si-mexico Chapter 100: Entering Past and Present Lives After Seclusion
Chapter 100: Entering Past and Present Lives After Seclusion
Tonight's dinner was particularly somber. Lin Yue explained to her parents that she had to go into seclusion due to her cultivation techniques. She also mentioned the arrival of her brother and his wife, saying that Jingjing and the white-haired brother would be taking care of them. After Lin Yue finished explaining everything, everyone ate dinner amidst laughter and conversation. After tidying up, she sent her son and daughter-in-law back to the villa, put her parents to bed, and summoned the spirits in the valley. She said to them one last time, "There's a barrier and a protective shield here. As long as you don't leave and don't harm anyone in the valley, you will be protected by our entire family and our sect. You can cultivate here in peace."
There are five powerful demons in charge here: a rat spirit, a willow tree spirit, an eagle spirit, two snow wolf spirits, and a ginseng spirit. You can find them whenever you need anything, and they will explain the relevant matters to everyone. Lin Yue also summoned her old companions to the valley and told these spirits who had always followed her family that she was going into seclusion and asked them to cultivate diligently as well, hoping that they could all obtain their own destiny.
After Lin Yue and Gong Yong had arranged everything, Jingjing and Baifa escorted them to Valley Within Valley. Lin Yue found her favorite secluded meditation room and quickly entered a state of complete absorption. Baifa could even feel Lin Yue's breathing stop, replaced by the breathing of her skin, with every pore taking her place. Once Lin Yue had entered this state, Baifa and Jingjing left the room. Gong Yong also found a spot in another corner of the room, sat cross-legged, and began to enter another state of cultivation. However, Gong Yong did not reach the highest level of seclusion so quickly, while Lin Yue quietly entered seclusion.
During the remaining days of Lin Yue's seclusion, outside, Xiao Xue became pregnant six months later, carrying twins, a boy and a girl. The following year, she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, the son being the elder and the daughter the younger. Although they were twins, this lifestyle continued for three years. Three years later, Xiao Bao's son and daughter were over two years old and running around everywhere. Lin Yue still hadn't woken up from his meditation, and Gong Yong had also entered a meditative state. Suddenly, Lin Yue seemed to have a premonition that he was about to wake up. He sensed that his parents might be leaving, and he kept telling himself, "I must wake up, I must wake up."
As the fifth year passed, Xiao Bao's child was almost three years old, approaching four. Lin Yue felt that her parents' lives were slipping away. Indeed, Lin Yue's two elderly parents suddenly felt that they were about to leave this world, after all, they were both over 100 years old.
In her secluded state, Lin Yue told herself to wake up quickly so she could say her final goodbyes to her parents. In the middle of the fifth year, Lin Yue finally opened her eyes. The moment she did, Bai Fa Ge sensed it. He immediately told Jing Jing that her mother had woken up, and then took her to Lin Yue's secluded room in the Valley Within a Valley. When they quietly opened the door, Lin Yue had already opened her eyes and was slowly stretching her limbs. She looked a little disheveled. As Lin Yue went into the bathroom to bathe and change her clothes, Gong Yong also opened his eyes, quickly stretched his body, and went to the bathroom to shower as well.
Lin Yue changed into a set of clothes with a gold chain. Having not eaten for five years—essentially a period of fasting—she was much thinner than before, extremely lean. Gong Yong, who used to weigh 140-150 pounds, now weighed only around 100 pounds, also very thin. After bathing, the two went to the spring, specifically the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and soaked in it. Then they meditated, absorbing spiritual energy. Lin Yue's and Gong Yong's previously withered bodies gradually became fuller, returning to their former appearance of being in their forties.
Lin Yue and Gong Yong slowly walked out of the valley and came outside. Jingjing and Baifa quickly brought out rice porridge from the kitchen. Because she hadn't eaten for many years, Lin Yue found it hard to swallow the porridge. However, because she hadn't eaten for a long time, she and Gong Yong felt their children's filial piety and ate it too.
After finishing her meal, Lin Yue went to her parents' place and saw that they were in relatively good health, strolling slowly along the pedestrian walkway in the valley. Lin Yue and Gong Yong hadn't exchanged a single word the entire time, but now Gong Yong said, "Mom and Dad, are we almost there?" Lin Yue nodded. "Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have woken up." Gong Yong asked, "After your seclusion, I couldn't sense your spirit. Where did you go?" Lin Yue said, "To experience a different life." Lin Yue asked Gong Yong, "And you?" Gong Yong said, "I also went somewhere to experience life." They smiled at each other. From Lin Yue this time, Gong Yong sensed a different aura. Yes, that was the feeling Gong Yong gave Lin Yue. Lin Yue felt a sense of power in Gong Yong; a change in his aura, yes, it was his aura. Lin Yue was no longer that stay-at-home mom; the aura of a loving mother emanating from her was gone…
Lin Yue now exuded a killing intent, a powerful aura befitting a superior. It even seemed like that aura had been cultivated over time; she was no longer the person who had only wanted to raise her three children, suppressing her own grievances and swallowing all her bitterness. Now, after emerging from her seclusion, Lin Yue's aura was truly sharp and fierce, her eyes possessing a captivating, murderous edge. This was the result Gong Yong witnessed after his wife's five years of seclusion.
Lin Yue also sensed a murderous intent emanating from Gong Yong. In this world, neither Lin Yue nor Gong Yong had ever truly seen blood; it was a society governed by law. However, the different lives they were experiencing this time likely both involved bloodshed. Gong Yong's murderous aura was intense, almost radiating outwards, and Lin Yue sensed it as well. At this moment, neither of them asked the other where they had been or why such murderous intent existed within them.
But the two elderly people had already returned from their walk. They were overjoyed to see their daughter and son-in-law, whom they hadn't seen for five years, looking exactly the same as before. Lin Yue slowly took her mother's arm, and Gong Yong took his father's arm, and they slowly walked back to their room, back home, where the two elderly people began to confide in Lin Yue. Lin Yue sat there quietly listening to the two elderly people recount the events of the past five years. Xiao Bao and Xiao Xue had also heard the news; Jing Jing had already called Xiao Bao to tell him that their mother had woken up, and Xiao Bao, along with Xiao Xue and the other children, hurried towards the valley.
Lin Yue had been sitting for almost two hours, listening to her parents' nagging. The two elderly people were getting tired, so Lin Yue and Gong Yong helped them to bed. When it was time for them to rest, Lin Yue and Gong Yong left their room and saw Xiao Bao, Xiao Xue, and her two adorable grandchildren whom she had never seen before running up to her, hugging her legs and calling out "Grandma!" Lin Yue squatted down and asked, "How do you two little darlings know Grandma?" The little boy said, "Mommy showed us a picture." The daughter said, "Daddy showed us a picture too." Seeing the two adorable children, Lin Yue instantly conjured two small gourds as if by magic, carefully placing them around their necks, telling them, "These are precious treasures, don't lose them. Grandma gave them to you." At this moment, the two gourds weren't green, but white, like warm jade. Lin Yue didn't have them drip their blood into them; she simply wore them around their necks to protect them. She instructed Xiao Xue and Xiao Bao that they could drip their blood to acknowledge them as their new owners after they turned eighteen.
At the same time, Lin Yue also instructed Xiao Bao and Xiao Xue that if their lives were threatened, this would also provide protection. If their minds matured early, and you feel they could open the space sooner, you could also have them recognize their master earlier; it's up to you two to decide. Xiao Bao asked, "Mom, why is it white this time? Is there something different?" Lin Yue said, "This is warm jade, a little different from what you have, but the internal structure is different, though not significantly. Because of my improved cultivation level, the two children's internal structures are better." Xiao Bao and Xiao Xue exchanged glances and realized how much their mother's aura had changed, and how much their father's aura had changed as well. Gong Yong stood behind Lin Yue the whole time, not saying a word, just smiling as he watched his son and daughter-in-law.
Soon it was evening, and everyone sat down for dinner. After dinner, Lin Yue took her parents out for a walk. The spirits in the valley already knew that Lin Yue had woken up, and they all silently greeted her. Lin Yue responded to them, but Lin Yue and Gong Yong's main task was to keep the elderly company.
Like these peaceful days, Lin Yue spent a week with her parents. That evening, Lin Yue called her eldest daughter and Coco, saying, "Honey, come back with the kids for a month. Invite your husband too." This was what Lin Yue told her eldest daughter. Lin Yue then called her younger brother and sister-in-law, urging them to return to Sanggu, and also notified her sister-in-law's children to return as soon as possible. After these calls, relatives and friends arrived one after another on the second, third, and fourth days. During this final period, Lin Yue quietly stayed with her parents.
By the seventh day, all the family members had arrived. Afterwards, the coffin Lin Yue had prepared was quietly pulled into the valley that night and placed in a corner of the warehouse. Meanwhile, the funeral arrangements Lin Yue had made were slowly moved into the backup warehouse. The elderly couple knew their health was declining; at over a hundred years old, they felt their bodies would soon give way. Seeing all their children had come, and knowing their daughter and son-in-law's capabilities, they guessed that their daughter and son-in-law also knew their impending death, which was why they had awakened from their seclusion and silently stayed by their side for half a month.
Another half month passed. All the relatives and friends who had come had stayed for half a month, and some wanted to leave, but Lin Yue wouldn't let them go. On this quiet night, a rooster crowed—yes, a rooster crowed. Lin Yue had been sitting beside her parents, with Gong Yong. That night, none of the children or younger relatives slept. The two elders passed away peacefully. Lin Yue also shed silent tears. They didn't leave one by one; they left hand in hand at the same time. After arranging everything…
As the first rays of sunlight streamed into the valley, Lin Yue felt as if she saw auspicious, colorful clouds. A flock of cranes flew in from afar, circling above the valley and lingering for a long time. Lin Yue knew that her parents were truly gone. They had passed away peacefully, without suffering; it was indeed time for them to leave.
Lin Yue composed herself and began searching for an auspicious location in the valley. While others sought outside help, Lin Yue and Gong Yong searched on their own, finding a spot they liked. They then moved some of the surrounding rocks and the monsters' living area.
After the elderly couple's bodies lay in state for seven days, they were escorted by relatives (Lin Yue directly placed them into her spatial dimension) to the location she had chosen. The spatial dimension was then slowly opened, and the coffins were placed inside. Afterward, Lin Yue used her spatial dimension to transfer soil, and at an auspicious time, placed the two coffins inside, simply building a mound, and then laying a stone altar in front of it.
After everything was prepared, Lin Yue and Gong Yong lit incense and burned paper money on the altar. After the simple ceremony, all the children and younger generations came to the grave to say goodbye, and then it was time for the children to go back to work.
After all this was done, the children gradually left. Lin Yue and Gong Yong spent another six months happily with Xiao Xue and Xiao Bao's children. These six months passed quickly and busily. During this time, Xiao Xue became pregnant again. Lin Yue had originally planned to go into seclusion, but considering that she hadn't been able to take care of her wife during her first pregnancy, she decided to make sure to provide proper care this time. After three months of stable pregnancy, it was confirmed that Xiao Xue was carrying twins again. This time, Lin Yue had to stop her usual routine and focus on ensuring her wife, Xiao Xue, could rest and recover peacefully. Lin Yue also took over her finance department again.
Xiao Bao and Xiao Xue didn't expand their business to the surrounding areas, nor did they try to expand excessively; they simply focused on their own small business. Lin Yue said, "One should be humble; too much of a good thing is bad." Therefore, the couple didn't think about making a lot of money; instead, they focused on taking good care of their children and elderly parents. With Jing Jing and Bai Fa occasionally helping out, the company was actually more profitable and running more smoothly than before.
Another year passed quickly, and Xiaoxue had given birth to her second child, another boy and a girl. Xiaoxue and Xiaobao were both puzzled as to why they had the same combination of children. Xiaoxue said, "We can't possibly be that lucky." Lin Yue said, "Did you pick some red fruit to eat at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?" Xiaobao said, "Mom, didn't you say that fruit was edible? When I took Xiaoxue there to play, I just saw some ripe ones and picked two for her to eat." Lin Yue smiled but didn't say anything. Xiaobao and Xiaoxue finally realized why—it was because of the fruit she ate. The two fruits were a little different; they were both red on the outside, but the insides were different—one was green, and the other was yellow, but Xiaoxue had eaten them both. Lin Yue smiled and said, "From now on, whenever Xiaoxue gets pregnant, it will always be twins, one boy and one girl. You should stop while you're ahead and not have any more after this one pregnancy. Otherwise, if this secret is discovered, your family will be in chaos again, or the interval might be a little longer. Little Bao, childbirth is very taxing on a woman's health. Xiaoxue has only been pregnant for five years. You want her to have another baby? I'm not saying that having children is bad, but I feel that this will shorten Xiaoxue's lifespan."
Only then did Xiao Bao realize that childbirth slows down a woman's lifespan. Lin Yue again instructed Xiao Bao, "After Xiao Xue gives birth, you must take good care of yourself. Xiao Bao, you should also pass on your cultivation techniques to Xiao Xue and begin practicing diligently. Don't wait until you're old and still living on this land, only to find Xiao Xue gone. It's very painful to be alone like that. I hope you two can grow old together." Mingyue and Xiao Xue finally understood, with Xiao Bao reacting particularly strongly. He knew his cultivation was already far superior to Xiao Xue's, and if she didn't cultivate properly after giving birth, the gap between them would become too large, affecting her lifespan. Thinking of this, Xiao Bao was filled with regret. He sighed, "If only I had known!"