Though they had been apart for only a year, Madam Zhong was this excited. Xu Yi was at a loss for words. Seeing this, he worried he wouldn't be able to play Zhong Ruyi convincingly. His adoptive mother was simply too clingy. During his year and more at the Southern Pole Sect, every time Jiang Xiao visited, she brought along all sorts of daily necessities sent by Madam of Duke of Lu State.
Clearly, in Madam of Duke of Lu State's eyes, Zhong Ruyi wasn't a cultivator who had shed his mortal shell. He was simply her only son. Sure enough, after she woke, Madam of Duke of Lu State clutched his hand and refused to let go, chattering away nonstop as if she meant to make up for all the words she hadn't said over the past year.
Especially when she heard that Zhong Ruyi had reached the Life Wheel Realm, Madam of Duke of Lu State excitedly chanted Buddha's name again and again, then repeatedly marveled that the Zhong ancestors had accumulated virtue. In the end, she comforted Xu Yi, telling him not to worry about whether his Life Wheel was defective. As long as he could inherit the Duke of Lu State's title, that would be enough; in the future, he could marry the Luo family's young lady and settle down.
Clearly, the news that he had reached the Second Realm of Life Wheel hadn't made it back. The Duke of Lu State's household had only received the previous report. Xu Yi patiently kept Madam of Duke of Lu State company, his feelings complicated. He couldn't help thinking of the deceased Zhong Ruyi. No matter what, he'd had a mother who was always thinking of him.
At last, when Yuanyang, the senior maid who attended the Madam