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Azure Vine did not understand the worries in his heart as he happily returned to the house and called for Ling Xueer.
Watching the two children devour their food, Azure Vine felt a bit uneasy. The two children had accompanied him for five years, and he was reluctant to part with them. However, they were too young to be taken to the Cultivation Realm, which put him in a difficult position.
After a long while, Azure Vine slowly said, “Lingfeng, Brother has to go somewhere to take care of some matters. You need to take good care of your sister at home, and I will be back soon!” Soon, but how long that would be, he had no idea.
Lingfeng suddenly looked up, suspiciously gazing at Azure Vine, unable to swallow his food in time, mumbling, “Brother, where are you going? Can’t you take us with you?” At just ten years old, even if he understood things, he probably didn’t have the ability to take care of his eight-year-old sister Ling Xueer properly.
Azure Vine sighed helplessly, as if he had suddenly aged a lot. Every cultivator could only pass through the Four-Dimensional Space Gate to reach the Mortal Realm once every ten years. It had been a full decade since the last time he came here, and now he would have to wait at least another ten years before he could return to the Mortal Realm.
Lingfeng seemed to sense that something was unusual and pressed further, “Brother, what exactly are you going to do? Why do you look so unhappy?”
Azure Vine did not answer; instead, he turned away and secretly wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes. He walked over to the wall and gently pressed on a barely noticeable protrusion. Suddenly, the bricks beneath his feet shifted, revealing a hidden compartment with a diameter of half a meter and a black box inside.
Azure Vine took out the box, blew off the dust on top, and with a firm grip, popped open the lid.
Lingfeng was stunned; even Ling Xueer was taken aback. They had never known there was a hidden compartment here.
“Inside is my savings from many years; it’s enough for both of you to finish high school. After that, you will have to find ways on your own!” Azure Vine placed the box on the table, revealing a stack of hundred-dollar bills inside.
The chopsticks in Lingfeng's hand clattered onto the table as he suddenly stood up and hugged Azure Vine, tears welling up in his eyes as he cried out, “What do you mean? You don’t want us anymore, right? We will behave from now on! I won’t play pranks anymore; I will study hard. Please don’t leave us!” In Lingfeng's heart, Azure Vine and Ling Xueer were already his closest family and support; losing either of them would make him feel utterly devastated.
“I will be good too! Please don’t leave us!” Ling Xueer also hugged Azure Vine, crying loudly as she pleaded.
At that moment, Azure Vine felt his heart being torn apart. He tightly embraced Lingfeng and Ling Xueer, his lips trembling violently. However, for the peace of the three realms and to maintain the normal order of the Cultivation Realm, he could only sever this emotional bond that had accumulated over many years.
"Go eat, and then hurry to school," Azure Vine decided. After Lingfeng and Ling Xueer left for school, he quietly slipped away.
Lingfeng opened his tear-filled eyes and looked pitifully at Azure Vine. After a while, he said, "Brother, can you wait for us to come back from school?"
It was the end of July, with half a month left until August 15th. With Azure Vine's cultivation level, it would only take him three flights to return to Demon Suppression Mountain in the Cultivation Realm from here, so leaving a bit later wouldn't matter. He nodded in agreement.
The streets today were particularly lively, with various cars coming and going in a constant flow. Lingfeng carefully held Ling Xueer's hand as they crossed the sidewalk.
"Brother, will you be okay?" Ling Xueer asked, her eyes red as she looked up at Lingfeng.
Lingfeng wiped his tears and forced out an ugly smile, softly saying, "I will be fine, definitely!"
Ling Xueer finally smiled and grinned widely.
"Ah, I forgot to grab my backpack!" Ling Xueer suddenly realized that her hands were empty. Her earlier mood had been complicated, and even Lingfeng had forgotten his backpack.
Lingfeng looked at himself and burst into laughter at Ling Xueer.
There was no choice but to go back.
As they were crossing the sidewalk, Lingfeng suddenly spotted Azure Vine's figure across the street. Azure Vine wasn't holding their backpacks but was anxiously waving his hands as if trying to say something. However, his voice was mercilessly drowned out by the sounds of passing vehicles.
"Look, it's Brother!" Lingfeng happily exclaimed to Ling Xueer and unconsciously quickened his pace.
Just as they reached the middle of the sidewalk, Lingfeng suddenly felt a terrifying wind rush past him. Immediately afterward, a loud noise rang in his ears, followed by a painful sensation as he was thrown backward. Before losing consciousness, Lingfeng saw Azure Vine's terrified and desperate expression along with his pale face.
People were stunned as a black sedan sped by, seemingly striking two children without warning. Everything happened so suddenly, so unexpectedly.
Azure Vine looked expressionlessly at the two children lying in a pool of blood on the street. Ten years ago, he watched his beloved leave him, and now, ten years later, the same scene was unfolding before him.
They did not share the same blood, but five years of living together had fused them as one.
"There's still breathing! Hurry, the boy is still breathing!" Suddenly, a voice of hope rang out from the crowd.
Azure Vine snapped back to reality and rushed toward the crowd.
Lingfeng lay beside Ling Xueer, their small hands tightly clasped together.
"Lingfeng, Ling Xueer, wake up! Brother won't leave you, I won't leave!" Azure Vine sobbed helplessly, tears streaming down his face and blurring his vision.
"Sir, hurry and take the boy to the hospital! He’s still breathing!" a kind-hearted bystander urged.
Azure Vine quickly took out a white Porcelain Bottle from his pocket and poured out two black pills, placing them into Lingfeng's and Ling Xueer's mouths. The pill in Lingfeng's mouth slowly dissolved into a black liquid that flowed into his stomach.
However, Ling Xueer's pill rolled out instead.
This pill was called the Nine Turns Reversal Pill, capable of rapidly repairing a person's internal organs. However, only those who were alive could absorb it. The fact that the pill rolled out of Ling Xueer's mouth meant she had already passed away.
Azure Vine felt as if struck by lightning again. He had intended to read fortunes for the two children before leaving, but the signs could not reveal their future. There were two reasons for this: either the person being divined was about to leave this world or they would achieve something extraordinary in the future. Yet Azure Vine was ultimately too late; Lingfeng was fine, but he could no longer save Ling Xueer.
The night was no longer silent. The crickets resumed their usual restless chirping.
The cold body of Ling Xueer lay in the room, her face filled with fear.
Azure Vine stood beside Ling Xueer in a daze, his heart filled with confusion. He questioned the heavens. Why, why was it so unfair? Why did such a child have to endure such great pain? Why were those who acted recklessly left unscathed? Was this what they called the cycle of cause and effect?
Unbeknownst to him, tears had already fallen from Azure Vine's eyes. The crystalline tears hit the ground with a soft sound.
"Brother, where is Ling Xueer?" Lingfeng, who had taken a medicinal pill, was almost fully recovered. However, due to excessive blood loss, his face was very pale as he struggled to stand at his door and asked weakly.
Azure Vine hurriedly wiped his tears, thinking of how to comfort Lingfeng, and forced a painful smile. "Lingfeng, Ling Xueer... she has gone to the hall!"
"The hall?" Lingfeng was taken aback. Although he knew that death was terrifying, he also understood that the hall was beautiful. "Ling Xueer went to the hall?"
Azure Vine nodded and continued, "The hall is more beautiful than here, better than here. There is no lack of food or clothing, and she will become very beautiful. Isn't that what Ling Xueer wished for?"
"Cough cough..." Lingfeng coughed violently twice, revealing a pained expression due to the ache in his chest.
Azure Vine quickly got up and took out another medicinal pill, placing it in Lingfeng's mouth. "Your injuries are not fully healed yet; you mustn't get too agitated."
Lingfeng swallowed the pill, feeling a cool sensation spread through his body, making him feel refreshed. However, tears still flowed from the corners of his eyes. "Will she come back?"
"She will," Azure Vine hurriedly replied. "If she knows we are all thinking of her, she will definitely come back."
Lingfeng showed a grateful expression as he staggered over to Ling Xueer's cold body. Her complexion was no longer rosy but pale. Her hands were placed gracefully on her chest, appearing dignified and elegant.
Lingfeng couldn't help but smile. "She really has become beautiful; she has become noble!" He sobbed lightly. "But Ling Xueer wouldn't want to leave us, right? She must have been taken away by force; I want her back."
Lingfeng was surprisingly calm, which caught Azure Vine off guard. It seemed that after this disaster, Lingfeng had suddenly matured.
“Brother, is there any way to bring Ling Xueer back?” Lingfeng asked softly, staring at Ling Xueer's body.
Azure Vine hesitated, unsure whether he should tell Lingfeng the method.
Not hearing a response from Azure Vine, Lingfeng looked at him with pleading eyes.
Faced with such a child, Azure Vine finally couldn't hold back and said, “The way to bring Ling Xueer back is for you to cultivate yourself into an immortal and then use your own Spell to revive her.”
Lotus Boy Nezha, who was resurrected, is one example. Back then, Taiyi Zhenren created Nezha's physical body using lotus roots, and then used the Soul Gathering Technique to collect Nezha's soul and attach it to the lotus root, ultimately bringing Nezha back to life. Another method is borrowing a corpse to return the soul. This Spell, belonging to the Maoshan Technique, requires that the resurrected person cannot linger long in the Underworld. Therefore, Azure Vine did not intend to share this method with Lingfeng.
Without hesitation, Lingfeng nodded, “I will cultivate!”
“But,” Azure Vine still felt some unease and reminded him again, “Alright, remember that bringing Ling Xueer back is one of your goals in cultivating. Now, do you know what one of the purposes of cultivation is?” If cultivation were solely for oneself or just to save a loved one, then he would never achieve true success.
“To save Ling Xueer, to save Sentient Beings!” Lingfeng replied firmly and without hesitation. Hope sparkled in his eyes as he declared, “To save Sentient Beings!” This was because Lingfeng had experienced the pain of facing death; he genuinely wanted to save all Sentient Beings.
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