Xie family mansion.
Xie Jingshan stood in the yard, practicing sword moves absentmindedly, his eyes looking towards the horizon from time to time.
Today is the day when the Yuanying Zhenjun of Tianyan Sect will take all the disciples back to Fengxian Realm via the teleportation array, but he decided to stay at home.
"Jingshan, come in and have some soup."
When Ding Lanzhi's voice came, Xie Jingshan felt warm in his heart.
There was no one else in the huge hall except Xie Jingshan and his father Xie Guihong sitting face to face, while his mother Ding Lanzhi stood beside them serving soup.
Xie Guihong stared at it eagerly and raised his hand to take the soup before it was served.
"Lanzhi has worked so hard. She still remembers to make soup for me even though she is so busy. I am really flattered."
"Get out of the way, this is for your son."
Ding Lanzhi slapped Xie Guihong's hand away and placed the sweet soup in front of Xie Jingshan.
"My mother's cooking skills are not good, so you have to make do with what you have."
"Thank you, mother."
This scene was exactly what Xie Jingshan had longed for since he was a child, the whole family simply sitting together and having a simple meal.
Xie Jingshan suddenly felt a sour taste in his nose and took a sip of the sweet soup.
He swallowed it in one gulp and luckily he didn't spit it out. His father kicked him under the table, and Xie Jingshan swallowed it with a normal expression.
Did he mistake salt for sugar? It tastes terrible!
"Lanzhi, your soup is very good. It is much better than the one cooked by the chef at Jinshui Tower. It tastes really good."
Ding Lanzhi glanced at Xie Guihong and said, "You'd better forget about your tongue. I put salt in it instead of sugar, and you still think it tastes good?"
Xie Guihong said seriously, "I think it tastes good even if you add coptis root."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingshan and Ding Lanzhi rolled their eyes at the same time, with the same expression, they were undoubtedly mother and son.
Ding Lanzhi sat down, looked at Xie Jingshan and said, "Do you know why mother made this bowl of soup for you?"
Xie Jingshan shook his head.
Ding Lanzhi said, "Mother just wants you to know that what you imagine may not be consistent with reality. You have always wanted your family to be reunited, and your mind is full of the warmth of a loving mother and a filial son. But mother is not afraid to tell you that within three days I will see that your nose is not a nose, your eyes are not eyes, and I will beat you up and down."
Xie Jingshan: … …
"So you should keep the good things in your heart and don't make yourself unhappy. Mother knows that I owe you a lot over the years, and you dream of reuniting with your family, but Jingshan, you must know that from the moment you were born, you are an independent person, no longer a piece of flesh on your mother's body."
"It's impossible for a person to do everything. You want to be a sword immortal and a filial son. If you can't do both at the same time, you have to give up one. Right now, we have everything we need and don't need your care and company. You should think about yourself first and ask yourself what you want most."
Xie Jingshan lowered his eyes, clenched his fingers into a fist, and memories of the Tianyan Sect flashed through his mind.
Ding Lanzhi reached out and rubbed Xie Jingshan's head. "Silly son, I know you can't bear to leave your mother, but let me tell you something. If you don't go back and practice well now, when you die, your mother and your father will still be able to live for hundreds of years. When we both have babies, a forest will grow on your grave, and we will still be full of energy."
"Mother! How can you curse your own son like that!"
Xie Jingshan almost wanted to cry, but... this is also the truth!
Xie Guihong nodded, "That's right. In addition to being a family, we are also independent individuals. Dad and Mom each have their own paths to pursue. We can't be together all the time, and we can't tie each other down for our own selfish desires."
“True love is to return the eagle to the sky, the fish to the ocean, the trees to the earth, others to others, oneself to oneself, and let the flowers become flowers and the trees become trees.”
Xie Jingshan frowned, "I understand the reason, but I am worried about you..."
Ding Lanzhi and Xie Guihong smiled at each other.
Ding Lanzhi said, "Child, if you have something to ask, why don't you just ask directly? Aren't you feeling suffocated if you keep everything in your heart? We are a family, and there is nothing I can't tell you. Do you want to know if it was me you saw on the day when the secret realm happened?"
Xie Jingshan glanced at Ding Lanzhi quietly, "I know it's you, and I also know that the Fang family's affairs are controlled by the Feiyan Pavilion Master, and I also know..."
Xie Jingshan spoke slowly, basically restoring the whole thing, and Xie Guihong gradually revealed a satisfied smile.
"Well, now it seems that you are indeed the son of your mother and me."
Xie Jingshan and Ding Lanzhi rolled their eyes at Xie Guihong again.
Ding Lanzhi asked, "So you are worried that a fight between the Baishui area and the Pingjiang area will implicate us, so you have to stay here?"
Xie Jingshan did not deny it. He was indeed worried about this. His grandfather had already started preparing for the transformation into a god, and his father and mother were still in the late Jindan stage and had not yet formed a baby.
"Don't worry, there's no chance of a fight!"
Ding Lanzhi looked at Xie Jingshan and said, "The Pavilion Master doesn't want to cause great suffering to the people. She just wants to reform the Fang family. And you don't have to worry about Lu Nanzhi. The Pavilion Master has made the best arrangements for her."
In a flash, Xie Jingshan thought of a possibility and his eyes suddenly widened.
Ding Lanzhi nodded in agreement, "So there's nothing to worry about. Mom won't go anywhere from now on. She'll stay in Kongfang City. You can come back anytime you want."
"Family is your support, not a burden. Your father and I are in our prime, and it's enough for the two of us to take care of this family. You can go out and make your own living without worry. Think about it carefully. Do you want to stay, or..."
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The ruins are located in the deep mountains outside Kongfang City.
Jiang Yuebai stood in the crowd, watching his master and other Yuanying Zhenjun embed a large number of high-quality spirit stones into various places in the ancient teleportation array, and then arranged the disciples of Tianyan Sect into groups of ten to be teleported one by one.
"Junior Brother Xie still hasn't come?" He Wangchen walked over and asked.
Jiang Yuebai shook his head, "He didn't come. He and his mother reunited after 20 years of separation. He probably couldn't bear to leave for a moment."
"Yuebai, it's your turn."
Li Jiuchuan shouted from a distance, Jiang Yuebai withdrew his gaze, and walked onto the teleportation array with He Wangchen, Yun Shang, Ge Yuchan and others.
They are the last batch of disciples in the foundation-building stage, and there are only nine of them.
"Wait a minute! Wait for me!"
Just as Zhao Fuyi was about to activate the teleportation array, a beam of light came rushing over from a distance, riding a flying sword at lightning speed, full of high spirits. It was Xie Jingshan.
"Thank you, Junior Brother!"
He Wangchen, Song Zhiang and others couldn't help but laugh. They felt that the atmosphere would not be lively without him.
Xie Jingshan came down from the flying sword and saw these friends who were the same age as him and had grown up with him. He felt much happier than when he stayed at home.
"I'm so sorry, everyone. I'm late."
Xie Jingshan swiftly ran to the teleportation array, deliberately pushed Jiang Yuebai away, and stood in the middle position.
Zhao Fuyi laughed and shook his head, then started activating the teleportation array.
A burst of light appeared under his feet, and Jiang Yuebai glanced at the silly grinning Xie Jingshan with displeasure.
"You can practice at home, why do you have to go back to Tianyan Sect?"
Xie Jingshan was suddenly stunned, "Yes~"
In a flash, Xie Jingshan suddenly realized.
The teleportation array shone brightly, instantly sucking everyone into the vortex and throwing them to the distant Fengxian Realm, leaving only Xie Jingshan's angry curses.
"Xie Guihong, you old bastard!!"
In the Xie family mansion, Xie Guihong cleaned his ears, then sat on the swing chair in the yard with Ding Lanzhi, watching the birds singing and the flowers blooming, feeling relaxed.
"Finally I tricked that stupid guy away, and my dad has gone overseas. Now there are only you and me left in this house, and no one will bother us anymore. How wonderful, haha, how wonderful~"
Ding Lanzhi pinched his waist and said, "Don't worry, Fang Clan has already promised Pavilion Master the position of Fang Clan Patriarch. It's time for us Shanhai Tower and Hongyan Tower to take action!"
"Let all this settle down soon so Jingshan can practice with peace of mind. Also, withdraw all the people your father has arranged around Jingshan. How can he become a useful person if he doesn't see blood and suffering?"
"As you command, my Lord!"
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At the same time, in Pingjiang area, Lu's ancestral hall.
The elderly patriarch of the Lu family looked at the rankings of the Lu ancestors and felt heartbroken. He could never have imagined that the Lu family would be destroyed by Lu Nanzhi.
He took a deep breath, opened the mechanism of the ancestral hall with his own hands, took out three old, yellowed, long jade sceptres from under the seats of Lu's ancestors, and turned to look at the three Lu disciples kneeling outside the ancestral hall.
"This is the Lu family's inherited jade sceptre. Today, I entrust it to you three. You three are the Lu family's last hope. From today on, you three must abandon the Lu family name, leave this place incognito, and practice hard. One day, you will revive the Lu family and kill Lu Nanzhi!!"
"yes!"
"Revitalize the Lu family and kill Lu Nanzhi!"
(End of this chapter)