My Father Is Definitely Possessed-Chapter 91 - 89: Elder Luo: Your Son Faces a Calamity of Blood
"It really is a hassle."
Li Hengsheng awkwardly said, "Is there any task suitable for me to take on?"
"Very few," Yang Tiantian replied, "Some of the tasks for direct disciples involve hunting people on the blacklist, or searching for rare treasures, or investigating certain matters, but none of these concern you. As for the people on the blacklist, with your current cultivation level, you can’t deal with them yet."
Li Hengsheng agreed with this statement. He assumed that dealing with ordinary Postnatal Realm should not be difficult, but ordinary Postnatal Realm would hardly make it onto the blacklist, right?
"However, today you’re lucky. I just happened to find one," Yang Tiantian said, pulling out a slip of paper, "I took this task on your behalf. Such tasks are rare, and it suits you well — not too dangerous and I’ll be accompanying you."
Li Hengsheng took the slip passed over by Yang Tiantian and carefully examined the task details on it.
The location is in Minghong State.
Within the mountains known as Gaolian Mountain in Minghong State, there’s a village called Pengyun Village, where something strange has happened recently.
The villagers make their living through herb collecting. One day, after a landslide, they discovered a cave in the mountainside. The cave went very deep, so they ventured in, hoping to find something of value.
If there were any treasures, they wouldn’t have to lead such hard lives.
But strangely enough, once the villagers entered the cave, they never came out.
The people waiting outside waited a long time without seeing anyone emerge. Finding this odd, they sent in more people, but no one returned.
It was as if they mysteriously vanished.
Panicked, the villagers suspected that there might be some fierce beasts inside the cave that might have devoured the villagers.
Therefore, they went to Cloud Flipping City and sought help from the disciples stationed at Mountain Ancient Land.
Upon learning that the villagers might have been harmed, the disciples from the Mountain Ancient Land came to Pengyun Village.
Thus, an outer disciple in the Postnatal Realm went in, but even after a long wait, he too did not return. What’s more frightening was that the disciple guarding outside did not hear any sounds of battle from within.
This caught the attention of Mountain Ancient Land and became a task for direct disciples.
They needed to find out what exactly transpired inside that mysterious cave.
"This task doesn’t seem to show any particularly strong danger," Li Hengsheng frowned, "There must be some kind of fierce beast inside that cave, maybe even a Spirit Beast, so those who went in probably met with misfortune."
If there was a Spirit Beast inside, it would make a lot of sense, as ordinary Postnatal Realm martial artists are no match for Spirit Beasts.
"Who is the missing outer disciple?" Li Hengsheng curiously asked, "From which peak?"
"It doesn’t say," Yang Tiantian, with a twin ponytail and a serious expression, replied, "I have another guess. There might be a Secret Realm in the cave."
"A Secret Realm?" Li Hengsheng’s brows furrowed. If a Secret Realm were indeed present, the situation could become troublesome.
While some Secret Realms posed no danger, some were rumored to be inescapable even for top-tier Innate masters.
"No need to overthink. If there’s really a Secret Realm inside, we won’t venture in recklessly. Simply reporting it to the sect would suffice, and the task would be considered complete, potentially earning you recognition."
Yang Tiantian smiled and said, "This task doesn’t pose much danger. If there really is a Spirit Beast, don’t worry — your senior sister is here, what’s there to fear?"
Li Hengsheng wasn’t too worried about this. Even if there was an Innate Realm Spirit Beast, it wouldn’t matter, as his senior sister, despite looking like a child, was actually very strong.
"I’ll take on this task," Li Hengsheng immediately decided to accept the task.
As a direct disciple, he had to complete a task each month. It was rare to find a suitable one, and Li Hengsheng also wanted to leave the Mountain Ancient Land for a while.
Previously, Xu Muhai worried that Li Hengsheng might encounter danger outside, but now with Yang Tiantian by his side, what’s there to fear?
His second senior sister was indeed very formidable. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
"So, little junior brother, prepare yourself, and let’s set off," Yang Tiantian said, "We’ll first head to Cloud Flipping City, then proceed to Gaolian Mountain to find that cave."
"I really want to see what’s inside that cave!" Yang Tiantian’s eyes lit up with excitement.
It was a look of eager anticipation.
Much like a child who’s been starving, looking forward to a grand feast.
Li Hengsheng chuckled helplessly, thinking that Yang Tiantian’s insistence on going must be due to her intense curiosity.
She clearly loved exploring mysteries.
His second senior sister might look and act like a child, and her curiosity was indeed quite extreme.
That was the first impression Yang Tiantian gave to Li Hengsheng.
Li Hengsheng packed his things simply and set off with Yang Tiantian.
Though within the same Minghong State, the distance between Cloud Flipping City and Gaolian Mountain was quite far. It would take them at least a day to reach there.
"After the task, maybe on the way back I’ll stop by Changting Town to see Father," Li Hengsheng thought.
For the past three years, Li Hengsheng really didn’t want to go home.
He didn’t want to return to that cold place.
To face a father who dreamt away the days, hands always reaching out for money, and a drunken fool intoxicated beyond belief.
This almost summed up Li Hengsheng’s childhood.
But now, it was different. Li Hengsheng wanted to go back to see the person he missed deep inside.
...
Changting Town was still bustling; only the nobles knew what had happened. To the common folk, Changting Town was as it always was.
It remained the place where the sun rose every morning and set every evening.
The Yan family’s alliance had been formed.
And the Yan family had already distributed tasks to the various houses, and Yan Botao was about to return.
Li Changqing became idle once again.
Staying at the Yan family all the time was quite boring. Li Changqing preferred going out, listening to those outrageous stories he wrote at Shiyan Studio.
Or having a bowl of small wontons at a street stall.
Or listening to operas at a theater company.
This kind of life was truly pleasant. As far as Li Changqing was concerned, any fighting or scheming by the Ghost Race was none of his business.
He just wanted a peaceful life with his son, without worrying about other things that had nothing to do with him.
A transmigrator isn’t a savior after all.
Brewing a cup of tea, Li Changqing sat at the tea stall, watching the bustling traffic around him. Ah Fei lay at his feet, lazily basking in the sun.
His ears listened to the idle chatter of people nearby.
Whose husband lost money, whose wife ran off, whose child soiled their pants again; this was the reality of life.
"May I sit here?"
At this moment, a voice pulled Li Changqing’s thoughts back.
Li Changqing looked up and found it was a man in his fifties. He was dressed in plain clothes, sported a goatee, and held a fortune-telling banner in his hand.
Two words were written on it.
Heaven’s Luck.
Just by looking at him, one could tell he was a fortune teller.
It was the first time Li Changqing had seen someone with the profession of a fortune teller in this world.
"Please sit." Li Changqing sized up the man in front of him.
The man sat down, placing the fortune-telling banner to the side. He seemed extremely thirsty and quickly called for a cup of tea.
Li Changqing raised his hand to pour a cup of tea for the fortune teller.
"Please drink."
"Thank you, thank you." The man seemed terribly thirsty. After thanking Li Changqing, he drank the cup of tea in one gulp.
Li Changqing chuckled and poured another cup.
The man drank it in one gulp again.
"Are you from out of town?" Li Changqing casually asked.
"Hehe, just wandering around, making a living." The man chuckled.
"How should I address you?" Li Changqing asked curiously.
"Just call me Elder Luo." The man quickly replied, "And you, brother?"
"Li Changqing." Looking at the travel-worn Elder Luo in front of him, Li Changqing couldn’t help but feel that in any world, there were people striving for their livelihood.
Li Changqing never believed in fortune tellers before.
Because he thought they were all frauds, not trustworthy.
However, looking at the person in front of him, Li Changqing pondered for a moment, took a piece of silver from his sleeve, and handed it to Elder Luo, saying, "How about a fortune for me?"
"Brother Changqing wants a fortune?"
Elder Luo’s eyes lit up as he looked at the silver on the table.
That piece of silver weighed a full five taels!
With that silver, he wouldn’t have to worry about food and drink for some time.
"Yes, I would trouble you with it." Li Changqing smiled, wanting to see how fortune tellers in this world operated.
Elder Luo took the silver, bit it to verify, then grinned and tucked it into his chest.
Then he pulled something else out from his pocket.
It turned out to be something resembling a very old and worn compass.
But this compass was different from the ones Li Changqing had seen; he couldn’t understand what was written on it.
Elder Luo stared devoutly at the compass in his hand. Then, as he clawed his five fingers over it, beams of light suddenly rose from the compass, forming a star chart!
"Hmm?"
Li Changqing’s heart shook; was Elder Luo someone with cultivation?
But when he snapped back to reality, he found there were no beams or star chart on the compass.
It seemed like everything that just happened was his hallucination.
Li Changqing glanced at Ah Fei, who was still lying there, not seeming to notice anything.
Otherwise, whenever someone with cultivation approached Li Changqing, Ah Fei would become alert, but now Ah Fei remained asleep.
"Perhaps I was mistaken." Li Changqing thought he was seeing things.
Just a fortune teller running around for a living, what cultivation could he have?
Moreover, Li Changqing’s Divine Soul was strong; people with cultivation couldn’t escape his eyes.
"Oh."
At this moment, Elder Luo let out a puzzled exclamation.
"What’s wrong?" Seeing Elder Luo frowning, Li Changqing wasn’t overly concerned because most fortune tellers used this tactic, saying something vague and then selling you something for fortune protection.
Could it be that this was the routine in Cangyuan Realm as well?
"Brother Changqing is a dragon among men. Although the road ahead is treacherous, your prospects are boundless." Elder Luo said earnestly.
"Hmm." Li Changqing chuckled; these were mostly clichés.
"You have a son, though he’s not with you, but not far away either. Your father-son relationship is somewhat strained, but it’s recently improving." Elder Luo continued.
Upon hearing this, Li Changqing’s eyes showed curiosity; was Elder Luo truly skilled?
Could he really calculate this?
"Your son never met his mother because his mother..." At this point, Elder Luo’s pupils shrank abruptly, and his expression changed drastically.
"What about his mother?" Li Changqing hurriedly asked.
"I don’t want your money for this fortune." Elder Luo returned the silver to Li Changqing, then stood up to leave.
Rather than leaving, he looked more like he was fleeing.
"Mr. Luo!" Li Changqing called out to Elder Luo.
"Brother Changqing, I won’t divine this fortune. I value my life. But I can give you a warning: your son will face a blood-related disaster in the next two days, which might threaten his life. Watch out."
After speaking, Elder Luo ran away without looking back.
