Chapter 436: 436. Chapter 436: Mother, I will definitely return safely

436. Chapter 436: Mother, I will definitely return safely.

None of them had any objections to this.

To avoid worrying Qin Xinran and Su Hao, Su Chen still decided to leave without saying goodbye.

But he didn't expect that before they could even walk out of the Su Family, they would run into Qin Xinran walking toward them.

Seeing them all packed and ready, clearly about to do something major, Qin Xinran immediately understood what was going on.

But she didn't speak, looking at Su Chen with deep, quiet eyes, standing there motionless, as if waiting for Su Chen to speak first.

Su Chen felt his scalp tingle under Qin Xinran's gaze, but he also knew this was his own fault.

He gave an awkward laugh, subconsciously touched his head, and said casually, "What a coincidence, Mother, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Qin Xinran knew her foolish son was playing dumb.

"Where are you going? Why didn't you tell your mother if there was something going on?"

Qin Xinran sighed; no matter what, she could do nothing about Su Chen.

After all, her son was grown, and it was normal for him to have his own ideas; she couldn't always protect Su Chen in everything like when he was a child.

"It's not that I didn't want to tell you, it's just..."

Su Chen swallowed, originally wanting to explain, but when the words reached his lips, he didn't know how to say them.

The two stared at each other in silence, and the other women also remained silent, trying their best to minimize their presence.

Although they didn't fear these things, it is hard for even an upright official to settle family disputes; in terms of reason and emotion, it was Su Chen who didn't tell her first.

After a long silence, tears were already shimmering in Qin Xinran's eyes.

"Do you want to be like your uncle, leaving without a word, not knowing if he is alive or dead?"

When Qin Xinran said this, she couldn't help but choke up.

Su Chen naturally knew about his uncle, Qin Wuya, who had left before and never returned.

For so many years, there had been no news of his whereabouts; whether he was alive or dead remained unknown.

Even if he were dead, it would be better if one could at least see the body.

Now, Qin Xinran could only pin her hopes on Qin Wuya still being alive, just having been too busy to come and reunite with them.

Thinking of this, Su Chen felt very guilty, as he knew the importance of Qin Wuya in his mother's heart.

He had only thought about leaving without a word to keep his mother from worrying, but he had never considered how he was any different from Qin Wuya now.

If something happened to him, and Qin Xinran didn't know where he had gone, she wouldn't be able to find him.

That would be no different from suffering a second injury.

Thinking of this, Su Chen clenched his fists, his face full of guilt.

"I'm sorry, Mother, I just didn't want you to worry."

His voice was muffled, his gaze carrying a hint of embarrassment.

Qin Xinran's heart was filled with mixed feelings; her son was finally grown, more capable and having more ideas than before.

She couldn't keep him trapped by her side forever; these were all things he had to experience.

Thinking of this, Qin Xinran sighed and said, "I still like you when you were a child; back then you would often circle around me, telling Mother everything, even later... when you had no talent for cultivation, you were still Mother's most beloved treasure, and Mother could protect you for a lifetime."

Speaking of this, Qin Xinran seemed to recall the beautiful times of the past, a kind and soft smile appearing on her face.

Su Chen had never had much genuine emotional connection to them; he always felt as if he had transmigrated into a book, and always felt his father and mother belonged to the previous body.

But as he went deeper into his time here, the plot deviated significantly from the book, and things became increasingly mysterious, making Su Chen feel more and more that this was a real world.

It was only at this moment that Su Chen felt the blood bond between the two.

He looked at Qin Xinran with deep eyes and said slowly, "I'm sorry, Mother, I won't hide it from you anymore; I plan to go to a place with them, it's very dangerous, and I was afraid you would worry, which is why I didn't tell you."

After saying this, Su Chen closed his eyes with a look of resignation; no matter what Qin Xinran said, he would not give up his plan.

The worst that could happen was being scolded a few times.

But who would have thought that after hearing this, Qin Xinran seemed to have expected it.

"It's fine, Su Chen, I know; you are no longer a creature in a pond, and a free dragon is naturally meant to soar above the firmament."

Qin Xinran couldn't help but take two steps forward and hold Su Chen's hand.

Her hands were very soft, and perhaps because her emotions were unstable and she might be afraid of the unknown, her hands were trembling slightly.

But those hands held Su Chen tightly, as if she could pass her own strength to him through this.

Su Chen raised his eyes and looked at Qin Xinran earnestly.

"Mother, I will definitely return safely."

Su Chen had a thousand words in his heart at this moment, but he didn't know how to say them; in the end, everything turned into one short sentence.

"Good, your father and I will wait for you to return."

Qin Xinran nodded earnestly, "I have already experienced your uncle's disappearance, and now I only have you as a blood relative... you must return safely."

Su Chen nodded with a sense of relief, his eyes very firm.

After bidding farewell to Qin Xinran, the group finally set off on their journey to find the Ancient Tomb.

Su Chen held the Sheepskin Scroll in his hand, and the Sheepskin Scroll seemed to sense its master's excited mood, emitting a faint light at this moment.

The light was exceptionally soft, not blinding, as if it were a person with its own thoughts.

Luo Shen held a compass, her beautiful eyes filled with focus as she began to determine the directions.

Su Chen had grown up on the Donghua Continent, so he could be said to be very familiar with the terrain here.

But under the guidance of the compass, they actually kept walking toward the mountains, and as they went deeper, the entire forest became denser.

Ancient trees that blocked the sky and sun grew in clusters, leaving almost nowhere to step; the chirping of birds rose and fell, and from time to time, there was the rustling sound of beasts walking through the bushes.

The group remained exceptionally silent along the way, perhaps because they knew that what would happen next was out of their control, so everyone was extra cautious.

As they walked, they arrived at a fork in the road.

The compass also seemed to hesitate at this moment, swaying left and right incessantly, as if it too could not make up its mind.

"Where should we go next?" Lv Luo could not help but ask.

Right now, they had lost their sense of direction, as if they were headless flies.

"I don't know; it was fine just a moment ago, but upon reaching this place, the compass seems to be drawn by something and cannot point out the direction."

Luo Shen knit her brows, also feeling somewhat puzzled.

Divine artifacts of this level are rare in the world and, under normal circumstances, would not be easily influenced. (End of chapter)