Chapter 88 Changing Fate
After arriving in Beijing, the two first found a hotel to rest, and then took a taxi directly to a famous Peking duck restaurant in Beijing, which they had agreed upon on the plane.
As they entered the roast duck restaurant, a rich aroma of roast duck wafted over, instantly whetting their appetites.
The restaurant's decor was simple yet elegant. The main hall was already quite full of diners. Zhang Qian ordered a roast duck set meal, and the two sipped tea and chatted quietly. Before long, the waiter brought over a plate of tempting-looking roast duck. The roast duck here was truly excellent—crispy skin, tender meat, a beautiful reddish-brown color, and an irresistible aroma.
Chen Cheng put on disposable gloves, eagerly picked up a thin pancake, added some shredded scallions, cucumber strips, and sweet bean sauce, then placed two slices of roast duck on top, rolled it up, and handed it to Zhang Qian. She took it and took a small bite.
"How was it? The roast duck your man made for you was delicious, wasn't it?"
As Chen Cheng rolled up the pancake, he said to her with a grin.
"Hehe, thinking about this reminds me of the first time we ate meat skewers. How could you be so uncouth? Didn't you know to offer a skewer to the girl first?"
Chen Cheng stuffed the rolled-up roast duck into his mouth and mumbled, "You weren't my woman back then, so why was I so nice to you?"
Zhang Qian was speechless for a moment, then a feeling of happiness welled up inside her. She quickly rolled up a pancake with roast duck inside and handed it to Chen Cheng.
Chen Cheng didn't stand on ceremony. He swallowed one duck and then stuffed the one Zhang Qian had rolled up for him into his mouth. Instantly, the aroma of roast duck, the fragrance of scallions, and the richness of sweet bean sauce intertwined in his mouth, leaving him with an unforgettable aftertaste.
"My woman's rolls are just the best!"
"Eat slowly, be careful not to choke!"
Zhang Qian handed him the water with a smile. Thinking back to how she used to angrily say "I'll choke you to death," she couldn't help but chuckle. It really was true that couples are often at odds.
In the afternoon, the two strolled around the nearby mall again, and unsurprisingly, Zhang Qian spent several thousand yuan to buy two sets of clothes for herself and Chen Cheng.
In the evening, Chen Cheng took out his phone and contacted Master Jingyang. He had already contacted him yesterday and knew that the other party had time. Master Jingyang readily agreed to go to the same small restaurant as last time. Knowing his preferences, Chen Cheng had already arrived nearby in advance. After hanging up the phone, he took Zhang Qian to the small restaurant.
The shop owner came up to him and looked him over carefully, saying, "Young man, you came here with Master Jing last time, didn't you?"
"Boss, you have such a good memory!"
"Hehe, it's not that I have a good memory, but Jingye has brought you here every time he's been eating here for the past seven or eight years, so I remember you. Young man, the fact that Jingye brought you here means you're very important to him!"
"Thank you, boss. I have an appointment with Master Jing tonight, so I'm just here to make the preliminary arrangements!"
"Okay, you guys go to that private room. I'll go prepare. Master Jing's meals here have never changed!"
"Okay, but boss, we need two more bottles of wine tonight."
After Chen Cheng finished speaking with a grin, he led Zhang Qian to the small private room where Jingyang Zhenren had taken him out to dinner last time.
A dozen minutes later, the door opened, and Jingyang Zhenren walked in with a hearty laugh.
"Greetings, Master Jing!"
Chen Cheng raised his hands above his head in a Taoist gesture of respect for a junior.
"Hello, Uncle Jing!"
Zhang Qian also hurriedly stood up.
"well"!
Master Jingyang looked at Zhang Qian with a smile on his face and said, "Not bad, she is a good match for Xiao Cheng. It is good that she is willing to sacrifice herself for him. I will accept you as my nephew's wife!"
After saying that, he took out a beaded bracelet and handed it to her, saying, "This is a gift that your senior uncle prepared for you. Wearing it on your wrist can ward off disasters and evil spirits!"
Chen Cheng was overjoyed. The gift from Master Jingyang was a Taoist artifact, and he quickly gestured for Zhang Qian to accept it.
After thanking her, Zhang Qian immediately put the bracelet on her wrist.
Master Jingyang said, "Let's take care of business first, and then you can have a couple of drinks with me!"
"I will follow my master's instructions in everything!"
Following Jingyang Zhenren's instructions, Chen Cheng first summoned Lü Xiachan. When she saw Jingyang Zhenren, she was so frightened by his Celestial Master aura that she trembled all over.
Zhang Qian had already met Lü Xiachan. With Chen Cheng and Jingyang Zhenren present, she wasn't too afraid of it, but she still didn't dare to look at it directly.
"Are you truly trying to save my nephew's wife's life and avert disaster?"
Jingyang Zhenren looked at Lü Xiachan and asked.
"I am willing, I am willing to protect my mistress from disaster!"
Lu Xiachan didn't dare to raise her head and replied tremblingly.
"Very well, this can be considered a great opportunity for you. If you can dutifully share your master's burdens, then in the end you may be able to achieve enlightenment and become a ghost immortal that the underworld dreams of!"
"Yes, I am very grateful for the Heavenly Master's grace."
Although Lü Xiachan was very excited and happy to hear that she could cultivate to become a ghost immortal, she was still so frightened by his aura that she could not speak properly.
Master Jingyang asked Chen Cheng to pour a glass of water, took out a golden talisman, lit it with a thought, put it into the water, and then silently recited a spell. A golden mark flashed and disappeared in the glass of water.
"Nephew's wife, drink this cup of talisman water."
Zhang Qian hurriedly took the bracelet with both hands and drank it down in one gulp without hesitation, along with the talisman ash. Seeing this, Jingyang Zhenren nodded and gestured for her to take off the bracelet and hand it to Chen Cheng.
Then he activated the spell, forcing Lü Xiachan's soul into Zhang Qian's body, merging the two into one. Zhang Qian drank the talisman water from the golden talisman, and was not harmed at all by the evil energy entering her body.
Master Jingyang pressed a finger between Zhang Qian's eyebrows, extracting a drop of her essence blood and a drop of Lü Xiachan's soul and merging them together. He then separated Lü Xiachan from Zhang Qian's body and imprinted the drop of essence blood and soul blood between Lü Xiachan's eyebrows. In that instant, Zhang Qian suddenly felt a sense of ease. This was because Chen Cheng's negative influence on her had been completely transferred to Lü Xiachan's soul. The life-exchange and disaster-avoidance ritual was officially completed. In fact, Chen Cheng could also do this, but since the golden talisman given to him by Master Jingyang was used on Ling'er, and he had to ask Master Jingyang to retrieve it again, it was more reliable to have him perform this ritual!
"Alright, your souls are linked together. If one of you is in trouble, the other will feel it too. So, protecting the other is protecting yourselves!"
Master Jingyang shook his clothes and said it as if it were as simple as one plus one equals two.
"Thank you, Senior Uncle!"
Chen Cheng hurriedly performed the Taoist junior's salute again, and Zhang Qian also bowed to him very respectfully.
"I'm so happy that you helped me achieve this. From now on, Zhang Qian will no longer be afraid of your cursed fate. Haha, I wonder how Old Daoist Xiao will thank me when we meet again. Haha!"
Jingyang Zhenren looked at the two of them and said happily.
"Master Master's Taoist arts are boundless, and I deeply admire them!"
Chen Cheng flattered her and laughed along. From then on, he no longer had any psychological burden when he was with Zhang Qian!
After recalling Lü Xiachan, Chen Cheng hurriedly helped Jingyang Zhenren sit down and asked Zhang Qian to call the owner to bring wine and dishes. Soon, four of Jingyang Zhenren's favorite dishes and two bottles of national liquor were served. Chen Cheng and Zhang Qian were happy and drank with him, one cup after another.
After a hearty meal and drinks, the two escorted Jingyang Zhenren to the door of room 709 before taking a taxi back to the hotel. Zhang Qian was incredibly excited, as if she had been given a new lease on life. Under the influence of alcohol, she and Chen Cheng discussed various previously unexplored modes until the middle of the night, when they finally fell into a deep sleep in each other's arms.