Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 410 - 149: Above Ultimate Skill Lies Divine Skill; Divine Wood Defeated Like a Collapsing Mountain
Saying that, she walked to the side of the young man and said, "Then in a month, Master will come again."
"Mm!" Li Ping’an clenched his fist, his eyes sparkling with a determination that made Gu Xuejian satisfied.
...
Li Yuan led his son to see Gu Xuejian off at the door, then was somewhat surprised to find a carriage parked not far away, with someone inside seemingly peeking out at them.
Someone is spying in the Triple Gate?
And at the Jing Family’s doorstep?
He looked at Gu Xuejian.
Gu Xuejian said coldly, "Ignore that carriage."
Li Yuan asked curiously, "Is it someone Lady Hall Master knows?"
Gu Xuejian replied, "Just a little vixen."
"A little vixen?" Li Yuan was taken aback.
And next to him, Li Ping’an said, "Just a little snotty kid."
"A little snotty kid?" Li Yuan was even more confused.
Gu Xuejian looked at Li Ping’an and said, "Don’t get too close to her."
Li Ping’an seemed to return to a familiar living environment; the interpersonal relationships here completely restored his confidence, determination, and everything. He smiled and said, "I understand, Master."
Li Yuan looked at his son and suddenly realized that his son might already have his own world, and in that world... indeed, there was no place for him or Xue Ning.
To Li Ping’an, he and Xue Ning were merely father and mother.
That’s all...
Gu Xuejian opened her oil paper umbrella and walked into the rain. As she reached the side of the carriage, she coughed coldly.
Instantly, a pretty young girl in a green dress ran out from the carriage, without holding an umbrella, standing in the alley under the night rain. She bowed to Gu Xuejian respectfully and said, "Greetings to Lady Hall Master."
Gu Xuejian said, "It seems Liu Luzi hasn’t taught you the rules well. The fact of the Liu Family’s betrayal is undeniable. You are a daughter of a traitorous clan, so how dare you approach the future of my Divine Wood Hall?"
Her voice became harsher.
The pretty young girl lowered her head even more and then, as if gathering courage, said, "But... not everyone in the Liu Family is a traitor. I... I never..."
Gu Xuejian said, "Still just a child...
Before you come next time, you’d better ask your master Liu Luzi.
Did you sneak out without telling her?"
The pretty young girl’s head lowered further, just about to explain more, but Gu Xuejian had already walked away with the umbrella.
The pretty young girl glanced distantly in Li Yuan’s direction, and upon seeing Li Yuan, she appeared very nervous, seeming to want to walk over, but she hesitated and quickly got back onto the carriage.
The carriage turned around, its wheels drawing two white arcs in the night rain and quickly creaked away into the distance...
Li Yuan looked at his son and said, "Your friend?"
Li Ping’an replied nonchalantly, "A little tagalong from the past who liked to cry; now... haha."
Smack!
Li Yuan smacked him on the head and said, "As if you didn’t like to cry when you were a child."
"I’m different from her!" Li Ping’an argued.
"How are you different?"
"I am a pride of heaven, I am innately..."
Smack!
Li Yuan knocked him on the head again and said, "Pride of heaven? Is that how you see yourself?"
"Not just me, everyone sees me that way." Li Ping’an said proudly, seemingly forgetting his previous state of kneeling on the ground.
Li Yuan nodded, saying nothing, realizing that Gu Xuejian might not strictly teach her disciple, or perhaps she pampered his son too much, making her seem like his son’s mother instead.
He said lightly, "Go take a bath, change clothes, and then rest early."
Returning inside, Cui Huayin and Yaojue were both there.
Li Yuan thought for a moment, then pulled Li Ping’an over, making him call Cui Huayin "Third Lady" and Yaojue "Aunt Yao" before letting him go rest.
Once no one else was in the room, Cui Huayin raised her hand, gently stroking his temple’s white hair, a trace of gentleness flashed in her eyes, and she said softly, "You’re already a very skilled Weapon Forger, don’t push yourself too hard anymore..."
Li Yuan turned his head away from her gaze, staring instead at the flickering red candle flame, finally saying, "I desire to seek the Way."
"But you’ve already grown white hair..."
Cui Huayin’s voice carried an unprecedented gentleness, then she asked, "How old are you exactly?"
At the Sixth Grade level, unless near the end of life, one would not grow white hair from old age.
Li Yuan did not answer.
Cui Huayin said, "Rest assured, in this life, I’ve married twice; the first was to an Emperor, but I did not consummate that marriage, so my true husband is you.
After you, I won’t marry again."
Li Yuan chuckled lightly, embracing her.
Cui Huayin’s delicate hand slipped into his clothes, fingers weaving through.
An ordinary night...
By morning, the rain had stopped.
Sunlight refracted through the raindrops, creating a spectrum of colors.
Cui Huayin still woke early, still practiced morning exercises, still read poetry... and still left with Yaojue’s carriage.
Li Yuan also got up promptly.
As he just finished breakfast, Li Ping’an energetically rushed over.
"Dad, let’s try again."
"Alright."
Li Yuan responded and added mockingly, "Pride of heaven."
...
...
An hour later.
Li Ping’an knelt on the ground, eyes vacant and drenched in sweat, the wonder of that slash still lingering in his eyes.
He thought he saw the height of that slash, but when he looked again, he realized his thoughts were laughable. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
Li Yuan squatted beside him, patting his face, then grabbed a mirror to show the wretched state inside it.
"Is this the pride of heaven?"
Even the anger in Li Ping’an’s eyes had been beaten away...
Li Yuan asked blandly, "Are you the pride of heaven?"
Suddenly, Li Ping’an seemed to revive, breathing heavily, then gritting his teeth, he said, "Yes!"
Li Yuan asked, "Then, can the pride of heaven still stand up?"
"Yes!"
Li Ping’an seemed to find his resolve, propping himself up with a blade like a cane, standing firm, squinting at Li Yuan, and then charged toward him again, only to be knocked away harshly once more...
