Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

33. A Food-Seeking Journey

"Yes, yes, yes." Wu Yaqiu stared at Gao Zhun, and for a moment she felt that the girl in front of her overlapped with a certain figure. A bitter smile couldn't help but appear on her lips. They had only been separated for less than an hour, and her longing was already overflowing. She was truly beyond help, having been poisoned by a kind of love called falling in love with Yun Mu Ning.

When was the first time she met Yun Mu Ning?

Oh, right, it was fifteen years ago. At that time, she was a fifteen-year-old girl. Although she was now thirty and could barely be called a girl in the Immortal Spirit Continent where one was considered an adult at fifty, she was still too embarrassed to act too young in front of a thirteen-year-old kid.

that time……

"Father, where are you taking us?" Fifteen-year-old Wuya Qiubai felt that she was no longer a child and it was time to share some of her father's worries, especially after her mother's death.

She could sense that her father's health was deteriorating day by day. In fact, since she had memories, she had never seen any elders in the family. The oldest were her father and mother. However, her mother's health had been poor for three years. At the beginning of the year, her mother passed away. After her father cremated her body, he took her ashes and embarked on a journey with his four sisters.

The fact that her father, who possessed the cultivation of the peak Nascent Soul stage, could not use a flying artifact to take them on their journey was something that Wuya Qiubai, who had already cultivated and established her foundation, naturally knew. Her father was probably nearing the end of his life.

“The Yun family, your mother’s family. Your mother has passed away, and I must take her ashes back to her hometown.” When talking about his mother, his father’s eyes were filled with a gentle yet sorrowful light. Young Wuya Qiubai understood that it was love and longing.

"The Yun family? What is the Yun family like? Is it big, beautiful, and has many people?" Wu Yaqiubai, who had hardly ever stepped out of her home, could only offer these three descriptions based on her limited imagination.

Upon hearing this, the father smiled gently again and patted Wuya Qiubai's head: "The Yun family is indeed very large and beautiful, with many, many people."

In the end, Wuya Qiubai heard her father exhale with great regret, his once bright eyes now filled with emotions she still couldn't quite grasp.

Actually, my father wasn't always this gentle. No, rather, in my memory, about ten years ago, he was still full of vigor and was a passionate young cultivator. He often took my mother with him when they went out to train. Of course, because of the children, even though there was only her and her younger sister at that time, for the sake of their two young daughters, they would almost always leave in the morning and return in the evening.

In such a short time, Wuya Qiubai couldn't say for sure how far her father and mother could go, but it was definitely very close. However, every time they came back, she could see the satisfied smiles on her father and mother's faces, as if they had seen the whole world. At that moment, she knew that her parents were very easily satisfied, just like herself.

However, three years ago, everything changed. With the birth of her younger sister, her mother's health deteriorated, and her father's once-prosperous cultivation seemed to stagnate in an instant. Her father stopped going out to train because her mother could no longer get out of bed. Every day, her father stayed by her side to take care of her, while she, who had acquired the cultivation of the Qi Refining stage, took on the responsibility of supporting the family.

Even if her father and mother didn't say it, she knew that their eyes were full of guilt whenever they looked at her, their eldest daughter. But wasn't that completely unnecessary?

Her parents took care of her for more than ten years. By then, she had become capable, so it was only right that she should take on some responsibilities for her parents and sisters. Don't feel indebted to her. Bringing her into the world was the greatest blessing. Even if you work hard for them your whole life, you probably can't repay it.

Suddenly, the father stopped and placed a spell on his three younger sisters. Soon, the sisters fell asleep comfortably. After doing all this, the father slowly looked down at himself.

"Your father's days are numbered, Qiu Bai, you've grown up, and it's time to tell you some things."

The father, who was still a young man, sounded so tired and old at this moment, and his words revealed the cruelty of reality to little Wuya Qiubai—it turned out that this almost cursed suppression was the culprit that caused her parents to age prematurely; it turned out that their Wuya family had always been the target of the land they trod on; it turned out that her mother was chosen by the Yun family to marry into the Wuya family to ensure the continuation of the Wuya family's bloodline; it turned out that her father was really about to leave her, which was why he told her everything.

"I'm sorry, Qiu Bai, for bringing you into this family; I'm sorry, if you hadn't been born into the Wuya family, you could have had a happier life; I'm sorry, you're still so young, yet you have to shoulder the fate of the entire family; I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."

Hearing the broken sobs and feeble apologies coming from this imposing man, Wuya Qiubai stood there stunned. Upon learning the truth, she did feel sorrow, but not a trace of resentment.

With her short arms outstretched, Wuya Qiubai tightly embraced her father's waist. Much shorter than her peers, she buried her small head in her father's broad, warm chest, and a sweet voice escaped her lips: "Father, don't say sorry. You didn't do anything wrong. I don't think there's anything wrong with being born into the Wuya family. On the contrary, I'm very proud. The Wuya family has actually had the courage to fight against the laws of heaven and earth for so many years, and hasn't compromised even today. Rather, it's Qiubai's good fortune to be born into such a resilient and principled family. From today onwards, I will continue this struggle until the day we win, until the very end."

"Qiu Bai, you really are a good child, the gentlest and best child. Your father is so useless, he actually needs his daughter to comfort him. Well, the little ones will be waking up soon. They are not old enough to know all this yet. Before that, they should wipe away their tears and continue on their way."

“I didn’t cry, but my father cried like a cat with a painted face.”

"I haven't put on any makeup, so why am I crying like a cat?"

"It's the Flower-Faced Cat, it's the Flower-Faced Cat."

The three little ones slowly woke up to the childish bickering of their father and eldest sister, and embarked on their journey to the Yun family once again.

It was then that she met Yun Mu Ning, who was only three years old, at the Yun family. Recalling the cute appearance of someone when she was a child, Wu Ya Qiu Bai's lips curved into a soft smile. Ah, Yun Mu Ning is also very cute now. With the beautiful memory of their first meeting, she drifted off to sleep.

"You can smile so sweetly even in your dreams, are you dreaming about that arrogant Yun Mu Ning?" Gao Zhun took care of Wu Ya Qiu Bai like a mother hen until the other fell asleep, only then was she free. Sigh, with Yun Mu Ning not around, she had to take on the heavy responsibility of looking after Wu Ya Qiu Bai. She just didn't know if she could persuade the other to stay.

As night fell, Wuya Qiubai still showed no signs of waking up. Well, that makes sense. Her soul power was almost half gone. Even if she slept for ten or eight days straight, Gao Zhun wouldn't be surprised. However, it seemed that she didn't know which room she should rest in. Moreover, she had been busy all day and hadn't eaten yet. Her stomach had been growling with hunger for two hours!

"No, I have to go find something to eat." Gao Zhun slapped her thigh and stood up from her chair, beginning her food-hunting journey.

Gao Zhun still didn't know much about the courtyard on Wuya Qiubai's side, but he wasn't going to wander around like a headless fly. After all, as a cultivator, his sense of smell was exceptionally sharp. Within a certain range, he could smell the aroma of food.

Having decided to rely on his sense of smell to find food, Gao Zhun began sniffing around in all directions, exhibiting the typical canine behavior. Coupled with his bewildered expression, if Gao Zhun were an anthropomorphic representation of a dog, that dog would definitely be a Husky!

However, finding food here is definitely not easy. Although there are many ordinary people in the Alliance who need to cook, it is conceivable that the Alliance would not arrange for noble outsiders like them, 'celestial messengers,' to live in places very close to the mortal area. Therefore, there are no ordinary humans in the area that her soul can perceive.

As for the area her eyes could see? Sorry, by the time she got there, she was already driven mad by hunger.

"Damn it, why do cultivators have to abstain from grains?" Gao Zhun regretted not preparing food in his storage ring after his fruitless search. He also harbored deep resentment towards the 'abstaining from grains' practice. Of course, there was also the fact that this place was terrible, with not a single edible animal or fruit.

Just as she was about to fly to the nearest mortal town on her sword, Po Wang, who was scanning around, discovered two figures secretly enjoying food in two different directions.

"Food!" Gao Zhun's eyes turned green as he looked in those two directions. He swallowed hard and flew towards the person who was closer.

From afar, Gao Zhun could see more than a dozen plates of fish prepared in various ways on the table in front of that person. Tsk tsk, it was actually a whole fish feast, so extravagant. So, while complaining in her heart, she couldn't help but take out the chopsticks she had made a few days ago from her storage ring.

Who is it, meow?

Sensing Gao Zhun's approach, the woman immediately waved her hand, and the entire fish feast was completely stored in her storage ring. However, all of this was exposed to Gao Zhun's all-seeing eyes.