Chapter 712 - Chapter 712: Controlled (2)
Chapter 712: Controlled (2)
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It was not until the previous Valley Master passed away that Ji Luo, who had just reached adulthood, took over the position of Valley Master.
Ji Luo was extremely intelligent. At such a young age, she had already mastered divination and medicine.
However, apart from these, there was also the art of making incense in the Valley of Heavenly Secrets.
Due to the fact that the Elders of the incense-making lineage had long defected with the incense book, the incense-making technique passed down in the valley was only superficial in Ji Luo’s generation. Only then did she decide to personally leave the mountain to retrieve the incense book.
“Young Master, you’re back.”
“Young Master.”
After passing through the alley between the clan houses, the clansmen would greet Ji Yunxi respectfully when they saw her. Ji Yunxi nodded in response.
It was not that they were not curious about the outsiders behind her, but when they thought of the tense atmosphere between the Elders and the high priest these past few days, they did not dare to ask further.
In the Valley of Heavenly Secrets, the Valley Master’s status was above that of a priest. After marriage, the two of them did not live together, and the children they gave birth to took their mother’s surname.
In the intermediate world, the relationship between the two of them was more like that of a master and butler. The high priest’s duty was to convey the Valley Master’s instructions to her clansmen.
However, Ji Yunxi had yet to take over the position of Valley Master, so the high priest was currently in charge of the Valley of Heavenly Secrets.
The priest’s hall was usually only filled with people when there was a major festival or sacrificial ceremony in the clan, so it was very quiet. When they entered, they could see a high wall with the totem of a spider lily carved on it. It was as red as fire and as blood.
After going around the wall, there was a courtyard behind it. There were halls on three sides of the courtyard, and in the middle was a stone tripod. The stone tripod was even taller than an adult man, and there was a ladder beside it.
As soon as she stood in front of the main hall, a deep male voice came from inside. “Come in.”
Ji Yunxi nodded and turned to the man. “Leave her to me. You can go back.”
“Yes.”
When he pushed open the heavy hall door, the strong smell of incense wafted over.
The furnishings in the hall were a little similar to what Shen Yijia had seen in the secret room of the Qilin Mountain. There were two portraits hanging on the wall in front of her. Below them was an offering table and a futon. At this moment, a man in a black robe was sitting on the futon. It was the high priest, Si Yun.
As soon as the two of them stepped in, Si Yun opened his eyes. When he saw Shen Yijia’s slightly dazed face behind Ji Yunxi, his eyes paused.
Ji Yunxi frowned slightly and bowed. “Father.”
Si Yun retracted his gaze and asked indifferently, “Is she the person you mentioned?”
“That’s her.” Ji Yunxi nodded.
The reason why she left Great Xia the last time was to find medicine for the emperor. In fact, she had personally witnessed Shen Yijia changing someone’s fate again. She was suspicious and specially came back to investigate further.
At that time, the fate that Shen Yijia changed was none other than the fate of the eldest daughter of the Yuan family, Yuan Yuwan.
She had met Yuan Yuwan once on the emperor’s birthday. Others might not know, but she could see through her fate with a single glance.
It was too short. One could see the end at a glance.
However, when she saw Yuan Yuwan again at the wedding banquet, the aura of death on her body had already dissipated, leaving only a ball of fog.
In order to verify her guess, she even lowered herself to meet Madam Qiu again. As expected, the outcome was the same.
It was not easy to change one’s fate, but when it came to Shen Yijia, it was as easy as eating and drinking. However, as long as it was related to Shen Yijia, she could not calculate anything. How could she not be wary?
Si Yun asked, “Have you done a divination?”
“I got someone to find Madam Shen’s birth characters and realized that she had no fate with children in this life. Although her life is bumpy, she’s not someone with a short lifespan.”
However, the truth was the opposite. People who shouldn’t have existed still existed, and those who should have been alive lost their lives early on. The root of everything seemed to have started with Madam Shen’s pregnancy.
Thinking of something, Ji Yunxi suddenly sneered. She took out a porcelain bottle and poured the medicine inside onto a handkerchief.
He took a handkerchief and wiped it on Shen Yijia’s forehead. In the blink of an eye, a flower bud of the spider lily appeared on Shen Yijia’s originally smooth and flawless forehead.
It was no different from the totems on the stone wall outside. It was even more lively than the one on Ji Yunxi’s forehead.
Jealousy flashed across Ji Yunxi’s face. She had clearly reached marriageable age last year, but she was still only a young master.
Wasn’t it because firstly, she couldn’t take out the Valley Master’s token, and secondly, she couldn’t revive the spring in the valley?
She wanted something so badly, but this woman avoided it like the plague.. How could she not be disgusted?