Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 443 - 442: The Secret Technique of Preserving Youth

Chapter 443: Chapter 442: The Secret Technique of Preserving Youth

"Aunt Sang Lin, are you certain you haven’t mistaken someone else? This lady, oh, this granny, is indeed Little Li’s grandmother, her real one? Not just a sworn relation?" Lin Tian shook his head in disbelief, asking once more.

In Huaxia, people tend to believe in destinies determined by the Five Elements. If someone is born without a complete set of the Innate Five Elements or has a poor destiny, they must seek to complement it afterwards. Otherwise, their future path in life will encounter many obstacles.

There are many methods to supplement the Five Elements or destiny after birth; naming is one of them. Or establishing a kinship bond, where the eight characters of one’s birth complement each other, can fulfill what’s lacking. That’s why Lin Tian assumed that the Miss Xiao Li had taken his master as a sworn grandmother.

Sang Lin chuckled and shook her head, saying, "Granny here is certainly Miss Li Yue’s biological grandmother. Her name is Li Qingyun, and Li Yue is indeed surnamed after her grandmother. Thanks to Granny Li’s secret Youthful Appearance Technique, even though she’s older than Xue Lang, she appears younger than all of us."

The Youthful Appearance Technique made the Miss’s eyes sparkle, a look of envy flitting across them. No woman could resist a technique that preserved youthful beauty.

The more beautiful a woman is, the more she fears the ravages of time. Heaven bestows them peerless beauty only for them to watch helplessly as their faces age day by day, wrinkles increasing—a tremendous blow to them.

While the Miss was an Ancient Martial Artist, it was still an open question whether she could maintain the peak of her beauty into her seventies or eighties. Therefore, she was quite envious of Li Qingyun right before her eyes.

However, no Youthful Appearance Technique could compare to a zombie. Zombies’ appearances remain eternally unaged. That young female zombie had slept for thousands of years and still retained the appearance of a young girl.

"Eternal youth is a blessing from the Gu God," Li Qingyun stated.

Her eyes were as calm as an ancient well, and her voice, though not young, did not sound aged. It was a strange sensation. She showed no sign of her true age, whether in voice, stature, skin, or appearance.

The blessing of the Gu God, Lin Tian pondered after hearing her words, must mean that Li Qingyun used some sort of Gu technique to maintain her youthful looks. That was the only explanation that made sense.

"Granny, why bother being polite with this person? You should hurry up and chase him away. Otherwise, the Gu God will be displeased," Li Yue, the little girl, indignantly said when she saw her granny not getting angry while she herself became even more so.

Damn, this little girl, constantly mentioning the Gu God, must be fanatical. I’m a zombie god myself, Lin Tian could not comprehend her faith.

He looked at Li Yue, smiled, and said, "Miss Li Yue, you say the god will be displeased, but I don’t believe that. Gods are exalted and compassionate. A righteous god would not get upset over his subjects saying something wrong, nor would he punish them for it, because a god’s heart is magnanimous, and his mercy is boundless."

"If a mere word could upset a god and warrant punishment for his people, then he is not a righteous god, but an Evil God. Miss Li Yue, wouldn’t you agree with what I’ve said?" Lin Tian said with a light smile.

"You..." Li Yue found herself at a loss for words and unable to come up with a rebuttal, her cheeks flushing with frustration.

Lin Tian had laid a verbal trap. If Li Yue insisted on what she said, it implied that the Gu God was an Evil God. If she admitted Lin Tian was right, then her earlier mention of punishment would have no basis.

In truth, she was led astray by Lin Tian’s suggestion that a righteous god is always compassionate and broad-minded. But is that really the case? Of course not. Legends speak of the Buddha’s wrath, and as a Gu God who is not as revered as the Buddha would have emotions and desires.

But kind-hearted Li Yue subconsciously viewed the Gu God as perfect, which was why Lin Tian left her speechless. It wasn’t that her faith wasn’t strong enough, but rather that it was too strong.

"Granny, this man is spouting nonsense. The Gu God will not be pleased, so let’s drive him out," Li Yue said petulantly.

After Lin Tian looked at her chest, she concluded one thing: Lin Tian was a pervert, and such a person was greatly disliked by the Gu God.

If Lin Tian knew what she was thinking, he would definitely think the Gu God was the real pervert. Otherwise, why would the granddaughter and grandmother need to wear such sexy gauze dresses?

"Miss Yueyue, we who are in business must open our doors to all directions to welcome guests from everywhere. Since Mr. Lin has come, he is a guest. Besides, Mr. Lin is not a Gu Cultivator and does not worship the Gu God; he doesn’t need to follow our customs," Li Qingyun said very sensibly.

This statement made Lin Tian look at her in a new light; he had previously thought the Gu Cultivator here was some old woman with peculiar habits, but it turned out to be such an understanding woman.

However, Li Qingyun’s words also clarified that regardless of who brought you here, we are doing business, you are guests, and one must pay a certain price when asking for something.

"Miss Yueyue, what do you say? Maybe the Gu God will like me as a guest," Lin Tian glanced at Li Yue with a smile.

He implied in response to Li Qingyun’s words that as long as the reward he offered was substantial, even the Gu God could be pleased. After all, even Buddha requires gold to look grand, let alone a Gu God—who doesn’t love money?

Apart from Li Yue, who did not understand the conversation between him and Li Qingyun, the rest of the group were all sharp-minded and caught the undertones of the conversation.

The young lady couldn’t help but give Lin Tian an amused look, thinking what a rascal he was for refusing to be at a disadvantage even when facing a Gu Cultivator.

Li Qingyun simply nodded without saying much, turned to the offering table to grab a handful of incense sticks, and without using a lighter, just waived her wide sleeve, and miraculously the incense lit.

The young lady narrowed her eyes, then looked puzzled, clearly unable to figure out how Li Qingyun had lit the incense and involuntarily looked towards Lin Tian.

Lin Tian had not used his X-ray vision just now, and indeed could not see her incense-lighting technique, but it was very likely that she used Gu techniques. He had seen the Heavenly Master Girl’s talismans ignite without fire last time at Fanyin Temple on East Snake Mountain in Zhonghai City.

The Daoist arts, witchcraft, and Gu techniques of Huaxia all have some things in common.

Lin Tian took the three sticks of incense she offered and carelessly stuck them into the incense burner, showing no sign of respect; a mere stone statue did not deserve his reverence!

After Sang Lin offered incense, she knelt before the offering table and bowed three times to the stone statue with sincere piety, after all, she was once a Gu Cultivator. Xiao Manxue and Professor Xue did not kneel but merely bent over and nodded their heads as a sign of respect.

One was a scientist and the other an Ancient Martial Artist; they wouldn’t have paid their respects to a stone statue if it wasn’t for their respect for Li Qingyun.

But Lin Tian neither nodded nor bowed, nor did he kneel. He just stood upright, chest out, eyes looking straight ahead.

"Why do you disregard the Gu God and not perform the kneeling and bowing rituals to the Gu God!" Li Yue stared at Lin Tian angrily and shouted.

For crying out loud, this little girl is determined to confront me today. Professor Xue didn’t kneel either, so why isn’t she calling him out?

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