The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 110 - 109: What Kind of Luck is This?

Chapter 110: Chapter 109: What Kind of Luck is This?

Xie Jiuniang felt a bit worried.

Had something happened to her parents with their sudden departure? She tried to send a Sound Transmission Talisman, but past a hundred li, it was to no avail.

There were no signs of a fight at home.

Thinking back to when she had last seen her grandfather, she felt quite a bit more at ease.

It seemed her parents must have left home of their own accord. She had wanted to go on a training expedition with them, but it seemed it wasn’t possible this time.

Before setting out, she went into seclusion in the Earthfire Room.

She refined some things.

At the same time, she realized she had forgotten about a Sect mission and had not completed it on time, resulting in a deduction of fifty Contribution Points.

Xie Jiuniang was extremely disconcerted.

The time limit for the mission was three days; apart from the thrilling excitement of the first day, she had practically slept through it. Well, that account would have to wait to be settled upon her return.

Suddenly, Jian Lingyan spoke, "Master, there’s someone outside."

"Who is it?"

"Xie Haoran, Xie Xu."

"What do they want?" Xie Jiuniang went outside, opened the door, and saw the two of them, "Uncle, elder brother."

She stepped aside to invite them into the house.

The two entered, one after the other.

Xie Haoran explained the purpose of their visit.

They had learned that the grandfather was in Fangshi and had specifically come to pay their respects. They and Xie Ying had visited a couple of days ago but no one had answered the door.

Xie Jiuniang said, "You’ve come for nothing again this time. Grandfather has already left, and my father and mother are out on some urgent business."

Xie Haoran thought about it and felt relieved.

So it wasn’t that last time grandfather was angry and refused to see him but that he had already left.

Xie Xu handed Xie Jiuniang a large sum of Spirit Stones, which he had collected with IOUs, and asked, "Xiaojiu, I heard you are going on an expedition. Why not wait until after Foundation Establishment?"

"I had agreed with my parents to go together. With them around, whether I achieve Foundation Establishment or not makes no difference. But they had some last-minute matters to attend to." Xie Jiuniang divided up the Spirit Stones as they had previously agreed.

Xie Xu accepted his share without hesitation.

He was quite poor now, and it was no use being modest.

They did not stay long; after a pot of tea, they stood up to leave. Xie Jiuniang also packed up and left Fangshi.

Yet, the departing Xie Xu and Xie Haoran inadvertently voiced their inner doubts.

Xie Haoran said, "It’s been over two years, and Xiaojiu seems like she hasn’t grown at all."

Xie Xu’s eyes flickered, and he subconsciously searched for an excuse, "Her face looks young, and she is still of a young age."

She’s still young in her teens, right?

...

Xie Jiuniang took the Little Flying Boat first to Xi’an City, stayed for several days, then continued to the next city.

In her past life, her Cultivation Base wasn’t high, so the places she went for training were not very dangerous, all within the Eastern Region.

A month later.

She obtained some minor opportunities, almost all suitable for the Qi Cultivation Stage. In her past life, it was with these she had cultivated to Foundation Establishment.

Jian Lingyan complained in annoyance, "Lousy master, you’re wasting time. What use are these useless things? They aren’t even enough to cover the cost of the Spirit Stones for the Little Flying Boat."

Xie Jiuniang fell silent.

She took out a small notebook and crossed off most of the locations of opportunity.

After another round of weighing pros and cons and making reductions, in the end, only three locations remained. Her fortunes and chances in this life were much deeper than in her previous life; currently, her wealth was comparable to a large Cultivation World family’s resources accumulated over thousands of years.

She would leave anything minor to other predestined people.

Jian Lingyan had long suspected her master was hiding something, hesitated for a long time, and finally got the courage to ask, "Master, how did you know the locations of these opportunities? I didn’t even notice them..."

"I can foresee the future."

"This this this...Does the talent of the Child of Destiny lack any sense of reason?" Jian Lingyan’s sword body shook, clearly unsettled.

Xie Jiuniang never mentioned her rebirth to anyone, including Jian Lingyan.

If Jian Lingyan could guess, it would be quite a feat, but she wouldn’t tell anyway.

The nearest opportunity was in a small mountain village ten miles ahead.

In her previous life, she happened to save a child when passing by, and in gratitude, the family offered all their savings. Xie Jiuniang refused, but to appease them, she pointed to a dusty stone elephant in the corner of the yard and claimed that as her reward.

The family agreed.

Xie Jiuniang only began to feel a headache when she arrived here.

Having come over a decade earlier in this life, the family’s child wasn’t even born yet—how was she to form this good relationship now?

"Wow! It’s an immortal!"

As soon as she leaped off the Little Flying Boat and touched the ground, Xie Jiuniang saw a little head poking out from the bushes—a boy about seven or eight years old.

Xie Jiuniang smiled and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Immortal, I’m digging up earthworms to feed the chickens," the child replied fearlessly.

In the villages outside the Cultivation cities, both adults and children knew about cultivators and sects. Therefore, even though over ninety percent of villagers were ordinary people, they didn’t resemble those in the Mortal Realm who only revered royal power and knew almost nothing about the Cultivation World.

Xie Jiuniang walked over and sat on a large stone nearby, watching the child dig for earthworms. He was very skilled, clearly not his first time doing this task.

"Child, what’s your name?" Xie Jiuniang casually asked.

"I’m Gouwa, hee hee."

"Gouwa’s good, easy to bring up."

"My mom says that too. Immortal, can I call you fairy sister?"

"Oh, you can..."

While making light conversation with the child, Xie Jiuniang extended her Divine Sense to survey the surroundings.

The village wasn’t large, with just over thirty households, mostly ordinary people. Soon she found the family from her past life and indeed saw a small stone elephant in the yard.

A little girl sat on the stone elephant at that moment, pretending it was a horse and having fun.

Just as Xie Jiuniang was pondering how to proceed, a commotion arose in the distance.

With her Divine Sense, she found a villager had been bitten by a poisonous snake in the mountains, and in addition had broken a leg—it was like misfortune raining down all at once.

Before long, a robust man hurried down the mountain with the injured person on his back.

"Hurry! Go get Doctor Zhao," someone shouted loudly.

"Is it Daddy?" Gouwa cast aside the bamboo tube of earthworms in his hand and ran towards the crowd, tripping halfway and getting up to continue running, all the while calling out with a crying voice, "Dad! Daddy!"

The villagers headed for the little courtyard with the stone elephant.

Xie Jiuniang fell silent for an instant.

What kind of luck was this?

The fortune of the Child of Destiny?

That’s right, this family lived a hard life when she came by in her previous life.

She had just examined the situation with her Divine Sense, and things seemed okay—the children’s clothes weren’t brand new, but they weren’t patched up like in her previous life. Perhaps their life became harder and harder because the man of the house had this accident?

Xie Jiuniang started to consider how to step forward and save the man in a way that would seem natural and unforced.

Gouwa came running back with a face wet from snot and tears, falling to his knees in front of Xie Jiuniang, pleading, "Fairy sister, please save my daddy. I’ll do anything for you, like an ox or a horse."

"Cultivators don’t need oxen and horses."

"Then, then I’ll be your servant."

"Pfft, haha, what could a little kid like you do for me? If I took you back, I’d have to take care of you," Xie Jiuniang teased Gouwa while standing up and scooping him in her arms.

With a sway and a leisurely gait, she headed towards Gouwa’s family courtyard.

Gouwa forgot to cry as he was lifted up, "You’ll save my dad? The adults said there’s no hope for my dad, telling my mom to prepare for the worst."

"It’s okay, it’s okay. That snake venom—half a common Detoxification Pill will do." Xie Jiuniang had already checked with her Divine Sense, and with her present, he wasn’t going to die.

Of course, the Detoxification Pill needed to be taken promptly; if the poison set in for too long, the man would surely be done for.