Her destiny stolen? The Divine Witch Ancestor has returned!

Chapter 98 Falling from Heaven in an Instant

"What...did you say?" Ling Shurui asked in disbelief. "You mean, Ling Fei prepared this specifically for our family? To ruin my family?"

Wu Zhao nodded and said, "It seems that the Ling family rose to prominence quite early, with a famous founding hero among their ancestors. Judging from Mr. Ling's appearance, the merits of his ancestors will ensure the Ling family's prosperity for at least three generations."

"But now it seems that the merit is showing signs of being transferred and dissipated. After Ling Fei died, the transfer of merit stopped, but what has been dissipated... cannot be brought back."

Wu Zhao glanced discreetly at Gu Chen, who was sitting in a wheelchair surveying the courtyard, and swallowed the words he hadn't finished saying.

She looked at Ling Yuchen, who was holding Ling Qinghuan, and said, "I'm afraid the wealth and honor that follows won't be as wonderful as you imagine."

Ling Yuchen was completely bewildered, his expression one of astonishment: "What does this mean? The Ling family will fall in my hands?"

"Then I might as well kick this son out of the family now." Ling Shurui said as if joking, his expression not changing in the slightest after hearing that the family would fall.

Holding his wife close, Ling Shurui said, "By then, my wife and I will probably be gone, and what happens to our descendants is none of my concern."

He spoke with great nonchalance, his eyes only fixed on his wife beside him.

"If a grown man like him lets himself and his sister end up homeless in their old age, it only proves that he's a coward."

Hearing Ling Shurui's rude words, He Qing couldn't help but slap him: "What are you saying in front of a young girl?"

She glared at Ling Shurui before smiling at Wu Zhao: "It's alright, how long the Ling family can remain wealthy depends on the fortunes of the younger generation."

"I want to know if my daughter is out of danger now?"

Wu Zhao nodded: "The Buddhist energy in this temple is nourishing. According to the abbot's instructions, once she turns twenty-five, she will naturally no longer be affected by the Yin body."

"Just try to avoid going to places with heavy yin energy, like cemeteries, in the future, to avoid being targeted."

The Ling couple visibly breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving the answer.

Ling Qinghuan, nestled obediently in Ling Yuchen's arms, was feeling drowsy. Listening to their conversation quickly made her sleepy.

Seeing her forcefully open her eyes for a while, only to close them again immediately, Wu Zhao couldn't help but laugh.

She took a talisman out of her pocket, folded it, and walked to Ling Yuchen's side. "Rest assured and have some peace and quiet."

Not long after the sleeping charm was placed in her arms, Ling Qinghuan began to snore softly.

She fell into a deep sleep.

At that time, Master Kongyuan had finished exorcising the lingering negative energy left by the vow puppet and walked out of the side room.

"This way, please, Benefactor Ling. I'll have my disciple rearrange a room for her to rest properly."

He had just seen that strange totem in the room, so he knew that Ling Qinghuan had suffered great harm.

Master Kongyuan felt very sorry that such a thing happened at Linghan Temple.

"Such a thing has happened in the temple; it is my fault. Please forgive me, Benefactor Ling."

Ling Shurui quickly said, "It was caused by the malicious intentions of the people around us, Abbot, there is no need to blame yourself."

A young novice monk approached Ling Yuchen somewhat apologetically and said, "Please come with me. The rooms here have been prepared."

“Okay,” Ling Yuchen nodded to his parents, “I’ll stay with Qinghuan and come over when she wakes up.”

He doesn't want his younger sister out of his sight at all now.

Wu Zhao pushed Gu Chen's wheelchair and said to Master Kongyuan, "We're tired too. We've come all this way, so let's take a look around Linghan Temple."

Master Kongyuan smiled and said, "Of course you are welcome."

Lan Yao returned just then. "The Wu family already knows and will bring people over as soon as possible."

"Then... let our temple temporarily keep Ling Fei's body." Upon hearing Lan Yao's words, Master Kongyuan closed the door to the room where Ling Fei's body was kept.

After chanting a Buddhist mantra, a golden Buddhist seal appeared on the door of the side room.

"No one will come near here, so you can all rest assured for now."

With the burden lifted from her heart, He Qing suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell over.

Fortunately, Ling Shurui reacted quickly and managed to catch him.

"Honey! Are you alright?!"

He Qing shook her head. "I'm just a little dizzy."

“Mr. Ling, why don’t you take your wife and rest for a while?” Master Kongyuan suggested.

The two did not refuse and left with Master Kongyuan.

Lan Yao sensed that the two seemed to have something to say, so he consciously walked outside the courtyard.

"You didn't finish what you were saying, did you?" Although Gu Chen's gaze wasn't on Wu Zhao, he didn't miss the complex emotion that flashed across her eyes just now.

Wu Zhao was silent for a while before saying, "If it's someone from your family who wants to harm the Ling family, what will you do?"

Gu Chen's gaze was deep, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "It's related to my biological father, isn't it?"

"Mm." Wu Zhao nodded.

After Ling Fei died, the veil covering her body naturally disappeared.

Although the other party tried their best to hide it, Wu Zhao still managed to catch them red-handed.

Besides the familiar yin energy that was clearly related to Shen Jiaojiao, she also sensed an aura that shared the same bloodline as Gu Chen.

There could be no one else but his father, Gu Yang.

Gu Chen's expression remained unchanged, but his voice turned cold: "If he did such a thing, I wouldn't be surprised at all."

His expression was calm, as if he were talking about someone who had nothing to do with him.

"He was good-for-nothing from a young age, but he was adept at the bad habits of rich kids. In order to obtain the inheritance of the Gu family, he resorted to all sorts of crooked and wicked methods..."

At this point, Gu Chen seemed to remember something. He looked at Wu Zhao and said, "Back then, the old man did give his children several companies that were on the verge of bankruptcy to run in order to test them. I heard from Uncle Ni that my father did nothing at the time, but the company inexplicably came back to life."

"Although he impressed the old man, unfortunately... his affair with someone else was exposed, and the old man was very angry. He directly stripped him of his inheritance rights. At that time, my mother's health was already very poor, so in order not to disappoint her, I went to see the old man alone."

Although he spoke calmly, Wu Zhao could still imagine the risks behind his choice.

A father in the prime of his life, and an equally outstanding uncle eyeing him covetously.

"So you gave him an unexpected surprise, making him gain something and then lose it?" Wu Zhao asked.

Nodding, Gu Chen said, "That's right, I gained the old man's approval and made him mistakenly believe that he was the chosen successor."

"On the day of the succession ceremony, he attended in full dress with that woman... It's just a pity that the person who took over the family head's seal from the old man was not the one who was successful."

"it's me."

Gu Chen's gaze remained fixed on Wu Zhao, and his expression darkened after he finished speaking.

"I'm sorry, Zhao Zhao... I may not be as... upright and honest as you imagine."

Wu Zhao looked at him with some surprise.

“I… am not the great person you imagine.” Gu Chen’s expression was somewhat gloomy, and his hand unconsciously rubbed the handrail beneath him.

He actually looked a little nervous.

Even the surging purple aura around him tightened and cautiously clung to her.

Wu Zhao was suddenly touched by something inexplicable.

She opened her mouth: "Gu Chen, I..."

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the courtyard gate, accompanied by a cheerful voice saying, "Long time no see, Grandma! I've come to help!"

It was Wu Xingyun who arrived. Wu Zhao looked at him with some surprise as he ran in excitedly.

Gu Chen, who was standing to the side, composed himself and his expression turned cold.

A bolt of lightning suddenly flashed across the clear sky, so fast that it was difficult to catch.

Wu Xingyun suddenly felt a numbness all over his body.

His face contorted.

How could lightning strike him in broad daylight?!