"I'll go ask Fellow Daoist Liu if he's leaving."
Feeling a bit awkward being dragged along by Xiao Chongshan, Li Xingkong quickly thought of Liu Shinian.
"No, no, you two are going out, why should I join in? The old folks need to eat, I can't handle it all."
No sooner had Li Xingkong finished speaking than Liu Shinian's voice came over before Xiao Chongshan could let go.
How could she possibly miss such a lively event? Naturally, she was keeping a close eye on it every moment. As for traveling with the two of them? No normal person would choose that!
Besides, she has her own things to do.
"Alright, no last words, then let's go!"
Xiao Chongshan snorted coldly, grabbed Li Xingkong's hand, took a step forward, and returned to the Primordial Universe, giving Li Xingkong no time to prepare.
"What do you mean by 'last words'? I'm perfectly fine!"
Li Xingkong only managed to utter half a wail before being dragged back.
"Alright, whoever you want to see, I'll go with you."
"Wait, wait, I haven't decided yet."
Li Xingkong was caught off guard by this swift and decisive action, but fortunately, there were only a few people he needed to meet, so he didn't have much to consider.
"Let's go meet my parents first."
Without a second thought, Li Xingkong hadn't seen his parents for a long time. Since arriving in the Primordial World, Li Xingkong had truly embarked on a unique expedition, and only today did he have the idea of going home for a while.
"You're meeting your parents already?"
Xiao Chongshan stiffened; it was a bit too fast, wasn't it?
"Yes, it's been so long! Now that we're back, of course we have to go see them!"
Li Xingkong replied without hesitation.
"Okay, then."
Xiao Chongshan seemed a little guilty, but she didn't back down; the word "escape" didn't exist in her dictionary.
"OK, found it!"
With his current Divine Sense, Li Xingkong could explore the entire universe in just a few minutes, and quickly found the old couple's location.
"Let's go!"
He opened a rift and Traversal through it. After carefully examining himself, Xiao Chongshan nodded slightly and followed him through the rift.
On the other side of the rift lies a meticulously designed galaxy. Throughout the galaxy, as far as the eye can see, is farmland. The endless farmland forms a large Dyson sphere, completely enveloping the stars within.
The entire surface of the star is sealed by dozens of crisscrossing runes, precisely controlling the point where every ray of sunlight falls, keeping the environment of the entire galaxy constant and suitable.
Near the star, there was a large complex of buildings where Li Xingkong's parents settled down.
Hundreds of such purely agricultural star systems were neatly arranged around them, as if they had been straightened by a giant hand, radiating a warm glow in perfect order.
Before the person even arrived, Li Xingkong sent out the message. Soon after, several streaks of light flew out from the complex of buildings and headed straight for Li Xingkong.
Once he stood still, Li Xingkong saw his parents, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and several young cultivators who looked like students following behind him.
"Good lad, at least you know how to come back!"
My dad spoke first, shouting a rebuke.
"What are you doing? Xingkong finally came back. Come on, come on, have you eaten yet? Let's go get something to eat."
Although his mother was now Golden Core cultivator, she still had the diligent nature of an old woman. She came up and tugged at Li Xingkong 'Li Xingkong sleeve, looked him over carefully several times, and then led him to their residence.
"Oh, by the way, this is Xiao Chongshan, my friend."
As soon as Li Xingkong introduced Xiao Chongshan, the old couple's attention turned to him.
"Oh my, what a pretty girl! Let's go back and chat while we eat."
Mom gave Dad a wink, then pulled Xiao Chongshan and flew back to their residence. Dad walked slowly to Li Xingkong and patted him on the shoulder.
What is your current cultivation level?
Li Xingkong laughed. His father still looked the same; he was all too familiar with him.
"He's already Golden Immortal!"
"That's right! I used to dream about whether gods existed in the world, but now, hey, my son is a god too!"
Even though his father might not know what the Golden Immortal realm was, it didn't diminish his admiration for Li Xingkong in the slightest.
"Come on, let your mom prepare some of her signature dishes. You wouldn't believe it, she's a top-notch spiritual chef now, her skills are incredible."
"Okay, Dad, let's go!"
Li Xingkong nodded. Only in front of them could he still act like a child.
"I haven't been back for so many years... it must have been so lonely for you two."
Li Xingkong felt a little embarrassed as they traveled together.
"Lonely? You have no idea, your younger siblings are already seventeen! You're practically an ancestor of the clan now! Our Old Li family has been around for seven or eight generations!"
"There are so many kids, we're both swamped! It's usually so lively!"
Dad pointed to the young man behind him.
"See them? They're all your juniors!"
Seeing Li Xingkong looking over, the young cultivators all lowered their heads.
Hello, Great-Grandpa!
The name itself left Li Xingkong somewhat bewildered.
It's weird that I've become an ancestor myself.
"We developed this whole area. This place in front is called Shennong Palace, one of the core agricultural research centers in the entire Divine Land. 90% of the spiritual plants in the entire Divine Land were developed here."
Speaking of this, Dad is quite proud. After all, he is a key figure in the Shennong Palace, and no one can take this credit from him.
"Amazing!"
"Thanks to the supply from this core agricultural planet, our entire Divine Land has now achieved material communism, which can be considered as fulfilling part of our dream."
As soon as Dad returned to the Shennong Palace, Mom had already prepared a feast. She and Xiao Chongshan were already sitting to one side, whispering to each other.
After Li Xingkong and his father sat down, his mother began to introduce the dishes one by one.
Since it was just family eating, and there were no outsiders, the meal was quite enjoyable.
Li Xingkong even felt as if he had returned to the time before he started cultivating, when he would go to the kitchen to ask for some snacks as soon as he got home from school, before he even had time to throw away his schoolbag or wash up.
It was that familiar taste, and Li Xingkong felt much more at ease.
He's not even that anxious about what he's about to do anymore; it's just the unknown. When he was a child, every trip to school was a journey into the unknown.
Isn't that what life is all about? The paths others have walked are unknown to newcomers, but they're not so scary because someone is sharing their wisdom.
What I'm doing now seems no different from when I was a child, sneaking out of the house to see what was on the other side of the mountain.