The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot
Chapter 305 - Chapter 305 Chapter 305 Reminder

Chapter 305: Chapter 305: Reminder Chapter 305: Chapter 305: Reminder “Don’t go.”

Seeing Zhong Niangyao about to leave and the Five Ghosts lurking on the side, Zhu Yu also became anxious. Ignoring the pain in his body, he hurriedly got up and went towards Zhong Niangyao’s direction, blocking the way for the three, “Master, I am willing, I promise to donate all of our family wealth.”

Seeing that Zhong Niangyao was not joking but truly did not intend to intervene anymore, the other Zhu Family members also grew fearful and dared not say anything more.

Looking at Zhu Yu who stood before her, Zhong Niangyao’s eyes remained unrippled, “I won’t force you, it’s your decision. I appeared here today, not because of the Zhu Family, but because I felt the Five Ghosts had been harmed enough by the Zhu Family. I didn’t want them to be involved in taking lives, lest they completely block their path to reincarnation.”

“However, I am an outsider after all. I can only offer you a piece of advice, the final decision is yours.”

“I will definitely donate all the family wealth,” Zhu Yu immediately knelt down and said, “Please, Master, save our Zhu Family.”

Zhong Niangyao nodded, “Alright, then make your oath now!”

Left with no choice, Zhu Yu raised three fingers and took the oath, “I, Zhu Yu, today swear an oath to heaven that I will donate all of the Zhu Family’s wealth for charity. If I break this oath, may all the Zhu Family members not die a peaceful death.”

“Stand up.”

After allowing Zhu Yu to get up, Zhong Niangyao turned her gaze back to the Five Ghosts, “Now that an agreement has been reached between both parties, you must not harm the Zhu Family members any longer.”

“As long as he keeps his promise, we naturally will no longer harm the people of the Zhu Family,” the Wealth Ghost spoke on behalf of the Five Ghosts. “But when exactly will the Zhu Family fulfill their promise? We can’t keep waiting like this! What if he takes this chance to summon the Heavenly Master to capture us again?”

“Let’s give it a three-day limit.”

Zhong Niangyao glanced at Zhu Yu, then looked towards the Five Ghosts, “In three days, I will come here personally to perform a ritual to sever all ties between you five and the Zhu Family. At that time, I’ll also take you to reincarnate.”

“Three days?” Zhu Yu couldn’t help but interject, “Three days is really too urgent, I’m afraid many things won’t be handled in time, I–”

“You are merely donating all the family wealth, not handling it,” Zhong Niangyao said indifferently, “Three days is absolutely enough. If it can’t be done in three days, then it can only mean you are being insincere.”

Suddenly, Zhu Yu was at a loss for words and could not refute.

Soon, Zhong Niangyao, as the intermediary, laid out the solution for the Zhu Family and the Five Ghosts. In these three days, the Zhu Family must properly deal with their family wealth. In the meantime, the Five Ghosts were not to harm any member of the Zhu Family during the agreed period.

After temporarily resolving the matter, Lu Yichen and Zhong Niangyao slowly left the Zhu Family.

“Masters, wait for me.”

Master Sanqing quickly caught up, and after giving a respectful bow to Lu Yichen and Zhong Niangyao, he expressed his gratitude, “Thank you both for saving our lives. If it weren’t for the two masters today, I would have likely perished here.”

“It’s just a small matter,” Zhong Niangyao shook her head and then said, “But, I have to warn you, even if you want to help others, you should clarify the situation first. Sometimes, people aren’t necessarily on the side of righteousness.”

She could see that Master Sanqing had some wisdom in cultivation and was rather upright, which is why she took the opportunity to advise him.

Oftentimes, kindness should be used on the deserving. Some are full of evil deeds and double-dealings, not worthy of sympathy at all.

“I understand,” Master Sanqing nodded repeatedly, his face filled with gratitude, “After today’s events, I’ve truly learned a lot. If I encounter such a situation again, I will definitely think thrice before acting, in order to avoid such incidents from happening again.”

Zhong Niangyao continued, “Your heart is good, and helping people is not a problem. However, you must know that if the people you are helping are not good, then you should really think about whether your assistance is actually an act of abetting the tyrant.”

After hearing what Zhong Niangyao had to say, Master Sanqing’s countenance turned solemn. He couldn’t help but ponder whether he had at some point, knowingly or not, assisted others in wrongdoing.

“The past cannot be chased, but the future still holds promise,” Zhong Niangyao spoke, “What’s done is done, there’s no use dwelling on the past. The future is what matters most.”

Master Sanqing nodded, bowed once more to Lu Yichen and Zhong Niangyao, then his gaze fell on Zhong Niangyao, “Thank you for your guidance today. The Xuanqing Temple where I reside is located at Luoxia Mountain in the suburb of Beijing. If the masters are free, you’re welcome to visit. When the time comes, I will surely welcome you.”

After separating from Master Sanqing and seeing that it was getting late, Lu Yichen and Zhong Niangyao went to have dinner together.

Lu Yichen poured Zhong Niangyao a cup of tea and then asked, “Three days later, you have to go to the Zhu Family again, right?”

“Yes,” Zhong Niangyao nodded, “Since I’ve already agreed, I can’t go back on my word now. And to be honest, those Five Ghosts are quite pitiable.”

Originally, her visit to the Zhu Family was solely to prevent the Five Ghosts from committing more evil deeds. However, after seeing them, she realized that the Five Ghosts couldn’t reincarnate, some due to being wronged too deeply in death, others holding too strong of attachments postmortem. Various reasons, but none involved harming others.

They were willing to devote themselves to transferring wealth for the Zhu Family in the hopes of reentering the Reincarnation Path. But in the end, it was the Zhu Family’s descendants’ wrongdoings that they had to bear. In truth, they were innocent.

That’s why she proposed such a solution.

Lu Yichen nodded, then continued, “That Zhu Yu is likely not as forthcoming as he promised face-to-face; he probably will keep something to himself.”

“That is none of my concern,” Zhong Niangyao shook her head, “The Zhu Family has done good deeds in the past, and any resulting good fortune they accumulated was on the Five Ghosts’ behalf. But as the Zhu Family’s descendants started to commit evil, these merits were also negated. Once all these sins are returned to the Zhu Family’s descendants, the innocent will regain their good fortune, and with the additional merit from the Zhu Family donating their wealth this time, it is enough to open the path to reincarnation for the Five Ghosts. Even if Zhu Yu really does hold something back, this will still be sufficient.”