Chapter 535 The Story of the Past
Pang Feihong had just killed an evil cultivator and was sorting through his spoils.
This evil cultivator was very good at disguising himself. On the surface, he was a guest of a small family, and he always appeared to be diligent and conscientious. In reality, he secretly kidnapped many living people to use as resources for his cultivation. Even some people in that small family who died during their training were actually killed by him.
After discovering something amiss, Pang Feihong tracked the evil cultivator to a remote mountain forest and killed him.
The evil cultivator had accumulated a lot of resources, which all ended up in Pang Feihong's possession.
Just then, a dragonfly, invisible to the naked eye, flew over and landed on Pang Feihong's fingertip.
Pang Feihong touched the dragonfly with his soul and received its telepathic message.
In an instant, his expression turned extremely ugly, and he crushed the dragonfly.
Then Pang Feihong quickly used a secret technique to create a dragonfly, and sent it into the air with his soul.
The dragonfly flew away quickly.
Pang Feihong sped up, collecting all the evil cultivators' assets in one go, and then immediately set them on fire, burning them to the ground.
Then, he transformed into a steed and leaped onto the ground.
This is the manifestation of Pang Feihong's symbiotic beast soul.
When he wasn't very strong, the Beast Soul Steed allowed him to escape death many times.
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Pang Feihong saw Shi Cheng in the private room of Ziyi Pavilion.
Shi Cheng didn't say much, but simply took out a net and handed it to Pang Feihong.
Pang Feihong's pupils contracted, and he involuntarily pulled out an almost identical net from his chest.
The reason for using "almost" is that the fine black thread in Pang Feihong's net was actually made from a single person's hair, while the black thread in the net given by Shi Cheng was the real silk thread.
As for the patterns and weaving techniques, there is absolutely no difference.
Pang Feihong suddenly closed his eyes, then opened them again.
The net did not disappear.
Pang Feihong then spoke with difficulty: "This was... knitted by my mother."
Shi Cheng nodded and explained clearly without any concealment the fact that "Zhong Danwang separated his primordial soul from the evil artifact and awakened his consciousness".
He then added, “Although Madam Ji’s intention was to give the token to her parents so that they might be able to ask her child if he still remembers his mother… I came here to inquire about the situation and found that the Ji family might not be trustworthy, but Young Master Pang should indeed remember his birth mother.”
Pang Feihong remained silent for a while.
Shi Cheng then took out another jade slip and handed it to Pang Feihong, continuing, "This contains the spirit message of Madam Ji; Young Master Pang may listen to it."
Pang Feihong clenched his fingers slightly, yet eagerly took it, probing his soul into it.
After a long silence, he finally said, "I can no longer remember my mother's voice."
Shi Cheng paused for a moment, then took out a scroll and handed it to Pang Feihong without saying anything more.
Pang Feihong took the items with both hands and looked at them one by one.
Undoubtedly, these records detail the resources used to awaken Ji Hui, as well as the Xuan Stones and other expenses incurred before and afterward.
Pang Feihong said in a low voice, "Please allow me a few days to raise the payment."
Shi Cheng agreed and made a promise to meet him again at the Purple Robe Pavilion three days later.
Then, the two parted ways.
Pang Feihong carefully put the scroll away and sat quietly for a while.
The emotions in his eyes were extremely complex.
I don't know if it's a sense of loss, sadness, joy, the joy of something lost and found again, or... an indescribable longing.
Finally, Pang Feihong got up and headed towards the Pang family home.
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Pang Ziyu looked at her son and sighed, "Is that so?"
Pang Feihong nodded, simply handing over the net without saying a word.
Pang Ziyu took out a tassel from her own Taoist palace and compared it with Pang Feihong's.
He gave a wry smile: "It seems she really is your mother."
The father and son looked at each other, but neither knew what to say.
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Pang Ziyu had mixed feelings.
He learned from the jade slip obtained by Pang Feihong that Ji Hui did not trust him as her husband.
It's understandable that Ji Hui wouldn't believe it, since his marriage to Ji Hui was merely an arranged marriage between their families. And although he had feelings for Ji Hui, didn't he only search for her for ten years before they married again through another arranged marriage?
Only their son, who seemed to be fooling around and robbing people from childhood, actually suspected that his mother had fallen into the hands of evil cultivators and kept searching for her with only a one in ten thousand chance.
Their son searched for hundreds of years before finally receiving news of Ji Hui.
Pang Ziyu now knows the reason why Pang Feihong came to tell him the news.
Pang Feihong hopes that he can contribute some resources so that Ji Hui can gain her freedom and even better rebuild her physical body.
Pang Ziyu is willing.
He said in a low voice, “As a husband, I should provide for all the resources, but I now have a second wife and children, therefore…”
Pang Feihong looked up and saw that Pang Ziyu looked apologetic.
Pang Ziyu said, "Therefore, I can only raise 500,000 mid-grade Xuan Stones, and I can't raise any more than that."
Pang Feihong breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "That's enough." He paused for a moment, then added, "Thank you, Father."
Pang Ziyu waved his hand, but still asked, "...Why don't you go ask your maternal grandparents?"
Pang Feihong's expression immediately turned cold, and he said directly, "No."
Pang Ziyu did not try to persuade him further. Instead, he took out enough Xuan Stones, put them in a mustard seed ring, and handed them to Pang Feihong.
The father and son had nothing more to say.
Pang Feihong left the Pang family.
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Pang Feihong had long been disappointed with the Ji family.
Before his mother disappeared, she doted on his maternal grandparents. Afterwards, he did search for his mother, but in the process of searching, he also made a second preparation—to carefully select a woman from the clan who was close to them and whose status and qualifications were slightly inferior to his mother's to be his father's second wife.
What angered him even more was that several people had been selected in just a few days! Once it was confirmed that his mother would not be coming back, they would be sent to the Pang family.
Even if the mother returns, the chosen clan girl will go to the Pang family as a concubine and share a husband with his mother!
When Pang Feihong found out, he really couldn't believe it was true.
In his anger, he suddenly realized that the reason his maternal grandparents doted on his mother so much was simply because she was exceptionally gifted.
Originally, their mother was supposed to be their carefully groomed heir, but then the couple had a son with even better potential—his maternal uncle. From then on, their mother went from being a potential heir to the best candidate for a marriage alliance.
While he was still favored, his true affection was gradually shifting towards his maternal uncle.
As expected, his uncle's strength improved rapidly, and his mother was completely abandoned. Later, based on her talent, his mother was able to marry the most outstanding genius of the Pang family that generation—his father.
Before her mother disappeared, the relationship between the Pang and Ji families had become even closer because of her. After her mother's disappearance, in order to maintain this close relationship, her maternal grandparents tried their best to use the remaining affection from her mother to get her father to remarry a woman from their clan.
If they act too slowly, the bond will weaken, and given his father's qualities, he will surely choose a more outstanding second wife, most likely not a clanswoman with whom they have a close relationship...
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At that time, Pang Feihong was young and impetuous, and since he was originally a descendant of the Pang family, he naturally wanted to protect the interests of the Pang family.
So he directly reminded his father, who was still immersed in grief, thus thwarting his maternal grandparents' wishful thinking.
Having been the head of the family for many years, Pang Ziyu immediately came to his senses upon being reminded.
After that, he chose a more suitable candidate from the Li family.
From then on, Pang Feihong was constantly traveling, and his relationship with his maternal grandparents and their spouse gradually became more and more distant.
Even now, despite lacking resources, Pang Feihong would rather go to his father, whom he had remarried hundreds of years ago, than turn to his maternal grandparents for help.
Pang Feihong knew very well that the elderly couple had used all their resources on his uncle, and even if he told them, they would definitely not give much of their resources to save his mother.
Even if the mother is saved, she can never become the head of the Pang family again, let alone be involved in another marriage alliance.
They might even have to start training all over again.
She has lost her value.
Pang Feihong was unwilling to humiliate himself further and listen to any more hypocritical and perfunctory words.
He found Shi Cheng and followed him to the Red Malabar Mountains.
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Zhong Cai received Pang Feihong as usual and handed the Soul-Nourishing Bottle containing Ji Hui to Shi Cheng, asking him to take the mother and son to reminisce.
However, after the person left, Zhong Cai chuckled.
This was a bit unexpected.
Only Ji Hui's son came.
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When Ji Hui saw Pang Feihong, she almost didn't recognize him at first glance.
It's her son.
After many years of separation, when she finally regained her memories, the first person she thought of was him.
Compared to the somewhat naive young man she remembered, her son now is not only grown up and mature, but also highly capable.
Looking at his mother like this, Pang Feihong felt a lump in his throat.
He opened his mouth and said hoarsely, "Mother, welcome back."
Jihui was surprised not to see her parents, and as expected, she did not see her former husband.
However, after looking closely at her son, she seemed to understand everything.
Regardless, she seemed to be quite content.
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Undoubtedly, both Fang Hua and Ji Hui have people willing to invest enough resources to help them rebuild their lives here.
After accepting the resources, Zhong Cai quickly completed the procedures for them.
In comparison, Fang Xiao immediately brought out a large number of rare and precious materials; whatever was good, he would give it to Fang Hua to use.
Zhong Cai naturally complied with all of their requests, since Fang Xiao was willing to pay even more.
When it came to Ji Hui, Zhong Cai first wanted to collect more than one million mid-grade Xuan Stones, of which only nine hundred thousand were mid-grade, and the rest were made up of more low-grade ones.
Many subsequent payments for resources were made directly by Pang Feihong using other treasured resources, and he even brought out his most prized possessions for Zhong Cai to choose from, which can be described as going bankrupt.
Some of them were relatively minor, but Zhong Cai replaced them all for him.
Pang Feihong was naturally extremely grateful.
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The eight messengers initially sent out represented the eight souls who were the first to be rescued, but not all of them were as lucky as Fang Hua and Ji Hui.
Only two of them are willing to pay the full amount.
Three more cultivators trusted by the Yuan Soul had perished one after another many years ago.
The last one was found, but that person only took out a few thousand mid-grade Xuan stones as a token of friendship, and that was the end of it... This primordial spirit almost collapsed because of this, but fortunately it was able to return after years of torment. Its will was quite firm, and it finally survived.
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