My Demon Husband Is a Snake-Chapter 977: Nebulae on the Azure Sparrow Platform
"No, no, you misunderstood me. I just slipped." I awkwardly turned back to explain, quickly fleeing.
Although Qing Li’s attitude is still very poor, at least she called my name instead of cursing me as a low-life...
I’m the type of person who is quite content, feeling that compared to before, this is already a huge improvement and progress!
At the stairway corner, Lin Huan was waiting there with Dumpling in his arms, "Wanwan, come with me."
"Yes, Grandpa, what do you want with me?" I followed Lin Huan down the stairs.
Lin Huan led me only one floor down, and then through an old wooden door, into the floor beneath the attic, "You’ll know once you follow me."
I had never been to this floor, only passed by a few times before. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Following Grandpa inside, I was instantly stunned.
The sight was filled with countless solemn and majestic Buddha statues standing in their shrines.
The air seemed to be permeated with a solemn aura.
Even though the Lin family is clearly a sect of the Taoist Sect, how come there is a whole floor dedicated to so many Buddha statues?
Following Grandpa further in, I saw bookshelves several meters high.
The shelves were filled with all sorts of booklets, the characters on the booklets ancient and complex.
From some of the identifiable traditional Chinese characters, it was clear that these were all scriptures.
Lotus Sutra, Shurangama Sutra, Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment...
My steps became increasingly cautious, to avoid desecrating this sacred place.
Lin Huan stopped in front of a window, turned around, and without warning, tossed a white Jade Hairpin to me.
I hurriedly raised my hand to catch it, slowing my reaction by half a beat.
If I had been any slower, the Jade Hairpin would have fallen to the ground and shattered, "Grandpa, what do you want with a Jade Hairpin?"
"Originally, it was only the Patriarchs of the Lin family who could know the secret of the attic." I saw Lin Huan’s face was solemn as he spoke to me, "But since Qing Li is Longting’s mother, there are things that no longer need to be concealed."
"So this Hairpin belongs to Qing Li?" I saw Lin Huan nod, carefully observing the carvings on the Hairpin, and asked, "Grandpa, what is the design on this Hairpin? It’s so strange, not like an animal or a plant."
Lin Huan replied, "It’s an ancient abstraction. It’s hard to recognize using modern thinking; it seems like a star cluster from somewhere."
"Yes, yes, isn’t this the stars and drifting clouds on the Azure Sparrow Platform?" I studied it for a while, recalling the night with Yu Longting, watching the stars on the Azure Sparrow Platform.
That night the drifting clouds were boundless, the Milky Way splendid, an expanse and magnificence lacking in other places’ night skies.
Isn’t this precisely the scene depicted on the Hairpin?
Lin Huan didn’t know where the Azure Sparrow Platform was, so I explained it to him.
After knowing that the Azure Sparrow Platform was located on a high peak within the Snake Sect’s domain, he nodded understandingly, "Since Qing Li is the Snake Lord’s mother, it’s not surprising her belongings would be closely tied to the Snake Sect.
Our Lin family has a legacy spanning a millennium, and every few generations, the Patriarch would use this Jade Hairpin to find the reincarnation of the Hairpin’s owner. She is always named Qing Li in each reincarnation, and she possesses memories of her past lives, so it’s easy to find her."
"Then who gave you this Jade Hairpin, and why do you obey their instructions?" I already have half the answer in my mind but just wanted to confirm it with Lin Huan.
Lin Huan’s breath settled, sensing Dumpling’s unease.
Lowering his head, he affectionately nuzzled Dumpling, comforting the little one, "The Lin family has never known who has demanded this task from generation to generation, only knowing that if we don’t do it, the Lin family would face destruction."
"Is it truly that severe? So many years have passed, and that person might not even exist anymore. Haven’t any of the Lin family’s Patriarchs ever resisted?" I’m not hoping for the Lin family’s Patriarch to resist and stop finding and caring for Qing Li’s reincarnation.
It’s just that it’s human nature to have a spirit of resistance, otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense.
Especially a sect as proud as the Lin family, could they allow themselves to be puppets, doing such disgraceful tasks that the Mysterious Gate Noble Family would scoff at?
"Our Lin family’s Blood-weeping Syndrome, do you know where it comes from?" Lin Huan took a long breath, his body weakly leaning against the door frame, "Wanwan, the direct descendants of the Lin family have had a disease planted in them by that person, which not only can cause the Blood-weeping Syndrome at any time but also..."
"What else?" I pursued the question.
Lin Huan glanced at me, "Once pregnant with twins, only one can survive."
"What..." I was shocked, Dragon Dad actually did such cruel things to the people of the Lin family.
This kind of thing, when looked at deeply, is quite a curse.
Lin Huan gently stroked Dumpling’s fluffy hair, his eyes both complicated and cautious, "Under such great pressure, most past Patriarchs chose to quietly accept, the only one who resisted, brought disaster upon us; that person served as the Sect Master during the Republic of China era..."
