"So thatâs what happened. After that day, you all started staying away from her, am I right?" Long Chen inquired.
"Yeah. She was sent back to her birth motherâs house, where she lived alone. She grew vegetables on her own for her consumption and survival since no one wanted even to be where she was standing." The old man answered.
"Thatâs how the girl grew up. Iâm glad she is dead now, in a way. Even though I shouldnât be happy at a personâs death," he mumbled.
"If you all hated her that much, why didnât you kill her yourself? Or better yet, why didnât you force her to leave the town? Why did you even allow her to stay?" Long Chen asked, confused.
"Well, even though Iâm embarrassed to say it, the truth is that we did try to kill the girl, but we couldnât do it. Everyone who tried to get close to her with the intention of killing her ended up dying themselves before they could even get close to her."
"One guy suffered a heart attack. Another one had a wild beast attack him who came running into the town out of nowhere. Similarly, everyone who tried to kill the girl died indirectly somehow," he continued.
Long Chen nodded his head as he came to a conclusion. He thought, âThat does prove it. The girl is special. She doesnât have any Cultivation, but I donât believe she is cursed either. From what I can guess, the girl must have some kind of rare special physique related to luck or something.â
"Why didnât you have her leave the town of her own volition?" Ming Lan chimed in with a doubt of her own. If they couldnât kill her, they could have at least asked her to leave.
A sad smile formed on the manâs face as he answered, "We did that as well. We asked her to leave, but as she left, our town suffered the worst problems. We started facing natural disasters, which only stopped when we brought her back. So we couldnât kill her, and we couldnât force her out."
" It was as if she was a weapon of the Demon to create chaos everywhere. No one could do anything to her. All we could do was keep her in the town while staying away," he continued.
"Fortunately, you have solved our longstanding problems. Now that she is dead, we donât have to worry anymore."
"So thatâs why none of you went up to check, am I right? You were scared to be even near her dead body since you still think of her as bad luck. I wouldnât blame you. It makes sense after all that happened. Anyone would have done the same thing," Long Chen answered as he smiled.
He stood up and walked closer to Ji Shan.
"Now that we got our answers, letâs leave," he said, placing his hand on Ji Shanâs shoulder.
He stepped out of the hotel with Ming Lan. Ji Shan still stayed standing in his original position, not leaving as if he was lost in some deep thought.
After a few seconds, he slowly started walking towards the exit. He stepped out of the hotel.
âThe girl lived all her life alone. Everyone in the town hated her. No wonder she was excited to see a new face in town,â he thought as he slowly walked forward.
Since all those who approached her with ill will died, she probably decided only to get close to him if he didnât have any ill intentions. Thatâs why she tested to see if he would save her. He was finally getting the full picture.
"I know what youâre thinking about. I would advise you against it, but I wonât stop you if you want to," Long Chen muttered softly as he gazed at Ji Shanâs hesitant face.
"I want to be with her." Ji Shan answered. He was looking down. "I canât leave her behind, all alone again."
"I knew youâd say that. You can bring her with us," Long Chen answered.
Normally, he wouldnât have said yes to bringing a girl who had the potential to have them all killed with bad luck, but he had heard something interesting to him. She had managed to recognize the superior physique from the description of the incidents that took place.
"No. I canât let you be affected if she is actually cursed. Iâll stay behind with her. You go ahead," Ji Shan replied, shaking his head.
He still didnât believe that the girl was cursed, but he didnât wish to put Long Chenâs life at risk because of his assumption.
He was stupid enough to stay behind for a stranger just because the stranger reminded him of someone he had lost, and he felt terrible for her.
The girl he loved had died before her eyes, but before that, he had managed to know everything about her. Her mother had also died in childbirth, so she shared that similarity with the girl he met here. They both said the same words to him as well.
He still didnât believe he was making a decision like this, but this was what he felt was right for him to do.
"The girl isnât cursed. Donât worry. Nothing will happen if she comes with us," Long Chen answered, smiling.
"She isnât cursed?" Ji Shan inquired in surprise. He had hoped that she wasnât cursed, but Long Chenâs words were more trustworthy. He had more knowledge as well.
"Yeah. If Iâm not wrong, she had a special physique. There are a few people in this world who are both work physiques. They are known as the children of gods. Thatâs what she is as well, I think. The one we met in the Port Town, Mu Fan, was also the same," Long Chen said.
"The girl most probably has the Special Physique called the Lucky Disaster of Goddess. Itâs a pretty rare Physique which is mostly a protective physique which uses luck to protect the owner," he explained.
He continued, "From what I can guess, the truth is a little different than what the townspeople know. I have a theory that might be wrong as well. According to my assumption, the girlâs father and mother died naturally. One from childbirth and one from grief. Her Physique didnât play a role in it," he continued.
"As for the people after that, I am sure they all died because they wanted to harm her. The woman who died after falling might be scheming against her as well."