Read Novel Full Chapter 1261: Life
Chapter 1261: Chapter 1261: Life
Yuanyuan smiled, "Isn’t it? But it also has a certain charm."
"As long as you like it."
"I’m okay. Let’s try living on the mountain.
Tan Shaoting, you used to live on the mountain, right?"
"Yes, but back then, I could meditate for months, not paying attention to anything else.
My Spirit Root is average, so I had to put in much more effort than others to make progress.
Apart from practicing the sword, I meditated.
My master was a very good and competent instructor, but he was rather unreasonable.
When the Sect encountered trouble, he was sent out. That was a very dangerous task, and I advised him for the three of us disciples to leave, but he refused."
Tan Shaoting sighed after speaking, "I died to save my junior sister, to be honest, it was truly against my will.
But she was someone I raised as if she were my own daughter. I don’t even know if she was as lucky as I was, to have another chance at life.
Cultivators have no Reincarnation, I believe the reason I could return to this world was to meet you."
Yuanyuan smiled, "You’re overthinking it."
Tan Shaoting shook his head with a smile, "No, I truly think so. Do you know why people in the Cultivation World are so desperate to advance at any cost?
Partly from ambition and vanity, but I think mainly it’s the fear of death. We believe that ordinary people have Reincarnation and a next life, but when a Cultivator dies, it’s really an end."
"Then why are so many people Cultivating?"
"The allure is too great. You haven’t truly experienced the feeling of deep meditation yet, it’s intoxicating."
Yuanyuan couldn’t understand it. But it seemed destined that her family would take this path.
She was actually just thinking of living a life that goes with the flow. Maybe her ’biological father’ couldn’t stand her living like that and arranged all those thrilling paths for her.
But it wasn’t wronged. At least she experienced it. In this lifetime, she felt her life was the most fulfilling.
Tan Shaoting looked at his wife’s helpless smile, "What’s wrong?"
"I’m contemplating my life. I really felt like a fortunate one, even though there were some hardships at the start, I never truly suffered.
In my past life, my grandma took care of me, and after she passed away, I never worried about food or clothing. Although my nature wasn’t too outrageous, I felt my life was very smooth.
After coming here, Yang Hongwen and Hu Haihua took care of me, and then I met you."
"I’m happy to be the one by your side. Really, I am so happy."
"Actually, I’m also quite grateful to accompany you."
"The luckiest thing was meeting you and having our child.
Yuanyuan, in the Cultivation World, having a child is really difficult. When I found out you were pregnant, I was over the moon."
"We’re not in the Cultivation World."
"Right, but we are Cultivating."
The couple chattered away in their little tent on the mountain.
The next day, the whole family didn’t leave and they really stayed up on the mountain for a few days.
The happiest was Qi Hong, he loved medicinal herbs, even if he didn’t pick them, discovering them was a joy.
He was meticulous, recording wherever he found them.
Qi Wen was rather carefree. She just roamed around, occasionally chasing after animals, but she wouldn’t harm them.
Even if she caught them, it wouldn’t matter, as neither she nor her brother would eat them. Qi Yan was off to one side practicing swordsmanship. Since learning they had to go back to the Cultivation World, he felt a sense of urgency.
This was Qi Yan’s personality, also because he was the eldest brother, he thought more deeply.
The family stayed on the mountain for five days before heading down.
They continued on. Along the way, whenever they encountered beautiful scenery, they would stop to appreciate it.
"Mom, do you think the south is better?"
Yuanyuan smiled, "Not necessarily, people from the south feel the same way when they go north and think the scenery in our area is better.
Some places have never seen snowflakes in their lifetime."
The family traveled happily, largely because they had space, so even in harsh environments, they wouldn’t suffer.
Zhao Qingjie and his family finally got off the train in the Capital, and Zhiping almost got lost.
The child was young, and the couple carrying their luggage inevitably couldn’t watch over him, while Zhao Tian, holding onto his jar, didn’t care about anything else.
Zhiping was attracted by the sugar-coated hawthorns and didn’t keep up with his parents.
When Qi Xuemei realized her son wasn’t by her side, she couldn’t care about anything else, shouting and yelling like crazy.
Zhao Qingjie was also terrified, that was his son, how could he not be worried?
The couple ran back and saw their son standing by the hawthorn stand not too far away.
Qi Xuemei ran over, hugged her son tight, spanked him a few times, and then burst into tears.
Zhao Qingjie was relieved to see his son wasn’t lost.
He went over and pulled at Qi Xuemei, "Let’s go."
Qi Xuemei held onto her son, refusing to let go, and looked over to see her father-in-law standing to the side. She glared fiercely at Zhao Tian, "From now on, don’t expect me to take care of you. Even if you die, I won’t care. You don’t do any work, and you can’t even watch over the child?
If Zhiping had really gotten lost, you would have been happy, wouldn’t you? Zhao Qingjie, I’m telling you, I don’t care what you do in the future, but don’t think my son and I will take care of him — he doesn’t deserve to be one of us."
Qi Xuemei exploded, feeling she hadn’t slept properly the entire journey here, afraid of losing their luggage and son. You, as the elder, should at least help watch over the child.
But since there was nothing, don’t blame us for what’s to come.
Zhao Qingjie didn’t say anything either, he was also resenting his dad.
Zhao Tian, scolded by his daughter-in-law, was very unhappy, but he too was terrified when his grandson got lost.
He realized after getting off the train he was scared too, mainly because he had never been in such a big crowd before and forgot about the child.
Zhao Tian wanted to hold Zhiping’s hand, but Qi Xuemei slapped his hand away and found a piece of rope, tying it around Zhiping’s waist and the other end around her wrist.
Zhiping had just been spanked and scared, seeing his mom scold Grandpa and not allowing him to go to Grandpa, so he didn’t dare to cry once he was tied.
"Zhiping, you must follow me closely. When there’s time later, Mom will buy you a sugar-coated hawthorn."
Hearing that, Zhiping was happy. "Okay, Mom, I’ll be good."
The couple picked up their luggage without minding Zhao Tian.
Zhao Tian also knew he was at fault. So, having been scolded and spanked earlier, he said nothing and followed behind, afraid he’d get lost too.
The more he thought, the more fearful he became about what would happen if Zhiping truly was lost?
Thus, he followed behind with the intention of keeping an eye on his grandson.
But Qi Xuemei now utterly despised her father-in-law. If it hadn’t been for his goading, their family would never have returned.