Yellow Court Daoist

"But,"

"Becoming an immortal is not that easy. Little Sister Zhou was said to have been taken away by an immortal a few years back, but all these years have passed, and she hasn't returned. The day before yesterday, I saw Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou and their hair has turned much whiter, they must be missing their daughter a lot."

"That's why I don't want to seek immortality. The fate of immortality is elusive, not comparable to staying by my parents' sides."

Lu Yao was making her point with a wrinkled nose.

Meanwhile, Ao Le was watering the flowers. Hearing her daughter's words, he couldn't help but laugh, "Maybe your dad is a great immortal."

"Then I would be a fairy."

Lu Yao laughed playfully.

The family of three was chatting happily.

Creak.

The courtyard door was pushed open, and Lu Xiao walked in with a dejected look. Seeing Lu Qingfeng and Ao Le, he forced a smile, "Dad, Mom."

He called out.

And then he wanted to go inside the house.

"Xiao'er, come here."

Lu Qingfeng stopped Lu Xiao.

"Dad."

With forced energy, Lu Xiao walked up to Lu Qingfeng and looked up, without knowing why his dad called him.

"It's just because Zhang Kui left, you don't need to look so depressed."

Lu Yao glanced at Lu Xiao and interrupted.

Lu Xiao lowered his head without saying a word.

Seeing this, Lu Qingfeng smiled at Lu Yao, "It's not just about Zhang Kui, your older brother has taken a double blow."

"Ah?"

Lu Xiao was startled, looking up at his father.

Lu Yao was also intrigued, stopping her chores to look at Lu Xiao and then at her father, "Apart from Zhang Kui leaving, what else has upset him?"

Lu Qingfeng just pursed his lips.

And said to Lu Xiao, "You tell."

"I—"

"I'm fine."

Lu Xiao clearly didn't want to say.

"Oh come on!"

"Don't dilly dally, just tell us!"

The more Lu Xiao didn't talk, the more curious Lu Yao became, urging him repeatedly.

Lu Xiao pursed his lips, still not speaking.

Seeing this, Lu Qingfeng didn't push his silly son, and instead turned to Lu Yao, "Little Sister Zhou from West Street has succeeded in her cultivation, and she came back together with her fellow sect brother. Your big brother excitedly went up to greet her, but unfortunately, that girl was very cold and didn't want to deal with your brother, so—"

"How did dad know?"

Lu Xiao's face flushed red with both embarrassment and doubt.

"So it's Little Sister Zhou who is back!"

Lu Yao suddenly understood.

From childhood, Little Sister Zhou had always followed Lu Xiao, calling him 'Brother Xiao' affectionately. But after joining the Immortal Sect and now returning to Qing City, she is considered an immortal, naturally distant from common mortals like Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao, eager to greet her, but she wasn't willing to respond, so how could he be in a good mood?

"No backbone!"

"If she doesn't care about you, you shouldn't care about her either. Why the sulking!"

Lu Yao said angrily.

"I'm not."

Lu Xiao, with a face flushed from embarrassment, retorted.

"If it's not that, then why are you acting this way."

Lu Yao disbelieved.

Hearing this, a stubborn look appeared on Lu Xiao's face, "I just am not."

It wasn't because Little Sister Zhou ignored him that he was angry.

But because—

"Xiao'er feels that since Little Sister Zhou became an immortal, she has become distant and can never return to the closeness of their childhood. He also feels that becoming an immortal isn't so great, worried that after Zhang Kui is admitted to Yangshui Immortal Mountain, he will also become distant like Zhou Xiaomei."

Ao Le, holding a watering can, came over to Lu Xiao and said with a soft laugh.

"Becoming an immortal is indeed not that great!"

Lu Xiao took the watering can from his mother's hand, his thoughts laid bare by Ao Le, and he felt quite depressed, still somewhat sullen and aggrieved.

He was simple and honest.

This morning he had sent Zhang Kui far away, then when passing by West Street alone, he happened to see Zhou Xiaomei had returned from cultivating. Not seeing Zhou Xiaomei for a long time, he eagerly ran up, but Zhou Xiaomei only nodded and smiled at him, not even a single word was exchanged.

At that moment, he didn't think much of it.

He stepped forward wanting to talk to Zhou Xiaomei, and at the same time, ask about the pursuit of immortality for Zhang Kui, but before he could get closer, it felt like a wall blocked him, he crashed and fell to the ground, quite embarrassingly.

When he fell, he even saw Zhou Xiaomei look at him with a slightly frowned brow.

Lu Xiao, though straightforward, was not stupid.

He could still tell from her disgusted looking expression.

After getting up, he looked at Zhou Xiaomei, didn't say anything, and just returned.

"Cultivation has stripped her of her humanity, what's the point then."

Lu Xiao pursed his lips.

For many years, he had been thinking about pursuing immortality, dreaming of the Divine Skills one could perform, but now he didn't want any of it.

He saw that after Zhou Xiaomei returned, Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou were busy attending to her, smiling on the surface, Zhou Xiaomei seemed not their daughter, but rather like a princess from the imperial city.

He didn't want to end up like Zhou Xiaomei.

Nor did he want his parents, Lu Yao to treat him with the reverence reserved for a crown prince.

Listening, Lu Qingfeng and Ao Le looked at each other.

Ao Le pursed her lips, trying not to laugh.

Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but laugh.

"Dad, Mom."

Lu Xiao and Lu Yao looked at them, not understanding what they were laughing about.

Ao Le stretched out her hand and patted Lu Xiao on the head, still smiling, "Silly Xiao'er, how many immortals have you seen to say that cultivation strips away humanity?"

"I—"

Lu Xiao was stunned.

Then he heard his father say with a smile, "Two cultivators at the Soul Condensation Realm, since when could they be considered immortals?"

"Soul Condensation Realm?"

Lu Xiao was completely bewildered.

Lu Yao was astute, but even she did not understand the strange words her father spoke.

Lu Qingfeng shook his head and said to Ao Le, "I never expected that within Scripture Country, there would still be such heretical sects."

He had spent years in Qing City, never actively using any Divine Skills, living like a mortal. He had no understanding of the local power dynamics or cultivation sects in and around Qing City.

Unexpectedly,

within the territory of Scripture Country, there were indeed sects that practiced the nefarious technique of using the living to refine spells.

"Back then I did not pay attention to which sect Zhou Xiaomei had joined."

"But this girl's nature was somewhat opportunistic, and once she set foot on the path of cultivation, revealing her true nature was to be expected."

Ao Le spoke words that Lu Xiao and Lu Yao could not comprehend.

Seeing the confusion on Lu Xiao and Lu Yao's faces, Lu Qingfeng was not in a hurry to explain but instead said to Ao Le, "Xiao'er and Yao'er are almost twenty years old now. Ao Jun has been carefree these days; it's time for him to take on some responsibilities."

"Indeed."

Ao Le nodded with a smile.

In a blink of an eye.

Lu Xiao and Lu Yao, nearly twenty years old, it was time for them to formally begin cultivation.

"Father, mother, what are you talking about?" Lu Yao said with a bewildered face.

Lu Qingfeng smiled and did not rush to respond. Seeing Ao Le nod, he opened his palm and immediately, two streaks of black air burst out from Lu Xiao's body and fell into Lu Qingfeng's palm.

"Ah!"

Lu Xiao was startled, "What is this?!"

Lu Yao was also panicked, "Evil magic? Is someone trying to harm Lu Xiao?!"

Before they could recover from the shock.

They looked at their father, "Father—"

This black energy looked sinister and obviously seemed like nefarious magic. Lu Qingfeng could see through it easily and even extracted the black energy, leading Lu Yao, after her surprise, to look towards Lu Qingfeng, her eyes filled with awe and doubt.

"Foolish tactics meant to confuse the mind."

"Hardly worth mentioning."

Lu Qingfeng waved his hand, dispersing the two trails of black air and then said, "Yao'er, Xiao'er, it's time to tell you, actually, your father is an Immortal."

"Immortal?"

Lu Xiao and Lu Yao were momentarily stunned.

It was like a peasant child being told one day by their farmer father, "Child, actually, your father is the emperor."

Their first reaction was disbelief.

Lu Qingfeng did not hurry to explain to Lu Xiao and Lu Yao.

But the next moment—

He blew out two clouds, and Lu Xiao and Lu Yao looked down to see clouds gathering under their feet, lifting them off the ground and rising higher and higher.

"Father!"

"Father!"

When they rose above the courtyard, they finally recovered their senses and looked down, calling out anxiously. Lu Xiao hurriedly reached out to grab the floating clouds, and Lu Yao also seemed a bit panicked.

"Don't scare them."

Ao Le glared at Lu Qingfeng, but without a visible gesture, he leaped and landed between Lu Xiao and Lu Yao.

"Mother."

Lu Xiao lay on the cloud, looking quite comical, his eyes widened in disbelief as he saw Ao Le flying up from the ground, almost popping out of his head.

Lu Yao, more daring, excitedly said upon seeing this scene, "Father and mother are Immortals? Am I really a fairy?"

Looking down towards the ground.

They saw Lu Qingfeng also gently rising, his hair fluttering, appearing like an ethereal being from the legends, who would have thought this was the same good-hearted Lu from Black Sand Pharmacy in Qing City?!

"Immortal!"

"It's an Immortal!"

On the ground, passersby seeing the auspicious clouds in the sky, one by one looked up screaming in amazement, causing a commotion.

Some even recognized—

"It's Lu Shanren!"

"That's Lu Shanren from Black Sand Pharmacy and his family!"

"Surely Lu Shanren has performed many good deeds, and his whole family has ascended to immortality!"

The passersby and neighbors called out, all kneeling on the ground.

...

Qing City, West Street.

In the Zhou Family's Courtyard.

"The Enchanting Soul Technique was broken?!"

A determined young man dressed in black frowned, "I didn't expect that in such a small Qing City, there would be someone able to see through the Baoping Sect's Great Method."

Saying so.

He turned his head to an elegant young lady beside him, "Junior sister, take me to meet that childhood friend of yours."

The woman was startled, about to nod.

But she saw clouds form from beyond and quickly reach West Street.

"Riding the clouds!"

The determined young man was startled, feeling no trace of energy, realizing that the strength of the arriving person was immeasurable. He instantly understood and rushed out of the courtyard, standing respectfully.

The elegant young lady followed him out.

In the courtyard, there were also two slightly older, haggard-looking adults, a man and a woman, who seeing this, also hurriedly followed out.

Coming out of the courtyard.

The determined young man and the elegant young lady, looking up at the sky, bowed respectfully and said, "Baoping Sect's Wang Chao and Zhou Yujing greet the senior."

When the clouds descended.

The two looked up, each startled.

Zhou Yujing even cried out, "Lu Xiao?!"

Lu Xiao stood on the auspicious cloud, looking down at the respectful Zhou Xiaomei, his heart complicated and utterly confused. Seeing this, Lu Yao whispered into her mother's ear, "How does this Baoping Sect compare to father and mother in terms of strength?"

"There are few in this world who can surpass your father."

Ao Le, guessing his daughter's intent, did not downplay his own abilities.

Hearing this, Lu Yao laughed out loud, "I thought Zhou Xiaomei had joined some grand Immortal Sect, but it turns out it's no match for our family."

Lu Qingfeng and Ao Le beside, also couldn't help but laugh.

This girl, although a bit domineering towards her brother at home, was precious when facing outsiders. Initially thinking their family was just mortal, while Zhou Yujing herself came from an Immortal family with Immortals behind her, Lu Yao, although indignant for Lu Xiao, only dared to speak a few words and did not dare to confront Zhou Yujing for Lu Xiao's sake.

For fear of causing trouble for her parents.

Now with the sudden change.

Lu Yao immediately returned the favor without holding back.