Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling-Chapter 86 - 85 Cease the blue smoke, disperse the illusion

The ethereal shadow needed only a glance to realize that Yun Ran had inherited the original host’s karmic debts and grudges.

The original host’s Heavenly Abandoned Fate was artificially crafted, and had Yun Ran not been from Qingfeng Temple, she would likely have perished during the activation of the Life and Death Tribulation.

Already suffering an undeserved disaster, and now further beaten down by the Heavenly Dao, her plight was so pitiful that the ethereal shadow felt stifled with anger.

It immediately vented its wrath: "Humph!"

With a cold snort from the ethereal shadow and a wave of its sleeve, Ginsengfruit felt as though it was crashing, and the Heavenly Dao also suffered, almost being shattered.

The people of Qingfeng Temple protect their own, especially the direct disciples, who have been tested through the trials of conscience and soul-searching, absolutely pure and righteous with no chance of being bad seeds.

Not to mention, Yun Ran was an heir, the precious darling of Qingfeng Temple. Now that she was being bullied, it was only natural for her old ancestor to take up her cause.

The ethereal shadow gestured towards Yun Ran, and the injuries she had suffered from being strangled by the Heavenly Dao suddenly vanished, and in her hand appeared three Golden Feathers.

"These are three feathers from the Phoenix; keep them. They can shield you from three full-force strikes from the Heavenly Dao here."

Ultimately a being from another realm, the ethereal shadow could not stay here for long, or else this small world might collapse.

Yun Ran, watching the incense smoke fade, knew that the Merit had burned away, and the old ancestor’s ethereal shadow would soon vanish.

"Thank you, old ancestor. Your unworthy disciple Yun Ran bids you farewell!"

As the ethereal shadow of her old ancestor dissipated, Yun Ran took advantage of the momentary lapse and swiftly entered Qu Ying’s dreams.

The Heavenly Dao, seeing this, could only fret helplessly; it could no longer kill Yun Ran under the watchful eye of the ethereal shadow, especially after being warned by it.

The incense smoke ceased, the ethereal shadow dispersed.

Yun Ran, following Qu Ying’s old dreams, finally saw what happened at her birth.

A nurse whose eyes were the only visible part, had switched Qu Ying’s newborn child with another pregnant woman’s child right after the birth.

No one saw this happen at all.

A while later, Qu Ying, who had been wheeled back to her hospital room, stealthily switched the children back again despite just having given birth.

She even made sure to check for any distinguishing marks on the babies.

Soon, Qu Ying discovered a butterfly-shaped birthmark behind the ear of the child she switched back and then rested assuredly.

After she fell asleep, the family of the child who had been switched hastily left the hospital.

Yun Ran had the God’s Eye View and saw clearly that after all the swapping, Qu Ying ended up switching her own child back.

But Qu Ying herself believed she had brought back someone else’s child.

Now, what more did Yun Ran not understand? No wonder Qu Ying was her real mother but treated her with such insincere pretense, believing her to be another’s child.

Exiting the dream, the more Yun Ran thought about it, the angrier she became. How did such a fool like Qu Ying become the female protagonist of this small world?!!!

The only thing that Yun Ran regretted was that she didn’t get a clear look at the other pregnant woman’s face, perhaps the clever aspect of those people’s plan.

Committing evil without getting their hands dirty, merely saying a few ambiguous words to instigate others to act and find a scapegoat.

Even if there were karmic consequences, they wouldn’t trace back to them.

The nurse who was complicit in switching the children early was one of the scapegoats, and by now the grass on her grave was probably tall, thus another lead was lost.

Yun Ran was fuming in the room, while Qu Ying, thanks to the ringing of the bells, had a rare good sleep.

Ginsengfruit could finally move, and the first thing it did was to cry and complain.

[Host, why didn’t you tell me earlier that Qingfeng Temple has ancestors? I now feel like I’m nothing but a big resentment!]

When a companion has grievances, it’s best to appease them firs to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

Yun Ran could only temporarily set aside her anger and patiently explain: "You don’t understand, to summon the ancestor, certain conditions are required. First, it can only be done when a direct disciple of Qingfeng Temple is in a life-and-death crisis.

Second, summoning the ancestor requires burning Merit. I used to work myself to the bone and still didn’t accumulate much Merit, so I couldn’t even light the Merit Incense.

Don’t believe me? Look at the Merit we accumulated before, it’s probably all burnt out by now. Sigh, even the rich in Merit can’t summon the ancestor more than a few times."

Ginsengfruit, originally quite heartbroken, then remembered that it indeed had overlooked that the host had burnt Merit to light that incense.

It hurriedly started checking the Merit. The Merit that had been entered into the System had already been converted into energy, still there, but Yun Ran’s own Merit, oh snap, was completely gone.

Although it felt slightly inappropriate, it strangely found some balance in its heart; the host had no Merit left and was still comforting it—the host was really nice~

[No wonder the ancestor gave you the Phoenix’s feathers; he knew you were without Merit and had the Heavenly Abandoned Fate, with the Heavenly Dao wanting to kill you at any moment. This was to keep you safe.]

Yun Ran: ...

The thing with brutal honesty, sometimes, it’s really unnecessary!

And yet, Ginsengfruit continued to chatter: [The ancestor seemed quite nice though, so if you encounter any danger in the future, can you summon the ancestor again? Will he get angry?...]

"Merit just transfers, it doesn’t disappear! The ancestors would love for us juniors to summon them more often, they can gain a lot of Merit too."

Ginsengfruit slightly opened its mouth in awe, revealing a look of newfound wisdom. So, the ancestors also liked Merit, huh.

Without the protection of the Merit Golden Light, Yun Ran at the moment was like a walking jinx. If someone with Dao progress looked at her now, they would think she was covered in grey dust.

The Heavenly Dao recovered, and the oppression towards the Heavenly Abandoned once again fell onto Yun Ran, like she was burdened by several heavy black pots.

Yun Ran put away her Merit Incense and pondered; perhaps divining three times a day was too few.

Just as she was thinking about this, some specks of Merit began to flow into her body.

Ginsengfruit was shocked.

Others gained revenue while sleeping, and their host accumulates Merit by lying flat at home?

Yun Ran calculated with her fingers and realized, oh, it was the Little Paperman number one who had caught a few wanted criminals again. This working efficiency was a bit too high.

She found Song Ye’s phone number and called him; the phone was quickly picked up on the other end.

"Yun Ran, do you need something?"

"Captain Song, about my Little Paperman..."

"Beeep beeep beeep..."

Before she could finish, the phone was hung up on the other end.

Yun Ran: ...

Calling back, she was greeted with a voice prompt: "The user you are calling is busy, please try again later..."

Yun Ran, belatedly realizing, finally understood – had she been blacklisted?