Chapter 75: I still have nine good sisters
“It’s nothing interesting, I just remembered some happy things!”
Cheng Hongling said, her expression serious.
“What happy things?”
Qi Huang eagerly pressed.
“It’s nothing, if I say it now, I won’t be able to surprise you.”
Cheng Hongling refused to talk about it.
Qi Huang felt uneasy, but since the other party wouldn’t say, she couldn’t force her.
The next morning, Qi Huang, as usual, checked the greenhouse, then quietly left the HongHua Sect. It had been some time since she had left home. Since she now had the ability to come and go freely, she had to visit home frequently.
Qi Huang’s spiritual sense emerged from her body, and she went all out. It took her two hours to return to Huatian Village. She had never reached this speed before. This proved the saying that pressure leads to motivation. There was no other way, as her main body had to supervise her cultivation every night and could not stay outside for too long.
Upon returning to Huatian Village, Qi Huang first surveyed the surroundings. After easily dealing with a few wandering spirits, she went to visit her family.
Qi Huang, as usual, hid near the courtyard and used her spiritual sense to explore. She could clearly “see” the situation at home.
“Husband, did you hear? Brother Huang Bo is getting married next month on the sixth!”
Li Fen, who was picking vegetables, suddenly said to Huang Kairong.
“Getting married? How did they suddenly decide? Weren’t those two girls always dragging it out? For two or three years, I thought they had other ideas.”
Huang Kairong asked in surprise.
“They definitely have ideas, even an idiot can see that. This time they made up their minds after hearing it was related to our daughter-in-law.”
Li Fen explained.
“What does their marriage have to do with our daughter-in-law?”
Huang Kairong was confused.
“Remember last time our daughter-in-law came back? She brought back five sisters who looked like celestial beings. And Qi Huang is the elder sister-in-law of Huang Long and Huang Bo. Seeing that, do you think those two girls will be anxious?”
Li Fen revealed the secret.
“So that’s why, they are afraid of being snatched away.”
Huang Kairong sneered with a smile.
Qi Huang also realized this and felt both amused and speechless. Her unintentional actions had actually helped her two younger cousins.
“Yes, although there are more men than women in this world, with their looks, marrying Huang Long and Huang Bo is already quite good. If they delay any longer, it will be them who are anxious.”
Li Fen said disdainfully.
“If I were the second one, I wouldn’t agree to the marriage. Those two girls don’t seem like easygoing people. I don’t know if they will settle down after marrying in.”
Huang Kairong said with some sympathy.
“He’s an unfilial son, what’s it to us? You worry too much.”
Li Fen chided.
“Yes.”
Huang Kairong smiled in relief.
“Alas, their son is getting married, but what about our son? How long has it been since he’s been back? It’s been over half a year, hasn’t it?”
Li Fen suddenly sighed.
“Yes, I don’t know how he’s doing now. He always sends letters but never shows up in person. Those two nephews are getting married next month. Although our relationship isn’t good, we haven’t completely fallen out yet. Logically, he should come back as their cousin.”
Huang Kairong’s words were also full of worry.
Li Fen, surprisingly, did not refute this time. It wasn’t that she agreed with her husband’s words, but she also wanted to find a reason to see her son.
Hearing this, Qi Huang felt troubled. How could she go back in her current state? Pretending to be his fiancée wouldn’t solve the problem.
“Instead of sighing here, why don’t you go to the Prefecture Capital to look for him yourself?”
At this moment, Old Master Huang Xinghu spoke up, and then added, “I’m old, otherwise, I would have gone long ago.”
“Yes! I should go look for my son, otherwise, I won’t be at ease.”
Huang Kairong immediately made a decision.
“But this is too dangerous! The journey from here to the Prefecture Capital is far, and it will take you about ten days to travel back and forth as an ordinary person.”
Li Fen said worriedly.
“To ensure his safety, let alone ten days, even ten years, I would go.”
Huang Kairong said firmly, then comforted her, “Don’t worry, I still have the protective charms he sent back. Didn’t he say that those good ones can ward off most monsters and ghosts?”
Li Fen persuaded him a few more times, but to no avail. Then she said, “What if I go with you?”
“What about your father if you go?”
Huang Kairong reminded her in a low voice.
Li Fen glanced at her father-in-law, who was walking unsteadily. Now she really had no choice, so she asked concernedly, “Then when do you plan to go?”
“It’s better to go sooner rather than later. Let’s go on the ninth of this month. It will take me about ten days round trip, and I don’t know how long it will take to find him.”
Huang Kairong made a decision.
‘The ninth? Today is the fourth, only five days away!’
Qi Huang’s face immediately turned bitter. Her father going to the Prefecture Capital to find her undoubtedly created a huge problem for her. She would definitely have to secretly protect her father’s safety, but how could she explain to her main body if she was away from the HongHua Sect for a long time?
‘It seems that only a clone can solve this now, but I know nothing about it, how can I cultivate?’
Qi Huang was really helpless. She returned to the HongHua Sect in this state of mind.
When Qi Huang arrived at her doorstep, she entered the greenhouse as usual. However, the scene that greeted her made her jump. She saw her main body standing in front of the dozen or so seedlings, holding scissors and gesturing.
“Wait! What are you doing?”
Qi Huang asked stammeringly.
“What should you call me?”
Cheng Hongling frowned.
“Sister… Elder Sister, what are you doing?”
Qi Huang, without caring about shame, blurted out the address.
“My dear sister, where did you go today?”
Cheng Hongling asked casually.
“I… I didn’t go anywhere, just wandered around the HongHua Sect and exchanged some cultivation experiences with my fellow disciples.”
Qi Huang lied stammeringly.
“Is that so? But I searched the entire HongHua Sect and didn’t see you!”
Cheng Hongling asked with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.
“……”
Qi Huang was instantly speechless.
“Do you know what happy thing I told you about last time?”
Cheng Hongling inexplicably changed the subject.
“Wh-what?”
Qi Huang asked cautiously.
“I think these tender sprouts are so green and juicy, they must be delicious in a hot pot.”
Cheng Hongling deliberately licked her lips with her tongue, then extended the scissors towards a seedling.
‘This is what you call a surprise? It’s more like a scare!’
Qi Huang was so scared that she trembled all over and quickly pleaded, “Elder Sister, please be merciful! That is very important to me, please don’t mess with it.”
“What’s so important? Isn’t it just hair dye, my dear sister?”
Cheng Hongling asked with great interest.
Qi Huang hesitated to speak, and finally, she said in exasperation, “It can be sold for money! Tell me, is it important or not?”
“There are many things in this world that can be sold for money. You can plant a few normal tomatoes and sell them. I don’t think it’s that important.”
Cheng Hongling continued to pry.
“Anyway, you can’t eat it, it’s poisonous. If you really want to eat hot pot, how about I buy you a few pounds of pea sprouts?”
Qi Huang asked tentatively.
“No, I just want to eat this. Haven’t you heard the saying, the more poisonous something is, the more delicious it is, like wild mushrooms in the mountains.”
Cheng Hongling insisted, as if teasing a child.
“A saying? I think this is a joke from hell!”
Qi Huang was speechless. She said, “How can I make you let them go?”
“It’s very simple, you just have to obey me from now on!”
Cheng Hongling smiled again and said, “Firstly, from today onwards, you must apply to me every time you go out, stating the time, place, and purpose! Only after getting my permission can you go out, otherwise, you’ll wait for me to boil those tender sprouts in hot pot.”
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Qi Huang quickly agreed, regretting it to the extreme. She wished she hadn’t planted them so close to home. At first, she only considered external threats and completely ignored the ‘internal worries’.
“Remember what you promised. From today onwards, the tender sprouts of these dozen or so Ghost Tomatoes are my hostages. If you go missing without reason again, I’ll kill them.”
Cheng Hongling warned.
‘What should I do? If I can’t go out, how will I know how to cultivate an external manifestation? Without a clone, I cannot deal with my parents. By then, my father will definitely…’
Qi Huang panicked. This was because only the main body in the entire HongHua Sect knew about this, but she couldn’t ask the main body.
‘If I can’t ask her, who can I ask? I can’t keep taking medicine and dreaming, can I? It’s a small matter if my consciousness degenerates, but what if my consciousness disappears completely?’
Qi Huang fell into endless struggle.
‘No! How could I have forgotten about them! I can’t ask her, but aren’t there nine good sisters in her Sea of Consciousness? They must be willing to tell me.’
Qi Huang was overjoyed at this thought.
