Chapter 43: The Abandoned Young Master Long Aotian
"What did you say"
Wu Lingnan exclaimed in surprise. She pondered for a moment, then asked intently, "Xiang Gucheng, do you know why this three-year agreement was made?"
As far as the broken engagement is concerned, it shouldn't have turned out like this. The reasons behind it are worth pondering.
Xiang Gucheng sneered: "If the two families had discussed it privately and published the newspaper to peacefully terminate the contract, it wouldn't be so embarrassing. It's just that the Pei family was greedy and the Lin family's Daotian Sect just went with the flow." He looked down on the actions of both parties.
"The engagement between Lin and Pei was just a joke from our ancestors. However, with an Earth-grade spiritual weapon as evidence, the joke became reality and had to be carried out. Coincidentally, both parties had sons before, but in this generation, the direct descendants of the two patriarchs happened to have a son and a daughter. So, what was the difficulty in forming a nominal engagement for the sake of the spiritual weapon?"
"But what no one could have imagined was that Pei Yichen, whose reputation as a genius, having reached the third level of Qi training at the age of six, actually wasted a full ten years there," Xiang Gucheng said indifferently. "Plus, the Lin family's Qilin daughter has boarded the Daotian Sect's ship. Why would the Lin family bother letting their daughter marry a useless person? It would be such a bad reputation for outsiders."
"But how could the Pei family allow the Lin family to embezzle this spiritual weapon? Unexpectedly, the Lin family went all out and directly issued a letter of cancellation of the engagement at the coming-of-age ceremony of this generation of the Pei family in front of hundreds of guests, forcing the Pei family to lose face. If it weren't for Pei Yichen... he is quite courageous." At this point, even Xiang Gucheng, who had always disliked Pei Yichen, had to admit that Pei Yichen was indeed courageous.
"But afterwards, the Pei family pushed everything onto Pei Yichen and even announced that he would be expelled. This behavior is really disheartening." Wu Lingnan took over the conversation. She really couldn't understand it. After all, her brother was Pei Ningheng's biological son, and he could be so cruel. Her brother had suffered so much over the years.
"The three-year agreement will be made at the Daotian Sect's execution ground, and the time will be seven days later. So, junior sister, do you still want to go back to Miaojiang?" Xiang Gucheng's expression was inexplicably subtle.
Wu Lingnan nodded, "That's why I have to go back to Miaojiang." She said something shocking, "Do you think that if Pei Yichen wins, will the Daotian Sect let him go? Putting aside the shame the Daotian Sect would suffer from the Young Sect Master's defeat, how could the Daotian Sect be willing to give up an Earth-grade spiritual weapon?"
Xiang Gucheng looked sideways, this was something he had never thought of. The Daotian Sect had claimed to be the leader of the righteous path for thousands of years, how could they be so shameless as to bully a youngster.
Seeing the surprise in Xiang Gucheng's expression, Wu Lingnan sneered, "In short, I won't pin my hopes on the other party's morality. What's more, the other party is likely to have no morality. I will invite my mother over." She repeated with a firm look, "No matter what, I will invite her over."
Why did it come to this? Just because of a blood relationship, Gu Cheng barely suppressed the question that was about to blurt out. He was silent for a while, and finally complied with his junior sister's wishes again.
Wu Lingnan immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother!" She hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Senior Brother, what about Aunt Lin?"
Xiang Gucheng smiled knowingly, shaking his head. He knew what Junior Sister wanted to ask: "Don't worry, after that incident, Pei Ningheng dismissed the servants involved and provided them with retirement care. Lin...she was placed in a Pei family manor. She didn't have to work, so it was a good place. Unfortunately, she was depressed and died early, but Junior Sister, don't worry, her soul will rest in peace in the mortal world."
Wu Lingnan was silent. She followed Xiang Gucheng back to Huaqing without saying a word.
The next day, she went to the airport early to complete all the necessary procedures for her leave, and informed her close classmates that she needed to go home for something. Wu Lingnan stood at the airport, waiting for the new-age psychic plane, stroking her bracelet and thinking to herself: she didn't have much to bring on this urgent trip back home. Fortunately, she had some savings, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to catch the nearest flight.
Sitting by the window, overlooking the city below that looked like an exquisite scale model, it was getting smaller and farther away, and her melancholy grew heavier.
Even though Wu Lingnan spoke very confidently in front of Xiang Gucheng, she actually had no idea how to persuade her mother. She said that her mother had a beautiful face but a heart as vicious as a snake, and that was absolutely true.
Wu Lingnan's mother's name is Wu Lingyue. She grew up listening to her playmates' admiration for her mother.
When her mother was born, the Five Immortals Sect was on the verge of collapse. There was a lack of successors, and all the strong ones had passed away. The sect was also labeled as the evil sect of the Five Poisons Sect in the Central Plains. The only hundreds of remaining members had to live in hiding and were in constant fear.
Her mother was born with the hope of revitalizing the tribe. This rare talent, which had not been seen for thousands of years, made the tribe, who had suffered from hardships, suddenly see the light. Her mother did live up to everyone's expectations. She showed extraordinary talent since she was a child. Not only did she have an extraordinary talent in cultivating the truth, but she was also quite good at controlling the palm power.
Gradually, the tribe members became accustomed to following her mother's lead, and it became a natural progression. However, when she reached the age of marriage, her mother took on the entire burden of the Five Immortals Sect, shouldering the responsibility of leader. It's embarrassing to say, in fact, compared to her mother's situation back then, Wu Lingnan could be said to have grown up in a honey pot.
Her mother had always been particularly concerned about her cultivation, and had turned a blind eye to everything else about her. Coupled with the doting of the other elders, Wu Lingnan had never suffered anything except in her cultivation.
It is said that the first step her mother took to completely seize power was to clarify the internal affairs of the Five Immortals Sect, clearly define responsibilities, and regulate rewards and punishments. She then united with the Xiangxi relatives to overcome the most difficult period, slowly reversed the reputation of the Five Immortals Sect, did practical things for the people, and gradually accumulated a good reputation in the local area.
After giving the Five Immortals Sect a second chance, her mother relied on her extraordinary talent to practice diligently, not daring to slack off in the slightest, and also paid close attention to her children's education. She lived like this for decades, and then her mother saw the opportunity of the new era and took advantage of it to give the Five Immortals Sect a bright future. From then on, the Five Immortals Sect became a legitimate and upright sect.
Wu Lingnan would never believe that her mother, who was a heroine, would fall in love, mainly because her mother did not seem to be deeply heartbroken for so many years.
But I went to the capital and brought her back. Why did I do that?
I can’t figure it out.
Since I can't figure it out, let's put it aside and think about how to convince her mother.
Wu Lingnan sincerely felt that playing the emotional card might not work for her mother, because her mother might not have any feelings for Pei Yichen, her cheap son. So, in another way, going to Daotian Sect would work.
She remembered that the Daotian Sect was the most ruthless in hunting down the Five Immortals Sect. There was a deep-seated feud between the two sects. If they were to try to make the Daotian Sect lose more than they gained, her mother... would probably be interested.
perhaps……
As she stepped onto the familiar land, Wu Lingnan suddenly felt a sense of homesickness. She shook her head to get rid of this inexplicable fear and walked in the familiar direction.
The flowers and plants along the way gradually became more and more strange, with brilliant and weird colors. Wu Lingnan stopped, put his lips to the jade flute, and played a melodious tune, conveying the message of the wanderer returning home.
Under the clear flute music, rustling sounds continued to be heard, the leaves and grass in the forest swayed, and the poisonous insects hiding underneath quietly retreated. After the song was finished, Wu Lingnan continued walking on the road.
This is the forbidden area of the Five Immortals Sect. If any outsider breaks in, he will be watched by the poisonous insects in the dark. The poison of the poisonous insects outside is not very toxic. If an ordinary person is stung, he will only be unconscious for a few days, and then the patrol personnel who were replaced by the poisonous insects will detoxify him and send him out.
But the deeper you go, the more ferocious the poisonous insects in the forest become, and the stronger their cultivation becomes. In the deep core, there are even many of the tribe's five poison insects and natal poison insects roaming around. Even if a cultivator in the God Transformation Stage comes there in person, he won't get any benefits.
Finally, Wu Lingnan arrived at the place where his tribe lived. It was hard to imagine that in a modern city, one could see an architectural style so close to nature. There were no modern concrete houses here, but mostly low bamboo buildings, wooden houses and stone houses. It was school dismissal time, and on the stone road, a dozen children wearing traditional Miao costumes could be seen playing together.
"Look, it's Sister Lingnan!"
A little girl with a bun on her head was the first to see Wu Lingnan. Her eyes lit up and she was about to jump into Wu Lingnan's arms happily. The silver jewelry she was wearing jingled as she ran.
Wu Lingnan took the little girl with a smile and looked tenderly at the children who gathered around her. The children chattered in childish voices:
"I told you it was Sister Lingnan who was playing the flute just now, and you didn't believe me!"
"I, I didn't say I didn't believe it!"
"Sister Lingnan, where is Brother Gucheng?"
"Brother Gu Cheng didn't come back with sister? Does that mean Brother Gu Cheng will never come back?"
"I don't want Brother Gu Cheng to not come back, but he can't play the flute. Did he die outside?"
As they spoke, the children began to sob again, looking at Wu Lingnan with tearful eyes. The little girl in her arms sobbed, "Yanyan will make a spirit tablet for Brother Gu Cheng."
That's not necessary.
The familiar and headache-inducing feeling of taking care of a child instantly made Wu Lingnan no longer feel any regrets.
She smiled, patted each of their heads to comfort them, put the little girl down, squatted down and explained, "Don't worry, Brother Gu Cheng is not dead, and he is not unable to come back. It's just that I have something very urgent to do this time, so I came back alone first."
"Oh——" the children stretched out their voices.
"It turns out that Brother Gu Cheng is not dead." The baby voice even had a note of regret at the end.
Wu Lingnan mourned silently for Xiang Gucheng in her heart. She kissed, hugged and lifted each of them up one by one, making sure that she had been close to them all and did not miss any child. Then she asked softly, "Sister came back to find the Great Elder. Does anyone know where the Great Elder is?" She decided to find the most amiable and easy-to-talk to Great Elder first to test the waters.
The children looked at each other and quickly raised their hands to answer, "I know. The Great Elder went to the huge room in the middle."
"Stupid, my mother said it's called the Council Hall."
"And me, I saw the Third Elder Grandpa went there too."
…
Wu Lingnan maintained a smile, but her heart gradually sank. With so many elders gathered in the meeting hall, could it be that something big had happened in the church while she was away?
【Author’s words】
Thank you all for your holiday wishes. The stupid author wrote it too late yesterday and forgot qwq
But it’s not too late now, I wish all the little angels a happy double festival, give each of you a kiss, hug and lift up high
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