Double Happiness

"What do you mean 'you can'? What can you do?"

Even in this critical situation, Yu Xiucai couldn't help but be somewhat taken aback.

At that moment, the surrounding guests walked towards Zhu Ge and Yu Xiucai like zombies, their movements stiff and numb.

Even Ma Laizi next to him reached out to grab Zhu Ge, opening his mouth as if to say something, but couldn't utter a word.

"Hurry!" Zhu Ge urged Yu Xiucai hastily, "Where is the God of Happiness? I'll stop Him!"

As if waking from a dream, Scholar Yu immediately pointed to the "囍" character on the roof: "The true form of the 囍 deity is there!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ge immediately opened the system again.

Name: Zhu Ge

Lifespan: 33 year

【Characteristic: Not wearing】

[Inventory: Kunpeng]

"Wear it!"

The next moment, ten years of his lifespan vanished silently, and Zhu Ge's head throbbed with pain.

But in this pain and suffering, everything changed.

"Transcendence!"

His soul instantly rose from his body, forming a fiery red Kunpeng egg.

Yu, the scholar standing nearby, suddenly widened his eyes as if he were seeing Zhu Ge's soul, and exclaimed, "How come it's an egg! What a huge egg!"

But in Zhu Ge's view, everything has changed.

From the perspective of the soul, the "囍" character in front of you is not a character cut from red paper, but a blurry human face that seems to have not yet been formed.

The human face was churning like blood.

Its mouth opened and closed as if chanting a spell, and its closed eyes were about to open, as if it had sensed the soul of the blessing song.

"The God of Happiness is about to unleash his power!" Scholar Yu exclaimed. "Quickly interrupt him! Otherwise, we'll both be utterly terrified!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ge steeled his resolve and forcefully rammed into the "囍" character in front of him.

However, the next moment, before Zhu Ge's soul could even collide with the character "囍", the blood-red face suddenly trembled and opened its mouth wide.

The surrounding red light instantly returned to his mouth like rivers flowing into the sea. Then he closed his lips and eyes tightly, and his face gradually sank into the character "囍".

Zhu Ge's soul crashed in, but it simply passed through this place, just like a soul had passed through a physical object before.

"He didn't steal God's favor! He's afraid of you?!" A hint of glee laced Yu Xiucai's voice. "Quick, let's go!"

Zhu Ge's heart stirred, and her soul immediately returned to her body.

Before she could even open her eyes and say anything, Yu Xiucai grabbed her hand and pulled Zhu Ge outside.

Zhu Ge staggered after him, glancing back once more.

At this moment, in the real world, the red light that had been spreading everywhere had all returned to the "囍" character on the house.

The original guests were now motionless, standing in place like wooden stakes with their heads down.

However, in that brief moment of surprise, the red light on the "囍" character began to shine through again, and the guests raised their heads once more.

Zhu Ge felt a chill run down her spine and quickened her pace.

Finally, he was led to Yu Xiucai's house.

*Smack!*

Yu Xiucai closed the wooden door, then pointed to the stool next to him: "Sit down and wait."

Then, Yu Xiucai pulled out a drawer from under the wooden bed next to him, which contained some bottles and jars.

Zhu Ge took advantage of the time before Kunpeng's wearing of the robe expired to start looking around the room.

The original owner had never been to Yu Xiucai's house, but had been to the teacher's house. The village children all learned to read and write at the teacher's house when they were young.

Yu Xiucai's room was similar to his teacher's, both being square bungalows with a bed, a desk, and a shelf for storing things, with a few books scattered around.

Very simple.

However, to Zhu Ge's surprise, there was a "囍" character written in blood on one of the walls of Yu Xiucai's room.

Upon seeing the character "囍" (double happiness), Zhu Ge's expression froze.

Double Happiness...

Zhu Ge glanced at the busy scholar Yu, and her heart began to pound.

"Splash, splash..."

Yu Xiucai was still rummaging through the drawer, unaware of Zhu Ge's expression.

"Scholar Yu, what's the deal with that 'Double Happiness Goddess'?" Zhu Ge asked softly.

"That was formed after Hua Xiaomei died," Yu Xiucai said in a deep voice.

"I suspect that Hua Xiaomei died of the plague a couple of days ago. Her last wish, as she was engaged to you, was to marry you. This wish was so strong that it formed a 'god'!"

got engaged?

Zhu Ge's expression turned serious.

The original owner had no memory of being engaged to Hua Xiaomei at all!

"May I see the words left by the gentleman?" Zhu Ge asked again.

"Stop looking, now is not the time to look!"

Yu Xiucai seemed to have found something. He stood up abruptly, holding a normal-sized rice bowl in his hand, which contained something solidified like jelly.

"This is..." Zhu Ge's eyes narrowed: "Chicken blood?"

"Rooster blood!" Scholar Yu said solemnly, reaching into the bowl to scoop out a small piece of chicken blood, and then went to the table beside him.

"Each rooster only has a heart the size of a fingernail. With so many roosters in the village, we only managed to collect a tiny bowl of their heart's blood. I buried all the chicken meat; it's such a waste, but I can't worry about that now… Come help me grind the ink!"

Using rooster heart blood as ink?

Zhu Ge frowned, walked to the table, stood by the inkstone, and slowly began grinding the ink.

The congealed rooster blood melted under his hands, turning a bright red, just like blood.

Or perhaps it was originally made from blood.

Then, Yu Xiucai picked up the calligraphy brush on the table, whose tip was already red, and wrote directly on the paper on the table.

"I'm going to write the character '儒' now, imitating your style. Since you can already have your soul leave your body, you should learn from it; it might be useful in the future."

As Yu Xiucai spoke, he sighed, "If we have a future."

However, listening to what Yu Xiucai said, Zhu Ge felt a chill run down her spine.

Yu Xiucai was seen using chicken blood to write half of the character "喜" (happiness) on his brush.

While talking to Zhu Ge, another character for "joy" was already half-written.

"囍" (double happiness)!

What Yu Xiucai wrote was not the character "儒" (Ru), but the character "囍" (Xi)!

Upon seeing this, Zhu Ge immediately used the Kunpeng's transcendence technique.

Out-of-body experience!

It hasn't even been a minute since then, there are still at least ten more seconds!

"Whoosh—"

Zhu Ge's Kunpeng egg burst out of his body and then looked at Yu Xiucai in front of him.

Yu Xiucai's body was completely invisible in the vision of the soul.

There are only two possibilities that he can't see through.

One possibility is that Yu Xiucai's soul has been hidden, originating from Confucian and Taoist characteristics.

Another possibility is that Scholar Yu is already dead!

Without a soul, you can't see it!

Zhu Ge had previously thought that Yu Xiucai's inability to see was due to his Confucian teachings.

Now it seems highly likely that Scholar Yu is already dead? His soul is gone?

If that's the case, then who was talking to him the whole time?

"It's finished!"

At that moment, Yu Xiucai finished writing and then handed the paper to Zhu Ge: "Here, keep this paper close to your body, preferably near your heart."

"I'll write a few more sheets, and then we'll post these papers all over the village!"

Just as Yu Xiucai was about to continue, he noticed that Zhu Ge hadn't taken his paper, so he looked up.

He wasn't looking at Zhu Ge's face, but rather at the top of Zhu Ge's head, where Zhu Ge's soul resided.

Yu Xiucai's hand froze in mid-air, staring at Zhu Ge's soul, as if he were looking directly into Zhu Ge's eyes.

The air seemed to freeze.

Yu Xiucai's expression calmed down, showing neither sorrow nor joy, but a strange smile appeared on his face:

"you……"

"What are you looking at?"