Chapter 54: Only power is eternal!
Jiang Country, Qing Province, Zhou Shan Prefecture.
A youth, a young man, and an old man appeared out of thin air in a desolate, dilapidated, weed-infested courtyard.
“Is this my home? How did my home become like this?!”
The young man frowned as he looked at the dilapidated courtyard before him.
It was evident that this courtyard had been uninhabited for a long time.
Qu Changge felt an ominous premonition rise in his heart as he looked at the situation before him.
He quickly circled the courtyard and then ran to the main gate, confirming that this was indeed his home.
“How could Father and Mother move without a good reason?”
“Even if they moved, they wouldn’t just abandon this house.”
Qu Changge muttered to himself, but a wrenching pain surged in his heart, and his body trembled uncontrollably. His dark red eyes glowed crimson, like fresh blood that had not yet dried.
He suppressed the agonizing throbbing in his heart, ran into the street, and asked passersby what had happened to the Qu family.
However, when pedestrians saw his dark, blood-red eyes, they all reacted like startled rabbits, their faces changing drastically as they fled in terror.
Finally, a trembling peddler stammered,
“The Qu family must have committed some terrible sin. A year ago, their entire family was murdered. I heard that the case still hasn’t been solved.”
As the words fell,
Boom!
Qu Changge felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his mind exploding.
He stumbled, half-knelt on the ground, and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
“No, no, no!!! Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!!!”
He muttered in disbelief, images of his kind and loving parents and his obedient and innocent younger sister flashing through his mind.
He refused to believe that his Father, Mother, younger sister, along with Uncle Xu and Auntie, were all dead.
But the truth was right before him, and he could find no reason to explain it.
“Ah!!!”
Qu Changge roared up at the sky, his eyes splitting, and two lines of bloody tears streamed down his face, filled with immeasurable grief.
His face was distorted with pain, and a crescent-shaped lotus on his brow, crimson and dripping, caused strands of bloody Qi to rampage within his body, manifesting a three-headed, six-armed bloody phantom behind him.
Even more startling was that his black hair, at this moment, turned white at a visible speed.
“As expected of a Demonic Spiritual Root. Merely being baptized by the Demonic Lord’s blood, without even beginning to Cultivate or completely Fusion, it can already stimulate the demonic blood hidden within his body.”
Inside the courtyard, the youth looked at Qu Changge’s condition and chuckled softly.
“Old Ancestor, will he think we were responsible for this and harbor resentment?”
The old man asked cautiously.
“What if he resents us? Resentment fuels motivation.”
“With this child’s potential, he only needs to Cultivate diligently. He can condense a Heavenly Demonic Body within a century. What I want is for him to condense the Heavenly Demonic Body and achieve Major Achievement in its Cultivation in the shortest possible time.”
The youth said calmly, a faint smile always on his face.
At this moment, Qu Changge, who was half-kneeling, suddenly stood up, gasping for breath, his body trembling as he clenched his fists and walked into the courtyard.
With a ferocious expression and eyes as dark as blood, he looked at the youth and the old man and shouted, “Did you do this!”
“Presumptuous!”
Upon hearing Qu Changge’s words, the old man immediately reprimanded him, emitting a majestic Aura that made Qu Changge feel as if he was burdened by a thousand catties, causing him to plop down on his knees, struggling to breathe.
The youth waved his hand and said to Qu Changge,
“Your Master will teach you your first lesson today: never act impulsively in anything you do. You must think thrice before acting.”
“What is the point of you impulsively questioning Your Master like this?”
“What if Your Master did it, and what if Your Master didn’t?”
“Your behavior is extremely foolish. Besides useless rage and bringing trouble upon yourself, you will ultimately lose your life for nothing. You can do nothing.”
“Remember, in this world, only one’s own strength is eternal!”
“You possess a Demonic Spiritual Root and have been baptized by the Demonic Lord’s blood. You are an unparalleled genius for Cultivating the Demonic Path.”
“What you need to do now is to endure, Cultivate diligently, and only after you possess strength should you investigate the truth and avenge your parents and family.”
“However, given that this is your first offense, Your Master will let it go.”
The youth said unhurriedly.
“Alright, you’ve seen your home. Now, come with me.”
As the youth finished speaking,
The three of them transformed into a divine rainbow and vanished from the courtyard.
Qingzhu Valley.
Inside a manor.
“Come in haste, mind no idleness; encounter injustice, rely on self-strength.”
“If the enemy stands, peace is best; if the enemy stands, strike first.”
“Private desires, roots of disaster; accept fate, then Cultivate oneself.”
Lu Changsheng was holding a wooden board, teaching Lu Ping’an, Lu Wuyu, and Lu Wuyou the Three Character Classic.
“Husband, dinner is ready.”
“What are you teaching them?”
At this moment, Lu Miaoyun came over to call Lu Changsheng for dinner.
“They are all three or four years old, so I just compiled some things for them to read as an introduction to learning.”
Lu Changsheng stood up and said with a smile, inviting the little ones into the house for dinner.
Lu Miaoyun also knew that although her husband came from a humble farming background, he was usually very studious and often read books.
So, it was normal for him to be able to compile some introductory phrases.
It was just that the introductory sentences sounded a bit strange to her.
She didn’t pay too much attention to it, a sweet smile appearing on her bright face. She said, “For enlightenment, there is a White Deer Manor on Qingzhu Mountain. It has scholars invited from the Mortal world. Husband, you can send Ping’an and the others there for their enlightenment.”
“Husband is usually busy with many things; you can leave these matters to me.”
Lu Miaoyun said.
“Let’s wait until they’re a bit older. We’ll send them all together next year.”
Lu Changsheng nodded.
This White Deer Manor was located within Qingzhu Mountain, not far, so his wives could pick them up and drop them off every day.
After all, he didn’t have time to teach these children, and even if he did, he might not be able to teach them well.
Moreover, Lu Changsheng didn’t have too many expectations for these children.
As long as they grew up safely and didn’t go astray or cause him, their Father, random trouble, that would be enough.
He was not like most parents who wished for their sons to become Dragons and their daughters to become Phoenixes.
Mainly, there wasn’t much to hope for.
With the System, he knew that among these children, only Little Seven and Little Seventeen possessed Spiritual Roots.
The other children had no Spiritual Roots and could only go to the Mortal world in the future.
With him as their Father, these children would already surpass ninety percent of Mortals when they entered the Mortal world; further effort would only yield so much.
Of course, he wasn’t entirely without requirements.
He also planned to have these children learn martial arts to strengthen themselves and achieve Martial Dao Innate once they were older.
Then, they would marry and establish their own families early, building a Martial Dao aristocratic family in the Mortal world to expand his Lu family’s lineage.
To be honest, with his Father’s support, these two points were not difficult at all.
As for Little Seven and Little Seventeen, Lu Changsheng actually didn’t have too many demands.
After all, the quality of their Spiritual Roots was evident.
He was very clear about the difficulty of cultivating immortality with such Spiritual Roots.
And Lu Changsheng didn’t want his children to struggle too much or work too hard; good enough was fine.
After all, haste makes waste, and his Lu family did not contend for immediate gains but focused on a long-term future.
Lu Changsheng didn’t think too much more and went to the dining hall with Lu Miaoyun and the children for dinner.