This time I photographed the spirit-gathering talisman on Taotao's body. I mixed some spiritual energy from the inner elixir in my body and photographed her body as well.
The effect was very good. The moment the Soul Gathering Talisman integrated into Taotao's body, Taotao's soul became solid again, and she already looked almost like Granny Xiuchun who had a complete soul.
It's just that the light pink aura on her body has a hint of silvery light, which is the aura in the inner alchemy on my body.
But it blends in very well.
"Aunt Ling?"
Taotao laid her head on Grandma Xiuchun's shoulder, looked down at her body and hands, then looked at me, and murmured: "I have done so many wrong things, and I still want to hurt grandpa, but you still help me like this...
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I touched her head and said with a smile: "Xiao En is right, you are not a bad person, you just can't let go of grandma.
In fact, when Aunt Ling was young, she was very reckless like you. But Aunt Ling was lucky enough to meet many good people. They did not blame Aunt Ling and helped me through many difficulties. Aunt Ling hopes that you can be as lucky as me.
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However, Taotao, if you have suffered losses, even if the final result is good, don’t forget the losses you have suffered because of your recklessness. In this way, you will not make the same mistakes again in the future, and you will grow into the best person you can be.
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Taotao looked at me, nodded, lowered her eyes and said, "Aunt Ling, actually I don't regret it."
Seeing that I didn't speak, he quickly raised his eyes and looked at me and said, "It's not that I don't regret that my recklessness caused grandma to suffer a lot, but I don't regret that I left with grandma."
Hearing this sentence, I felt sad, touched, and a little uncomfortable.
"Taotao, you are a good and kind child. You will definitely get what you want in the future." I touched her head and said.
I was talking to Taotao when Grandma Xiuchun suddenly stopped.
Looking up, we saw that we had already reached the entrance of the courtyard.
Outside the hospital, the old mayor and Grandma Xiuchun's neighbors gathered outside, with anxious looks on their faces.
In the courtyard, the roots of the huge peach tree were broken and turned out from the ground. The peach tree fell sideways and took up most of the courtyard.
The ground is covered with fallen flowers, and the branches are withered.
"Master Hu Ling, why did this peach tree fall? Can it still survive?" Grandma Xiuchun looked at the peach tree with some regret and asked me.
Taotao and I looked at each other, and Taotao hid her face in Grandma Xiuchun's neck with some embarrassment.
"Taoshu must be reluctant to leave you, mother-in-law!"
I smiled and said: "Even if you can't live, it still has its own good place. This is not an ordinary peach tree. Its branches can save people. Mother-in-law, you know it!"
Grandma Xiuchun walked over and wanted to reach out to touch the peach tree, but I quickly stepped forward to stop her.
"Mother-in-law, you can't touch this peach tree now. Too much yang energy will burn you!" I explained.
Mother-in-law Xiuchun took back her hand, sighed and said: "Forget it, let's go. This peach tree has been with me for more than sixty years, and I have been in love with it for a long time. Now that it has fallen, I feel really uncomfortable."
"Mother-in-law, Taotao is with you!" Taotao said, holding Grandma Xiuchun's neck tightly.
"Yes, and Taotao!"
Grandma Xiuchun held Taotao tightly, "Our Taotao was picked up by her mother-in-law under the peach tree!"
Then he raised his eyes and looked at me again and said: "Master Hu Ling, I can trust you. Since you said there is a better place for this peach tree, I feel relieved!"
"Don't worry, it will definitely happen!"
I smiled and said to Grandma Xiuchun, and stretched out my hand to open the courtyard door.
When the old mayor saw me coming out, he hurriedly greeted me and asked: "Master Hu Ling, Grandma Xiuchun, she——"
I turned sideways to block Grandma Xiuchun behind me to prevent the yang energy from everyone from hurting her.
"My mother-in-law has left peacefully. You can go in and change her clothes and prepare her for burial!" I took Grandma Xiuchun out of the yard and said to the old mayor.
"Thank you very much!" The old mayor nodded to me, turned around and raised his hands to those people, and everyone followed him into the yard.
"Master Hu Ling, aren't you going in?" the old mayor looked back at me and asked.
"You guys go in first, I have some things to do and will be back soon."
I nodded and said to the old mayor: "If you don't understand anything, just ask Lu Xiaohong."
"Okay! Okay!" The old mayor nodded and led everyone in.
I led Grandma Xiuchun towards the path where I saw Miao Xiutang before.
After taking a few steps, a dark figure strode towards us.
Grandma Xiuchun paused, her whole body trembling with excitement.
"Xiu, Xiu Tang, is it you? Is it really you?" Grandma Xiuchun spoke to the black figure with a trembling voice.
"it's me!"
Miao Xiutang stood in front of Grandma Xiuchun and looked at Grandma Xiuchun affectionately. Taotao twisted her body and slipped from Grandma Xiuchun's arms to the ground.
"Xiuchun, I'm here to pick you up!" Miao Xiutang stretched out his hand and held Grandma Xiuchun's hands tightly.
"It's really you, you really came to pick me up!" Grandma Xiuchun murmured.
Holding both hands tightly together, Grandma Xiuchun slowly transformed from an eighty-year-old woman into a young and beautiful girl.
Taotao clapped her hands happily on the side.
Miao Xiutang's eyes fell on Taotao and he said, "You are Taotao, right?"
Their eyes met, Taotao's movements slowly stopped, she took two steps back guiltily, and muttered: "Grandpa, I'm sorry..."
"There is nothing to be sorry for. Some things are not your fault. You are a good boy. Grandpa also wants to thank you for accompanying your grandma for so many years!" Miao Xiutang said with a hearty smile.
Miao Xiutang had guarded Xiuchun's mother-in-law for decades, and of course he knew Taotao's origins.
Fortunately, he has an open-minded personality and does not blame Taotao.
As Miao Xiutang said, Taotao itself is a peach tree that only blooms but does not bear fruit. It is a very yang-y peach tree, so it is not Taotao's fault that he cannot get close to Grandma Xiuchun's yard.
However, it takes at least hundreds of years for ordinary peach trees to cultivate tree spirits, but Taotao cultivated it in just a few decades. This is a miracle.
I thought of the lightning strike mark at the bottom of the peach tree's main trunk. Maybe it was related to the thunder, but Taotao herself probably didn't know the specific reason.
All things have animism, and sometimes, there are always some coincidences and miracles happening.
Who knows?
"Master Hu Ling, thank you!"
Miao Xiutang and Grandma Xiuchun looked at me and said at the same time: "We should go!"
I looked at them, smiled and nodded.
Miao Xiutang and Grandma Xiuchun each held Taotao's hand and walked toward the shadows of the south together.
Taotao suddenly turned around, looked at me and said loudly: "Aunt Ling, help me say sorry to Coffin Xiaoen. If I meet him again in the future, I will definitely become good friends with him!"
"I will definitely tell him, and there will definitely be a day!" I answered Taotao with a smile.
Taotao turned around, and the three of them finally turned into countless shining points of light and disappeared into the dark night.
I took out my phone and looked at the time. It was already five minutes past ten. It was just the right time to deal with the spiritual roots of the girls.