Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 491 Seeking the Dao 1 (Happy Year of the Horse!)

The words were truly ruthless, and Wei Xi had no ability to resist.

Strictly speaking, Wei Xi did put up some resistance: because she didn't even notice what was happening, so how could she have come up with a solution?

As the pain gradually subsided, Wei Xi's senses finally returned to normal, and she gradually recovered.

"Looks like I've really angered her..." Wei Xi thought sluggishly, lifting his twitching eyelids. "That old hag! She's so heavy-handed!"

Once bitten, twice shy; Wei Xi would never dare to say such things to Yan Ci's face again.

At least until Wei attains enlightenment and gains an overwhelming advantage, she will no longer dare to openly oppose Yanci.

Forgotten, the words themselves have already attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven.

And then I forgot, achieving enlightenment and ascending to heaven doesn't seem to be a good thing.

“At least that’s what Zuo Fei and the others think,” Wei Xi, still in pain, involuntarily twitched as he pieced together the fragments of information in his mind. “It sounds like they can control the timing of ascension… How strange, are there really such experts?”

Before Wei Xi could think further, she was suddenly pulled into a warm embrace.

Rationally, Wei Xi should struggle, but instinct tells her there is no danger.

"Don't be afraid, little one, wait until your uncle drives those bad guys away..."

A bizarre guess arose in Wei Xi's mind. Filled with disbelief, she opened her swollen, peach-like eyes.

What came into view was Wei Li's haggard face, younger than Wei Xi remembered, with a faint blush still lingering on her cheeks, and a two-finger-wide turban tied around her forehead.

Even if Wei Xi is confused, he wouldn't be so dense as to not recognize his own mother!
Wei Xi opened his mouth in shock, but couldn't utter a sound.

This is not surprising. Wei Xi was slapped more than ten times on the buttocks after giving birth, but she didn't make a sound. The midwife thought it was stillborn and it took her a long time to realize that she was mute.

Such news spreads rapidly in secluded villages, especially when the midwife's mouth isn't tightly sealed.

Wei Xi was completely disoriented—wasn't he in the abyss (the final abyss) outside Deadwater City? How did he end up as a nursing baby when he opened his eyes again?
Most importantly, Wei Xi knew that this was different from the time he "witnessed" the upheaval in Dongyi; it was not a hallucination or a memory.

The reason was obvious: there was a crimson ink mark in the upper left corner of her field of vision. The handwriting was very neat, but the content was chilling.

"Seven times," Wei Xi thought seriously, "What does that mean? Only seven chances?"

Wei Xi, who was still in the form of a baby, had no idea what the so-called "seven times" meant.

However, this is inextricably linked to his words, and Wei Xi has no choice but to deal with it carefully.

"Thinking about it carefully, what she meant by her words was... to find an opportunity? And going back further, it must have been something she said about not liking her? Her inherent qualities?"

Wei Xi subconsciously wanted to rub her fingers, but the custom in Xizhou was to bind the baby's limbs straight, so she couldn't move at all.

At this moment, Wei Xi, who was without the help of the spirit, could not use the most powerful weapon of an infant. Moreover, her mind was still that of a teenager, and it was really inappropriate for her to cry for no reason.

Wei Xi, who was at a loss for what to do, could only wait and see—in any case, she still had seven chances.

"Judging from Mother's appearance... could she still be in confinement after childbirth? I'm breastfeeding, how could I possibly need seven chances?" Before Wei Xi could think any further, the noisy sounds outside made her vision go black.

"If it doesn't rain, then it's our fault! The temple has already given instructions to find a golden boy and a jade girl! Since your child is mute anyway, sending him there will be a blessing!"

"That's right! Wei San's wife! You're still young. When Lao San comes back, you can have another good one. What's worse than this one?"

“Listen to my advice! This baby was born incomplete; it must have been a mistake in his/her past life! Even kittens and puppies know to bark, but your girl isn't even as good as a kitten or puppy! Send her away to be a golden boy or a jade girl, and her sins will be washed away! Wouldn't it be wonderful if she were reborn into your family as a complete child?”

Amidst the incoherent chatter outside, Madam Wei trembled with anger, her face turning bright red in the blink of an eye.

Of course, the reason these villagers didn't rush in was because Wei Xi's uncles were holding them back from the outside; they were practically ready to grab knives and start hacking at people.

Wei Xi wasn't angry, because it confirmed the time—she was half a month old when she was born.

The way Wei Xi turned out today is not only due to his personality, but also inseparable from the unpleasant things that happened in the village.

At that time, Wei's father was serving corvée labor with the young men in the village. On his way back after his term was completed, Wei's mother went into labor and gave birth to Wei Xi.

Unfortunately, Xizhou was experiencing a prolonged drought, which happened to be the case in Weixi. There was also a charlatan and a witch spreading rumors, which led to the story of the golden boy and jade girl being sacrificed.

Wei Xi suffers from muteness, her father is not at home, her mother is weak after childbirth, and Wei Dong is still a child. Compared to them, she has become the most suitable "jade girl".

Moreover, the Wei family only had a few acres of meager land, and Wei Laosan didn't work at the mine. Although he was a hunter, he was ultimately weak and isolated. Instigated by those who were jealous of the Wei family's comfortable lifestyle, things escalated.

If it weren't for Wei Li's vigilance, which led her to ask someone to summon her brothers from her maternal family, it's uncertain whether Wei Xi would have been able to grow up to adulthood.

"You people are so wicked!" someone else spoke up righteously, "When doesn't Xizhou experience a few days of drought every year? What's the use of making offerings to this and that? Stop doing such evil!"

"Your village is going too far! My sister has been married into this village for three or five years, what has she ever done to offend any of you? You actually wanted my nephew's life? If my brother-in-law were home, what man would dare to come to our door?"

"How shameless! Which man doesn't have to go out and do corvée labor? My brother-in-law isn't here today, and you're trying to kill his wife and daughter. Who will dare to go out and do corvée labor tomorrow? Sooner or later, you'll all be quiet when the yamen comes with knives!"

The two sides were exchanging blows in front of the Wei family's house, and it looked like they were about to fight when Wei's father finally returned.

The young men, weary from their journey and exhausted from their corvée labor, only wanted to go home and get some sleep, so they dragged their families back with them. The others, however, were up to no good. Wei's father learned the whole story from his brother-in-law, turned around, picked up a wood-chopping knife from the house, and chopped down the ringleaders, scaring them into scattering like birds and beasts.

Of course, Wei's father was still rational enough not to kill anyone, and he paid out all the money he had saved to settle the matter.

That's a story for later, so let's leave it at that for now. The consequence was that the Wei family was always struggling financially.

After Wei's father thanked his brothers-in-law, he was finally able to hold his newborn daughter.

At this moment, Wei Xi was staring at the words that had changed in his field of vision.

"Six times? Why was the number of times reduced?"

Wei Xi was completely baffled—she hadn't done anything, so why was she given one less chance?

This is the original trajectory of her life, without any changes. What does this mean?
"Am I going to have to go through six more similar situations?" Wei Xi gasped inwardly. "Was I that lucky when I was a kid?"