It's like a surprise.
Old Jiang already had a bad premonition. As the land god in front of him performed incense and magic, two illusory souls appeared in front of Jiang Xia.
A man and a woman.
The man was wearing a long gown like a wealthy man, and the woman was wearing a linen skirt.
Both of them had gray hair on their temples and looked to be in their forties or fifties.
Although it has become a soul.
But it still retains the simplicity and tension unique to wealthy farmers.
The moment they were called out, the woman noticed Jiang Xia. A hint of excitement appeared on her kind face. She held her husband's hand tightly and called out to the old Jiang who was a little at a loss.
"Ziheng, is that you? Child, is that you?"
"this……"
Jiang Xia's heart was in turmoil at this moment.
The usually calm mind also suffered a strong shock.
I thought that Shi Rui and Huaian Gong were really capable. They actually found the souls of Jiang Shusheng's parents who died of illness many years ago in this Star Valley .
The God of Land has mentioned this before.
At that time, Lao Jiang refused it, but now it seems that this matter of fate is really amazing.
There are some things you just can't avoid.
"Mother, don't cry, don't cry."
Compared to the excited mother Jiang, father Jiang's reaction was better. Although he was also very excited, he looked at Jiang Xia's monk attire with a smile on his face and comforted his wife beside him:
"Look at our child. He is now a cultivator, a decent one, and a carefree immortal. This is much better than when he was a teenager who only studied hard and wanted to become an official.
I told you, our Ziheng is blessed. It is a blessing from God that you and I can meet our child. Don't cry."
When Jiang Xia heard this, he felt mixed emotions.
Although I don’t know how Shi Rui and Huaian Gong found them.
But the fact that he appeared in a place called Xinggu meant that Jiang's life in the past few years after his father and mother's death must not have been good.
Although he is not Jiang Ziheng himself.
But the current situation...
"Dad, Mom, I am unfilial and incompetent, and I have caused you two to suffer."
Under the surprised gaze of silly monster Liu Hui, the usually strong boss lifted up his robe, knelt forward on his knees like a true traditional scholar or monk, and touched the ground with his head.
He said:
"Meeting you today finally makes my child's heart full of peace. Parents, don't worry anymore. I have made great achievements and found a good wife for the Jiang family...
Liu Hui, go and fetch Ruyue and show her to my parents."
"oh."
The silly monster dared not delay at this moment.
He hurriedly turned around, took a few steps, took out the communication stone, and said something to Ruyue. Not long after, with the movement of the earth veins of the Zangtuo Mountain God, Ruyue and Gu Miao also appeared here.
Ruyue was a little nervous.
At this moment, she even changed into a more decent and dignified long dress, and at Gu Miao's urging, she walked to Jiang Xia, and the boss introduced her to Jiang's father and mother.
Ruyue's outstanding appearance and her pretended gentleness and virtuousness made her immediately admired by the two elders as soon as she appeared. They were also happy that their silly son could have such good fortune.
While the two elders and Ruyue were talking, Jiang Xia lit a cigarette and walked to Shi Rui.
He glanced at the Third Prince with complicated eyes, without any blame in his heart, or dislike for him and Duke Huaian meddling in other people's affairs. Perhaps it was his fate.
Lao Jiang looked at the end of his sight, at the Star Valley land that was set on fire by the falling heavenly fire. In the firelight, he could vaguely see the Baizhang Mountain Gods chasing and killing everywhere.
At this moment, he had a feeling.
Just like what Mr. Crow told him when he left, everyone has their own destiny and outsiders cannot interfere. Although this trip to Xinggu was in response to Cui Chenghuang's request, it was to deal with the aftermath.
But perhaps, it is also the guidance of fate.
If he hadn't come here and hadn't caused today's incident, what would have happened to Jiang's father and mother...
"The accompanying mountain god used his divine power to cleanse the evil spirit from your parents, but he was the same as Cai Chenghuang before."
Shi Rui sighed.
He reached out and patted Jiang Xia on the shoulder, and said to his junior brother in the manner that a senior brother should be:
"Talk more with the two elders, they don't have much time left. Lord Huai'an said that although the evil spirit has been eliminated, the spiritual foundation of the soul has been damaged, and I'm afraid it will not be able to enter reincarnation.
Today's farewell is forever.
If you have something to say in your heart, you must not hide it. Take advantage of this day when God has mercy on you and tell them to the two elders. Don’t leave any regrets that will affect your mood in the future.”
"Um."
Jiang Xia nodded silently, then looked back. Jiang's mother was standing beside Ruyue with a kind look on her face, talking to the secretary with a blushing face.
Father Jiang, on the other hand, walked towards Jiang Xia with the four-way step and the unique illusion of the soul.
"I won't bother you anymore."
Shi Rui said something to Jiang Xia, then turned around and nodded to Jiang's father, then put away his armor and walked to the outside.
"My son, have you been doing well in the past few years since your mother and I left?"
Father Jiang asked with a smile.
It can be seen that he looked very happy, without any pain of disappearing into thin air. His soul was incredibly peaceful.
Even though he had been abused by the evil cultivators for many years, when he saw the child in front of him, he did not emit the slightest resentment, nor did he show any signs of turning into a fierce ghost.
Obviously, in the eyes of him and his wife, seizing the last bit of time to talk to their children is much more important than revenge.
"To be honest, father."
Jiang Xia threw away the cigarette butt, turned around and said gently to Jiang's father:
"I've had a miserable life these past few years. If you want to hear it, I'll tell you."
"Well, go ahead and tell me."
Father Jiang laughed, and stood with Jiang Xia on the edge of the cliff, looking far ahead. He said:
"There's nothing much to say about the life your mother and I have had in the past few years. We were captured by those bad guys and contaminated with filth. We were in a daze all day long. Fortunately, my child came to rescue us.
Go ahead.
Let me, as a father, listen to the story of my child in the past few years. "
"Alas, after my parents passed away, I was possessed by evil spirits for a while. I thought that it was because of evil spirits that my family suffered so much misfortune. So, I gave the family property left by my parents to the bad monk in the temple outside the town..."
Jiang Xia then began to tell his father everything that had happened in the past, one by one, according to his memory.
There is nothing hidden.
Those desolations, those crises, those stupidities, those incompetences and wastes.
He talked about Jiang Shusheng's experience as if it were his own.
He also said that he would go to the wasteland and come back to defeat the thieves in Ruyifang.
How he joined Mo Shuang Mountain, his foolish master, the evil cultivators from Fengming Country, and this experience in the Southern Wilderness.
As he was talking, Jiang Xia suddenly felt that his father's soul beside him was becoming weaker.
He turned around and saw Jiang's father sitting on a rock, still maintaining that kind look as he listened to a story with a smile on his face, but his body had begun to collapse.
The white dots of light dissipated from the soul like sand blown away by the wind, looking very much like a sandstone sculpture that was about to disappear.
"My son's story is really interesting. Seeing how successful he is now and how he has found his lover, my last worries as a father have vanished."
Father Jiang twisted his short beard and said to Jiang Xia:
"My son, you have to walk the road ahead by yourself. As a father, I don't have much ability and I can't say any great truths, but my son, you must remember the kindness of the Immortal Sect in accepting you.
From now on, you must respect your master as you respect your parents, and my son should never do such risky things again.
Marry Miss Ruyue and have children as soon as possible to continue the bloodline of our Jiang family."
"Um."
Jiang Xia did not refute.
He took a step forward, knelt there, reached out and held Jiang's father's dying hand, and said seriously:
"I will live a good life, using the name Jiang Ziheng given by my parents, and live a good life, although it may not be as upright as my father thinks.
But I will definitely not let my time in this world go to waste!"
"Well, that's good, that's good."
Father Jiang looked at Jiang Xia with a relieved smile. At the moment when his whole body collapsed, he opened his mouth and whispered:
"You don't have to call yourself Jiang Ziheng, kid, you are Jiang Ziheng..."
"Um?"
Jiang Xia's eyes suddenly widened, and he wanted to ask more questions.
But there was no trace of Jiang's father in front of him anymore. Only a ball of white light was left, blowing towards the sky with the wind. He looked back and saw Jiang's mother waving to him as if saying goodbye.
Just like Jiang's father, he turned into a white spot of light and disappeared here.
them……
They know.
Old Jiang felt extremely complicated at this moment. Jiang's father's last words were like a sword piercing his heart. It was obvious that this farm couple was not as stupid as others thought.
They knew their useless son very well, and they might have known the truth about Jiang Xia's rebirth.
But they...
At the last moment, they chose not to reveal the secret.
Instead, I chose to forgive him.
Before his death, he personally acknowledged his identity.
It allowed him to transform from a lonely ghost who had resurrected from a dead body into the real Jiang Xia Jiang Ziheng.
Perhaps they also knew that given their son's situation, it would be impossible for him to survive if he were thrown into such a desperate situation as the wasteland.
But after all, Jiang Xia is back.
Their children are still alive.
He is exactly the same as before, and even more successful. Which parent doesn't want their child to be successful?
Jiang Xia saved so many innocent souls from Fengming Kingdom.
He saved them too.
Cause and effect has come to this point, retribution will follow.
Jiang Xia, who was kneeling there, had a lot of thoughts in his mind at this moment, and at the same time, he seemed to feel a sense of relief from the bottom of his heart, as if he had owed a huge debt and finally paid it off.
He maintained that posture stupidly, just there.
Ruyue wanted to go forward and help the boss up, but was stopped by Shan Qiuming who came over.
The well-informed Lao Shan looked at Jiang Xia's back and felt the increasingly active spiritual energy around Jiang Xia. He whispered to Ruyue:
“This is the feedback from heaven and earth after the cause and effect are settled. For high-level cultivators, it is just to get rid of the evil thoughts in their hearts, but for low-level cultivators like Boss Jiang, it is an opportunity that can only be encountered by chance.
look!
The green air currents around him are the air of merit! I thought it was just a legend, but I didn’t expect that I would actually see the air of merit descending into the world with my own eyes today.
It seems that what we did today has been noticed by the gods and is truly a good deed, eh..."
Before Shan Qiuming could finish his words, he felt a gust of air on his body.
He looked down and saw a green aura similar to the one around Jiang Xia rolling around him, which made Lao Shan look surprised. He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and started to practice the Dragon and Tiger Kung Fu.
Then he said to Kisaragi who was also enveloped by the green airflow:
"Quick, practice the exercises. These low-grade merit energies cannot be stored, nor can they be used to make magic weapons. Before they dissipate, quickly integrate them into your body and practice.
With it, you won't be easily confused by evil thoughts when you break through. This is a great opportunity!"
"ah!"
Behind the two of them, the silly monster with his hands on his hips also let out a cry of surprise. However, he did not absorb the merit energy into his body, but swallowed it in one gulp.
As a result, in the blink of an eye, Liu Hui's curved legs were reshaped in the unbearable numbness. In less than a moment, the strange curved legs were shaped into slender legs like those of human monks.
Only the feet still have paws.
But even so, it was an unexpected surprise. Its transformation path was directly pushed forward by a small realm.
"Is this what the boss said, that good deeds will be rewarded?"
The silly monster slapped his legs in surprise. He glanced at Jiang Xia and thought to himself:
"Well, then I will do more good deeds in the future!"
——
"???"
In Mo Shuang Mountain, there is Shang Tong Peak, the residence of the elders.
Shi Yan, who had just taken a nice bath, was about to lie on the bed to continue watching TV series, but as soon as she lay there, she felt a green airflow descending from the sky and covering her head.
Dyeing that long hair blue makes it look like he is wearing a strange hat.
"This... Merit Qi?"
Shi Yan stared with her big eyes, her pupils with throbbing crimson stars, full of confusion and bewilderment. She didn't do anything!
How come a trace of merit suddenly fell on my head?
How many years has it been since the merit energy appeared in Ku Mu Realm?
This is……
Is this pie in the sky?
And it hit you on the head?
Yay!