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

Chapter 39: Unexpected Changes

"Why are there so many people?"

Xu Mu walked out of the alley where the abandoned house was located and saw a large number of cultivators, along with their families, heading towards the Baihe Forest.

"I don't know!"

All three women shook their heads.

They had just come out and found the situation like this.

"Could it be that the Chi family wants to take everyone in the neighborhood away?"

Xu Mu thought to himself.

Just then, a familiar figure wearing a white Taoist robe and a goatee appeared in his line of sight. Xu Mu hurriedly went up to greet him.

"Master Zhang!"

"Hmm?"

Zhang Shouren, who was holding his grandson's hand and walking with the crowd, heard the familiar voice and turned to look.

He found Xu Mu from the same alley.

He pulled his grandson out of the crowd and walked towards Xu Mu.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Lan, you're alright! That's great!"

Zhang Shouren's face lit up with a smile.

Last night, there was a battle in the alley, and he and his grandson had been hiding in the house until dawn before daring to go out and check.

Seeing that Xu Mu's residence had become ruins, he thought something had happened to their family.

"Just lucky! By the way, Fellow Daoist Zhang, where are you all going?"

"What else can we do? Of course, we're leaving the neighborhood!" Zhang Shouren said with a bitter smile.

Following him was a little boy with two braided pigtails, holding onto his leg and hiding behind him, peering cautiously at the others.

When he saw Little Ling'er being held in Xu Mu's arms, his eyes lit up, and his little head couldn't help but peek out from behind Zhang Shouren.

"Leaving?"

Xu Mu's eyes flickered.

Could it be that his guess was correct, and the Chi family wanted to take everyone away?

But Chi Feiyan's attitude didn't seem like it, right?

After all, she even abandoned Su Qing, who had helped her.

"Why do you want to leave?" Xu Mu asked knowingly.

"Don't you know yet?"

Zhang Shouren was somewhat surprised.

Even he, a low-level cultivator who stayed at home with his child every day, knew about it, but Xu Mu, a mid-level Qi Refining cultivator with boundless future prospects as an alchemist, didn't know.

"I'm not very clear!"

He really wasn't very clear. Without the help of the Foundation Building family, how could they leave this place?

"The Qinghe Sword Sect has been destroyed by the Soul Refining Sect. The demonic cultivators from the Soul Refining Sect will soon come to sweep through the Baishi Neighborhood. If we don't leave now, it'll be too late!"

Zhang Shouren's answer was the same as Xu Mu's guess.

"Are the demonic cultivators really that terrifying?"

"I don't know if they're terrifying or not, but our Zhang family is the only one left. I can't afford to take the risk of staying and hoping that the demonic cultivators from the Soul Refining Sect will show mercy!"

Zhang Shouren touched his grandson's head and said.

"How are you planning to leave?" Xu Mu asked.

Just then, Little Ling'er, who was being held in his arms, suddenly reached out to grab Zhang Shouren's beard. Zhang Shouren laughed and blocked her hand, then spoke up:

"Of course, we'll follow the group of cultivators from the Foundation Building families. Otherwise, with my old bones, I won't be able to get anywhere!"

Zhang Shouren patted his pocket and took out a mud-made monkey, handing it to Little Ling'er.

This was originally a toy made for his grandson.

The boy reluctantly tugged at his grandfather's clothes, but Zhang Shouren ignored him.

Little Ling'er took the mud monkey without any hesitation and tried to put it in her mouth, but Ye Yingying stopped her and took her from Xu Mu's arms to avoid interrupting their conversation.

"Are they willing? I heard that if there are too many people, it's easy to attract attacks from demonic beasts!"

While speaking, Xu Mu took out a Qi Gathering Pill and handed it to Zhang Shouren's grandson.

"Here, eat it!" Xu Mu smiled.

The boy looked at his grandfather.

Zhang Shouren recognized it as a Qi Gathering Pill and nodded, and the boy took it and put it in his mouth.

The taste of the pill wasn't very good, and the boy frowned before swallowing it, which was quite amusing.

"I don't know! But everyone is following, with so many people, they can't kill them all, right?"

Zhang Shouren stroked his white goatee and turned to look. There were still people coming from all directions of the neighborhood.

Obviously, they all wanted to leave with the Foundation Building families.

"It seems that it's not the Chi family taking them all away, but someone leaked the news, and everyone came running."

Xu Mu thought to himself.

The news of the Qinghe Sword Sect's destruction might have only spread among a portion of the cultivators, but after last night's turmoil, the entire neighborhood probably knew about it.

And with what happened last night, the major families wouldn't dare to act if the news wasn't true.

"Do you know which families are leaving?" Xu Mu prayed that the Luo family wouldn't be among them.

"I don't know about that!"

Zhang Shouren shook his head.

The people who came with him were already waving at him.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, are you not leaving? How about we form a group so that we can take care of each other on the way?"

Zhang Shouren extended an invitation.

He said so much to Xu Mu just to team up with him.

Whether it's Xu Mu or Lan Shijin, they are both mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, much stronger than him. Moreover, both of them are wealthier than him and must have many tricks up their sleeves. As long as they make a move on the way, they could possibly save the lives of him and his grandson.

"Well, I haven't decided to go yet. Let's talk about it later!"

Xu Mu felt a little embarrassed.

If these people were not invited by the Chi family, when he joins the Chi family team later, he will inevitably have to separate from them, which would be awkward.

"Alright! If you decide to go later, you can find me anytime! I'll leave first!"

Zhang Shouren didn't think too much about it, he smiled and arched his hand towards Xu Mu, then took his reluctant grandson and merged back into the crowd, heading towards the previous team.

Xu Mu noticed that most of those people were neighbors in their alley.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, where are we going now?" Lan Shijin asked.

Since seeing the battle marks yesterday, she had already regarded Xu Mu as her leader.

"Let's go to the agreed location first and see what's going on!"

Xu Mu took the little Ling'er who was desperately reaching out to him, held her in his arms, and led the three women to follow the crowd.

They soon arrived at the entrance of Baihe Forest.

Here, everyone split into two distinct teams. On one side were the powerful cultivators from the family clans with numerous magical treasures, while on the other side was a chaotic group of scattered cultivators, mostly at the early stage of Qi Refining.

Xu Mu quickly found Chi Feiyan's figure among the family cultivators and hurriedly squeezed through with the three women.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two flying swords emitting a green light shot towards them, exuding a sharp sword aura, blocking their way.

"If you continue forward, don't blame us for being impolite!"

Two cultivators in blue Daoist robes at the late stage of Qi Refining stared coldly at Xu Mu and the others.

...

"Do you know? Yesterday, several families..."

"If I had known, I would have gone too..."

"...The three families made a fortune!"

Zhang Shouren was chatting with people from the alley about yesterday's events when one of them noticed Xu Mu and the others.

"Huh? Isn't that Master Xu Dan? Why is he going to the team of the Foundation Building family?"

"Maybe he has connections and they are willing to take him!"

Someone speculated with a flickering gaze.

Zhang Shouren also looked over, envy appearing on his face.

"So Fellow Daoist Xu has connections, no wonder he doesn't want to team up with us!"

"What? Did you invite him just now?"

A burly man with a fierce and pockmarked face frowned and asked.

The strong man's name is Zhou Chong, a resident of the neighboring alley. He has a cultivation level of Qi Refining at the fifth level and makes a living by hunting and killing demonic beasts. He is one of the strongest among the group.

Including Zhang Shouren, everyone vaguely regards him as their leader.

The pockmarks on his face are not natural, but rather the result of being poisoned while hunting demonic beasts.

"I mentioned it to him, but he said he might not leave, so he didn't agree!"

"Might not leave? Hmph! He just doesn't want you to hold him back!" Zhou Chong sneered disdainfully.

Zhang Shouren awkwardly smiled and didn't say anything.

"I can tell you this! They might not take him with them!"

A trace of mocking laughter suddenly appeared on Zhou Chong's face.

"Why do you say that, Fellow Daoist Zhou?" Zhang Shouren asked in confusion.

He knew that Xu Mu's alchemy skills were extraordinary, and Lan Shijin was also a rare formation master. Both of them were at the mid-stage of Qi Refining and joined the team of the Foundation Building family. It shouldn't be a problem.

The others also looked at Zhou Chong, showing curiosity, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Since you didn't go to the market last night, you don't know that when the three major families attacked the Song family, they were met with a desperate counterattack. No one expected that the Song family would actually have a spirit-level Thunder Child. All the Foundation Building ancestors of the three families were injured, and many high-level cultivators fell on the spot. Now the three families are struggling to protect themselves. How could they possibly bring an outsider with them!"

"Just wait and see, they will be driven back soon!"

A look of anticipation appeared on Zhou Chong's terrifying face.

Zhang Shouren tugged at his goatee, starting to worry for Xu Mu and the others.

A young boy tugged at his grandfather's pants, desperately tiptoeing to look in the direction where Xu Mu and the others were.

He wanted to see that cute little girl again!

Having grown up without any friends, it was rare for him to meet a child around his age.

As for the others, they were not as kind-hearted as Zhang Shouren. From envy, they instantly turned into gloating spectators, all waiting to watch the show.

On the other side, after Xu Mu had the other party announce it, Chi Feiyan, wearing a third-grade robe, quickly came over with two late-stage Qi Refining subordinates.

Seeing that Xu Mu was accompanied by four people, a trace of apology appeared on Chi Feiyan's delicate face.

"Master Xu, I'm sorry about one thing! This time, I can only bring the two of you!" Chi Feiyan looked at Lan Shijin and Leng Yuening and said, "As for these two, I'm really powerless!"

Lan Shijin's face changed slightly, and although Leng Yuening's expression remained unchanged, her ten jade-like fingers unconsciously tightened.

No one expected such a turn of events.

"Sir!" Ye Yingying hurriedly looked at Xu Mu, her eyes filled with pleading.

She probably wanted to say, "Don't leave behind Lan Shijin and Leng Yuening."

After spending such a long time together, she almost regarded the other two as her own sisters. It was really hard for her to leave them behind alone.

Lan Shijin and Leng Yuening were also extremely anxious in their hearts.

They both knew how dangerous the journey would be. Without the protection of someone at the Foundation Building stage, it could be said to be a matter of life and death.

Putting themselves in Xu Mu's shoes, they would probably agree to the other party's request, after all, Xu Mu was not alone.

"In that case, I'll just forget it!"

Xu Mu decisively shook his head.

(End of this chapter)