he would try his best to solve it, otherwise, how about his disciple’s fate?

"Give us your brother’s address." Mo Chen told Ling Yu.

She knew that Physician Bai was Xiao Jingran’s master, someone with much more experience. Having been with them for so long, she knew of Physician Bai’s generous heart and trusted him. Hence, she gave the address to them.

The location wasn’t actually that far from their current place.

Physician Bai set off with Mo Chen since only the latter was able to bring Ling Yu’s spirit with him inside his wooden peach sword.

As it turned out that Ling Yu was working far away when she was murdered. She was willing to do any jobs to gather money to heal her little brother’s leg. Alas, when she was away from home, she lost her life.

The culprit was her own uncle who once promised that he and his wife would take care of her younger brother, Ling Bo, while she was away. Before her death, this insidious uncle also admitted that he was the one who killed her husband.

Ling Yu couldn’t accept the confession from her uncle. Her hatred turned into resentment, nearly turning her into a resentful ghost.

Fortunately, she was a kind-hearted person when she was alive. Hence, she was able to retain most of her sanity and didn’t immediately turn into a resentful ghost.

While they were waiting for the two to return, the Xiao family now understood why Physician Bai had chosen such a dilapidated place to stay. The inn was mostly empty, so it was easy to do their own thing without many people around.

It didn’t take long for Physician Bai and Mo Chen before they came back. They were also bringing a shocking news with them...