As soon as An Rugu finished speaking, a strange laughter came from the other side of the call.

The woman smiled, which was very different from her usual gloomy appearance.

“After all these years… you are the only one who has noticed it!”

She laughed for a long time. Not until her voice became hoarse did she stop, and then she said in her gloomy tone: “You are so smart, do you know why we did it?”

She had no feelings for anyone other than her sister, but she found An Rugu very interesting—it was rare that she had the desire to speak more with others.

The corners of An Rugu’s lips raised, and a faint smile appeared on her face, “Let me guess… maybe you have a good relationship and your sister was willing to bear the cost of your disability for you.”

After a long time, a hoarse voice came from the phone, like rubbing sandpaper: “…My parents have three children, one is my brother Fang Yuan, and the other two are me and my sister.

“We are twins. It may be that I absorbed more nutrients when we were still in the womb but she was born weak. The doctor concluded that she would not live to be thirty.

“When we were young, I felt that we were the same as my brother, just as happy, just as loved.

“Later, I discovered that we are different after all. My elder brother was free. The Luban Sutra is passed down from generation to generation. He could choose to study the Luban Sutra, or not, as he pleased—or even embark on the path of acting.

“But when I mentioned that I wanted to learn the Luban Sutra, they broke my legs.

“What my brother discarded like worn-out shoes, I was not even allowed to think about.

“So while I was supposed to be in bed recovering from my injuries, I stole the Luban Sutra.

“She knew about this but did not report me. She saw that my legs were broken, and that I had to endure one of the five disadvantages of studying the Luban Sutra.

“She couldn’t bear it, so she told me, ‘I heard that there is a way of exchanging one’s fate for another, so why don’t we exchange the disadvantages that you will have to bear? Since I would not live to be 30 years old anyway, I might as well suffer in your place.’

“I didn’t want to, but she found someone to ask about exchanging the backlash for studying the Luban Sutra. For twins, the method is too simple: she put on my clothes and made others call her by my name. No one recognized her, including our parents.

“By the time I realized it, the spell was already completed. Her legs were disabled for life, never to be cured again.

“Later, my broken legs healed, but her legs were permanently disabled by the backlash. I became Fang Ruoshui, and she became Fang Shangshan.

“… She said to thank you again. I will transfer the money to you next.”

After saying that, Fang Ruoshui hung up the phone.

Immediately afterwards, An Ruzhu’s bank card received 615,427,163.

An Rugu: “…”

To be precise, wasn’t this all the money Fang Ruoshui had?

Many thoughts ran in her mind.

The current Fang Ruoshui used to be Fang Shangshan.

The current Fang Shangshan used to be Fang Ruoshui.

The twin sisters have reversed their lives and exchanged their destinies. But the method of exchanging life was rather special, so only the backlash of studying the Lu Ban sutra was exchanged—not their life spans or qi, or other matters.

Although Fang Ruoshui did not say this, An Rugu could still guess: she was not disabled yet she was in a wheelchair—she was obviously punishing herself.

This reminded her of Zhu Tingting and Liang Jing, a pair who stole luck from the other with malicious intent. But these two sisters exchanged their lives with good intentions.

This was how it was with all sentient beings.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

In the afternoon, she held a transcendence ceremony and sent Bai Wei and the two ghosts he killed to the Underworld, heedless of Bai Wei’s pleas for mercy.

These two evil ghosts died violently and were controlled by Bai Wei to harm others. They could slowly regain their sanity while in the Underworld and may be reborn to a good life in the future. And Bai Wei, who has committed all kinds of murders, will stay in hell—unable to live yet not able to die.

… …

That same afternoon, An Rugu received a commendation.

Lin Weiyu and her companion, Su Lai, went to the temple in person with certificates, medals and bonuses.

Although Fang Ruoshui surrendered, after investigation, it was found that An Rugu had persuaded her, so the five million reward for her capture was also counted towards An Rugu’s account.

In addition to the one million fee for retrieving the guardian artifact, there was also the reward money for providing clues that led to the capture of the evil cultivator.

All these bits and pieces, added together, the total was more than six million.

Lin Weiyu scratched her head; she felt that the money was not much after all. “Actually, when I take orders outside in private, those rich people often pay tens of millions.”

She was born into a feng shui family, and her family took orders from the rich, so she knew the market very well.

But An Rugu also understood. After all, this was money provided by the government. The amount of money was not important; it was the honor that came with it that mattered.

This was not the first time Lin Weiyu and Su Lai had visited Cloud Rise Temple. But compared to before when they were still ignorant about matters, this time they were very proficient in their actions.

And the way they looked at An Rugu was completely different.

A great master was actually by their side!

Lin Weiyu looked at An Rugu with a face like that of a little fan girl, “Ms. An, I thought you were solely a fortune teller before, but I didn’t expect you to be also very good at fighting. How did you catch Fang Ruoshui?”

“Didn’t she tell you?”

“She is very cool customer and said very little. As for the reason for stealing the guardian artifact, she never said a word. It’s because Youdu cast a silence spell on their members. If they say anything, they will be killed or severely injured.”

Lin Weiyu was not surprised by this at all. They had arrested people from Youdu before. No matter how they tried, the secrets they found out from them were all limited. It made sense when you think about it. After all, an organization as big as Youdu must have some means to prevent their secrets from being leaked.

And so An Rugu told them what happened that day.

Lin Weiyu frowned. “I didn’t expect Bai Wei to be a murderer. No, we have to notify authorities and have his matters investigated thoroughly… Speaking of which, why didn’t Fang Ruoshui ask for help from the police?”

An Rugu sighed slightly, “Her family called the police, but Bai Wei had too many tricks and escaped suspicion.”

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: This ends the story of the Fang twins. You know, I’ve read this so many times and only just now caught that Fang Yuan (the disgraced actor) was their brother 🤦‍♀️