Borrowing a sword

Chapter 199 I hope my son will become a great man.

Niu Yuanshan stood outside the bamboo house, watched Chu Huaixu bow, and then turned and went into the bamboo house.

He stood there blankly for a long time before starting to walk towards his own courtyard.

After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.

The guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes had a look on his face that was both funny and exasperated.

"I didn't expect this kid to be so good at the art of conversation."

"In just a few short sentences, he called me 'deacon' so many times and referred to himself as 'disciple' so many times."

"They're all from the Taoist sects!"

The old ox looked up at the cloudless blue sky and sighed inwardly.

On the other side, Chu Huaixu casually picked up a spirit orange that the old ox had given him and began to peel it.

After eating one segment, his expression changed.

"It's so fucking sour!"

Indeed, the so-called spiritual fruit was merely something that could benefit one's cultivation.

But that doesn't mean it tastes better!
"I'll give it to Big Ice later," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

Do girls seem to be able to tolerate sour foods better than us guys?
At that moment, he stood up, tidied his appearance in front of the mirror, and prepared to go to the Liu family to offer his condolences.

After leaving his bamboo house, he knocked on Han Shuangjiang's door, intending to bring her along as well.

After all, they were all involved in Liu Tianfeng's death.

Since the purpose was to pay respects, Han Shuangjiang definitely wanted to go as well.

Upon arriving at the Liu family home, the two discovered that it was Liu Chengqi's cousin, Liu Chenggong, who was in charge.

Chu Huaixu and this deputy captain of the law enforcement team were quite familiar with each other.

After all, he used to come here every day as a tool, sparring with Chu Huaixu and letting him gain experience points.

However, at that time, Liu Chenggong hardly used any of his spiritual power.

But only a short time has passed, and even if he goes all out now, he might not be a match for Chu Huaixu.

He had been very obsequious to Chu Huaixu before, always trying to win him over. Now that Chu Huaixu had become the leader of Xuanhuang, he would naturally be even more attentive, to the point that he came to greet him from afar.

But his uncle had just passed away, and he was grieving, so there was no smile on his face at that moment.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with him, Chu Huaixu kept in mind the purpose of his trip.

So he asked, "Where is Liu Chengqi?"

Liu Chenggong looked at him, unsure how to answer for a moment, and then sighed deeply.

Logically speaking, the Liu family shouldn't have had him in charge here.

After thinking for a moment, the deputy captain of the enforcement team did not speak directly, but said, "Junior Brother Chu, my cousin Chengqi has experienced the pain of losing his father and is now somewhat escaping reality. If you have something to say, you can tell me."

“No, I’m entrusted with this task; I must see him,” Chu Huaixu said.

He wasn't stupid; he knew why the Second Elder had specifically reminded him to secretly give him the Xuan Tian Fetal Breathing Pill.

He felt it was best not to let even Liu Chenggong know about this.

At least not on the surface.

From now on, let him guess whatever he wants.

Upon hearing this, Liu Chenggong glanced at Chu Huaixu again, and finally said, "Alright, then come with me."

As the older cousin, he actually wanted to save face for the Liu family and for his good-for-nothing younger cousin.

He quickly led Chu Huaixu to Liu Chengqi's room.

As soon as the two entered the house, they smelled the strong stench of alcohol.

Chu Huaixu frowned as he looked at the wine jars scattered on the ground and the drunken figure slumped over the table.

"Is he going to be woken up like he was woken up by Zhao Qianfeng?" he thought to himself.

But this is, after all, the Liu family's residence, not far from Liu Tianfeng's mourning hall.

Fortunately, he quickly came up with a solution, using a portion of the power of the Heart Sword and carefully controlling the amount, causing Liu Chengqi's consciousness to sting, but without actually harming him.

The sudden tremor in his mind caused him to abruptly stand up from the table and let out a scream.

“Senior Brother Liu, I’d like to have a private talk with him,” Chu Huaixu said, glancing at Liu Chenggong beside him.

After hesitating for a moment, the deputy captain of the enforcement team said, "Okay."

He closed the door and went back to work in the mourning hall.

With his eyes glazed over from drunkenness, Liu Chengqi raised a finger, pointed at Chu Huaixu, and said with a furrowed brow, "What are you doing here!"

"What did you just do to me, hiccup—?"

Chu Huaixu looked down at him and said, "It's just a little divine sense technique to wake you up."

Looking at his junior brother, who had once sought to learn martial arts from him, Liu Chengqi suddenly gave a bitter smile.

"Yes, you are now incredibly powerful, and you are already the leader of the Xuanhuang sect."

"Actually, even now, I still can't figure it out."

"You—!" He pointed at Chu Huaixu and shouted, "You're just a mere pseudo-spiritual embryo!"

"Why? Why have I achieved this today?!"

"And me? I am a top-grade spiritual embryo, yet I can't even cultivate, and I can't even enter the first realm!"

Chu Huaixu looked at him coldly and said calmly, "So you think everything you have today is because of me?"

Liu Chengqi slammed the wine jar and cups off the table and shouted:
"Chu Huaixu, don't be so arrogant here!"

"I admit, I was jealous of you before. I felt that you had stolen the opportunity that should have been mine!"

"I had thought before, if I were the one who gained the opportunity and destiny at the bottom of the icy pool, would I be the one standing in your position?"

Chu Huaixu looked at him and said calmly, "Stop being so narcissistic."

Let alone Xiao Xu, even if it were Big Ice Block, or even the top geniuses from the other three major sects, they could beat you like a dog.

Liu Chengqi looked at him, his breathing becoming increasingly rapid. He tried to open his mouth several times, but in the end, he only managed to say:

"Yes, I was indeed deceiving myself."

"I watched every single one of your matches, and I admit... I admit I couldn't do what you did." "Do you know, even my father, even my father..."

His voice began to tremble with sobs, and his eyes started to redden.

Even my dad thinks you're better than me!

"I met him for the last time before I went down the mountain, and we ended up having a big fight."

"Even he thinks that even without the opportunity at the bottom of the cold pool, you would still achieve great things!" His eyes began to turn increasingly bloodshot, and his voice carried a hint of roaring.

Chu Huaixu felt little emotion upon hearing this.

Because he knew very well that this was indeed the case.

He is a transmigrator who also carries a system with him and has long since formed bonds with the protagonists of the two worlds.

There are probably more opportunities to sneak onto huge blocks of ice than you could ever get in your lifetime.

It was just by chance that I obtained a Mysterious Heavenly Breathing Pill from the bottom of the icy pool.

And what about Liu Chengqi in front of us?

"I'd never even heard of this character when I played 'Borrowing Swords'," he thought to himself.

This alone proves that this person did not achieve much.

It's very likely that even without him, Liu Chengqi still wouldn't have been able to break through the barriers in the Cold Pool Secret Realm and obtain the Mysterious Heavenly Breathing Pill.

To be precise, he was indeed trapped in the illusion all day.

When Chu Huaixu led Han Shuangjiang out, he deliberately didn't wake him up, letting him play in the illusion for a while longer.

You and I are indeed fundamentally different.

But he never expected that the last time Deacon Liu saw his beloved son, the two would have a slight argument.

At the center of the vortex was actually me.
This feeling is somewhat complicated.

At that moment, Liu Chengqi kicked the empty wine jar next to the stool, then pointed at himself, his expression somewhat distorted, and said:

"And me? Look at me, I'm just a fucking cripple now! A cripple!!"

Chu Huaixu glanced at him and sent him an [Information Detection] attack.

Sure enough, after so much time, Liu Chengqi's cultivation level had not improved at all, and he was still stuck at the Qi Refining stage.

Judging from the current situation, his spiritual embryo is probably severely damaged, and he may never even be able to reach the threshold of the first realm in his lifetime.

If one doesn't reach a certain level, then one is only slightly stronger than an ordinary person.

What's even harder to accept is that he was originally a rare, high-grade spiritual embryo, a blazing fire spiritual embryo.

Looking at the basic information written in the [Information Detection] section, Chu Huaixu gained a certain understanding of this spiritual embryo.

"If one cultivates fire-based techniques, the Blazing Fire Spirit Embryo can achieve twice the results with half the effort."

"It's just that I don't think it will be as exaggerated as the Pure Yang Body or the Profound Yin Body."

Chu Huaixu definitely couldn't like this person.

My first impression of them was very bad, and we even had some conflicts.

His current self-destructive state is irritating to him.

"Do you know how much I envy you?" He spoke the truth, recalling the man in his memory who would beat him and his mother with a stick at the slightest disagreement.

Liu Chengqi, of course, couldn't understand. He pointed to himself and gave a bitter laugh: "What are you jealous of? The dignified leader of Xuanhuang, what do you have to be jealous of! Me, a cripple!"

He started wallowing in self-pity again.

"Why, why is luck never on my side!"

"Another accident caused damage to the spiritual embryo, and another missed opportunity!"

Even God hates me!

"Luck is never on my side!"

Chu Huaixu looked at him, unsure if there was any hope left for this man.

Actually, he was somewhat worried about this trip, fearing that Liu Chengqi would act like a mad dog and blame Liu Deacon's death on him as well. Fortunately, he still had some rationality left.

Therefore, he simply took out the elixir box containing the Profound Heaven Fetal Breathing Pill from his storage token, placed it on the table, and said calmly:
"At least your father has always been on your side."

Having said all he wanted to say, he turned and left.

When he opened the door, he thought for a moment, looked at the wine jars scattered on the floor, and still reminded him: "I was entrusted by your father. He asked the sect for these. You must keep this a secret from the public."

After saying that, he strode out without looking back.

Liu Chengqi stared blankly at the elixir box in front of him, then opened it.

As far as the eye could see, there was a pill the size of a longan.

The aroma of medicine is wonderful!

He was instantly invigorated just by smelling the aroma of the medicine.

The spirit fetus that often made him feel unwell seemed to have eased somewhat.

That's how terrifying a top-grade elixir can be.

"Mysterious Heavenly Embryo Breathing Pill," he said, enunciating each word clearly.

The Mysterious Heavenly Embryo Breathing Pill he had been dreaming of!
That father promised me that even if it meant his death, he would find a way to get me the Mysterious Heavenly Breathing Pill!
Liu Chengqi suddenly didn't want it as much anymore.

He doesn't want it anymore.

"Why, why!"

He closed the elixir box, buried his face in the table, and began to sob.

In a daze, he seemed to hear that phrase he often heard again.

In the past, Liu Chengqi even found this phrase very annoying, and it would make him feel very irritated every time he heard it.

A gentle voice was speaking:

I hope my son will become a great man.

That night, Liu Chengqi, a disciple of the Daoist sect, recovered his Blazing Fire Spirit Embryo and returned to the path of cultivation.

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