Chapter 350

"Mmm......"

The prolonged kiss left Fu Yue slightly breathless; she gently shoved Lu Xun's chest, letting out a muffled protest.

Lu Xun only then reacted, pulling away from those soft lips.

Just then his attention was wholly on the system's prompt; absentmindedly, Lu Xun kissed Fu Yue for over a minute.

At this moment, Fu Yue's face was flushed red all the way to the tips of her ears.

Her almond eyes were misty with moisture, sparkling with a shy glow; she wished she could find a crack in the ground to hide in.

She never expected that Lu Xun would actually kiss her to prove their romantic relationship.

This was her first kiss!

"Mom, do you believe me now?"

Although shy, Fu Yue hadn't forgotten the matter at hand.

"You..."

The mother's gaze swept over both of them.

Looking at her, she still harbored some doubts.

"Auntie, please rest assured, I will treat Yue well for the rest of my life."

Lu Xun took Fu Yue's small hand in his and made his promise to her.

In that case.

The mother of the two girls, her gaze seeming to pierce everything, fixed on Lu Xun: "When will you come to propose?"

Well,

This question left Lu Xun stumped.

He subconsciously wanted to look at Fu Yue, but forcibly stopped himself.

The mother of the two girls' gaze was too piercing; even after all this, she still didn't believe.

If Lu Xun were to look at Fu Yue now, wouldn't that signal to her that he had no idea and was seeking her opinion?

She would probably suspect him even more.

"Mom, Lu Xun is still young; no matter what, we have to wait until he breaks through the Seventh Realm before saying anything."

Fu Yue reacted quickly.

"Yes, Auntie; once I break through the Seventh Realm, I will naturally come to propose."

Lu Xun promptly followed up with his own declaration.

We'll talk about future matters later.

First, let's get past this immediate obstacle.

"All right."

The mother of the two girls seemed to finally believe.

She set down the wooden fish mallet in her hand, and with a flutter of her robes she rose to her feet.

"Come on, I'll accompany you to Grandfather's birthday banquet."

She said.

"Mom, you're wonderful!"

Fu Yue happily stepped forward and linked arms with her.

Fu Xue's face also broke into a smile.

These years, their mother had secluded herself here, never stepping out the main gate nor the second gate; this grandfather's birthday should have been an opportunity, yet the mother still refused to go out.

Until now.

Thus, the two girls each took one of their mother's arms and left the thatched hut.

Lu Xun followed behind them.

"Where are you headed?"

After leaving the canyon, the mother of the two girls realized the route was wrong.

This is not the way to the Fu clan's main hall.

"Mom, if Grandfather saw you appearing together with Father, he would surely be delighted; Lu Xun, upon arriving at our home, hasn't yet met Father, so let's first bring Lu Xun to see Father before we talk further."

Fu Yue casually explained her plan.

The mother's steps halted.

"This must be your true purpose, then?"

She tilted her head to look at Fu Yue, her gaze seeming able to see through everything.

"She's even seen through this too accurately."

Behind them, Lu Xun couldn't help but give the mother of the two girls a thumbs-up.

On the way here, Fu Yue had already mentioned the plan to Lu Xun.

This plan itself had also been devised by Fu Yue in consultation with Grandfather Fu.

Their father's condition has improved somewhat lately; his feelings are no longer so indifferent.

Grandfather Fu felt that if he could effect a reconciliation between their son and daughter-in-law, it might further improve their father's condition.

It was only then that Fu Yue brought Lu Xun to see their mother.

After tricking their mother out of the canyon, they used the pretext of taking Lu Xun to meet their father as an excuse to let the parents see each other.

Back then, after discovering their father's drastic change, their mother went through many ordeals, and the couple's relationship nearly broke down.

If they could mend their relationship, even if the father of her childhood memories could not return, as long as he could regain more of his emotions, Fu Yue would naturally be pleased to see that.

As for Fu Xue, she has always been antagonistic toward their father, yet she also does not wish to see their mother in this state.

Mom, what do you mean by saying this? The future son-in-law has come; shouldn't you meet your father-in-law?

Fu Yue once again brought up Lu Xun.

Never mind.

After a few seconds of silence, the mother finally stepped forward again: "It's been so many years since we last met; seeing each other again would also put an end to my longing."

Seeing this, Fu Yue couldn't help feeling delighted.

As long as the mother agrees to see the father, that's enough; they haven't seen each other in several decades.

"Mom, Grandpa said Father has changed a lot recently; he's about to undergo his tribulation. If he can regain some emotions, he might gradually return to normal."

Along the way, Fu Yue told her mother about Father's situation.

The mother just listened silently, without interjecting.

Fu Xue hardly spoke at all.

Lu Xun needless to say, also remained silent.

"Being able to break through to the Nine Realms in just a few decades—reincarnators are indeed formidable."

Lu Xun thought to himself.

The father of the two daughters was the eldest son of Old Master Fu, named Fu Tianze.

Fu Tianze isn't that old.

He's only about eighty years old.

He married the mother of the two daughters, Xu Zhenxiu, when he was thirty, and then had the two daughters.

Back then, Fu Tianze wasn't exactly a genius; at thirty he was still at the Fourth Realm.

When the two daughters were about ten years old, Fu Tianze broke through to the Fifth Realm, and his past-life memories began to awaken.

The timing of this awakening was much later than Ran Bing's.

Whether there's any pattern to this, Lu Xun doesn't know.

But once his past-life memories awakened, Fu Tianze progressed like he'd activated a cheat, his cultivation advancing leaps and bounds.

In less than forty years, he surged from the Fifth Realm all the way to the Ninth Realm, and now he's about to face his tribulation.

Reincarnators are indeed incredibly formidable.

Aside from reincarnators, it's rare for a genius to achieve this speed.

Thinking about it, that's normal,

Those who can reincarnate are none simple.

The four of them continued forward.

Not long after, atop a small hill a hundred meters ahead, an ancient-looking nine-story stone pagoda appeared.

"Father, I've brought Lu Xun to see you."

Upon reaching the base of the stone pagoda, Fu Yue called out softly.

"Creak~"

The stone pagoda's door opened.

"Mother, Lu Xun, Xiao Xue, let's go inside."

Fu Yue feared her mother would back out, so she kept holding her mother's hand without letting go.

Fortunately, the mother seemed to have made up her mind and did not retreat at the last moment.

The four entered the stone pagoda.

"Wow."

Upon entering, the scenery inside left Lu Xun completely unprepared.

The stone pagoda's diameter is only about ten meters, so the interior couldn't be too large.

But after stepping inside, what Lu Xun saw was a vast, endless lotus pond.

Jade-green lotus leaves layered upon layers, swaying gently in the breeze like rolling emerald waves.

Pink-white lotus flowers dotted among them, some in bud, some fully bloomed, shimmering with a lustrous sheen in the morning light.

At the distant horizon where water meets sky, thin mist swirled, adding a touch of hazy poetry to this natural painting.

"This isn't an illusion... it must be an expanded space."

Lu Xun subconsciously used his Eye Aperture Divine Ability to take a look.

At that moment, the lotus leaves ahead drooped down, just touching the water surface, forming a green path paved with lotus leaves before everyone.

"Mother, let's go."

Fu Yue took her mother's hand and stepped onto the lotus-leaf path.

Lu Xun followed closely behind.

The lotus leaves are thin, yet stepping on them doesn't sink into the water—obviously some method is being used.

The four continued forward like that.

After a few minutes, they reached the center of the lotus pond.

There, Lu Xun saw a wooden boat.

A man in green robes sat at the bow, holding a bamboo fishing rod, as if he were fishing.

Mother Fu's steps halted abruptly, her gaze locked like a magnet onto that green-clad figure, unable to move away.

The green-clad man remained seated at the bow, his eyes downcast, as if his whole being had merged with the rippling water, oblivious to the newcomers.

"Father..."

"Shh~"

Fu Yue was about to speak when the green-clad man stopped her.

Immediately after, the float sank into the water.

A fish had taken the hook.

The man in blue lifted the fishing rod, and a fish, its whole body transparent like crystal, was pulled up by him.

Oh fish, oh fish, with such a straight hook, you actually bite it so happily.

The man in blue caught that fish, sighed, and then threw it back into the lake.

Then he put away the fishing rod and stood up.

Xiuzhen?

Only then did he see the mother of the two women, Xu Xiuzhen.

His gaze lingered on Xu Zhenxiu for a moment, then shifted to Lu Xun.

You wait here for me a moment; I have some words to say to Lu Xun.

Then he spoke to the three women.

As he spoke, his finger moved slightly, and the scenery before Lu Xun's eyes changed dramatically.

The next second,

Lu Xun and the man in blue appeared atop a high mountain.

Lu Xun, do you know that if I harbored any ill intent, you would have no chance to leave this place by coming to see me like this?

Just as he stood firm, the emotionless, indifferent voice of the man in blue sounded.

Eh?

His words caught Lu Xun completely off guard.

Senior, what advice do you have?

Lu Xun's heart tightened slightly, but he was not overly nervous.

Because the man in blue appeared to have no ill intent.

I dare not offer instruction; I never expected you to have obtained a chaotic physique—one of the highest constitutions among the myriad heavens. If it were to leak out, who knows how many old monsters would seek to possess you.

The man in blue said lightly.

His words startled Lu Xun.

The man in blue... actually saw through his chaotic divine body!

What a fellow.

No wonder he's a reincarnator.

Despite so many Eighth Realm beings and even the demon emperor's avatar from last time attacking, none could see through the chaotic divine body Lu Xun possessed.

Yet the man in blue saw through it.

Reincarnators are indeed extraordinary.

Senior, I am merely fortunate.

Lu Xun said humbly.

He admitted it.

Since the other party had already seen through it, there was no point for Lu Xun to deny it now.

If the other party truly harbored ill intent, Lu Xun could only exhaust all means to break out of here.

Everything has its own fate; this is not luck.

Lu Xun's composure earned the blue-clad man's admiration.

After a pause, he continued: "You don't need to worry; as long as you don't reveal too much of the wonder of your chaotic physique, ordinary Nine Realms and Tenth Realm cultivators would find it hard to see through your constitution. The reason I can tell is merely because I once killed a chaotic creature years ago, making me quite familiar with chaos."