Chapter 30: Changing of the Family, Returning to the Dust of the Past
The righteous brother was happy for a while, and said, "Good brother, it's getting late tonight, so you should go back quickly, and I have to send Uncle Five to the Zhang family as well. Tomorrow morning, after breakfast, you come to find me at Grandpa's house in Chen Village."
"Good."
After I answered, I hurriedly asked again, "Big brother, did grandpa pass away or not?"
Righteous Brother smiled and gave me an inscrutable look, saying, "Why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Can't I ask?"
"You can ......" Righteous brother turned around, stood with his arms folded, and faintly said, "You'll just pretend to have passed away."
I rolled my eyes, what do you mean by "just as" ah!
He still had the same attitude and statement, I couldn't tell if it was true or not, so I had no choice but to give up.
"Big brother, what about this person?" I asked, pointing at the Earth Master who was going crazy under the Treasure Guide.
Righteous Brother glanced at him and willed his hand, and the Regulus Eight Treasure Appraisal drifted down, and without any bias, it happened to land in Chen Yuanfang's palm.
"He has truly gone mad." Righteous Brother said, "The evil path torments the human heart and is so powerful. The mirror is just an illusion, whether one is crazy or not all depends on one's own heart."
"Haha! I am an earth master! Hee hee, I will suck out your soul! Hehehe, are you afraid?" Mr. Earth rambled on, madly.
Righteous Brother Yuan Fang walked over to Mr. Earth's two fainting disciples and kicked them twice, saying, "Wake up, wake up!"
After a few moments, those two slowly squirmed and crawled up, looking at us in a daze, and Righteous Brother said, "Don't look, if you look again, I'll kill you!"
With that, he grabbed Master Tu with his hands and lifted him up like a chicken, then turned around and grabbed Mr. Tu's body and threw it in front of the two disciples.
Those two disciples see Mr. Tu died, the earth master crazy, immediately scared soul, kowtow like garlic, a snot and a tear: "Living God, living God, spare us, spare us! Never dare to do evil again, go back to do good things for the rest of your life!"
I wanted to laugh at these words, they were almost exactly the same as the words of the Earth Master.
Righteous Brother Yuan Fang said, "Don't kowtow, forgive you, carry these two away."
Those two disciples were like amnesties, they hurriedly took one each, carried Mr. Tu and Master Tu and ran.
The righteous brother stared at the backs of the two and sighed, "Going back, it's still a death."
Jiang Ling, however, stood up and said, "A good ancestral tomb, after letting the demons in, it's all spoiled and a bit dirty."
Saying that, her right hand suddenly stretched out, and a green-colored talisman fluttered out and slowly landed on the ground.
In an instant, I could only feel a fluctuation in the air around me, and a refreshing feeling was felt by me as it were!
The green-colored paper talisman slowly disappeared into the earth, also as if it had turned into earth.
This shock of mine was extraordinary.
It's fine that my righteous brother is a divine phase and he's powerful, but this Jiang Ling, such a delicate girl, is actually capable of so much!
What a surprise!
Jiang Ling, however, as if she had done something insignificant, said, "That's much better."
"Return to the dust, you should go back first, your parents should be worried about you too." My righteous brother said, "Ling'er and I will first go and save Ninth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Uncles, then we will take Fifth Uncle to the Zhang Family."
I said, "Big brother, there's something I've been worrying about, my mother fell into the water, and after she was rescued, she stayed unconscious, and there were claw marks on her ankles, and then my mother woke up after that Mr. Earth sucked out some of her black qi with his earth spirit puppet. But Mr. Earth is a demon, I am afraid that something will happen to my mother again. Do you think that the black qi sucked out by that earth spirit puppet of his could be my mother's soul?"
"No." Righteous Brother said, "A human's soul will not be in the form of black qi. Don't worry, that Earth Spirit Puppet can only suck in the residual souls of the dead. When I look at the twelve houses of your face, there is no abnormality in your parents' house, so I conclude that your mother will be fine. Mr. Tu is trying to use you, but he is sincere in saving your mother. Your mother's body may be weaker, the rest won't be a big problem."
"Oh." Hearing this, my heart was much more at ease.
Jiang Ling said, "I have a life elixir here, after you go back and dissolve it in water, then give it to your aunt to take, and the evil energy will be completely dispelled."
Saying this, Jiang Ling handed me a wax-sealed elixir the size of a quail's egg, and I hurriedly reached out to take it, thanking him repeatedly.
Righteous Brother said, "Let's see you tomorrow."
"Good!"
I said goodbye to them with a handshake, and then ran towards the outside of the cemetery with great strides.
This day, along with the night, was like a dream of light and darkness, until I ran back home, I still hadn't fully regained my senses.
The gate to the courtyard of the house was unlocked, apparently left open for me.
The door of the house was not bolted either, but just covered.
Dad, mom are not yet asleep, their bedroom light is on, I also heard them talking.
Mom said: "Look at what time it is? Use to take so long to come back, will there be something wrong?"
"How could it be!" Dad said, "Just lie down in peace! He went to the Chen Village, how could anything happen in the Chen Village?"
As I was talking, I saw me push the door in, they were first shocked, and then said joyfully, "Use use use come back!"
Dad said: "See what I said all right!"
Mom said, "Why are you back so late? Did you see Mr. Chen? Is he gone or not?"
I smiled and said, "There was a bit of a delay. Mom, I brought back a pill from the Chen Village, after you take it, you'll be all better!"
"Really?" Mom was surprised, "No need for that earthling?"
"No need. Dad, you bring me a bowl of fresh water."
"Good, I still believe in the people of Chen Village." Dad said, "That little earthling feels a little creepy to me at first glance."
After dad brought the water over, I took out the life elixir that Jiang Ling had given me and crushed the wax seal, inside was a reddish red elixir pill, I threw it into the bowl and the elixir dissolved like water, it quickly melted in completely.
I handed the water to my mom, who drank the entire bowl without hesitation.
After only a few moments of work, mom's face overflowed with a layer of sweat, and then look at the neck, the back of the hand, also all sweat.
Mom said happily, "It's really much better! As soon as I sweated out, I felt refreshed! This medicine is so effective!"
I smiled and said, "Dad, mom, there's something I need to tell you."
"What is it, look at how serious you are."
I was silent for a moment, but I still told everything that happened during the day and night from beginning to end.
Dad and mom were dumbfounded from the start.
Until I finished, mom and dad were still unresponsive, as if they hadn't heard anything.
I shook my dad, and only then did he wake up and mumbled, "Your last name isn't Wu anymore?"
"Yes." I said, and two lines of hot tears rolled down my face.
"Good boy, it's hard for you." Mom also cried.
"Alas, this is really fate! The lives of our family of three, several times, were given by others, and it's time to be surnamed Chen." Dad sighed, his eyes red, and said, "Go to sleep, go to sleep, you still have to meet Chen Yuanfang tomorrow."
I nodded and went back to my bedroom without mentioning it.
But this night, how can one sleep?
Tomorrow, who knows what light it will be again?
The next day, dad and mom both knew that I was leaving, and would probably rarely come back and set foot in this house from now on.
Mom had been crying all night, and by dawn, her eyes were swollen like walnuts, but she was still in tears.
Dad kept sniffling and didn't cry much, but he looked bad enough.
I was also having a hard time, but still forced a smile, comforting dad and mom, and joked, "Mom, you have another baby, when I come back someday, how nice it would be to have an extra brother, or sister."
"Screw you." Mom broke into laughter, wiping her tears, and said, "I've gone through so much trouble to have one child, I'm not going to have a second!"
Dad rubbed his hands together and said, "Use use use, you're not coming back once you leave, are you?"
I said, "I will definitely come back to see you, you are my own father and mother, even if I change my surname and name, I can't change the blood relationship."
"Why do you have to use this method." Dad said, "It's all because I'm a bad father, I can't protect my son ......"
"Dad, don't say that." I said with difficulty, "It's me as a son who is bad, my own life is failing, and I'm also dragging you guys down."
"Okay, okay, since it can't be changed, then don't even feel bad, a son is too old for his mother." Mom got up and said, "Mom will go make you a home cooked meal, in the future, who knows when you will be able to come back for another meal."
"Good!"
