An Rugu lowered her head in deep thought. These two victims happened to be in the capital, and Youdu was also active in Nanning Village within the capital. Cixin Temple was also in the capital. She wondered if Youdu’s activities were related to the Cixin Temple’s Buddhist assembly.

She then sent a message to Master Zhang, saying that she wanted to go. She re-entered the private messages from the livestream to arrange a time with the two swapped souls.

It seemed she absolutely had to make a trip to the capital.

Compared to her last trip to the Celestial Master’s Mansion, the little jiangshi has learned her lesson.

In order to get An Rugu to take her along, she finished her homework early, raised her chubby hands, hugged An Rugu’s leg, and begged repeatedly, “Sister, I also want to go to the capital to play.”

An Rugu lowered her eyes and looked at the chubby little jiangshi at her feet. “Aren’t you afraid you won’t be able to come back?”

“I’m amazing!” The little jiangshi swung her fist in the air, grinning and showing off her white teeth. “I can send them flying.”

An Rugu: “…”

It seemed that when the Green Mountain Ghost King came last time, the little jiangshi got carried away fighting the ghost and now had a strange sense of confidence.

After thinking it over, she realized it wasn’t entirely impossible.

The unfortunate pair whose souls were swapped were probably being watched by Youdu, so it might be good to place the little jiangshi next to them for protection.

She then said, “Okay.”

… …

The next day, An Rugu carried her luggage, and the little jiangshi held onto her clothes as they walked side by side, preparing to catch a flight to the capital.

As for the affairs of the Daoist temple, Shang Yue patted her chest and took full responsibility.

Just as they were about to descend the mountain, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes beside them, and a faint supernatural aura filled the air.

‘Swash, swash, swash.’

The sound grew louder and louder, as if something was rushing towards them at high speed.

An Rugu frowned slightly, her cold gaze sweeping across the bushes. She made a hand seal and chanted an incantation, and a golden flying sword faintly appeared in the air.

Before long, a rat suddenly leaped out of the grass, did a somersault in the air, and landed steadily on the ground.

The rat was about the same size as lab rats, except that his fur was exceptionally black and glossy.

He carried a thin wooden stick on its shoulder, with a small blue bundle hanging from the back of the stick. The bundle was labeled…

Gray patch.

The small wooden stick, carrying a small bundle, swayed back and forth as its owner turned over.

The little jiangshi stretched out her right hand, her mouth agape in surprise, exclaiming in amazement, “Ah, a rat!”

After landing, the rat took the stick down, hugged the bundle tightly, and said in a childlike voice, slightly out of breath, “I… I’m here to look for work.”

He seemed unaccustomed to speaking, his speech was halting and his tone was very unpredictable, making people feel very awkward.

An Rugu sheathed the golden flying sword, looked the rat up and down, and realized, “…You’re the Gray Immortal from Little Older Brother Liu’s house?”

A look of confusion flashed in his beady eyes, “…Who is Little Older Brother Liu? I’ve never heard of him.”

An Rugu described Little Older Brother Liu’s physical characteristics.

The rat suddenly realized, “Oh right, I live in his house, and I even cleaned for him last time.”

An Rugu, remembering that the Gray Immortal was known for its cleanliness, asked, “Did you sweep the floor for him because his shop was too dirty?”

Among the five immortals—Fox, Weasel, White, Willow, and Gray—the Fox Immortal possessed strong supernatural powers, the Weasel Immortal was wicked, the White Immortal excelled at healing, the Willow Immortal was skilled at exorcising evil spirits, and the Gray Immortal was clean and adept at traveling.

He should have been still far away yesterday, but he arrived in the South City today; this was probably because of his racial talent.

“Mm,” the rat nodded.

Unlike the White Immortal, he wasn’t skilled at healing others. Unable to cure his benefactor, he could only share his fortune with her son, hoping to improve his business and thus make the benefactor’s life a little better.

After his benefactor passed away, the rat, who was somewhat obsessive about cleanliness, passed by his restaurant and couldn’t resist cleaning it because it was so dirty.

He was so hungry after cleaning that he ate some leftovers. It wasn’t stealing, though; after all, Little Older Brother Liu had promised his mother he would take care of him.

An Rugu asked with some surprise, “How did you become acquainted with his family?”

The rat raised his paws and hugged the bundle tightly, completely unguarded, and spilled everything out like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.

Brother Liu’s mother had once spared his life, and after he cultivated himself into a spirit, he returned to repay the kindness. Coincidentally, the little black dog had just died, and Little Older Brother Liu’s mother was searching everywhere for it but could not find it, and she spent her days wiping away tears by the window.

He couldn’t bear to see his benefactor living like this, so he subconsciously barked a few times, trying to cheer her up.

Little Older Brother Liu’s mother was overjoyed and immediately called out to him, “Little Blackie.”

He knew that the other party would be very sad if she knew that Little Blackie was dead, so he had no choice but to keep pretending.

His benefactor rescued him when he was newlyborn, and so he accompanied his benefactor through the last stage of her life.

At this point, the rat lowered his head, a look of sadness flashing in his eyes.

When he was young, he used to appear on the streets without any scruples, but everyone hated him and he almost lost half his life.

From this, he learned a profound truth: most humans disliked rats. Rats were born to be disliked by humans and were completely unable to get close to them.

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

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