Chapter 497: Chapter 497: The Revenge of the Sycamore Tree_1
"Alright."
After hesitating for a long time, Qin Sisi finally agreed.
She had promised to stop being soft-hearted, but she couldn’t ignore the woman’s plea.
A mother’s love for her child is so profound, she would live, die, or let her soul disintegrate for him, never to reincarnate.
Being able to collect soul power from two sources was a decent achievement. After all, there was no fight, no danger, it went relatively smoothly.
Qin Sisi motioned for Ye You to release the Vajra Bundling Spirit Rope and asked the ghost couple, "So, how do you plan to arrange for your child? Do you plan to carry on as ghosts or be reincarnated?"
The man hurriedly replied, "We obviously want to be reincarnated, haven’t we been ghosts long enough?"
He sounded a bit rude, apparently dissatisfied with the prospect of giving up their soul power.
Qin Sisi didn’t bother with him. As long as their objective was met, their mild disgruntlement didn’t matter.
The woman, on the other hand, had a good attitude, she respectfully said to Qin Sisi, "Mage, could you please find a way for our children to be reincarnated? They are still young. A disaster struck us in our previous life, and we hope they can grow safely into adults in their next life."
As she spoke, teardrops uncontrollably welled up in her eyes, slipping down her cheeks.
Qin Sisi suddenly became curious about this family’s plight. From the woman’s words, it seemed as though someone had killed them.
The person who trapped them should be the same one who killed them, right?
If one can set up a barrier trapping them, that person must possess mana. But why would a mage with mana harm ordinary villagers?
Qin Sisi nodded at the woman, "Alright, I promise you. Don’t you wish to avenge yourselves though? Who killed you?"
The couple glanced at each other and both sighed helplessly.
Qin Sisi ventured a guess, "Did you offend someone?"
The man laughed bitterly, "We didn’t offend a person, we offended a tree."
"A tree?" Qin Sisi looked at the man in puzzlement, feeling somewhat baffled.
The man chose not to elaborate further. The woman beside him wiped her tears and continued, "It’s strange whether it was a coincidence or retribution. There was a large locust tree in our house. We didn’t know how old it was, but we heard it could be hundreds of years old.
The locust tree kept growing, becoming obstructive. My husband wanted to renovate our house and planned to use the tree’s wood, so we cut it down.
That night, we dreamt of that tree. It was angry and berated us. It had been living here for many years, blessing our family with safety and prosperity. But we betrayed it and even destroyed its physical manifestation.
It said it hated us and wanted our entire family to be buried with it.
I woke up in fright, only to find out that my husband had the same dream.
Just as we were discussing what to do, our house collapsed out of nowhere, killing all four of us.
The locust tree later said that it was dying. Although it could not completely destroy our souls, it could keep us as wild ghosts and prevent us from reincarnating."
Understandinq the circumstances, Qin Sisi suddenly exclaimed, "So it was the tree that set up the barrier over the collapsed house, trapping you all underneath."
The woman nodded, "Yes, it used up all its spirit and energy to create the barrier, and then it vanished."
Qin Sisi looked at Ye You in confusion. Although she did not speak, given their conspicuousness in front of the many ghosts, she believed Ye You would understand.
How did a locust tree harm people? No matter how old it was, it was still just a tree!
Ye You opened his mouth and meowed twice, explaining, "Some plants and animals, after a lengthy period, can gain spiritual wisdom. But it’s a very rare occurrence."
Qin Sisi frowned in thought: gaining spiritual wisdom, did that mean becoming a spirit?
The locust tree the couple cut down had already gained spirituality, that’s why it could avenge itself.
However, the couple didn’t know that the locust tree had become a spirit, hence they cut it down.
The locust tree was indeed narrow-minded. It killed the whole family outright and trapped their souls here, preventing them from reincarnating.
Qin Sisi sighed, glancing at the family of four sympathetically. No wonder they did not mention revenge; they were already beyond seeking revenge. They were unfortunate, and there was nothing they could do!
Seeing Qin Sisi’s silence, the woman took the initiative to ask, "Mage, can you help our children to reincarnate?"
Qin Sisi thought for a while and turned to Ye You.
After a few words, Ye You took a stack of yellow paper from his portable space and infused a bit of spiritual power into it before handing it to Qin Sisi.
He couldn’t summon the Messenger of Death over, so he could only ask Lan Di for a favor to help bring the two children to the underworld for reincarnation.
Qin Sisi received the yellow paper and placed it on a small piece of open space to the northwest of the collapsed house. Using fire magic, she ignited the yellow paper filled with spiritual power.
As the yellow paper turned completely into ashes, the blue-haired, blue-skinned, blue-clothed, and blue-shoed Lan Di appeared, cheerfully greeting, "Why did we change places today?"
Qin Sisi didn’t answer his question since it wasn’t important. Instead, she smiled and said, "I have a little favor to ask of you."
Lan Di laughed heartily, "Your problems are never ’little’."
Qin Sisi rolled her eyes, "It’s a big problem for us, but it’s a trivial matter for you."
The slightly flattering tone brought a bit of smugness to Lan Di’s face. He waved it off and said, "Alright, alright, let’s get down to business!"
Qin Sisi nodded and brought the two children’s ghosts in front of Lan Di and said, "These two children wish to reincarnate, could you please bring them down for me?"
Lan Di frowned, "You’re asking me to steal the Grim Reaper’s job. That feels beneath me."
However, judging by Lan Di’s tone, Qin Sisi knew there wasn’t a problem. She casually replied, "Alright, alright, I know how noble your status is. Hurry back and don’t keep your Pei Pei lady waiting."
Upon hearing Qin Sisi mention Pei Pei, a hint of sweetness flashed in Lan Di’s eyes. He slightly nodded and said, "Fine, for the sake of old times, I’ll help out this once."
Giving the Grim Reaper a little advantage and passing the children along, wasn’t too troublesome.
Qin Sisi was relieved and fearing Lan Di might change his mind, she hurriedly handed the two children over to him.
However, this time, Lan Di couldn’t charm the children. Seeing they were about to part from their parents, both children burst into tears.
