Cultivating a family of immortals

Late at night, Xu Changle still felt a tightness in his chest and a sense of unease.

He tossed and turned for a long time before finally falling into a deep sleep.

He had a dream.

In his dream, he stood in the spiritual field at the foot of Huaxue Mountain, planting spiritual seedlings with his father, Xu Wanghe.

Xu Wanghe's face was somewhat blurry in the dream, and he said:

"Le'er, the Xu family only has four members. It's a small family, but it's still a family. Don't underestimate yourselves. Now the Xu family is in my hands. In the future, it will be handed over to you. You must do better than your father. You must make the family glorious and protect your younger brother."

Xu Changle nodded emphatically, "Father, that's how it should be."

As the two were talking, a voice came from behind them.

"It is Guan Yi."

Turning around, Xu Changle saw the little Guanyi hopping over and accidentally stepping on the seedlings between the paddy fields. Xu Changle couldn't bear to scold him and quickly went over to pick him up.

Why are you being so naughty today?

Xu Guan smiled as he looked at Xu Changle, his face crystal clear in Xu Changle's eyes.

"Brother, I miss home."

"Huh? Isn't this our home?"

Xu Guanyi chuckled sheepishly and said, "Oh, that's true."

Xu Changle reached out and lightly scratched Xu Guanyi's nose, chuckling:

"Did you remember the instructions I taught you yesterday for planting spirit seedlings?"

Xu Guanyi nodded seriously and said, "Brother, remember that, lay them out in all directions!"

"How do you remember?" Xu Changle tapped his head. "It's eight horizontally and seven vertically, and seven vertically can be used to make eight horizontally!"

Xu Guanyi stuck out his tongue.

Just as Xu Changle was about to speak, a thin mist began to drift over. He was carrying Xu Guanyi and was about to head home when he felt a lightness in his arms. Looking back, he saw Xu Guanyi running away into the distance.

"Kan-ichi, where are you going?"

Xu Guan turned around and waved to Xu Changle, saying, "Brother, go back now. Remember to take care of our parents for me, and make the Xu family proud!"

"You child, you're talking nonsense..."

Xu Changle stopped mid-sentence, "Guan Yi...isn't he all grown up already?"

With a whoosh, Xu Changle suddenly woke up, panting heavily.

It was all a dream.

Zhou Xingyao was also startled. She gently patted his back and asked with concern:

"Are you feeling better?"

Xu Changle laughed heartily, "I dreamt of observing for an hour, and my mind became more focused, which is much better."

As she spoke, Xu Changle reached into her robes, preparing to take out Xu Guanyi's "Life and Death Jade Token" to remember him by looking at the object.

"That kid... I wonder how he's doing in the Immortal Sect, and with that Lin Wanxing..."

Xu Changle stopped halfway through his sentence.

Zhou Xingyao chuckled softly from the side, "Guanyi is mischievous, but also intelligent. He should be fine in a few days... Hmm? Brother Le, what's wrong?"

Xu Changle's pupils trembled, her fingertips felt cold and numb, and her eyelashes trembled, but she didn't blink for a long time.

His chest heaved violently, and his breath trembled as he gasped for air.

Just now, when he put his fingers into the clothes inside his pocket and touched the [Life and Death Jade Token], he found only a piece of broken pieces.

His breathing grew heavier, and he reached out to stop Zhou Xingyao from speaking, slowly taking out the pile of debris.

Looking in the moonlight, Xu Changle was somewhat incoherent.

"It's broken... How could it be broken..."

Zhou Xingyao, knowing the purpose of this item, frowned and quickly said, "Perhaps it was accidentally broken during the fight with Cui Hehuan today."

Upon hearing this, Xu Changle unknowingly shed two lines of tears.

"Ah, it should be, it should be..."

"Brother Le, what's wrong...?"

Xu Changle reached out and touched her cheek, chuckled twice, then burst into tears. She suddenly stood up and stumbled towards Xu Wanghe's room.

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Xu Wanghe had drunk a few cups of wine today, but he felt a tightness in his chest. Looking at the noisy scene outside, he shook his head, bid farewell to the Zhou family head and Fang Shouzhuo, and went back to his room to sleep early.

He also had a dream.

In my dream, there was a sea of ​​fire.

The flames were extremely hot, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

But then Guan Yi's painful cries rang out.

Xu Wanghe looked into the sea of ​​fire and saw that Guan Yi was trapped in the flames. He hurriedly took off his clothes and tried to beat out the flames.

But then he was startled and suddenly woke up.

My heart was pounding even harder.

"Observe One..."

"Father...Father..." Xu Changle's trembling voice came from outside the room, and Xu Wanghe suddenly got up and got out of bed.

Xu Changle rushed in, her eyes red and tears streaming down her face, her hands cradling the pile of broken pieces.

Xu Wanghe stared blankly, then reached out and touched it; the character on the fragment was broken in two.

"this……"

"Father, I don't know why this thing broke..."

Xu Wanghe stared blankly out the window; this direction led to the location of Huaxue Mountain.

"It's alright, Guan Yi will be fine, he'll be alright..."

Xu Wanghe came to his senses and murmured.

Xu Changle nodded heavily, "Yes, it's alright. I'll go find Master Fang now and we'll go to the Immortal Sect together to find Guan Yi."

Xu Wanghe's eyes reddened, his mind was in turmoil, but suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him.

"No, we can't go looking for him... If, if Guan Yi really has an accident, the Immortal Sect will send someone to tell us!"

Xu Changle suddenly came to his senses, "Father, you mean...?"

"That's right. If no one comes to inform us... we'll have to probe, but we can't be too obvious."

Xu Changle finally calmed down a bit and nodded emphatically.

Back in his room, Xu Changle didn't sleep a wink all night.

He discussed it with Xu Wanghe and decided that this matter should not be told to Li Rongping, and that the Xu family should continue to live as usual.

The birthday banquet continued, but no one was to be aware of it.

"Guan Yi..." Xu Changle stood by the window and gazed at it all night.

Early the next morning, a spirit boat sailed into the sky.

Xu Wanghe and Xu Changle had also prepared early and sat at the head of the courtyard to welcome the visitors. Upon seeing the spirit boat arrive, they naturally got up and went out to greet it.

The spirit boat landed at the gate of the Xu residence, and the person who came down was none other than Lin Wan.

She cupped her hands in greeting to Xu Wanghe, "Congratulations on your birthday, Patriarch Xu. This is a gift sent by the Immortal Sect."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and unloaded some spirit rice and spirit seedlings.

Xu Wanghe cupped his hands in thanks and was just about to tentatively ask where Guan Yi had gone.

Lin Wan then took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Xu Wanghe, saying:

"After Junior Brother Guan returned to the sect, he told the sect leader about his relationship with Junior Sister Lin Wanxing. The sect leader told him to wait until he had completed his Foundation Establishment before continuing. However, in order to marry Junior Sister Lin Wanxing, he insisted on going into seclusion. This is a letter to you."

Xu Wanghe remained calm, casually took the letter, handed it to Xu Changle, and then smiled:

"Guan Yi... Guan Yi's diligence is a good thing. Let him stay in seclusion in the Immortal Sect. Please invite Immortal Master Lin Wan to the banquet."

Lin Wan shook her head and said, "I have other important matters to attend to, so I won't stay any longer."

After Lin Wan boarded the spirit boat and left.

Xu Changle opened the letter, glanced at it, and felt dizzy. He felt a tightness in his chest, his blood and qi were not flowing smoothly, and his heart was ashen. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Blood dripped onto the frozen ground, congealing into clusters of blood flowers.