I hacked through the chaotic world with my blade-Chapter 1541 - 366: A Peaceful Mortal Life... (3)

Lin Fan was very patient with children, and never showed any impatience.

In the past, when he was with Feifei and others, he enjoyed telling them stories. Consequently, he had plenty of stories to tell Wei An, effectively working as a lullaby; every night, as he spoke, Wei An would fall asleep.

Outside, the chirping of insects was incessant.

The ’Heavenly Eye’ given by Old Immortal Wei was integrated into his forehead, like a third eye. When he looked at the sleeping Wei An, he discovered that two dark clouds, containing blood-red light, loomed above his head, gathering without dispersing, always accompanying him.

This must be the remaining calamity Old Immortal Wei mentioned.

Lin Fan couldn’t fall asleep, so he opened the window and looked at the starry sky. The cultivation world had a moon that was much brighter than the one seen from Earth, and with the ’Heavenly Eye’, he could see beams of moonlight descending and spreading throughout the cultivation world.

That must be the Moon Essence recorded in the ancient texts.

As for the "Peeping Sky Record," he’s only glanced at it; its contents are profound and obscure, not something easy to grasp, so he regarded it as a way to pass the time.

Time flies; three months have passed.

Life in the outer city was very peaceful.

Lin Fan took good care of Wei An, and the impact of the departure of Old Immortal gradually faded for Wei An. After all, when children are happy every day, sorrowful emotions gradually fade away.

The place Old Immortal rented had a courtyard with some barren land. With nothing else to do every day, he bought some common seeds and planted them in the courtyard, growing ordinary vegetables.

These things are not worth the attention of a cultivator but for ordinary people, they were a way to solve basic hunger.

As Lin Fan tilled the soil with a hoe, someone appeared in the neighboring house.

In these three months, he hadn’t seen anyone there, but the house had already been rented.

Living next door was a female cultivator, approximately at the mid-Qi Refinement stage. Her appearance was average, but her figure was quite good, and she carried a baby girl in her arms, who looked about eight months old.

Lin Fan showed a friendly smile and nodded.

The female cultivator’s expression remained calm and showed no response as she hurried back inside, closing the wooden door tightly. Lin Fan, with keen hearing, heard the sound of crying coming from inside; though faint, it couldn’t escape his perception.

With the ’Heavenly Eye,’ Lin Fan could see that this female cultivator had recently lost her husband. Dark clouds hung over her, marking her as a person with misfortune, and living peacefully until old age would be her greatest blessing.

"Uncle, my wooden horse is broken." Wei An ran out, bouncing, holding a wooden horse missing one leg, evidently broken.

Lin Fan smiled and patted his head, "It’s okay, uncle will fix it for you."

Indeed, Lin Fan could now smile.

Children can affect his mood.

He didn’t want to sulk in front of the children, even though he still missed the people at Sunshine Shelter. But he had buried those feelings, and he was genuinely sincere toward other innocent children.

Old Immortal Wei only hoped his grandson could live peacefully as a mortal.

And he certainly wouldn’t change that.

Wei An would surely enjoy life peacefully until the end.

"Brother Lin, Brother Lin..." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

A male cultivator stood outside the fence, waving to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan patted Wei An’s head and indicated for him to wait, then walked to the fence, "Hello, can I help you?"

He recalled this male cultivator, Qi Refining mid-stage, named Ni Haisheng, a loose cultivator with no support, struggling hard in the outer city. His cultivation didn’t stand out even in the outer city, just average.

"Brother Lin, after Old Immortal passed away, I presume he passed the divination legacy onto you. Can you help me see if my upcoming trip will be safe? Frankly, we loose cultivators often have to venture out for spirit stones, not knowing if we’ll return. You know I have two wives and three children. If something happens to me, the pillar of my family collapses."

Ni Haisheng showed a bitter expression, hoping for an answer from Lin Fan. He didn’t know if Brother Lin received Old Immortal’s legacy, but other fortune tellers in the outer city predicted his trip would be successful.

They all said the same thing, unnerving him.

"I’m not a fortune teller; I’m just a mortal," Lin Fan spoke while observing him, noticing his unfavorable situation, with blood-red light shrouding him, not fatal, but he might end up bedridden permanently.

"No... no, Brother Lin, please help, just say anything." Ni Haisheng pleaded.

"Tell me what’s happening, and I’ll analyze it for you."

"Okay, okay." Ni Haisheng was delighted, "Recently, the Wang Family and the Li Family in the outer city disputed over spirit land. They had agreed to split it, but now the Li Family wants to reclaim the other half. Thus, the two families set a scene, with the Wang Family hiring loose cultivators like us to bolster their side, offering ten low-grade spirit stones per person. Such matters usually offer no more than five; the sudden increase to ten worries me about potential danger."

It turns out they offered too much.

Indeed, facing such a situation would make anyone uneasy.