My practice narration is weird.

Chapter 226 The Dog Barks Again

Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, there are green grass and sky.

The farewell carriage stopped here.

A group of figures got off the carriage, paid the driver, and then walked slowly along the path.

The middle-aged man had a simple face, always had a stern expression, and never smiled. His clothes were not very luxurious, but fortunately they were clean.

Following behind him was a beautiful woman holding a baby in her arms, and a little girl who was a few years older but still looked very young, walking beside her.

At first, the girl was jumping around the two of them. The wild flowers and grasses on the roadside could make her eyes sparkle with surprise. She kept calling "Dad" and "Mom" from time to time, but the woman was obviously more concerned about the young child in her arms and had no time to take care of her.

As for the man, he was a silent person who could hardly say a few words to his wife, so naturally no one responded.

The girl was probably tired from playing, and finally she could only stay beside her mother and speak.

"Mom, we've been walking for so long, how long will it take?"

The beautiful woman tried to comfort him at first, but the middle-aged man's pace was obviously faster than everyone else's, and soon she was out of breath as well.

"Erlang, how long will it take?" The woman felt sorry for the child at this moment and asked her husband.

The middle-aged man did not respond at first. He walked a few steps and looked around. When he saw a pavilion nestled in the mountains and beside the water not far away, he thought silently for a while before responding.

"You guys wait here, I'll go take a look."

"Do you want me to accompany you..."

There was a hint of impatience in the middle-aged man's eyes.

"That's a lot of nonsense. Just wait."

The middle-aged man then took a few steps and flew directly into the air, disappearing from the woman's sight.

The woman, whose real name was Ding Hongyu, was stunned at first when she heard those words, but she was not angry. She looked in the direction where her husband was leaving, revealing her undisguised worry.

She and Erlang were both practitioners who had entered the realm of the highest order. When they were young, they had lived in the same remote sect, Daxuan. It had been several decades since they met and got to know each other.

The cultivation talents of the two were not at the bottom, but they were not exceptionally talented either. Perhaps they did not have too many expectations in their hearts, and they only wished to spend their lives in that small sect which was not big but still had some human touch.

But accidents in the world can always easily destroy everything people think of. The sect, which was not big to begin with, naturally could not withstand any storms. After an accident, it completely disappeared.

At that time, once they walked out of the sect, they could never go back.

For a moment, the two lost the place that could be called "home".

At that time, he was in the second realm, and she had just entered the first realm.

He was still young and not yet so taciturn.

Over the past few decades, the two have gone from being at a loss when they first entered the secular world to becoming accustomed to it. The man has also spoken less and less, from being full of vigor and vitality at the beginning to being increasingly taciturn now.

Fortunately, the man was hardworking. After all, he had practiced Buddhism. After working hard, he bought a house in the county town that was neither too big nor too small. It could not be called a luxury house, but it had a small courtyard.

After they got married, they had children. Ding Hongyu didn't have many ambitions and thought it would be good to spend her whole life in the sect, but her life was not bad at the moment.

But one day, her man broke through the four realms.

After decades of hard training, with no elixirs, no resources, and no opportunities, he managed to survive bit by bit, relying on his hard work and some kind of talent that might have led to his late success.

The opening of the four realms can be called a great supernatural power.

No matter where it is placed, it cannot be ignored.

And what will come with the improvement of cultivation?
The man remained silent and rarely mentioned the matter.

But Ding Hongyu knew, she could see it.

Jiro's mind became active, and he seemed to be dissatisfied with his current life...

She did not dissuade him, nor was she in a position to do so.

My man is ambitious but also capable, what can I persuade him to do? Advise him to farm?

Practitioners with great supernatural powers should be able to live a better life.

The fourth realm is open to the sun. If there is no disease or disaster, it is not a problem to live for two or three hundred years, not to mention the maximum of 500 years. Even with my current age of forty, I have just reached the second realm of talent. By then...

A hint of self-deprecating smile appeared in Ding Hongyu's eyes, but she quickly restrained it.

This is good, the man can always take care of their children to grow up healthily, and the children don't have to live the same life as the two of them did when they first entered the world.

"Although the Luo family, which was once one of the five surnames and seven noble families, has encountered misfortunes, and is now offering generous treatment to recruit talents, but..."

There was worry in Ding Hongyu's eyes.

The Luo family encountered an unexpected change, and this matter could not be suppressed no matter what, but there were different opinions on what the unexpected change was.

Perhaps many sects know the details of what happened, but for ordinary people, it is often the case that information that a major sect knows casually is something that ordinary people have to work hard to obtain.

It is actually quite difficult to spread information in this world, and there are many rumors spread by people's mouths.

Some people said that the ancestor of the Luo family was dead, some said that there was an internal struggle within the family, and some said that the Luo family was almost wiped out.

Ding Hongyu found the last point particularly ridiculous. After all, this was a family that had been passed down for thousands of years. How could it be wiped out?

During these days, Erlang also approached some forces for negotiation, but the result was...

We have discussed with various sects, both large and small, and various forces, and the conditions they offered are roughly the same, but they are just barely at the level of "not bad".

One’s cultivation in this world determines many things.

But never think that worldly practice determines everything.

What if you want to refute?
Then your cultivation is higher than mine, you are right.

After all, you are not a fourth-level realm cultivator from our own sect, so who can guarantee your loyalty?

It is easy to see the level of cultivation, but it is difficult to guess the human heart. If a person in the fourth realm wants to do something small, the sect will have to doubt itself and wonder whether it has brought disaster upon itself.

Just as the Luo family encountered misfortune, they actually offered many conditions that sounded quite generous to attract practitioners to join them.

The Luo family is not like many other sects that just make empty words and give someone the title of elder. Listen, how nice it sounds.

The Luo family gave real money, cultivation resources, elixirs and skills.

But after all, they are outsiders, and the aristocratic families may still mind this identity, so only the forces under the Luo family can communicate with these practitioners.

The place the man went to was a force under the name of the Luo family - Honghualou.

"Erlang has previously confirmed with the Luo family's manager for a long time and verified their identities. As a fourth-level great supernatural power, he can even allow us to move into the real Luo family."

The conditions and treatment have been negotiated, the two sides have met, and the children of the noble families have shown them great sincerity.

Even though Ding Hongyu and Erlang were not very wealthy now, they were somewhat tempted.

What's not to believe?

Although she was moved, Ding Hongyu actually... wanted her husband to live a good life, and she also felt that her current life was not bad. After all, she was not a person of the Fourth Realm, and could not understand everything her husband was busy doing.

The sound of footsteps came.

Ding Hongyu's eyes lit up.

Is Jilang back?

But when she looked over, she saw a strange figure walking towards her in the distance.

She was stunned at first, then she looked away.

A hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.

No other reason.

It was because the young man was shaking his head as he walked, hitting his forehead with his fist from time to time, and then talking to himself in the air.

"The dog keeps barking, the dog keeps barking!"

(End of this chapter)