The Overturned Plot of the Book
The scene from that book on the eve of my apprenticeship resurfaced.
The book says that Su Fuyun had extraordinary luck and won the love of everyone. In the end, she and Immortal Venerable Yanchen confessed their feelings for each other and ascended to heaven together with the men who also loved her.
This magnificent scene was deeply imprinted in the eyes of everyone in the Cultivation World, and they wrote books about it, passing it down through the ages.
But if this fortune originally belonged to Sang Ying, and was meant for Sang Ying to use to grow stronger and ultimately fight against the great calamity that would erupt in the Cultivation World...
So, did Su Fuyun, who stole her fortune, ultimately help the Cultivation World? And did the men drawn to Su Fuyun truly love her as a person, or were they simply after her inexhaustible fortune?
Sang Ying rubbed her head, knowing that Su Fuyun would definitely not choose to save the Cultivation World.
After all, she had already shared her fortune with those few men who admired her. Being able to ascend with them was already a stretch; where would she find the power to quell the disaster?
So, did Heavenly Dao foresee what would happen next, and thus use this method to warn her?
Or is it that all of this has already happened once before, and this is just a repeat of the past?
Sang Ying couldn't fathom these things, but she felt no fear. Now that she knew someone was pulling the strings behind the scenes, all she needed to do was find that person. Even those who had tried to seize her destiny had died at her hands, so what was there to fear from the rest?
Over the years, she has grown much faster than she imagined, Sang Ying is certain that she has the ability to stand on her own.
The young man beside him was already red with anger, and he kept blaming himself, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault for being too slow. Master said he was going to the Twin Orchid Realm to find you, but I didn't get there in time. If only I could have found you sooner."
He hung his head, looking utterly dejected.
Seeing this, Sang Ying could only comfort her, "It's not your fault. Since those people were determined to scheme, how could you possibly stop them? Besides, I'm perfectly fine now. If you're really that angry, then help me figure out how to find the mastermind behind it all."
The young man was somewhat comforted, and he immediately stood up and rolled up his sleeves. "I'll do the divination right now, and we'll definitely find that bastard hiding in the back!"
Since shedding his old-fashioned skin, he seems to have unleashed his true nature, revealing the vigor of a young man.
Sang Ying quickly stopped him. "There's no need to rush now. Your body is too depleted. Continuing to force yourself to do divination at this time will only shorten your lifespan. You yourself said that the Cultivation World will face a great calamity in the future. Don't you want to live until then and save the Cultivation World with us?"
The young man was then persuaded to stop.
But as he sat back down, a figure suddenly popped into his mind. The person seemed to be someone he knew quite well, and was hiding some important secret.
But when the young man tried to recall, he found his mind blank and he couldn't think of anything.
The young man didn't understand what was wrong with him, but since he couldn't figure it out for the time being, he didn't bother to dwell on it. Instead, he followed Sang Ying and the other person to see the two people who had been frozen in ice.
As everyone was talking, the sky outside had become completely bright, and the two mud figures who were trapped were probably losing their Cultivation Method because too much time had passed.
Even when frozen in ice, one can clearly see that their appearance has shed the layer of mud and they are slowly beginning to transform into normal people.
One of them looked so familiar to Sang Ying.
"It will take some time for the mud to recede, let's go see the child's uncle first." Sang Ying and the others arrived in time, so they heard the child calling the man on the bed "uncle."
While Sang Ying was talking, the child had already used his clothes to wipe his uncle's face, hands, and feet clean.
He recognized the two men who had rescued them immediately; they were the same people who had bought him the new jar that day. He thought their connection had ended there, but unexpectedly, his benefactors had also saved his and his uncle's lives!
The child couldn't understand the meaning behind the three people's words, but he knew that a life-saving grace should be repaid with one's own. He would keep everything he had heard that day firmly in his heart and tell no one.
The young man, Duan Hanyi's Wuming still unknown after Sang Ying's reminder.
He quickly stepped forward and looked at the Wuming's freshly wiped face from left to right. He was relieved to see that he did not see the familiar red mark between his eyebrows.
"Grown ups..."
Duan Hanyi had just opened his mouth to call out to Sang Ying when she raised her hand to stop him, "You should just call me by my name. If you feel uncomfortable, you can also call me Fellow Daoist Sang."
Duan Hanyi readily agreed. He did want to refuse, but upon closer reflection, he realized that his special treatment of Sang Ying would only draw attention to her and make her more noticeable.
The current Child of the Heavenly Dao is still too weak. What if she attracts the attention of some evil person who deliberately targets her and causes her to die young?
Looking at Sang Ying, who had already Spirit Transformation stage, Duan Hanyi felt the same worry and love he had for his father Sang Zheng.
"Fellow Daoist Sang, this Wuming once saved my life, and I've known him for several years. I can see he's a person worth befriending. I heard from Household Head Min that Fellow Daoist Sang has a way to remove the Curse." Duan Hanyi said, though he felt somewhat guilty. But seeing Wuming's pained expression, he continued, "I beg Fellow Daoist Sang to save him, no matter the cost!"
When the child standing nearby heard Duan Hanyi say that the Curse could be removed, his eyes widened involuntarily.
He immediately ran to Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue and knelt down before them, kowtowing repeatedly with his head, pleading, "Please, my two benefactors, save my uncle! I'm willing to follow you for the rest of my life, to serve you like a slave. I may be young now, but I can learn anything, and I'm very obedient!"
Even though the child is young, he understands that if he wants something, he has to exchange it for something else.
He himself has nothing now; the most precious thing he has is himself.
Sang Ying did not answer for Jiang Zhuoxue, but simply looked at Jiang Zhuoxue and let him make the decision himself.
Jiang Zhuoxue had already recognized the child. He bent down and patted the child's head. "Your kneeling has already made up for the price you had to pay. Remember not to kneel to people easily in the future, after all, this kneeling carries a lot of weight."
The child didn't understand these things, but he knew what his benefactor meant: he had agreed to rescue his uncle.
The two people guarding the bed immediately made way for Jiang Zhuoxue, who stepped forward and reached out to Wuming.
This discovery surprised him. He turned to the child and said, "Your uncle is lucky. Even without my help, his blood has begun to merge with the dragon's blood!"