Longevity Begins With The Birth Of A Daughter At An Old Age

Chapter 34: Unexpected Changes

During the peak of summer, there was an unusually heavy rainfall in Baishifang City. It had been raining continuously for three days, with no sign of stopping.

The ground was covered in muddy water, making it almost impossible for ordinary people to walk.

Xu Mu, dressed in a blue Daoist robe, knocked off the mud from his shoes and stepped onto the solid bluestone pavement, holding an oiled paper umbrella as he walked through the entrance of the market.

He looked around, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Why does it feel like there are fewer people than usual?!"

There had been continuous heavy rain before, but this situation had never occurred.

Could it be that the major families had already started to leave?

Hadn't he heard any news?

Xu Mu felt a bit strange and quickened his pace towards the agreed tea house.

"Fellow Daoist Xu! Over here!"

Before Xu Mu even reached the place, he saw Su Qing, dressed in green, standing at the entrance of the tea house, waving to him.

"Su Fellow Daoist, you're too polite! Waiting for me outside!" Xu Mu smiled.

The two of them had interacted many times before, so their conversations were not as formal as before.

"Let's not talk about that! The person has already arrived and is in the private room on the second floor. You can go in by yourself! I have something to attend to, so I'll leave first!"

After saying that, Su Qing was about to leave, with a hint of worry between her eyebrows and no longer the smiling face she used to have. Xu Mu wondered if something was bothering her.

"Su Fellow Daoist, don't rush to leave! You have to tell me who that person is, right?!"

"You'll know when you go up! Whether you want to meet or not is up to you. I'm just passing on a message!"

Su Qing performed a protective spell, seemingly a bit angry, and turned around without looking back, stepping into the rain, leaving Xu Mu with a graceful figure.

"What's going on?"

Xu Mu was a bit puzzled.

He didn't seem to have offended the other party.

With a hint of doubt, Xu Mu entered the tea house.

The once bustling tea house was now only occupied by a few people, making it unusually quiet.

He walked up the stairs and there was already someone guarding the entrance.

It was a middle-aged man dressed in dark blue Daoist robes, with a cold and stern expression.

"Fellow Daoist Xu Mu, right?" the middle-aged man said in a serious tone.

"That's right! And you are?"

"Fellow Daoist, please come this way. Our young miss is waiting inside!"

The middle-aged man didn't answer Xu Mu's question, only extending his hand to invite him in.

Xu Mu frowned slightly, hesitating.

Although he sensed that the person inside wasn't very powerful, an unknown person still made him somewhat wary.

Moreover, this middle-aged man who looked like a servant in front of him was at the late stage of Qi Refining.

How could an ordinary person make a late stage Qi Refining cultivator serve them?

But when Su Qing invited him, she mentioned that the other party had something very important to tell him, something related to life and death, otherwise he wouldn't have come at all.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Xu. Our young miss has no ill intentions!"

Seeing Xu Mu hesitate, the middle-aged man spoke calmly.

Xu Mu smiled wryly. Since he had already come, he followed the middle-aged man into the private room.

There was only one woman in the room.

She was in her twenties, wearing a light yellow silk dress. Her long hair, as black as ink, was tied up with a sword-shaped dark gold hairpin. She had willow leaf eyebrows, star-like eyes, and a delicate face like a painting of a beautiful woman.

"I, Chi Feiyan, have met Fellow Daoist Xu! Thank you, Fellow Daoist Xu, for providing the pills during this period of time!"

The woman stood up, her smile gentle and her manners impeccable.

"Fellow Daoist is too polite. I'm just doing business. Even if it wasn't Fellow Daoist, I would still sell the pills," Xu Mu said casually.

He didn't know the other party and didn't want to establish any relationship with her.

But when he heard the surname Chi, Xu Mu already had a rough idea of the other party's identity.

Chi Feiyan wasn't angry either, she just smiled faintly and said, "I invited Fellow Daoist here today to ask if Fellow Daoist is willing to leave with our Chi family?"

"Why should I leave with you?"

Xu Mu was a bit puzzled.

He was living here just fine, why would he want to change his environment and start over?

"The Qinghe Sword Sect has been destroyed, and the Soul Refining Sect will soon come to kill. Is Fellow Daoist Xu really not leaving?" Chi Feiyan said calmly.

"What did you say?!!!"

Xu Mu widened his eyes, thinking that his ears were playing tricks on him.

The Qinghe Sword Sect has been destroyed?

The Soul Refining Sect is about to attack?

What is going on?

Wasn't it said that the Qinghe Sword Sect was about to win and the war was about to end?

Is today April Fool's Day or something?

Xu Mu felt like his brain wasn't functioning properly.

Chi Feiyan didn't find Xu Mu's reaction strange at all. When she first heard this news, everyone had the same reaction, including herself.

"The Soul Refining Sect used peace talks as bait and set up the Nine Sons Demon Formation. They almost wiped out all the elites, including the Gold Core Ancestor of the Qinghe Sword Sect. The major Foundation Building families also suffered heavy losses, with almost none of their forces remaining!"

"The Soul Refining Sect should have already breached the mountain gate of the Qinghe Sword Sect, and they will soon divide their forces to sweep through the major districts and markets!"

"With the current strength of the Baishi District, it is completely unable to resist!"

"The Soul Refining Sect cultivates the art of refining souls with spirit talismans. The vitality and soul of the cultivators are their best materials for cultivation. For the Baishi District, this is definitely a catastrophe!"

Chi Feiyan looked at Xu Mu calmly and said, "Why haven't I received any news?"

Xu Mu frowned and still found it hard to believe, even though the other party was speaking with great conviction.

"If you already know, how can the Baishi District remain so calm?" Chi Feiyan asked in return.

"..."

It seemed to be true!

He either cultivated or refined pills every day, so he rarely came out. His channels for receiving news were also very limited.

If he knew, then at least half of the people in the Baishi District would know.

Xu Mu hesitated and struggled, not knowing whether to agree or not.

The news came too suddenly, leaving him with no mental preparation at all.

The reason the other party brought him along was simply because he was skilled in pill refining. If he followed them, he would definitely be restricted after arriving at their destination.

But if he didn't go, he had no confidence in surviving the Soul Refining Sect's sweep.

Even if he could survive the sweep, without the support of a sect, the Baishi District would quickly become a paradise for demonic beasts.

"Doesn't the Tianhe Sect care?" Xu Mu asked unwillingly.

After finally adapting to the environment here, he really didn't want to change unless necessary.

The Qinghe Sword Sect was a subordinate force of the Tianhe Sect. If the Tianhe Sect intervened, it would be easy to reclaim the Qinghe Sword Sect's territory.

"I don't know if the Tianhe Sect will intervene, but even if they do, it won't solve the immediate problem!" Chi Feiyan shook her head.

"If Fellow Daoist Xu is willing, you can bring your family tomorrow and meet us at the entrance of the Baihe Forest! We will set off after the hour of Chen!"

"Tomorrow?"

Isn't that too soon?

Xu Mu, who was originally skeptical, now believed it to some extent.

If it weren't an emergency, the other party wouldn't be in such a hurry to leave. Moreover, departing from the Baihe Forest clearly indicated that they were not heading towards the Qinghe Sword Sect's territory.

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist Chi, where are you planning to go?"

"To the Liyang Sect, three thousand miles away!"

"Three thousand miles?!!"

Xu Mu didn't know where the Liyang Sect was, but just the distance of three thousand miles was enough to make his scalp tingle.

Passing through three thousand miles of wilderness and mountains was no joking matter.

Demonic beasts, poisonous insects, treacherous terrain, and miasma, any one of these things could make them perish without a trace.

"Fellow Daoist Chi, please allow me to discuss with my wife at home. Whether we go or not, I will give you an answer before tomorrow's Chen hour."

"Of course, I will await your good news!" Chi Feiyan smiled and clasped her hands.

She could see that the other party was already tempted, so there was a ninety percent chance that he would agree.

"Oh, by the way! I have two friends, can they come with us?" Xu Mu remembered Lan Shijin and her daughter.

If he could bring them along, they could take care of each other.

"Of course!" Chi Feiyan readily agreed.

Just as Xu Mu was about to leave, he suddenly thought of Su Qing and asked, "Will Fellow Daoist Su be leaving with us?"

"She is too weak and has no value. Bringing her along will only be a burden!" Chi Feiyan didn't hide it and said directly.

She and Su Qing were in a business relationship as well.

She had purchased Xu Mu's pills from the other party at a high price, and it was through the other party that she got to know Xu Mu. It wasn't based on any friendship, but rather on the spirit stones in her possession.

"..."

Xu Mu finally understood why Su Qing had that expression.

No one would feel good when they were abandoned.

As for the Song family, they probably wouldn't bring her along either.

After all, there were definitely more people from the Song family.

"Then I will take my leave!"

Just as Xu Mu was about to leave, Chi Feiyan suddenly said something thought-provoking.

"Master Xu, don't go out tonight!"

"Thank you for the reminder!"

Although the other party's words were somewhat inexplicable, Xu Mu didn't ask further. If the other party wanted him to know, they would definitely tell him. Since they didn't say anything now, it meant they didn't want him to know.

After Xu Mu left, the middle-aged man asked curiously, "Miss, why are you so tolerant towards him? Didn't the family head say that each person can only bring two people?"

This journey was long, and bringing one more person meant one more danger.

In the wilderness, the more people, the worse it was.

"Of course, it's because of his talent! Look at his age, he's only in his forties. There's a great chance he will become a third-rank pill master in the future. This time, when we flee to the Liyang Sect, we have to start from scratch. Having one more talented pill master will be very convenient!"

Chi Feiyan stood by the window, looking at Xu Mu disappearing into the rain, and said leisurely, "If we really encounter danger, he will also be a good pawn to abandon!"

(End of this chapter)