" Granny Caidun, it's not good for you to make a scene here. Let's go check on Grandpa Caidun. If we can save him, let's do it quickly. If you come here and cause trouble, he'll be left to lie cold in bed."
Li Xingkong didn't argue with her. Arguing was a woman's forte. Besides, he was a cultivator, after all. It was one thing to argue with an ordinary person, but losing an argument would be incredibly embarrassing.
I must hold back; I can't let myself lose face.
"Yes, Granny Caidun, saving lives is the most important thing. Don't do anything foolish at a time like this."
The onlookers also chimed in, saying that while watching the spectacle was one thing, losing a life was a completely different matter.
Granny Caidun stopped jumping around. Whenever something happens in her family, her first reaction is to make a scene. Her husband is still lying on the ground, and she didn't even help him to bed.
The words spoken by someone nearby enlightened her.
Well, that's it. Instead of making a scene, she threw down the kitchen knife, sat on the ground, and started crying.
"Old man, what will I do without you! I can't live without you! And you, you must pay for my life!"
Well, they can't stop arguing. Li Xingkong wasn't going to put up with her, so he asked a neighbor for directions to Granny Caidun's house and hurried over.
This old woman is unreasonable. I'd better rescue her first to avoid causing further trouble and making things more complicated after calling the police.
As soon as he left, Granny Caidun stopped crying and quickly got up to go home as well. Despite her crying and fussing, her life was the most important thing, and she was determined to go and check on him.
They couldn't keep up with Li Xingkong's pace; after only a few steps, Li Xingkong was already far ahead of them.
More and more people gathered to watch the spectacle, hanging behind Granny Caidun and pointing at her.
The old woman had a fearsome reputation; wherever she looked, the people there would fall silent, afraid she would start a commotion again.
Li Xingkong quickly arrived at Granny Caidun's house, and he jumped over the wall and went inside.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I smelled a familiar scent—the scent of Body Tempering Grass.
Following the smell, Li Xingkong saw a large pot of soup simmering in the cooking pot in the courtyard, with one of his own Body Tempering Grass cooking inside. The Body Tempering Grass was quite intact, with its branches and leaves spread out loosely. It seemed that the old lady had spent a lot of time trying to cut the Body Tempering Grass without success, and finally just put the whole thing into the pot to cook.
Although the Body Tempering Grass wasn't eaten, some of its components had already been incorporated into the soup after being boiled for half a day, making it unsuitable for ordinary people to drink.
Li Xingkong only glanced at it a few times before understanding the general idea. He immediately put away the Body Tempering Grass in the pot. Although it was beyond saving, it was still a material and couldn't be wasted.
After collecting the materials, he entered the room, where an old man lay on the floor, trembling, completely unconscious.
It's really unlucky to have such an old lady as a wife.
Li Xingkong first turned him over and placed him on the bed, then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, he cast a Restoration Technique on him.
"Damn it, you're lucky. This is the first time I've used this Restoration Technique on an outsider, and it's on an old man like you. Sigh."
They didn't cure all his illnesses, but they expelled the excess elements in his body caused by the Body Tempering Grass. Within a few breaths, the old man's body stopped trembling.
Her breathing became steady, so it seemed she was alright and she woke up soon.
Li Xingkong lost two Body Tempering Grass in total. He has found one now, and the other is probably still in the yard.
Seeing that the old man was alright, he decided to find the other Body Tempering Grass before everyone else arrived.
After searching around, they found no trace of the Body Tempering Grass. Could it be that she didn't steal it?
But there were only traces of her at the scene; there was no one else there.
Li Xingkong couldn't figure it out; it seemed he'd have to ask this old man if he wanted to find it.
Damn it, those old geezers are the most annoying.
After spending some more time in the courtyard, Granny Caidun finally returned with a group of people.
Upon seeing Li Xingkong, her shrewish nature kicked in again, and she immediately tried to pull at Li Xingkong.
"I said, why don't you go check on your old man first?"
Li Xingkong didn't dare push her, fearing that if he did, he would end up penniless.
Damn it, a dignified Qi Refining Stage cultivator being tormented by an old woman! This is outrageous!
In the world of cultivation, such a thing would never happen. A mortal who dared to treat an immortal like that would be dead long ago.
Unfortunately, modern society is not the world of cultivation, and Li Xingkong did not grow up in the world of cultivation, so he naturally did not have the concept of the difference between immortals and mortals.
Whether mortal or cultivator, it's merely a change in the level of life. In daily life, what distinction is there between high and low, noble and base?
He grew up in a world of equality, so he naturally disagreed with this perverse practice of creating a hierarchy of social classes.
We're already practicing cultivation in modern times; if we're still going backwards in our thinking, we can't do that.
If possible, he would prefer to use his advantage in cultivating immortality to truly transform this world into a world of universal harmony.
After all, isn't this the education I received since childhood? A utopian world is what I'm pursuing.
There has never been a hierarchy in the cultivation world. Just because he is the only one cultivating now means that Li Xingkong can decide how the cultivation world will develop in the future.
He wants the future cultivation world to be socialist, and then the cultivation world will be socialist.
Because he stands at the highest point in the world of cultivation.
His will is the will for the future development of the cultivation world.
So even if the old woman was throwing a tantrum, he couldn't just kill her in front of everyone.
When dealing with ordinary people, the methods used for ordinary people are the most suitable.
Compared to throwing a tantrum at Li Xingkong, her husband's health was naturally more important. Just as she rushed home to check on her husband, he woke up, and the two bumped into each other at the door.
They each plopped down on their seats.
Seeing that her husband could run again meant that he was alright, and the Granny Caidun was happy too. If he was alright, why make a fuss?
"What are you looking at! Get lost, what are you doing all day?"
Once the commotion subsided, there was no need for the onlookers to remain, so she started to shoo them away.
It's really something. When they need someone, they want as many people as possible, but once they've used them, they immediately turn their backs on them.
"And you, what are you looking at? What's wrong with me taking two of your vegetables? It's just two vegetables, I have nothing else anyway, I'm not paying you back."
Clearly, she still didn't have anything nice to say about Li Xingkong, and she didn't even bother to pretend anymore.
"What about my vegetables? If you can't finish them, give them back to me. Otherwise, you'll have to pay me back."
Li Xingkong naturally wouldn't go back empty-handed; he had to get all the vegetables.
"I have no money, but you can take my life."
Granny Caidun was anything but polite; she was always the one stealing from others, never returning anything.
"Mother-in-law, you're an adult now, I won't hold it against you."
Li Xingkong up, and he had an idea.
"But I have plenty of time at home now. You don't want me to throw manure in your yard every day, do you? You're an old lady, sweeping the yard every day, you'll be exhausted one day."
"You little bastard, who are you talking to!"
Granny Caidun was very blunt, but her actions were anything but arrogant.
She pointed to the large pot, gesturing for Li Xingkong to take it.
Li Xingkong waved the vegetable in his hand; he had, of course, found the one in the pot.
"Where's the last one?"
"Pah, you're no better, rummaging through my pots and pans."
The old lady took a sip.
"I mailed another one to my son. I've never seen such a tough vegetable before. Even after I chopped it with a cleaver, the leaves didn't fall off. I was wondering what kind of new variety this is, so I showed it to my son and asked him how to eat it."
Li Xingkong a bit overwhelmed. He had planned everything meticulously, but he never expected his food would still be leaked, and in such a way.
There's no other way; we have to get it back.
This whole mess is ridiculous. I hope her son will be as short-sighted as she is.