Chapter 79 [Jiaozhu] Ajahn Ban Chenlian Returns to Liangzhou to Pay Homage
Yan Ru was about to spit out a mouthful of blood. She grabbed Jing Yinchuan's collar and said, "You said that when you ascend to the position of Demon Lord and eliminate the alien species, you will return the spirit pearl to me safely!"
Jing Yinchuan didn't know how to face Yan Ru. Judging from Chen Lian's expression, she would definitely not return the spirit pearl. The only option now was to kill Chen Lian and then return the spirit pearl to the beauty.
"I, Jing Yinchuan, always keep my word. I will definitely return the Lingzhu to you." Jing Yinchuan held Yan Ru's hand and said sincerely.
Yan Ru heard this and withdrew her hand, "Okay, I'll give you some time."
Yan Ru turned her back. The time left for her by Heaven was running out. Although she was born from Heaven, Heaven was not her father. She was just a microphone for Heaven to convey messages to the three realms.
Now that the Heavenly Dao knew of everything she had done and was about to take her divine power back, she begged it to give her three more months. As long as she could eliminate the alien species within those three months, the Spirit Pearl would take her place and protect the Three Realms. Then, she could disappear without regrets.
She couldn't fully trust Jing Yinchuan either, so she didn't know what to do in the limited time.
Three days later, the news that Chen Lian became the first Demon Lord of the Demon Realm spread throughout the three realms.
This was shocking news. The world of cultivation had always had the impression that Chen Lian was a role model of a reputable and upright sect. Chen Lian had already killed many demons and eliminated evil monsters for the world of cultivation. Now he himself had become the Demon Lord. This news was very surprising.
Chen Lian became a demon, some were worried and some were happy. Qian Zhao of Cang Qiong Sect successfully took the throne of the sect leader. He had waited for this day for too long, but he did not expect that Chen Lian would actually become a demon. He originally planned to deal with Chen Lian in another way, but now he succeeded without any effort.
Since Shen Lian has been possessed by the devil, he will take this opportunity to discredit Shen Lian, so that the immortal cultivation world will no longer have any beautiful illusions about Shen Lian, and use them to deal with Shen Lian.
At this moment, Chen Lian had no idea about this matter. He took A Jiang back to Liangzhou, where he once lived.
Ever since he became the Demon Lord, he has become more and more restless. He doesn't like the demon world, and he doesn't like the dark place in the demon world. He wants to come out and get some fresh air.
He and Ajahn traveled north to Liangzhou, to the mansion where he had once lived. Counting the time, he had not been back for fourteen years. He had left home when he was still a teenager, and now he was thirty.
Today happens to be his birthday. He hasn't celebrated his birthday for ten years. In previous years, his stepmother celebrated his birthday for him. Although it was not good, it was still good. After he became his disciple, his senior brother celebrated his birthday with him.
To be honest, those people were not good to him, but also very good to him. He really shouldn't have killed them. He was too selfish, always centered on himself, and never thought about giving back.
It was winter in Liangzhou at this time. Small snowflakes were floating in the sky and there was some snow on the ground. The servants were busy sweeping the floor and did not notice his presence.
There was a little girl, about five or six years old, wearing a bright red cotton-padded jacket, holding a candied haws, who ran towards Chen Lian and hugged his thighs.
"Uncle, where are you from?"
The little girl was cute and playful, and a childish voice came from her pink pouty lips.
Chen Lian was very fond of this little girl who suddenly appeared. He liked all beautiful things. The little girl was not only playful, but also had a pair of big watery eyes. She was very beautiful. He leaned over and picked her up.
"You come from far, far away." He looked at the little girl in front of him and suddenly wanted to kidnap her and take her home to raise her. "What's your name?"
"Chen Ningyu." Shen Ningyu replied. She took a sip of the candied haws in her hand and then passed it to Shen Lian's mouth, "Uncle, eat it."
Chen Lian glanced over. He didn't like eating candied haws, but his brother liked it the most. Every time he saw his brother eating it, he wanted to eat it, but his stepmother gave all the delicious food to his brother, and he couldn't eat anything, so he didn't like eating candied haws anymore.
"Uncle, eat."
A childish voice called him uncle, and her small hands held his face, pressing the candied haws against his lips that were frozen and bloodless.
Seeing that Shen Lian was unhappy, A Jiang pretended to hug Shen Ningyu.
"No need." Shen Lian put Shen Ningyu down and touched her two little balls lovingly.
"Uncle, it's delicious."
"I don't like it."
Hearing this, Shen Ningyu did not force anyone to do anything. She looked at A Jiang beside Shen Lian and handed her the candied haws.
"Uncle, eat."
Just as Ajahn was about to refuse, an old maid came out.
"Miss, the old lady wants you to come in." The old maid bowed her head and walked forward to pull Shen Ningyu. She thought the person standing next to Shen Ningyu was a servant, but when she looked closely, she found that it was the second young master who killed the eldest young master and ran away from home more than ten years ago.
The old maid saw that figure and hurriedly turned back into the house, "Old Madam! Young Master Lian! Young Master Lian is back!"
Chen Lian recognized the old maid. She was the maidservant who came with his stepmother as a dowry. He didn't expect that she looked so old.
He walked into the house and saw his stepmother standing up in a panic. The moment she saw him, there was something in her eyes.
Chen Lian couldn't see clearly. He didn't understand what this meant, nor did he understand what his stepmother's feelings for him were. Sometimes she was harsh and strict with him, but now she had such a look of longing after a long separation. Who was she pretending for?
"My son..." The old lady walked forward tremblingly, holding on to her crutches. She stood still, afraid that Shen Lian would disappear as soon as she got close.
Chen Lian killed her son, so she should hate Chen Lian. In fact, she did not hate Chen Lian, because Shen Lian was his biological child. She only found out about this after Shen Lian left. She regretted how she had treated her child all those years. She really regretted it and even allowed the servants and his nominal child to bully him.
For so many years, she has never given Chen Lian an ounce of maternal love. She mostly just watched coldly, not giving what she shouldn't give and giving too little of what she should give. She is really unworthy of being a mother!
"How have you been these past few years?"
"Everything is fine." Chen Lian didn't have much affection for his stepmother, so he was very puzzled by the longing she showed for him. He said lightly.
"Okay, okay, okay." After saying "okay" three times, the old lady asked someone to bring a chair up.
"No need." Chen Lian said, "I came back today just to pay tribute to my biological mother."
The old lady's breathing paused at this moment. Yes, Chen Lian still didn't know who her biological mother was.
Since Chen Lian came back to pay tribute to the maid, there was no need to recognize Chen Lian, lest Chen Lian be sad to know that the stepmother who had treated him strictly since childhood was his biological mother, and that the biological mother he respected and loved since childhood was actually a "human trafficker".
Fortunately, she had never treated Chen Lian unfairly in terms of his studies, which is why Chen Lian still comes back to pay tribute to the "human trafficker" who didn't treat him well. Otherwise, she would never forgive herself.
The only thing she never neglected was his studies. Because she was afraid that outsiders would look down on the Shen family, Shen Lian and his adopted son went to the same school.
"Okay, it's better to go and take a look. No one has visited her since you left." The old lady ordered the servants to prepare the supplies needed for the memorial service.
Ever since Chen Lian came back, the old lady's eyes have never left Chen Lian, her heart and eyes are filled with him.
This puzzled Shen Lian.
"Grandma!" Shen Ningyu ran in with her short legs and threw herself into the old lady's arms.
Shen Lian watched the old lady's loving look towards Shen Ningyu, and couldn't help but think of it. He saw that his brother had the love of his legitimate mother, while he had nothing. Although he was raised under the name of the main wife, his biological mother was a maid. After all, he was just a bastard, and he could not get the love of his biological mother or the love of his legitimate mother.
That year was similar to the current solar term. He stood in the snow pile with no one paying attention to him. He looked enviously at the house where his stepmother, his father, and his brother were living happily together.
"He's a cute child." Shen Lian walked forward, touched Shen Ningyu's head, then pulled off the purse on his belt and put it in Shen Ningyu's hand.
"Uncle, what is this? It's so heavy."
"Your lucky money this year."
"Wow!" Hearing this, Shen Ningyu cried out excitedly, opened the brocade blue purse, and found that it was filled with gold leaves.
Shen Ningyu's eyes lit up instantly, she had never seen so many golden leaves, her little hands touched them carefully, her face filled with pure joy.
"Thank you, uncle!" Shen Ningyu said excitedly. She looked up at Shen Lian, her eyes full of admiration and gratitude.
The old lady looked at this scene with mixed feelings.
She knew that Shen Lian had never had such a childhood, had never received such New Year's money, and had never received such attention and love. Her heart was filled with guilt, and she wanted to make amends, but she didn't know where to start.
"Lian'er, you..." The old lady hesitated. She wanted to say something but didn't know how to start. She decided not to tell the truth, but swallowed the words back.
Chen Lian was slightly stunned. In the past, the old lady only called him the Second Young Master or the Lian Young Master, but never called him that. Not even his biological mother had ever called him that. His biological mother always called him a useless thing.
"What does the stepmother want to say?"
"Nothing, you haven't been back for a long time, I'm happy for you."
"Happy?" Shen Lian sneered, "I killed your son, are you happy too?"
"That's not your fault. I've investigated thoroughly. He forced you to do it. You should have killed him. If you didn't kill him, I would have done it myself."
Chen Lian didn't expect the old lady to say that. He stopped talking, turned his back and quietly looked at the snow scene outside.
He was once punished to kneel outside this house because the disciples of the aristocratic families bullied him again and again. He could no longer bear it and beat them all. When his behavior was discovered, he was beaten with thirty boards and forced to kneel in the snow. As expected, he had a high fever that night.
When the old lady saw that Chen Lian was silent, she also stopped talking. She owed Chen Lian too much. How could she have the nerve to care about Chen Lian?
After standing for a while, the servants finally sorted out the things needed for the memorial service.
"I haven't seen your mother for many years, so I should go and see her." The old lady said. She just wanted to find an excuse to stay with Shen Lian for a while longer. She hated that woman the most. She not only stole her husband, but also switched her child.
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