Max Level Metaphysician: A Debt Repayment Journey…?
Chapter 278: The Ancestor’s Extreme Dilemma

Chapter 278: Chapter 278: The Ancestor’s Extreme Dilemma

Xia Xin, seeing no response from the other side for a while, guessed that the other party must have already rushed back.

Xia Xin sighed, "Those mother and daughter are so pitiful..."

Jiangli’s eyes stayed closed as if she was dozing off, her tone exceptionally calm, "Since ancient times, it has always been the case that misfortunes never come singly, and adversity doesn’t spare you just because you’ve been unlucky before."

Xia Xin felt choked, his heart pierced through.

With a sigh, Xia Xin asked, "She should have already returned home by now, she’s alright, isn’t she?"

"Xia Xin." Jiangli suddenly opened her eyes, which differed from usual with a hint of coldness, as if she could see through everything, "I have a question for you."

Xia Xin shuddered inside, "What is it, great ancestor, please tell."

"If Black Wind goes back this time, her future son will no longer exist, but if she doesn’t go back, in the future she will have a husband and new children. If it were you, how would you choose?" Jiangli stared intently at Xia Xin, tossing out a soul-searching question.

Xia Xin was taken aback, "I..."

He choked up.

After a few seconds, his eyes widened suddenly, "So... for her, it’s a choice between the two options?"

Jiangli hummed in acknowledgement, "I didn’t want to calculate it for her just now, but then I thought she should make her own decision. As long as Heavenly Dao sustains life, her daughter should also have a glimmer of hope."

Xia Xin: "..."

This was too hard to choose.

Xia Xin conflicted: "What will happen to her if she goes back and saves her daughter?"

"Nothing much, she will live a quiet life, without any waves," Jiangli said. "Perhaps in the future, it might get even tougher, she could also be laid off this time."

Xia Xin’s heart jolted, "And if she doesn’t go..."

"She won’t be laid off, will receive a pension, and have better days ahead," Jiangli said indifferently.

Xia Xin: "..."

How was one supposed to choose?

Xia Xin could not make up his mind.

After a moment of silence, Jiangli suddenly said, "Tell her this, let her decide for herself."

Upon hearing these words, Xia Xin recalled something, "Great ancestor, you didn’t tell her this before, why did you decide now?"

Jiangli lay facing upwards and closed her eyes, "Before, I didn’t feel the need to explain. To really explain would be to force her to make a choice, and no matter what she picks, she’ll have regrets for the rest of her life. It might be better not to choose and let her think there is only one path. If she truly saves her child, even at the cost of her job, she will still feel fortunate."

"But—"

She turned over, "To not tell her is to deceive her, which goes against the rules of Xuanmen. Better let her choose for herself."

Xia Xin stared blankly at Jiangli.

Lin Yurong, who had always acted as if she didn’t exist, couldn’t help but say, "The Abbot might as well not let her choose."

Jiangli chuckled lightly, "Unless she never finds out there’s a choice, the moment she does, do you think she won’t blame me in the future?"

Lin Yurong looked down.

Jiangli actually seemed indifferent, "That’s why I say, divining is not an easy job. Whether good or bad, you will be blamed in the future."

Xia Xin, seeing the smile on Jiangli’s face that lacked any ease, felt all the more heartache.

Since the great ancestor understood this so clearly, had she perhaps faced a similar choice before?

"Send this message to her, let her choose herself," Jiangli closed her eyes again, having made a decision, "Such things can only be decided by oneself, others have no right to interfere."

Xia Xin felt somewhat reluctant.

Given human nature, most would probably choose the latter option...

But as the great ancestor had said, it was Black Wind’s own matter.

Xia Xin gritted his teeth and still sent the message to Black Wind.

At that very moment.

Black Wind was standing right under the company building, having just flagged down a car, and got on it when she received Xia Xin’s message.

She opened it and her expression froze.

"Ma’am, where would you like to go?"

The driver asked for the destination out of habit.