Chapter 57 Four Years Later
Wu Yan sat cross-legged on top of the puppet's head. He neither comforted nor explained anything about his father and brother's surprise. Now that he had decided to leave his family with the means and strength to protect themselves in the world before leaving, Wu Yan had already figured it out and told them that he was an immortal cultivator.
He has already planned that when his brother gets a little older and matures, he will abandon this mundane matter and pursue the illusory path of immortality. Now that I'm gone, I don't know if I can see them again. Although I am reluctant to give up, this is a problem that must be faced after all. Wu Yan just wanted to leave with peace of mind and no worries.
Father Wu and Wu Shan sat on the puppet's big steel hands, one on the left and the other on the right. Standing four to five feet in the air, they looked at the valley in front of them in surprise, which seemed a bit unreal.
In the valley, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant. Several acres of medicinal fields are cultivated on the slopes on all sides of the valley, which are lush and green. Several thatched huts were built at the bottom of the valley. Four puppets of different sizes stood in front of the huts, like servants looking after the house and the courtyard. It was very interesting.
The steel puppet walked to the hut. Wu Yan directed the puppet to put down his father and younger brother. He himself added a Wind Control Technique and landed lightly from the top of the puppet's head. He raised his hand and pointed, and the steel puppet turned around and walked towards the mouth of the valley. The heavy fog that had just parted closed again, and the path back could no longer be seen.
Wu Yan invited his father and younger brother into the hut, brewed a pot of herbal tea for the two of them, and said with a smile: "Dad, Xiaoshan, I know you have been holding back questions, okay, let's ask them now."
Father Wu had no intention of drinking tea. He was really holding back his questions. The surprise his son gave him was so great that he didn't know how to accept it.
"Yan'er, what's going on? Who is that iron guy just now? Why do you live here in the wilderness if you can't live in a nice home? You..."
Wu Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Dad, can you allow me to answer you one by one? I brought you and Xiaoshan here today because I actually wanted to tell you about the things that I have been hiding my strength for. Dad. , do you think that if I were an ordinary doctor, I could really make such a huge fortune in such a short period of time? "
Wu Yan smiled and looked at his father who opened his mouth to speak again, and his younger brother who looked suspicious and expectant. He picked up the teacup in front of him and said: "Dad, Xiaoshan, this is the herbal tea prepared by me. After drinking it, you can prolong your life and strengthen your physique. You should drink it while it is hot for the effect to be obvious. "
When Father Wu heard that it could prolong life, he took it up, smelled it and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing the drink, he smacked his mouth and said in surprise: "Hey, isn't it herbal tea? Why does it taste so fragrant and delicious? Weird, Weird, Yan'er, remember to prepare more of this tea for Dad. "
Father Wu seemed to have suddenly figured out something, and he was not too anxious to learn about these mysterious things from Wu Yan. Wu Yan is his son anyway. What father doesn't want his children to live a better life and become stronger?
Although Wu Shan was full of questions, he always believed in his brother the most, so he drank the tea obediently and looked at Wu Yan expectantly, hoping to hear a mysterious story from him that would shock the world and make people cry.
Wu Yan then calmly told the two of them what he had experienced in the past five years. However, Wu Yan did not dare to tell the two of them some extremely secret things for fear of telling them something, causing them worry, or even causing disaster for them in the future. For example, the matter of the small stove, and the matter of Pharmacist Feng seizing his body. As for the fact that he now actually controls the Iron Blood Alliance, Wu Yan didn't take it to heart, but he didn't want the Wu family to get involved in the disputes, so he didn't tell the two of them.
But even so, the two of them still looked horrified. It wasn't until more than an hour later that Wu Yan had roughly finished talking about his affairs. Father Wu still muttered to himself in disbelief: "What did you say? Are you a god now?"
"Dad, I'm not a god. Didn't I tell you that I am an immortal cultivator now? I am just a cultivator who wants to become an immortal. How can I dare to call myself a god?" Wu Yan rubbed his nose and smiled bitterly.
"A cultivator? A person who cultivates to become an immortal? Brother, can you fly? How about you fly one now for me to see?"
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Wu Yan now regrets telling his father and brother about this. The two of them kept asking him questions. They even thought that Wu Yan knew how to turn stone into gold, so they forced him to use it to see.
Family happiness is the foundation of all joy in the world. Only everyone knows how important family love is. The road is ruthless, ruthless just because the love of family must be transcended into a necessary feeling of letting go in the heart. Ever since Wu Yan understood what he was studying, he had already identified this path. Therefore, during this time before leaving, he wanted to spend time with his family and pass on as much knowledge as possible to his father and younger brother without causing unwarranted trouble to his family. As for his mother and sister, Wu Yan believes that his father and brother can handle it well.
After chatting for a long time, Wu Yan led his father and younger brother to a medicinal field, pointed to the various herbs in it and said to them: "Dad, I just passed the "Medicine Classic" to my younger brother. Among them, half are life-saving herbs and half are life-threatening poisonous weeds. This is what I left for our Wu family. In the future, after you have learned everything recorded in the "Medicine Classic", you can use an acre of medicine to open up the source of good health for our Wu family. Bar."
Old Man Wu looked at his second son Wu Shan, who was happy and carefree, and frowned as if he saw Wu Yan's worries. He looked at his eldest son for a long time and finally sighed. At this moment, he seemed to be relieved and a little older. He whispered: "Yan'er, don't worry, Dad's old bones are still useful. But, you... Alas, since you have made up your mind, Dad only hopes that before you close your eyes, you can... Forget it, forget it, I won't say it. Haha, good, good, I, Wu Lao San, have such a promising son in this life, what else can I regret?"
The muscles on Wu Yan's face twitched, and he finally sighed and said nothing.
The three of them had different expressions. Under Wu Yan's guidance, they watched a circle of the world in the valley until the sunset. Wu Yan then sent his father and brother out of the valley and back home.
From then on, in addition to practicing in seclusion in the valley, Wu Yan also studied Fengyun Step and Hidden Killing Technique in depth, trying to soften these two skills into a unique martial arts skill. Wu Lao San accompanied Huang Zhen to supervise Wu Shan's study and martial arts training all day long. At night, the four of them closed the door and studied the "Pharmacopoeia" left by Wu Yan in the house.
Old Wu had also asked Wu Yan intentionally or unintentionally whether the study of immortality could be passed on to his family. In fact, as long as one is a person, he will probably have a yearning for immortality. Unfortunately, the study of immortality requires immortality. Without spiritual roots, no matter how talented you are or how smart your mind is, it is in vain. In the entire Wu family, no one has spiritual roots. Wu Yan told his father about this in a vague way. Old Wu was sad and never mentioned it again. He just focused on his three children every day. In ordinary seasons, he would also spend a lot of family wealth to help his neighbors, and his reputation as a great philanthropist became more and more famous.
Four years passed in a hurry.
On this day, a burst of thunder suddenly sounded in the Suanzao Valley west of Wujia Mountain, and the fog covering the sky gradually dissipated in a moment. After the fog cleared, the valley returned to peace. People were surprised to find that the valley was in a mess, as if it had been struck by thunder and turned into ruins.
This incident had been rumored throughout Qing County for several months. It was said that there had been a mandrill here. The mandrill practiced here every day. As a result, one day after it became a spirit, it wanted to come out to harm people, but was discovered by the thunder god in the sky, and a thunderbolt killed the monster.
As for the truth, I am afraid that except for the parties involved, outsiders really believed such rumors, and the more they spread, the more mysterious they became.
Four years is not long, but it is short. In Wujiagou, as the great man Wu became rich in the past few years, he continued to help his neighbors and support the poor, and the villagers of Wujiagou became completely rich. The rich villagers did not forget the kindness of the great man Wu. In the past few years, they followed the Wu family and replanned and rebuilt Wujiagou. Wujiagou was officially renamed Wujiabao last year.
Wujiabao, which occupies a radius of several miles, is like an impregnable city fortress in the mountains. I don't know what kind of expert the great philanthropist Wu invited to build Wujiabao into a magical fortress with six directions inside, eight trigrams outside, and nine palaces on all sides according to the art of mechanical engineering. But the Wu family has always been low-key. Except for the people of Qing County, few outsiders know that the Wu family exists.
A few days after Suanzaogou turned into ruins, on the top of Wujiashan Mountain to the west of Wujiabao, Wu Laosan's family of eight stood on the top of the mountain, all with solemn faces. At this time, Wu Shan had already started a family. He married Li, a young lady from a wealthy family in Qing County. She was virtuous, dignified and elegant, and had two sons, Wu Dalong and Wu Xiaohu. Dalong was already three years old, riding on his father's head, looking at his uncle with curiosity. Xiaohu was still in his cradle, held in Wu Yan's arms, with a confused look on his face, quite cute.
The whole family knew that Wu Yan was leaving. Wu's mother, sister Wu Duo, and sister-in-law Li all secretly wiped their tears, looking at Wu Yan with reluctance.
Wu Yan was wearing a black cloak, standing in the wind. His ordinary appearance also had an indescribable sense of transcendence and ease. Wu Yan smiled, pinched Xiaohu's nose, took out a cloth bag from his arms, stuffed it into Xiaohu's swaddling clothes, and then handed Xiaohu to his father. He laughed loudly, patted the storage bag on his waist, and white light spurted out. A small and exquisite green leaf appeared in his palm.
"Dad, Mom, I am unfilial and want to seek the longevity road beyond my ability. I don't know when I can return. I hope you two will live a long and happy life. Xiaoshan, the house is handed over to you. You and your little sister often wonder if your big brother can fly. Today, your big brother will fly from this mountain, forget me, and live a good life!"
Wu Yan threw the green leaf in his palm into the air. The green leaf turned into a size of ten feet in the wind. Wu Yan raised his foot and stepped on the green leaf, turning into a white light. Without looking back, he disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye.
The Wu family, young and old, stood on the top of the mountain in a daze, staring at the direction where Wu Yan disappeared for a long time, unable to speak.
"Let's all go back. The eldest brother is right. We must not disappoint his expectations and live a good life." Wu Lao San blinked his red and swollen eyes, waved his hand, and led his crying family back.