561: Chapter 99 Luck_2 561: Chapter 99 Luck_2 “So…”
He asked cautiously again: “My irresponsible father, does he have considerable influence in Chu Country?”
“Considerable influence.”
Xie Xuanyi nodded without hesitation, giving a positive reply.
“What does this mean?
The bitter comes before the sweet?”
Chu Guo found it somewhat ironic; after enduring ten years of hardship, was he now suddenly being told that he no longer needed to hide his identity?
Was he actually the Young Sect Master of a major cultivation sect?
Was it that after the outbreak of military chaos in Yuan Province, his real father sent someone to rescue him?
“The bitter comes before the sweet?”
Xie Xuanyi also felt it was ironic.
Not because of Chu Guo’s ancestry, but because of the phrase this young fellow used.
If he truly was the Young Sect Master of some cultivation sect, perhaps the term would be fitting.
Yet…
Now with the Holy Empress in power, the hardships that Chu Guo, this “rightful” Crown Prince, endured in these ten years wandering in Li Kingdom are nothing at all.
The real tribulations start once he returns to his homeland.
Thinking of this, even Xie Xuanyi felt somewhat unwilling to reveal the truth.
“I have also met ‘Immortal Masters’.”
Chu Guo lifted his head, eyes sparking: “Compared to those Immortal Masters in Pingzhi City, you seem much more impressive…
In the cultivation world, are you considered a prominent figure?”
“Barely.”
Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, “Just a friendly reminder, I’m only here in Li Kingdom looking for you because I owe someone a favor.”
Further conversation.
Chu Guo might start thinking that he, like the “Pelican” from a while ago, could sacrifice his life for his belief.
“It doesn’t matter anymore…
It looks like I wasn’t wrong.”
Chu Guo sighed deeply.
The identity of this Mr.
Xiao Xie wasn’t important anymore…
What’s important is, there’s a good chance that he truly is the Young Sect Master of some major cultivation sect.
“Mr.
Xiao Xie, for now, I don’t wish to leave Taoyuan.”
Chu Guo took a deep breath and said, “You need to heal anyway, right?
With you here, those Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry probably won’t be much trouble.”
Xie Xuanyi knew that after finding Chu Guo, the best option was to hurry and escape Yuan Province.
But now Yuan Province is tightly guarded.
With his cultivation not yet restored, trying to escape from here would be a pipe dream.
Not to mention taking Chu Guo along…
And he also had Mi Yun, Deng Baiyi by his side!
“I indeed need to heal.”
Xie Xuanyi calmly said: “Today’s honest exchange is to tell you, once I have recovered, we need to leave immediately…
There is no room for negotiation.”
These few days of “cultivation” had raised the Principle of Life to a new level, but it was always still a line short of being perfect.
This fine line of opportunity, Xie Xuanyi wished for, yet also knew that it could not be forced.
The moment his chronic illness recedes and he can move freely, he will start preparing to leave.
“Wait…
“Could the lockdown in Yuan Province be because…?”
Chu Guo paused.
He suddenly realized that the lockdown in Yuan Province, which seemed completely unrelated to him, might actually be quite the opposite.
“Good news, your identity is still unknown.”
Xie Xuanyi said, “Bad news, the lockdown in Yuan Province is because of ‘me’.
Chen Chong, Nalan Xuance are after me.
The injuries I sustained were also thanks to them.”
“That’s good…”
Chu Guo breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously, then quickly widened his eyes: “What?
You’re being pursued by Nalan Xuance, why did you come here?!”
What the hell!
So this guy got injured while fighting with Yuzi Camp, Camp Cang!
“Fate, indescribably wonderful.”
Xie Xuanyi said lightly: “From the moment you knew all this, the lockdown in Yuan Province relates to you.
Hence, if I leave, I must take you with me…
If you don’t follow, you’ll likely die.”
“Chu Guo was almost fuming with anger.”
Today, he pushed the wheelchair here, intending to have a good talk with this Mr.
Xie.”
The young man prided himself on having a good eye, intending to seek a way out for Old Zheng.”
Unexpectedly, after a conversation, he found himself unwittingly aboard a thief ship!
And he couldn’t get off it!
“Old Zheng is a commoner, unrelated to these disputes.”
“If nothing unexpected happens, I will send him away.”
Xie Xuanyi saw the young man’s worries, hesitated for a moment, and slowly said: “However, there is one thing I need to tell you…
Zheng Fengsheng’s divine soul is very weak, it appears his lifespan is not long.”
During their first meeting, Xie Xuanyi had used Divine Thought to carefully examine Zheng Fengsheng.
The old man looked haggard, and his sea of qi was weak, his lifespan surely wouldn’t be long.”
In such chaotic times in Yuan Province, living to old age with white hair is already considered longevity.”
“…Mm.”
Chu Guo responded with a dull voice: “I know.”
The young man no longer pushed the wheelchair forward.”
The two reached a high point on a small hillside, and Chu Guo simply squatted down, pulled a foxtail beside Xie Xuanyi, chewed it, and watched the wild grass swaying throughout the mountains.”
“Although I am not old.”
“But I’ve somewhat learned the skills of diagnosis through observation and pulse-taking.”
Squatting here, one could see far.”
One can see Deng Baiyi, pushing Zheng Fengsheng’s wheelchair, sitting under the shade of a tree to cool off.”
Chu Guo softly said, “Before Old Zheng took that knife strike for me, his lifeline was still intact, good people live a hundred years… I thought it was true.
After he blocked that knife for me, and I took his pulse again, his lifeline had shattered into pieces.
I don’t know how much longer he can live, I only know that I don’t have much time left to fulfill my promise.”
Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyelids, asking, “What promise?”
“I was raised by Old Zheng.”
Chu Guo said carelessly: “The man standing before the Sea of Flowers Throne, I do not know him, nor do I wish to.
If I can only have one father, it would definitely be Zheng Fengsheng.
He taught me how to eat, wear clothes, read, save people… if not for Old Zheng, there wouldn’t be me today.
In the coldest winter in Pingzhi City, Old Zheng had only one thick coat.
He spent a lot of time patching it up and eventually wrapped it around me.”
“Old Zheng…
is very good.”
Xie Xuanyi thought for a long time, only managing to squeeze out such a sentence.”
Because he could not quite understand what kind of feeling this was.”
Though he was also an orphan, after all, he was born into the Jiangning Xie Family, a family of high repute.”
His parents had passed away early.”
At the age of six, Xie Xuanyi was accepted into Da Sui Sword Palace, where he devoted himself to the cultivation of Sword Dao, not concerning himself with the outside world.”
The outer cold of the human world, he had never experienced even a bit of it.”
Once one reaches the Foundation Establishment Realm, even the coldest snow cannot harm the skin, merely needing to circulate a breath of primordial energy to melt the ice and snow, maintaining a spring-like environment within a foot radius around.”
Is this considered fortune?
Perhaps it is.”
But is Chu Guo then unfortunate?
Not necessarily.”
Both offspring left by Emperor Chu, Chu Guo’s experiences seemed much lighter than Chu Yin’s.”
Chu Yin, staying in the Imperial City, had to feign idiocy, treading cautiously like walking on thin ice.”
The rituals, dignity, and family teachings of the Imperial Family.
Each aspect needed to be learned, tested, and taken seriously.”
Even while pretending to be a fool, these aspects could not be evaded.”
However, Chu Guo, who grew up in Pingzhi City, could laugh loudly, curse freely; he could blurt out ‘old man’ and make lively jokes… before the complete cessation of the Illusion, he was still that commoner youth from Pingzhi City.”
“Of course, Old Zheng is very good.”
Chu Guo raised his eyebrows, revealing a proud expression: “He treats me better than anyone else in the world!”
This was an expression Xie Xuanyi had never seen before.”
At this moment, he was certain, all that Chu Guo had encountered…
was fortune, not misfortune.”
“So…
I must also treat him well!”
The young man took another deep breath, silently clenched his fist, endeavoring to speak in a calm tone: “Previously, while practicing medicine in Pingzhi City, he always talked about wanting to go out and see.
Later, when the chaos broke out, he took a knife strike for me, losing his legs…
I assured him, even without legs, sitting in a wheelchair doesn’t matter, I will definitely take him to see the most beautiful scenery in the world, to live in the best house.”
Despite his efforts to suppress it.”
The young man’s voice still trembled uncontrollably.”