I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 51: Lin Xuen's Departure

On the second day, Lin Xuen finished wiping the counter and turned to look at Lin Qing.

"Dad," Lin Xuen called out to Lin Qing.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qing replied as usual.

But after waiting for a moment without hearing Lin Xuen speak, Lin Qing shifted his gaze from outside to Lin Xuen. Lin Xuen's face showed a hesitant expression, and when he saw Lin Qing looking at him, he slowly spoke, "Dad, I'm already twenty-one this year."

"Twenty-one," Lin Qing didn't react at first, but then he had a realization and scolded himself, thinking that he had been busy with cultivation all day and had forgotten about this matter. His child wanted to get married.

Lin Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dad knows, I'll find someone for you, someone who will definitely satisfy you. If one is not enough, Dad will find two for you."

He thought Lin Xuen would be happy or shy, but he didn't expect Lin Xuen to shake his head and calmly say, "Dad, that's not what I mean."

"Hmm?" Lin Qing looked at Lin Xuen.

"I want to go out and explore among mortals," Lin Xuen continued.

"Explore?" Lin Qing was stunned.

"Dad, I know you've been good to me, but I've also grown up. With Xu Chang and the others helping in your shop in the future, I want to go out on my own, preferably to a mortal city. As for getting married, I think I can find someone myself."

"Well..." Lin Qing was momentarily speechless. Lin Xuen's words made him both happy and surprised. He was happy because he didn't expect Lin Xuen to have such ambitions, and surprised because everything happened so suddenly.

Lin Qing looked at Lin Xuen, who was now as tall as him, and felt as if the Lin Xuen he used to carry in his arms was still there yesterday. How did he grow up so quickly? How could he be leaving home so soon?

"Dad?"

Seeing that Lin Qing didn't respond, Lin Xuen called out again.

Then he continued, "Dad, the Xuan Yu Market is good, but it's a market for cultivators. It's not very meaningful for a mortal like me to stay here for too long. I just want to see what it's like among mortals. I've been here my whole life, and the world outside is so big, I want to see it. And I haven't forgotten the scenery along the way when we came here."

"Dad understands," Lin Qing nodded.

How could Lin Qing not understand Lin Xuen's words? Today's Lin Xuen was just like him in the past. Lin Qing had experienced this kind of feeling before, and he knew that nothing he said now would change Lin Xuen's mind.

However, Lin Qing still felt reluctant and worried in his heart.

"Xuen, it's too dangerous outside. How about Dad takes you out to see in a while?"

"Dad, I want to go by myself," Lin Xuen said with his head lowered.

Lin Qing didn't say anything more, he looked at his own counter, his gaze sinking into contemplation.

During dinner that night, Chao Yun also learned about this matter. She didn't feel as reluctant as Lin Qing, but she suggested that Lin Xuen wait a few more days before leaving, there was no rush. Lin Xuen agreed.

In the following days, Chao Yun, Li Qingyu, and Che Yun made several sets of clothes for Lin Xuen overnight. After trying them on, they all fit perfectly.

Five days later, Lin Xuen was about to leave. In his package, there were not only clothes, but also fifty taels of gold that Lin Qing had set aside for him.

"Xuen, don't hesitate to spend when you're outside. Eat when you need to eat, spend when you need to spend. If you don't want to stay outside anymore, come back anytime. Dad will always be waiting for you," Lin Qing said, knowing that his son was usually frugal and had a strong sense of self-esteem.

"Father, I understand, don't worry." Lin Xuen replied, and then said, "Father, you've given me too much gold, I can't use it all."

"It's not too much, take it, when I left, I took a hundred taels with me." Lin Qing smiled and said.

Lin Xuen didn't say anything else.

With Lin Xuen, Lin Qing accompanied him out of the market, and before leaving, he stuffed a few spirit stones into his hands. Lin Xuen glanced back at Lin Qing, then lifted his feet and walked away. He didn't tell anyone where he was going.

Lin Qing watched Lin Xuen, in that instant, he thought of many things he wanted to say, feeling like he hadn't said enough, but he held back, not calling out to Lin Xuen again, just watching him gradually disappear from sight.

Finally, when Lin Xuen couldn't be seen anymore, Lin Qing returned to the house. And in the house, Chao Yun, who had been enduring for five days, was lying on the bed. Lin Qing gently patted her, and Chao Yun couldn't help but shed tears.

"He has never traveled far before." Chao Yun said.

Lin Qing remained silent. These past few days, he had thought a lot, but in the end, he realized that everyone has their own path, even his own son had difficulties to face. He could help for a while, but not for a lifetime.

At night, Lin Qing slept with Chao Yun. Chao Yun lay in Lin Qing's arms and recounted many memories of Lin Xuen. Lin Qing listened quietly in his heart.

Finally, Chao Yun couldn't speak anymore, she closed her eyes but didn't fall asleep.

Lin Qing looked at Chao Yun, compared to before, Chao Yun was now forty-five years old, although she ate spirit rice, there were already fine wrinkles on her face.

Regarding this, Lin Qing wanted to change it, but he was helpless. There was a difference between immortals and mortals, even a Gold Core expert couldn't stop this change, let alone him, a mere Qi Refining eighth level cultivator. In the face of the cruelest time in the cultivation world, all he could do was watch and accompany.

For cultivators, the lives of mortals seemed somewhat short, but Lin Qing felt that perhaps the lifespan of cultivators was too long.

In the next half month, without Lin Xuen, Lin Qing's family didn't talk much during meals, but they gradually got used to it, and Lin Xuen's impression became somewhat blurry, until everything returned to normal.

Lin Qing continued to practice formation arrays every day. Without Lin Xuen, Lin Xuchang also learned to show him the shop while practicing.

Compared to Lin Xuen, Lin Xuchang was not as steadfast, but he learned quickly because he was smart.

"Master Lin, do you remember me?"

On this day, a person walked into the formation array shop and smiled as he spoke to Lin Qing.

Lin Qing looked and saw a Qi Refining sixth level cultivator. After thinking for a moment, he didn't have any impression. The cultivator smiled again and said, "Master Lin, I have always remembered you."

"I apologize, Fellow Daoist, there are just too many people, and I can't remember everyone." Lin Qing apologized.

"Hahaha, no blame, no blame, it must be because Master Lin's business is good." The cultivator laughed and spoke in a cheerful manner.

"Master Lin, do you remember the cultivator who came to your shop to raise money to buy the Triple Water Formation back then?" the cultivator said again.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing was shocked and carefully examined the cultivator from head to toe.

"You are the Qi Refining fourth level cultivator from back then, and now you have reached the Qi Refining sixth level?" Lin Qing couldn't believe it.

"Hahaha, that's right, it seems like fifteen years have passed since then, it's been a while. If I was able to break through, it was thanks to Master Lin's Triple Water Formation and the later sale of the Quadruple Water Formation." The cultivator laughed and said.

"It's because Fellow Daoist has achieved success in your own cultivation." Lin Qing said.

In his heart, he thought again, indeed, as this cultivator said, it had been fifteen years since he opened the shop, even though Lin Xuen had left, five years had already passed.

(End of this chapter)