"Adopted children?" Princess Qian You frowned.
"Adopted children, sent them to the immortal sect, and hoped that they would return with the Limit Breaking Pill?" Zhong Shan suddenly recalled.
Looking at Zhong Shan in surprise, Ru Yan nodded and said, "Yes, Young Master, you understand. That is my husband's plan. In the following time, he will cultivate while raising his foster children. I hope that some of his foster children will be chosen by the immortal sects and they will be able to get back the Breaking Limit Pill. Then, they will be able to break through to the Houtian realm.
"What?" Princess Qian You asked.
"I only want a starting point, a starting point, and I will do better than anyone else." Ru Yan recalled.
"Yes, there is a huge gap between Houtian and Xiantian. Once you reach Xiantian, you will be able to meet many cultivators and go to many places that Houtian cultivators can't go." Princess Qian You nodded.
"When my husband was eighty-four years old, there was an immortal sect recruiting disciples. My husband took all his adopted children there. That day, I also went. Faced with the temptation of the immortal sect, the adopted children fought desperately. In the end, two of them were chosen, but they didn't ask for the Limit Breaking Pill for my husband. Instead, they followed the people of the immortal sect back to the mountain. "Ru Yan said with a sad face.
Princess Qian You was fuming at the side while Zhong Shan clenched his fists tightly. His eyes flickered with uncertainty. Suddenly, Zhong Shan stopped, raised his head, and took a deep breath. His heart was in turmoil.
Princess Qian You looked at Zhong Shan strangely. What happened to Zhong Shan?
"Young master, are you okay?" Ru Yan looked at Zhong Shan and asked.
"I'm fine!" Zhong Shan let out a long breath.
Too similar, this Xiao Family Head is too similar to me. It's just that I'm luckier, and Zhong Tian asked for a Limit Breaking Pill in the end.
"Continue." Zhong Shan said.
At this time, Ru Yan walked to a house and gently pushed it open. In the northernmost part of the house, there was a portrait. In the portrait, a beautiful young woman was Ru Yan, and the other was a white-haired old man with wrinkles all over his face. A shriveled old man.
The portrait was very lifelike, showing a loving scene of an old man and a young wife.
"This is a portrait of my husband when he was ninety-four years old. It has been hanging here ever since. After a thousand years of constant protection, I can still see my husband's face." Ru Yan pointed at the portrait of the shriveled old man.
"You had reached the Xiantian realm back then?" Princess Qian You asked.
"Yes, I've reached Xiantian, and my appearance is still the same. But my husband's lifespan is almost up. In the last few years, I often see my husband smiling bitterly by himself. My heart is always filled with grief. My husband wants me to go out on my own, to continue walking towards immortality. But how can Ruyan abandon my husband and live alone?" Ruyan revealed a trace of grief.
"What happened after that?" Princess Qian You looked at Ru Yan.
"A long time ago, my husband finished building his tomb. His lifespan was nearing its end. Two years later, my husband was ninety-six years old. His movements began to become inconvenient, but he refused to leave when he saw me. In the end, we agreed to go to the Yellow Springs together." Ru Yan said.
"Go to the Yellow Springs together?" Princess Qian You said sadly.
"We were husband and wife in life, and husband and wife in death." Ru Yan said, and then patted the corner of the wall.
"It's been a thousand years. The mechanism is no longer working. Young Master, you can move this tile away." Ru Yan pointed at a big brick in the corner.
Zhong Shan was also very depressed at this moment. Looking at Old Master Xiao, he thought of himself in the past. If he didn't get the Limit Breaking Pill, would he be the same? He immediately walked over and moved the tile away.
The tile was lifted, revealing a passage leading downwards. Ru Yan directly walked down. Zhong Shan also took out a Night Pearl and followed Princess Qian You down.
The lower they went, the bigger the passage became. It was like a large secret chamber, with many compartments. It looked incomparably gloomy and terrifying. But so what? Not to mention that Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You were cultivators, what could be more terrifying than Ru Yan, a thousand-year-old resentful ghost, here?
Ru Yan led the two of them around for a while and arrived at the largest secret room.
There was a large stone coffin in the secret chamber. It looked very conspicuous.
"It's here." Ru Yan pointed at the stone coffin.
"Can I open it?" Zhong Shan asked.
"Young Master, please." Ru Yan said.
Handing the Night Pearl to Princess Qian You, Zhong Shan gently pushed the lid of the coffin, revealing a small gap. A faint light came from inside.
With a heavy heart, Zhong Shan continued to push until the coffin lid was completely opened. The interior was revealed.
There were some gaps in the coffin, allowing some air to enter. Inside the coffin, there was a round box with a Taiji Yin Yang Fish pattern on it. On the box, there was a wick at each eye of the Yin Yang Fish. The faint light was caused by the flame on one of the wick. One was on, and the other was off. Under the wick was a special kind of lamp oil. Even after a thousand years, it still hadn't burned out.
Inside the coffin, there was another skeleton. The skeleton was lying on its side, and under the skeleton, there was a pile of black ashes. On the neck of the skeleton, there was a necklace, and on the necklace, there were two connected rings.
Zhong Shan didn't touch it. Instead, he looked at Ru Yan.
"This skeleton is my skeleton. The necklace is the token of love that my husband gave me back then. It's called the Yearning Necklace. It means that our hearts will be united forever. We will live and die together, never to be separated. And that necklace is the lamp made with our blood. "Ru Yan said.
"Yearning Necklace?" Princess Qian You looked at the necklace, touched.
"What happened back then? How did you die? "Zhong Shan asked with a frown.
"That day, my husband dismissed everyone in the family and came here with me. We lit the everlasting lamp and closed the coffin lid. He embraced me, and we swallowed cinnabar together, preparing to enter the yellow springs together." Ru Yan said.
"Hugged you? Swallowed cinnabar? Swallowed it? "Zhong Shan frowned.
"Yes. He fed me, and I fed him. After swallowing the cinnabar, we hugged each other tightly and went to the Yellow Springs hand in hand." Ru Yan said.
"But Xiao Bingyi disappeared." Zhong Shan frowned. "Yes, my husband.
"Yes, my husband is gone. When I came back from Soul Night, he was already gone. When I went out, I found that everyone in the vicinity was gone, not a single one was left. I waited here for my husband to come back, but this wait lasted for a thousand years. I am tired, very tired. Mister, please help me find my husband." Ru Yan looked at Zhong Shan and pleaded.
"Miss Ru Yan, don't worry. I, Zhong Shan, have never broken my promises. But are you sure Xiao Bingyi is still in this world? After all, it's been a thousand years. That bone frame of his might have died long ago. "Zhong Shan said.
"No, his eternal lamp is still lit. As long as he enters the nether world, his eternal lamp will be extinguished. He might be dead, but his soul hasn't scattered. He hasn't entered the nether world. He's still in this world." Ru Yan pointed at the lamp with two wicks. Only one lamp was lit.
Zhong Shan didn't understand and looked at Princess Qian You.
"The lamp is like this. Blood is poured into the lamp and there's a trace of the soul. As long as the soul is in this world, the lamp won't be extinguished. Once the soul dissipates or enters the netherworld, it will be extinguished." Princess Qian You explained.
"So you've entered the netherworld?" Princess Qian You suddenly looked at Ru Yan.
"Yes, I waited for seven days down there. I didn't see my husband, so I took advantage of the Soul Night to come back. But when I came back, I found that my husband's corpse was gone. His lamp wasn't extinguished, so he's still in this world." Ru Yan shook her head and said sadly.
"But a ghost can't stay in the mortal world for so long. A thousand years, you've waited for a thousand years. Unless someone continuously poured yin energy into you." Princess Qian You said.
Ru Yan looked at Qian You and shook her head without answering. She looked at Zhong Shan and said, "Young Master, can you find my husband?"
Taking a deep breath, Zhong Shan looked at the sarcophagus with mixed feelings. Xiao Bingyi wasn't dead, but how did he survive in such a desperate situation?
Not to mention the fact that he had the same foundation as Chu Liuyue, even swallowing cinnabar back then should've been a death sentence. How did he survive? How did he live for a thousand years?
"Did the people who lived near the Xiao Mansion never appear again?" Zhong Shan asked.
"No, on the day of the Soul Night, there was no one here. Not long after, miasma covered the place. It has been a thousand years. I've asked many mortals who passed by this place, but no one knows. They don't know my husband." Ru Yan looked at Zhong Shan and shook her head.
Zhong Shan's brows furrowed. Zhong Shan had guessed a possibility from Ru Yan's words. However, Zhong Shan didn't want to believe it because if it was true, it would also pull out the soft spot in his heart.
"Could it be that Xiao Bingyi's adopted sons finally came back?" Princess Qian You suddenly said.
Hearing Princess Qian You speak her mind, Zhong Shan let out a long sigh. At this moment, he had no choice but to face this dilemma.
"No, at that time, my husband's two adopted sons didn't care about my husband. Their expressions were cold and they disdained us." Ru Yan shook her head.
"Disdained us? Back then, you were extremely disappointed, so when you looked at things, there was a slight deviation. No matter what, it's possible. "Princess Qian You said.
"No, no, no." Ru Yan shook her head.
Taking a deep breath, Zhong Shan looked at Ru Yan. "Who knows what happened back then? Which sect took a liking to Xiao Bingyi's adopted sons? Let's go ask. "
"Impossible, they couldn't have come back." Ru Yan didn't believe it.
"At the very least, let's go ask and see if they know where Xiao Bingyi is. Only by asking will we have a chance to know." Zhong Shan said.
"Alright, I only know that the two of them have become disciples of the Cangyun Sect. I don't know anything else." Ru Yan thought for a moment.
"Alright, we'll go take a look at the Cangyun Sect. When we return, I'll tell you." Zhong Shan said.
"No, I'll go with you." Ru Yan looked at Zhong Shan.
"Okay." Zhong Shan looked at Ru Yan and nodded.
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