Yingbao hesitated, not knowing whether she should go over and meet him.
"Baoer? Is that you?" Chunniang finally asked.
Yingbao's tears suddenly welled up, and she rushed over to hug Chunniang: "Mom."
"Bao'er? Is it really Bao'er?" Chunniang choked up and touched Yingbao's face and looked at it carefully.
It is indeed her baby. Although she is dark and thin, her facial features are undoubtedly those of Yingbao.
Chunniang quickly took Yingbao back to the house and closed the doors and windows.
The moment Jiang Sanlang saw his little girl, tears streamed down his face: "Bao'er, have you been okay these years?"
Yingbao nodded: "I escaped."
"I know. Some time ago, the Chen family came to ask about you. I knew something was wrong." Jiang Sanlang sobbed and touched his daughter's crew cut. "What did they do to you? Tell Dad."
The girl looked like she had obviously suffered a lot. She was a good girl, but now she looks so haggard.
The two younger brothers also came over and looked at their sister curiously.
Their impression of their sister is already vague and they can't remember it clearly.
Yingbao described her general situation at the Chen family, and finally said: "Dad, Mom, why don't you come with me."
Chunniang was already frightened by her daughter's experience. She hugged her and cried bitterly. She checked her body and found that the scales on her back were gone, leaving only a large scar.
"Damn Chen family for harming my son like this." Chunniang burst into tears while touching the scar.
The skin on the back was cut off by a weapon-refining monk from the Chen family with a blade because he wanted to use the scales to refine weapons.
Jiang Sanlang was silent for a long time, then said, "Bao'er, we'll go with you. But we have to tell your grandparents first."
He knew that if he didn't leave, he would definitely drag his daughter down, because the monks of the Chen family would never let it go.
Yingbao nodded and stood up: "Then I will go back to the forest and find a place for you to stay. I will come to pick you up in a month."
Chunniang grabbed her daughter and whispered, "Don't leave yet. I'll make you a delicious meal and bring it with you."
So Yingbao sat down again.
Chunniang and her husband took out all the meat in the house, boiled it or steamed it, and made a lot of rice balls and pancakes with rice and flour.
He even boiled all the eggs, more than thirty in total.
While the couple was busy at the stove, Yingbao told her two younger brothers about the insects and wild beasts in the forest, and took out two long daggers and gave them to them for self-defense.
It was not until late at night that Yingbao had a meal with her family and then she went out with a lot of dry food.
The little flying squirrel wanted to follow, but Yingbao threw it back into the house and asked it to continue looking after the house.
Then Yingbao quickly walked into the forest, released the little flower in her arms, rode it into the depths of the forest.
She searched in the forest for a long time and finally found the cave where the vampire bats were.
As they walked into the cave, the vampire bats were frightened and fled away.
Yingbao stopped at the entrance of the narrow passage, took out a magic sword, and controlled it to carve the narrow passage into a round hole that a person could crawl into.
He put the little flower in his arms, slowly crawled into the round hole, and after coming out from the other end, he looked around.
This should be a naturally generated small secret realm, about the size of ten Jiangjia Villages. There are no large creatures in it, but there are animals such as snakes, insects, rats and rabbits.
There are many spiritual herbs in the secret realm, as well as many kinds of wild spiritual fruits, all of which are mid-level varieties.
It should be nice for my parents to live here. All they need to do is to clear a piece of land and plant some magical wheat and rice, and they won't have to worry about food and drink.
Yingbao walked around, put a few giant pythons that might hurt people into the Divine Mansion and took them out of the secret realm, ran a long way and released them, and then threw them a few high-level spiritual medicines, saying: "I will set you free, but you must be obedient and not hurt humans named Jiang."
Several giant pythons looked around blankly, nodded at Yingbao, picked up the high-level elixir and swam away.
They were indeed trapped in that place for a long time, and had not made any progress for many years. This time they finally came out, and they were naturally happy.
After Yingbao cleared out the dangerous creatures in the small secret realm, he began to make arrangements.
She brought huge rocks and split the vampire bat cave into two parts, and opened another passage inside to lead to other places, making it easier for her parents to travel.
Of course, the exit must be hidden and concealed by a formation to ensure that it is foolproof.
It took more than twenty days to complete all these.
Yingbao went to the forest to find some giant bamboos and wood and put them into the secret realm to build a house for her parents.
Next, she went to the county town again and bought a lot of tools and farm implements, as well as two oxen, one male and one female, for breeding purposes.
We also bought some chickens, ducks and sheep and raised them freely in the secret territory.
That night, Yingbao returned to Jiangjia Village.
Check around to make sure there is nothing unusual before heading towards home.
Chunniang had been paying attention to whether her daughter had come in the morning. At this moment, she was secretly observing outside. She saw a short-haired figure coming, so she quickly opened the door and pulled her daughter into the house.
There were not only my parents and younger brother in the room, but also my grandparents and my uncles.
When they saw Yingbao, they couldn't help but tear up.
After everyone exchanged greetings, Old Man Jiang and Uncle Jiang both expressed their willingness to go with their granddaughter, but Jiang Erlang was a little hesitant.
He also wanted to follow his eldest brother and third brother's family, but his wife didn't want to.
"Your second aunt and I won't be going for the time being." Jiang Erlang took out some spiritual stones and gave them to Ying Bao: "Bao'er, take this with you. You have a destiny with the immortals, and the spiritual stones will be useful to you."
Yingbao shook her head: "No, you keep it." As long as her parents are settled, she can go to the forest to collect spiritual herbs to sell, and she will not be short of spiritual stones in the future. On the contrary, the second uncle's family, Hu Zi is still young, and Sister Erni is only in her teens. They will need money to survive and get married in the future.
After several attempts, Jiang Erlang saw that his niece was still unwilling to accept it, so he could only sigh and said, "Yingbao, a few days ago, a cultivator came to inquire about you, you have to be careful."
Yingbao nodded and started to help her parents pack up.
Although the Jiang family also had storage bags given by Yingbao, the capacity was not large and they were full after putting some food and bedding in them.
With Yingbao's help, the houses of Jiang Sanlang and Jiang Dalang were soon empty.
Afterwards, Yingbao asked Xiaohua to grow bigger, carried her brother and grandparents on her back, and slowly went into the forest.
Jiang Dalang and his wife followed closely with their three sons and eldest daughter, while Jiang Sanlang and his wife went forward with their daughter.
They left quietly and the villagers didn't notice anything unusual. Even the dogs in the village huddled in their kennels, trembling.
When Hu Zi saw that his brothers had left, he couldn't help crying and insisted on going too. Leng pulled him into the house and beat him up.
Jiang Erlang said coldly: "Why did you hit him? Wouldn't it be just what you want if we stayed?"
Leng's eyebrows were raised: "What do you mean by that?"
"It's meaningless." Jiang Erlang pulled his son over, wiped his tear-stained face, and said, "I will send you back to the county town in a while. You and your sister should live well in the county town, and you are not allowed to take in outsiders at will."
Leng put her hands on her hips and said, "Who is the outsider? Jiang Erlang, don't be so sarcastic."
Last time, it was because my mother's family lived in the Jiang family compound in the county town for a while, so the Jiang family immediately moved back to Jiangjia Village and locked all the doors.
Jiang Erlang said nothing and took his son back to the room.
Leng followed into the room, still chattering: "If there is an outsider in our family, it is that picked-up troublemaker. Now, the whole family followed her into the deep mountains and old forests to become savages..."
"Shut up!" Jiang Erlang was furious, pointing at Leng and saying, "Leng, don't think I dare not divorce you."
Leng immediately fell silent, turned around and ran out of the room, and went to her daughter's room to cry.
As for Yingbao, she walked with her parents for two whole days and finally arrived at that little secret place.
When they saw the scene in the secret realm, they were overjoyed.
Old Man Jiang said, "We live here, so we don't have to worry about the annual beast tide anymore. That's great."
He had always dreamed of a place where he could truly live and work in peace and contentment, without terrifying monks or dangerous monsters.
Unexpectedly, his granddaughter found one for him.
Jiang Dalang and Jiang Sanlang were very satisfied with this place and started building the house immediately.
Yingbao chiseled two caves on the nearby cliff, put some tools and daily necessities in them, and helped her father and uncle chop a lot of wood to facilitate their construction.
But she found a flaw: there was no pond here, and the family’s water supply became a problem.
Yingbao thought about it and found a suitable place to start digging the hole.
She now had great magical powers, and in a short while she dug out a hole two meters square.
Then she saw a steady stream of clear water coming out from the ground.
This water also contains a thin layer of spiritual energy, making it perfect for watering spiritual crops.
Chunniang was surprised, and she and her sister-in-law came over to check: "Oh, it's so easy to get water, Baoer, why don't you dig two more places."
Yingbao nodded and went to dig a few ponds about a mile away.
After digging the pond, Yingbao left the secret realm and went outside to look for fish, shrimps and other animals to bring back to the secret realm to raise.
Afterwards, I bought a lot of lotus and water chestnut seeds, as well as various spiritual fruit tree species.
This secret place has four seasons, and it rains and snows. When Yingbao looks up at the sky, she can see the sun rising and setting, just like outside. But when she goes outside and lets the little flying squirrel take her up to the sky, she can't see such a large area below.
Yingbao has studied in the Wang family for several years and roughly knows that in situations like this, it should be a space-time gap caused by the distortion of space-time.
Although there is no treasure here, it is a paradise for the Jiang family now.
I remembered that Mrs. Wang once said that the creation of space-time gaps might be related to the fighting between gods in ancient times. While they were destroying the world, the huge energy caused space-time to distort, creating dangerous gaps and space-time vortexes.
Therefore, there should be more than one space-time gap within a thousand miles around.
Yingbao sat on the little flying mouse's back and looked around. She asked softly, "Little flying mouse, let's look around to see if there are any other secret places."
As her cultivation became stronger, the cultivation level of the little flying squirrel that she had contracted with also rose. Now it has become a high-level spiritual beast. When its wings are spread, they are about ten feet long, so it can carry her and fly around.
Of course, the little flying squirrel is also smart. In order to avoid trouble, it is usually the same size as Xiaohua, only two adult palms.
"Squeak!" The little flying squirrel naturally did not object. He sniffed hard with his little nose and flew in one direction.
After flying for an unknown number of miles, the little flying squirrel landed.
It found that this place was full of spiritual energy and there should be good things there.
After landing on the ground, it immediately shrank back to the size of a palm and squatted on the shoulder of its little master to rest. Now it was Xiaohua's turn to appear.
Yingbao took the small flower out of her arms and threw it on the ground. Then it grew in the wind and turned into a giant.
Yingbao sat leisurely on Xiaohua's back and walked towards a place with the richest spiritual energy.
But when I got closer, I found that there was a very deep abyss here.
This abyss is more than ten miles long from south to north and more than ten feet wide. It is bottomless and very terrifying.
Moreover, no plants grow near the abyss. Even though the spiritual energy is so rich, it seems like a dead place. This is a bit strange.
"Go down and take a look."
Yingbao jumped off Xiaohua's back, ready to let the flying squirrel carry her down.
The little flying squirrel was extremely frightened and backed away repeatedly.
Yingbao thought about it and decided to leave Xiaohua and Xiaofeishu outside and climb down by herself.
But halfway down, she found that there seemed to be sword energy here, which cut her skin and caused blood to flow.
Yingbao's eyes lit up, and she slapped a talisman on her body and continued to move forward.
Soon the amulet broke, and countless sword energies instantly ripped her clothes into pieces.
Yingbao narrowed her eyes and continued to move forward regardless of the damage done to her body.
An unknown amount of time had passed, but after all the amulets had been used up and her blood was almost drained from her body, she finally saw a pitch-black object.
From a distance, this long thing looks like a sickle chiseled into the cliff, but it is countless times larger than a sickle.
She stepped on the handle of the sickle that looked like a roof, bent down to touch it, and used her spiritual power to shatter the upper layer of rock.
The rock crashed down into the abyss, and soon a pitch-black handle was revealed.
Yingbao sat on the handle, panting, and stuffed a spiritual medicine into her mouth.
There were still countless sword energies all around her cutting her, but she could no longer move.
The blood flowed onto the black handle little by little and was absorbed by this thing little by little.
When Yingbao saw this scene, she was shocked but also felt expectant.
When she was studying at the Wang family, she heard from the instructors that when a magic weapon recognized its master, it would absorb a large amount of blood until it completely surrendered.
Many people couldn't hold on and were sucked dry to death, and only those who survived were accepted by the divine weapons.
At that time, she thought, what kind of thing could be so disgusting that it could suck human blood? If it were her, she would not want such a magical weapon.
She didn't expect that she would really encounter such a thing. Although it was involuntary, she hoped in her heart that she could get it.
Yingbao's consciousness gradually became blurred, and she passed out after her eyes went dark.
At this time, she had a dream, in which she saw many bizarre scenes.
He also dreamed that he killed the Immortal Master of Wuji Sect and rescued his mother.
When she opened her eyes, Yingbao found herself lying on the grass. Xiaohua kept nudging her with her nose and playing with her with her half-grown furry paws.
The little flying squirrel was sobbing and crying, wetting her face.
Yingbao wiped her face and sat up.
The little flying squirrel squeaked, jumped into her arms, and swept her face with its big furry tail.
Xiaohua was stunned, then shrank smaller and crawled close to her hand to ask for touch.
Yingbao looked up at the sky and asked, "Why am I lying here?" Could it be that she had not fallen into the abyss? Was everything before just a dream
The little flying squirrel chirped and cried for a while, but unfortunately Yingbao didn't understand.
With a swish, a black sickle-like object appeared in front of her and almost hit Yingbao's nose.
Yingbao's eyes widened, she grabbed the sickle and looked it up and down. "What is this?"
The sword had a long black handle, and the head looked more like a crescent-shaped sword than a sickle, flashing a cold light.
On its black handle, there was a row of gold-inlaid seal characters, but Yingbao didn't recognize any of them.
But then a picture appeared in her mind, all of which were scenes of this divine sickle killing enemies.
The scene was so shocking that it was hard to describe. It was a scene of the war among gods in ancient times.