Chapter 0153: The Kong Family Couple
“A’Qin, stop spitting blood! Perhaps we were careless and blind, and accidentally took a wrong turn?”
Li Yuanzhen rushed to Old Qin’s side immediately, carefully massaging his shoulders and patting his back. She always held onto hope and faced reality repeatedly. The Demon Master’s face was so swollen… she truly felt heartbroken!
“Zi Xuan Academy? Why does this name sound so familiar?”
Yi Chengying thought for a moment, and her beautiful eyes lit up. “That’s right, this is where Sister Caihe practiced before she officially joined our Mystic Maiden Palace!”
“You mean Gu Caihe, one of the nine Saintesses of Mystic Maiden Palace besides you?” As he spoke, Qin Gou suddenly looked at the two majestic banners.
A distant memory suddenly surged in his mind.
“Kong Tou is currently trapped in the Demon Race Abyss and cannot break free. Xinting, Qishuang, you two are now out in the world for training. While upholding justice, you must also assist and care for her family!”
These were Old Qin’s personal instructions, though he hadn’t anticipated what would happen next.
No wonder even Li Yuanzhen from the Sword Questioning Sect had never heard of the Kong Family School. It was because, from some unknown time, the Kong family had shifted their focus from major sects to supplying outstanding talents for the cultivation world to the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace and the Purple Extreme Demonic Sect.
This could be said to indirectly prove how much the Arc-Moon Mountain lineage valued unity, resolutely adhering to the principle of keeping benefits within the family.
“Zi Xuan Academy…”
Gazing at her once-familiar home, Kong Ling murmured to herself, “I wonder how my parents are doing now?”
In the past, under the control of Demon Emperor Mo Qingyang, if she didn’t want to directly harm her own parents, she could never have used even a thread of the Abyss’s influence to contact them.
“We’re already at the doorstep, so we’ll naturally go in and see,” Qin Gou comforted her gently.
“Master, I suddenly feel a sense of trepidation as I approach home, and I’m quite flustered.”
Kong Ling shrank her small body, almost completely hiding in the long robe of Qin Gou’s chest, her little face pale. “It’s been so many years with no news, I don’t know how my parents will view their unfilial daughter?”
“If that’s the case, I won’t force you. You can consider an appropriate time to reveal yourself.”
Kong Ling’s face was full of gratitude. “Thank you, Master! Mo… Sister Mo Ning, could you…”
“Understood!”
Mo Ning smiled and took out a veil from her Nas void ring to cover her face. “It’s not easy for Kong Ling to call me sister.”
Since Mo Ning had lived two lives, in her heart, she had always considered herself to be Kong Ling’s elder sister.
Seeing this, Qin Gou nodded slightly, then stepped forward and knocked on the door. He said to the doorkeeper, “Are Mr. Kong and Madam Xiao present? Please inform them that Qin Gou of Arc-Moon Mountain has come to visit.”
While waiting for the doorkeeper to report.
In truth, it wasn’t just Kong Ling who felt nervous; Qin Gou’s heart was also filled with complex emotions at this moment.
Now, not only had he not witnessed the bustling scene and harmonious neighborly relations he had imagined, but the entire street exuded an extremely abnormal dead silence.
He wondered if, after so many years, Kong Ling’s parents were still as learned, kind, and benevolent as they were back then.
“Arc-Moon Mountain?!”
“Could it really be Lord Qin Gou!”
Before they even arrived, excited voices could be heard.
Kong Ling’s parents, Kong Songfeng and Madam Xiao, personally came out without daring to delay for a moment.
The handsome scholar who stood tall like a pine back then was now gray-haired.
Madam Xiao, who was broad-minded and generally amiable, had also become noticeably thinner compared to Qin Gou’s memory.
But as soon as they clearly saw Qin Gou’s true face, they immediately fell to their knees and respectfully called out, “Celestial Master!”
“Please rise quickly, both of you.”
Qin Gou immediately used his spiritual power to lift them, his eyes filled with joyful surprise.
He had clearly worried unnecessarily. Just based on the title ‘Celestial Master,’ Little Ling’er’s parents were indeed as understanding and kind as they were back then!
“We are truly remiss in not welcoming Celestial Master’s arrival properly…”
“You are… Ling’er?!”
As soon as they got up, Kong Songfeng and Madam Xiao cried out in surprise.
Mo Ning, who had been standing quietly beside Li Yuanzhen, was willing to swear that she had not made any attention-grabbing moves, yet she was the first to catch Kong Ling’s parents’ attention.
For a moment, Kong Songfeng and Madam Xiao ignored Qin Gou and rushed to Mo Ning.
“Child, you’re finally back!”
“Mother missed you so much!”
Madam Xiao embraced her. In her excitement, she accidentally knocked off Mo Ning’s veil. Seeing her face, the couple burst into tears.
“How could you know…”
“Silly child, Cult Master Zhao had found a Rebirth Flower back then, which allowed my Blood Soul Gu spirit tool to revive. At such a close proximity, how could I not recognize that you are my Ling’er, my own flesh and blood!” Kong Songfeng said emotionally.
Suddenly, Qin Gou felt a gentle tremble in his robe and couldn’t help but transmit a message, asking, “Kong Tou, are you alright?”
“So… so daddy’s Blood Soul Gu spirit tool, which once made him famous in the Bo Yun Dynasty, could be restored? How can I ever thank Eldest Senior Brother enough? This scene is just like something out of my dreams!” Kong Ling responded with a choked sob.
“But is this really okay?” Qin Gou sighed softly. “The one standing beside your parents now is Ning Tou, not yourself.”
Hearing this, Kong Ling’s voice also became flustered. “That’s right! Mo Ning’s temperament is vastly different from mine. It won’t be long before my parents see through the deception. What should we do!”
“You…”
Qin Gou couldn’t help but laugh and cry. “You’re worried about that?”
At the same time, Mo Ning bashfully withdrew from Madam Xiao’s embrace, her tone a little awkward. “Please don’t be so excited just yet, um… could you take a closer look? Am I truly the Kong Ling you remember?”
Besides cultivating the “Illusory Sea Tide” given by Qin Gou, Kong Ling had also practiced certain demonic cultivation techniques. At this moment, Mo Ning quietly released her aura, and all the human cultivators present could immediately sense this abnormality, which served as a hint.
“Silly child, as parents, how could we not notice such a drastic difference? But in this situation, a scene we’ve imagined so many times… how could our tears stop flowing? It was simply inconvenient to say it directly!” Kong Songfeng and Madam Xiao exchanged a knowing smile.
So he understood long ago!
Mo Ning’s eyes trembled, and she secretly marveled that Kong Ling’s father was indeed not a simple person.
Then, Kong Songfeng looked at Mo Ning, clapped his hands, and laughed heartily with relief. “Hahaha, my Ling’er, you have clearly become much, much more beautiful than I remember, more beautiful than before!”
