Longzang

Chapter 568 All the Same Kind

In a once ordinary courtyard in the new city, security was now tight. Sun Yu, Xu Henshui, and Feng Chutang were all standing in the courtyard, not going inside.

Wei Yuan's figure appeared in the courtyard, and seeing the three of them standing there, he was taken aback and asked, "Have all the senior uncles arrived? Why aren't you going in?"

The three of them said in unison, "You go first."

Wei Yuan was puzzled, but even a fool could tell there was something fishy going on. However, he figured his three senior uncles wouldn't harm him, so he pushed open the door and went in.

The room reeked of blood, the bed was stained with blood, and the young woman who had given birth lay lifeless on it. Several other young women from the Xu family were in the room, bathing their newborn baby in wooden basins filled with hot water.

They remained calm, ignoring the corpse on the bed, focusing solely on cleaning the baby, as if this was the only thing left in the world.

When Wei Yuan saw that the child's mother was dead, he was first stunned, then he scanned the area with his divine sense and understood what had happened.

The woman's body was completely depleted, devoid of life, while the infant possessed an unusually strong aura and intense vitality, comparable to a strong adult man. It seems the infant was too powerful, and the mother, being too weak, was drained of her essence and died.

Wei Yuan looked at the baby. It was a girl, exceptionally beautiful, with skin like the finest white jade. She neither cried nor made a sound, but simply stared intently at Wei Yuan, her eyes deep and unfathomable.

Wei Yuan frowned slightly, feeling that this was not the look a baby should have. He suddenly thought of Xu Shiba and was immediately alarmed, wanting to run away.

But he had barely turned around when the little girl spoke, calling out, "Daddy..."

With that one utterance, the cause and effect were set.

Wei Yuan, well-versed in the principles of fate and karma, knew he couldn't escape. He was now caught between a rock and a hard place, so he frowned and said, "Changing the way you address me!"

The baby girl said again, "Senior brother."

Wei Yuan instantly felt a chilling aura around him, so he said, "Let's try another one."

"Master."

"Change again!"

"dad……"

After going through this cycle several times, Wei Yuan finally had no choice but to choose "Master" from among the three titles.

Senior brother seems like a good person, but Wei Yuan has a strong intuition and instinctively feels that being called senior brother again will inevitably cause trouble in the future. In comparison, the cause and effect of being called master is the purest and cleanest.

After the baby girl had her bath, the maidservant carried her to Wei Yuan. Looking at this porcelain doll-like little thing, Wei Yuan felt a strange feeling in his heart, but he still fulfilled his duty as a master and carefully examined her body and physical constitution.

Having absorbed the essence of thousands of similar beings, this little girl's aptitude was naturally exceptional, on par with Xu Shiba. However, her innate destiny was extremely strange; it was completely empty.

She was only a newborn, and soon fell into a deep sleep in Wei Yuan's arms. Although her birth mother was dead, there was no worry about feeding her. As long as Xu Henshui refined a few pills and mixed them with water for her to take, she would not only strengthen her body but also improve the quality of her physical form.

Wei Yuan then handed her over to the maid, ordered her to be well cared for, and then left the delivery room.

After leaving the house, Wei Yuan said with a cold face, "You three senior uncles have quite the scheme!"

Feng Chutang appeared weak and unable to speak, while Sun Yu looked up at the sky, as if to say, "How beautiful the sky is!" Only Xu Henshui wore a sly smile and asked, "Did you call me 'Dad' yet?"

Wei Yuan's gaze sharpened: "So, all the senior uncles knew all along?"

Sun Yu said, "Remove the 'door' part. I just arrived and only found out after I got here, so I decided to wait for you for a while."

Feng Chutang also said, "These are all matters for your Shuiyue Palace, it's not appropriate for me to get involved."

And that was indeed the case. Wei Yuan snorted in dissatisfaction, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Xu Henshui's eyes lit up as he pressed, "What did you call me last? Was it 'Dad' or 'Senior Brother'?"

Wei Yuan stared at him and said, "Why is Uncle-Master Xu so concerned about this matter?"

Xu Henshui laughed and said, "It's not easy for you to encounter something like this, how can you not tell everyone and make them happy? In the blink of an eye, our little junior nephew has become a father."

Wei Yuan finally understood why Zhang Sheng and Ji Liuli always had to torment this Uncle Xu whenever they had a chance.

This guy looks pretty, but he'll seize any opportunity to act recklessly and attract a lot of hatred; he practically has "Come and hit me" written all over his face.

At this moment, Wei Yuan's mind was in complete chaos. This was not as simple as his junior sister being reincarnated. The karmic ties between them were already heavy enough, and now she had been reincarnated in the body of a Xu family girl's infant, which had now involved immortals.

For some reason, Wei Yuan suddenly recalled the woman with blue eyes from Xu Shiqi's memory in the illusion that day, and his heart skipped a beat. Could this also be part of her scheme?

The more Wei Yuan thought about it, the deeper the water seemed to run. Just as he was desperately trying to grasp a glimmer of hope and see some future cause and effect, Xu Henshui was still tugging at Wei Yuan's sleeve, chattering incessantly: "Not calling him 'Dad'? Then what else could it be? It wouldn't be 'Senior Brother,' would it?"

"Why aren't you saying anything... It really is Senior Brother?!"

"Oh dear, this is going to be interesting. What will your teacher think when he finds out? What will Ji Liuli think? What will Bao Yatou think? Feng..."

The glimmer of inspiration finally vanished amidst the incessant nagging. Wei Yuan, unable to bear it any longer, roared, "Shut up!"

Sun Yu and Feng Chutang were both taken aback, then silently stepped back a few paces, clearing the space in the courtyard.

Xu Henshui, oblivious to the situation, said aggrievedly, "You're being mean to me! It would be so much better if you called me 'Senior Brother.' This is an inescapable bond, and we can raise her from a young age, however we want. She grows up so fast, isn't that great..."

A murderous aura gathered above Wei Yuan's head, causing the surrounding world to shift and the temperature to drop abruptly.

The wind stopped, the chirping of insects ceased abruptly, and everything that could move froze, like a world encased in amber.

Xu Henshui felt as if his entire body was covered in hell iron, and he could barely lift a finger!

Sun Yu and Feng Chutang both paled slightly. Even they hadn't expected that Wei Yuan, once he went all out, would manipulate the surrounding environment to such an extent. Weaker Dharma Aspects didn't even need to lift a finger; they were directly suppressed and killed by the power of heaven and earth that Wei Yuan had mobilized.

Upon seeing this imposing aura, Xu Henshui knew something was wrong and tried to flee. However, the surrounding world changed again, and a bustling, illusory street appeared, dotted with lights and teeming with people.

Xu Henshui exclaimed in shock, "I am your martial uncle! What are you doing?! This is an act of betraying your master and ancestors!"

Wei Yuan completely ignored his shouting. Besides, although he had never actually destroyed his ancestors, his master had bullied him several times.

Wei Yuan continued to manifest human life, suppressing the surrounding world. The area around the courtyard was as if sealed in amber, with all living beings unable to move.

Xu Henshui knew he absolutely couldn't let Wei Yuan manifest his Dharma form. His nephew's Dharma form was far too terrifying; it wasn't a Dharma form at all, but clearly a mental world! Fighting Wei Yuan amidst the mundane world was almost like fighting a powerful being like Yu Jing.

A beam of light flashed above his head, revealing a giant celestial orchid. The orchid bloomed, and a graceful fairy rose from within. She unleashed a halo of light, creating a passage through the mortal world, then grabbed Xu Henshui and prepared to flee.

Wei Yuan let out a cold laugh and conjured three immortal orchids in succession, surrounding Xu Henshui's immortal orchids and fighting them to the death!

Xu Henshui was dumbfounded. How could he not recognize these immortal orchids? He never expected them to gain sentience so quickly. However, when they attacked his immortal orchids, they were exceptionally fierce, as if they were mortal enemies.

Xu Henshui was both saddened and delighted. He was relieved that of the four immortal orchids he had given Wei Yuan, at least one of them had remembered their past friendship and had not yet appeared...

The moment Xu Henshui had this thought, another celestial orchid, enveloped in a thick aura of icy coldness, appeared before him and joined the battle. It was the same celestial orchid that had guarded the icy realm, now returning to fight.

The four celestial orchids were all a whole realm weaker than Xu Henshui's Dharma form, but they fought with extraordinary ferocity. The celestial orchid that returned from the Netherworld even unleashed wisps of faint black energy, layer upon layer, wrapping around Fairy Lily of the Valley. Once entangled by the black energy, the fairy's movements would instantly become sluggish.

Although the delay was only momentary, it was enough to shatter all her attempts to escape, and she continued to be besieged.

Xu Henshui never expected that the four newly grown fairy orchids could actually fight on equal footing with his own fairy orchid that had transformed into a fairy.

He raised his hand and made a hand seal, intending to personally help Lan Xian, but seeing Wei Yuan's bright eyes beside him, he had to give up the idea.

Only a mentally unstable Dharma Master would want to fight Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan's statement that day, "The Dharma Masters of the Xu family are all trash," would actually make no difference if you replaced the Xu family with most aristocratic families.

However, the battle before him was extremely awkward for Xu Henshui. He didn't understand why the four immortal orchids he had sent out would harbor such hatred towards him, nor did he understand why Wei Yuan was so vicious as to release the immortal orchids to attack him.

In fact, the way things turned out was beyond Wei Yuan's expectations. As soon as the war started, the Fairy Orchids saw that it was Xu Henshui and desperately volunteered to fight. They were like a pack of unruly dogs. Wei Yuan had no choice but to let them all go.

The four fairy orchids were like four mad dogs, leaving the other fairy plants dumbfounded, unable to even get involved in the battle.

After a few more breaths of fighting, Wei Yuan felt the commotion had become too great and decided to unleash his decisive move to decide the outcome in one strike. So he reached out and grabbed directly at Fairy Linglan!

Linglan Xian's expression changed drastically. Seeing the massive hand pressing down from above, she turned to flee. But as soon as she turned, her whole body stiffened. In front of her, several immortal swords floated silently in the air; if she moved forward even slightly, they would immediately pierce her with several holes.

Wei Yuan's large hand also stopped in mid-air, and Zhang Sheng appeared almost touching Fairy Linglan, looking her up and down. If Wei Yuan's large hand were to reach out, it would catch both of them.

The Fairy of the Lily of the Valley is one thing, but now if she tries to take advantage of Zhang Sheng, she'll likely get stabbed hundreds of times.

Fairy Lily of the Valley tried to escape, but as soon as she turned around, she found several more celestial swords in front of her. In an instant, more than a dozen celestial swords moved forward at the same time and pressed against her body, making her unable to move.

Zhang Sheng reached out and pinched the chin of the Fairy of the Lily of the Valley, turning her panicked and pitiful little face around to examine it closely.

After fiddling with it for a while, Zhang Sheng finally turned to Xu Henshui and said, "You've gotten quite capable, haven't you? You're starting to bully my disciple now?"

Xu Henshui's face flushed red as she angrily retorted, "Was it me who bullied him? It was clearly him who bullied me! You two husbands... no, you two master and disciple are truly cut from the same cloth!"

(End of this chapter)