Chapter 260 Chapter 260 (Partially Revised) I’m Not Homeless…

Biting on Gu Yin's tiger's mouth, Yan Ning looked up at Gu Yin, and couldn't help laughing when he heard the sounds behind him. He also unconsciously had that kind of relaxed and weird expression.

So strange——

Is this a prank?

But he was not angry.

He didn't feel angry either.

How strange, he obviously hates being teased.

What's the difference?

Then I heard what Gu Yin said next.

Xiao Yan Ning was stunned for a moment, and seemed to be trying hard to react for a while.

The cubs do not have normal interpersonal communication.

Everything he encountered was mostly unfair treatment. Most of the elders he met were guys who dreamed of taking some flesh and blood out of him, and most of the peers he met looked down on him. Discovering his timid nature, they took pleasure in scare and frightening him in every possible way.

Since he was born, he has been living in an extremely dark and harsh environment, and his life is full of shadows.

It can be said that being timid is his way of protecting himself, and the constant chattering is the result of him being suppressed in such an environment for a long time and learning to fight from others.

His character was also shaped by the extremely dark and harsh environment and could not change.

When it comes to things he doesn't like, besides being straightforward, he also has an agitated and extreme attitude.

People in this world are divided into those who are good to him or those who are not good to him. In the cub's instinctive feeling, there is no middle option.

In fact, there is certainly nothing wrong with this attitude.

Cultivating immortality goes against the will of heaven, and to some extent, it emphasizes repaying grievances with justice and the survival of the fittest.

But there is a very fatal problem.

This caused the little guy to be unable to distinguish between jokes like Gu Yin's and past threats, and his mind was always highly tense because he could only judge these two situations.

To be more precise, the cub's personality is not perfect in such an environment.

No one taught him how to get along with others normally.

Because of his relationship with those guys, he even had an attitude of exchanging and trading with others regarding his physique.

So the little guy took a long time to react before he spoke softly, looking up at Gu Yin, with a little bit of a childish look about to do something naughty.

"Is it okay? This is a bad thing to do."

"What's the big deal? Third Junior Sister, wanting to give Master a surprise, deliberately stuffed the thousand-year-old snow frog she brought back from outside into Master's alchemy furnace, hoping that Master would find it. Not long after, Master blew up the alchemy furnace."

Gu Yin thought of this and sighed.

I still remember the look of having a head of white hair explode.

And there was the beating that Third Junior Sister received.

The cubs behind him were already preparing to leave. They looked at Yan Ning with less alienation, but they couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this causing trouble?"

"Big Brother, my father said you can't teach children like this."

Gu Yin narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"You don't understand."

He looked at the little guy in front of him and thought about the one in the hall.

He sighed softly.

Both the big and the small are a worry.

We have to think of some other ways to make them popular. Don't let your imagination run wild and your mind be tense all day long. What if you really fulfill someone's wish and become possessed by demons?

Gu Yin reached out and pinched the cub's cheek.

More smiley.

"So don't worry, of course you can, there's no need to be so tight, kid, be happy."

Gu Yin picked up Yan Ning and said goodbye to the cubs behind him.

He brought the cub into the main hall.

Cheng Hanqiu was standing behind the chairs in the main hall. Hearing the voice, he glanced over. The voice was cold and the tone was indecipherable.

"Why are you back again?"

The strange young man stood there, and no one knew what he was thinking just now. He was like a frozen and lifeless statue.

The small brush that had been hidden in the cub's arms poked its head out and used its own brush handle to stick out words at him like a tongue.

It is not a cricket pupa!

Xiao Maobi was furious at Cheng Hanqiu's weird adjective.

Whenever you meet someone, you have to spit.

The cub blinked its big eyes, watching Cheng Hanqiu approach, and reached out to casually hold him in its arms.

"What else is there to do?"

The cub looked at his father's face, and his tense emotions naturally relaxed. He then looked at Gu Yin. The cub, who had become very familiar with Cheng Hanqiu during this period, held up the green ointment he had received from Gu Yin.

"Dad, let me give you some of the specialties that Senior Brother found."

Um?

Cheng Hanqiu squinted his eyes and looked at the cub in his arms, then looked at the green ointment.

He didn't care much.

It seemed like there were more important things for him to think about today.

Xiao Yanning seemed to feel a different kind of pleasure from this kind of interaction. His heart beat a little faster. He raised a spoonful of green paste and stuffed it into Cheng Hanqiu's mouth.

Cheng Hanqiu instinctively held it in his mouth and sipped it off.

At this time, he was still thinking in his mind - how to let this little guy practice.

Then—the man with a casual and undisciplined air froze.

Those enchanting purple-red eyes seemed to widen slightly, with a look of disbelief. His Adam's apple rolled twice, and it was very difficult to control his expression.

Finally, with Gu Yin trying to peek out like a thief behind him and the little cub unable to hold back his smile, the handsome and tough face wrinkled into a ball.

"Pooh!"

He turned his head, his body trembling, and looked at the small box in disbelief.

"What the hell?!"

"Master, I bear witness! Great stuff!"

Gu Yin raised his hands high and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"It's really good stuff, and good things should be shared. We've already shared it, so we have to let you have a taste too!"

Gu Yin spoke sternly and righteously, his mouth wide open with a smile.

The cub looked at his father's twisted face.

The arrogance and decadence that always looked down upon everything around him now gave way to a feeling of disbelief.

His face was full of shock.

It was so successful that the cub couldn't help but shake its little body.

It wasn't until Cheng Hanqiu looked down at the little guy, saw the little guy curl up the corners of his lips in his arms, and finally saw his expression and couldn't help laughing.

That smile was too cheerful and relaxed, not a forced one.

It was more like a smile that showed he had finally regained his mischievous nature as a cub.

very good.

Cheng Hanqiu was very pleased.

He acted quickly with relief - as the two of them were grinning from ear to ear, he used a spoon to stuff a large mouthful into their mouths.

Gu Yin: Hahaha...!!!

Xiao Yanning: ...!!! O0O

Well, the smile doesn't disappear, it just shifts.

Cheng Hanqiu, feeling sour, sealed Gu Yin's mouth with his spiritual power, and at the same time covered Yan Ning's mouth with his hand, saying slowly: "Little rascal."

About a quarter of an hour later.

Gu Yin hung his head dejectedly and knelt at the foot of the hall, with the green ointment placed in front of him.

"Wrong, Master, wrong—"

Cheng Hanqiu, with a sullen face, smiled gently.

"How could that be? You care so much about me. I'm deeply touched and have decided to put even more emphasis on nurturing you."

Gu Yin trembled at Cheng Hanqiu's laughter.

"I asked you to refine the elixir before, and you'd better be able to complete it this year."

Then Cheng Hanqiu's voice was faint.

Gu Yin: Master! It will kill people!

The little scoundrel cub has not been tamed yet.

He took two mouthfuls of the green ointment, and now he felt awe-inspiring when looking at the porcelain jar. He subconsciously took a step back, and then another step back, until he leaned against the screen behind him.

Xiao Yan Ning swallowed and blinked her big eyes.

"Also, I will go to your room and search it myself later. Don't read those messy books you collected—"

Gu Yin:!

"The same goes for the storage bag."

Cheng Hanqiu continued to smile as he finished adding everything.

Gu Yin:!!!

Cruel! So cruel! I'm already dead!!

Cheng Hanqiu let out a breath and contentedly threw away the grayed-out Gu Yin.

Then he looked at the little guy who was standing obediently next to him.

The little guy hung his head.

"What are you thinking about?"

Cheng Hanqiu asked again slowly.

The cub lifted his eyelids and looked at Cheng Hanqiu cautiously.

"Daddy."

The little guy thought for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand and spoke tentatively.

"hug?"

My senior brother said - hug his father and he won’t be angry anymore.

His father is tough on the outside but soft on the inside.

"You did something bad and still want a hug?"

Cheng Hanqiu approached, squatted in front of the cub, and lifted the cub up in the posture he was most accustomed to.

"Little rascal, just follow your senior brother and learn how to be naughty. See what he can teach you."

He has a strict father's face but acts like a kind father.

Lift high and put down gently.

Gu Yin, who was hit in the face by the 'iron fist' from his master: No, that's not how you treated me just now!

After Cheng Hanqiu picked up the cub, he easily put it into his arms.

He wasn't actually angry at all, it was just like these two guys were teasing him and most of the time those words were just bluffs.

Gu Yin has been his disciple for many years. Even though that kid cries and makes a fuss over trivial matters all day long, he actually knows Gu Yin's character very well.

The cub vaguely felt something was different, but it seemed like nothing.

It's not that kind of bad teasing and intimidation.

Daddy also smiled in the end.

And he spoke very harshly.

But I still gave him a hug.

The man who gave me the hug acted as if he didn't care.

"You've already entered the Dao, so don't act like a spoiled brat here. Do you think I'll fall for it?"

Yes, he doesn't eat.

From these ten days, we can also see his principles in raising cubs.

This time, Cheng Hanqiu did not hesitate. He reached out and waved away the stone screen behind the main seat.

The wind and waves surged, with faint flashes of lightning and thunder.

The cub poked its little head out and looked inside.

"Some of the skills I collected before are engraved here."

Cheng Hanqiu finally spoke.

"To be precise, Ice Spiritual Roots are indeed not suitable for some of the mental methods of Dan Cultivation. These will be more suitable, but I was not sure when to let you come into contact with them."

But a mouthful of the green ointment made him feel 'refreshed'.

The little cub blinked honestly.

The little brush also shrank timidly into his clothes.

Behind the screen, there is a different world.

It looked like a secret passage leading all the way down, all illuminated by night pearls.

The further you go, the steeper the steps become and the wider the view becomes.

Finally, Cheng Hanqiu reached an open area with the cub in his arms.

There are several stone tablets standing not far away.

There is a faint aura surrounding it.

"The choice is yours to make."

Cheng Hanqiu closed his eyes.

"I have engraved these five techniques here. Each one has its own mysteries. They were all entrusted to me by powerful beings who once fell. Choose one based on your heart, and your spiritual energy will flow along with it."

Little Yan Ning felt the aura on these stone tablets, and the little cub subconsciously turned his head to look at his father.

Cheng Hanqiu was still standing there.

He closed his eyes, as if he didn't notice Xiao Yanning's hesitation.

Are you going to act like a spoiled brat again?

Cheng Hanqiu thought to himself.

How can such a little thing act like a spoiled brat here anytime and anywhere?

He won't help.

Cheng Hanqiu didn't even raise his eyelids.

The guy who was eager to prepare all kinds of food for the cubs and ran to observe secretly as soon as he got any news still felt that he was the same as before - yes, he would not soften his heart just because Yan Ning called him "Daddy" a few times.

Yan Ning then spoke in a low voice.

"But Daddy—"

The little guy was a little embarrassed.

"Ningning still doesn't know many words."

Cheng Hanqiu:......

The little guy learned too fast, and the magic weapon was just a brush, coupled with Cheng Hanqiu's own inner thoughts, caused Cheng Hanqiu to slightly overlook this point.

But of course.

That's not a problem.

Cheng Hanqiu stood some distance away from the cub and finally opened his eyes.

"The technique that best suits you will be able to sense it when you get close. You don't need to know it."

Only then did Yan Ning step forward.

He looked around.

The tiny cub was less than a third of the height of the stone tablet.

It is an extremely well-behaved, soft and white ball, and is trying hard to look up at these stone tablets.

The next moment.

The stone tablet on the far right lit up modestly.

The cub's attention was immediately drawn to it.

Cheng Hanqiu also looked over.

Well, this is the technique that a sword-fighting genius who slayed demons and defended the way a thousand years ago comprehended at the moment of his death.

It actually fits in with the Ice Spiritual Root—

But after the stone tablet flickered modestly, the four nearby stone tablets seemed to freeze for a moment, and the spiritual energy flowing through them became chaotic for a moment, as if questioning the "conspicuous bag" from before. Hadn't they agreed to do nothing and let him make his own choice?!

Cheng Hanqiu also paused.

Then he saw the stone tablet on the far left flash twice.

It was a top-notch martial art left behind by an old senior who had reached the end of his life and had gained enlightenment about the laws of nature.

These five stone tablets each represent one of the five meanings. They have different directions but the same goal.

Of course, this is not a problem.

The problem was that the three stone tablets in the middle seemed to be cracking and began to flicker. Then the five stone tablets flickered faster and faster, more and more, as if they were competing with each other, flashing dazzlingly.

The mysterious and profound skills of our ancestors were transformed into sick and dazzling stones.

Cheng Hanqiu stared at the stone tablets.

Are you sick?

Cheng Hanqiu felt it was absurd.

He always felt that everything around him became different after the cub came. You said that the stone tablet attached with such top-level skills has its own judgment, which is indeed possible. If you say that they are fighting for the cubs and want the little ones to practice the contents on their stone tablets, it is reasonable, but quite sick.

and--

Ningning's eyes were about to be blinded by the light.

Xiao Yan Ning narrowed her eyes subconsciously.

The dispute over the five stone tablets has reached a fever pitch.

Finally, the spiritual energy in the five stone tablets flowed and flickered, and the ground began to vibrate faintly.

They argued endlessly.

——This is a natural immortal body. If it possesses my righteousness, it will save the people from danger!

——No, if you possess my righteousness and talent, the cruelty and evil in the future will be punished, and the world that is integrated into one will be successfully stratified and stable.

——He can travel a thousand miles with one step of practice, so naturally he wants to inherit my great righteousness!

——Inherit my!!

The five stone tablets argued endlessly, and finally focused their attention on the little cub.

Since it is impossible to tell who is superior or inferior, then before that, the cub still has some unsettling temperament.

Being capable but not tenacious, being able to move towards the future but stuck in the past and stagnating, being able to break the rules but willing to stick to the old ways, these are their biggest taboos.

They cannot accept such a successor.

The leaders of this world cannot be like this.

The five stone tablets all emitted a dazzling light.

Finally, they enveloped the cubs.

Although it's still early.

He is indeed too young.

But he still has to come out.

Cheng Hanqiu watched helplessly as the five stone tablets that had been arguing with each other suddenly reached a consensus.

In an instant, the cub was dragged into enlightenment.

This is not an ordinary epiphany; this kind of epiphany is usually a test.

If you succeed, your future will be immeasurable, but if you fail, at best you will no longer be trusted by those invaluable treasures and opportunities, and at worst your own path will be in trouble.

He is only five years old.

Cheng Hanqiu hadn't taken action for a long time, let alone here. He was caught off guard and reacted a little slowly, and couldn't help but curse.

To let a five or six-year-old kid have such an epiphany?

His face darkened as he held the cub with one hand and without hesitation used his spiritual sense to rush into enlightenment.

His body swayed for a moment because of this movement, but he stabilized in an instant.

He once again saw the images in his dream that were blurred due to the blood connection.

But this time, the images were clearer and more tangible.

The cubs were frightened and fled in panic in a large villa of an aristocratic family.

Those peers chased and blocked him at every entrance as if he were playing with a pet.

He smiled and watched the cubs fall into one trap after another.

It's disgusting and annoying.

Cheng Hanqiu raised his hand in an instant and tore apart the terrifying shadows around him, but the cub was not in front of him.

Yan Ning on the other side felt a darkness before her eyes.

My mind seemed to be covered by a layer of fog, many things were blurred in an instant, and the fear and shadow were constantly magnified.

He seemed to have returned to the past—

But back in time?

The cub was stunned for a moment.

The memory also seemed to be covered up.

Memories overlap.

A figure suddenly stood behind him, in the dark corner.

He watched as the hands reached out to him, trying to grab him.

Yan Ning was startled and finally felt the temperature of her hands and feet. She shuddered, jumped up, and was about to run away.

Those memories are horrible, everything is horrible.

All the despair seems to be still before my eyes.

Maybe it never passed.

Those trials easily dragged the cub back to the past.

This is actually something that should not happen. For a five or six-year-old child, such a test is cruel and unreasonable.

But unfortunately, God's good intentions can lead to bad consequences.

It invests too much in its cubs.

Especially since the little guy also possesses the legacy of the ancient immortals, it is like picking up a big treasure for the Heavenly Dao. These spiritual energies are just a sprinkle of water for the little guy. It has also been given to many other people, but the little guy changed too quickly.

This led to a fight over the five stone tablets, and the situation of the little guy was determined in advance, and it was determined that the world would change because of this five-year-old cub.

So I directly entered this unfriendly test.

Cheng Hanqiu was somewhat aware of this, and he rarely felt upset, even though such things were unheard of and had nothing to do with him if they happened.

He continued walking forward, wanting to wait for a few moments when the cub would wake up a little.

If possible, it is possible to take the cubs out at these times.

This is the best approach at the moment.

Although it will have a slight impact on the cub's current situation, it will be slowly made up for later.

The impact should not be significant.

Cheng Hanqiu has already made a judgment.

He was quickly determining the cub's place in this ordeal.

Little Yan Ning on this side felt a rare strength in his body, a strength he had never had before in the Yan family mansion. He stumbled all the way and ran away.

But in the end, he still stumbled and fell in despair.

My wrist was suddenly grabbed.

The face of the man who had taken the most blood from him appeared before him.

"Run? If you keep running, you're essentially just a drug slave. Everything you eat, drink, and use is provided by the Yan family. Dedicate everything you have for the family's glory. This is your mission."

It's not—it's not—

But he felt a sharp pain on his wrist, and the next moment he was back in the nightmare room. Xiao Yan Ning watched the blood flowing from his wrist, and nothing seemed to have changed.

Such trials will drag people into the most difficult to extricate painful memories. It is easy to lose oneself in such memories and the past, and sink into the constant pain or the pleasure of counterattack.

The strength in her body was slowly disappearing again. The feeling was not real, but Yan Ning had experienced it countless times, so it was extremely real.

The cub was still too young, and he subconsciously searched around.

But his mind was confused and he didn't know what he was looking for.

It was obvious—it was obvious countless times—that he would not be saved.

No one could save him.

Didn’t you know this a long time ago?

There was nothing except myself crying secretly under the quilt.

"Let me go—"

Xiao Yan Ning tried to struggle.

Countless knives and utensils around him that had been used on him were flashing with cold light.

It's like one terrifying nightmare after another.

The next moment - under Yan Ning's gaze, those knives, as if at the cub's will, were aimed at those ferocious guys.

And those who hide in the shadows.

The knife flew and stabbed into the bodies of these people, just like how they had treated him in the past.

Amidst the splattering blood, the docile and soft cub seemed not to belong here.

But the suppressed emotions seemed to be released suddenly, and the cub's mood also suddenly rose - let's continue like this.

Just like how they treat you.

You are not a normal child.

Who is saying these words?

Yan Ning suddenly raised her eyes and looked at the blood-stained guy in front of her with his mouth open as if he had been brainwashed.

"Your parents abandoned you a long time ago. You have nothing."

“Why not indulge in this moment?”

"Who do you think will come to rescue you?"

"Did you think anyone would take you home?"

"It's all a lie."

"Once they discover the thorns and malicious intent beneath your sweet exterior, they'll definitely stay away from you."

"Otherwise, bring those people here too—they are not good people."

“And some people are — they’re born homeless.”

Homeless

"Master, we need to arrange a big bed for Ningning here!"

'What's the big bed for?'

'This is Ningning's home too!'

"...it's useless to arrange it anyway. That little thing came in the middle of the night with a pillow in its arms."

Homeless

wrong--

That's not what it says.

Xiao Yan Ning realized that something was wrong.

At this moment, Cheng Hanqiu had never felt so clearly the malice towards the cubs here.

He walked around the corner and watched the figures hiding in the corner fall down one by one. Those were the psychological shadows of the cubs.

So many, so dense.

It's almost everywhere in this place.

Cheng Hanqiu couldn’t believe it. Did that little guy really survive here?

How did he manage to survive?

Finally, he broke through the area where the shadows were thickest.

He saw countless bloodstained 'torture instruments'.

His cub was very small and sat on the "execution platform".

It seems that his intervention is not necessary——

He has regained consciousness.

Cheng Hanqiu stood still. For a moment, he was trembling and unable to move forward because of everything around him.

"You are not allowed to talk about Ningning's father... Senior Brother..."

The cub broke free from the fear and did not fall into the pleasure of revenge.

Everything around seemed to freeze.

Time stood still, only the cub sat there, staring at him - was the past important? It was important, he would not forget the pain, but he would not indulge in it. He knew he had more important things - there were many important things to find, whether it was from the lamb, or from his father, or his senior brother -

"Ningning is not—Ningning is not—"

That little narcissistic guy who always waits for praise for his little achievements, who appears well-behaved but is actually sarcastic behind the scenes, the moment Black Grape saw him, tears finally welled up in her eyes.

As if feeling extremely aggrieved.

"Ningning is not a homeless kid...right, Daddy."