In the dead of night, in the dilapidated village, people had already turned off their lights and gone to bed. For the people, darkness meant the end of the day.
The village, with only twenty or thirty households, was very quiet at night. However, one house had a faint light on. It was a small hut, located in a grove of trees outside the village, which seemed somewhat out of place compared to the other villagers' houses.
"Mother, don't worry, you'll get better. Tomorrow I'll go to town again to ask the doctor for help and ask him to give me some medicine on credit." The silhouette of a young man was reflected in the window.
"No, no need, Mother is fine. Mother will be better tomorrow, cough cough..." A woman's voice came, very weak, as if she had been sick for a long time. Before she could finish speaking, a violent cough came.
After an unknown amount of time, the boy finally managed to soothe his mother to sleep before opening the bedroom door.
"Squeak."
Even though he was being very careful, the old door still made an inopportune sound when it closed. The boy looked through the crack in the door at his mother sleeping on the bed. Seeing that she hadn't been woken up, he breathed a sigh of relief and slowly turned around.
The moonlight shone on the boy, who appeared to be around ten years old. His clothes were simple and covered with patches, but the patches were sewn very delicately, showing that the boy's mother was very skilled.
The boy had fair skin, delicate features with a touch of handsomeness, and a gentle charm. The aura he exuded was complex, like a mixture of various qualities. This aura was unlike that of an ordinary farm boy. And within that gentleness and handsomeness, there was his own unique ethereal and refined beauty.
The boy raised his head, his clear eyes gazing at the full moon in the sky. He slowly walked into the courtyard, then bent his knees and knelt down.
"God, please, save my mother! Please, I'll do anything for her, as long as she gets better! God, please have mercy!" Tears welled up in the boy's bright eyes as he kowtowed to the ground.
"Thump...thump...thump".
The crisp sound of kowtowing seemed to prove their sincerity.
After kowtowing nine times, the boy, whose forehead was already scraped raw, looked up at the sky again. Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide and rubbed them. He saw a black dot appear in the full moon in the sky.
As the black dot drew closer, the boy's mouth gradually opened wider.
It was a cow, a very big cow, a cow flying in the sky, and you could vaguely see what looked like people sitting on its back.
The boy's face lit up with ecstasy. He then braced himself with his hands on the ground to get up, but suddenly felt dizzy. Perhaps it was because he had kowtowed too hard. The boy's vision went black and he collapsed to the ground, muttering the word "god" under his breath.
"Hey...am I that scary?" Li Daoyi looked down at the small courtyard from the sky, his face full of innocence.
"We're suddenly appearing out of nowhere in the middle of the night. Anyone with a normal heart would be startled, right?" Dongfang Bubai glared at him and said.
"That's true. I didn't expect that even after arriving in the New World, it would still be dark," Li Daoyi said helplessly.
Then the blue ox slowly landed and stopped outside the yard. At this time, its size made it impossible for it to enter the small yard.
The two jumped off the ox's back.
"Hiss...whoosh..."
Li Daoyi took a deep breath.
"Yes, the spiritual energy here is much more active than in your world."
"Is that so?" Dongfang Bubai also sensed it. Of course, her senses were not as sensitive as Li Daoyi's, but she still noticed a slight difference.
"Niu Er, can you shrink a little? You're so big, I'm really at my wit's end." Suddenly, Li Daoyi thought of something and turned to the green ox.
Upon hearing this, the blue ox tilted its head and then nodded. Its body began to tremble, then it shivered and its body shrank. After another shiver, its body returned to the size of a normal ox.
Li Daoyi and Dongfang Bubai were astonished. He had only asked tentatively, but he hadn't expected that this guy could actually control his body size.
"Well, you've got that skill." Li Daoyi smiled and gently patted the bull's head, the familiar feeling bringing back memories of the past.
"I'll go check on the child," Dongfang Bubai said, then leaped into the courtyard, and Li Daoyi followed suit.
Dongfang Bubai helped the boy up from the ground, and when he saw what he looked like, he was stunned for a moment.
"So handsome."
"Huh?" Li Daoyi asked.
"Dao Yi, look! This child is so handsome! I've never seen such a good-looking boy before," Dongfang Bubai said, turning around.
"..."
Li Dao was speechless for a moment, but he still moved closer to look at the boy, and then his eyes widened.
"Damn, why is he so handsome? Let him go, stop hugging him," Li Daoyi couldn't help but complain.
Dongfang Bubai rolled her eyes at Li Daoyi, then gently stroked the boy's forehead, sending a surge of true energy into the boy's body.
In an instant, the boy slowly opened his eyes. A trace of confusion flashed in his dark, bright eyes. After seeing Dongfang Bubai clearly, the boy quickly turned over and left, kneeling down to hide to the side.
“Child, you’re alright now,” Dongfang Bubai said.
The boy stared blankly at the two of them, then seemed to remember something, looked up at the sky, and then looked at Li Daoyi and the other man.
"It's...it's...it's you guys, it was you guys who were in the sky just now..." the boy said, trembling.
"Yes, we're sorry, we scared you," Dongfang Bubai said gently.
The boy first nodded, then shook his head frantically, and then knelt down and walked to the two of them.
"Gods, you must be gods! Please, gods, save my mother! Please!" the boy pleaded frantically.
"Get up, get up and talk." Li Daoyi reached out and helped him up.
"Please, God, save my mother! The doctor says she's dying." The boy couldn't hold back his tears any longer.
"Don't worry, I'm here. Your mother won't die," Li Daoyi comforted him. Although his first impression of the child made him jealous, his filial piety deeply moved him. Even if he didn't know exactly what had happened, he could imagine that the child's mother must be seriously ill. He and his companion had seen him kneeling on the ground and kowtowing in the sky earlier, probably praying to heaven at that time!
"Child, can you tell me where this place is? And what's your name?" Li Daoyi asked.
The boy wiped away his tears and then said.
"Replying to the immortal, this is Niujia Village in Lin'an Prefecture. My name is Yang Guo."
"Yang Guo?" Li Daoyi was clearly taken aback.
"Yes, my name is Yang Guo." Yang Guo nodded.
"Is your mother Mu Nianci?"
Yang Guo's eyes widened in surprise upon hearing this, but then he nodded as if he had thought of something. In his opinion, it was normal for an immortal to know his mother's name.
"The Condor Heroes world... It's actually the Condor Heroes world! Could it be because of what I said in the Ancient Tomb?" Li Daoyi couldn't help but wonder. He had obtained the Dugu Nine Swords from Yang Guo's coffin in the Ancient Tomb and casually said that he would repay Yang Guo if he had the chance to meet him again. And now it had actually come true.
"Dao Yi, what are you thinking about?" Dongfang Bubai asked in confusion.
"Ah, it's nothing. Um, Yang Guo, take me to see your mother." Li Daoyi came back to his senses.
"Yes, please come in, immortal."
Yang Guo quickly turned around, opened the door, and let the two of them in.
The room was small, and a woman, about thirty years old and very beautiful, was lying on the bed. Although she was asleep, her eyebrows were deeply furrowed, her eyes were slightly closed, and there were traces of tears sliding down the corners of her eyes.
"Is this Mu Nianci? She is indeed quite beautiful," Li Daoyi thought.
He then walked over quietly and placed his right hand on the other person's wrist.
At this moment, Mu Nianci, who was fast asleep, seemed to sense something. She opened her eyes slightly and saw a strange man standing in front of her bed. She opened her mouth in surprise and was about to shout.
"Mother!" Yang Guo's timely call made Mu Nianci stop.
"Guo'er," Mu Nianci called out.
Yang Guo quickly went to his mother's side.
“Mother, don’t be afraid, they are gods who have come to save you,” Yang Guo said.
Mu Nianci had countless questions in her mind, but her gaze fell on Dongfang Bubai behind Li Daoyi, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
"What a beautiful woman! I have never seen anyone so beautiful. She is like a fairy. Could it be that what Guo'er said is true?" Mu Nianci thought to herself.
Just then, Li Daoyi let go of her hand.
"Immortal, how is my mother?" Yang Guo asked hurriedly.
"Alas, if it had been a few days later, it would have been too late to save it," Li Daoyi sighed.
"Dao Yi, how is she?" Dongfang Bubai asked with concern.
"It must be a lingering illness from when I gave birth back then, coupled with years of overwork and emotional distress, that eventually took a toll on my health. I probably caught a cold recently as well," Li Daoyi said slowly.
Mu Nianci was utterly shocked, for everything the other party had said was true. She had indeed developed a chronic illness after giving birth to Yang Guo, and had even lost most of her internal energy.
At this moment, Mu Nianci struggled to get up from the bed, and Yang Guo quickly helped his mother up.
"Mu Nianci has met the immortal." At this point, he was beginning to believe Li Daoyi's identity. She had taught her son from a young age not to lie, so she trusted Yang Guo's words. In addition, the other party could accurately describe all her ailments, something even the town's doctor couldn't do.
"Sigh, you've had a tough time all these years." Li Daoyi sighed, looking at the few decent pieces of furniture in the room, one could imagine how difficult it had been for the mother and son over the years.
In The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the most regrettable character is Mu Nianci. She was a typical traditional woman who unfortunately met Yang Kang. After repeated disappointments, she returned to Niujia Village alone and pregnant. After giving birth, one can imagine how difficult those days were. In that era, how much contempt a single mother had to endure. It's no wonder that after Mu Nianci's death, Yang Guo's personality changed drastically. Without his mother, he felt the cruelty of the world and turned himself into a hedgehog, distrusting everything.
"Immortal, my mother will be alright, right?" Yang Guo looked at Li Daoyi with expectant eyes.
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