Su Muqing felt her scalp tingle as they started offering thanks again. "You are all too kind. You've thanked me so many times this morning. But Auntie Zhou, what do you mean by 'destined person'?"
Exchanging a glance with Xu Fu, Madam Zhou began, "We dare not hide anything from you, young lady. Our young master was once afflicted by a potent poison. He was on the brink of death. Later, we chanced upon a master from a renowned temple. He gave us a poem and instructed us to travel south, seeking someone with extraordinary abilities and great destiny."
"Then how can you be so sure that I am this 'person of great destiny'?" Su Muqing found it very strange. They must have encountered many people on their journey. How did they discern who was the one?
"We hurried south day and night. We did encounter many people along the way, but none struck us as particularly special. Yesterday, at the dilapidated temple, we had intended to travel further. However, as we passed the temple, our young master showed signs of waking up. We stopped to rest, and that's how we saw you and those others..." Madam Zhou trailed off, feeling a little embarrassed, as if she were gossiping.
"The dilapidated temple... yesterday? Hehe, please excuse my earlier behavior." Thinking of her own fierce demeanor from yesterday, she also felt a bit bashful.
"No, no, no. It was precisely your bickering with them yesterday that made me feel you were special, unlike other young ladies. Later, we met twice more, especially when you told me that the poem might hold a secret, and that your name was Muqing. I began to ponder if you might be that destined person. Coincidentally, when you came to find me, our young master suffered a relapse of his poisoning. I was so anxious that I pulled you in immediately. Who would have thought you would actually help our young master detoxify? Thank heavens!" As Madam Zhou spoke, she clasped her hands together and bowed towards the distance.
"So, what exactly was that poem you mentioned?" Madam Zhou kept talking without revealing the poem, and Su Muqing was quite curious. What was the poem?
"Qing cong cang fu yu, mu po tu er chu. Gui shi jing si zuo, lai zhe duo yi neng." Hearing Su Muqing's question, Xu Fu quickly replied. He then took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his怀.
Su Muqing took the letter and unfolded it, reading with growing astonishment.
"Qing cong cang fu yu" – she raised her hand and looked at the Ruyi印記 on her left hand. "Mu po tu er chu" – she had just crawled out of the earth yesterday morning. "Gui shi jing si zuo" – she didn't know if she had stunned people, but the original owner had indeed died before she arrived. By rights, she was someone who had "returned." "Lai zhe duo yi neng" – she possessed a spatial system, wasn't that the greatest ability?
The first four characters of the poem, strung together, spelled out "Qing Mu Gui Lai" (Green Wood Returns). The original owner was picked up at Qing Mu Mansion, and before she arrived, her name on the family tree was also Su Qing Mu.
Originally, she hadn't believed she could be a destined person, but this poem laid out her entire life's trajectory. Was this "master" also a transmigrator?
"Miss Muqing, what do you think?" Madam Zhou saw Su Muqing fall into thought and remain silent for a long time, unable to resist asking.
Su Muqing licked her lips, then carefully refolded the letter and returned it to Xu Fu. "This... I'm not entirely sure if it's me. Probably?" What else could she say? Should she admit it directly?
"Really? You think it's you too? That's wonderful! I knew it was you. I just knew it had to be you." Madam Zhou stood up excitedly, her hands incessantly wiping her body. She was so happy she didn't know how to express it.
"Did that master say anything else besides that I, the destined person, could save him?" Su Muqing asked tentatively. Perhaps she could infer from the master's words if he was a transmigrator.
"He didn't say much more than that. The master simply told us to travel south, saying that a person with extraordinary abilities and great destiny would also be our young master's destined person. He refused to say more, claiming he had already revealed too much." Xu Fu recalled carefully. Master Zhi Kong had indeed not said anything further.
"Oh! It's fine, it's fine, I was just asking." Su Muqing breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he hadn't said more, otherwise she wouldn't have known how to explain.