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After the two apprentices grew up, there was finally someone available to work for Canghe, and Canghe naturally quit his job.
Although he didn't do anything, it was Wan Wuji who was busy all by himself.
Canghe left the sect with his sword. He planned to go out for a walk to relax.
Wan Wuji really didn't understand why he needed to relax, so he held him down and wouldn't let him leave. However, Canghe was very smart at this time and slipped away while he was sleeping.
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Cang He was flying aimlessly in the air on his sword. When he passed through a forest, he suddenly felt a strong demonic aura.
He hadn't intended to stop when he suddenly caught sight of a number of houses not far from the woods. They were filled with demonic energy, and they weren't friendly to the people there.
After thinking about it, he lowered his sword and set up a barrier to block the evil spirit, but did not restrict people from entering or leaving.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard a faint sound not far away. Cang He paused, wondering if he had misheard.
Why is there a baby crying here?
But it was clearly not an illusion. He stood for a moment, then slowly approached, sword in hand.
Beside the swamp, a faint cry came from a pale yellow swaddling cloth.
It's not a demon, it's a baby.
Cang He squatted beside the swaddling baby, looking down at it. Her face was blue from the cold, and her cries were hoarse. Perhaps sensing someone, she waved her hands with difficulty, uttering a "baby" sound.
Canghe slowly reached out and covered the little hand.
It's a very strange feeling.
Rain began to fall in the forest, and the child began to cry again. Cang He took out the cloak from his storage ring and carefully but stiffly picked up the child.
He just walked out with the child in his arms.
The village was not far away, and Canghe walked towards it with the child in his arms in a very stiff posture.
He knocked on the door of a house at the entrance of the village, and it was opened by an old lady. Seeing that he was holding a child, the old lady hurriedly welcomed him into the house.
"Ouch, it's so windy, what are you doing..." The old lady didn't finish her words and slapped her thigh in disapproval, "How can you be a father? The child must be uncomfortable holding him like this."
As she spoke, the old lady adjusted his posture. Cang He was a little stiff, but he didn't refuse. He lowered his head and looked at the child. He wrinkled his nose in discomfort, but he didn't cry.
Very well behaved.
Cang He wrapped her cloak tightly around him and said softly, "I'm not the child's father. I just found her. Auntie, could you please find a home for this child?"
The old lady frowned in embarrassment. She could tell this man was no ordinary man. If he refused to support her, he must have a difficult reason. She sighed and reluctantly agreed.
The village is poor, who would be willing to feed an extra mouth?
Canghe put the child in the house, left the cloak to her, and was about to turn and leave.
Just as he was about to say goodbye, he heard the weak cry of a child.
Cang He paused. For no reason, he felt soft-hearted towards the child.
Thinking of the old lady's patched clothes, sallow skin, and the embarrassed expression on her face when she agreed to his request, he turned back and squatted beside the child.
The child's face was soothed by his spiritual power, and became more rosy.
Cang He poked the child's face, knowing that she didn't understand, but still asked in a low voice: "Do you want to go with me?"
If I go with him, I will have to endure the hardships of cultivating an immortal. How can I compare to the smooth life of growing up ordinary?
The child couldn't speak, he just cried and whimpered.
Canghe picked her up again, said goodbye to the old lady, went out, and burned a teleportation talisman.
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Just after delivering the document to the Immortal Alliance, Ling Qingqiu said goodbye to Rong Si and was about to return to the sect when You Jingjia sent him a jade slip.
The girl's voice was shrouded in shock, sounding a bit dazed. "Brother, please come back soon. Master brought back a child, a baby still in swaddling clothes."
Ling Qingqiu paused.
Thinking about how the elders of the Immortal Alliance urged Canghe to get married two years ago, he couldn't help but imagine it.
The master's face was cold and hard as he handed the swaddling clothes in his arms to his uncle: "This is my child from the common people. Now it's time for him to return to his roots."
He shook his head and stepped onto his sword. "Master, a man of integrity, how could he do such a thing?" It was all Junior Sister's fault. She read the storybook and insisted on telling it to him.
As soon as he entered the main hall, he heard Wan Wuji's exasperated yet subdued voice: "How dare you bring a child of unknown origin back to the sect?!"
Ling Qingqiu's expression remained unchanged as he entered the palace and first went to see the child sleeping in Hua Fangyi's arms.
"It's a girl." Hua Fangyi said softly.
Cang He had no expression. After a moment of silence, he said, "Brother, you and I are both children of unknown origin."
He and Wan Wuji were both orphans picked up by their master.
Wan Wuji fell silent, thinking of his deceased master. What had Cang He done wrong? He simply saw the abandoned child and thought of his past self.
"Have you chosen a name?" Wan Wuji compromised.
Cang He smiled slightly: "Well, let's call it Lin Zhuo."
You Jingjia, who had been silent the whole time, couldn't help but interrupt: "Which two words?"
"Two-wood forest, swamp of swamps."
"..." Wan Wuji had a headache, "Because you found her by the swamp in the forest? That's a bit too hasty."
Cang He was silent. He really wasn't very good at naming.
"Call him Zhao Zhao, your nickname is Zhao Zhao." Ling Qingqiu warmed his fingertips and touched the child's fair and tender face.
"I hope she will live a bright and clear life."
You Jingjia came over, held Xiao Linzhao's hand, and said with a smile: "Baby, your name will be Zhao Zhao from now on."
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Xuanxiao Sect couldn't find anyone who had raised a child, and the outer sect elders couldn't stand it anymore, so they found an old lady from the people for them.
After the old lady taught them some precautions, she left, leaving only a few people facing Xiao Lin Numa who was chewing his hand on the couch.
Cang He clumsily held the child in his arms and fed her the rice porridge beside him. Worried that the rice porridge was not nutritious, he had someone make it with the spiritual spring water from the back mountain.
Xiao Lin Nuo was whimpering and crying. Chu Xiao couldn't stand it any longer. He stepped forward and took the rice porridge away. He glared at him and said, "Don't you know how to test the temperature?"
Canghe suddenly realized.
Several people were busy taking care of Xiaolin Numa while she finished her small bowl of rice porridge, and then began to discuss where she should go.
No one is too busy to take care of the child, so we decided to just take care of the child for a few days each. At least we can raise the child, right?
Although Lin Zhuo was raised by several people together, the first person she called was the one who picked up her Cang He.
One day, Canghe had just returned from outside when he was hugged by a cub that was not even as tall as his calf.
No matter how the elders coaxed him, Xiao Linzhao refused to cry out, and while calling out "Daddy," he struggled to climb onto him.
Canghe lifted Xiao Linzhao up by her collar, and under the murderous gazes of the elders, he held Xiao Linzhao in his arms.
His tone was a little stiff: "Not Daddy."
Xiao Linhuan pouted, arched her back in his arms, and hugged his neck: "Daddy."
Cang He patted her hair and corrected her: "You can call me Master."
Kobayashi looked at him with a confused look.
Just like that, after Wuxia recognized him as his master and his good friend entrusted him with the task, Canghe took the initiative to accept a young apprentice.
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When Lin Zhuo was ten years old, Shen Ruji sent Shen Zhou here. Shen Zhou was in such poor health that he had to gasp for breath after taking two steps.
Chenzhou was sitting in the main hall. Lin Zhuo and Xie Zhitiao had just returned from playing outside. Seeing two unfamiliar people, Lin Zhuo suddenly became restrained.
Wan Wuji waved at the two children and pointed at Chen Zhou and asked them to call him brother. Shen Ruji forced a smile and waved his hand: "It's Ah Zhou who should call me senior sister and senior brother."
Lin Zhuo became Canghe's disciple when she was two years old. When she was seven years old, Chen Zhou, who was nine years old, became his disciple. It was proper to call them senior sister and senior brother.
Chenzhou obediently called them senior sister and senior brother. Lin Zhuo leaned close to Wan Wuji's ear, wrinkled his nose, and whispered, "Uncle Master, he is suffering."
Chenzhou takes medicine all year round, and there is a smell of Chinese medicine on his body. No wonder Lin Zhuo said he was bitter.
Wan Wuji smiled helplessly and took the hands of the two children: "Junior Brother Shen is not in good health. Zhao Zhao and A Tiao should take better care of him, okay?"
Xiao Linhuan nodded vigorously and said loudly: "Okay!"
Xiao Xie Zhitiao looked at her, nodded vigorously, and then said loudly: "Okay!"
Chen Zhou put his hands in his sleeves, pursed his lips, and smiled very reservedly. Shen Ruji saw his nephew's smiling face, and his brows relaxed a little.
Afterwards, Shen Ruji sent his nephew to foster care at Xuanxiao Sect and returned to Chunxi Danzong.
In the first few days after arriving, Chenzhou had been in a bad mood. Xie Zhitiao was very sensitive to emotions and he noticed Chenzhou's unhappiness early on. After hesitating for a few days, he told Lin Zhuo.
As a senior sister, Lin Zhuo loves to take care of her junior brothers and sisters. When she heard that the new junior brother Shen was unhappy, she dragged him to practice sword fighting.
The little man said seriously: “Brother Shen, don’t be unhappy. My brother said that if you are unhappy, just practice sword.”
Chenzhou: ...
Wan Wuji agreed to Shen Ruji's request and would naturally do his best. However, Cang He acted like a playboy all day long, and he was really busy.
The task of training Chenzhou fell on the two little guys.
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Chenzhou stayed in Xuanxiaomen for two years and was much healthier when he left.
Lin Zhuo and Xie Zhitiao have already made up their minds to fight.
The three of them became best friends. It just so happened that every year when the weather got warmer, Chenzhou would come back to Xuanxiaomen to stay for a while, and the friendship between the three did not fade because of the distance.
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The year Lin Zhuo came of age, Cang He persuaded Wan Wuji to hold a grand ceremony.
Although You Jingjia's coming-of-age ceremony was not a grand one, her parents took her on a tour for more than a month, and Canghe also asked many people for a coming-of-age gift for his second disciple. In any case, he couldn't let Lin Zhao down, right?
Lin Zhuo was raised under the care of the entire sect. Although he is in his teens, he is still a bit naive.
Canghe felt that this was not acceptable.
The world of cultivation is one of the survival of the fittest. She was just strong, but she was too naive and could still be taken advantage of. Besides, with her personality, she was more likely to be deceived by male cultivators.
No one dared to bully her when he was around, but what if he was gone one day?
He didn't know how to teach her, nor did he know how to let others teach her.
For several days, Cang He rarely saw Lin Zhuo, which was very strange. She was curious and moved closer to her master.
The master had a stern face and lectured her seriously.
Something about how when you get older you have to avoid contact with your master, senior brothers, and even junior brothers; something about how you can't show kindness to others easily, because not everyone is a good person.
Lin Zhuo didn't understand, but she was obedient. She took her master's words to heart and began to imitate the way she treated people.
She and Canghe are really like father and daughter.
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"Bow to heaven and earth."
The two men turned around and bowed outside the hall.
"Bow to your parents twice."
The two of them turned around and bowed to Cang He who was sitting on the hall.
"Husband and wife bow to each other."
This time, they stood face to face. When their eyes met, they were both stunned for a moment, then smiled at each other and bowed simultaneously.
"The ceremony is over, send her to the bridal chamber!"
Hearing this, Lin Zhuo couldn't help but laugh.
They finally tied the knot.
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