Suzaku, in a mortal village outside of Chu's Phoenix city.
It was currently a warm spring morning. Smoke was rising from the houses in the village and the sound of dogs barking and children playing could be heard.
On the east side of the village, the fifth house was a simple tile-roofed house. An old woman was squatting next to the kitchen, lighting a fire, and preparing to cook.
Her figure looked slightly stooped and full of vicissitudes of life. Smoke came out of the firewood. The woman coughed a few times and quickly fanned herself with a bamboo leaf fan. Only then did the smoke dissipate.
"Ru's mother …" A weak call came from the house next to the kitchen.
The woman put down the fan and wiped her hands on her apron. Then she quickly walked out of the kitchen and arrived at the house where the voice came from.
After opening the door, she saw an old man lying on the bed. His eyes were sunken in and his face was filled with wrinkles.
This man was all skin and bones and his eyes were dim.
The woman arrived next to the bed and looked at the man with tears flowing down her face.
"Husband, what do you want to eat?"
The man raised his right hand and the woman quickly went up to help him up.
"Ru's mother, I had a dream yesterday. I dreamt that our daughter came back …" The man's eyes were dim, but at this moment, there was a hint of light.
"Our daughter came back …"
The woman could not stop her tears from flowing. She softly said, "Yes, he will be back soon …" "I regret it. I shouldn't have let that Daoist take the child away. In the blink of an eye, almost twenty years have passed. I wonder how the child is now …" The man's face looked even older.
The woman wiped away her tears and softly said, "It will be fine. Our daughter is very lucky, so she will be safe."
This man and woman were Zhou Ru's parents. During the war between the Forsaken Immortal Clan and the cultivators, they had to move out and settle here, so they weren't affected.
However, these two old people had always been thinking about Zhou Ru.
Many years ago, Zhou Ru had been taken away by a Daoist. This matter had always been a thorn in the couple's heart. The years of calling and longing made this thorn sharper and sharper, harder and harder. Naturally, it hurt more and more.
Because of this, Zhou Ru's father had been brooding over it. He fell ill and became thinner day by day.
The entire family rested on Zhou Ru's mother's shoulders. She was a woman, but she managed to support the entire family. However, in the middle of the night, she would still cry and whisper Zhou Ru's pet name.
"My daughter will come back. Father, didn't you have a dream last night? That dream must have been real." The woman wiped away her tears.
"Ai …" Zhou Ru's father let out a long sigh. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly stopped and stared at the door. His entire body froze.
The woman was startled and quickly turned around to follow her man's gaze. With this, her entire body began to tremble.
There was a woman standing at the door. She had a beautiful appearance and her long hair was fluttering in the wind. Her appearance was similar to the Zhou Ru in the couple's memories.
"You …" The woman hesitated for a moment before speaking softly.
"Mother!!!"
The tears in the woman's eyes flowed down. She arrived next to the woman, knelt on the ground, and began to cry.
"Ru Er … It really is Ru Er. Father, Ru Er is back!" The woman's face was filled with excitement as tears flowed down her face. She hugged the woman and began to cry.
Zhou Ru's father seemed to be filled with endless strength. He actually sat up from the bed and looked at Zhou Ru. Tears flowed down his face as he muttered, "The heavens have opened their eyes … The heavens have opened their eyes … My daughter is back … Outside the room, Wang Lin let out a sigh. He felt very apologetic toward this couple. His right hand pointed at the air and a ray of light disappeared into the room and silently entered Zhou Ru's parents' bodies.
Zhou Ru's father's illness disappeared and the vitality in his body became even stronger. As for Zhou Ru's mother, it was the same!
"Ru Er, uncle is leaving!" Wang Lin pondered a bit before turning around to leave. His back looked very bleak and lonely.
Inside the room, Zhou Ru seemed to sense something. She raised her head and looked out the window. She saw the lonely figure gradually disappearing into the distance.
"Uncle, will Ru Er ever see you again in this life …" Zhou Ru looked at his back and the sorrow in her heart became even heavier … In her heart, Wang Lin's figure was more important than her parents. After all, she had always been with Wang Lin since she was young.
"Uncle, I will continue to cultivate until I can leave this Suzaku. I will go … find you … At that time, little Ru Er will no longer be a burden to you."
Wang Lin left.
Little White let out a few roars outside the house. Its tiger eyes looked at Zhou Ru's house with reluctance. After a while, it let out a loud roar and leaped into the air. It turned into a ray of white light and disappeared.
The tiger's roar immediately shocked all of the villagers in the village. When they came out, they found nothing. However, the chickens, dogs, and other animals in the village didn't dare to step out of their pens for a whole month. They trembled all day, as if they had been given a terrible fright.
Outside the Cloud Sky Sect in Chu, Wang Lin's figure appeared.
"Tie Yan, come out and see me!"
Wang Lin's voice spread across the entire Cloud Sky Sect.
A ray of light flew out from the Cloud Sky Sect and turned into an old man 100 feet away from Wang Lin. This person was Tie Yan.
Tie Yan had already reached the Soul Formation stage and Chu had already become a rank 4 cultivation country!
"Tie Yan is here!" Tie Yan clasped his hands and respectfully stood there.
His heart was filled with reverence toward Wang Lin. In Suzaku, the name Wang Lin was a legend!
Wang Lin was also a bull. He killed Red Butterfly, destroyed Qian Feng, shocked Liu Mei, forced Zi Xin to resign, and with one word, decided to become the 15th generation Rosefinch's son, Zhou Wutai!
All of this was passed down among all the cultivators in Suzaku. Almost everyone knew about it.
In Tie Yan's heart, Wang Lin was the heavens. His words were the might of the heavens and couldn't be resisted at all.
Wang Lin waved his hand and a bag of holding flew into Tie Yan's hand.
"If Zhou Ru can reach the Nascent Soul stage by herself, give this to her!
If she can't, then forget it!
I placed a seal on it. This seal is very simple and easy to break. As long as you study it carefully, you will be able to break it. "
Wang Lin's voice was extremely calm.
Tie Yan's expression immediately changed and he quickly said, "Tie Yan doesn't dare. This is something you gave to Zhou Ru. Even if I die, I'll keep it intact!"
Wang Lin looked at Tie Yan and nodded. "You better not be blinded by greed. Otherwise, you will reap what you sow. Remember this!"
Tie Yan's heart shook and he remembered Wang Lin's words. He didn't dare to disobey or not believe in Wang Lin's words. This kind of feeling was something he would never forget for the rest of his life.
Wang Lin took a deep look at the land around him and let out a sigh. He took a step forward and turned into a cloud of green smoke that was blown away by the wind.
Tie Yan's body was soaked in sweat. He carefully put away the bag of holding and returned to the Cloud Sky Sect.
The extreme north of Suzaku was where the country of Xue Yu used to be. Here, the cold wind was so cold that it could stop any living creature in their tracks.
At some unknown time, a field of roses had appeared on the ice. These roses weren't red, but white.
Patches of white roses grew in the cold wind, and their fragrance lingered in the air.
In the east of this land, there was an ice valley. Within it, there was a blue rose in full bloom, growing proudly and proudly.
It was born against the cold wind and had ice crystals as its branches. It grew in the valley like a proud young girl. Within its loneliness, there was a trace of self-admiration.
On this day, a person walked into the valley.
He wore a white robe, and his eyes were calm. As soon as he entered the valley, the blue rose began to emit a fragrant aroma. The aroma filled the valley, filling it with a fragrant aroma.
It was as if there was a young girl dancing gracefully in the valley, giving off a wondrous feeling.
The man in white quietly stood next to the blue rose and looked at it for a long time … After a long time … he squatted down, gently picked up the rose, turned around, and left … As the man left, the white roses on the ice withered and dissipated. It was as if they had only grown to accompany the blue rose.
Now that the blue rose had been taken away, the meaning of their existence had lost its value. They could only retreat … Country of Zhao, Heng Yue Sect, Wang family ancestral home.
On this day, a man in clothes whiter than snow silently appeared in the ancestral hall. He quietly looked at the rows of memorial tablets. Finally, his gaze stopped on the two memorial tablets at the very top.
The man quietly looked at them for a long time … a long time … Time slowly passed and the man didn't move.
This gaze lasted for a day and a night.
The next morning, when the servants came by to clean the place, they saw the man in white and were shocked. Just as they were about to call out, their bodies went soft and they fainted on the ground.
The man silently looked at the memorial tablets and his eyes revealed a look of reminiscence.
He stood there for three days and three nights. The reminiscence in his eyes became even stronger and two streams of tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes.
The man's body moved for the first time in three days. He slowly knelt on the ground and kowtowed toward the ground.
The man muttered to himself, "Dad … Mom … I'm leaving …" His eyes were filled with determination. He stood up, turned around, and walked out of the ancestral hall.
At this moment, there were already many people standing outside the ancestral hall.
There were men and women, old and young, and they were all dressed in gorgeous clothes. There were also some cultivators among them. Although their cultivation levels weren't high, they were all extraordinary.
The person at the front was Wang Zhuo!
One day ago, Wang Zhuo felt something in his heart. It was as if there was a call in the dark that made him come here. Outside the ancestral hall, he felt Wang Lin's aura.
He knew that this was because Wang Lin didn't hide his aura. That call was caused by Wang Lin's inner thoughts.
Therefore, he came and forced all of the direct descendants of the Wang family, no matter what they were doing, to stop what they were doing and have cultivators greet them and bring them here.