This is a good temperant, also related to the origins of both individuals.
Although they both ca from humble backgrounds, Du Shizhen had a father to take care of him, while Xi Bai only had a severely ill mother, and could only grow up to this day with the care of a few brothers with whom he wandered.
One’s original family can have a lifelong impact on a person.
Thinking of this, Xu Guang thought of his own origins in this life.
A small, unknown county in Dongping Prefecture, Taizhou, even less conspicuous than Qingshuo County, his family was just a small village in the suburbs around the county, where he lived with his elder sister.
His sister married at the age of fifteen, to the son of a butcher from the neighboring village. His brother-in-law was bold, with a chivalrous spirit. At eighteen, he clashed with the Green Forest bandits, was defeated, and died outside the village with his sister.
When his mother learned the news, she cried herself blind, and passed away a few years later.
After that, Xu Guang lived with his father.
His father died from overwork, and afterwards, at sixteen, he encountered the Liu Clan’s conscription event, the conscription idea ca from the locals of that county.
Xu Guang stood up and sighed.
He thought of the words of the young patriarch from the Ten Thousand Laws Sect.
One should harbor hatred to avenge deep grudges.
So enmities must eventually have a resolution.
Perhaps, he needed to take ti to visit Taizhou.
Xu Guang walked into the orchard and saw Liu Ruyan attentively taking care of Ah Wei.
Xu Guang already understood this woman’s intentions. She had long known his identity, but seeing him as an old man, she believed he had cultivated so demon technique and would not live long.
She wanted to beco the master of General Wei after his death.
Xu Guang found it sowhat amusing.
He had a mischievous thought that if he were to regain youth in front of Liu Ruyan, what would her attitude beco?
Liu Ruyan had vividly perford a Sichuan opera face-changing act since he captured her.
"Master."
Upon seeing Xu Guang, Liu Ruyan’s face lit up with joy, and she walked over excitedly.
Xu Guang watched her performance expressionlessly.
"Master, where did you buy the clothes last ti? They looked so nice."
Liu Ruyan seed to be making awkward small talk, but her voice was pleasant, not appearing dry or tasteless.
If it were an ordinary man, he could listen to this voice for a day without getting tired.
"There’s sothing I’ve always wanted to ask you, which elder in your Liu family ordered the conscription back then?"
Liu Ruyan’s expression froze, then her allure vanished as she took a deep breath.
"The war between the Liu Clan and the Celestial Yin Sect originated from a chaotic battle in the Blazing Ghostly Land a century ago, where the Second Grade ancestor of the third house and two Third Grade elders from the Celestial Yin Sect disappeared. In fact, within the Liu Clan, not everyone wanted a great battle with the Celestial Yin Sect; it all stems from the third house."
In front of Liu Ruyan, Xu Guang set up the Star Attraction Array related to the Star Dream Weaving. The key to this array, apart from the cost of casting it, was the suppression object to contain the stars.
This, whether it was Xu Guang’s own Star Protection due to being a traveler or Ah Wei’s current Giant Spirit Body, could both serve as such an existence well.
Liu Ruyan looked sowhat surprised at Xu Guang’s actions. His focused manner made her feel a bit incredulous, but her Qi force was sealed, and she couldn’t do anything disruptive.
Ti slowly passed.
...
Amidst a wild forest area.
A flash of blood light suddenly fell.
Zhao Yunshan’s aura was weak.
Even as a Fourth Grade Profound, he was ultimately a Martial Dao cultivator, and for martial artists, the most crucial thing has always been the Qi and blood within their bodies. The Blood Escape is a secret technique of the Senluo Demon Sect, consuming essence blood.
Exhausting essence blood all the way here, he was now very weak.
But fortunately...
Looking at a Taoist temple on the cliff, Zhao Yunshan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Taoist temple was ordinary, but shrouded in mist, it had the impression of being inhabited by a remarkable person.
Zhao Yunshan endured the weakness in his body.
Cautiously, he approached and tapped the latch.
An extrely tall old man with a full head of white hair opened the door.
This old man was quite peculiar, although his head was full of aging white hair, apart from that and so facial wrinkles, there was nothing else about him that related to ’old.’
He was at least two ters tall, wearing a wide Taoist robe with golden trim, his limbs extrely robust, nearly turning the loose robe into a tight-fitting garnt, with a green jade belt at the waist, engraved with the word ’Virtue.’
His sowhat cloudy but incredibly sharp eyes could make anyone he gazed at feel as though pierced by a thousand blades.
The most peculiar thing was his eyes, upon closer inspection, aside from the black pupils at the center, the whites were filled with dense golden spots, seemingly glowing.
Zhao Yunshan dared not look at the old Taoist closely, bowed his head, and spoke softly.
"Senior Brother."
The elder, seeing Zhao Yunshan, especially upon discovering his extrely weak aura, was sowhat surprised.
"What’s the matter?"
Zhao Yunshan smiled bitterly, "Junior Brother is being pursued and used the Blood Escape, hoping Senior Brother could offer refuge."
The Taoist nodded and turned back inside.
Zhao Yunshan quickly followed in.
In the Taoist temple, it was not just the old Taoist, there were as many as eighteen won, all of whom Zhao Yunshan dared not gaze too much upon.
These won belonged to the old Taoist, among them were a few whom Zhao Yunshan helped find.
"You stay over there, don’t co out if you’ve no reason."
Zhao Yunshan showed a flattering smile, "Rest assured, Senior Brother, I will stay for two days, and once my Qi and blood recover a bit, I shall leave, definitely not delaying your matters."
Then Zhao Yunshan saw his abode, a room transford from a cave, without windows, just a few small openings at the top, vaguely showing the sky.
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