With the creaking sound of the carriage, Bai Lingmiao's carriage slowly arrived at the entrance of Niu Xin Village. Seeing her return, the other senior brothers and sisters came out to greet her.
However, their attention was quickly drawn to Bai Lingmiao's adopted sons and daughters.
"Hey, this is great! I've said before that no matter how many cows we buy, we can't cultivate all the land within four weeks. Now, we have people to work on the land." Dog Wa, who was supporting his pregnant wife, pretended to be knowledgeable and talked confidently.
"Hey! Isn't that Xiucai? What happened to him?"
Before he could finish speaking, a huge force hit him from behind, causing him to stumble. As soon as he regained his balance, he saw Lv Juren rolling up his sleeves and rushing towards Lv Xiucai with an angry expression on his face.
When Lv Zhuangyuan rushed over and slapped Lv Xiucai's face twice with his right hand, Dog Wa couldn't contain his excitement. "Hey! This is going to be fun!"
Then Lv Xiucai was tied to a tree at the entrance of the village by his older brother, and Lv Zhuangyuan started beating him with a smoking stick. The father and son started arguing with each other.
"How dare you steal money! How dare you run away with the money! Well, well, our Lv family has been innocent for generations, but now we have a traitor like you! I'll kill you, you little bastard!"
"I'm the little bastard! You're the old bastard! Let me go if you dare! I'll kill you!"
"Who do you think you are! Say it again! Who do you think you are!" Lv Zhuangyuan swung the smoking stick up and down, hitting Lv Xiucai's mouth hard.
Watching the father and son roaring at each other at the entrance of the village, Bai Lingmiao felt a bit bored. She stuck her head out, looked around, and said to the tall Gao Zhijian, "Zhijian, can you bring some paper and pens? We need to hire some laborers in the village."
Gao Zhijian shifted his gaze from Chun Xiaoman and nodded as he looked at the men and women behind the carriage. "Okay."
Soon, the deserted Bai family ancestral hall became lively. These people lined up and pressed their red handprints on their own labor contracts, even though none of them could read.
"Lingmiao, what are you doing?" Chun Xiaoman looked at Gao Zhijian, who was writing quickly, and asked in confusion.
"We're signing contracts. My grandfather used to hire laborers this way. These people are just the beginning, more will come later. Since there are already people, we might as well start off properly." Bai Lingmiao tried to recall how her grandfather used to manage the village.
"Are you going to hire more people?"
"Of course, Niu Xin Village is quite big. We need to fill it up at least. It's not enough, especially when we need to eliminate those with poor comprehension." To revitalize Niu Xin Village, this small number of people was not enough, let alone those with low comprehension.
After everyone pressed their handprints, Bai Lingmiao looked at them and said, "Since you all call me godmother, we are now a family. You've had a hard journey, tonight we'll slaughter a pig and have a good meal."
As soon as they heard that there would be pork to eat, these people forgot about their uneasiness in a foreign land and instinctively swallowed their saliva. Some of them had never eaten meat in their lives, but they had heard that pork was delicious.
That night, Yang Xiaohai worked hard. The black-skinned pig weighing over a hundred catties was turned into various dishes, leaving only bones and fur.
Afterwards, these people were assigned to the empty houses in the village, and the once desolate village began to come alive.
At night, in the secret room of the Bai family ancestral hall, Bai Lingmiao held a lantern and gently brushed over the White Lotus Sect's cultivation techniques, her eyes filled with longing. "Do you think there's a solution to our immortal troubles among all these treasures?"
Twin Soul, who was covered by a red veil behind her, followed silently like a ghost. She thought for a moment, and a familiar face appeared in her mind. "Senior Brother Li said we could find balance with the Great Sui."
"He did say that, but he said it so casually. How are we supposed to find him with just a name?" Tears of longing, big and small, wet Twin Soul's red veil, and a strong sense of yearning surged in her heart. "I miss him."
Hearing this, Bai Lingmiao's expression twisted slightly. "Always thinking about him! Can't you live without him?"
"Look at you, crying like this. It's just like when you tried to commit suicide in the ancestral hall. It's so annoying!"
Twin Soul choked up and took out a white jade pendant from her pocket. It was a gift from Li Huowang. She had originally planned to sell it for some money, but now that she had returned home, she hadn't spent it yet.
While walking, Bai Lingmiao said, "Haven't you noticed that we can't intervene in the things around him now? If you want to avenge our parents and kill the enemy who killed our father, you can go to him and be a burden to him."
Upon hearing this, Bai Lingmiao suddenly felt no movement behind her. Then, a faint cry came from the dim corner.
Hearing the sound, Bai Lingmiao rolled her eyes and continued to patrol the secret room.
After looking at the inheritance left by the Bai family for a while, Bai Lingmiao couldn't resist her temptation and randomly picked up a book and opened a page.
She struggled to read, but the content on it was still too complicated for her at the moment.
While she was frowning and pondering, a faint light flashed from the huge white lotus flower on the cabinet, catching her attention.
Bai Lingmiao curiously approached and carefully examined it, but she couldn't figure it out.
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Bai Lingmiao had no idea why this thing was placed here, but since it could be hidden in such a concealed place, this white lotus flower must be valuable.However, based on her speculation, she believed it had something to do with the so-called Mother of No Birth. According to the previous translation, all the divine powers of the White Lotus Sect were bestowed by this Mother of No Birth.
"Why is it flashing? Is this a sign of something?"
Suddenly, a hand landed on Bai Lingmiao's shoulder. She turned around to see Twin Soul looking up at the mural on the wall.
When Bai Lingmiao also looked up, her pink pupils slightly widened. She saw the white lotus petals, which were previously held up by six white donkeys, beginning to overlap. Due to the high density of the petals, it no longer looked like a white lotus, but rather like a hollow onion.
Suddenly, a strange chanting sound came from the left, enveloping everything.
"Great Thousand Nectar World, Green Hua Chang Le Gate, East Pole Miao Yan Palace within the circle of ten thousand truths, Nine-colored Lotus Seat, Jade Pure Spirit Treasure in the midst of billions of auspicious lights, Catastrophe shows mercy, Seven Treasures Fragrant Qilin Forest, Xuan Yuan begins with transformation."
The chanting sound was a mix of male and female, old and young voices. They overlapped continuously, turning into a peculiarly strange sound.
This Sanskrit sound filled Bai Lingmiao's ears, making her body tremble continuously. She even felt that the evil spirit in her heart was about to be dispersed.
"Not only the evil spirit, but also my Ten Emotions and Eight Sufferings!" Various emotions appeared on Bai Lingmiao's face as she struggled desperately.
Almost instinctively, Bai Lingmiao reached out to the white jade lotus. As the fluctuating light enveloped her whole body, she finally felt a bit better.
Fortunately, this feeling came quickly and left just as fast. It didn't last long. When the still shaken Bai Lingmiao looked up at the mural again, she found that the lotus mural, which was previously dragged by six white donkeys on the wall, had now turned into a lotus with two stems.
(End of Chapter)
