Chapter 3067

This was an abandoned tunnel. It had an entrance but no end. It seemed that anyone who entered here was walking a path of no return.

Yan Xizhong walked slowly. He looked like a banished immortal who had accidentally wandered into this place. Although the surroundings were pitch black, a natural light followed wherever he stepped.

Yan Xizhong walked leisurely. He did not seem afraid of the endless darkness ahead. After walking for about half an hour, he stopped and smiled. "Since you dared to escape from the Underworld, it means you are quite brave. So, now that I am here, are you hiding and refusing to show your face?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the darkness in front of him formed an elliptical vortex, as if trying to suck people in.

Gradually, the vortex slowed down and finally dissipated. A piece of black jade fell from the air.

Yan Xizhong raised his eyebrows slightly upon seeing it. "Escaping again. Interesting. Since you want to play, let’s play."

Catching fierce souls was just a side task for him. His real purpose was to solve his lifelong matter.

She thought about how she had originally believed she could get married. But the bride had fled into the mortal world, worried about not being a suitable match.

She didn’t think it through. If they really talked about matching status, how many people in the Underworld could match her?

Of course, Yan Xizhong wouldn’t say this now. she would wait until she won Yun Meng’s heart again, and then tease her back.

Who asked this little liar to steal his heart and then run away?

The next day, Yan Xizhong came to the flower shop at the same time. "Excuse me, one bouquet of red spider lilies."

Yun Meng saw Yan Xizhong and raised her eyebrows slightly. "Do you like red spider lilies very much?"

"Yes, I do." Yan Xizhong nodded seriously.

"Is it because of that legend?" Yun Meng asked.

Yan Xizhong raised his eyebrows slightly. "You mean the legend that the flowers and leaves never meet?"

"Yes." Yun Meng nodded.

Yan Xizhong smiled. "How could that be? What I appreciate is that the red spider lily can bloom proudly even without leaves. It blooms when it should and rests when it should. It doesn’t have those strange, complicated thoughts."

After saying this, Yan Xizhong paused for a moment before continuing. "Actually, sometimes things that seem simple are made complicated by people."

Yun Meng listened to Yan Xizhong’s words and pondered for a moment. She thought about it and realized she was right. Sometimes, people indeed complicate things themselves.

Yun Meng smiled at Yan Xizhong. "Thank you for the reminder."

A gentle look flashed in Yan Xizhong’s eyes. "No need to thank me. Life in this place is not easy, so it is better to keep some things simple."

Yan Xizhong did not stay long. After Yun Meng wrapped the red spider lilies for him, he took them and left.

Good romance does not come from pestering. Although the old saying goes that a good girl fears a persistent man, Yan Xizhong knew his own character. He was not the type to pester. Besides, he had plenty of opportunities to approach Yun Meng.

Yan Xizhong said his goodbyes and left. Yun Meng’s phone rang.

Yun Meng picked up the phone and saw it was a call from the Yun family. She hesitated slightly before answering. "Hello, this is Yun Meng."

"Second Miss, next Saturday is the engagement day of the First Miss and Young Master Chu. The Grandfather asked me to notify you. Please make sure to attend." The caller was the butler.

Yun Meng raised her eyebrows slightly. "My sister has been sold off. Are you planning to sell me next?"

The butler did not expect Yun Meng to be so direct and was stunned for a moment.

Yun Meng did not wait for the butler to answer her question. She just said, "Fine, I will go back then. But I hope they don’t have too high hopes for me, because I don’t know what I might do at that time."

Yun Meng seemed gentle, but she was actually very independent.

She could give up everything in the Yun family because she never cared about it in the first place. For her, living happily was the most important thing.

Plus, her philosophy was different from the Yun family’s. Therefore, she valued her own life more.

In Yun Meng’s words, the Yun family members were inherently selfish. Since she bore the surname Yun, she was obviously quite selfish too.

Regardless, Yun Meng would definitely return to the Yun family.

After Yun Meng hung up the phone, the butler walked to the study and reported to the old ruler of the Yun family, Grandfather Yun. "Grandfather, the Second Miss said she will attend. However, do not have too many hopes for her, because she doesn’t know what trouble she might cause."

Grandfather Yun hummed and then sighed. "The Yun family is declining. The Yun family has no sons. I fear it will eventually disappear in the long river of this world."

The butler said, "Actually, the two young misses are fine. The First Miss is capable, and the Second Miss is free. This is also quite good."

Grandfather Yun looked at the butler. "Old she, why are you saying such insincere words to me? Yun Ling is capable, but she is too sharp. If she suffers a setback, it will be hard for her to rise again. As for Yun Meng, I originally hoped she could assist Yun Ling. But now it seems, the path Yun Meng is walking is one we may not walk, nor dare to walk."

The butler was slightly surprised by this. The part about "may not walk" was clear, as the Yun family had been Celestial Masters and soul catchers for generations. But the part about "dare not walk" he did not understand.

Grandfather Yun sighed. "Actually, I have long known that souls in this world can be kind or evil. We soul catchers should mostly capture evil souls. But now, whenever we encounter a soul, whether good or evil, we treat them equally. This approach is actually wrong. But for hundreds of years, the Yun family has always done this. Now, it is impossible to change this practice. Yet, Yun Meng is walking this path."

"The Second Miss is not a soul catcher," the butler said.

Grandfather Yun said, "It is only a matter of time." she spoke calmly. "She is not doing it now because she believes her philosophy differs from the Yun family’s. And she feels she lacks the ability to help those kind souls. So, she is deceiving herself, blinded by a single leaf, pretending to see nothing and hear nothing. Opening the flower shop is just like that. She wants to distract her own attention and ours."

The butler looked enlightened after hearing this. "If that is really the case, then how can we make the Second Miss a true soul catcher?"

"Yun Ling has a tribulation." Grandfather Yun looked out the window. "I have not told anyone this. When Yun Ling was born, we invited Master Mo to calculate her fate. Master Mo said that before Yun Ling turns twenty-five, she will face a tribulation. If she passes it, her bad luck will turn to good. If she fails, she will enter reincarnation."