I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 24: Coming Tomorrow

Returning to his own shop, it was supposed to be the time for daily settlement, but Fellow Daoist Li was in no mood. He paced back and forth in the shop, constantly pondering. Sometimes he was worried, sometimes he felt relieved, but he couldn't make a decision.

After a while, he finally sighed and decided not to leave.

"Behind Qingmu Market is Xuan Yu Lane, and behind Xuan Yu Lane is Wuji Sect. Who would dare to make trouble for Wuji Sect? Besides, tomorrow is the opening ceremony, and there will be a Foundation Building cultivator from Xuan Yu Lane coming to help. Who would dare?"

Thinking of this, Fellow Daoist Li suddenly froze.

"Tomorrow is coming."

He quickly put the valuable materials into his storage bag and hurriedly walked towards the market, but he was stopped at the door.

"Fellow Daoist, tomorrow is the opening ceremony. No one is allowed to enter or leave today. Please understand and go back." Two Qi Refining cultivators in the later stage stood at the entrance, one of them said.

"Oh, okay."

Fellow Daoist Li nodded and hurriedly returned.

As soon as he returned to his shop, Fellow Daoist Li divided the contents of the storage bag into two parts. He hid one part under the floor tiles behind the house, and then sat back in the shop with the other part, silently looking at the shop.

But from his slightly trembling legs, it could be seen that his mood was far from calm.

"The people have changed." Fellow Daoist Li thought with a chill in his heart.

He had been running this shop for many years, and he didn't know the cultivators sent by Xuan Yu Lane, but the two people at the entrance just now were extremely unfamiliar. Moreover, he hadn't heard that no one was allowed to enter or leave today when tomorrow was the opening ceremony.

"But if something really happens, why hasn't the formation here been activated?"

The newly expanded area had not yet been set up with a formation, but the original Qingmu Market where he was located had a formation that could withstand the early stage of Foundation Building. If something really happened, the formation should have been activated, but everything was calm now.

"Boom!"

With a tremor, Fellow Daoist Li was startled and fell off his chair. Looking outside, there was a violent explosion where the managers of Qingmu Market were.

"I'm doomed." Fellow Daoist Li thought with a lifeless face.

Li Qingyu felt much more relaxed sitting in the carriage. This trip had been quite difficult for her, but now everything was fine. Lin Xuen also happily hugged his mother in the carriage, showing a relaxed smile on his face.

Lin Qing, on the other hand, sat outside the carriage, driving the carriage towards the planned route after leaving the village.

A journey of thousands of miles would take at least half a month for such a large family. If it rained on the way and delayed for a few days, the time would probably be even longer.

But Lin Qing felt no sense of urgency. They were already far away from Qingmu Market, and a few more days of travel would not make much difference. Moreover, the later they arrived, the more advantageous it would be for him.

Looking at the passing scenery, Lin Qing could finally say that he was free from the oppression in Qingmu Market.

They traveled during the day and set up camp at night. Lin Qing tried to take smaller roads.

As a cultivator, he was not afraid of bandits. As for food, he had everything in his storage bag. To take care of the horses, they traveled about seventy to eighty miles a day and stopped when they were about fifty miles away.

Traveling at such a slow pace was because Lin Qing had another idea in mind. They had lived in Qingmu Market for many years and had almost no contact with the outside world. Now, while traveling, they could take a good look at the world, especially Lin Xuen. He was already four years old and had only been to the mortal area outside Qingmu Market. Traveling now would allow him to experience the scenery along the way. If they arrived at Xuan Yu Lane, he probably wouldn't have this opportunity anymore.

And when Lin Xuen saw the vast world for the first time, he was naturally excited. He would open the curtain every day and look around, sometimes sitting in Lin Qing's arms as he drove the carriage, as if he had endless energy. The more he made a fuss, the more Lin Qing liked it.

While traveling, Lin Qing did not give up cultivation. He continued to cultivate every night, aiming to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining as soon as possible. This would bring many benefits for the upcoming journey to Xuan Yu Lane.

In the world of cultivation, there is an unchanging truth: strength represents everything.

"Immortal, spare me! Immortal, spare me!"

On the road, instead of encountering cultivators as expected, Lin Qing and his companions encountered a group of bandits. Seeing that Lin Qing and his group were outnumbered, the bandits wanted to take advantage of the situation. However, after Lin Qing killed one of them with a talisman, the remaining bandits all fell to their knees and begged for mercy.

But Lin Qing did not give them a chance to beg for mercy. If he were traveling alone and encountered them, he might have let them go, but not now.

Several fireball talismans were cast, and not only were the bandits killed, but not even a trace of them was left.

Continuing on the journey, the carriage rattled over the stones, but Lin Qing continued to drive the carriage steadily.

On this day, Lin Qing arrived at a canyon. Looking at the narrow path in front of him, he hesitated.

The planned route had been deviating more and more after seven or eight days of travel. Mainly because many of the roads he had walked in his youth had disappeared or changed, just like people, roads were constantly changing, even faster than people. And this canyon was a path he had never taken before.

"Husband, should we take a detour?"

Chao Yun leaned out of the carriage and looked at Lin Qing, who was hesitating, and asked.

Looking at the terrain and surveying the canyon again, Lin Qing thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Let's take a detour."

After saying that, Lin Qing shouted to the carriage to turn around and find another route. Inside the carriage, Lin Xuen, who overheard his parents' conversation, asked Chao Yun with confusion, "Mother, why does father want to take a detour?"

Chao Yun looked at Lin Xuen, who had been enjoying looking outside in the first few days, but now seemed to dislike it.

Chao Yun said, "Xuen, this road is not safe, so we have to take a detour."

"Not safe?" Lin Xuen blinked his eyes, seemingly thinking about something.

Half a year ago, after being carried out by Lin Qing to buy candied haws, he had been taken out of the house several times by Lin Qing. Through those outings, Lin Xuen vaguely understood that his father seemed different, that he was an immortal. Many mortals showed extreme respect when they saw his father. The bandits who begged for mercy a few days ago made him feel that his father was an omnipotent existence. But today, he didn't understand why his father, as an immortal, would do this.

It was clearly a road, so why not take it?

Lin Xuen's young brain couldn't come up with an answer, but he felt that something was strange. Through the gap in the carriage curtain, he stared at his father's back for a long time, lost in thought.

At night, Lin Qing caught a wild rabbit to satisfy his hunger.

The rabbit was still roasting over the fire, and Lin Xuen, who was watching it, suddenly turned his head and asked Lin Qing, "Father, why do we have to take a detour?"

Obviously, Lin Xuen hadn't figured out the answer during the day and couldn't help but ask now.

Lin Qing shifted his gaze from the rabbit and looked up at the starry sky. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The detour we take now is for the future when we won't have to take detours."

This was another sentence that Lin Xuen didn't understand, but although he couldn't grasp the meaning behind it, he could understand the tone in which Lin Qing spoke. He tilted his head and looked at the rabbit, then at his father, and nodded heavily.

"I understand."

"What do you understand, you brat?"

Hearing Lin Xuen's words, Lin Qing playfully patted his head.

But Lin Xuen just chuckled.

Afterwards, they divided and ate the roasted rabbit. Lin Xuen ate in Lin Qing's arms, gazing at the night sky, feeling incredibly comfortable.

(End of this chapter)