From the end of the world

Chapter 126 The Next Day's Wishes 3
I once tried to sneak into the Zhu Family Mansion using the "firefly", but unfortunately it was interrupted due to the barrier protecting the mansion. Since then, I have been curious about the mysterious Zhu Family Mansion. Now I propose to visit the Zhu Family Mansion. On the one hand, I do think it is not good to ask Zhu Shi to "come to see me with his head" in person, and on the other hand, I want to satisfy my curiosity.

Zhu Shi seemed unaware of my intention and nodded happily.

"Take Ma Zao with you," she said. "My grandfather is infinitely more knowledgeable than I am. Perhaps he can heal Ma Zao's soul."

Hearing this, my expectations grew even greater.

So she followed me to my house.

Perhaps it was not just me who was interested in Zhu Shi’s home, but Zhu Shi also wanted to investigate my home, or “my cohabitation with Ma Zao.” At first, I didn’t react, and we chatted in a friendly manner on the way. When we entered the entrance, her eyes suddenly became sharp and scanned everywhere.

By now I had realized something was wrong. I didn't see Ma Zao in the living room. She seemed to be taking a nap. In other words, she was sleeping on the bed in the bedroom. It is worth mentioning that the only bed I could sleep on was the double bed in the bedroom.

Zhu Shi soon found Ma Zao in the bedroom. As expected, Ma Zao was sleeping soundly on my bed. It was a rare high-quality sleep for her. The noise we made when we came in did not wake her up.

"Senior Brother Zhuang..." Zhu Shi slowly turned his head towards me.

I couldn't help but turn my head away: "What's the matter... Junior Sister Zhu?"

"Based on my observation, it seems that you only have this one bed in your house..." she said with a sinister look.

"We usually sleep separately." I said seriously.

Of course, normal times are normal times, and last night is last night. The latter is a special case and cannot be generalized.

"So, there are indeed pillows and quilts on the sofa in the living room..." She looked thoughtful.

Fortunately, I didn’t put away the pillows and quilt I used to sleep on the sofa last time.

She finally let me go and turned to look at Ma Zao.

"She's sleeping so soundly." She seemed a little worried. "Can I use 'Buzhou Mountain' to check her condition?"

"Why are you asking me?" I said, "Just take a look. She probably won't care."

Zhu Shi nodded and looked at Ma Zao with a penetrating gaze.

Then she gave a creepy expression.

"...This child's soul is completely shattered," she said with difficulty.

Hearing this, I felt something was wrong: "Is it serious?"

"Normally, her soul should have been shattered into pieces. It's just that the powerful supernatural power is trying to piece her shattered soul together like glue, so she can still maintain the structure of her soul." She stared at Ma Zao closely, "When I used 'Buzhou Mountain' to observe her yesterday, although her soul had major flaws, it was at least intact. Was it because she overexerted herself in the battle last night? But it's not like she hasn't used supernatural powers continuously before, and I haven't seen her condition this serious..."

As if awakened by her voice, Ma Zao slowly woke up.

"...Ah, my soul has become complete again." Zhu Shi said to himself, "Is that so? Is it because my supernatural power will become more active when I wake up..."

Ma Zao propped himself up cautiously and turned to look at Zhu Shi and me.

She focused her attention on Zhu Shi, and like a small animal with a strong sense of territory that suddenly discovered a stranger, she became tense and asked in a vigilant tone: "Zhu Shi? Why are you here?"

While she was talking, she glanced at me, as if secretly blaming me for bringing someone into my house without saying hello. Sorry, I was wrong this time, I will explain it in advance next time. Wait, this is my home.

"We are going to the Zhu family to get the head of the monster maker. Zhu Shi is here to lead the way." I explained first, then handed over the steamed dumplings and deep-fried pork chops I brought back. "This is your breakfast. Eat it while it's hot."

The tip of her nose twitched, as if she smelled the scent of fried pork chops, and her expression suddenly turned from cloudy to sunny.

But she seemed not used to eating alone, so she gave half of the fried pork chop to me and two steamed dumplings to Zhu Shi.

I asked her about her soul directly. She looked normal and said that although she was a little tired, she was better than last night. It seemed that the state of her soul being torn apart was quite normal for her now. But Zhu Shi and I couldn't see it that way. Zhu Shi's concern for Ma Zao was the kindness of an adult for a child, but in my eyes, Ma Zao was truly indispensable and there must be no mistakes.

After getting Ma Zao's permission, I tried to sense her body again. After all, my ability is to manipulate fire. If Ma Zao's injuries have not healed because the fire of the disaster demon is still in the wound, then I may have a way to extract it. It's a pity that I can't sense the existence of the fire. Ma Zao also said that there is no fire in her soul, only the wound that cannot be cured.

I hope that this trip to the Zhu Family Mansion will help Ma Zao's soul recover a little. I don't expect to cure the disease, but at least I hope it can help with the symptoms.

"By the way, does this behavior of casually exploring other people's bodies count as sexual harassment?" Ma Zao said suddenly.

"Ah?" I was surprised.

Seeing this, she quickly said, "Ah, it's okay, I just saw the word 'sexual harassment' in a book. I know you didn't mean that."

Although I really didn't mean that, but now that you've said that, I might find it hard to get rid of this kind of consciousness in the future... I can only complain like this in my heart.

After Ma finished breakfast, we set off for the Zhu family residence.

Changan is also in the Zhu family residence now. Zhu Shi specifically told us that if we meet him, we must not reveal the news that the monster maker is Ying Lingyun and that Ying Lingyun is likely dead. And we must not take out the monster maker's head in front of him. Unlike herself, Changan will definitely go crazy if she sees that head.

By the way, Ma Zai had found a place to bury the head of the Shadow-Changing Monster yesterday, and had also used the power of blessing to freeze it for preservation. It has not been retrieved yet. We also did not retrieve the man in the black suit who was also immobilized by the power of blessing and was tied up in the hotel, but I heard that he was caught by Lu Youxun's men and finally sent to the public security department.

Zhu Shi took out his cell phone and told his family that he would take us as a guest. Ma Zao looked at his cell phone thoughtfully, perhaps thinking about the inconvenience of not having mobile payment and identity verification that I mentioned before. I don't need to use those excuses to keep Ma Zao by my side now, so I'll buy her a cell phone on the way home.

Looking at the black guitar case on Zhu Shi's back, I remembered the "Forged Yama Sword" and "Eye of Divine Manifestation" mentioned by the Monster Maker, so I asked her about it. You know, I even told her about the fragments of the Divine Seal, so it should be okay to ask her about her secrets.

"You ask about my eyes and weapons?"

She seemed to be still thinking about Ma Zao's soul trauma. When she saw me asking the question, she was startled at first, then seemed to realize something and quickly said, "Wait, the reason why I didn't explain it to you in advance is not because I don't trust you."

“I didn’t ask that,” I said.

"Really?" She said doubtfully, "Brother Zhuang, you sometimes give people a very heavy feeling, like the type who is very sensitive to small details like this. Maybe when you have a girlfriend in the future, and she suddenly treats you coldly, you will grab her arm and ask her about everything. If she doesn't answer, you may even disguise yourself and follow her to get to the bottom of it..."

"Very heavy..." Ma Zao turned his head and looked at me, nodding as if he understood. Really, am I the kind of person who is so wet in interpersonal relationships? They definitely misunderstood me.

"Now that you mention it, I suddenly start to care about you." I said deliberately, "If you don't explain to me, I will plant heat energy marks all over your body and monitor you until you are willing to explain."

"You don't sound like you're joking at all..." Zhu Shi first said in a low voice, and then explained, "As for my eyes, they actually have some connection with the ancestors of the Zhu family. Although our Zhu family is now in decline, we actually had a Great Impermanence a long time ago. This Great Impermanence was the first head of the family, 'Zhu Yi'."

"Great Impermanence?" I never expected that the Zhu family had such a glorious past.

"Da Wuchang is believed to be of the same level as gods, and even possesses true divinity. This divinity occasionally manifests in Da Wuchang's descendants. I am the tenth-generation descendant of the Zhu family. Da Wuchang's blood has become very thin by the time of my generation, so it is unexpected that he can manifest divinity." Zhu Shi's tone became humorous as he spoke, "Perhaps the spirits of the Zhu family's ancestors in heaven felt that our descendants were not up to par, so they gave my generation a cheat.

"My ability, 'Buzhoushan', is just an ordinary powerful insight ability without divine blessing. After receiving divine blessing, it will show some incredible power. The condition for this blessing is that I must be in a combat state. At that time, the color of my eyes will change, and my personality will become different from usual.

"As for why I didn't explain this to you in advance..."

She suddenly became hesitant, which made me wonder: "What's wrong? Is it inconvenient to talk about it?"

"--Because it's embarrassing!" She couldn't help but said loudly, "I've actually been waiting for you to ask! If no one asked me, I would still force you to explain things like 'eyes that change color during battle', 'eyes of divinity', 'temperament changes drastically in times of crisis as if switching to a second personality'... Wouldn't that make me look like a chuunibyou who likes to explain my own settings!

"Brother Zhuang, I really envy you! Your ability is to manipulate fire, so you may not feel anything. For a demon hunter like me with the Mystic Eye system, it's always very embarrassing to explain my ability to others!"

"Ah, um, is that so? Thank you for your hard work..."

I was so overwhelmed by her resentment that I could only change the subject: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now... Then what is the 'Forged Yama Sword'?"

(End of this chapter)