Ningxia got up very late the next day. She was a little drunk last night. In fact, it is almost impossible for a monk to get drunk. After all, it is easy to dissolve ordinary wine with his spiritual power system.
But last night, she deliberately didn't try to absorb the alcohol, but instead allowed herself to get drunk.
Ning's father and Ning Dengrong were not there when they woke up. They went to play with old friends and said they would come back for dinner at noon or evening. One is going on duty and may not be able to come back until later in the evening.
There are only Ning's mother, brother, sister-in-law and children at home.
The children should also go to class and learn the rules. The house was quite quiet in the morning.
Ning's mother was very happy when she saw Ning Xia coming out of the room. She quickly greeted her daughter, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and touched her head and face, making her feel like a piece of pork.
But she also knew that Ning's mother was just observing whether her pigs were growing meat, and she was actually quite affectionate, so it didn't feel bad.
Although they know that their child is already a cultivator and ordinary food may not be of much use to her, parents will always work hard for their children, no matter what happens to them. Afraid that Ningxia would be hungry, he hurriedly invited her to have breakfast, which was specially reserved for her.
Ningxia hadn't tasted Ningmu's craftsmanship for a long time, but she still recognized it immediately.
Seeing how delicious she was eating, Ning's mother looked on with a smile. The brother and sister-in-law came over, but seeing the mother and daughter together, they naturally left and went to do her work elsewhere, leaving room for the two to talk.
"Eat slowly. Why have you lost so much weight? Last time you came back, it was normal. Did you encounter something troublesome?" Ning's mother said suddenly.
What's the trouble? Ningxia was not nearly choked. The things she had been worrying about before were right in front of her. This was why she had not been able to go home. Although it is now solved, Ning's mother's question really touched the sensitive point in Ningxia's heart.
"Have I lost weight? Maybe I was busy with schoolwork a while ago and was too sad, so I lost weight." Ning Xia said with her eyes open and she was lying.
I don't know if Ning's mother believed it, but she finally persuaded her: "You are a cultivator. I heard others said that you can live for hundreds of years. It's a long time. You can do anything slowly. Even if you don't have a man you like. Children can also search slowly until they find the right one. Don’t be too anxious about anything, just take good care of yourself.”
It was obviously just a very simple words, but the other party couldn't even tell how long she could really live, and even held on to the common concept of mortals towards women, thinking that she would definitely find a husband in the future... But such words of comfort were... Ningxia couldn't help but be touched.
Even her parents living in the mortal world know that her time is different from theirs, and it is this difference that makes the distance between them both close and far.
Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, she still has hundreds or thousands of years to live. And as long as her cultivation continues to increase, her lifespan will also continue to increase. She is still so young, and age is not something that she needs to pay much attention to so far.
But what about Father Ning and Mother Lin? It is said that hundreds of years pass quickly in the mortal world. For some high-level monks, if they go into seclusion once, the people outside may have spent their entire lives.
Judging from the average life span of mortals in the mortal world, Ning's father and Ning's mother are already at an age where they are not confused, and they will be extremely long-lived in another twenty or thirty years.
Ningxia can give them some life-extending elixirs. Even if they are mortals, they can extend their lives for another fifty or sixty years, which is a life span of hundreds of years... However, the time they can spend with her is very limited.
Now, she has to stay away from her parents and travel to another distant area. And when she went to Middle-earth, due to geographical restrictions, she could not easily return to the southeastern border unless she found a way in and out. I don’t know when Ningxia will be able to return to this place again.
How long can Ning's father and Ning's mother wait for her?
The ancients had a saying, "Parents are not far away", and it is not unreasonable. It is just because the children want to support them but they don't care about them.
But Ningxia also has no reason to stay here. Although the forces in her body are currently balanced, they are like a lurking landmine that will explode at any time. This explosion might directly kill her.
Ningxia has always cherished her little life. Even though she had died once in her previous life and witnessed the death of one person in this life, she still could not face death calmly.
At least she didn't want to die like this. After struggling through so many ups and downs, witnessing the joys and sorrows of the world, and sending away friends or enemies one after another, Ningxia still hoped that she could take a good look at the sky again. .
There are still many people and things that he can't let go of here, but how can there be a perfect solution for things in this world?
Daojun Yuanheng promised her that he would personally come to China to pick her back up within ten years at most. Ningxia didn't know what the sect's plan was, and what role Daojun Yuanheng played in it, so that she could make such a promise, but she still felt temporarily at ease with this promise.
Because this means that she is not going to work alone in a strange place. She still has a mountain behind her to rely on. It is enough to have reliable elders who can escort her on her way back.
Ten years is ten years.
But these ten years are not the same ten years. Ningxia now realizes very clearly that for Ning's father, Ning's mother, and even the Ning family, how can the ten years be the same?
She felt selfish and was a little ashamed of her upcoming plans. How should she tell her parents that she was about to leave the southeastern border and go to a different place for ten years?
Ningxia was suddenly speechless.
Suddenly, a touch of warmth fell on her slightly cold cheek, and she stroked it very lightly and softly. With the full compassion of a mother, Ningxia's panicked heart could not help but feel a little calmer.
"What's wrong? You've looked very bad since just now. Is there anything that's bothering you? If you could mind telling my mother..." the woman asked gently.
She is no longer young, and both her appearance and voice have some traces of time, but the warmth in Ningxia's memory still remains unchanged, as if her past has never changed.
This time Ningxia couldn't help but her eyes were red, and she told Ning's mother about it.
Of course, Ningxia is too complicated to explain it clearly. But she told Ning's mother that she was going on a far journey and her return date was uncertain. It might be another ten years before she came back.
Ningxia originally thought that Ning's mother would be sad, but she didn't expect that the other party would act much stronger than she imagined, and even be a little too calm.
"It's okay, Xiaoxia. Just do what you want to do. Don't worry about us too much. You've already done enough."
Really enough.
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PS: Can you believe that I thought about more than a dozen versions of the part about "Farewell to Parents and Relatives in Ningxia" before I finally came up with this version? I have been struggling with it for a long time...even the plots before and after have been adjusted a lot for this. I have always been a little confused. I didn’t dare to write (￣へ￣), but I didn’t expect that when I wrote it, it was still just passable. It was just true. I was barely satisfied, although it was still rubbish.
Alas, I'm verbose, you know, but it's probably because I'm a layman, so I love my family so much. I don't want Ningxia to become a person who doesn't care about friendship. This will make me feel a high degree of character collapse, so I also wrote this. part. I hope that Ningxia can balance the relationship between the unbroken mortal bond and cultivation, and it can be regarded as a reconciliation between the two parties, with a beginning and an end. Even if I change the map and come back, I will not write this part carefully again, because it is already another dimension.
