Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 244 Looking back
Wei Xi acted as a mascot for quite a while - the process was similar when her father came back, except that he decided to kill the stupid duck in the yard.

"Alas," Wei Lao San sighed as he sat in the courtyard, "Although you went to cultivate immortality, I don't know if you are living well..."

"In the final analysis, they couldn't afford to raise a child due to the famine. They didn't even ask about a way out and rushed you to go with them. I didn't expect that now you can not only speak, but also grow up. There is nothing to worry about anymore."

Xizhou rarely experiences good weather, and during years of disaster, relief efforts are primarily directed to the mines. Previously, refugees had gone to the mines to steal food, but were strung together by the mining team (the military-controlled team responsible for transporting food as mentioned above) and hung outside the wall as a warning to others.

Most of the miners working in the mine were locals from Xizhou. Naturally, they were enraged and took up weapons to fight the mining team. As a result, the leader was chopped in half and thrown outside. His name was also recorded, and he was not hired by the mine for three generations.

Wei Laosan also secretly went to the outskirts of the mine, and when he saw the disemboweled corpses, he completely gave up the idea of stealing food.

Wei Xi touched the big stone that served as a table, and was at a loss as to how to respond.

Lingyin was a little curious at first, but soon got tired of the desolate scenery and stepped on Weixi's head and screamed.

Fortunately, Wei Dong came over wearing a coat, with water dripping from his hair. He probably took a bath while fishing in the river, and he was no longer dark.

In fact, Wei Dong looked about 60% like Wei Xi, with a harder look overall. However, he was more cheerful, so at first glance he didn't resemble the gloomy Wei Xi.

While wiping his hair, Wei Dong suggested, "Dad, do you want to go to the ancestral grave to pay your respects tomorrow? It's not easy for Wei Xi to come back, so let's kowtow in front of the grave."

"Well," Wei Lao San picked up the duck that had died with its eyes wide open, "I'll check the almanac later. If Erya isn't in a hurry, I'll pick a good day."

Wei Xi used to often wander around the cemetery and knew the situation there very well: no one was offering sacrifices to their ancestors at this time of year, and the road leading to the cemetery was covered with weeds and was very difficult to walk on.

However, Wei Xi also wanted to visit the cemetery. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "The sect still has a mission in Bingzhou. I'm coming back to take a look and will leave the day after tomorrow. I'll go to the ancestral tomb tomorrow to kowtow. Even if it's a quickie, it's a token of my appreciation."

The matter of ancestor worship was finalized, and the atmosphere of the conversation finally became a little more relaxed.

Soon, Wei Li invited them to dinner. There were six dishes in total: chicken, duck, fish, three meat dishes, stir-fried bean sprouts, mixed wild vegetables, and a plate of boiled peanuts. It was like Chinese New Year for the Wei family.

As soon as Wei Li came to the table, she tore off two chicken legs and put one in Wei Xi's bowl and one in Wei Dong's bowl, her mouth not idle: "You brought it back so well, and you spent money to buy this? We have plenty at home! Young people should be more careful with their hands, otherwise you will run into trouble and have no money to cross the river."

"Mom, you kept all those chickens for laying eggs. How could you bear to eat them? If Wei Xi hadn't come back, I wouldn't have even touched a single chicken feather..."

"I don't care about you!" Wei Lishi didn't feel like arguing with her son today. She kept picking up food for Wei Xi. "Er Ya, don't be hard on yourself out there. I brought you so much silver before. Take it when you leave."

Thinking of the few gems in his Qiankun bag that had not been redeemed, Wei Xi spit out the duck head and said, "I gave you silver to use. I know it in my heart."

After four years, the Wei family finally had a reunion dinner.

After dinner, Wei Li quickly cleaned up the dishes.

Wei Xi, not wanting to attract attention, squatted in the kitchen washing dishes. Her mother, unable to stop her, donned an apron and chopped grass for the rabbits, even chatting with her daughter. Wei Li had never been outside of Kuangzha County in her life, so everything she heard was new to her.

Her daughter had gained some experience outside, and Wei Li's motherly heart finally felt a little comforted. She turned around and instructed Wei Xi: "Don't be too stubborn outside, don't get into conflicts with others, just be patient and it will pass. Do well in the things assigned by the sect. Not many girls are as lucky as you, so you must cherish her..."

Wei Xi only felt that his body was stuck in the stuffy kitchen, while his consciousness broke free from his body and looked down at himself.

Wei Xi didn't hear a word her mother said. Four years ago, she left home, changed her identity, and lived a perfunctory life except for escaping. Two years ago, she was forced to take the blame, becoming the explanation for an incident, and was imprisoned in Yinyangpo for two years.

Now she tries to touch the remnants of the past and finds that she is still familiar with this kind of life, but her heart does not beat for it.

Wei Xi, looking at herself outside of her body, finally understood: she wanted to live, live freely and unrestrainedly.

Her parents' experience could not protect her, and her past life could not keep her. Wei Xi cut off the last trace of delusion, and embraced the future with bare hands at the age of fourteen.

Adhering to the ideal of filial piety, Wei Xi, having regained consciousness, simply nodded meekly and recounted some interesting stories. As for the thrilling and treacherous events, she glossed over them one by one. The following afternoon, Wei Xi demonstrated her monastic skills, using flames to help repair tools, using moving techniques to help organize the warehouse, and using magic formulas to reinforce the fence...

At night, Wei Xi moved into the south room. The room was divided into two parts. The inner room had a kang, and the outer room could be used to store things and put a bed, which was very convenient.

Wei Li was busy all day, and when she came to check on her daughter before bed, she saw a red string between her fingers, with a rag doll attached to the other end. The doll was also strange, floating in the air.

Wei Xi was cultivating. If a cultivator were present, they would have seen the doll filled with chaotic, twisted yin and yang energy, which flowed along the red lines into Wei Xi's body, tempering her.

Unfortunately, there was only one cultivator named Wei Xi within a radius of a hundred miles. Wei Li thought that her daughter was casting some magic and watched with a little curiosity.

Wei Xi naturally knew that someone had come in, and she slowly put away the rag doll.

This is also her last stock, and it will be gone once it is used up.

Using yin and yang energy to cultivate, Wei Xi endured immense pain, her body drenched in sweat. After adjusting her state, she chatted with her mother for half an hour before calling it a day.

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Wei Dong woke up in the middle of the night because he had to urinate, so he put on his clothes and went to the toilet outside to get up.

In the moonlight, he saw Wei Xi sitting next to a big rock, his fingers flying, slowly pouring the sifted soil into a jade bottle.

"Why can't you sleep?" Wei Dong pulled his clothes tighter and sat down opposite.

"I'm fine," Wei Xi said purely to show off. She was in so much pain that she couldn't sleep, and this was also a long-planned "steal of soil." "Why are you so worried?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again after I come back this time..."

"Be more confident," Wei Xi patted her brother's shoulder, "You might live to be a hundred years old. When you really become an old man, it won't be too late to think about me."

It is best for monks, especially selected monks, to have less contact with their families who have no connection with immortals.

Wei Xi didn't understand this rule at first, muttering to himself that only aristocratic families were allowed to set fires. However, back at Yinyang Slope, his knowledgeable fellow inmates had mentioned this, and there were indeed cultivators who had influenced the fate of a family without immortal affinity, ultimately resulting in a tragic death.

"Immortals and mortals have different paths... At least your parents can rest assured now that you're back," Wei Dong smiled. "I'll take care of them at home, and you need to take care of yourself. A family's safety is more important than anything else."

Wei Xi nodded and put away the jade bottle containing soil.

The next day, the family of four set out early to pay respects to their ancestors. The grass on the path had been freshly cut, so the path wasn't difficult. Wei Xi kowtowed in front of the grave, giving up the idea of taking soil from the grave.

After staying at home for another night, Wei Xi set out for Bingzhou.

Before leaving, Wei Xi piled the cloth and grain he bought into the warehouse, and left behind fifty taels of silver, some in whole and some in broken pieces.

On the way down the mountain, the brother and sister didn't say much. Wei Xi gave him a tail feather of Lingyin - there was a magic formula hidden on it that could guide the holder to find Lingyin.

As he stepped onto the official road, Wei Xi turned his head to look at Wei Dong standing at the gate of the county town, and then looked at the mountains behind him.

This was Wei Xi's last time going home.

　...I fell asleep while writing last night...I gave up and finished it...This is yesterday's update, and there will be more today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)