The true heiress felt a pang of heartache, and the crazed villains panicked.

Chapter 193 This is my territory, I've got your back.

It wasn't until the off-road vehicle crawled slowly through the crowded town and arrived at the foot of a mountain called Lingjue Mountain that Lin Sui, whose eyes were lifeless, finally accepted reality.

—This little-known town seems to have become famous because of her.

Especially at noon, which is the hottest time of day.

People continued to climb the mountain in droves.

Looking into the distance, one can see that the foot of the mountain is filled with all kinds of private cars, stretching as far as the eye can see.

"I suddenly have a bad feeling," Lin Sui murmured.

She turned to Li Ye and instructed him, "Don't stop, keep driving forward, we'll take another route."

There are two routes for Lin Sui to descend the mountain.

One road leads to the town, and the other to the village.

The road narrowed as we went further, and there were fewer people.

Li Ye parked the car by the roadside at the village entrance, put the baby carrier on his back, then squatted down and patted Lin Sui on the shoulder to signal her to come up.

As Lin Sui lay on his back, she thought to herself that she had only ever received this kind of treatment when she was a child, going up and down the mountain with Lao Mo.

Later, thanks to Mr. Xu's care, her health improved quite a bit.

Old Mo then said that she had grown up and gained weight, and that she should walk around more and exercise to lose weight.

The old man and the young man walked and rested along that path up and down the mountain for countless years.

Lin Sui knew that Lao Mo's health was already quite poor at that time.

So it's not that he didn't want to carry her, but that he simply couldn't carry her anymore.

Looking at the familiar grass, trees, and forests around him, Lin Sui couldn't help but sigh softly.

We're really regressing as we get older.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Until the person raising the ghost behind her is exposed, she has to value her life more than anyone else.

The Taoist temple with its white walls and black tiles is nestled among the lush foliage on the mountainside.

Before she even got close, Lin Sui could hear a cacophony of voices coming from there.

Her bad premonition came true.

"Hey everyone, guess where I am right now? That's right, it's the former residence of Lin Sui, the hottest metaphysical master these days, the Wenxin Taoist Temple..."

"Dear viewers, we are now in the old house where Master Lin once lived... Regarding what Lin Siyao said in the program that so many strange and supernatural phenomena are caused by Master Lin, and the comments from some netizens that Lin Sui is a demon and ghost causing chaos in the world, what are your thoughts? Please leave a message to tell us."

Lin Sui: “…”

These internet celebrities are really good at piggybacking on others' fame.

And the reporters are really good at creating buzz and generating traffic.

If she weren't the main character, she would definitely click in to take a look.

It seems that the ghost-raising man's method of transforming a ghost into her likeness, though abstract, has a very high chance of success.

Lin Sui remained calm, but the fierce glint in Li Ye's eyes was almost tangible.

He carefully placed Lin Sui under a shady tree, clasped his large, fan-like hands together, and said, "I'll go take a look."

He said he was just looking around, but he was really going to kick people out. If they didn't cooperate, he wouldn't mind doing it for them, kicking them down one by one.

"No need for that." Lin Sui shook her head, put her hand to her lips, and blew a long whistle.

"Roar--"

A fierce tiger's roar shook the mountains and forests, startling the birds into flapping their wings and taking flight.

The commotion at the Taoist temple instantly vanished into silence.

"There's a tiger! Run!!!"

Someone shouted, and the panicked crowd responded immediately, rushing down the mountain.

In just a few minutes, the Taoist temple hidden in the mountains and forests regained its original tranquility.

Lin Sui raised her chin and looked at Li Ye: "This is my territory, I'll protect you."

The vibrancy in her eyes startled Li Ye, and the cold, fierce light in his eyes unconsciously transformed into a warm smile.

Even though everyone had run away, the incense burners and incense sticks scattered in front of the Taoist temple still gave Lin Sui a headache.

This is indeed a Taoist temple, but there is actually nothing enshrined here. The only things they can worship are Old Mo's grave and her adoptive mother's memorial tablet.

Unfortunately, they have all been reincarnated, and no matter what those people ask for, their hopes are destined to be dashed.

Lin Sui thought about it and felt a little happy.

Back at the Taoist temple, Lin Sui immediately wiped his mother's memorial tablet, then went to the backyard to clear the weeds from Old Mo's grave.

Li Ye was probably taken aback when she realized that she would bury the person directly in the backyard. He then silently stepped forward to help.

Finally, he glanced at the inscription on the tombstone.

Grandpa's grave.

Granddaughter Lin Sui, born on [date missing].

grandfather.

Li Ye silently repeated the title in his heart, guessing that this grandfather must be very important to Lin Sui.

That's why I couldn't bear to let him lie outside all alone.

Or maybe...

Lin Sui didn't want to be all alone.

Li Ye suddenly realized that he knew nothing about Lin Sui's past.

He was driven by some inexplicable instinct to protect and care for her.

I also want to be closer to her, even closer.

Lin Sui, on the contrary, understands him better.

She understood how important that cheap plastic Ultraman was to him.

He even knew about his mother, and knew he was afraid of cats...

Is it because Lin Sui can read faces and tell fortunes?

But Si Xingran lied, and she couldn't tell.

Li Ye couldn't continue thinking about it.

Lin Sui looked at him expectantly and said he was hungry.

They ate at a service station along the way.

The taste wasn't very good; Lin Sui's palate had been spoiled by Li Ye and his private chef.

She used to be able to swallow even the most unpalatable food without batting an eye, but now she couldn't stand even a little bit. She only ate two bites before pushing the rest to Li Ye.

At that time, Li Ye, who had become a dumping ground for criticism, felt that he had been very prescient.

Luckily, I brought her some snacks.

At this moment, Li Ye did not delay any longer and rushed into the kitchen.

One minute later.

He walked back expressionlessly: "No rice, no noodles, no oil, no seasonings."

What do we use to cook? Our heads?

Most importantly, there was nothing in the kitchen… “What did you eat before?”

"Uh." Lin Sui touched her nose. "I can't cook, and I don't like outsiders coming to the Taoist temple."

When she and Lao Mo were short of money, they would go down the mountain to set up a stall.

“My senior brother asked people down the mountain to send me three meals a day.”

Li Ye frowned: "What if we get hungry at other times?"

He only learned that heart patients should eat small, frequent meals after he started researching medicinal cuisine.

So he not only learned how to make medicinal cuisine, but also learned how to make some healthy snacks himself.

Thinking of something, Li Ye's expression turned grim: "Instant noodles?"

Lin Sui: "How could that be? I'm very poor, I can't afford instant noodles."

Li Ye's expression softened slightly.

Lin Sui: "I always buy frozen pre-packaged small steamed buns, the kind with a lot in one bag, so they can last a long time."

Li Ye: "..."

It's a miracle she's still alive.

Or perhaps her health was indeed well-maintained before.

It's only because I met them that I'm either having an attack or on the path to having an attack.

This realization made Li Ye frown even more, and then, as if he were competing with someone, he quickly ran down the mountain to cook a sumptuous meal for Lin Sui.

At that time, Lin Sui was searching for materials in the library.

Xu Haize's face, which showed no signs of illness, had been tampered with.

However, while there have been instances of altering one's destiny throughout history, changing one's appearance is unprecedented.

That's why Lin Sui never thought Xu Haize had any problems at first.

Even though he was only a dabbler, he still recognized the ghost-summoning formation diagram, and Lin Sui just assumed that he was good at theoretical knowledge.

The face corresponds to a person's past and future.

The future is not mentioned, but the past is a fait accompli that has already happened.

As long as the facts remain unchanged, the appearance cannot change.

Even if he could travel through time and change the past, he would still leave some clues.

Even though the person who raises ghosts behind the scenes can use the power of evil gods, all they can do is simply and crudely hide their appearance, making it impossible for her to see through them or calculate the key to the matter.

However, judging from the bloodline analysis, Xu Haize's appearance has indeed been altered.

The person who helped him change his appearance also hid behind a strange idol, using the evil god to conceal his identity.

Lin Sui couldn't be sure for the time being whether he and the ghost keeper were the same person, but the only thing he was sure of was that they were definitely in the same group.

Perhaps the evil art of changing one's appearance is too complicated and difficult, which is why, so far, only Xu Haize has managed to change his appearance.

It seems that if Xu Haize hadn't suffered heavy losses in the previous two attacks, this trump card wouldn't have been used so quickly.

In any case, this is both good and bad for Lin Sui.

The bad thing is that she can no longer judge a suspicious person's character based solely on their appearance.

The good thing is that the more complex something is, the easier it is to leave flaws.

For example, the talisman that the other party placed on Xu Haize felt strangely familiar to Lin Sui.

She quickly flipped through all the system diagrams of Maoshan talismans and finally understood where the sense of familiarity came from.

The talisman clearly belongs to the same school as the Maoshan talismans.

Lin Sui confirmed her suspicions.

Even if that person isn't actually in Maoshan, they must still have some connection to Maoshan.

The discovery of the clue made Lin Sui feel much more at ease.

She no longer had to be led by the nose by the ghost keeper as before.

Thinking that Li Ye's meal should be ready soon, Lin Sui tidied up in a good mood, organizing the scattered books and putting them back on the bookshelf.

I also took the feather duster and cleaned the bookshelf against the wall.

Suddenly, she accidentally knocked a book off the top shelf.

Lin Sui slowly picked it up, took a chair, and stepped on it.

The bookshelf was too high; even standing on a chair, she couldn't see the entire top shelf. She simply put the books back in their original positions and pushed them further in.

"Click!"

A sound similar to the activation of a mechanism suddenly rang out.

Lin Sui was taken aback.

Old Mo once said that the top of the bookshelf was filled with useless miscellaneous books.

When she was little, if she wanted to watch something, Lao Mo would always get it for her.

Later, when she began to study metaphysics, she rarely read miscellaneous books anymore, and she would never deliberately look for them.

Therefore, she never expected that the bookshelf would have such a hidden secret.

Lin Sui quickly jumped off the chair and took a step back.

The bookshelf in front of me split in two, opening slowly and silently to both sides.

The light from outside slid in through the open hidden door.

A statue facing the door of the dark room gradually came into Lin Sui's field of vision under the clear light.

Unlike those I saw in the ghost-raising area, they were not as small.

The statue is at least two meters tall.

It was also entirely black, with six arms, three eyes, and carrying several ghost heads in its hands...

The meal was ready, but Lin Sui still hadn't come out of the library.

He couldn't help but come over and knock on the door.

The room was completely silent, as if no one was there at all, let alone the sound of someone looking through books.

Li Ye frowned, suddenly remembering Lin Sui on the island, whose illness had come on so suddenly that she had fainted.

Immediately forgetting about politeness, Li Ye kicked open the door that had been locked from the inside.

Bang.

The noise was excessive.

The person sitting quietly at the desk remained unresponsive.

Seeing Lin Sui sitting properly, Li Ye first breathed a sigh of relief, but then keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Lin Sui's skin tone was originally cool white, and with the slightest change, it would become almost transparently white.

Her lips, which should have been rosy, now showed a hint of lingering cyanosis.

It looks like someone who has had a heart attack.

Li Ye's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly stepped forward: "You..."

"I'm fine." Lin Sui suddenly came to her senses, looked up and smiled at him, "A snake crawled into the library at some point, and I stepped on it without noticing, which gave me a fright."

It's not uncommon to find snakes in the mountains during the height of summer.

It's been almost two months since I last came back, and the realgar powder I sprinkled before has lost its effectiveness. It's normal for snakes to take advantage of my absence.

Li Ye still had a gut feeling.

She is lying.

"Don't worry, I took my medicine right away." Lin Sui said as she got up and walked out. "Is dinner ready? I'm getting tired of those nuts."

Li Ye pursed his lips tightly, but didn't ask anything more, and followed without saying a word.

The journey is too far, requiring a round trip in a single day. Not to mention Lin Sui, even a normal person would find it unbearable.

So while Lin Sui was eating, Li Ye took all the quilts and mattresses out of the wardrobe and aired them out.

I'll stay at the Taoist temple tonight and return to the city tomorrow.

The night in the mountains and forests is very quiet, and the chirping of insects, birds, and the rustling of leaves in the wind are especially clear.

Perhaps because he had something on his mind, Li Ye, who had been on missions in the deep mountains and rainforests more than once, found these sounds, which he had long been used to, to be particularly noisy.

The noise kept him tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

He thought he might as well get up and go check on Lin Sui when he suddenly heard a thud in the courtyard.

someone!

Li Yeteng sat up abruptly, his cold eyes sharp as blades.

The next second, a deliberately lowered, familiar mocking voice rang out.

"King Gigi, has some little devil hollowed out your body? Your legs are too weak to stand up from such a short wall?"

It's Lu Xiang.

Although Li Ye hadn't expected them to come all this way so late, he wasn't surprised.

If it were him, he would probably do the same.

Li Ye quietly went to the courtyard and saw Si Xingran, who had fallen against the wall, slowly getting up after a long while. Then, as if he had given up, he sat down and leaned against the wall.

The bright moonlight illuminated his face, revealing a pallor similar to that of Lin Sui when he fell ill.

He closed his eyes, and his voice sounded weak and feeble: "Old witch, do you know that you're spreading rumors? If I die because of your rumors, according to Master Lin, you should go to the Tongue-Pulling Hell after you die."

Lu Xiang and Tang Xi met him and Yu Cinian at the foot of the mountain.

The forest was shrouded in shadows, and their minds were preoccupied with finding the Taoist temple hidden in the woods. It was only then that they noticed something was wrong with Si Xingran.

Lu Xiang frowned and looked at Yu Cinian, asking, "What's wrong with him?"