Auntie Yang

The old woman, addressed as Auntie Yang, didn't try to snatch it, but instead handed him the bucket of water, and happily asked from the side:

"How long are you staying this time? Do you have enough shoes and socks? I made some more recently, I'll bring them to you in a bit."

Liang Zhonghuai deftly poured all the water into the water vat, replying:

"I'm not busy. I've applied for leave, and I can stay home for a long time this time."

Upon hearing this, Auntie Yang was overjoyed:

"Really? That's great! I'll cook a couple more dishes tonight, you can have some with your aunt."

Seeing her so happy, Liang Zhonghuai figured she must have been bored and restless staying at home alone all the time, so he nodded gently and said:

"Okay, from now on I'll have meals with you every day."

At lunchtime, Liang Zhonghuai, holding his overflowing bowl of rice, looked at the elderly woman across from him eating happily. After a moment's thought, he asked:

"Auntie Yang, I have some time now. How about I accompany you back to the Mortal Realm to look for your daughter?"

Seemingly surprised by his sudden mention of this, Auntie Yang paused for a moment, then, as if remembering something, her eyes suddenly reddened. She stared blankly at the food in front of her for a long while, and Liang Zhonghuai remained silent, quietly keeping her company.

If you calculate the time, it has been fifteen years since she was separated from her young daughter.

She's been in this Immortal Cultivation Realm for almost fifteen years now.

Suddenly, she remembered the time when she was fleeing from disaster and had lost her daughter because of her momentary carelessness.

After a long while, Auntie Yang lowered her head, wiped her eyes, and slowly nodded, saying:

"Alright, that way I can let your uncle return to his roots."

They inexplicably stumbled into the Immortal Cultivation Realm and, by chance, encountered Liang Zhonghuai was then a dejected and down-on-his-luck man who had fled his Lineage.

At that time, he wasn't called Liang Zhonghuai yet; he was called Liang Ji.

Because he was born to be sacrificed.

It was because of this that Liang Zhonghuai, who was suffering both physically and mentally, finally could not bear it any longer and desperately broke away from his Lineage.

The name Liang Zhonghuai was given to him by Uncle Yang.

With the care and encouragement of Uncle Yang Auntie Yang, Liang Zhonghuai, who had been in despair, slowly regained his spirits.

At that time, the three of them squeezed into a cave in the wilderness.

Perhaps they were lucky and didn't encounter Demon Beast. In addition, Liang Zhonghuai was already a cultivator at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement at that time, and he had some tricks up his sleeve. That's why they were able to live in the wild for a while without much trouble.

They barely survived each day on some berries from the surrounding area, fish that Uncle Yang caught from a distant stream, and some low-level Demon Beast that Liang Zhonghuai managed to capture.

Later, he passed the employee screening of Myriad Connections and successfully joined the company. Then, he worked hard to buy a small courtyard in Lixu City, and that's when he finally settled down.

The three of them lived peacefully in the city for a while.

However, unforeseen events can occur.

On one of his outings, Uncle Yang encountered a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had gone mad on the street, and many mortals on the street were killed.

Although the cultivator was later killed by the city's barrier, the dead could not be brought back.

When Auntie Yang arrived at the scene, she only had time to see Uncle Yang one last time.

On his deathbed, his only concern was for their lost daughter.

So from then on, Auntie Yang would only go out early in the morning to fetch water and buy groceries; otherwise, she would hardly ever step outside.

The world of cultivators is truly too dangerous.

She needs to stay alive to find her daughter.

Now that Liang Zhonghuai has some free time and is willing to take her to try going to the Mortal Realm, she feels extremely melancholy.

It's been fifteen years.

They had no idea how they had come from the Mortal Realm to the Immortal Cultivation Realm. They only remembered that they were hungry, tired, and dizzy when they encountered Liang Zhonghuai.

Over the years, even Liang Zhonghuai of Myriad Connections had not been able to find out any good way to quickly travel to the Mortal Realm.

The only way is to spend a lot of time walking there.

Moreover, it is said that there will be a section along the way where Spiritual Qi is extremely scarce, making it very difficult to replenish one's own Spiritual Power.

I don't know how long it would take to walk there.

According to a very small number of cultivators who came from the Mortal Realm, it takes them a year and a half to reach the Golden Core Stage or Nascent Soul Realm stage of cultivation.

Liang Zhonghuai would tell everyone he found out about these things whenever he got home.

Auntie Yang had naturally thought of that too. She paused, then asked:

Won't this take up too much of your time?

Liang Zhonghuai shook his head:

"You and Uncle Yang are now my family. The people we're looking for when we return to the Mortal Realm are naturally my family too. What's the big deal about delaying things?"

"It's settled then. I'll go out in a bit to prepare some things for the trip. Please also help me think of anything else I might need that I haven't thought of yet. We'll be ready in the next couple of days and then we'll set off."

Although he is only at the Foundation Establishment Realm now, he has accumulated quite a few Spirit Stone over the years.

He also found several very useful flying Law Artifact.

When he learned many years ago that Uncle Yang Auntie Yang had a lost daughter in the Mortal Realm, which was very difficult to the Mortal Realm, he started thinking about saving up his savings.

He was determined to take Uncle Yang Auntie Yang back to find their daughter.

For Liang Zhonghuai, they are his only family in this world.

If his cultivation level wasn't high enough, he would accumulate more Spirit Stone and use a flying Law Artifact to fly there.

Now is the perfect opportunity.

Three years, I don't know if that's enough time.

But it's okay if it's not enough.

At worst, I'll just quit.

Anyway, he can do other jobs.

Auntie Yang was deeply moved upon hearing this, and looked at him with tears in her eyes, saying:

"Thank you so much, my dear child."

After lunch, the two began preparing their own meals.

Liang Zhonghuai went out to buy all sorts of things they could use on their journey, and the Spirit Stone he had saved up over the years flowed away from his hands with a clatter.

Auntie Yang then retrieved Uncle Yang's ashes from the grave in the backyard.

This tomb was built here at Liang Zhonghuai's request.

He was worried about building it elsewhere.

If the grave is buried outside the city, no one knows when it might be destroyed by someone else through some kind of magical feud or other means.

Only by temporarily burying Uncle Yang in his own courtyard in the city could he feel at ease.

After taking out Uncle Yang's ashes, Auntie Yang began packing her luggage.

Most of it was her own luggage.

Because she is still a mortal, she needs to eat, drink, and relieve herself, so she needs to bring a lot of things.

Aside from some clothes and shoes that Auntie Yang made for him, Liang Zhonghuai had everything he needed on his own.

The two were moving very fast.

By the afternoon of the following day, the deserted courtyard in Lixu City was already empty, with locks on the doors and restrictions in place.