Chapter 255: What I Like Is Your Mother
He took a sip of tea and said, “No harm done. They were all going to leave anyway.”
Now Fei Changxiu has reached the mid-stage of Nascent Soul, and Qin Feilong has reached the early-stage of Nascent Soul. Given their talents, it won’t be long before they break through to the Deity Transformation stage and leave the Lower Realm.
After leaving the Lower Realm, they will definitely join other sects in the Upper Realm. The Ming Ye Sect is fine; it’s their own creation anyway.
It’s a good thing for young men to have aspirations.
He definitely wouldn’t stop them.
Seeing that Qin had no objections, Ming Zhaoshuang remembered something else and asked, “Speaking of which, Uncle Qin, what’s going on between you and that Pure Radiance Immortal Maiden from the Sword Sect?”
Qin Du sprayed out his mouthful of tea before he could finish it.
Fortunately, he was sitting at the head of the table with no one in front of him, otherwise, he would have definitely sprayed tea on someone’s face.
Qin Du hurriedly wiped his face with a handkerchief and said after a long while, “How did you know… about Chunxi?”
Could it be that Qin Feilong let it slip?
That’s unlikely. Qin Du only went to the Sword Sect once when he was ten years old, and they haven’t been in contact since.
Qin Feilong hasn’t boasted about his mother being the Pure Radiance Immortal Maiden of the Sword Sect all these years. Instead, he has always remained silent about her, as if she never existed.
Ming Zhaoshuang continued to ask, “Uncle Qin, you really are something to have such a beautiful face, even the Seventh Elder of the Sword Sect could be involved with you.”
Qin Du coughed violently.
He choked for a long time before saying, “Shuang’er, who told you these things?”
Ming Zhaoshuang lowered her eyes: “No one told me these things; she wanted to kill me.”
Qin Du was astonished: “Didn’t she say she would let you go? Why does she want to kill you again?”
Upon hearing this, Ming Zhaoshuang suddenly looked up and said to Qin Du, “Uncle Qin, what you mean is that she wanted to kill me before?”
Qin Du was silent: “She did indeed want to kill you before.”
Ming Zhaoshuang immediately asked, “What does this mean? She wanted to kill me, but failed?”
She remembered what had happened to Ming Cangsheng previously.
According to Zhen Hanliu, the two of them encountered an insurmountable problem, which led to Ming Cangsheng fleeing the Dragon Domain, him going to the Dragon Domain to find his wife, and their daughter Ming Zhaoshuang losing an arm and suffering greatly.
Qin Du did not reply.
He finally sighed and said, “I promised Chunxi that I would never mention this to anyone again.”
Hearing Qin Du say this, Ming Zhaoshuang did not press further. Instead, she turned and asked, “Then Uncle Qin, may your niece ask an off-topic question?”
Qin Du took a sip of tea: “Ask away. If I know, I will tell you.”
“How did you and Chunxi meet, fall in love, and eventually ‘do that’ to give birth to Senior Brother Qin?”
Qin Du sprayed out another mouthful of tea.
He looked up at Ming Zhaoshuang: “How old are you to ask such a question?”
Ming Zhaoshuang unhesitatingly shifted the blame: “Senior Brother Qin.”
Qin Du slammed the table and said angrily through gritted teeth, “That brat! He dares to say such things to a young lady. It seems he hasn’t been beaten enough.”
Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t hold back her laughter and turned her head.
She happened to see Xie Yanning nod at her silently. Being on bad terms with Qin Feilong, she clearly approved of Ming Zhaoshuang’s actions.
Who said that shifting the blame wasn’t good? This was a brilliant move.
Ming Zhaoshuang continued, “Then what exactly happened between you and Chunxi? How did Qin Feilong come to be born, and how did you end up in the Lower Realm? Logically, you should still be in the Upper Realm.”
“Even if you had a falling out with Chunxi, it shouldn’t have led to this situation.”
Honestly, Ming Zhaoshuang was truly curious how someone as arrogant as Chunxi could have taken a liking to Qin Du. Even if he was somewhat attractive, it shouldn’t have been enough for Chunxi to fancy him as someone in the Nascent Soul stage.
However, although Chunxi was annoying, her strength was undeniable. Given her status in the Sword Sect, keeping a few male disciples wouldn’t have been a big deal.
The problem is, one was in the Lower Realm and the other in the Upper Realm; how they met is a question.
Qin Du said irritably, “What do you mean ‘this situation’? You little brat dare to mock your uncle, right?”
He coughed lightly and said, “Chunxi and I had no feelings for each other; it was driven by mutual benefit. Later, our Dao Hearts conflicted, our wills diverged, and coupled with my cultivation regression, I naturally brought Little Dragon to the Lower Realm.”
Ming Zhaoshuang pressed on: “And then? That’s it? Is that really it? Uncle Qin, do you truly not like Chunxi?”
Qin Du shook his head: “The one I like is your mother.”
This time, it was Ming Zhaoshuang who choked.
She coughed for a long time before saying, “Which… one? Adoptive mother or birth mother?”
This was truly unexpected.
Did he like her adoptive mother, Jiang Yuejian, or her birth mother, Ming Cangsheng? It couldn’t be her mother in her previous life.
She knew why Qin Du was so good to her, almost like his own daughter, giving her all the best things.
It turned out it was because he liked her mother.
“Ming Cangsheng.”
After a long pause, he said, “You should know that your mother, Ming Cangsheng, and I went to the Upper Realm in the same year.”
That was a hundred years ago.
Qin Du was still the Young Sect Master of the Ao Tian Sect back then. He broke through to the Nascent Soul stage at the age of fifty. While not as monstrous as the geniuses like Ming Zhaoshuang, for ordinary people, he was already considered a top-tier prodigy.
However, he was not called a heaven-blessed prodigy at that time.
Because in his cohort, there was an even more dazzling woman—Ming Cangsheng of the Ming Family.
She broke through to the Nascent Soul stage at the age of thirty. Such speed was unparalleled in the First Heaven at that time, truly standing out from the crowd.
At that time, nearly half of the noble family scions in the First Heaven were infatuated with Ming Cangsheng.
Among them was Qin Du.
The Ao Tian Sect and the Ming Family had a very good relationship, and Qin Du had worked with Ming Cangsheng on several occasions, which led him to fall for the free-spirited, enthusiastic, and flamboyant young girl.
He and she, slaying demons and exterminating devils together;
He and she, discussing the Sword Dao together;
He and she, severely injuring youths from the other five Heavenly Layers in the Lower Realm Grand Competition, shining brightly among them.
He and she, securing first place in the team competition; first place in the doubles match; and also sweeping first and second place in the solo match, enjoying unparalleled popularity and envy.
That evening, Qin Du confessed his feelings to Ming Cangsheng.
However, Ming Cangsheng smiled and rejected him.
She told him that her heart belonged to a snow-capped mountain that melted only for her.
Qin Du did not understand who she meant at the time.
But when it came to choosing disciples for the Upper Realm, he suddenly understood.
In the Cloud Platform, which symbolized the power of the Upper Realm, the Three Great Regions were at the highest echelon, followed by the Nine Provinces and Nine Sects.
At the very peak sat Zhen Hanliu, the Palace Master of Rim of Dusk Mountain Range.
The foremost Talisman Master of the current era.
He sat there, not lowering his gaze, his silver crown emitting a dazzling radiance under the sunlight, making his face appear even colder, and even more handsome.
Logically, he could have sent an elder, but he came in person today.
He half-closed his eyes, not participating in the discussion about selecting Lower Realm disciples, but quietly waiting for something.
Finally, the most breathtakingly talented young girl spoke.
She looked up at the highest point of the Cloud Platform and said loudly, “Zhen Hanliu, I want to come to Cangshan, do you?”
