C14 Celebrating the Ancestors During the Qingming Festival

It was rainy and drizzly and breezy in the Qingming season, and the weather was not overcast, but cool and pleasant.

Yue Ling had originally liked this weather very much. If she was at school, she would definitely take her friend out for a walk, but now, she was asked to put on the clothes that symbolized her status and go out very seriously, walking in this oppressive place.

Her long hair was tied back with a blue ribbon, her ears were ringed with blue drops of water, and she was dressed in a long white robe with aqua-blue phoenix patterns on the sleeves and collar.

Yue Ling was the real Spiritual Lady, so she was wearing clothes that symbolized her status as a Spiritual Lady. Although the clothes of the proxy Spiritual Lady were similar to hers, there was a difference after all.

Closing her eyes, when Yue Ling opened them again, a sharp glint flashed across her eyes. Right now, her aura was no longer gentle, but a kind of high and mighty aura that no one dared to blaspheme.

"Lingnu, it's time." Hearing her mother's reminder, Yue Ling nodded slightly, stood up and walked out.

The master of the Yue family wore a white robe, and the embroidered back of the robe was the symbol of his status. The patriarch was the only one in the Yue family who wore a black robe, and the people who married or married the master of the Yue family wore gray robes.

There was a dragon embroidered on the back of the priestly robe, a phoenix embroidered on the back of the priestess's robe.

"Ring ~ ~ ~" The ancient wind chime sounded as if it had passed through history and entered everyone's ears.

Yue Ling could not ignore a burning gaze. She looked at the girl who was glaring at her and felt amused, but on the surface, she had to keep a straight face as she walked towards the girl.

The girl was wearing a white robe, but the back of the robe was embroidered with water-blue orchids, which meant that she was just an ordinary Heaven Master.

Yue Ling looked at the woman in front of her. The woman bowed slightly to Yue Ling, "Spiritual Girl."

The woman was the proxy spirit girl - Yun Qing. The back of her white robe was embroidered with a half-spreading phoenix. Compared to the phoenix behind Yue Ling's robe, this phoenix seemed to be resting.

Yue Ling nodded and stood behind Yun Qing, following her forward. No matter how unwilling the girl who was glaring at Yue Ling was, she could only retreat to the back.

There were three priests in the Yue family who corresponded to the three elements of wind, earth, and fire. The Spiritual Lady was of the water element. The patriarch of the family was of the metal element and wood element, but the wood element was of the hidden element. It was possible that the direct line of the Yue family had it, so he did not reveal it.

For generations, the patriarch would definitely be the direct successor of the Yue family, and one of the priests and spiritual girls would definitely be a direct descendant of the Yue family. To put it bluntly, if there were five direct descendants of the Yue family, then the patriarch, spiritual girl, and priest would all have to be direct descendants of the Yue family.

In this generation, the only direct descendants of the Yue family were Yue Qing and Yue Ling, so no matter how Yue Ling tried to escape, she would not be able to escape the fate of becoming a Spirit Girl.

The Patriarch would take five people as inner sect disciples, and from the age of ten onwards, these five people would participate in the sacrifice as successors.

Yue Ling originally had a junior brother, but that junior brother lost control of his spiritual energy and killed himself when he was fourteen years old, so this position was left empty, and the Patriarch did not take any more disciples.

It just so happened that the junior brother corresponded to the earth attribute Qiushui, and his disciple - Lan Qi - had always been outstanding, so he gave the position to Lan Qi.

Lan Qi followed behind Qiushui and saw Yue Ling smiling at her. When his gaze landed on the vicious-eyed girl behind Yue Ling, disdain flashed across his eyes.

That girl was Yun Qing's daughter and she wanted to become a Spiritual Lady. Although her spiritual energy was not weak, she did not have the aura that a Spiritual Lady must have.

Hua Moshan and Xia Chenxiao also followed their respective priests and walked in. The ancient bell rang, and Yue Qing appeared on the altar behind the Patriarch.

"Father's spiritual energy has been very unstable recently. He needs to retire early."

"Ling, as a chosen spiritual girl, don't be so willful anymore. The Yue family can't be the next Shen family."

She closed her eyes and the ancient bell rang again. The sacrificial ceremony had begun.

Qing Ming was the day that the ancestors returned. The sacrifice was to pay their respects to the ancestors.

When the sacrifice started, the fog started to cover the entire house. When it was time for the sacrifice, it was the time when the Yin and Yang realms changed. The head of the clan, the spiritual girl, and the priest would all stay to protect the barrier with their spiritual power.

The mist acted as a natural barrier to temporarily confuse the ghosts.

Although Yue Ling was a Spiritual Lady, she did not have any spiritual energy, so she did not need to guard the barrier.

"A Spiritual Lady without Spiritual Energy is not worthy of staying here!" In the cafeteria, a sharp voice sounded. Yue Ling paused and looked at the person who came.

"Senior Sister Yun Lian, it's not up to you to decide whether I'm worthy or not." Lan Qi stood in front of Yue Ling, his clear voice carrying a hint of anger.

Originally, because of the sacrifice, he would not be able to touch Qiushui for a few days, and he was already in a bad mood. He did not expect to see someone looking for trouble when he came to get a meal.

Yue Ling raised her eyes, her water blue earrings shining in the day. The corner of her mouth slightly curled up, and she smiled lightly, not planning to bother with him.

However, even if she didn't plan to pay attention to him, he didn't plan to let it go just like that.

"Why is Seventh Junior Brother protecting this person who doesn't have any Spiritual Energy? I heard that Priest Qiu brought you to her house to propose a marriage. Has Seventh Junior Martial Brother taken a liking to her? " Seeing that Lan Qi's expression was not good, Yun Lian thought that he felt that the marriage proposal was a humiliation.

The proposal of marriage was something Lan Qi did not want to mention. He did not forget that his master had not given up even now and had been thinking of ways to marry into the Yue family.

Even if Yue Ling did not have any spiritual energy, she was still a direct descendant of the Yue family. If she married Yue Ling, her future would be boundless.

However, Lan Qi did not want to, and he knew that Yue Ling's heart belonged to someone else.

At this moment, when this matter was brought up in front of everyone's eyes, the two of them did not look too good.

"Junior Sister Yun Lian is already at the age of romance. Why? Has no one proposed to Junior Sister Yun Lian yet?" Just because Yue Ling was never angry did not mean that she wouldn't.

Hua Moshan was such a talkative person, but he did not dare to argue with Yue Ling. Firstly, Yue Ling was his beloved junior sister, and secondly... He really could not argue with her.

As soon as Yue Ling's words came out, everyone began to whisper, and Yun Lian's face darkened.

Yun Qing had once proposed marriage to Yun Lian, and the target was Xia Chenxiao. Unfortunately, Xia Chenxiao was concerned about Hua Moshan and did not pay any attention to it.

This matter had long since spread throughout the Yue family, but because of Yun Qing's status, no one dared to say it out loud.

"Heh, Senior Sister Yue Ling is indeed well-liked by everyone. Isn't she without a fiancé now?" Yun Lian emphasized the last three words.

"Ah? Seventh Junior Brother, did I remember wrongly? I remember that Junior Sister Yun Lian is older than me. She should be eighteen years old!" Yue Ling blinked her eyes as if she was thinking.

"Senior Sister's memory is really bad. Senior Sister Yun Lian is already twenty this year!" Lan Qi glanced at Yun Lian, who was about to explode, and said to Yue Ling seriously.

"Eh? Isn't that the legal age to get married?" Yue Ling's cool voice resounded throughout the entire cafeteria. Her voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly. However, Yue Ling still had an innocent look on her face, which made Yun Lian so angry that she directly took out her spirit weapon and struck at Yue Ling.

Lan Qi calmly blocked it, no longer concealing the disdain in his eyes. "Senior Sister Yun Lian seems to have forgotten her identity."

He was reminding her that Yue Ling was the real Spiritual Lady, and her mother was just a substitute Spiritual Lady.

Yun Lian gritted her teeth and walked out of the cafeteria.

The fog quickly blocked everyone's line of sight. The scene just now seemed like a farce, but it was the truth.