Long Chen hurriedly unfolded his consciousness and spread it rapidly. Soon, Long Chen's sharp eyes gradually became gentle.
Because Long Chen saw them, there was a simple thatched house on a hillside about a hundred miles outside the city.
In front of the thatched house is a small yard, which is full of vegetables. Behind the thatched house, there is a small orchard, surrounded by a wooden fence. It looks peaceful and natural, far away from the hustle and bustle of the world.
In the orchard, a beautiful woman reached out to pick a ripe fruit, wiped it clean with a towel, and handed it to a little girl beside her.
The little girl was only eight/nine years old. She had pigtails on her head and a pair of innocent big eyes. She was so cute and lovely.
"Mom, you've only had grass for half a day. If you're tired, you eat first." The little girl was very well-behaved and sensible, and said to the woman.
"Xiao Yu is good, mother, you are not tired. These are the first batch of ripe fruits in this fruit forest. Come and try to see if they are delicious." The woman smiled, with a look of doting on her face.
"No, mother eats first. If mother doesn't eat, Xiaoyu won't eat either." The little girl was very stubborn.
The woman smiled and said, "You really have the same character as your brother, you are extremely stubborn."
The woman had no choice but to take a bite from the fruit and then handed the fruit to the little girl.
The little girl happily took the fruit and took a big bite. The juice flowed out. The little girl's face was full of joy, and she was obviously very satisfied with the taste of the fruit.
"Eat slowly. You are a little girl. You have to be more polite. How can you look so ugly when you eat? You look just like your brother." The woman said with some irritation.
He took out a handkerchief and wiped the juice from the corner of the little girl's mouth. The little girl seemed to be used to it and was still eating the fruit with a smile.
"Mom, you said that my brother has gone to study. If he succeeds in his studies, he will come back to see us. Why hasn't he come back yet?
The fruits are already ripe. If he doesn't come back, he won't be able to catch up... I'm sorry, mother, Xiaoyu knows I was wrong..." The little girl asked suddenly while eating, but when she saw her mother's eyes were a little red, she hurriedly apologized.
The woman slowly knelt down, looked at the little girl and said, "Your brother Long Chen is still studying hard. He is a well-behaved and sensible child just like you.
If he doesn't come back, it means that he is still working hard. When he becomes successful and famous, he will definitely come back to see us..."
The woman's voice was choked with sobs.
"Mother, the unfilial son Long Chen is back to see you." At this moment, a voice came from not far away, also full of choked sobs.
The woman's delicate body trembled and she slowly turned around. At some point, a handsome and tall man was standing behind her.
His figure has grown taller again, and his handsome cheeks have lost the youthfulness of the past, replaced by the fortitude and maturity after years of baptism.
The face is still the same, but after being baptized by wind and frost, the temperament has completely changed. The only thing that remains unchanged is the pair of affectionate eyes.
"Chen'er..."
That person was Long Chen's mother, Mrs. Long. At this moment, she suddenly saw Long Chen, as if in a dream, her voice was trembling.
"Mother...the child is unfilial..."
Long Chen was in tears at this time, and his heart was full of guilt. He was indeed an unfilial son. He had thousands of words in his heart, but he couldn't say a word.
"Chen'er, it's really you..."
Tears welled up in Mrs. Long's eyes, and she hugged Long Chen with both hands, as if she was afraid that Long Chen would fly away.
Long Chen was also bursting into tears. No matter how high his cultivation level or how prominent his reputation was, he would always be a child in front of his mother. In his mother's arms, the grievances in his heart would burst out like a flood that broke a dam.
In front of his confidante, he is an unparalleled hero and the most trustworthy partner.
In front of his enemies, he is fierce and vicious, and even his soul will tremble when hearing his name.
Only in front of his mother, he is neither a hero nor a vicious devil, he is just an extremely ordinary child.
Since he embarked on the road of spiritual practice, Long Chen has experienced countless hardships and setbacks, but he has never bowed his head. Faced with the slander and prejudice of the world, Long Chen has laughed off it.
But in front of his mother, Long Chen seemed to be back to his childhood self. Every time he was wronged, only his mother's embrace would make him feel warm and safe.
"Good boy, stop crying, just come back, just come back...Xiaoyu, why are you hiding? Aren't you clamoring to see your brother every day? Why don't you dare to admit that your brother is back?"
After crying for a while, Mrs. Long helped Long Chen wipe the tears from his face and stopped crying. However, she found Xiaoyu hiding behind her and only dared to look at Long Chen secretly.
When Long Chen looked at her, the little girl hurriedly hid her head behind Mrs. Long, as if she was afraid of Long Chen.
"This child..." Mrs. Long was angry and funny.
"Xiaoyu, don't you remember my brother? My brother brought you a gift!" Long Chen said seductively.
"I remember, but... you look so fierce now... so afraid of people, which is different from the brother in my impression." Xiaoyu poked her head out, took a peek at Long Chen, and then hurriedly retracted.
Long Chen smiled bitterly. After so many years, his appearance has not changed much, and his aura has completely restrained, but it may be because the killing aura is too strong.
Maybe Mrs. Long couldn't notice it, but the child was pure and kind by nature, and very repulsed the aura of killing. He found Long Chen scary. This was an instinctive reaction.
"call"
Long Chen suddenly stretched out his big hand, and there was a ball the size of a longan in his hand. The light on the ball was flowing, like flowers blooming in turn, beautiful and strange.
"This is a gift that my brother specially prepared for you. Do you like it?" Long Chen said with a smile.
It was indeed prepared "on purpose", but the preparation time was very short, only a few breaths.
After Long Chen saw Xiaoyu, he immediately asked the Yanlong Cauldron to cooperate with the Fire Dragon to refine a pill.
This is a ninth-level elixir, but in fact, it has no medicinal effect. This elixir is actually a kind of elixir used to test the switching skills between the power of flames and the power of soul in alchemy. It is generally used for assessment.
Used by disciples.
The better the alchemy cultivator controls the power of fire, the faster the soul can switch, and the patterns on the elixir will be ever-changing. This elixir is used to evaluate the qualifications and talent of an alchemy cultivator, and has no other purpose.
But Long Chen refined various elixir patterns on the elixir. As a result, the elixir was more gorgeous and dazzling. It was more attractive than jewelry. It felt like this bead seemed to have the rhythm of life. Let alone a child.
Adults will also be deeply attracted.
Xiaoyu has been growing up in the mountains. She has never seen such a fun treasure. In the end, she no longer thinks Long Chen is "hateful" and happily accepted Long Chen's gift.
Children are children. They were a little shy just now, but after a while, they were talking and laughing with Long Chen.
"Your father is fishing by the river, I'll call him." Long Chen came back. Mrs. Long was very happy and wanted her husband to be happy too.
"Father, you are really in such a good mood that you can calm down and fish." Long Chen laughed dumbly, but he felt a little sad in his heart.
I think back then, Long Tianxiao was the Zhenyuan Marquis of the Fengming Empire, guarding the border and being regarded as the God of War. How majestic he was. Now in his prime, he lives in seclusion in the barren mountains, which makes Long Chen feel endless guilt. This is all because of him.
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"His personality has gotten better and better since he came here. When he was in the Fengming Empire, he often quarreled.
It's fine now. Your father will let me do everything. Maybe the environment can really change a person. He can spend all day guarding the green mountains and green waters, not fighting against the world, and living a carefree life.
It is no longer like when we were in Fengming Empire, where we were worried all day long, and your father no longer had to rush around with endless tasks every day. Our life now is plain and warm.
Although we were a little uncomfortable at the beginning, now we feel very contented." A peaceful smile appeared on Mrs. Long's face, and it was obvious that she was very satisfied with her current life.
After experiencing ups and downs, a person's state of mind will change. Mrs. Long is like this. Her current life is exactly what she wants. Her husband and daughter are by her side. She works at sunrise and rests at sunset. Every day is ordinary.
, but every day is so peaceful and joyful.
Hearing what Mrs. Long said, Long Chen's guilt decreased slightly. Long Chen asked why he moved away from the village. Was it because he couldn't get along with others?
"Actually, the villagers are very nice. In the beginning, your father was very enthusiastic to help them. He would share the prey with them.
But later, as time passed, the taste changed. Although your father's identity as a practitioner was not exposed, the villagers thought your father was particularly powerful.
If you go out for just one day, you can catch prey that is equivalent to someone else's harvest for several months, and there is no danger to your life. It's very easy..." Mrs. Long sighed.
A trace of ridicule appeared on the corner of Long Chen's mouth: "Then, they became dependent on their father: You are so powerful, just run more often. Anyway, you hunt too much, and you can't finish it yourself. It's right to share some with us.
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Mrs. Long nodded, obviously Long Chen knew the outcome after hearing the beginning.
Long Chen shook his head and said: "This is a kind of moral kidnapping. People who feel powerful should work harder, and people who are wealthy should spread more wealth.
They don't know that with this kind of thinking and without a sense of crisis and urgency, they will become a group of parasites.
If one day, they lose their parasites, their fate will eventually lead to destruction. Others can help you for a while, but they cannot help you forever.
The father's approach is correct. If they rely too much on their father, they will eventually become inert.
But I believe that when my father left, he must have suffered a lot of abuse. Hey, if you help once, you are a good person. After helping ten thousand times, if you don't help once, you are a heinous evil person.
Taking other people's help for granted and not being grateful is a common problem in this world." Long Chen said calmly.
"Chen'er, you have really grown up and know so many things."
Mrs. Long watched Long Chen talk freely, and every sentence pointed directly at human nature, which made Mrs. Long couldn't help but sigh. She was still a willful child at the beginning, but now she has matured too much.
"Mom, prepare some food, and I'll go find my dad. Let's have a good family reunion. I'm still dreaming about the food you cooked." Long Chen said with a smile.
"Okay, Mom will make some of your favorite stuffed pork with spring bamboo shoots." Mrs. Long agreed with a smile, turned around and walked into the thatched house.
The little girl was having a great time playing with Long Chen's elixir. She was so enchanted that she didn't even pay attention to Long Chen.
Long Chen had no choice but to walk towards the river by himself.