Chapter 253 Immortal Fate
Chapter 253 Immortal Fate
Wu Hao jumped up suddenly, feeling blood rushing to his head, his temples swollen and his ears buzzing.
The newborn baby was placed in the west room of the third brother's yard. He had just scolded the three beasts out, and now he could still hear them waiting outside. The eldest and the third brother were whispering something.
The other two daughters-in-law were in the east room, which was separated from here by only a main hall. Although he was old, his ears were not deaf and he could hear the three of them talking in low voices.
There's no one in this room...
He was stunned, staring at the child - she still squinted her eyes and opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but she had no strength and could not speak.
This made him feel cold inside, and a thought suddenly popped into his head - smother her to death right now!
The third child was clamoring to become a disciple and practice cultivation, so why did he refuse? It was because he had seen someone in another family practicing cultivation, such as the eldest son of Mr. Liu, the owner of Rongbao Clothing Shop in the west of the city.
Originally, like his own family, he was also a very wealthy family. He dreamed of becoming immortal. When he met a disciple from a sect who wanted to recruit a disciple, he spent a large sum of money to send someone there.
He didn't know what the child had become, but when he was sent over, he was the accountant of Sun Lianji, that was sixteen years ago. When he became the second shopkeeper three years ago, he saw the child again - he was seventeen years old when he was sent over, and after thirteen years, he must be thirty years old, but he still looked twenty-one or twenty-two years old, as if he was really immortal. He also brought two pills for his parents, and after taking them, it was said that all the old injuries were cured.
At that time, everyone said that Boss Liu had a long-term vision and that all his family members would attain enlightenment. But just two years ago, all 17 members of Boss Liu's family were killed, and no one knew who did it or how - they all turned into mummies.
His eldest son only came back to take a look and then said that it was his enemy who did it and he must take revenge. Three months later, his fellow disciples from the sect came and added another grave next to the graves of his family of 17, saying that his eldest son was also killed by his enemies, and said, "This matter is not over yet," and "Xuanguang Sect will definitely avenge my junior brother."
Xuanguang Sect was the sect that his eldest son joined, and it was very famous near Pingshan. But in the spring of this year, even Xuanguang Sect was destroyed, so there was no need to talk about revenge.
He had seen this kind of thing more than once in his life - a family member went to practice cultivation, offended the enemy, and the whole family was wiped out. As for the good things, he had heard more than once - the child went to practice cultivation and achieved Taoism, and the parents lived to a ripe old age, and died in their eighties or nineties.
But would he dare to gamble with the lives of more than 30 members of his family? Especially at this critical moment. The third child clamored to practice, but in fact Wu Hao knew more about these things than the third child.
A group of monks and immortals came to Dajie Mountain to hold a ritual. All the medicinal materials and food in Pingshan City were almost bought up by people nearby, and 30% of them were bought by Sun Lianji.
The third brother thought this was some kind of immortal event. But Wu Hao knew to go to the south, where the prices of medicinal materials and food in several big cities were skyrocketing, because he heard that the people in the parish over there had fought with some big sect!
So what is the purpose of holding a Dharma Assembly at Dajie Mountain? He guessed that most likely they would go over there and fight - if you practice at this critical moment, wouldn't that be courting death?
Therefore, the Wu family cannot get involved in this mess! At least not for the next 20 years!
But how could this kind of...
Wu Hao took two steps towards the child, his hands trembling, trying to cover her mouth. But when he was about to put his hands on her face, he saw her eyes and couldn't help but tremble violently, his legs softened, and he knelt beside her.
"Immortal, Immortal..." He bowed with both hands and whispered, "My family is small and my business is small. I can't offer sacrifices to you, Immortal, and I can't find any sects...Immortal, please have mercy on me and leave! I will give you whatever you want, okay?"
He was close now, and the child should be able to see him clearly. So his narrowed eyes slowly opened wide - just like a newborn baby, with big and black eyeballs, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he was smiling.
Wu Hao was stunned for a moment, then he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart - this reincarnated immortal listened to him... and really left! ?
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a voice made him feel as if he had suddenly fallen into an ice hole -
"...die." The child spoke again, his voice shrill and thin, "...don't go...die..."
Wu Hao gritted his teeth all of a sudden, not knowing what to do!
In fact, he knew about the Tiangong Sect and the Jianzong Sect. They should be the big sects in the south that were fighting against the Xuanjiao.
So he also knew that this must be the group of immortals who fought to death, came down to the mortal world to be reborn in his home!
It would be effortless for him to smother her to death now, but if he smothered her to death... what would he do if this immortal was reincarnated again in the future and found back? ?
He knelt beside the child and was stunned for a while. After several breaths, he finally recovered his breath: "Okay, okay, Immortal, don't worry, ask our family to find someone, we... don't worry--"
He stood up and walked to the door, took a deep breath, and said, "Third brother, come in."
The murmuring outside stopped for a moment, and after a while, the third child, Wu Zhuo, opened the door, lifted the curtain and walked in. He first glanced at the child and frowned, "You really don't cry? Dad, just smother him to death, why keep him alive?"
"You beast, shut up and come in!" Wu Hao told him to close the door, walked to the center of the room, and looked at Wu Zhuo. "Third brother, let me ask you, do you really want to cultivate immortality?"
Wu Zhuo's face was originally carefree, but after hearing this, he was stunned, stared, and opened his mouth. Wu Hao immediately said, "Keep your voice down!"
Wu Zhuo quickly shut up and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, yes, Dad, I really want to, this is the karma I got for not cultivating immortality, have you figured it out?"
Wu Hao sighed: "Listen, if you really want to go, I'll pay you. What's the price for taking someone to Dajie Mountain in the city now?"
"One thousand taels, just one thousand taels, Dad! One thousand taels in exchange for a chance to become an immortal!"
Wu Hao looked at him: "I'll bring you five thousand taels--"
Wu Zhuo's knees went weak and he fell to his knees: "Dad! When I succeed in my cultivation, I will bring you the elixir!"
Wu Hao closed his eyes and was silent for a while, then he opened his eyes and looked at him: "I don't want your elixir. Third brother, I'll give you five thousand taels. I mean, no matter whether you succeed in cultivation or not, you must never come back to this family again - take this child away tomorrow, take her to Dajie Mountain, and we will move after you leave. From now on, I'm not your father, you're not my son, and you're not surnamed Wu anymore."
Wu Zhuo was stunned for a moment, his shoulders slumped, and he stood up again: "Oh, that's what you're talking about. If I don't want to go, then I won't go. Why do you keep trying to scare me with this? I'm just thinking about it."
Wu Hao still looked at him solemnly: "I am talking to you seriously. Since you want to leave your family and cultivate immortality, then our family will not recognize you in the future. Third brother, I am not trying to scare you, I just want to ask you this time, are you going?"
"Dad, why?" Wu Zhuo frowned and said loudly. When he saw Wu Hao glaring at him, he lowered his voice, "I really want to honor you..."
Wu Hao just looked at him without saying anything. Wu Zhuo stood there, frowning and sighing for a while, and suddenly stamped his feet heavily: "Okay! Dad, if you give me five thousand taels, I will leave, and I will not be named Wu anymore. If I really become an immortal, I will definitely find you, and I will come to give you the elixir!" Wu Hao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
But Wu Zhuo said, "I have to bring Cai Feng with me."
Wu Hao was stunned: "Why did you take her?"
"If it weren't for Cai Feng, I wouldn't have thought about cultivating immortality. I have to bring her with me so that we can cultivate immortality together."
Wu Hao was stunned for a while, staring at his third son, his mind spinning, and then he exclaimed "Ah" in his heart.
The third brother was not fascinated by cultivating immortals since he was young - he liked martial arts since he was young and always said that he wanted to go out and become a knight-errant. Seeing this in him, he asked him to bring Sun Caifeng home when he was only seventeen years old, thinking that having a wife would comfort him.
At his age, he was not as energetic as when he was young, and there were many things to do in the cell, so he didn't care much about the family. As long as nothing serious happened or there was no big defeat, he was too lazy to worry about it - these three sons were spoiled by their mother when she was alive, and now they are all grown up, and he knows that he can't train them back.
So after the third brother got married, he didn't often ask him about what was going on in the courtyard. He just knew that the two of them didn't quarrel or make much noise, and he thought that was good enough.
But now that he thought about it, the third brother's desire to cultivate immortality was something he only started talking about after he got married! He had previously thought that he was fed up with this wife and wanted to leave home even more!
"What do you mean you haven't thought about cultivating immortality without her?" Wu Hao frowned. "Did she encourage you?"
"Ah, that's not the case. She just told me some things about her past. Don't be angry, Dad. It really wasn't her. This is what happened—" Wu Zhuo took a step forward and whispered, "Caifeng told me that she was the reincarnation of an immortal!"
"She said that when she was little she still remembered who she was in the past. She said her last name was Mou and she was an immortal. But now that she has grown up, she only remembers this much. Sometimes she dreams of someone talking to her, but she can't remember it when she wakes up... She also said that her parents told her that she could talk a few days after she was born, but she only spoke once or twice and never said anything again. I asked someone about it, and they said that this was a true immortal fate, that she was the reincarnation of an immortal and practiced cultivation in her previous life. Dad, do you understand? People who practiced cultivation in their previous lives cannot become husband and wife with ordinary people. They are destined to leave home and practice cultivation in this life. But she ended up marrying me. Don't you think this is saving me?"
Wu Hao felt the chill that he had just suppressed rise up from his back again. He opened his mouth, slowly walked to the chair beside the table and sat for a while before he caught his breath: "You...you go call Caifeng over."
"Hey, Dad, a man should take responsibility for his own actions. Besides, didn't you agree? We only want five thousand taels from you. If you like the child, you can keep him and find a wet nurse for him—"
"Beast! Go! Call her over here!" Wu Hao cursed in a low voice, and then lowered his voice to add, "Just tell her I want to ask her if she's willing to go with you!"
Wu Zhuo went out for a while, and then he heard a quarrel outside. They were trying to stop Sun Caifeng, saying that she couldn't move around because she had just given birth, but she probably ignored them. Two breaths later, Wu Zhuo came in with her.
Wu Hao rarely spends time at home, so he rarely sees her, except when he greets her in the morning and evening.
In his impression, Sun Caifeng was not talkative and had a thin voice, but she spoke softly and gently, looking very gentle. He once asked her to pay more attention to the third child and stop thinking about cultivating immortals. She was also very decent when answering, and it was obvious that she was thoughtful - so he felt that she was the only one in the family who still looked like a human being.
But now, when he saw the expression on her face, Wu Hao's heart sank——
Sun Caifeng's face was pale, but she looked calm - that's how she looked when she greeted herself!
He looked at her and sighed: "Old Third, go out, I'll ask your wife."
"Dad, if you have anything to ask, just ask me. This is what I want to do—"
"Get out!"
Wu Zhuo shrank his neck and sighed, "After you ask her, you have to ask me. She has a predestined relationship with the immortal, but I know nothing about the ways of cultivation. If you want to ask, just ask first."
When he walked out of the door, Wu Hao stood up and sighed: "Caifeng, the third brother said, do you remember who you were in your previous life? Well, sit down and tell me."
Sun Caifeng nodded generously, walked to the bed and sat down, without any panic on her face: "Dad, this is what happened."
"You said you remembered your last name was Mou, what else? Do you remember it clearly now?"
"I can't remember clearly. Sometimes I dream about someone talking to me. I think it must be something from my past life, but I can't remember it when I wake up. Sometimes I can still remember it a little bit."
"I have some impression...what are they talking about?"
"They said my last name was Mou, and that I was a cultivator in my previous life. They wanted to take me somewhere. But I couldn't remember it when I woke up."
Wu Hao was silent for a moment, then said, "Are we going to... Tiangong Sect, or Jian Sect?"
"Neither. I don't have that impression." Sun Caifeng looked normal. She looked at the child beside her, reached out and touched her face, then raised her eyes to look at Wu Hao, "Dad, these are not the two she mentioned."
Wu Hao straightened up all of a sudden, and tightly shut his mouth. After a while, he said quietly, "You, hey, why are you doing this? Since you... hey, you are all immortals, why did you marry into my family... hey..."
Sun Caifeng supported herself on the bed and slowly knelt on the ground: "Dad, I also don't remember anything about my previous life. But my father never allowed me to mention this since I was a child, and I knew that I couldn't mention it in my mother's family either, so I heard about Sanlang's story and thought that he could understand me, so I married him. Dad, I am an unfilial daughter-in-law and I don't want your five thousand taels. I still have a dowry. I will take my daughter away with Sanlang and promise not to drag down the Wu family. I just want to find out... who was I in my previous life?"
Wu Hao lowered his eyes and sighed again. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the child's shrill, thin voice again -
"Mou...Zhen...Yuan..."
(End of this chapter)