"Old man, you've been locked up for so many years, don't you want to go out for a stroll?"
Before parting, Cen Xi couldn't help but ask.
"I've gotten used to it over the years. I'll just grow old and die here. The world is dangerous, so be careful in everything you do. We're all from the same sect, and I've taught you quite a bit. Can't you call me Grandmaster?"
The old man with white hair spoke in a deep voice, tinged with anticipation.
"Alright, I didn't expect that even though you're practically halfway to the grave, you still care about how you're addressed. Well then, I'll reluctantly call you Grandmaster. Grandmaster, aren't you planning to return to the Hidden Sect?"
Cen Xi felt it was best to agree to the request of an elderly person who was about to pass away, so as not to make the person worry about it and feel uncomfortable going to meet the King of Hell.
Although she didn't consider herself a good person, Ms. Li had taught her to be grateful since childhood. The old man had treated her well and given her many good things, so she should still address him as her grandmaster.
"No, I should have been dead seventy years ago. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to come back to life now. Besides, I'm used to staying in that cave. If I were moved to another place, I would feel uncomfortable."
The old man was very pleased to see her call him "Grandmaster".
"Then farewell. If you're still alive when I return to the Hidden Sect, I'll bring you some good wine."
Cen Xiyang said with a smile.
"Okay! It's a deal!"
"It's a deal! I don't want to see outsiders, so you must keep the fact that I'm still alive a secret, not even to your master!"
After nodding, the old man added something else as he thought of it.
"Alright! Since you have this request, I will naturally agree. Then, see you again if fate allows."
Cen Xi bowed and said goodbye cleanly and decisively.
"Let's go. I'll leave things outside to you."
"rest assured."
Cen Xi replied with two words and left without looking back.
...
Two days later, Cen Xi settled down in a nearby small town. She bought several men's clothes and a box of cinnabar.
She remembered the old man telling her that she should still be a virgin.
In this dynasty, a woman was given a "virginity mark" at birth, which meant she was still a virgin.
Before meeting the old man, Cen Xi believed that she and that scholar Liu had definitely consummated their marriage.
But since the old man spoke with such certainty in the cave, Cen Xi felt it necessary to test what her true identity was.
How can she test it? She can't just sleep with any man, otherwise she won't be a virgin anymore.
So it's better to use the old method here: applying the cinnabar.
After figuring out a strategy, Cen Xi began to test it out on her own at the inn.
She pressed the point on her left arm as instructed by others.
A moment later, the cinnabar birthmark on her arm became very conspicuous.
Cen Xi looked at the bright red cinnabar birthmark on her hand and was overjoyed.
Damn it, all the resentment I felt because of my identity since I transmigrated vanished instantly.
She was still a virgin, not a widow, and those two little boys weren't hers at all.
Cen Xi packed up his things, drank two jugs of water, and slowly calmed his excitement. He asked the waiter for pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and picked up his brush to write a letter.
She first wrote a letter to Old Man Gongsun on the mountain to let him know she was safe and to explain her current thoughts.
She has passed the test and can now descend the mountain, so she does not plan to go back this time.
She planned to go down the mountain to gain experience. Since the Star Shifting Array had sent her away from the Hidden Sect, it meant that fate had decreed that she should leave in this way, so she had no reason to go against the natural course of things. However, it was dangerous outside, and it would be inconvenient to take the two children with her, so she could only trouble her master to take care of them. She wrote in the letter that she would send them living expenses from time to time.
After finishing writing, she was about to put down her pen, but the image of Yu Kuang kept lingering in her mind, so she added another stroke.
She told him that if Yu Kuang returned to the Hidden Sect, he should tell him that she had completed her training and could leave the mountain, and that they should each live their own lives peacefully from now on. Although she had no romantic feelings for him, they still shared an unbreakable bond of kinship.
If he hasn't let go of his pride, you should give him a nudge and tell him to find a better match. Four-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged women are plentiful. Make sure he doesn't hang himself on this crooked tree.
After finishing writing the letter to her master, Cen Xi picked up her pen again to write a letter to Liu Jiuyi.
That kid used to say she wasn't his mother, that she couldn't ruin his mother's body, but it turns out this body has absolutely nothing to do with his mother. Even if this body wasn't her soul before, it wasn't her mother either. This body is a virgin, so how could it have children?
As expected, he was right to insist before; this body, inside and out, is not his mother's.
In her letter, Cen Xi wrote: "You must be overjoyed right now. I'm such a shameless person, I'm really not your mother. From now on, the sky's the limit, you're free, and I won't care about you anymore."
After writing a letter deliberately intended to provoke Liu Jiuyi.
Cen Xi picked up her pen again and wrote a letter to Xiao Yu, who had always treated her like her own mother.
In the letter, Cen Xi patiently explained her identity, saying that although she was not her mother, she would always be her daughter. After she resolved the dangers outside, she would take her down the mountain, give her a dowry, and find her a good husband. In short, she would spoil her for the rest of her life.
At the same time, she will also help her find her biological mother. Once she finds her, she will have two mothers who love and care for her.
After Cen Xi finished writing the letter, he called the waiter, returned the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, bought a carrier pigeon, tied three letters to it, and released the pigeon.
Having done all this, Cen Xi didn't know where to go, so she simply stayed at the inn for a few days.
"I heard that Prince Heng has recently recruited many martial arts figures. How about you guys sign up?"
Cen Xi was leisurely sipping tea upstairs.
Downstairs, a man from the martial arts world spoke in a low voice to his companion.
"No, I won't go. The martial world has its own rules. Why should I get involved in the affairs of the imperial court? I haven't lived enough yet. I don't want to be a tool in the imperial court's power struggles."
Cen Xi looked over and saw a burly man in black take a big gulp of wine and reply impatiently.
"As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. In recent years, which of the major sects in the martial arts world hasn't had ties with the imperial court? Although the martial arts world and the imperial court appear to keep to themselves, how clean is it really? They're just putting on a show."
"The imperial court needs us outlaws to do some shady things, and we outlaws also need to make a living. It's just a matter of mutual benefit. I say to Cui Daneng, if you're afraid of death, why are you even in the outlaw world?"
Cen Xi saw that as soon as the burly man in black finished speaking, the tall, thin man next to him started chattering incessantly.
“That’s right, it’s all about walking on thin ice. Serving the prince might even lead to an official position in the future. Take our founding emperor, Emperor Taizu, for example. Before he succeeded, wasn’t he just a roughneck? Yu Da Kui is right. Let’s hurry up and go before Prince Heng has chosen enough people.”
After the tall, thin man finished speaking, a man in green clothes next to the burly man in black chimed in.
"That's right! Let's go, Brother Da Kui! Cui Daneng is a coward if he doesn't go, but we brothers are not. He won't get a share of the good food and drink when the time comes."
One person echoed this sentiment, and the others joined in the commotion, eager to immediately pledge their loyalty to Prince Heng.
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