The next day, his son brought his wife home to say goodbye. The old man didn't want to open the door at first, as they had been in a cold war for months. He was unwilling to let it go, but he still opened the door under his wife's cries. This was the last time they could see each other. He didn't know when they would meet again.
There were three people standing at the door. Xiao Fang and his wife were kneeling on the ground to say goodbye to their mother. A few steps away, a young man was standing quietly with sword-like eyebrows. Judging from his attire and bearing, he didn't look like a person from the grassland.
Old Man Fang refused to back down and still didn't speak to his son. He stared at the young man behind him and walked up to him, scrutinizing him.
"Who are you? Why did you come with them? "
The young man smiled, revealing a row of white teeth. "I was ordered by Lord Lu to send Fang Zihui to the grassland and arrange for the opening of the school."
Lord Lu was the manager of Little Snow City and a cultivator. Little Snow City was close to Xuanyuan, so there was no government system. Usually, it was managed by the manager of the school in the city, who was an old Foundation Establishment cultivator from Xuanyuan. Little Snow City didn't have many things to do, so it was easy to hire some local elders and disciples from big families to manage it.
The Taoist Hall was where Xuanyuan collected and trained Taoist children. It was a sworn enemy of Old Fang's school. However, Xuanyuan was too powerful, and Old Fang didn't dare to show his resentment. He could only struggle under the suppression of the Taoist Hall.
Therefore, his attitude wasn't very good.
"My son went to the grassland because of your school, didn't you? Now you're trying to be a good person? Hypocrite! "
The young man's attitude was very good, and his smile didn't change. "I'll let you know. I'm not a member of the school, but I was asked by Lord Lu to take care of him along the way. The Fang family of Little Snow City has been dedicated to education for generations, and Lord Lu admires them very much. He ordered me to take good care of Fang Zihui's basic necessities, as a role model for the two families to live in harmony."
Old Master Fang harrumphed loudly and did not think much of it. The ancestral teachings of the Fang family disapproved of the children of the family learning Dao. They believed that it was not proper work! There were also some reasons for this. They were all old matters, but the traditions left behind would not change.
The young man said gently, "In order to commend the Fang family's good deeds, Master Lu said that in the future, the children in the dojo who are not suitable to learn Dao will be sent to the school in the city to continue with their basic education. The order will be issued in the next few days. At that time, the teachers of the school in the city will be invited to discuss the specific matters. Old Mister Fang is a person of virtue and prestige, and Master Lu has especially mentioned that he hopes you can give him some pointers."
Seeing that Old Man Fang was still skeptical, the young man sighed. The affairs of mortals were just as troublesome.
The Fang Clan was, of course, Senior Apprentice Sister Fang Ru's family. When Fang Ru went to the Fifth Ring, the Fang Clan was still living in Xuanyuan City. Who would've thought that they'd moved here and never mentioned that there was a female cultivator in the clan? Perhaps they felt ashamed of it?
More than two hundred years had passed, and Senior Apprentice Sister had long become the ancestral grandmother of the family. However, Lou Xiaoyi doubted that her name could still be recorded in the family tree. The thoughts of mortals were very complicated, and the difference in their beliefs was not something he could persuade them to change.
Old Man Fang was stubborn, but he couldn't just ignore him. Thus, he explained to Little Snow City's dojo manager, Master Lu, that the Fang family was one of Xuanyuan's own people. With a great ancestor who had formed his Gold Core at the Fifth Ring, his future was limitless. He instructed Master Lu to secretly take care of the Fang family. This was how the Dao Dojo's children were separated.
To Master Lu, Jin Dan was his Martial Uncle. This kind of care was necessary. Regardless of how much this old man resented cultivators, it was another matter.
Looking after the Gu family was something Lou Xiaoyi had to do. If they were in Xuanyuan City, everything would've been very simple. However, the Fang family had a strong scholarly temperament. They were noble and self-restrained, and disdained to enjoy the treatment of cultivators' families in Xuanyuan City. A hundred years ago, they moved out of Xuanyuan City and settled down in Little Snow City. Thus, their background as a cultivator's family was cut off, and no one in Little Snow City knew about it.
Before he left, Senior Apprentice Sister had instructed him to come back and take a look. She was aware of her family's bad temper, so she warned him not to force the Fang family's children to enter the Dao. It would be good if they could live in a peaceful environment.
There was no problem with Old Man Fang. A peaceful city at the foot of a snowy mountain. It was Xuanyuan's territory. Even if the sky fell, it wouldn't fall here. As long as he said hello to Little Snow City's dojo, he would be able to live out his remaining years in peace. The problem was Little Fang, the only descendant of the Fang family!
How could Lou Xiaoyi know what kind of place the grassland was? He could only get a general idea from Master Lu, and then rush over.
This kind of care was very troublesome. People were not kittens or puppies. They had their own thoughts, especially Little Fang. He had the urge to travel the world, and the nourishment of love. He reckoned that even if his father jumped into a well, he wouldn't be able to stop him, let alone an outsider like him. How could he persuade him?
He didn't want to persuade him! The best way was to follow him and see if this woman was sincere. He wanted to see if the grassland was suitable for Little Fang. If there was something fishy, then he would think of a way to stop Little Fang's thoughts. If everything went according to nature, then he could only let him be!
He wouldn't force Little Fang to stay. That would be a lazy way of doing things. Man was the spirit of all living things, and he had his own thoughts. If he was sent to the grassland for a few years to fulfill his dreams, and then he would be educated by reality. Maybe there would be a time when he would change his mind. If he forced him to stay in Little Snow City, then he didn't know what would happen. After all, cultivators were different from mortals, and he couldn't always keep an eye on this place.
So he asked Master Lu for this job!
The grassland was a traditional power in the Northern Region. They didn't have a good relationship with Xuanyuan, and they were limited by their own strength. So they had always been in an endless cycle of accumulating strength, showing off, being suppressed, being cut off, hibernating, and then trying to make a comeback.
The grassland power had a very strong characteristic, and that was their strong vitality. Even if the spiritual opportunity withered ten thousand years ago, it didn't do anything to them. When the spiritual opportunity was restored, they immediately became lively again.
But in the past few hundred years, the situation had changed. The grassland people seemed to have been enlightened. They began to be easy to communicate with, and were willing to accept the ideas and culture of the outside world. One of them was to allow scholars from the Central Plains to come to the grassland and spread their culture.
This was a huge change. In time, when the grassland people gradually accepted the culture of the Central Plains, there would be no existence in the Northern Region that could threaten Xuanyuan. So the Xuanyuan Sword School supported this.
In other words, Xiao Fang's marriage and going to the grassland to teach was in line with the general trend, and should be promoted.
Of course, no matter how much they promoted it, they wouldn't send a Jin Dan to follow him. At most, they would send some money, spread the news, and give some benefits to the family. Education was a long process, and it couldn't be done in one step. It could easily take hundreds of years. How could they go to war for a scholar?
Lou Xiaoyi went purely for personal reasons, and he used the excuse of official business. He was just a Foundation Establishment so-called Master Lu, so how could he refuse in front of his Martial Uncle? So this arrangement was made, and it could only be seen as a kind of concern from the government. After all, in Little Snow City, Fang Zihui was the first scholar to respond to the government's call!
Since he couldn't eat seafood, going to the grassland to taste roasted whole lamb was also good, Lou Xiaoyi thought.
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