strictlysupreme Chapter 267 The Immortal Master of Tailoring
Chapter 267 The Immortal Master of Tailoring
Cui Wu was reunited with his parents, and Cui Cheng was overjoyed. He took a day off and returned to his house in the city with his wife and daughter.
This is a two-courtyard house, which was also Cui Wu's favorite house when he was a child.
She stood at the gate of the courtyard, her eyes welling up with tears again.
Qian Yuejiao stood behind Cui Wu and gently patted her shoulder.
"Although we sold most of our family property back then, your father and I could never bear to part with this house."
At first, I thought that if you weren't chosen and came back, the three of us would live here.
"Unfortunately, I was later chosen to go to Jiyue Mountain." Cui Wu said, looking at the fine lines at the corners of Qian Yuejiao's eyes.
“I just couldn’t bear to part with it, always thinking that one day you would come back. So I kept it, and it was never sold again.” Cui Cheng stepped forward, tears welling in his eyes.
"It's okay, I'm back."
The three of them slowly walked into the courtyard, which was filled with laughter and cheerful conversation.
In a cave on the back of Jiyue Mountain, damp steam rose in the dim light, creating a hazy atmosphere.
Beneath the dark spring in the cave sat a man dressed in white with disheveled hair.
He had handsome features and looked to be in his early twenties, but his hair was completely white, like straw.
A familiar voice came from the entrance of the cave. The young man staggered to his feet and saw the imposing robes of the sect leader.
Sect Leader Wen looked at the emaciated young man in front of him and sighed: "How did you know she had returned to the territory of Jiyue Mountain?"
The young man looked at Sect Leader Wen and took two steps forward. The iron chains on his ankles scraped against the ground, making a grating sound.
His voice was hoarse, but his eyes held a rare clarity.
“I taught her, so there must be some cause and effect involved.”
Sect Leader Wen spoke again: "I'll go and speak to her on your behalf. As for whether she's willing to see you, that depends on your fate."
The young man nodded slowly: "Thank you, senior brother."
Sect Leader Wen turned around and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
“Caijun, you don’t have many days left to be lucid. I’m willing to help you, but I don’t want that child to have any lingering issues. As long as I’m here in Jiyue Mountain, she will be safe.”
Cai Jun listened to the old man's cold words and gave a bitter smile: "I understand."
Cui Wu had been at home for less than half a day when he sensed a powerful aura appearing in Lianyue City.
Her daughter, who was resting her head on her lap, suddenly sat up. Qian Yuejiao looked at her with some confusion: "What's wrong?"
Cui Wu didn't hide it from her: "Mother, an elder has arrived, so I need to go out for a bit."
Qian Yuejiao naturally knew that the elder Cui Wu mentioned was no ordinary person, so she didn't stop her, but simply smiled and asked her:
"What do you want to eat tonight? Let your dad cook."
Cui Wu stretched out a hand: "Braised pork, braised spare ribs, chicken soup, autumn moon pears, spring flower wine. Be back before 7 PM. Thank you, Mother."
After saying this, the woman turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared from the spot.
At the same time, a young woman who suddenly appeared in the clouds above Lianyue City lost her smile and bowed to the kind old man in front of her: "Cui Wu greets Sect Leader Wen."
Sect Leader Wen sized up Cui Wu. He sighed and said, "Cui Wu, I know that given what Jiyue Mountain has done before, we shouldn't see you again. But this time, I really do have a favor to ask."
“Senior has done Cui Wu a great favor, so please speak freely.” Cui Wu said lightly.
"Cai Jun wants to see you." After saying this, Sect Leader Wen began to observe Cui Wu's expression, and then he noticed that the woman's expression remained unchanged.
After pondering for a moment, Cui Wu said, "Since it is your request, senior, I will naturally meet you. Please, senior."
Cui Wu readily agreed, but Sect Leader Wen was somewhat skeptical.
"really?"
Cui Wu smiled helplessly: "We always have to face it. The former master and disciple have become enemies, and we always have to make things clear."
Headmaster Wen nodded and took out a small, exquisite scroll from his sleeve, handing it to Cui Wu: "It's rare that you're willing. Although his Dao heart is broken and he's in a daze all day, he is still my junior brother whom I watched grow up."
“Cui Wu, consider this magic artifact as my reward for this. My time is running out, so you are doing this to fulfill his wish for me.”
Cui Wu accepted the scroll without hesitation.
The gifts from Sect Leader Wen are naturally all of high quality. If we were to refuse them now, it would only make us seem to have an unclear relationship with Jiyue Mountain.
The dark, damp cave was filled with moisture. When the cave door opened, Cui Wu immediately saw the Immortal Venerable Cai Jun on the platform in the middle of the water.
In Cui Wu's memory, the Immortal Venerable Cai Jun had always been aloof and dignified, but now he was like a crane with broken wings, fallen to the mortal world, shattered and broken.
The woman walked up to him and said softly, "Immortal Venerable, I have arrived."
Cai Jun slowly raised his head and looked at the woman in a light blue dress. An indescribable emotion appeared in his beautiful phoenix eyes.
"You've come." The young man's voice was hoarse. He slowly stood up and took two steps toward Cui Wu.
Cui Wu took two steps back.
Upon seeing Cui Wu's actions, the smile on Cai Jun Immortal Venerable's face froze. He said with a wry smile, "Are you still blaming your master?"
Cui Wu shook his head: "Immortal Venerable should take good care of himself. Cui Wu now has a master, my master is Ling Yuanzi, the peak master of Jiyuan Peak of Xuanhuang Sect."
"Furthermore, during the time he cultivated at Jiyue Mountain, Cui Wu never blamed you."
The woman's voice was clear and crisp, and her manners were impeccable, but she inexplicably gave off a sense of distance, making Immortal Venerable Caijun extremely uncomfortable.
He continued, "I know I sided with her back then, and you must still harbor some resentment..."
"Immortal Venerable!" Cui Wu interrupted Immortal Venerable Cai Jun, "You're overthinking it!"
"Human hearts are all biased, and immortals are no exception. In this respect, Cui Wu has never blamed you."
The woman sighed: "You still don't understand."
The woman's words were clear and resounding:
"Immortal Venerable, ask yourself, was the reason I endured the Soul Refining Whip, left Jiyue Mountain, and spared no effort to kill Qi Yaoyao truly because of your favoritism?"
Cui Wu's voice was filled with coldness, chilling to the extreme.
"Perhaps in many people's eyes, I should indeed hate her, hate her for enjoying the favor of her teachers but not being diligent, hate her for plotting against me..."
"But does the Immortal Venerable know? What Cui Wu hates most is that she colluded with the demons, committing heinous crimes and indiscriminately killing innocent people. She trampled the millennia-old defense of Jiyue Mountain underfoot, making the blood and tears of human cultivators a joke!"
Immortal Master Caijun was stunned, then suddenly gave a bitter smile.
After a long while, the young man looked up at Cui Wu: "Me too, right?"
In his hazy memory, he recalled the words Cui Wu had spoken before he was subjected to the Soul Refining Whip.
"I'm just a... hypocrite!"
"Immortal Venerable," Cui Wu spoke again.
“The lower realm of Yuanming is not as good as the upper realm, but Lianyue City is here, and Xuanhuang Sect is here. Everything that I cherish, and everything that others cherish, is here.”
Two bright sparks seemed to ignite in the woman's eyes.
“I wish for her to live on forever; that is the meaning of my life, Cui Wu.”
Immortal Venerable Caijun looked at Cui Wu and said softly, "Go back!"
Without any hesitation, Cui Wu turned and left. Just as he was about to reach the entrance of the cave, he heard the young man's hoarse voice.
"That little girl from the Xuanhuang Sect has excellent eyesight!"
Cui Wu smiled brightly: "My senior sister has always been very kind!"
"Everyone in the Xuanhuang Sect is doing well!"
On the night Cui Wu left Jiyue Mountain, Immortal Venerable Caijun committed suicide in a cave. By the time his disciples discovered him, it was too late.
Master Wen didn't say much, and sent someone to bury him on the back mountain.
All of this is related to Cui Wu of Jiyuan Peak in the Xuanhuang Sect...
They have no relation anymore.