The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 234: Good People Don’t Live Long

Chapter 234: Good People Don’t Live Long

Fan Shizhong staggered.

The members of the Fan family had naturally lived here for many years, as well as some old servants. It seemed that only the newly acquired servants could escape this disaster.

Second Master Fan was already too frightened to speak.

But at this moment, Xie Beihan asked, "Sixth Sister, if the heads of those corpses were destroyed long ago, wouldn’t the formation be unbreakable?"

"That’s correct," Nanli said.

Hearing this, Fan Shizhong and Second Master Fan couldn’t bear it anymore and passed out.

The servants hurried to support their masters. Some were terrified, while others breathed a sigh of relief and immediately asked Nanli for dispelling charms.

Nanli told them not to rush and helped the people back to the main hall. After a while, they finally woke up, and the people who had gone to find the Feng Shui master’s people had just returned.

The Feng Shui master was famous in Ruyang City, and many wealthy families sought his help in reading Feng Shui and arranging Feng Shui formations. However, when they went today, the Feng Shui master had already disappeared without a trace.

Fan Shizhong almost fainted again upon hearing this news. Within half a day, the man had vanished, indicating that he had received advance notice and silenced the Feng Shui master. The news was indeed well-informed.

Fan Yunxi worried, "Father, you must hold on."

Fan Shizhong nodded slightly and sighed, "Princess, now that the Feng Shui master has disappeared, it will be very difficult to find out who is behind this."

Could it be that the Fan family was doomed?

Second Master Fan also sighed repeatedly, unable to understand why the Fan family, who had always done good deeds, had attracted such a disaster.

Nanli shrugged, saying, "In that case, there’s nothing I can do."

The faces of the Fan family turned pale.

Xie Beihan couldn’t bear it. "Sixth Sister, is there really no way? Saving one life is better than building a seven-tiered pagoda, not to mention that there are hundreds of lives at stake here in the Fan family..."

He glanced at Fan Yunxi out of the corner of his eye. She was probably afraid of infecting others with her bad luck and was standing alone in a corner, avoiding contact with others.

Nanli said, "I’m not a deity. I don’t have a solution every time."

Xie Beihan pursed his lips, no longer asking.

The headless corpse was still in the pit, and Nanli didn’t dare to move it. She instructed the Fan family to find a new place to settle down quickly so they could live a little longer.

But with over a hundred members of the Fan family, where could they go in such a hurry?

Finally, Fan Shizhong decided to stay for one more night. Since the powerful ominous energy had been sealed, their lives couldn’t be taken directly for the time being. They would find a place to relocate tomorrow.

Although Nanli hadn’t solved the problem, she had discovered the headless corpse formation. Fan Shizhong still gave her a thousand taels as revenge.

Nanli accepted and said, "I’ll come back tomorrow to distribute the dispelling charms."

"Thank you, Princess," Fan Shizhong thought to himself. The servants were innocent. Saving one was better than nothing.

He looked at Xie Beihan, feeling frustrated. Not only was his daughter plagued by bad luck, but she would also die an untimely death in another two or three years. How could he force Xie Beihan to take responsibility?

Nanli and Xie Beihan left the Fan family mansion. Nanli immediately dispelled the little bit of ominous energy clinging to the group.

They found an inn to stay in. Nanli was already famished and ordered a few bowls of noodles to fill her stomach.

But Xie Beihan was gloomy and lost his appetite after a few bites.

"What’s wrong with you?" Nanli glanced at him. "The noodles will clump up soon."

Xie Beihan was deeply troubled, his eyes filled with complexity as he looked at Nanli. "Sixth Sister, how come you have such an appetite and finished two bowls of noodles in one go? I’ve heard of the Fan family in Ruyang even in the Capital. They are philanthropic and have accomplished many good deeds. Now they’ve encountered such a disaster, and soon all the members of their clan will perish. It’s truly lamentable that good people don’t live long..."

Nanli took a sip of the noodle soup, her expression unchanged. "It’s indeed lamentable, but I can’t starve myself. You have to understand, even if I were a deity, I couldn’t save everyone, let alone I’m just an ordinary person who knows some Daoist arts."

In the apocalypse, she had seen too much life and death. Her heart wasn’t numb, but she understood that life and death were predetermined.

Xie Beihan hung his head low, still unable to muster up any spirits.

Unable to do anything about him, Nanli said, "Hurry up and eat. We still have things to do tonight."

"What else can I do? I don’t know how to draw talismans," Xie Beihan grumbled.

Nanli said, "Actually, this formation is not impossible to break. I’ve absorbed some resentment from the headless corpses. With this aura, I can find the whereabouts of their heads."

Xie Beihan suddenly raised his head, staring blankly at Nanli. "Sixth Sister, are you serious?"

Nanli nodded.

Xie Beihan couldn’t understand. "Then why didn’t you tell Mr. Fan and the others?"

"There must be someone in the Fan family mansion who is connected to that person, otherwise how could the Feng Shui master have left early?" Nanli said, "I deliberately didn’t say anything to prevent that person from being on guard."

Xie Beihan nodded quickly. "Yes, yes, that makes sense. Sixth Sister, you are indeed cautious!"

Nanli said, "Can you eat a few bites now?"

"But if those heads..." Xie Beihan was still worried.

"Don’t worry, the person who set up the formation most likely wouldn’t destroy the heads," Nanli assured him.

"Why are you so sure?" Xie Beihan asked, puzzled.

"I noticed that when this person set up the formation, he left himself an escape route," Nanli said. "If the formation is broken in three to five years, the ominous energy can be easily removed. This person probably wanted to give the Fan family a chance to survive. If the heads are destroyed, the Fan family will have no chance left. That’s why I’m so sure."

Xie Beihan frowned. "It’s really strange. What is this person’s intention?"

"Whatever his intention, we need to find those heads as soon as possible," Nanli said.

Xie Beihan also thought so. He perked up and ate three bowls of noodles in one breath.

Then they prepared their things and got ready to search for the whereabouts of those heads.

For Nanli, this was already routine. The paper cranes absorbed the resentment stored in the talismans and flew up.

Following the paper crane, Nanli and her group followed closely in the dark night.

However, the paper crane unexpectedly led them back to the Fan family!

"Why are we back?" Xie Beihan was very puzzled. "Did the paper crane make a mistake, or are the heads actually in the Fan family?"

Nanli was also a bit bewildered, but when she looked up at the Fan family mansion, she narrowed her eyes.

In the dim night, there seemed to be a faint blood-red light surrounding and enveloping the surroundings and the sky above the Fan family mansion.

She picked up a stone from the ground and threw it out.

Before the stone could hit the wall, a strong light flashed, and with a bang, the stone bounced back.

Xie Beihan was shocked. "What’s going on?"

The accompanying guards had the same expression.

Nanli said in a deep voice, "Someone has set up a formation at the Fan family mansion. No dead or living beings can enter or leave."

Xie Beihan’s mind turned, and he suddenly realized, "The paper crane led us here... Is this formation set up by that person?! Has he brought the heads with him?!"

Nanli nodded, her eyes gleaming with a faint light.

The formation barrier was somewhat peculiar, something she had rarely seen.

It was really interesting.