novelraw Chapter 535: Is It Human Language?
Chapter 535: Is It Human Language?
"Ouyang Neng, thanks to Mr. Jiang’s blessings, truly getting better, that would be a tremendous joy!" Fang Shouye couldn’t help but feel a surge of delight at the thought of those two genuine precious elixirs.
With elixirs good enough to heal old injuries, given Ouyang Qing’s cultivation talent, he might just be able to once again push for advancement to the Golden Core Realm!
By then, Celestial Sword Sect would not only have the first Golden Core Realm cultivator in the entire Central Province, but could also shift the burden back to the old fellows to manage, finally allowing him to catch a break.
Thinking this, Fang Shouye couldn’t help but glance in the direction of the thatched hut, eager to know how his old friend’s physical condition was recovering.
"Child, the grievances between the elders should not have involved you, but you and your mother were treated as abandoned entirely, and your grandfather just couldn’t bear it any longer!"
Ouyang Qing was still a bit weak, but with those two fifth-grade elixirs at the base continuously releasing their medicinal effects, they were enough to let him recount everything that happened in detail.
"It’s my fault for not identifying the scum that harmed your mother!" he sighed heavily, "He seemed decent on the surface, but who knew Lin Shuo turned out to be a sanctimonious bastard! It’s also my unworthiness for failing to advance to the Golden Core.
If not, you and your mother would have had your grandfather to support you, how could you end up in such a plight!
Back then, you and your mother were fated uncertain, and in just two or three months, Lin Shuo was busy marrying again.
According to the customs anciently passed down in our Central Province, when there’s mourning in the family, one must mourn for three years before hosting any joyful event again. Even if in a hurry, one must mourn the loss of a wife for a year, yet Lin Shuo boastfully claims alive not found, dead no remains, can’t be counted as losing wife and children!
Does that sound like human speech to you? If he believes the wife and children are still alive, how could he marry again? If he marries again then he assumes the wife and child are deceased, then why not observe mourning?"
Ouyang Qing was so angry he was shaking all over, yet the Celestial Sword Sect had so many disciples, expenses were huge, couldn’t disengage business ties with the Lin Family due to personal grievances and involve the entire sect.
He’s certainly eager to skin him alive, boil him down, but both sides must keep up appearances of peace and harmony in transactions, while the lives of the beloved daughter and grandson go disregarded, no one cares except himself!
How can such indiscretion not make one resentful, angry, and indignant?
"Grandfather, those rumors are false, I went to the Lin Family but did not acknowledge him. When I saw those two children about my age, I knew his attitude towards us mother and son." Wan Mingchuan comforted with a few words, feeling a bit guilty.
Can’t bring together a senior in the mortal world and one in the netherworld, along with myself to leech off the master?
Initially returned to the Lin Family intending to get hold of the heavenly cultivation technique, for the master and Brother Long to benefit. The problem is the inheritance progress of the heavenly cultivation technique must follow my cultivation realm, can’t transfer the technique in a short time;
Came to Celestial Sword Sect today just acknowledged kin, the master immediately gifted two precious fifth-grade elixirs, the master’s kindness is unending!
"Not acknowledging is right!" Ouyang Qing finally felt a bit more comfortable, slapped the table angrily, "Even if he is heartless to Ying’Er, yet you are his biological son, with even a shred of fatherly love, he wouldn’t have neglected to let you fall into such plight!
Fortunately, you are blessed with good fortune, have grandpa to care for you growing up; also your master guiding you in cultivation providing you with necessities. The kindness of nurturing, the gratitude of imparting skills, you must remember and repay well."
After a closer look, the grandson has become even fairer, with tender skin and flesh, obviously has not suffered while cultivating with Mr. Jiang, which made him feel even more gratified, thus he whispered, "Grandpa is incompetent, gave you nothing, these years didn’t even provide you a single meal.
Since you’ve come today, stay a few days. I will pass on the cultivation technique to you, besides..."
Ouyang Qing cautiously glanced outside the window, almost whispering, "Rumors outside say Celestial Sword Sect has a divine artifact, the Celestial Flying Sword, some say it was taken away, others say the divine sword perished, actually, all wrong.
That Celestial Flying Sword is still in Celestial Sword Sect!
I searched books related to the original Celestial Sword Sect, after extensive reading discovered the divine sword cannot be carried, hidden in the Mirror Mountain Secret Realm! That secret realm can only be opened once every five years, entrance limited to three.
In a few days, the secret realm will open again, though you are not a disciple of Celestial Sword Sect, you are my direct grandson, this bit of face I still have. Once you secure an entry into the secret realm, I’ll tell you how to find the divine sword, this matter even the sect leader does not know, you must keep it secret!
Child, grandpa is old and poor, truly has nothing to give you. This opportunity, consider it grandpa’s greeting gift, if you can subdue the divine sword, your future cultivation path will be much smoother."
Could there really be a secret realm to explore?
Wan Mingchuan’s eyes lit up, sensing his spiritual power was stirring, ready to break through the barrier, thinking about obtaining the divine sword for the master, wouldn’t that be beautiful?
Moreover, he often heard Brother Long and Sister Hu talk about encountering secret realms by coincidence, danger mixed with opportunity, truly making one’s heart surge and long for!
Now he actually has the chance to enter a secret realm, he nodded vigorously, feeling a bit impatient.
"Good child, before that we have a play to finish." Ouyang Qing could feel himself being continuously nurtured by spiritual energy, as time passed bit by bit, his spirit increasingly improved, mind clearer.
These years of confusion, the matters and discussions heard quickly integrated into memory, he contemplated, "You haven’t acknowledged Lin Shuo, but he wants to leverage your connection to affiliate with your master, yet can’t locate you two.
On the surface, the Lin Family raises the flag, fabricates rumors creating the impression Mr. Jiang supports him;
Secretly, several times visited, trying through transactional relations to build rapport with this muddle-headed old man, waiting for you to acknowledge kinship, he’d have new chances.
But though I’ve been muddled, I haven’t entirely forgotten deep-seated hatred, knowing well I’m not an opponent, clumsily tending spirit medicine every day, thinking of when they mature, swallowing them whole to fight that bastard.
Not only refuse to see him but curse him thoroughly, Lin Shuo definitely moves from one scheme to another, secretly spreading rumors raising disturbances, intending to utilize the Immortal Ascension Conference hosted by Celestial Sword Sect, himself sitting in the alliance leader’s seat.
Thus, having real power and greater conflicts of interest, even if the rumors of receiving Mr. Jiang’s support are debunked, no one can do anything to him."
Wan Mingchuan listened bewildered, feeling that relationships in the cultivation realm are incredibly scheming and troublesome compared to the master’s little courtyard where everyone genuinely helps each other, never scheming for benefit.
"So... what play do we perform?"
"Of course, immediately order a lockdown on today’s visit, while feigning disunity between us within the sect. Just wait for the formal beginning of the Immortal Ascension Conference tomorrow, to see what antics Lin Shuo pulls, how many in the sect are insubordinate with ulterior motives, it will become clear."
Patiently Ouyang Qing explained, "The sect leader is straightforward, easily swayed and soft in the ears, though possessing strength lacks thunderous tactics, also with a compassionate heart, such a person is suited to be friends but not a sect leader.
In my years of retirement, the sect surely lacked disciplined governance leading to incessant undercurrents and conflicts.
Being one of the top sects in Central Province, Celestial Sword Sect bears the responsibility to train more and better cultivators for the family, only then will it not be oppressed and restricted by demon beasts and demon cultivators.
To achieve this, the impurities within the sect must be removed, ensuring cultivators trained do not bully or wrong others with strength, otherwise one bad apple spoils the bunch, the common people suffer.
Borrowing the opportunity of the Immortal Ascension Conference, coupled with you and your master’s presence, grandpa is set to clean the house and challenge Lin Shuo, this self-serving scum!"