Why Did You Provoke Her? She Can Tell Fortunes!-Chapter 315 - 288: King Yan’s Terms

Her laughter at this moment was extremely untimely.

Even Li Shang was dumbfounded by her sudden reaction.

In this situation, how could their boss still laugh?

Looking at the expression on Mu Yunchu’s face, she seemed completely unflustered, confident as if she had something up her sleeve.

This in turn ’boosted’ their morale quite a bit.

King Yan asked, "Why are you laughing?"

"I’m laughing at you for trying to scare them," Mu Yunchu replied.

She tilted her head slightly, and although she couldn’t see clearly at the moment, she could imagine the expressions of everyone except her.

And then realizing it was all King Yan’s intentional bluff, a slight smile unconsciously formed at the corners of her mouth.

"Scare us?"

Li Shang gaped.

She looked at King Yan, wanting to confirm the truth of Mu Yunchu’s words.

Originally thinking it was impossible, she saw that King Yan’s smile deepened.

Mu Yunchu continued, "If you didn’t want to help me, you wouldn’t have come."

She didn’t believe there was anything the other party couldn’t do that she could.

Plus, significant enough that the other party would bring out a treasure to coerce her into agreeing to the conditions.

So, the truth was only one — what they wanted her to do was the intention from the beginning, and the treasure was just an additional reward after encountering this matter.

The Judge listened to Mu Yunchu’s analysis but said nothing.

He, too, knew from the moment King Yan brought out the Nether Bone Sand.

However, he had long known that King Yan intended for Mu Yunchu to do something, allowing him to quickly figure out the situation. But the latter truly had no idea at all initially, and faced with such a sudden change, she could still calmly deduce the truth.

Unavoidably, he held this girl from the Human Realm in higher regard.

"Interesting, interesting, Mu Yunchu, you truly didn’t disappoint me!"

King Yan seemed genuinely pleased.

Truthfully, he was indeed reluctant to let anything happen to Mu Yunchu.

Otherwise, he would have no entertainment down below.

When his thoughts got exposed, King Yan wasn’t annoyed; rather, he enjoyed it for a moment before calming his mood to discuss serious matters.

"Alright, since it’s like this, let’s get straight to the point and have a talk."

"I do need you to help me with something."

At first, he hadn’t decided what to use as a reward for Mu Yunchu to complete a task.

Quite coincidentally, this matter arose, solving his problem.

"What is it?"

This time, King Yan was far more serious, not proceeding further but glanced at the other three besides Mu Yunchu once.

Indicating a desire to talk to Mu Yunchu alone.

Li Shang and the others naturally felt uneasy.

But unable to resist King Yan’s threat.

"If you don’t leave, do you not want your boss to be well?"

In the end, it was Wen Xu who weighed the pros and cons and left first with a stern face.

He clearly knew that at this moment, the other party probably wouldn’t harm Mu Yunchu.

Li Shang hesitated for several seconds before gritting her teeth and floating out.

In the room, only Mu Yunchu, King Yan, and the Judge remained.

King Yan waved his hand, setting a restriction on the room. No matter how loud they were, no one outside could hear a syllable.

"Actually, what I’m asking you to do is very simple."

"In my Book of Life and Death, there’s supposed to be a woman who died hundreds of years ago but is still living in the Human Realm now."

Mu Yunchu: ???

Just from this one sentence, Mu Yunchu already sensed the problem with this matter.

"You can’t take her away?"

King Yan pursed his lips, disgruntled but had to admit.

Anyone born in the mortal world, from the moment they land, already has a predetermined lifespan. This lifespan is recorded in the ledger, resulting in the so-called ’Book of Life and Death’.

If it says Zhang San lives to eighty-five, then that day, Black and White Impermanence will come to take his soul, and no one can stop it.

There’s a saying, ’When King Yan wants you dead at three, who dares keep you till five?’

But this person completely upended this situation.

King Yan said, "She’s someone from hundreds of years ago. For an ordinary person’s lifespan, it would be impossible to live till now."

"Moreover, according to the Book of Life and Death, she was supposed to have died long ago."

"But she’s alive today, and we can’t find her."

King Yan, of course, didn’t want to admit, even if found, Black and White Impermanence couldn’t take her soul.

Because from some aspect, she wasn’t dead at all.

Mu Yunchu asked, "Then has she become a demon?"

"No," King Yan said, "I’m sure she’s still human."

Not even a spirit like Li Shang, who had died for centuries and gained spells through cultivation.

Let alone a monster.

Mu Yunchu said nothing.

She had never encountered such a situation, so her expression was somewhat grave.

But she had read in ancient texts about several ways that could grant immortality.

"The trouble is, I’m unable to ask anyone about this."

King Yan said, "This matter concerns the underworld’s reputation."

A simple sentence, but Mu Yunchu understood.

What he meant was, back when that person reached the end of their lifespan, someone in the underworld must have done something ’incompetent’ that allowed the other to exploit the loophole, leading to the current situation.

This ’bad debt’ had existed for centuries.

But recently, there was a necessity to resolve it.

King Yan, having no ’connections’ in the Human Realm, after determining Mu Yunchu was capable, thought of her first.

"Find her and bring her to me, and I’ll restore your vision."

Though King Yan wouldn’t deceive her over such a matter, he still showcased the treasure he brought along.

After displaying it for some time, he remembered, "Oh right, I forgot you can’t see."

Is this the so-called ’casting pearls before swine’?

With his mission accomplished, he had no reason to linger. Standing up, just as he was about to step out, he couldn’t help but glance back at Mu Yunchu, "Though strictly speaking, this doesn’t count as meddling in human life and death."

Because he had seen the Book of Life and Death, and Wen Xu wasn’t destined to die.

The intricacies involved were complex, touching on causality. But as long as no one was snatched from under his nose, he could turn a blind eye to Mu Yunchu’s actions.

Switching topics, "But this should be considered a Forbidden Technique there."

Mu Yunchu remained silent.

She just sat quietly there, as though she might dissipate if a breeze blew.

King Yan slowly shifted his gaze, letting out a soft sigh.

"Once this matter is settled, I’ll tell you the method for restoring the other senses like taste and smell."

Then his voice softened, seeming more like he was talking to himself than to Mu Yunchu, "Humans sure are daring, mortal beings undertaking such feats, almost got rid of my ’electronic pickles’."