Chapter 1237

Tian Tian nodded and continued walking east.

She sped along the way, passing through trees, grass, and rocks.

Not long after, Tian Tian indeed saw a manor sprawling over a vast expanse of land.

"Huh? What is this place?"

She stopped in her tracks.

No matter how she looked at it, it looked like the grand estate of some noble clan.

Tian Tian frowned.

In such a remote and desolate place, there shouldn't be any hidden hermit family, right?

Carrying her doubts, she stepped over the courtyard wall.

Once inside, she at once spotted a beautiful woman sitting beside a stone table, leisurely sipping tea.

"Mother?" Tian Tian said in surprise, "How come you're here?"

The beautiful woman set down the cup in her hand, rose, walked up to Tian Tian, and reached out to touch her cheek.

"How did you end up looking like this?

No wonder I couldn't get in touch with you no matter what I tried!.

Did something happen to you?"

Tian Tian's heart skipped a beat, and she hastily covered it up, saying, "No, what could possibly happen to me?

I just... just..."

"Enough, don't hide it from your mother!

Mother has already investigated everything clearly.

It was the Liu family who sent people to assassinate your father and secretly abducted you, wasn't it?"

Tian Tian's heart trembled, and her face went deathly pale as she said, "You... you know everything?"

Tian Mu let out a cold laugh,

"Silly child, do you really think your mother is blind?

From the moment something happened to you, I've been sending people to investigate this matter."

"..." Tian Tian bit her lip tightly.

Tian Mu patted her shoulder and said,

"The Tian family has already fallen into decline. Even if we know the truth,

we have no power to fight back.

It would be better to let it vanish into the long river of history, leaving a legacy for future generations so that our descendants may act with caution and avoid repeating the same mistakes, being slaughtered to the last by treacherous people!"

"Mm."

Tian Tian nodded, "Mother is right. The Tian family truly deserves its fate!"

Although Tian Fu was cowardly, he doted on the original host dearly.

The original host's father treated her as his very own child even more so.

She also loved the warm days the three of them spent together as a family.

"Oh, right."

Tian Mu took out a storage ring and handed it to Tian Tian, saying,

"This storage ring is filled with coins, enough to keep us fed and clothed for a while.

Besides, I've also prepared some pills and spiritual materials for you.

Take them out and use them whenever you need them."

Tian Tian took the storage ring, and her eyes grew hot.

She held back the stinging in her nose and said in a choked voice, "Thank you, Mother.

But I don't lack money to spend.

I brought plenty of gold, silver, and jewels with me when I left this time."

She opened her own spatial ring and produced a pile of jewelry and gold and silver treasures gleaming with dazzling light.

Tian Mu was stunned. "These things... aren't they the dowry I gave you?"

"Dowry?" Tian Tian blinked and shook her head. "No, I earned all of these myself."

"Earned?" Tian Mu said in astonishment, "Where did you earn them?

Tell Mother quickly, so Mother can go earn them for you too!"

Tian Tian awkwardly tugged at the corner of her mouth. "Well, you see, I'm self-taught. You don't need to teach me."

Tian Mu's eyes went wide. "What, self-taught?"

She stared at Tian Tian and said sternly, "Miss Tian Tian, you must never give up halfway on anything you do.

Since you've chosen to walk the path of cultivation, you must persist and see it through!

Tian Tian pouted. "The road of cultivation is long and endless; I have no confidence.

Besides, I'm already tired now and don't want to walk it anymore.

Mother, please spare me."

Tian Mu sighed and rubbed Tian Tian's head, saying,

"Miss Tian Tian, how can you be so foolish.

Life for cultivators nowadays is so very hard.

If you could join a great clan, with your aptitude, you would surely become a powerhouse in the future.

When that time comes, whoever dares to provoke you, give them a good beating — don't hold back at all.

Do you know, the female powerhouses of the cultivation world are even more ruthless than men!"

Tian Tian rolled her eyes and muttered,

"I'm just afraid I'll turn into a female demon lord.

Besides, I can't beat men either."

"What did you say?" Tian Mu was stunned. "What female?"

Tian Tian said sheepishly, "Uh, nothing."

"Miss Tian Tian, tell your mother honestly — have you run into some bad people?" Tian Mu suddenly asked with a solemn countenance.

Tian Tian quickly waved her hands and said, "No way. I just suddenly don't want to cultivate anymore, and was wandering around at random.

I'm hungry now, I'm going to find something to eat!"

Saying that, she hurried out of the room.

Tian Mu knit her delicate brows, feeling all along that Tian Tian had been acting strange today.

She had someone summon Zhao Mama over.

Zhao Mama was washing dishes in the kitchen; hearing the summons, she hurried over at once,

"Lady, did you need this servant for something?"

Tian Mu said, "I think I just saw Miss Tian Tian."

Zhao Mama said, "It's Miss Tian Tian, yes.

Last night she and the Second Young Master disappeared together.

The Master ordered this servant to find her as quickly as possible.

Now that she's back, why don't you have her called over?"

"Oh, she's back.

I thought she'd slipped away again."

Tian Mu said with relief, "Go find her and bring her here quickly.

Remember, don't startle her."

"This servant obeys."