"We don't need money anymore. But the master has helped so many of us ghosts. We thought the 200,000 yuan was too little and wanted to help the master earn a bit more."
Rong Lan looked surprised. Could there really be such considerate ghosts? Ling Hu was also shocked!
"Moreover, we can't just do good deeds all day long. There aren't that many good deeds for us to come across. We can spare a little time for Mr. Chu Chuan."
Si Mo gave the little fox a look, signaling her to agree, for fear that the little fox would decline out of shyness.
If the little fox refused these little ghosts, the heavy task of following Chu Chuan might fall on him in the future. Chu Chuan was so wild, and he was still a child. He couldn't bear to see such disgusting things.
Rong Lan understood Si Mo's meaning. Although she felt a bit embarrassed, she still agreed. "Then I'll have to trouble you all from now on."
"Master, you don't need to be so polite. Both the master and the Dragon God are our benefactors. It's only right for us to help the master more."
"Yeah, yeah. I still have to keep reminding those unfilial descendants. Sooner or later, I'll make them come to their senses and go to the master's fortune - telling shop to thank the master properly."
Si Mo raised his hand to check the time. "It's getting late. Little fox, shouldn't you go home?" The excuse the little fox used was that she went out for dinner with the employee, which was him. If she went back too late, wouldn't Chu Hengyuan suspect his motives?
Rong Lan took out her phone from her pocket. "I'll call a taxi right away."
The little ghosts happily saw their benefactors out of the abandoned factory.
Rong Lan and Si Mo stood by the roadside waiting for the taxi. After a long silence, Rong Lan sighed worriedly. "Am I going to have a nightmare tonight?"
"You should be fine as long as you don't keep thinking about it." Si Mo paused for a moment and half - heartedly encouraged her. "You should be a strong fox. You've lived for 500 years. You should get used to dealing with such big scenes."
"No! Even if I've lived for 500 years, I'm still my parents' little treasure. I'm still young. I can't get used to it."
Facts proved that the little fox's worries were not unfounded.
She really had a dream, and this time she was extremely aware that she was dreaming, because both the people and the scenery in the dream belonged to the world she originally lived in.
She saw the green grassland in her valley and a person she hadn't seen for a long time. That person, like her, had white fluffy fox ears and a sweet and lovely smile on her face.
She watched as that person walked towards herself in the dream from an on - looker's perspective and saw them embrace affectionately.
"Why did Zhizhi come here?"
"I saw the tribulation clouds gathering here. Didn't sister say that you'd be going through the thunder tribulation these few days? I'm worried about you."
"Don't worry. This thunder tribulation is not difficult for me at all. As long as I successfully pass this thunder tribulation, I'll become even more powerful. Then I'll take you out to play. I'll protect you!"
"Great! My sister is so powerful. A mere thunder tribulation. Sister will surely pass it safely!"
"Of course! I plan to go through the tribulation in the valley. You go and hide in the wooden house later so that the thunder won't strike you."
"Okay. Sister, don't worry about me. I can protect myself. Sister just focus on going through the tribulation."
Rong Lan watched the two sisters in the dream with a blank face and rolled her eyes. She seemed to be trapped now and could only watch the tragedy unfold from an on - looker's perspective. Otherwise, she would go over and slap herself in the dream right now to remind herself to drive her dear sister Zhizhi away.
The rumbling thunder suddenly roared, scaring Rong Lan into instinctively raising her hand to cover her fox ears.
Even though she was faintly aware that she was in a dream, she was still terribly frightened by the thunder. Ever since she was struck by the thunder tribulation and ended up in this world, she had a stress reaction to thunder. Even though she knew the thunder wouldn't strike her, she was still scared.
"The thunder tribulation is coming. Zhizhi, stay in the wooden house properly."
"Got it, got it. Sister, go and go through the tribulation. I promise I'll stay in the wooden house and won't go anywhere."
Rong Lan squatted down silently, covering her ears. Even with her eyes closed, she knew what was going to happen next. But since she was in a dream, she didn't mind recalling this tragic thunder tribulation.
Sure enough - everything was exactly the same as in her memory.
One thunderbolt after another struck herself in the dream. There were a total of 49 heavenly thunderbolts. Just when she had successfully passed 39 thunderbolts, the 40th thunderbolt struck her wooden house. The wooden house, which should have been protected by the formation set up by her elder brother, was split into pieces by the thunder. Her younger sister inside the wooden house was injured by the thunder.
The 41st thunderbolt also inexplicably didn't strike her but the wooden house. She was shocked by the accident. Seeing that the target of the thunderbolt was her younger sister, she didn't hesitate to rush to her sister's side, pulling her sister into her arms to protect her, and barely managed to put up a protective shield to withstand the 41st thunderbolt.
Because the plan was disrupted and she was distracted by her sister's situation, she lost her initial calm and the spiritual energy in her body became chaotic.
She struggled to put up another protective shield to withstand the 42nd thunderbolt. The 42nd thunderbolt was blocked outside the protective shield, but at the same time, a curved dagger stabbed into her abdomen.
Her body's reaction made her instinctively divert her spiritual energy to repair the wound, but the remaining spiritual energy was not enough to support the protective shield. The 43rd thunderbolt wasn't blocked by the protective shield. Instead, it tore through the shield and struck her flesh and blood directly.
"Are you... really my younger sister?"
Rong Lan watched as the self in the dream maintained the posture of a protector until she fell. The emotions swirling in her eyes were cold.
This dream was so interesting. She never thought that one day she would recall this thunder tribulation as an on - looker.
"Of course I am. Why would sister doubt that I'm not your younger sister?"
"Why...?"
Wasn't this the younger sister who had played with her since childhood, shared all good things with her, and was punished by the elders together with her for being playful and making mistakes? They had never quarreled or had any conflicts. They had even made an appointment to cultivate to become immortals together. She couldn't understand why her younger sister would suddenly try to kill her?
Without the protective shield, the 44th thunderbolt struck herself in the dream directly. She was in so much pain that her ears and tail were burned and charred. She curled up on the ground, covered in blood, holding on with all her might but not shedding a single tear.
Rong Lan, covering her fox ears, overcame her fear of thunder and stood up. She thought the dream would end here because in her memory, she didn't hear her sister's answer to her question. The moment the 45th thunderbolt struck, her consciousness disappeared for a moment. When she opened her eyes again, she had already become Bai Rong Lan of the Bai family.