Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Jiang Hui looked at Li Guanqi, then at the jade bottle in her hand.

Suddenly, she looked up at the door and said softly.

"This... this couldn't be a celestial pill, could it?"

Li Guanqi smiled slightly, he couldn't possibly give her a real celestial pill to eat...

Not because he was unwilling, but because the old woman's body couldn't handle it.

But in the old woman's eyes, the pills of cultivators were just like celestial pills.

Li Guanqi told her to put it away, his voice soft as he said.

"This doesn't count as a precious pill, but it can improve your health and help you live longer."

The old woman's face lit up with a smile upon hearing this, and while stuffing the pill back into Li Guanqi's hand, she reached out to stroke his cheek.

"I... I don't need something so precious."

"I heard that cultivators are very poor, and pills are very valuable."

"Keep this for yourself, you hear?"

The old woman suddenly sighed and looked out the door.

Outside the door, the sun was bright, but inside the house it was dark and damp, like two different worlds.

"In our Northern Liang City, almost everyone has left, it's full of decay."

"It's good that you didn't come back, it's the right thing."

The old woman looked at Li Guanqi's attire, hesitated, and then spoke.

"So many years... is this your first time back?"

Li Guanqi nodded, pursing his lips and his throat moving slightly.

"It's good to come back and take a look, after all these years, it's good to come back and see, see more... since you've become successful."

Li Guanqi didn't explain his concerns too much, but he felt guilty.

"Yes, this time I came back to see, to talk to my mother."

The old woman smiled, a very kind smile.

Li Guanqi could even feel that the pent-up frustration in her heart had been released a little.

It seemed that the old woman didn't know whether he was dead or alive back then, and it had been a knot in her heart for so many years.

"I'm very happy that you call me Sister Hui."

"Hey, it's been over twenty years since I heard someone call me that."

"Now they all call me Old Jiang Madam, haha."

Li Guanqi took the old woman's hand and said softly.

"Sister Hui, let's leave Northern Liang City."

The old woman waved her hand immediately upon hearing this, and said softly.

"I'm not leaving, what's the point of leaving at this age."

"Maybe I'll die one of these days."

Li Guanqi's heart trembled, he suddenly realized that the common old people in the market looked at life and death much more calmly.

On the contrary, cultivators who have cultivated the Dao have become unusually attached to life and death.

Perhaps this is desire.

When there is no hope or possibility, they accept it calmly.

But when cultivators have the power to resist, and the capital to go against the heavens, they struggle desperately to avoid death.

Some choose the path of evil cultivation to extend their lives, and some desperately cultivate in an attempt to defy the heavens.

Li Guanqi took a deep breath.

"Sister Hui, I work in a small sect, why don't you go there and make buns for them..."

The old woman rolled her eyes and said impatiently.

"I'm already so old, why are you still bothering me."

"I'm not going."

Li Guanqi said helplessly.

"Look... after you go, you can see energetic young people every day, and they will call you Sister Hui every day."

"And... I also have a way to become younger and change your appearance."

The old woman didn't care at first, but when she heard that Li Guanqi had the ability to change her appearance and become younger...

Li Guanqi smiled slightly as he watched the old woman's heart waver.

When he helped the old woman sort out her body just now, he discovered that Jiang Hui actually had the roots of cultivation.

Although it is a three-system mixed spiritual root, there is no problem in cultivating a Golden Core.

Besides, with him around, what if it is a Nascent Soul?

"Can you really become younger?"

As she spoke, the old woman looked down at her wrinkled skin and stiff hands and feet, obviously a little tempted.

Li Guanqi smiled softly.

"If Sister Hui believes me, close the shop tomorrow and leave the city."

"After leaving the city, find a deserted place and take the pill."

"Then someone will come to pick you up in person."

The old woman hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

After Li Guanqi finished explaining, he silently attached a teleportation talisman to the old woman.

Then he got up and said, "Then I'm leaving, see you again in the sect later."

Jiang Hui got up and nodded, sending Li Guanqi to the door, and raised her sleeve to wipe away her tears.

Li Guanqi left, and the old woman returned to the house and sat on the chair for a long time.

She took out the jade bottle from her arms and looked at it, hesitated, gritted her teeth and began to pack her things!

Li Guanqi smiled.

Not long after, Li Guanqi passed by another place.

Zhao Mansion.

The Zhao Mansion is now empty, and even the stone lions at the door have been moved away.

The dilapidated mansion is overgrown with weeds, and everything in the mansion has been moved away, even the bluestone bricks on the ground have been pried away.

Li Guanqi looked at the dilapidated Zhao Mansion, his emotions fluctuating extremely violently.

Suppressing the surging emotions in his heart, Li Guanqi glanced at the corner of the stone platform where the stone lion was placed.

In a trance, it seemed that dark clouds covered the sky and heavy snow was flying.

The young man, dressed in thin clothes, squatted there shivering to avoid the wind.

Memories flooded into his mind, Li Guanqi closed his eyes tightly, a little choked up.

Opening his eyes, he looked back, the sun was bright.

Li Guanqi waved his sleeves and turned around and said loudly.

"A light boat has passed... ten thousand mountains!!!"

"Hahahahahaha!!"

"The wind and snow in my heart have lasted for thirty years."

"Now I have no complaints."

"Now I am different from the past and have escaped."

"Even swallowing Coptis chinensis feels sweet..."

Li Guanqi's murmur seemed to be saying to himself now.

It also seemed to be saying to the shivering young man in the corner.

Li Guanqi followed the direction in his memory and headed towards his former home.

On the way, Li Guanqi saw a shop with its doors tightly closed.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Guanqi left.

Li Guanqi sent a message to the Great Xia Sword Sect, and soon a disciple of Tianlei Peak went to wait outside Northern Liang City.

Soon, Li Guanqi came to the northern suburbs of the city.

This place was already deserted, and the small courtyard that once was gradually became clear in the distance.

Li Guanqi stood there, hesitated for a long time, and then moved his steps towards the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard gate, looking at the fence that only reached his chest, he murmured to himself.

"So this fence is only so high..."

The gate had long been dilapidated and decayed and fell to the ground, Li Guanqi carefully helped it up.

Walking towards the house.

Standing at the door of the house, Li Guanqi's eyes flickered with tears, his head resting on the door...

As if at this moment, a gentle call came from the room.

Li Guanqi's voice trembled as he murmured.

"Mother... your son is back."

Creak...

Pushing open the door, the smell of moldy dust rushed towards him.

A big hole was broken in the roof, and the room was dark and damp, just like his life back then.

The thin quilt on the earthen bed was still on it, and the rusty kitchen knife was still on the ground.

There were also a few pieces of broken pottery on the ground...

Li Guanqi stood in the empty room, unable to restrain the surging thoughts in his heart, and burst into tears.

A Tribulation Transcending Realm powerhouse who can turn clouds and rain in the outside world.

Howled in this inconspicuous dilapidated hut.