I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 199 Su Changhe

"Uncle Changhe."

Lu Xiaowu led Meng Qi into the house, and when he saw the white-haired man sitting cross-legged on the couch, he was stunned.

Meng Qi peeked out from behind Lu Xiaowu, curiously looking at the man with slightly moist eyebrows and a smile in his eyes.

His voice truly reflected his appearance; he was indeed very handsome, even his long white hair was just as beautiful as his master's.

"This must be Xiao Qi. Come and sit down."

For some reason, Meng Qi felt that Su Changhe seemed to know her, even though it was the first time she had met him.

"Xiao Wu, don't stand, sit down."

When Su Changhe looked at Lu Xiaowu, it was like an elder looking at his own junior. He looked him up and down and nodded with great satisfaction. "Well, your true form is well formed. Your master has seized that sliver of hope for you."

This statement seemed to come out of nowhere, which piqued Meng Qi's curiosity.

The two sat down opposite Su Changhe. Lu Xiaowu's voice was somewhat somber, "Uncle Changhe, is your white hair due to a backlash?"

Backlash?

Mengqi became even more curious.

Her dark eyes glanced at Lu Xiaowu, then at Su Changhe. Did these two have a secret?
"It's not a backlash, it's just that the time has come."

It's time.
Thinking of his master's words before he came, Lu Xiaowu felt a pang of sadness.

"Uncle Changhe, didn't Master tell you before that you shouldn't calculate anymore? Your body can't withstand the backlash."

Su Changhe simply smiled, then turned to look at Xiao Qi and asked gently, "Is your master doing very well over there?"

Xiao Qi nodded blankly, "It's okay, she likes to eat it, which is perfect, my mom likes to cook it. Besides, I have a nephew who is a chef, and he cooks different dishes every day, so she is very satisfied."

Meng Zichen is now very popular in Qingshui Town. Besides his regular three meals a day, he makes braised food, which is often in high demand. However, he is not short of money and knows clearly what his priorities are, so selling braised food is just a side job; his three meals a day are the most important thing.

Even if he didn't know Yu Qingge existed, he could guess pretty much, since occasionally there would be an invisible person sitting at his dining table, with the food decreasing but the person nowhere to be seen.

Luckily he was brave, otherwise he would have been dead long ago.

After saying that, Meng Qi realized what was going on. She stared at Su Changhe with wide eyes and asked, "How did you know my master was on our side?"

Su Changhe smiled faintly and remained silent, pushing a cup of brewed spiritual tea in front of her.

Lu Xiaowu turned her head and explained in a low voice, "Uncle Changhe is skilled in divination. When I was ten years old, he predicted that I would face a great calamity in my life. Afterwards, disregarding the backlash, he predicted that I still had a glimmer of hope. But he never told me where that hope lay, saying that heavenly secrets cannot be revealed, and I actually believed him."

Yes, Lu Xiaowu thought that Su Changhe had only calculated that he was destined for a great calamity and a sliver of hope, but he did not expect that Su Changhe would risk a backlash to continue calculating where his chance of survival lay.

Therefore, it was not a coincidence that Master went to the Valley of Ten Thousand Saints in the Demon Realm and was then teleported to that world; it was something Uncle Changhe had calculated beforehand.

His only chance of survival lies in Xiao Qi in another world.

In the cultivation world, divination is not popular among cultivators because of the Heavenly Dao and the potential for backlash.

But Su Changhe was born with this skill; he was born with it and didn't reject it. Outsiders only knew that his cultivation hadn't progressed much over the years and that he was physically weak, so they assumed it was because he lacked talent and wasn't favored by the heavens.

Even the Su family thought so, because he never showed his divination talent in front of them.

But little did they know that he was actually incredibly talented, yet he always suffered backlash from divination, causing his cultivation to decline again after a breakthrough.

This repeated cycle is why her cultivation remained stagnant for years. Before Yu Qingge turned fifty, she faced two major tribulations, which Su Changhe divined for her in advance, even disregarding the potential backlash, and devised a way to deal with them.

Their relationship wasn't just the childhood friendship Qin Yu described; it was actually much deeper.

However, the fact that he did not get married was indeed the reason for Su Changhe's short lifespan compared to Yu Qingge's. One reason was that he suffered a backlash from divination, which resulted in him having a shorter lifespan than Yu Qingge. Another reason was that he could not get rid of the entangled Su family.

Because of blood ties and karmic connections, these cannot be abandoned through fighting and killing.

If that's the case, why drag Yu Qingge into this?

Lu Xiaowu was a child that he and Yu Qingge rescued together when they went out to train, so they always treated him differently. In fact, in order to find out his chance of survival, they did not hesitate to suffer a backlash and damage their own bodies.

"Uncle Changhe, you..."

"You want to ask me how much longer I have to live?"

When Su Changhe spoke of his impending death, he still wore a gentle smile, as if he were talking about someone else dying, not himself.

"In another six months, I may not be able to see your master again."

"Why won't you take the longevity pill?"

Su Changhe shook his head, "Xiao Wu, that won't work for me. But your master did refine some nourishing pills for me before, otherwise I might not have survived until now."

For Su Changhe's health, Yu Qingge was a rare ninth-grade alchemist in the cultivation world, but the pills she usually refined were not ninth-grade, but sixth-grade pills that Su Changhe could eat.

Fortunately, outsiders didn't know, otherwise they would definitely say she was wasting her talents.

At this moment, Lu Xiaowu felt indescribably depressed.

He asked in a low voice, "Uncle Changhe, for the remaining six months, could I take you to live in Master's courtyard?"

Returning to condense his true form and visiting Su Changhe was part of his plan, but he did not expect that Su Changhe would only have six months left to live.

Su Changhe was taken aback by Lu Xiaowu's suggestion. He wanted to refuse, but he couldn't deny that he was somewhat tempted.

Although he was unable to become a Daoist partner with Qingge in this life, he had no great regrets. The two shared similar interests and had a deep friendship.

For Su Changhe, having such a soulmate in his life was enough!

If he could leave this world in the place where Qingge grew up and cultivated, he thought his life would be complete.

"Why won't Uncle Changhe come with us to find our master?"

After holding it in for a long time, Xiao Qi finally couldn't help but ask.

"My fifth senior brother and I are definitely going back. Can Uncle Changhe come with us?"

Whether it's the teleportation array of the Sanqing Palace or the world membrane wall of the Wansheng Valley in the Demon Realm, she should be able to return to her world through one of them, and it's impossible to wait half a year.

So Su Changhe could have gone with them, why did he miss his master so much but stay here and not move?
What's there to be afraid of if we're going to die anyway?
Lu Xiaowu and Su Changhe were both stunned.

Then Lu Xiaowu looked at Su Changhe and said, "Sanqing Palace has a teleportation array. Although it's not certain where it leads to in that world, I think it's definitely usable. Since it's usable, it doesn't matter where it leads to in that world. Anyway, we'll definitely be able to find Master when we get there."

He smiled as he said this, “Uncle Changhe, since you only have half a year left, why not go and see that world? It’s really nice there. Although there’s no spiritual energy, it’s much more peaceful than here.”

(End of this chapter)