Chapter 973 - 421: A Family of Three (Part 2)

Chapter 973: Chapter 421: A Family of Three (Part 2)

Little Changqing was overjoyed, then went home with his mother. On the way, he obediently helped Shangguan Shengxian carry things.

Mother and son returned to the alley and then went home.

"Wife, are you back?"

In the simple courtyard, under the eaves, lay an old blind man with hair and beard white as snow. He couldn’t even sit up as he weakly asked.

"Dad, today Mom bought a lot of delicious things!"

Little Changqing excitedly ran over, picked up a nearby palm fan to fan the old man, then picked up a piece of stinky tofu and placed it in the old man’s mouth, saying: "Dad, is it tasty?"

The old blind man chuckled, "Delicious, very... cough cough... cough cough..."

He started coughing weakly, and Shangguan Shengxian came over, saying, "Changqing, help Mommy wash the vegetables. I’ll take your dad to drink his medicine."

"Okay."

Little Changqing obediently took the vegetables to the kitchen, and Shangguan Shengxian pushed the wooden wheelchair, bringing the old man into the room, closing the door behind her.

"Wife, I’m dying..."

The old man spoke with difficulty, his blind eyes emptily looking at Shangguan Shengxian, his aged hand tremblingly reaching out, placing it on Shangguan Shengxian’s hand, and said: "I am sorry for you."

"I have wronged you and our child..."

"There’s no wrong, no grievances, everything is of my own free will."

Shangguan Shengxian spoke, she lowered her head, looking at the old man, and said: "It’s just Little Changqing, he’s been weak since he was young; the town’s doctor said he might not live past ten..."

The old man began to cry helplessly.

"I heard about a folk remedy, maybe it will work..."

"What remedy?"

"The remedy says that close relatives who have just died contain many things. If given to the child to eat, it can cure all diseases..."

The old man suddenly became excited, grasping her hand and said, "Wife, use me!"

"Let Little Changqing live. He’s our only child; you must save him..."

He stirred his blood and energy, making it hard for him to breathe, gripping Shangguan Shengxian’s hand firmly: "Give it all to him..."

The old man slowly passed away, no longer moving, only his blind eyes, which had been sightless for many years, still let turbid tears roll down his cheeks...

...

Shangguan Shengxian instructed Little Changqing to go practice his writing in the study, then she began to prepare dinner.

At dinner time, she finally allowed Little Changqing to come out of the study. Little Changqing was holding a stack of yellow paper and said: "Mommy, Changqing practiced writing the character ’eternity’ today. I heard the teacher at the private school say that if you can write the character ’eternity’ well, you can write all other characters well too..."

Shangguan Shengxian patted Little Changqing’s head and said, "Such a good boy."

"Quickly sit down and eat."

Little Changqing said, "Mom, where’s Dad? Isn’t he coming to eat again?"

"Yes, he’s too tired and resting. I’ll send some food to him later."

Little Changqing nodded, then took a deep breath, on the table was braised meat, braised lion’s head, fried potatoes, a rare feast. Little Changqing’s mouth watered, so he picked up a meatball and placed it in Shangguan Shengxian’s bowl and said: "Mommy worked hard, Mommy should eat."

Shangguan Shengxian was momentarily stunned but she returned it back to him and said: "Mommy’s not feeling well today, can’t eat meat, Changqing, everything today is made for you."

"You better eat, or Mommy will get upset."

She put on a stern face, and Little Changqing thought for a moment, then said: "Okay, then Changqing will start eating!"

He started eating, swallowing meatballs one after another. Originally planning to eat a few and say he was full, leaving some for his mother, so she’d have no excuse, but somehow, he couldn’t help himself, one after another, and in no time, finished all the meatballs.

"So full, Mommy..."

Little Changqing looked up at Shangguan Shengxian and said: "Mom, I can’t eat anymore."

Shangguan Shengxian was watching him, her eyes reflected unprecedented calmness and coldness.

"Mommy... are you mad? It’s all Changqing’s fault for being greedy, please don’t blame Changqing, okay?"

He tugged at Shangguan Shengxian’s sleeve. The coldness she’d managed to gather slowly cracked again, and ultimately, with a slight sigh, she said: "Mommy isn’t blaming you. Are you sleepy? If so, go to bed."

Little Changqing did feel tired, he nodded and said: "Mom, eat up all the braised meat, next time I won’t like it, Little Changqing is picky!"

Seeing him return to his room, a touch of pain inexplicably appeared in Shangguan Shengxian’s eyes. Clearly, these many years of planning were just for today, everything was bound to succeed, yet she felt a kind of inexplicable reluctance, unwillingness...

"The path to immortality is narrow..."

She murmured softly, a hint of demonic light flashing in her eyes. She waited there, and once Little Changqing had almost fallen asleep, she got up, pushed the door, and entered Little Changqing’s room.

He had fallen into deep sleep, unaware, and would not feel pain...

She thought this in her heart, walked over, pulled back the quilt on the child, and gently unbuttoned Little Changqing’s clothes.

A cloth bundle was immediately pulled out from Little Changqing’s embrace, it was a beautiful colored fabric.

Shangguan Shengxian was momentarily taken aback.

In his sleep, Little Changqing seemed to sense something, his small hand clutched the fabric, murmuring: "Mommy looks prettiest in floral clothes... there’s only two coins left, can’t buy stinky tofu..."

Shangguan Shengxian suddenly trembled, she stared at the child sleeping peacefully on the bed; his serene face, her raised hand seemed to be held by thousands of mountains, unable to fall...

"The path to immortality is narrow, all of this is just my Heart Demon... a Heart Demon only, cut it off, and you will see the Great Dao!"

She raised her hand again.

Put it down again!

Raised it once more!

Put it down again...

If Li An were to see this scene, he would surely be shocked, never would he have imagined that Shangguan Shengxian, ruthless and calculative, would one day be so entangled with emotions and thoughts!

After a long stalemate, Shangguan Shengxian’s hand finally lowered slowly, and she said: "The Heart Demon is hard to conquer, it indeed isn’t easy to personally kill you."

"Out of sight, out of mind, I’ll come back after you’re dead!"

Turning around, Shangguan Shengxian closed the door tightly, and locked the courtyard gate as well.

Shangguan Shengxian was very rational. She knew that since she gave birth to the child in the reincarnated body of Evergreen Immortal Venerable, it was inevitably the disturbance of maternal instincts affecting her mind, making her wavering, but she would not be hindered by such things.

Let Shangguan Changqing starve to death here.

She would return later.

She went onto the street, in a sea of people, casually found a teahouse, and ordered a bowl of tea. The various shouts from the street came to her ears.

"Rattle drum, made of Spirit Beast bones..."

"Candied haws..."

"Stinky tofu..."

Her heart was inexplicably disturbed, sipping the bitter tea, her mind remained unsettled.

"Something’s wrong!"

Suddenly, Shangguan Shengxian’s brow furrowed slightly. If it were simply because of Shangguan Changqing, she shouldn’t be so unsettled...

She seemed to sense something, and suddenly, her aura dramatically changed. In the teahouse, a middle-aged woman drinking cheap tea suddenly emitted an aura of millions of mysterious energies, surrounded by Daluo Immortal Light, causing all the tea guests around, even all the cultivators in the small town, to tremble instantly!

In that instant, two beams of Immortal Light appeared in Shangguan Shengxian’s eyes, piercing through the depths above and below.

Where her eyes reached, indeed it seemed that Daluo Level masters had already held her under guard over this small town...

She... was already surrounded!

"Not good!"

Shangguan Shengxian’s heart thudded. Her figure vanished from the teahouse and reappeared in the courtyard of her home.

Inside the courtyard, there was already another man.

The man held a small blood-stained sword in his hand, its blade having pierced through Little Changqing’s heart. Little Changqing’s body was slowly withering, becoming a small dried corpse!

An Li!

He had come.

He personally took action.

Killed Shangguan Changqing!

His eyes were so calm, so cold, as he looked at Shangguan Shengxian and said: "This sword belongs to Li An, Supreme."

"You killed his beloved wife, Gu Hong; today, I avenge him－－"

As the Daoist Sect Leader, his face bore no guilt for killing a child, only unparalleled determination and composure!

And Shangguan Shengxian...

At this moment, her delicate body was inexplicably trembling. She stared hard at that shriveled corpse, an eruption of emotions in her eyes like a volcanic eruption, an indescribable sorrow!

For the first time, hot tears flowed from Shangguan Shengxian’s eyes!

...

Goodnight.