frightfiction Chapter 584 Though the soul is light, the karma is profound.
Chapter 584 Though the soul is light, the karma is profound.
"The wandering soul of the Northern River".
The old man on the awning boat stuck his pipe into his lowest rib and looked Xue Lan up and down with his eerie green eyes.
Awu took a small step back and grabbed Xue Lan's sleeve, her eyes filled with wariness as she looked at the old man.
"fine."
Xue Lan's gentle voice echoed in her mind. A Wu turned her head slightly and saw Xue Lan's glacial blue eyes.
Lord Wolf lowered his head slightly and winked at her:
"Leave the rest to me."
Awu found Xue Lan strange. Although she acted and spoke in a frivolous and unserious manner, every time she spoke or did something, she felt much more at ease.
The girl nodded gently to Xue Lan, then looked at the old man on the awning boat.
The old man looked Xue Lan up and down several times, then pulled his pipe out from his ribs, took a few puffs, and finally spoke in a hoarse voice:
"Pay up and get on the boat."
Awu breathed a sigh of relief. The girl took out a black paper package from her bosom and unfolded it. Xue Lan saw several thin, mica-like coins inside.
The girl took out two pieces and handed them to the old man. Through the warm light emanating from the front of the awning boat, Xue Lan saw that they were carved with two fish swimming head to tail.
"Did you see it?" The inner demon's voice rang in Xue Lan's ears.
"I can see that," Xue Lan replied softly to her inner demon.
"The cycle of Pisces begins, and Lingku City seeks to establish a cycle of reincarnation."
The old ferryman took the two coins from A-Wu and tossed them directly into the lamplight at the bow of the boat. The dim light instantly brightened, illuminating the area of water where the three of them were.
The old man went to the stern and picked up a long pole. A-Wu jumped onto the awning boat first, then reached out her hand to Xue Lan, who was still standing below:
"grown ups!"
Xue Lan grabbed the girl's hand and stepped onto the edge of the boat, then lifted both feet off the ground...
"Wow!"
The boat capsized...
Xue Lan reached out and caught the astonished A-Wu, placing her aside. Then, she looked apologetically at the old man who had just surfaced from beneath the awning boat.
Xue Lan gave an awkward smile:
"Senior... I really didn't mean to."
The old man slowly emerged from the water, calmly turned the awning boat over, and retrieved a lamp from where it had fallen into the water at the bow, hanging it on the bow.
"Your soul is too heavy," the old man said hoarsely.
"Don't step on the edge of the boat when you get on; just get on directly."
Xue Lan nodded obediently: "Okay, senior, okay."
Everything was calm when Xue Lan boarded the boat. The old man switched the bamboo pole in his hand, and the awning boat slowly rowed towards the opposite bank.
But why is rowing this boat so difficult today?
The old man had barely considered this thought when he heard a woman's cheerful voice coming from the bow of the boat:
"Senior, do you feel that your feet are a little wet?"
Upon hearing this, the old man looked down and saw a pool of water beneath his feet, the entire awning boat slowly sinking.
Old man: Is that right?
After failing to cross the river a second time, the old man rowed the awning boat back to shore. When he looked at Xue Lan, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid my boat can't carry you today."
"Who exactly are you, fellow Daoist, that you have overturned my Soul Ferry twice?"
Xue Lan wore a polite yet apologetic smile:
"Senior, I am indeed just a big white wolf with no background."
Lord Wolf knew perfectly well that the weight of her own soul was definitely not enough to sink the Soul Ferry. The weight that the Soul Ferry could not bear was the countless causes and effects that were connected to her.
Her soul was light, weighing less than two ounces compared to the floating clouds of the heavens, but her karma was heavy, comparable to the vast earth.
It was indeed his fault for crushing someone else's ship, Lord Wolf King apologized profusely, then looked at the old man and said:
"Senior, can I still cross this river today?"
The old boatman didn't want to talk to her and silently turned away.
Xue Lan tapped her inner demon: "The service in Lingku City is terrible. You gave up after only two failures?"
"You haven't even met the city lord yet, and you've already crushed his soul-ferry." The inner demon couldn't stop laughing:
"I bet this old man is thinking you might be someone sent to mess with him."
"Nonsense!" Lord Wolf King exclaimed in displeasure.
"I'm just a good young man from the Yuanming Realm who wanted to take a boat ride."
"Alright, alright!" The inner demon was never as good as Xue Lan at sophistry, so he simply followed the Wolf King's lead and continued speaking:
"Young man from the Yuanming Realm, how are you going to get there now?"
Xue Lan drew circles on the riverbank: "I can cross, but isn't it a bit too evil to break the rules on my first visit?"
Inner Demon: "Yes!"
Xue Lan was completely dejected until a bold female voice reached her ears:
"Fellow Daoist, would you like me to help you cross the river?"
Xue Lan suddenly stood up from the riverbank. Not far away, a three-story ship appeared on the river without anyone noticing, and it was brightly lit.
A woman in a gorgeous light green brocade dress was sitting at the bow of the boat, looking at her.
The woman held a green feather fan and waved it slowly, her gentle peach blossom eyes full of smiles.
Awu gently tugged at Xue Lan's sleeve:
"My lord, this is Lord Qiu."
"This is City Lord Qiu Yinzhen?" Xue Lan was slightly surprised, then flicked her sleeves and met City Lord Qiu's gaze openly:
"This junior is a disciple of the Northern Region River Wolf Clan. I thank you for your guidance, senior."
Qiu Yinzhen's ship was moored at the shore. The woman slowly rose from the carved wooden chair and looked down at Xue Lan:
"Fellow Daoist, you wish for my salvation, yet you refuse to tell the truth. How can this be?" The woman's smile concealed a hint of apprehension as she stared intently at Xue Lan.
"The Northern Region's Silver Moon Azure Wolf lineage has no one with such a heavy soul as you, fellow Daoist."
Several maids disembarked from the ship and set up a plank for boarding. Xue Lan gently stepped onto it, her tone light and her voice as clear as a mountain spring:
"Perhaps it existed a thousand years ago?"
"A thousand years ago?" Qiu Yinzhen narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze darkening as she looked at Xue Lan.
"That's right, it was a thousand years ago."
Xue Lan looked up at Qiu Yinzhen, who was looking down at her from the ship, her icy blue eyes filled with coldness:
"Lord Qiu, have you ever heard of Xue Lan?"
The smile on Qiu Yinzhen's bright face vanished in an instant. The woman gave a wink to the maid beside her, then solemnly addressed Xue Lan:
"Fellow Daoist, please come aboard for a chat."
Xue Lan smiled gently, thinking to herself that her name was still quite useful.
The woman turned around, took Ah Wu's hand, and the two of them boarded the exquisite and magnificent ship together.
"Then I, Xue, thank you for the invitation, fellow Daoist!"