Yang Mengqiu once lamented the injustice of fate, wondering why he had to be treated this way. He even considered dying, but he couldn't bear to leave his elder brother behind. If he died, his brother would surely be bullied by others, so he endured it. He comforted his brother while studying diligently. Later, he found a job copying books, and the two brothers supported each other.
After Yang Mengqiu died, Yang Mengqing never saw him return. She remembered her younger brother saying that once the house got bigger, the family would come back.
Yang Mengqing had worked as a laborer. He didn't know how to build houses, but he knew how to lay bricks and had built walls while doing manual labor.
Yang Mengqiu once said that once a house is built, more people will come.
Later, they built a new house, Yang Mengqiu got married, had children, and the number of people in the house increased as he had said.
But Yang Mengqiu still passed away. Yang Mengqing couldn't find her younger brother, so she returned to the old house and started to expand it, hoping that her brother would come back after the house became bigger.
Yang Yitian and Qi Zhiheng looked at Yang Mengqiu, whose face was becoming increasingly transparent from crying, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.
Finally, Yang Yitian spoke up: "Brother, stop crying, or you'll float away." He's already half-transparent; all the effort he put into nurturing the Soul-Stabilizing Pearl before was for nothing.
Yang Mengqiu knew that his soul was getting weaker and weaker, but he couldn't stop.
Without saying a word, Qi Zhiheng returned the soul to the Soul-Stabilizing Pearl: "Let him rest."
Their attention returned to Yang Mengqing, noticing the mess on his clothes.
Yang Yitian sighed and said, "Even ten cleansing spells wouldn't be enough to clean the grime on this body!" As he spoke, he cast several cleansing spells on Yang Mengqing.
The dust and grime on his body had been cleaned off, but his hair and beard were still messy, so Yang Yitian went over and cleaned them up.
Qi Zhiheng said somewhat sourly, "You've never cleaned my hair or beard."
Yang Yitian looked Qi Zhiheng up and down, whose clothes and hairstyle were very neat: "Why don't you grow a beard and mess up your hair a bit? I'll fix it for you in a bit, how about that?"
Qi Zhiheng thought about it seriously for a moment: "I can consider it."
Yang Yitian had already plucked Yang Mengqing's beard.
Yang Mengqing was very obedient and showed no signs of the fighting she had shown with the group of people earlier.
The face Yang Mengqing revealed surprised both Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian.
Yang Yitian said, "Why do I feel that this older brother's face looks more like mine than his younger brother's? He just looks a bit older."
Qi Zhiheng agreed wholeheartedly, but without much thought, he called Yang Mengqiu out from inside the Soul-Stabilizing Pearl and asked, "Your brother has been found now. What are your plans? I'll help you with anything you want to do." He wanted to get things sorted out as soon as possible and merge the souls.
Yang Mengqiu's emotions had calmed down a bit, and she had also recovered her soul somewhat in the Soul-Stabilizing Pearl. However, she was still hesitant and unsure of what to do about her elder brother's situation.
The fact that his elder brother was still alive was good news. However, what he couldn't tolerate was that his wife and her family were bullying his elder brother. The women's belongings he had seen in his brother's room earlier were clearly Zhang Cuihua's.
Zhang Cuihua moved into their house, and after her older brother went home to dismantle the mud bricks, she brought people from Zhangjia Village to bully him!
Yang Mengqiu was furious at his wife's actions and wished he could take revenge on the Zhang family! But when he thought about how his son was still being raised by his wife, he couldn't bring himself to punish her. If he took back the house and land, how would his son survive in the future?
But the way those people treated his older brother was something he couldn't swallow! He wished he could still be alive to continue taking care of his older brother.
Qi Zhiheng listened to his description and reminded him, "You've already stopped breathing, it doesn't matter whether you swallow or not." It's not that he couldn't make a puppet for Yang Mengqiu to take care of his older brother, but! He and Yang Yitian would probably be going to break through the barrier of Zhongzhou in a while, and there wasn't that much time left for Yang Mengqing to enjoy his old age.
Yang Mengqiu: "..."
Qi Zhiheng thought for a moment and suggested, "How about this, we take your elder brother back and put him in our sect to take care of him. After you and my Daoist partner merge, you will be able to watch your elder brother develop."
"That's fine too," Yang Mengqing thought, "this is probably the best solution."
"By the way, why don't you show yourself and talk to your older brother now?" Yang Yitian suddenly remembered this.
Yang Mengqiu was conflicted because her older brother now regarded Yang Yitian as himself. If she suddenly appeared now, would it cause her older brother to stop listening to Yang Yitian, and then he wouldn't follow her?
After hesitating for a while, he finally decided not to talk to Yang Mengqing anymore, as long as his older brother was doing well.
However, while he could spare his wife, he absolutely could not let those members of the Zhang family who had bullied his elder brother go. He knew that the vengeful spirits came at a price, and he didn't want his soul to be tainted by their bloodlust. Nevertheless, it was still necessary to scare those who had bullied his brother.
He shared his thoughts with Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian, and neither of them objected.
Yang Yitian took out a talisman and said, "This talisman can let you enter their dreams. You can scare them however you want. I'll go and discuss it with your brother now. We'll leave here tomorrow morning."
"Okay!" Yang Mengqiu agreed, and the matter was settled.
Yang Yitian found some clean clothes and wanted Yang Mengqing to wear them.
Yang Mengqing's clothes were already very worn out. Although they could still cover her body, it would be too conspicuous for her to follow them.
Fortunately, Yang Mengqing can dress herself and changed her clothes by herself.
After that, Yang Yitian started talking to someone: "Big brother, I want to discuss something with you. Your second brother is planning to leave here for the Immortal Realm. How about you come with me to enjoy the good life?"
"Enjoy happiness? What does that mean?" Yang Mengqing asked, somewhat confused.
Yang Yitian didn't know how to explain it, but Qi Zhiheng explained, "It means being able to eat your fill, stay warm, and have a big house to live in."
"A big house! I'll have a big house too!" Yang Mengqing became very excited when the topic of houses came up. "Let's bring our houses and enjoy life together!"
"Alright, alright, it's just a house, right? I'll definitely help you take it with you." Yang Yitian coaxed him carefully, then went to the table to draw a talisman.
That night, Yang Mengqing used the talisman given to her by Yang Yitian to enter Zhang Cuihua and the others' dreams, terrifying them to death! Later, when they met again and recounted their dreams, they discovered that they had all had the same dream. Zhang Cuihua was so frightened that she wet her pants, drawing disgust from everyone around them.
These are all stories for later. After Yang Mengqiu entered the dreams of the group and frightened them, she returned to the house that Yang Mengqing had built.
It was almost dawn, and Qi Zhiheng was getting used to his magic as he dug deeper into the dilapidated house in front of him.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yang Yitian took out a talisman and shrunk the house to the size of a palm, which Qi Zhiheng then accepted.
Seeing Yang Mengqiu return, he said, "Let's go, let's go back to the sect now."
With no more attachments, the group of people and their spirits packed their belongings and left.
As dawn broke, the Zhang family's wails were heard first, followed by their swearing that they had seen a ghost the night before. Some even confessed to the air that they had bullied Yang Mengqing and that they deserved to die. Most of them begged Yang Mengqiu for forgiveness.
At first, the villagers just laughed at what they said, but when they discovered that the strange house Yang Mengqing had built had disappeared into thin air, they actually believed the rumors that Yang Mengqiu had returned.
Unaffected by this, Qi Zhiheng and his group returned to the territory of the Slaughtering God Sect a few days later. Instead of dropping them off in a city frequented by ordinary people, Qi Zhiheng took them directly back to the sect and brought them to Panyun Peak.
“Your elder brother can stay at Panyun Peak from now on. Yi Tian and I will take good care of him. Even if we leave, my family will take care of him. If all else fails, I have many disciples who can help me take care of him.” Qi Zhiheng stated his plan directly.
The next step was to discuss the fusion of Yang Mengqiu and Yang Yitian.
Yang Mengqiu looked at her elder brother again, and a great weight was lifted from her heart. At least her elder brother could spend the rest of his days here without any problem.
"Thank you, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid my brother's problem wouldn't have been resolved so quickly." Yang Mengqiu truly felt this way. Without these two people, he wouldn't have been able to help his brother. Even if he could go back, he could only watch helplessly as others bullied him. He wouldn't even be able to meet his enemies, and he would never be able to take revenge or give his brother a good life.
Besides being excited and grateful, Yang Mengqiu was also somewhat uneasy, wondering if these immortals would really take care of her elder brother until his death as they had promised.
Yang Yitian noticed Yang Mengqiu's unease and assured her, "Don't worry, after we merge, I will also have most of your memories. In a sense, your elder brother is my elder brother."
Yang Yitian managed to coax Yang Mengqiu back to her senses after much persuasion.
After calming down, Yang Mengqiu said to the two of them, "Thank you, then I'll be going!" His tone was resolute! He also understood that after merging with Yang Yitian, he would cease to exist!
Thinking this, he closed his eyes and lunged at Yang Yitian as if going to his death, intending to merge with him.
Then, his hungry soul passed through Yang Yitian's body...
Qi Zhiheng: ? ? ?
Yang Yitian: ? ? ?
Yang Mengqiu: ? ? ?
Yang Mengqiu: "Wait! Let me try again!" With that, she passed right through Yang Yitian's body again!
Yang Mengqiu: "...Let's do it again!"
Then the third time.
The fourth time...
The fifth time...
The Nth time...
Yang Yitian yawned: "Ah, I'm a little sleepy, buddy, why don't you take a break too?"
Although his soul didn't feel tired, Yang Mengqiu was already experiencing mental fatigue from constantly passing through Yang Yitian's body. He said weakly, "Then I'd better rest for a while..."
Qi Zhiheng pondered, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this. Is there still a wish you haven't fulfilled? If so, what are your expectations for your child?"
Yang Mengqiu shook her head first: "Let him be as he is. I think he's treating him pretty well so far, so I won't disturb his life."
"Then why can't you merge with me?" Yang Yitian was puzzled. Could it be that he had stayed in the Soul-Stabilizing Pearl for too long, causing his soul to become unable to merge with him?
"Maybe I still can't let go of my older brother?" Yang Mengqiu wasn't entirely sure. He felt that he had truly returned to Yang Yitian willingly, but the reality was that the two of them simply couldn't merge.
“If it’s because of your older brother, then the only thing you can worry about is his mental health.” Qi Zhiheng then came up with another idea: “Actually, mental insufficiency isn’t a big problem. I’ll try to help him regain his senses. If he can return to normal, you’ll probably feel more at ease, right?”
Upon hearing that his elder brother could become an ordinary person, Yang Mengqiu immediately agreed: "If that were possible, it would be wonderful!" Actually, he felt a little embarrassed for not being able to fulfill his promise, making him seem like a hypocrite who broke his word. Heaven knows! He genuinely wanted to become a part of Yang Yitian, so that he could be considered to be taking care of his elder brother. But reality was different, leaving him somewhat disappointed!
Yang Mengqiu then realized he had gone too far, so he suggested, "If my elder brother still can't merge even after completing his mental process, then you can use forceful methods! I won't mind, and I won't feel any resistance, so you can rest assured!" He remembered that Qi Zhiheng had said that they could force him and Yang Yitian to merge.
Qi Zhiheng said righteously, "No! You are a part of Yi Tian! We will never treat you like this!" At that time, Qi Zhiheng made a bunch of baseless threats in order to get the other party to merge with Yang Yi Tian on their own! In reality, there was no strong means at all, and at this moment, they could only stall for time.
Yang Mengqiu had no idea of the real reason. Hearing Qi Zhiheng's words, she was deeply moved: "You are such a good Daoist partner. If I didn't like women, I would definitely be captivated by you too."
Slightly guilty, Qi Zhiheng concealed his true emotions: "That's unnecessary. Although you are a part of my Daoist partner's soul, I still have to say that I have a Daoist partner."
"I was just saying." Yang Mengqiu thought to herself, if she were to merge with Yang Yitian, she wondered if it would affect his hobbies. What if his hobbies changed, and he ended up finding another woman...?
Yang Yitian interrupted their conversation: "Alright, let's finish this quickly!"
Qi Zhiheng obediently went to find a way to restore someone's mind. Yang Yitian, on the other hand, went to arrange accommodations for Yang Mengqing so that he could live more comfortably.
The ingredients for elixirs that ordinary people could take were not hard to find, and Qi Zhiheng found them quickly.
Qi Zhiheng handed the pill to Yang Yitian, instructing him to coax Yang Mengqiu's child to take it.
Yang Yitian accepted the important task: "Leave it to me!"
Approaching Yang Mengqing, Yang Yitian said, "Big brother, here, have a candy. Open your mouth."
Yang Mengqing frowned and said, "Little brother, these aren't candy beans, they're pills. I'm not stupid, I can tell."
Yang Yitian: "..." He actually knows whether he's stupid or not?
Qi Zhiheng coughed lightly to hide the smile on his lips.
Yang Yitian attacked again, saying, "You're wrong. This is a candy bean. It just looks a bit like a pill. In reality, it is a candy bean."
“I won’t eat it, it’s just a pill.” Yang Mengqing refused again.
Qi Zhiheng thought for a moment and said, "Give me the pill." Yang Yitian looked at Qi Zhiheng with some doubt and handed the pill back.
Qi Zhiheng picked up the pill, turned his back to Yang Mengqing, coated it with a layer of icing sugar, and handed it to her: "Alright, I was just joking with you earlier. This time it really is a candy bean. Try it and see if it tastes good."
Yang Mengqing knew that Qi Zhiheng was Yang Yitian's partner, so he figured that since it was his sister-in-law, anything given by her was safe to eat. Therefore, he picked up the pill that Qi Zhiheng had given him and took it.
Yang Mengqiu watched from the side, his heart filled with excitement. His elder brother was about to regain his full mental capacity. He was also very happy for his brother.
After taking the pill, Yang Mengqing felt sleepy and fell asleep shortly afterward.
"Alright, once he wakes up, his mind will be almost fully restored. However, he won't be able to process what happened before. Even if he returns to normal, he'll have to relearn everything."
Yang Mengqiu didn't care much about whether her older brother had to relearn, saying only, "As long as my older brother can recover, it's just a small matter if he has to relearn how to live."
Qi Zhiheng certainly wouldn't teach him personally, so he said, "I will send someone to teach him properly. After he recovers, his learning ability should be good. I can't guarantee that he will be able to read and write, but he will definitely have no problem with basic life skills."
Yang Mengqiu nodded, without making any particular requests.
Everyone waited until Yang Mengqing woke up, as it usually takes a day of sleep to fully recover from the congenital damage.
The two people and the ghost waited until the next day.
Yang Mengqing's brows twitched, and then she slowly came to her senses.
"He's awake!" Yang Yitian exclaimed excitedly, "Big brother, how are you feeling?"
"Hmm?" Yang Mengqing asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's wrong, little brother? I just took a nap."
Yang Yitian probed indirectly, "Big brother, how many is this?" He held up two fingers.
Yang Mengqing grabbed his hand and chuckled foolishly, "This is a hand!"
Yang Yitian: "..." No problem!
He added, "This is number two, do you understand, big brother?"
"Two?" Yang Mengqing nodded: "I understand."
Helpless, Yang Yitian held up five fingers again: "How many is this?"
"I know!" Yang Mengqing thought Yang Yitian was playing a joke on him and grinned foolishly, "It's a hand!"
Yang Yitian was completely bewildered. He looked at Qi Zhiheng and said, "Did your pills fail? I don't see any change in him."
Qi Zhiheng said in disbelief, "How is that possible? I refined a top-grade elixir." A symptom that even a top-grade elixir couldn't cure? He couldn't believe it!
Yang Mengqiu flew around anxiously to the side.
Qi Zhiheng suggested to Yang Mengqiu, "I don't know what's wrong with your older brother, but I can use my soul power to investigate. I should be able to find out the reason soon, so don't worry."
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Immortal Qi." Although Yang Mengqiu was anxious, she knew that there was no time to rush things.
Qi Zhiheng hadn't investigated before because he was afraid of accidentally damaging the other party's soul, but now the situation was somewhat special, so he had no choice but to investigate carefully.
Qi Zhiheng probed Yang Mengqing's body with his soul power, carefully examining his soul. After a short while, Yang Mengqing screamed in agony: "Ah—it hurts!"
Qi Zhiheng quickly withdrew his soul power and gave him a Small Fu Shen Pill!
Yang Mengqiu was even more frightened by this sudden unexpected situation: "Is my older brother alright?"
"I've already taken the pill, so there shouldn't be any major problems." Qi Zhiheng seemed a little embarrassed, as it was all his fault.
Yang Yitian was completely bewildered: "What's going on? Can his soul power be special? Why does he suddenly have a headache?"
Qi Zhiheng shook his head and said, "I only probed a small part of it. Logically speaking, with my precise control over my soul power, this shouldn't have happened to him." This situation seemed somewhat familiar.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Last time in the Ten Thousand Souls Forest, after your soul was destroyed, when I examined your sea of consciousness, you were in the same situation."
Yang Yitian said thoughtfully, "You mean! Yang Mengqing is also a reincarnation of a powerful being!?"
Qi Zhiheng was speechless: "...No, there aren't that many powerful beings out there. At most, he just has a damaged soul."
Yang Yitian, however, felt that there was nothing wrong with his desire to fight: "I think there's a high chance he's the reincarnation of a powerful being. I was a fool back then."
Qi Zhiheng was truly impressed: "Didn't you think of any other possibilities?"
"Which direction?" Yang Yitian moved closer to him.
Yang Mengqiu had no idea what kind of riddle the two were playing, as he wasn't very clear about things like powerful beings.
Qi Zhiheng sighed and said, "I think perhaps we can examine some of Yang Mengqiu's soul."
"Why are you checking his soul?" Yang Yitian asked, puzzled. Weren't they talking about Yang Mengqing?
Qi Zhiheng said, "Draw a talisman first, the kind that can detect the integrity of the soul."
Although Yang Yitian had no idea what Qi Zhiheng was up to, he still obediently drew the talisman that could test the soul.
Soon a talisman appeared in Qi Zhiheng's hand. He walked towards Yang Mengqiu and said, "Sorry, we may need to test the integrity of your soul."
Yang Mengqiu naturally had no objections and waited in place for the other party to test her.
Qi Zhiheng activated the talisman, and a white light appeared above Yang Mengqiu's soul! The white light was extremely pure.
"The soul is complete?" Yang Yitian's eyes widened in disbelief. "The Soul-Stabilizing Pearl is so powerful? It can even repair a remnant soul into a complete one?" If that's true, it's an incredible treasure!
Qi Zhiheng was speechless: "The Soul-Stabilizing Pearl isn't some kind of precious treasure! How could it possibly have such an effect?" The result was already crystal clear, but Yang Yitian still couldn't understand it at all!
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