On the way to White Stone Mountain.

Inside the Exorcism Special Vehicle.

Hearing Chen Hao say that this unfamiliar, mysterious girl actually came from more than three hundred years ago, Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Beauty, may I ask a question? What spell did you use on us just now? It's so magical that it petrified us," Xie Xiaofeng asked while looking ahead at the winding mountain road, "And what's even more amazing is that even though we were petrified, all our senses like hearing, sight, and touch were still there, just that we couldn't move."

"That is the spell of Soul Petrification, a forbidden spell from the past, only we from the Lu..." The girl hesitated, her expression turning somewhat strange.

"You're trying to say only the Tang Family could use it, right? And only those of your Lu Family's bloodline can cultivate it, right?" Xie Xiaofeng said, a smug look on his face.

"Correct!" The girl nodded, "Indeed, only people from our Tang Family could use it!"

Xie Xiaofeng laughed smugly twice and then, glancing at the girl through the rearview mirror, he continued to ask, "By the way, beauty, your surname is Lu, what's your name?"

The girl turned her head towards the window before saying after a long while, "Siwei."

"Beauty, were there a lot of demons and ghosts in ancient times, so you Onmyoji must have been very busy, right?"

"Mhm!" The girl claiming to be Lu Siwei nodded, "At our time, there were quite a few demons, now there are more Wandering Souls and wild ghosts."

...

After driving for nearly fifty minutes, the group finally arrived at the foot of White Stone Mountain.

Since White Stone Mountain isn't very tall and covers a large area with relatively gentle terrain, it didn't take long for the group to reach the summit.

At that moment, the round moon's reflection was almost fully embedded on the surface of the lake at the summit, making the entire person seem like a frosty, ice-covered lake.

Faced with such an astonishing sight, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in admiration and took out their cameras to record such a beautiful scene and take photos to commemorate it.

Just as Chen Hao, Xie Xiaofeng, and Tang Jing were busy frolicking by the lake, Lu Siwei suddenly said to Ye Yuqiao standing beside her, "It was here that Wind Girl and Chen Jing first met."

Upon hearing Lu Siwei's words, the other three who were playing in the water by the lake fell silent, turning their heads to look at her.

After a brief moment of silence, Chen Hao said to Lu Siwei, "Tell us about what happened between you all back then. Not to hide the truth, I'm very eager to know why Wind Girl and Chen Jing became enemies."

"It's all because of me!" Lu Siwei said, her face filled with self-reproach. Then, she began recounting the past events to Chen Hao and the others:

At that time, both the Lu Family and the Chen Family, who were families of Onmyoji, had been friends for generations. When Chen Jing was two years old, Lu Siwei was born, and not long after, the two families arranged a marriage between them.

Since both families lived in the same county, the two often saw each other from a young age, playing and studying the Yin Yang Arts together—truly childhood sweethearts.

When Chen Jing turned eighteen, due to a sudden severe illness that prevented him from traveling far, the Chen Family sent Chen Jing to take part in that year's Onmyoji Alliance conference in Huang County. Knowing that Chen Jing would be away for as long as two months, Lu Siwei, who couldn't bear the suffering of their separation, left home without a word the day Chen Jing departed and followed him to Huang County.

A month later, the two arrived at White Stone Mountain, the essential path leading to Huang County.

At night, the two of them stopped to rest at the foot of Baishi Mountain.

In the middle of the night, a surge of demonic qi suddenly approached, and the couple, nestled together, were jolted awake from their dreams to find a bull demon with red eyes closing in on them, its long fangs bared, seemingly wanting to devour them.

After a fierce battle, Chen Jing and Lu Siwei joined forces and severely wounded and repelled the bull demon.

Seeing the bull demon fleeing up Baishi Mountain, Chen Jing initially wanted to give up the pursuit, but Lu Siwei insisted on chasing after the demon. Eventually, Chen Jing relented, and they pursued the creature up the mountain.

Soon after, following the scent of the bull demon, they arrived at the mountain peak. No sooner had they reached the lakeside than a sudden "splash" was heard, as a woman with skin like creamy jade and hair like black silk emerged from the lake, her body uncovered. This woman was the Wind Girl.

Upon seeing this, Chen Jing and Lu Siwei were immediately transfixed.

Quickly, the Wind Girl noticed them and, turning around, glared angrily and said, "Do you know whose territory this is? And you, you despicable man, having seen my body, don't expect to leave here alive."

With those words, the Wind Girl transformed into a gust of wind that swept in, enveloping Chen Jing and pulling him into the lake.

By the time Lu Siwei came to her senses, the lake surface had returned to calm, and both Chen Jing and the Wind Girl had vanished without a trace.

Since she couldn't swim, Lu Siwei dared not enter the water and immediately went down the mountain to ask nearby villagers for help. On hearing it was atop Baishi Mountain, the villagers refused to go, so Lu Siwei hurried to Huang County overnight to request the assistance of Onmyoji from the Yin Yang Alliance.

It wasn't until the next day around noon that Lu Siwei returned to the mountain peak with the Onmyoji she had managed to find to help with the rescue. Seven or eight Onmyoji searched the lake, which was tens of meters deep, several times but could not find any trace of Chen Jing.

Latter on, the Onmyoji continued to search the bottom of the lake and around Baishi Mountain for several days, to no avail.

Two years later, believing Chen Jing to be dead, the Lu family went ahead and arranged another marriage for Lu Siwei.

Half a year later, just days before Lu Siwei's wedding, Chen Jing unexpectedly returned home. However, after only a few days, he left. He didn't go to see his bride-to-be Lu Siwei but left half of the jade pendant that symbolized their engagement at the Lu Family's doorstep.

On the day of the wedding, before the groom entered the door to welcome her, Lu Siwei suddenly received the half jade pendant from a maid and learned of Chen Jing's return three days prior. At that moment, ignoring her family's objections and threats of disinheritance, she resolutely fled the marriage to follow Chen Jing.

Having no idea where Chen Jing had gone, Lu Siwei could do nothing but inquire and search for him.

One year later, Lu Siwei arrived at Baishi Mountain, where she had lost Chen Jing more than three years earlier. Unexpectedly, she saw the long-sought Chen Jing on the mountain, but what shocked her even more was that Chen Jing was nestled by the lake with the Wind Girl, their expressions full of affection, acting in an extremely intimate manner.

In that moment, seeing this scene, Lu Siwei felt as if struck by a bolt from the blue, and then, overwhelmed with rage, she rushed to confront Chen Jing and the Wind Girl, lambasting, "You heartless, ungrateful man! Do you have any idea that I defied my family's opposition and fled my wedding to find you? And now, after all the trouble to find you, you've fallen for another woman!"

Chen Jing, stunned, had not expected Lu Siwei to have run away from her wedding for him.

Seeing Chen Jing in his distress and out of anger, Lu Siwei ran down the mountain. It was getting dark, and her heart was broken. Approaching the base of the mountain, she suddenly lost her footing and tumbled down the stone steps, falling unconscious.

When she awoke, she found herself lying in a bed.

"You've awakened, miss!" A voice drifted into her ears, then a face appeared before her eyes.

It was Luo Pengfei.

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