My Lady Always Lacks Ambition
Chapter 233 - 232: If the Mountain Won’t Come to Me

Chapter 233: Chapter 232: If the Mountain Won’t Come to Me

The newly ascended Northern Ghost King, Kuang Shan, has recently been thriving, his spirits uplifted by the joy of good news.

He had been observing quietly after noticing the disappearance of Zhou Le, the previous ghost king. He spread rumors of Zhou Le’s failed Tribulation as a Ghost Immortal among his subordinates, causing panic and consolidation of forces. Kuang Shan then took the opportunity to overpower and devour Zhou Le’s two main generals, significantly boosting his own cultivation.

After devouring the two generals, he laid low for a while. Seeing that Zhou Le did not return, he grew bolder and devoured several more of Zhou Le’s followers who possessed some cultivation, becoming unmatched in the north and claiming the title of the Northern Ghost King, taking over Zhou Le’s territories entirely.

Now, he is dressed in festive robes, marrying the Ghost Bride in Zhou Le’s cave, with hundreds of ghosts coming to celebrate, joy evident in their expressions.

Kuang Shan felt overjoyed. He had been dead for a long time, cultivating cautiously year after year. Although he had cultivation, he always lacked a bit of fortune and Cultivation, never reaching the level of dominance he desired. But he had always yearned for it.

Desire brings motivation for progress.

Thus, he kept on cultivating tirelessly, not daring to pause, and finally ascended to power. Now, marrying this prestigious Ghost Bride and embracing both power and beauty in his arms, he felt exceedingly content.

Kuang Shan, having been an old ghost for a millennium, had never felt as exhilarated as today.

But just at this blissful moment, someone summoned him?

Qin Liuxi, some obscure little Taoist he had never heard of, dared to summon him, the mighty Ghost King?

Doesn’t he know disturbing someone’s wedding night is extremely disrespectful?

He won’t go, he won’t see her—she’s not worthy!

Kuang Shan, holding the Ghost Bride, joyfully accepts the congratulations from the crowd of ghosts, laughter echoing loudly.

Qin Liuxi watched as the incense used for summoning uniformly broke, raised his eyebrows and said to the Eastern Ghost King, "This Kuang Shan is quite capable, isn’t he? Can’t even summon him!"

The Eastern Ghost King shuddered. Although Qin Liuxi sounded casual, he might already be devising a torturous punishment for Kuang Shan.

He silently lit a candle for Kuang Shan in his heart, cursed him for not knowing when he was out of his depth, then cast a spell to summon a little ghost.

Poor little ghost, trembling upon seeing the Eastern Ghost King and Qin Liuxi, couldn’t even speak and knelt on the ground, stammering, "Great, great king, what do you want of me?"

"What else could it be? You have a distant relative who used to mingle with the previous Northern Ghost King, right? Heard anything about the new Ghost King recently not coming even when summoned?" asked the Eastern Ghost King.

The little ghost gasped, glanced at Qin Liuxi, then lowered his head and said, "That’s my second aunt’s mother-in-law’s aunt by marriage..."

"Shut up! Who asked who he is to you?" the Eastern Ghost King interjected, "Just speak plainly."

"Oh, well, there isn’t much really, but a few days ago he asked me to lend him some money as the new Ghost King is getting married and he needed to offer some gifts. Great king, I am just a poor ghost, how could I have money to lend? But I managed to scrape just a little..."

"Enough, enough," the Eastern Ghost King, losing patience, threw two gold ingots at him: "Get lost!"

"Thank you, great king, for your generosity. I will leave now," the poor ghost, clutching the gold ingots with joy, really rolled away!

The Eastern Ghost King then turned to Qin Liuxi and said, "Sir, perhaps today is Kuang Shan’s lucky day, which is why he ignored the summons. He’s really taking liberties. It’s just a wedding, it could be done any day, right?"

"Keep up the pressure, don’t let him off easily!"

Qin Liuxi glanced at him with a smile that was not a smile, his eyes clearly conveying that he knew all the schemes, suggesting to stop the charade.

The Eastern Ghost King forced a smile.

Qin Liuxi looked up at the bright moon in the sky and said, "Marrying a new bride, the night is perfect. Let’s go and have a drink too, and see just how stunning this bride is."

If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

That’s just her benevolent nature!

Qin Liuxi and the Eastern Ghost King set out on the Yin Road, heading toward the Northern Ghost King’s cave residence.

"Hey, look, isn’t that the little figure that was rumored before?"

"Yes, it’s her, it’s really her, quickly tell everyone to avoid her."

"Deadly, how did she end up on our path? What happened?"

On both sides of the Yin Road, ghosts wailed and howled, shadows of ghosts flitted about in escape.

The Eastern Ghost King, seeing their wariness and fear as they stared at Qin Liuxi, his blood-red eyes deepened as he said, "My lord, what have you done lately? Why are they so afraid of you?"

More than they are afraid of him.

Qin Liuxi glanced and said, "Who knows who is spreading rumors behind my back."

She didn’t care; let them be scared, better to not bump into her.

Yet someone just had to come crashing in, blocking the way, crying for justice?

"My lord, please save this young girl." A young ghost girl, about fifteen or sixteen, threw herself in front of Qin Liuxi, crying loudly.

Not far behind her, a male ghost stomped his feet, wanting to come over but not daring to, watching this side bitterly.

The Eastern Ghost King looked at the plump little female ghost and sternly rebuked, "How audacious, what kind of ghost are you to block the way here?"

The female ghost trembled, frightened by the heavy ghost energy emanating from him, her face paled involuntarily as she shrank back, crying, "My lord, he—he deceived me into marriage, I am unwilling, but he insists on making me fulfill the ceremony."

Deceived into marriage?

Qin Liuxi’s mouth twitched, and she turned to look at the male ghost as pointed by the girl, saying, "You are already a ghost, and still encountering marriage deception?"

"I died before I could marry," said the female ghost, wiping her tears.

Unable to hold back, the male ghost also rushed over and knelt down: "My lord, please see the truth, I didn’t, we are legitimately husband and wife, wedded by both our parents, both unmarried, a proper match through formal matrimonial arrangements."

"Nonsense, my parents came to my grave and said your parents compared you to Pan An, but look, do you resemble Pan An? You must have died from smallpox!" The female ghost pointed at his pockmarked face angrily, "With a face like yours, how could I bear to be your wife and cohabit?"

Qin Liuxi said, "Can’t you just cover your face during the act?"

Eastern Ghost King: Never expected you to have this kind of idea.

The male and female ghost: "???"

Qin Liuxi continued, "If you dislike him, just dream to your parents, cancel this marriage arrangement. As for you, if she doesn’t fancy you, let it be, how can you force her?"

The male ghost sulkily said, "I didn’t even mind her being overweight!"

"You say that again!"

"Stop arguing, everyone is repulsed anyway, just make a fuss with your families, force them to cancel the marriage arrangement, just like that." Qin Liuxi said, "If you want freedom in marriage, you have to strive for it yourselves, to stand up to your own families, right? Now go."

Both ghosts: Seems to make sense? Shall we pause the fight then?

They gave Qin Liuxi a kowtow: "Thank you, my lord, for mediating."

The two ghosts vanished, the Eastern Ghost King looked somewhat helplessly at Qin Liuxi: "Are you even bothering about such trivial matters? Pointing them to make a fuss may not sit well with their mortal families accusing you of meddling."

"An offhand remark, they won’t split up anyway, tying the red string, a couple matching visages, it’s fate decreed by destiny." Qin Liuxi said, "Let’s move on and see another couple."