The sun shines again and it is early morning.
Ji Liao woke up in a hazy state.
He slept deeply that night. Perhaps it was the smell of home that made Ji Liao forget everything last night.
"Master, you're awake!" At this time, a young voice sounded from the side.
Ji Liao looked back and saw Ji Xiu Niang had already stood up and dressed neatly and was looking at him with a smile.
"How long have you been awake?" Ji Liao asked with a smile.
"I only woke up half a quarter of an hour earlier than the master." Ji Xiu Niang said, then picked up Ji Liao's Taoist robe and held it in her hand, "I will serve the master to change my clothes right now!"
"No need!" Ji Liao waved and smiled, picked up the Taoist robe and put it on himself.
Not long after, Ji Liao was fully dressed and looked at Ji Xiu's mother with a smile, "Come with me to pay my respects to my mother."
"yes!"
Ji Xiu Niang bowed and responded, then walked out of the house with Ji Liao and walked towards Ji Shuangyue's house.
"Dong dong dong."
Arriving at Ji Shuangyue's door, Ji Liao lightly knocked on the door a few times.
"Mom, the boy and the embroiderer are here to say hello to you."
After saying that, Ji Liao looked back at Ji Xiu Niang beside him and smiled faintly.
There was no response from the room after a while.
"Xu Shiniang was too tired last night and is falling asleep now!" Ji Liao said.
Ji Xiu Niang's brows were slightly furrowed. She had lived with Ji Shuangyue for hundreds of years and knew Ji Shuangyue's daily routine very well.
Ji Shuangyue would get up early every morning no matter whether it was windy or rainy. And as she got older, her sleep became much lighter, and she would wake up immediately if there was any disturbance.
"Mom, my son and the master are here to greet you." Ji Xiu Niang took a step forward and knocked on the door again.
She used a lot of force and made a series of muffled sounds.
After a while, there was still no response from Ji Shuangyue's house.
Ji Xiuniang's pupils shrank, as if she had a premonition of something. When she looked at Ji Liao, she found that Ji Liao's face was also extremely gloomy at this time.
Ji Liao pushed the door open.
The door of this room is locked.
"Mom, if you don't open the door, the child will go in." Ji Liao shouted anxiously into the room.
There was still no response from the house.
Ji Liao's heart couldn't help but sink. He opened his mouth slightly, and a stream of spiritual energy drifted out of his mouth, curled along the crack of the door, and penetrated.
With a snap sound, the door bolt was lifted up by the spiritual energy and fell to the ground.
The door opened in response.
Ji Xiu Niang quickly picked up her skirt and ran into the house impatiently, running straight towards Ji Shuangyue's bed.
Ji Liao's footsteps were very slow. Looking at the threshold, he hesitated.
"mother...."
After a while, Ji Xiu Niang's cry came from the room.
Ji Liao's pupils shrank and he was stunned.
For a moment, the world was extremely silent, as if endless darkness had fallen and enveloped Ji Liao. Only Ji Xiu Niang's cries could enter his ears.
Ji Liao had been prepared beforehand, and his mother exchanged her own life for Ji Xiu's life.
It's just that Ji Liao never thought that this day would come so soon.
Looking back, he had been away from home for a hundred years and had only spent two days with his mother.
Before he could fulfill his filial duty, his mother left like this.
Ji Liao's heart was not as upset as expected at this time, but was very calm, extremely calm.
He stepped in and saw Ji Shuangyue lying on the bed quietly, her body already stiff, but with a satisfied smile on her face, it could be seen that she was walking peacefully.
Ji Xiu Niang cried so hard that she threw herself on Ji Shuangyue's body and sobbed.
Seeing Ji Shuangyue's appearance, Ji Liao was silent for a moment.
After a long time, a gentle chuckle suddenly appeared.
"Xiu Niang, my mother has left, so don't disturb my mother's rest. She has been tired for a hundred years, so let her go in peace." Ji Liao whispered, and at this moment he looked away from everything.
Birth, old age, illness, death, and reincarnation. If you cannot cultivate, you cannot break free from the shackles of fate. Sooner or later, you will still leave.
"Master...Mother..." Ji Xiu Niang raised her head and looked back at Ji Liao.
Ji Liao didn't speak, just shook his head lightly at Ji Xiu Niang.
Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Ji Liao and Ji Xiu Niang, dressed in mourning clothes, knelt in front of a new tomb.
Ji Xiu Niang threw paper money into the brazier one after another, her eyes already swollen.
Ji Liao knelt in front of the grave and looked at the two names on the tombstone.
"Ji Yong, Ji Shuangyue."
Ji Yong has been dead for a hundred years, but fortunately he is a direct descendant of the Ji family and is buried in the Ji family's ancestral tomb. Ji Shuangyue often comes to take care of it, so his father's tomb is not difficult to find.
Ji Shuangyue had been guarding his father all his life. After her death, Ji Liao naturally wanted the two miserable people to reunite.
Ji Liao stood up.
The paper money in Ji Xiu Niang's hand happened to be burned out.
"Okay, let's go." Ji Liao took Ji Xiu Niang's hand and said.
"Well..." Ji Xiu Niang nodded slightly.
The two of them drifted away, and only the ashes in the brazier were blown up to the sky by a breeze.
Ji Xiu Niang looked back three times, still extremely reluctant to give up.
Ji Liao didn't say much, just walked quietly.
The branches and leaves in the forest were very thick, and when their footsteps fell on them, they made a soft squeaking sound.
Arriving outside the Ji family's ancestral grave, Ji Gang and a group of Ji family elders were waiting there.
They wanted to go in and pay homage before, but Ji Liao said not to disturb his mother, so they had to wait here.
When I saw Ji Liao coming out, it was already Ji Liao
Ji Gang, the head of the family, his eyes lit up and he took a step forward, "Senior Ji, my condolences..."
"It doesn't matter, my mother has been successful in this life, and I think the next life will not be so tortuous." Ji Liao waved his hand casually, and then pulled Ji Xiu's mother through the crowd and walked home alone.
Everyone immediately moved out of the way, and after Ji Liao passed through, they immediately followed.
None of them spoke.
Who would have thought that what was originally a happy event would turn into a funeral in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly they didn't know how to ask about Ji Liao's sermon.
Not long after, they arrived in front of Ji Liao's small courtyard, and Ji Liao stopped at the door.
All the Ji family members also stopped.
"Tomorrow I will preach to the children of the Ji family in front of the Ji family's ancestral hall. Anyone who is a direct descendant or a foreigner can come and listen." Ji Liao said.
Ji Gang and others were stunned when they heard this, but they instantly changed into overjoyed expressions and quickly bowed to Ji Liao and saluted, "Thank you, Senior Ji!"
"Okay, let's break up. Stop crowding around my house." Ji Liao said, then pulled Ji Xiu Niang into his small courtyard.
Arrived in the yard.
Ji Liao looked around the house and found that the house was empty and missing many things. The feeling that tied his heart also disappeared.
"You should go back to your room first." Ji Liao told Ji Xiu Niang.
"Yes...!" Ji Xiu Niang agreed, then hesitantly looked at Ji Liao and said, "Master, don't be too sad."
"Yeah! I know, you are tired these days, so take a good rest." Ji Liao also comforted Ji Xiu Niang softly, and then walked towards Ji Shuangyue's house.
When he arrived at the house, Ji Liao closed the door with his backhand.
After looking around the room, Ji Liao took a breath and walked towards the bed.
There was a squeak.
Ji Liao's body hit the bed hard, causing the bed board to shake.
He put his hands on the back of his head, opened his eyes, and looked at the roof without saying a word.
His mind was empty.
Nothing at all.
He just stared at the roof in a daze, without even blinking.
The sunlight outside gradually dimmed and turned into darkness.
Ji Liao remained motionless.
There were no candles in this room, but Ji Liao's eyes were like stars in the dark night.
Insects chirped and chirped non-stop.
The bright moon rises into the sky, and the warm temperature disappears, replaced by a cold wind that makes people's skin crawl.
The stars twinkled, and their afterglow spread to the earth, but they could not shine into this small house with closed doors and windows, nor into Ji Liao's heart.
Her mother's sudden departure seemed to have ripped out Ji Liao's heart. He even doubted why he was cultivating immortality.
As powerful as he is, but
He couldn't spare a mortal's life, and he couldn't save his mother.
At the same time, lights were brightly lit in a city called "Beixi City" adjacent to the Ji family's Xiuxian family.
Although the Ji family has been reduced to a low-class immortal cultivating family, it is still a cultivating family after all. It is still a lot better than mortals, and the place where the Ji family is located is not much different from where mortals live. , so mortals like to gather here very much, euphemistically called it to soak in the immortal energy, which makes these cities extremely prosperous and lively.
There is a luxurious three-story wooden building in the middle of the bustling Beixi City.
This wooden building is huge, with red lanterns hanging everywhere.
A group of coquettishly dressed women were leaning against the window, holding silk handkerchiefs in their hands, talking coquettishly to the passers-by, soliciting business.
This building is called "Nightless Building" and it is one of the best brothels in Beixi City.
Not only are there a lot of girls in it, but the beauty is also of the highest quality, which makes the men of Beixi City linger on, but makes the women of Beixi City hate it.
"Hahaha, come on, my little beauty, let me kiss you." At this time, a loud laugh came from a guest room.
But sitting in the room was a big man with a square face, and on his legs were two women with scantily clad clothes and heavy makeup.
The big man held one in each arm, with a lewd smile on his face.
"Well, Mr. Dao, you are so bad..." At this time, the woman who was kissed by the big man said coquettishly, then raised her hand to pick up an exquisite wine glass and brought it to the big man, "Master Dao, you are so dishonest. , as a penalty!"
When the big man saw the wine glass reaching his mouth, he grinned, and a weak suction force came from his mouth. The wine in the glass immediately flew up in the glass and poured into his mouth.
With a gulp, the big man swallowed the wine in his mouth, and then laughed again, "Hahaha, the result will be the same after drinking thousands of cups."
"Master Dao is so powerful!" The girl sitting on the big man's other leg immediately said coquettishly.
"The powerful one is yet to come. You two will know it in a moment." The big man fumbled with the two girls a few times and said with a lewd smile.
"Hey, if my sister and I can't resist Master Dao, Master Dao won't be blamed when the time comes."
"Hahaha." The big man laughed happily when he heard this.
This big man was none other than Dao Qingwu, one of the two men sent by Taoist Hua Yun to monitor the Ji family.
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