A young girl dressed in red fur clothes, about seventeen or eighteen years old, walked out of the Cloud Tower's cabin door with light steps and walked down the stairs. In her arms, she was holding a white civet cat with an arrogant expression and indifferent eyes.
It was Jiang Tian!
"How can I tease you? You're ignoring me! You're really a proud little cutie! "
The girl scratched the white civet cat's head and pouted her bright red lips. She was both helpless and fond of the cat.
"Nannan, where did you get this civet cat?"
Her parents, a middle-aged couple, greeted her with a kind smile on their faces.
The man had long arms and legs, and he was tall and big. His hands were covered with burn scars and calluses from frostbite. He wore a protective magic artifact, but the runes on it had been worn out for too long. At first glance, one could tell that he was a low-level mortal who lived a conservative life.
"I picked it up on the road. It's so cute!"
The girl ran over excitedly and threw the cat into her father's arms. She hugged her mother's waist and rubbed her head on her mother's neck and face. She said coquettishly, "Mother, I haven't seen you for three years after I went to the capital. I really miss you!"
"Don't pick up a living thing of unknown origin. You're not young anymore. How can you be so immature? If it's a violent demonic beast, we'll be in trouble! "
The man scolded with a straight face, but there was unconcealable pride and love in the depths of his eyes.
The man's surname was Lu. Their ancestor was a cultivator from beyond the galaxy with a Nascent Soul cultivation base.
However, he was old and weak. He couldn't find a suitable job, couldn't get merit points, and couldn't earn crystal stones. Naturally, he couldn't get a household registration in a big city. After going around in circles, he was harassed by demonic beasts and bullied by powerful cultivators. After going through all kinds of hardships, he could only settle down in this small city on the border.
Giant-Stone City was originally a cold place and was not suitable for living. Moreover, it didn't have a large Spirit Gathering Array like the capital and Jianghan City. Therefore, the conditions for moving into the household registration were also very low.
Cultivators from beyond the river were not valued in the empire. Moreover, on the mainland, the Great Path was firm and the laws were suppressed. Nascent Soul cultivators from beyond the river could only exert the strength of Golden Core or even Qi Refinement.
In Grand Boulder City, the status of the Patriarch was not high, and he did not have any decent assets or accumulations. He could only hunt some demon beasts and exchange them for crystals and materials, barely getting by.
After struggling for dozens of years, he finally married a local female cultivator with a low cultivation base and had a few children. It could be said that he had taken root on this continent.
It was just that after the ancestor's death, there were very few disciples with extraordinary aptitudes in their clan.
In addition, the several sets of cultivation methods that the Patriarch brought from outside the river did not conform to the laws and Great Daos of this world, so the inheritance of combined cultivation was gradually cut off. The girl's generation was already the fifth generation, and they were completely reduced to a mortal family.
The man with the surname Lu ran a blacksmith's shop. Because he was kind and honest, the quality of his ironware was good, and he never lacked in weight. In the area north of the city, there were many regular customers, and everyone affectionately called him Brother Lu.
Although her family was very poor, her daughter managed to find a good job in the capital. She worked as a maid in a marquis's mansion. Her annual salary was not a small amount. Furthermore, she could secretly learn some cultivation techniques. The master also allowed her to do as she pleased and did not restrict her.
Sometimes, the man would dream in his heart that one day, his daughter could become a cultivator again and become a superior person, bringing glory to her ancestors.
"Father, don't be so fierce to me. I'm at the Foundation Establishment Stage now, and my Divine Sense has been activated, so I can naturally see if it's a demon beast or not! It's just an ordinary cat! "
The girl said proudly.
"That's right. It's not easy for our daughter to come back. She hasn't even had a bite of hot food, and you're already so fierce. Besides, our daughter has cultivation base, but do you have it? "
The mother of the Lu family spoiled her daughter without any principles, and she immediately scolded her husband.
"I'm just worried that she'll be taken advantage of. Anyway, there's nothing wrong with being careful. "
Being scolded by his wife, the old man of the Lu family blushed. He seemed to be a little helpless and explained helplessly,
"Manhan, half a year ago, when the little brother of the Li family of Changle was playing outside the city, he picked up a white fox. He thought it was pretty, clever, and cute, so he brought it home. Who knew that it was a demon beast that had cultivated to the Demon Core stage. That night, it ate the whole Li family, not even leaving behind a single heart, liver, spleen, or lung. "
The old man of the Lu family rambled on.
The family of three stepped on the snow and walked towards the north of the city.
The Dragon Whisker Ditch in the north of the city was a real slum. It used to be the sewage channel of Giant-Stone City. Later, it was abandoned, and the residents of the lower class gathered there. The dilapidated houses were scattered, and the terrain was extremely low. Over the years, they were covered in snow and ice, and the sewage flowing through them turned into ice crystals.
The wooden door, which had been eroded by the wind, snow, and sunlight until the black paint peeled off, revealing the white logs within, was pushed open. The family of three passed through the cramped courtyard filled with furnaces and blacksmithing tools, which emitted a faint rusty smell, and walked into a large house.
"By the way, daughter, didn't you send a message back saying that you can only return home once in three years? Why did you suddenly … Did you cause trouble and make the master unhappy? "
After the old man of the Lu family sat down, he asked worriedly.
The white civet cat squatted on the ground and looked at the wind and snow outside the window. It raised its ears as if it was listening to something.
"No."
Lu Manhan smiled and said,
"The new Imperial Preceptor, Saint Siqing, moved into the Crown Prince's Mansion and held a housewarming banquet. The marquis and his successor that I serve will also attend the banquet. Moreover, the banquet will be very grand. It will be a banquet that lasts for ten days and ten nights. During this period, the master won't return home, so there's no need for us to serve him. "
She poured herself a cup of tea and gulped it down. Wiping her mouth, she smiled and said, "Moreover, the Imperial Preceptor's ascension to the throne is also a celebration. We all have to take ten days off. Therefore, the master gave us, the servants, a holiday to visit the family! "
"The new Imperial Preceptor …"
Mr. and Mrs. Lu did not take it to heart after hearing it.
This kind of big shot was too far away from them. In fact, they had never heard of the name Saint Siqing. The mountains and rivers here were dangerous, and the people's livelihood was poor. There were few people, and even news was very limited.
However, seeing that their daughter didn't cause any trouble, they were relieved.
Knock knock knock!
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Manhan, Manhan! You're back? Where is he? "
Following the cheers, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy ran into the courtyard excitedly.
"It's Kang Cheng!"
"In the years that you weren't around, he talked about you every day!"
The Lu couple immediately revealed a kind smile and said to their daughter. They hurriedly opened the door and let the boy in.
This boy was their neighbor. His name was Kang Cheng.
The ancestor of the Kang family was also an extragalactic cultivator. He had a close relationship with the Lu family's ancestor. They used to travel all over the empire to make a living together. They killed demon beasts together and fought bandits together. They were people who could trust each other with their backs.
However, after a thousand years, the Kang family was no longer as glorious as it used to be. The Kang family's father was a hunter, and the Kang family's mother worked as a maid in a rich family. She usually sewed and mended clothes to supplement the family's income.
The two families had been friends for generations and were neighbors. Naturally, they were close. Kang Cheng and Lu Manhan could be said to be childhood sweethearts. They were like siblings.
Especially in the past few years when Lu Manhan was in the capital, Kang Cheng had been helping the Lu Family. When the old couple was injured or sick, he was the one who ran around to get medicine. If there were any hooligans who wanted to bully them, he was the one who protected them and stood up for them.
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