"My grandfather and your master had a child, could that be you?"
Lin Fan stared blankly. "If that's the case, wouldn't you be my elder?"
The Saintess pouted disdainfully. "I am the Saintess of the Wu Sect. I was already four years old when these events occurred."
"Oh, then what happened later? Where did the little girl born to your master go?" Lin Fan asked urgently.
The Saintess shook her head. "My master died in childbirth, and the child vanished without a trace."
For the first time, Lin Fan truly understood his grandfather. He never imagined he'd be such a scumbag!
However, his parents were never mentioned in the entire story.
"Since you knew all this long ago, why have you only appeared now? Why didn't you seek revenge on my grandfather earlier?"
"Do you think I wanted this? Before my master died, worried that I was too young to be cared for, she passed her cultivation to me, then sealed me in a cave. I only woke up last month."
Lin Fan's mouth hung open. This girl had been asleep for over twenty years!
After the Saintess awoke, she found the world had changed.
She kept her master's dying wish firmly in mind and searched everywhere for Lin Sheng, but found nothing.
By chance, she met Luo Wenshan.
Having never received any education since childhood, she had no concept of good or evil. Furthermore, because money was needed for everything in this world, she chose to help Luo Wenshan commit evil deeds, nearly killing Luo Yuntian and Luo Qiqi.
She disguised herself as Aunt Zhang precisely to get close to Luo Yuntian and Luo Qiqi and make her move.
"What's your name?" Lin Fan asked casually.
"Hmph."
The Saintess snorted. She hadn't intended to say, but Lin Fan's hands started to get restless, so she had no choice but to say, "My master always called me Saintess. I don't know my own name."
Lin Fan scratched his head, feeling a bit of pity for the girl.
She didn't even have a name, was revered as a Saintess from birth, slept for over twenty years, and after finally waking up, she was still entangled in the grudges of the previous generation.
How pitiful!
"I've told you everything I know. Let me go quickly."
The Saintess stared with innocent, wide eyes, showing no sign of cunning.
Lin Fan stroked his chin. "To me, you are a potential threat. What if you decide to kill me one day? After all, the grudges of the past generation are yet to be resolved."
"You, you're not a person of your word!" the Saintess roared.
Lin Fan rolled his eyes. He neither wanted to kill her nor let her go easily, finding himself in a dilemma.
"By the way, I've been dreaming of a seductive woman recently. Is that your doing?"
"You mean Mirror Flower Water Moon, right? That's an advanced sorcery. I haven't fully integrated my master's cultivation, so I can't do that."
"Not you?!" Lin Fan was puzzled.
Ever since he met Ye Qingcheng, he had been dreaming of her frequently. This was definitely not his own lechery!
He had always thought that because he saved Luo Yuntian, he was being retaliated against by the enemy, who was trying to bewitch him in his dreams and then strike.
Now it seemed things might not be so simple.
"Then who could it be?"
Lin Fan murmured to himself, wondering if it was Ye Qingcheng.
He immediately shook his head vigorously, pushing the thought from his mind.
The Saintess, as the supreme being of the Wu Sect, possessed immense power within her, yet she couldn't activate Mirror Flower Water Moon.
Even if Ye Qingcheng was also from the Wu Sect, it was unlikely she could accomplish it.
"Who knows how many romantic debts your grandfather incurred back then? It must be someone from another family coming to collect, seeking revenge!" the Saintess sneered.
"You can really kill people in their dreams?!"
Lin Fan was startled.
"Hmph!"
The Saintess snorted. "Mirror Flower Water Moon can invert reality and dreams. Killing is as easy as flipping your hand!"
Large beads of sweat broke out on Lin Fan's forehead.
He had been studying the "Zhī Héng Lǜ Diǎn" these past few days, which contained detailed records of Mirror Flower Water Moon.
In ancient times, treacherous officials, seeking to usurp imperial power, hired Wu Sect sorcerers to perform the Mirror Flower Water Moon art on the emperor.
The emperor was incessantly bewitched, dreaming of seducing celestial maidens and ascending to immortality, neglecting state affairs.
Within just half a year, the emperor was completely lost in the dreamscape conjured by Mirror Flower Water Moon, becoming a mere puppet of the treacherous officials.
What Lin Fan couldn't understand was, if they wanted revenge, why not just come and kill him directly? Why go through so much trouble with all these intricate schemes?
Was it because they were wary of his strength?
Also, when did he fall victim to it?
Lin Fan couldn't figure it out.
"Hey, what exactly do you want to do with me?"
The Saintess shouted.
Lin Fan snapped back to attention and chuckled, "I happen to need a maid to wash my feet and warm my bed. Why don't you just stay by my side?"
"I am the dignified Saintess of the Wu Sect! Don't even think about it!"
"Behave yourself."
Lin Fan extended his sword finger and injected a wisp of spiritual energy into her, sealing all her meridians.
The Saintess looked at him in panic. "What, what did you do to me?"
"Nothing much, just temporarily sealed your meridians. From now on, you're no different from an ordinary person."
"Ah! I'll kill you!"
The Saintess lunged at him, claws flailing, but Lin Fan pressed a finger against her head.
The Golden Silkworm Gu poison in her body had been neutralized, and she could move normally.
However, she couldn't channel her energy!
She wished she could die. After sleeping for over twenty years, and only waking up for a month, her cultivation had been sealed by someone, turning her into a shameful maid.
The Wu Sect had existed for thousands of years, and she was probably the most pathetic Saintess in its history.
Lin Fan didn't care. While he didn't want to kill her, he also didn't want a ticking time bomb by his side.
"Put on some clothes and come with me, little maid."
"Hmph!"
The Saintess snorted, roughly tidied her clothes, and followed Lin Fan, shaking her little fists.
"Don't give me a chance, or I'll skin you alive!"
...
Returning to the Luo family.
Luo Wenshan was kneeling in the living room.
Luo Yuntian sat regally in the main seat, with Luo Qiqi standing beside him.
"Divine Doctor Lin, you're back!"
Upon seeing Lin Fan return, Luo Yuntian quickly got up to greet him.
Luo Qiqi also followed, looking at the Saintess in surprise. "Huh, who is she?"
The Saintess, at this time, had discarded her black witch robe in the deep mountains, and was wearing different clothes.
"She's my friend. I met her on the way back," Lin Fan lied.
Luo Yuntian nodded slightly. "Divine Doctor Lin, was that Aunt Zhang apprehended?"
Lin Fan shrugged. "During the chase, she fell off a cliff and died."
The Saintess, hearing this from behind, instinctively clenched her small fists.
"She died falling off a cliff? Even a sorceress would die?" Luo Qiqi was surprised.
Lin Fan waved his hand. "What nonsense sorcerer? She was just a charlatan. Your foolish son believed her nonsense, and she used some poison and called it witchcraft."
"Ah? A骗子 (liar)?"
Luo Yuntian and Luo Qiqi were somewhat bewildered, and exchanged glances.
Lin Fan chuckled sheepishly. "Of course, a liar. Otherwise, do you think you would still be alive if you had been afflicted by witchcraft?"
"Then you're also a liar!" Luo Qiqi blurted out without thinking.
"Qiqi, that's no way to speak!" Luo Yuntian reprimanded.
Lin Fan patted his chest. "Rest assured, I am a legitimate doctor, specializing in difficult and rare diseases, including witchcraft."
The Saintess muttered from behind, "He really knows how to brag!"