My portable grandfather refreshes every week

Chapter 370 Let's get a job, Old Man Deng (the Undead)
Xue's Law has always had the feeling that in his life, unexpected events far outweigh pleasant surprises.

It's even possible that what was originally a pleasant surprise was actually a shock to him.

Why would an old ghost come to his world?

This is a problem that Xue Lude doesn't understand now. He used to not understand the form of the ascended undead, but after experiencing so many things, he gradually understands the current state of the undead.

Their world is too smoky; it's the kind of ordinary planet that absolutely cannot sustain a level 5 planet on its own.

This is true for most of the worlds that Xue's Law has experienced, except that the world of the old undead is even more shrouded in mist, so even if the old undead ascends, they can only become a "native 4th tier".

Hmm, I'm still a little short of reaching the near-5th tier.

Therefore, even in his own world, the old undead can only come to the world as a soul, while his physical body is forever placed in the Great Source of the planet.

To put it more accurately, old Barak was a "heroic spirit" bound to the earth.

His true form can only appear when the world is in peril, while he can only appear in the lower realm as a "heroic spirit".

Therefore, even though the old undead was accidentally summoned through the Evil Spirit Reincarnation last time, what came was not actually the old Barak, but just one of his "shadow clones".

Finally, after this clone dissipates, it will return to its original body after experiencing all its experiences.

So, essentially, it's the earthbound spirit Old Barak appearing here that makes Xue Law suspect he's really acting too strongly.

How can this thing survive on Earth, where magic is absolutely forbidden?

This is Xue's second idea.

My first thought was naturally that Old Deng was going to start pressuring me to get married again.

Sure enough, old Barak gripped the doorknob tightly and said in a sinister tone, "You little brat, you really made me look for you! You didn't even think to leave an address or anything."

Xue Law: "..."

"Squeak..." The door handle and screws made a twisting sound.

"Let go, the door's going to break!" Xue Dinglu ignored Lao Deng's question and stared at his hand as he spoke.

"Let go first!" The old man was equally unwilling to back down, gripping the doorknob tightly.

The handle and lock of the security door seemed to be groaning in pain. Xue Dinglu shouted, "Let go first, Lao Deng, this is my house!"

"What do you mean 'your home'? Your home is my home!"

aunt:"……"

An old man and a young boy were frantically pulling on the security door.

The door frame seemed to creak and twist. Xue Luding let go in an instant. As the old undead staggered, Xue Luding immediately launched a low kick, intending to trick and ambush him, take the opportunity to knock down the old man, and then go to the parallel world to avoid trouble.

Just as Xue Daoli's low kick was about to trip him, Lao Deng jumped up, dodged, grabbed Xue Daoli's clothes, and grinned maliciously: "You brat! I taught you all your Imperial Swordsmanship. I knew you were up to no good the moment you lifted your leg."

Xue Law: "..."

He had indeed neglected his training in Imperial swordsmanship and magic, and his progress in these areas was not much compared to a few months ago.

Because he always had the power of a wheelchair, and the legacy of Zeus was too useful, Xue Law didn't have time to slowly hone his basic skills. He was able to draw the complete creation ritual long ago. Therefore, in terms of basic skills, Xue Law, who was originally a quick learner, couldn't possibly be very solid.

I never expected that Old Deng would predict my movement just by lifting my leg.

"No, what's wrong with you, kid? What did I do to offend you?" Old Deng said, quite displeased.

"Shut up, then I can still treat you like a human being!" Xue Dinglu grabbed Old Deng's hand, the force of which startled Old Barak.

"Okay, okay, I'll shut up, I'll shut up, I won't say anything, alright?" Old Deng seemed to give in, because he realized that he had never been able to outstubborn Xue Dinglu in a contest of stubbornness.

"Alright, the contract is established!" Xue Dinglu's lips curled up.

"Waaaaah..." The old undead could only wail in an instant. He stared intently at Xue Luding, as if to say, "This old man is of one mind with you, and you're trying to outsmart me? Are you treating me like the Lich King?"

Furthermore, he couldn't break the curse of silence in a short time, so Old Deng could only whimper and prepare to have a full-blown fight with Xue Lude, and they started beating each other right there.

"Alright, alright, stop making a fuss." A hand suddenly appeared and draped over the shoulder of the old man who was still whimpering, silencing him.

……

The fragrant black tea was poured into a cup, and Xue Luding placed it in front of the female pope.

"I'm sorry, we only have black tea." Xue Dinglu's family didn't have much to offer guests, and the black tea was his aunt's private stash.

"It's alright, we were the ones who came and disturbed you without permission." The former pope now acted like an ordinary, beautiful woman, elegantly sipping her tea.

Both of them looked towards the hall not far away. Old Deng was having a great time playing with Xue's two daughters. He even deliberately used a paintbrush on the ground to draw a clown mask on himself, saying, "The clown is coming to get you! Oh!"

Little Dragon Girl and Little Tree Girl ran around the sofa, laughing as they went.

The silencing mechanism of Xue's Law applies to Lao Deng. He will be silenced if he says anything related to himself, but he can speak normally if it is unrelated to Xue's Law.

It's a very complex curse; even Xue's Law couldn't apply such precision to a curse if it weren't in its native region.

Seeing Lao Deng playing with the child, Xue Dinglu could only silently take a sip of tea and silently complain in his heart.

When Aunt saw Xue Dinglu return, she gave him a wink and went back to her bedroom. Fafnir wasn't home for some reason, so it seemed like only Xue Dinglu and the others were left to chat.

"Are those two children really your daughters?" Alora asked.

"I guess so. Xue Linglong is a fragment of another world's consciousness, and he also absorbed some of my blood, which is why he turned out this way." Xue Dinglu didn't hide anything.

"As for Xue Lingshu, she is my creation, a fusion of a bacteriophage and a divine tree, plus a bit of my spirit that accidentally entered into her in a world, so she can be considered my daughter." Xue Dinglu calmly stated the identities of the two children.

There was nothing shameful about it. Xue Law was actually quite calm about this female pope. If it weren't for old Barak constantly nagging him, Xue Law might have actually become good friends with this female pope.

However, if Old Deng opens his mouth, the two of them will lose their composure, so it's best to keep him quiet.

He wasn't sure if it was just Xue's imagination, but he always felt that when the female pope looked at his two daughters, there was something lingering in her eyes...

maternal love?

Perhaps it was just his imagination, Xue Luding took another sip of his black tea: "By the way, aren't you going to be the Pope anymore?"

"I stopped being a pope a long time ago, or rather, I was just temporarily chosen to clean up the mess. Now that the Papacy is back on track, there's no need for me to stay in that position. I might as well do something I want to do." The pope spoke quietly, without much restraint.

"What do you want to do?" Xue Luding asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Live a peaceful life, and then find someone who doesn't hate you, and whom you don't hate, to spend the rest of your life with."

Xue Law: "..."

Okay, the Pope is thirty years old now.

Xue Dinglu didn't speak, silently drinking his tea.

Meanwhile, the old ghost seemed to have captured Little Tree Girl and Little Dragon Girl, and Old Deng used watercolors to draw turtles on their faces.

Xue Luding was somewhat speechless. He guessed that Xiaolongniang was still quite interested in this kind of game. As for Xue Lingshu, he guessed she was just trying to amuse the old man and her silly sister to make herself seem like she belonged.

"Grandpa, I want to eat KFC tomorrow! Grandma always forbids us from eating KFC too much. She prefers to cook for herself. Recently, Sister Valrhona has also started learning to cook, and her food tastes just like Grandma's. We're all tired of it!" Little Dragon Girl said, grabbing Old Deng's clothes.

"Sigh, I remember that stuff is all deep-fried, right?" The old man had eaten a lot of fried chicken before. At first, he thought it was pretty good, but after eating it for a while, he found it greasy and also found it too oily and unhealthy.

"Grandpa, Grandpa..." Little Dragon Girl had somehow learned to act cute, and the old man lost himself in the repeated calls of "Grandpa".

"Okay, okay, I'll bring my darling granddaughters a family bucket of KFC tomorrow..."

Xue Law: "..."

Arora: "..." The two people sitting to the side drinking tea were speechless.

Old Deng, seemingly oblivious to the situation, continued, "But my dear granddaughters, wouldn't you like a gentle and beautiful mother?"

"Mom?" Little Dragon Girl asked, still puzzled.

"It's like a mother who cooks for you and picks you up from school every day." The old ghost seemed to know that Xue Dinglu couldn't handle things on his end, so he prepared to take a roundabout approach.

“But Grandma is like that too.” Little Dragon Girl looked at Old Deng with a puzzled expression.

“It’s different, it’s different…”

Old Deng was still patiently persuading and convincing Xue's two daughters, while the female pope could only smile awkwardly.

Although Xue's Law had silenced all the old ghost's words about urging marriage and Xue's Law, he always managed to come up with something new.

"By the way, where do you live? Are you getting used to living here?" Xue Dinglu asked.

"It's alright. My grandfather and I are both working at the Silver Kingdom Farm now. My grandfather spends most of his time making pizzas, and the rest of the time he wears an Ultraman suit to take pictures and play with the children who come to the farm. Occasionally, when there are too many children, he also has to do a few backflips in his suit and have an exhibition match with the knight commander who is wearing a monster suit." The Pope said, describing their current life.

Xue Law: "..."

On the one hand, he was surprised that the two of them were working in the Silver Kingdom; on the other hand, he was surprised that the little princess of the Silver Kingdom was quite business-minded and had specially created a program to play with children.

Nearly half of the guests visiting the guesthouse are families, and it's normal to bring a child. Anyone who has taken care of children knows that the most troublesome thing about traveling is having kids.

The farm provides childcare services and has well-trained staff to take care of the children, which frees up many parents so they can enjoy themselves at their leisure.

Children would normally feel uneasy if they couldn't see their parents, but if they see Ultraman and monsters, they don't know who their parents are, so they just follow them and play.

Seriously, what a genius business mind... Xue Law doesn't know why Old Green's daughter, who is clearly a communications officer, has such a talent for business.

"Looks like the old man is having a lot of fun..." Xue Dinglu remarked.

"Yes, he really enjoys his job. He plays Ultraman while making pizzas and stir-frying noodles for kids. He's often wearing the costume while stir-frying noodles for them, and he's still having a great time even after get off work," the Pope complained.

When Xue Dinglu saw Old Deng making his two daughters laugh, he realized that the old man seemed to really like children and especially enjoyed playing with them.

"how about you?"

"Me? I'm basically just a waitress who serves food and water. When there are special events, I change into different costumes. Sometimes I play a lying elf, sometimes the evil queen of Snow White, and sometimes Cinderella's stepmother." Alora and Xue Luding talked about their current lives.

Xue Dinglu almost burst out laughing. He hadn't expected that this so-called female pope would actually be playing the villain most of the time in the guesthouse.

However, the old ghost and she had actually integrated into this world. Although Xue Daolu was very puzzled about how the two of them got through it and why they hadn't been elbowed hard by their mother, he still didn't ask the question.

As long as Lao Deng doesn't pressure him to get married or try to play matchmaker, Xue Dinglu thinks there shouldn't be any major problems.

Every time he sees this guy, he gets pressured to get married, which forces Xue to always wear a pained mask.

"By the way, have you been experiencing some health problems lately?" The Pope's words startled Xue Dinglu.

If there were any problems, that would be certain; he had lost his emotions and feelings. But things seem to be a little better now. The [Sand of Flowing Light] seems to allow him to feel the emotions he had lost, as if the hope and beauty stored within it were suppressing the negative effects of power.

"For now, it should be alright," Xue Dinglu replied. "There were some problems before."

Would you mind if I checked you out?

“Um…” Xue Dinglu originally wanted to say that he minded, but he suddenly realized that this person was not an ordinary woman, but a former pope.

He may be stronger than her now, but his understanding of the Holy Light is far inferior to hers.

“Let’s take a look,” Xue Dinglu said.

The holy light of Alora instantly entered Xue Lude's body, and Xue Lude felt a sensation like soaking in a hot spring.

Furthermore, her holy light even drew out another holy light within Xue Dinglu's body.

Xue Dinglu then remembered that he seemed to have been baptized many times by the clergy of their church in order to resist his own undead transformation. Although it was not very useful in the end, he still became an undead.

And that holy light is still within his body, as if it has become one with him.

Then, the Pope frowned.

"What's wrong?" Xue Luding didn't expect the pope to find the problem; he just thought, "It's free anyway, so I might as well give it a try."

“A void has appeared in your soul. It is not a physical void, but it is like a meaningless hole. As long as the holy light gets close, it will be completely swallowed by the hole, while the hole remains almost unchanged.”

“It’s like… nothingness…” The Pope’s expression suddenly turned serious. She stared at Xue Luding and said earnestly, “If this hole expands to your entire body, I even think you will completely become a monster called ‘nothingness,’ a monster that can render all existence meaningless.”

Xue Lude frowned. He even suspected that Alora was deliberately exaggerating the problem. Could she really know this information just by using the Holy Light?

“However, it seems there’s a path that bypasses this void, building a completely new bridge for you. I wouldn’t have noticed it if I hadn’t deliberately brought the holy light close to it,” she said. “Looks like someone helped you out?”

"Ah."

"Actually, in my opinion, that bridge that bypasses the void is enough, but we can be a little safer. Let me teach you the advanced use of Holy Light. You definitely don't know this, even your grandfather couldn't learn this advanced use of Holy Light." She smiled, and then the light entered her body even further.

Xue's Law was shocked to find that the power of the self-destructors actually decreased after the massive influx of light, albeit only slightly. This gave Xue's Law an unexpected perspective.

The Great Sage once said that the essence of Holy Light is just a kind of energy, not much different from geothermal energy or other similar energies.

But now it seems that the Holy Light has many hidden properties that they haven't discovered yet.

then……

The light dimmed, and Alora rubbed her brow.

"What's wrong?" Xue asked in return.

"The holy light is exhausted, and your world cannot replenish it. From now on, I will be no different from an ordinary person here, except that I will have slightly better physical fitness." She sighed.

Xue Dinglu then realized that this was Earth, where magic was absolutely forbidden, and every bit of magic used was a bit less.

The only exception is the people of the Silver Kingdom, especially Old Watson, but that's only because their magic comes from the Evil Eye, and Xue Lude had previously absorbed the Evil Eye's ability to materialize illusions, so their magic source was ultimately connected to Xue Lude.

Even Xue's Law today cannot replicate the miracle of the Silver Kingdom.

As for another way to restore magic power, the only way is to eat the Divine Tree... This was demonstrated to Xue by his fellow dragons.

“However, the Holy Light can indeed react to it. Do you want to learn the Holy Light? I’ll teach you.” The High Priestess looked calmly at Xue Luding, her azure pupils fixed on him.

It was as if I were just offering a small helping hand to a friend.

"Is that alright? Those advanced holy light techniques must be top secrets of your Holy See, right?" Xue Dinglu said casually, his magical skills had indeed not improved for a long time.

In particular, Holy Light originally accounted for more than half of his magic usage.

However, after parting ways with the hero, his Holy Light didn't improve much. Perhaps he had hit a bottleneck, or perhaps he no longer regarded Holy Light as his main tool.

“No problem. To the Vatican, you belong to the 'angel' order, which is one level higher than the Pope.” She seemed to be teasing Xue Dinglu. “Then I’ll teach you Holy Light when I have time, so I can be considered your half-teacher.”

"Okay, prison warden," Xue Dinglu greeted him with a smile.

Just then, the door opened, and the girl's voice came from outside.

"I'm back from evening self-study, Aunt, Xiao Linglong and Xiao Shu." Fafnir walked into the house with a shoulder bag slung over her shoulder.

Then, in an instant, she saw a strange woman place one hand on Xue Luding's chest, and Xue Luding didn't even object, letting the shameless woman place her hand on his chest like that.

In an instant, Fafnir bristled, arching her back and rounding her head as if she had been stressed, even her pointed ears folded back like airplane ears.

"what!"

(End of this chapter)