I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 23: Father and Son Repay Kindness

They set off at noon and walked until the afternoon of the next day before Lin Qing, along with Li Qingyu and Lin Xuen, arrived at a small village outside. This was mainly due to the use of three light body charms each, as traveling through the mountains took too much time.

Cultivators could fly through the air, but that was something only powerful Gold Core stage cultivators could do. Other cultivators who wanted to fly had to use flying artifacts.

Naturally, Lin Qing didn't have one, and flying artifacts were at least second-grade artifacts. Although he had enough spirit stones to barely afford one, with his current cultivation level, he couldn't use it at all.

Lin Qing had been carrying Lin Xuen on his back for such a long distance, and it wasn't too difficult for him, but his breathing was a bit rapid. Li Qingyu, on the other hand, was different. After traveling for a whole day and night, she was completely exhausted. Although she was a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, there were still many aspects where cultivators were not as capable as ordinary people.

Lin Qing gently wiped the sweat off Li Qingyu's forehead, and she looked at him gratefully.

Pointing to the village, Lin Qing said, "Let's go. Chao Yun is in there. Once we arrive, there will be a carriage to take us, and the rest of the journey will be much easier."

Li Qingyu took a deep breath, nodded, and followed Lin Qing towards the village.

It was a village with less than a hundred households, nestled by the mountains and water. They lived a comfortable life on ordinary days. It was at least a hundred miles away from Qingmu Town in a straight line, and even further to walk.

Lin Qing entered the village and found a small courtyard with five Artemisia plants hanging at the entrance. He knocked on the door.

Before long, a young head popped out from the courtyard, and upon seeing Lin Qing, he excitedly said, "Benefactor."

Lin Qing raised his hand to signal him to be quiet, and the person nodded quickly, then pointed to the opposite courtyard. Lin Qing understood and went to the opposite courtyard. He pushed open the door, and as soon as the door opened, Chao Yun in the courtyard eagerly took Lin Qing's Lin Xuen from his hands and smiled at Lin Qing, looking extremely happy.

Without much time to talk to Chao Yun, Lin Qing turned around and looked at the two people who had followed him. They were a father and son. The reason the son called Lin Qing "benefactor" was because Lin Qing had saved his father before.

Yes, his father was the ordinary person who had been hit by the wild boar spirit. Lin Qing saved him, which led to the good relationship they had today.

Lin Qing asked Chao Yun to take care of the child and Li Qingyu in the house temporarily, while he walked into the opposite courtyard with the father and son. After closing the door, Lin Qing took out a package.

"There are fifty taels of gold inside. You two should leave this place today and go as far as possible. Remember, don't come back."

"Benefactor, how can we accept this? You have already given us a lot of gold in the past six months." The father wanted to say more, but Lin Qing interrupted him.

"Don't say anything. Take it and leave now."

The father and son looked at each other, then both knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Qing three times.

Lin Qing returned to Chao Yun's house and decided to set off. In the opposite courtyard, the father and son started talking to each other.

"Father, how should we repay such great kindness in the future?" the son asked.

His father shook his head, not knowing. The things they had done for Lin Qing in the past six months were already to repay the debt of saving their lives, and they had also received a lot of silver. Now, they were given this gold. This debt of gratitude could never be fully repaid in this lifetime.

"Ah." His father could only sigh.

"Hey, father, just now the benefactor said for us to leave, but I think this place is quite good. We haven't even lived in these two courtyards we bought. In my opinion, why don't we settle down here? We have gold with us, so why bother traveling in the future?" The son looked at the courtyard with some joy.

His father was also somewhat tempted when he heard this, but seemed to think of something and shook his head, saying, "Let's walk a little longer. We're not far from our hometown. It will take at most half a month to get there. Once we arrive, we'll settle down. I'll build you a house, buy some land, marry a few wives, and have a few chubby children. In the future, we'll live a good life as a family. It's a pity your mother passed away early and won't be able to see it."

"Go back to our hometown? That's fine too." The son thought his father was nostalgic for their homeland and now that they had fifty taels of gold, they could go anywhere. He didn't say much. But he didn't know that his father had settled around Qingmu Village several decades ago and had witnessed many conflicts among immortals.

He understood in his heart that Lin Qing, an immortal, could only be fleeing at this point. It would be better for them to stay away from the matters of immortals.

After reaching an agreement, the father and son left the village pretending to be two poor people carrying the gold. Of course, it couldn't be said that they were pretending, as they were originally from a poor family.

As for Lin Qing, he had already disappeared in a horse-drawn carriage.

The people in the village didn't dare to say anything about Lin Qing's arrival and departure. They only glanced in the direction he left. In their eyes, Lin Qing was not someone to be trifled with. His hasty arrival and departure were probably due to fleeing, and speaking too much could cost them their lives. However, if someone came later and inquired, offering some silver, they might reveal some information about Lin Qing's whereabouts. But after waiting for half a month without anyone coming to look for him, the villagers had no choice but to occupy the two empty courtyards.

Now let's talk about Qingmu Village.

Lin Qing left the day after Chao Yun's departure. The day after he left, there was only one day left until the opening ceremony of the expanded Qingmu Village.

Thinking that tomorrow would be the opening ceremony, Li Fellow Daoist, who lived next to Lin Qing, was somewhat excited and decided to make an appointment with Lin Qing to go and take a look together. But after knocking on the door several times, there was no response from Lin Qing's shop.

"Lin Fellow Daoist! Lin Fellow Daoist!"

Li Fellow Daoist stood at the door and shouted a few more times, but the shop remained quiet.

Li Fellow Daoist was a little puzzled, but then he noticed that Lin Qing's shop door had been locked.

It should be noted that when Lin Qing was alone, he often went out, so locking the door was normal. But now that he had wives and concubines, he had never locked the door from the outside.

"Hey, Lin Fellow Daoist? Lin Fellow Daoist?"

Li Fellow Daoist couldn't help but raise his voice and shouted a few more times, but still no one answered.

Seeing Li Fellow Daoist shouting non-stop, the surrounding cultivators were a little curious and looked at him. Seeing this, Li Fellow Daoist raised his voice again.

"Lin Fellow Daoist, are you home? Let's go see the opening ceremony together tomorrow."

Silence.

No one answered. Li Fellow Daoist touched his messy beard. Could it be that Lin Fellow Daoist had left?

Suddenly, he remembered two days ago when Lin Qing came to his shop to talk. At that time, Lin Fellow Daoist seemed a little nervous. He thought it was because of what he said about other formation cultivators opening shops, but now he realized it might not be the case. He also remembered Lin Fellow Daoist asking him who was inquiring about him. Li Fellow Daoist suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Did Lin Fellow Daoist realize something?

Looking at Lin Qing's tightly locked shop door, and then turning around to see the cultivators who had surrounded him, including one who had asked about Lin Fellow Daoist a few days ago, Li Fellow Daoist suddenly felt a sense of unease.

And this cultivator was staring at him intently.

Li Fellow Daoist suddenly had the urge to leave this place.

(End of this chapter)