Chapter 127 Chapter 127 34

The source of the Cliff of Repentance is actually an ice crystal stone, which contributed greatly to the male protagonist's second cleansing of the meridians and marrow to improve his spiritual roots in the original development.

But he was destined to never get it in this life, so Ruo Ruo took the ice crystal stone hidden deep in the Siguo Cliff without hesitation, because according to 439, this thing can not only improve people's spiritual roots, but also has other more important uses.

When she got the ice crystal stone in her hand, the chaotic memory fragments in Ruo Ruo's mind actually automatically became orderly bit by bit. At the same time, the normal world line that had never been spied on by anyone also appeared in her mind.

Mudan should have married Su An in style after he achieved top spot in the imperial examination. Everyone mocked Su An, who had studied so hard for over a decade and finally achieved top spot, for marrying a prostitute. But the gossip didn't hinder their happy marriage.

Although Su An won the top spot in the imperial examination, he had no background and was unwilling to be bribed by the forces in the officialdom and get involved in official disputes, so he was exiled to a remote small town to serve as a county magistrate.

Their child was born in a remote town. They named him Kang, hoping that he would live a healthy life.

Su Kang had lived a happy life since birth, enjoying smooth sailing. However, he gradually realized that not everyone enjoyed the same happy family and comfortable life as he did. Most ordinary people struggled under the current government. While their small town, under their father's management, managed to get by, the outside world was a complete mess. Even so, taxes from the imperial court continued to rise year after year, making it difficult for the people of their small town to even maintain a normal life.

Countless refugees tried to raise the flag of rebellion, but were suppressed one by one by the imperial court. Later, Su An even discovered that babies kept disappearing for unknown reasons. After much investigation, he learned that the imperial court had colluded with the Hele Sect to offer those children to the Hele Sect for training.

So he set out on the road to the world of cultivation alone, wanting to question those high-ranking immortals and why they never cared about the lives of the people of the world, but instead did not take human lives seriously, wantonly killed innocent people, and robbed children from every household.

But he soon hit a wall. Even those in the Qi Refining Stage of the Cultivation Realm didn't care about the lives of ordinary people. They followed the rule of "winner is king, loser is a bandit," and anything that happened in the secular world didn't concern them.

Later, Su Kang also became a cultivator.

[Then what? ]

"Then, he single-handedly used his strength to break down the barrier separating the world of cultivation and the secular world, eliminating the distinction between the world of cultivation and the secular world."

At first, things were chaotic, but for the common people in the secular world, life couldn't get any worse than before. The people in the cultivation world also gradually began to realize something, and some people came forward to slowly accept reality and adapt to the merged world.

After all, even if cultivators were cold-hearted and heartless, they weren't demons who slaughtered innocent people indiscriminately. They couldn't simply kill every mortal to resolve the issue; a more rational management method was naturally needed. Su Kang had also contributed significantly to this. Ever since he realized the chaos in the secular world, he had begun to consider future issues. Therefore, after the isolation barrier was shattered, he offered many constructive suggestions.

Helezong also suffered a bad fate under the siege led by Su Kang.

When seeing this place, Ruo Ruo finally understood why he could become a person with great luck.

This is clearly the same world and the same heaven, but it is unfairly divided into two halves. One half is rich in resources and abundant in spiritual energy, while the other half has barren land and the people are suffering.

The high-ranking cultivators will never take the initiative to put themselves in the shoes of mortals and experience their suffering. That would be fine, but there are even too many cultivators with low cultivation who go to the secular world to do evil and act tyrannically.

When a world develops to the point where it seems to be on the verge of despair, it means that it is already quietly giving birth to a new life.

Breaking the isolation barrier is undoubtedly a rebirth for this world and the laws of nature in this world.

Cryolite is also one of the materials needed to break the barrier.

It's no wonder that the Heavenly Dao would go crazy and keep going back. The materials that he had originally prepared to promote his own development were taken away by others to improve his spiritual roots. The savior became the villain, and the person who replaced him not only failed to complete his mission, but also didn't care about the life and death of this world. No one would be happy about this.

Could it be that Yuan Rui, possessing the Ice Crystal Stone, didn't know its true purpose? No, whoever possessed it would have recognized its true purpose. Yet, Yuan Rui still chose to improve his spiritual roots. For him, the stability of the secular world was of no concern, nor was the ultimate development of the cultivation world of any consequence. He assumed that by that time, he would have already ascended to immortality. Even if the entire world collapsed, it would have nothing to do with him. However, he didn't realize that ascension wasn't determined solely by aptitude.

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When Ruoruo returned with the ice crystal stone, Gu Qifan was still immersed in cultivation. Before Gu Qifan woke up, Ying Wo came running to him.

"Fairy? Fairy! You are here!" Ying Wo's face seemed to be smiling like a flower.

"Why did you come here?"

"I'm a little worried about the fairy's safety." But the fact proved that he thought too much. Even if the fairy was here, she was still no different from her outside. On the contrary, he was so cold all the way here that he still felt that the blood in his body was almost frozen.

"Uncle Master, why are you here?" After Gu Qifan opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a figure with its back to him.

He only had a few people he was familiar with, so he could easily recognize Ying Wo.

He was initially happy, after all, his uncle had really helped him a lot over the years, but then fear set in. Thinking of the senior walking deeper into the cave, he couldn't help but worry.

It was obvious that they had only known each other for a short time, and it was obvious that what she said was not credible at all, but he was still worried that something might happen to her, and that she would be hurt if discovered by others.

But soon, he stopped worrying.

Because the target he was worried about was right there, but he was blocked by his uncle just now, so he had not seen him.

And his uncle's attitude... it can be said that he is many times more enthusiastic than when he was facing himself.

Gu Qifan: ...

In such a scenario, he even felt that instead of worrying about others, it would be better to worry about himself.

"Master uncle? Do you know her?" Gu Qifan felt his throat was a little dry.

But before Ying Wo could answer, Ruo Ruo seemed to have remembered something. She walked over to Gu Qifan and said to Ying Wo, "By the way, can you prove that I existed fifty years ago?"

He turned to Gu Qifan and said, "He saw my portrait fifty years ago. Does that make you believe me a little?"

Gu Qifan's hands suddenly clenched silently, his eyes fixed on his uncle-master, as if he had to find some clues in it. "Uncle-master?"

"Yeah! What's wrong, kid? You don't believe the fairy's words?" He wanted to question Gu Qifan about how he dared not believe the fairy's words, but looking at the two slightly similar faces in front of him, he swallowed his words. He was afraid that if he said too much, he would not only fail to curry favor with the fairy, but also offend the fairy, which would be a loss.

Gu Qifan didn't miss a single expression on his face, but he had to admit that his uncle didn't show any guilt at all. He even got incredibly excited when he mentioned fifty years ago.

He carefully took out the painting he had obtained again and showed it to Gu Qifan with some complacency, but when Gu Qifan was about to touch it, he subconsciously wanted to avoid it.

But he took another look at the fairy standing next to him and stopped his actions abruptly.

"Be careful with this painting, be gentle, gentler." He was terrified if anyone other than himself and the fairy touched the painting.

Gu Qifan examined the painting carefully. It was well-preserved, but the edges showed it had been frequently viewed. The paint had faded somewhat, which, unless someone had deliberately deceived him, was enough to prove that the painting was quite old and not a recent creation.

The person in the painting is exactly the same as his predecessor, except that the clothes he wears are not as gorgeous and expensive as the ones his predecessor wears now, everything else seems to be unchanged.

"Did Master Uncle really get this painting 50 years ago? Why have I never heard Master Uncle mention it before?" Gu Qifan was still skeptical. After all, he really couldn't understand things like bone age, but he didn't want to mention it in front of Master Uncle, so as to question his predecessors and Master Uncle.

"Of course!" Ying Wo saw him put the painting back immediately after looking at it, and then he said in a low voice nonchalantly: "Stinky boy, do we know each other well? I can't show off my painting to everyone I meet."

Seeing his attitude, Gu Qifan immediately believed him. That senior was his mother's business...

He still couldn't believe it.

The words "mother" and "father" were too far away for him. When he was punished, he also wondered why he was not with his parents. When he saw Huo Ling'er acting like a spoiled child, he also felt subconsciously sad.

As time went by, he seemed to care less about all of this. He just wanted to cultivate, do his part well, and if he had the ability, do something truly meaningful.

But suddenly he was told that he had a mother? If it had been before, he would have definitely scorned it, but now, looking at this extremely beautiful senior in front of him, he couldn't feel any anger or resentment at all.

"Nuo, you can believe me now. I'm really your mother, right? There was an accident back then, and I'm sorry for letting you wander around for so many years."

Gu Qifan didn't know what to say for a moment. His mind was in a turmoil, and he couldn't even tell whether he was happier or sadder. Seeing the person in front of him apologize to him, even if it was just a simple sentence, he subconsciously wanted to shake his head and tell her not to apologize to him.

The one who was even more surprised than Gu Qifan was Ying Wo. He had just carefully put the painting away when he seemed to have heard something unbelievable.

"Mother? Fairy, you are his mother?" Ying Wo was angry at first. After all, if Gu Qifan was the fairy's son, then who was his father? Then joy followed.

Since the boy's father hasn't come forward yet, does that mean the fairy has already parted ways with that man? If that's the case, why can't I be the one standing by the fairy's side, protecting her and accompanying her?

The more Ying Wo thought about it, the clearer his thoughts became.

He has carefully preserved the painting to this day, taking it out to examine it repeatedly every day, naturally harboring some hidden ulterior motives. But when he actually saw the fairy, he was afraid he would disturb her. Furthermore, when he first acquired the painting, his mother discovered it and advised him against it, saying that the fairy already had a companion, and that their relationship must be unusual.

But now, that person has disappeared without a trace, allowing his son to be taken to Qianshan Sect to be plotted against. Now only the fairy has come here alone.

Besides, he hadn't been that bad to Gu Qifan over the years, had he? He even knew that the boy was a little lacking in love. He could be his father!

The idea that he didn't want to repay a favor at the beginning had long since disappeared. Now, let alone repaying a favor, if this kid was willing to let him be his father and help him speak more beautifully in front of the fairy, even if it required him to do something more shameless, he would still do it.

"Yingwo, thank you for the painting. Can you go back first? I want to talk to him alone."

When Gu Qifan heard this, he immediately started to worry about his uncle's reaction. After all, his uncle's temper was not very good.

But there was no anger as he had imagined. Gu Qifan only saw that his uncle, who would explode at the slightest provocation, now nodded in agreement with a red face.

Little did he know that at this moment Ying Wo's mind had already been completely overwhelmed by the thought of 'the fairy remembered his name'.

"Okay, you two can chat, I...I'll go back first."

He looked at Ruoruo with some reluctance to leave, but he also knew that if he continued to stay here, he would only be annoying.

As for the plots involving his senior brother Baili Qing and the Great Elder, he remained silent, observing Gu Qifan's now somewhat bewildered expression. It wasn't because he was on his senior brother's side, but because now was clearly not the right time to speak. How could his senior brother be as important as the fairy he so desperately desired? If it were his master, he might still struggle with it, but compared to the fairy, he could sell out his senior brother with a smile, even if it was just to atone for his crime.

After Ying Wo left, Gu Qifan, with red eyes, cautiously called out, "Senior." He wanted to call her "mother," but the words just wouldn't come out.

Ruoruo didn't care. She changed the subject considerately and talked to him about his life over the years.

Fifty years is not a long time in the world of cultivation, but it is not a short time for Gu Qifan, who has grown from a baby to his current appearance.

They talked for a long time, from their childhood to the present day. As they were talking, Gu Qifan suddenly stopped and asked, "Senior, it seems you have never called me by my name."

Ruo Ruo was also stunned when she heard it, but it was indeed true. Every time she spoke to him, she would deliberately avoid calling his name. After all, the name Gu Qifan sounded like a name full of malice.

She lowered her head, her long eyelashes casting shadows under her eyelids. "This name was given by your master and his mistress. I can't comment on it for the time being, but I want you to believe that you were not abandoned in the valley." No matter which life he was in, if it wasn't for someone with ulterior motives, his fate destined him not to be an orphan. Even if he had no biological parents, he would definitely have good adoptive parents who would treat him as their own son, and the family would live in harmony.

"I don't want to call you that name, so I'll call you Kang'er, okay? I just hope you're healthy and believe you're loved, not some abandoned child in the valley."

Gu Qifan nodded, his eyes reddening again. He tried hard to control his emotions, hoping to remain calm, but two lines of tears still slipped out of his eyes.

He thought of his master's fickle attitude towards him over the years, the scolding and swearing he received from his master's wife when she went mad, and the endless shackles that weighed on him. These had made him doubt the meaning of his existence countless times, and he could only comfort himself in his loneliness. But now, it seemed as if there was finally someone who told him that someone loved him. It didn't matter whether he did well or not, but simply wanted him to be healthy.