Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 140 - 140 140 Peaceful Days Please Recommend and Collect

140: Chapter 140 Peaceful Days (Please Recommend and Collect) 140: Chapter 140 Peaceful Days (Please Recommend and Collect) This pair of siblings allowed Ye Xuan to see another world, one he couldn’t understand, let alone make sense of.

He simply couldn’t fathom why they seemed so happy amidst their apparently dire lives.

Dinner was hastily concluded.

Gu Xiaoxiao cleared out the attic, cluttered with miscellaneous items, for Ye Xuan to stay in.

When the brother and sister retired to their respective rooms, Ye Xuan sat in the attic, his gaze lost in the bright moon through the window eaves, his eyes filled with an indescribable haze of confusion.

“I have never believed in good deeds leading to good returns, only in controlling my own destiny, not leaving it to fate.

Let’s see if this world really does have such kind-hearted people.”

Ye Xuan slowly closed his eyes, quietly sitting cross-legged on the bed.

Ye Xuan had faced a great calamity within the Heart Demon Illusion Realm.

Though he had overcome the ordeal and even achieved a Half-Immortal Body, the act of killing a close relative filled him with guilt and pain, compelling him to constantly deny himself!

He didn’t know whether he was right or wrong but had always been searching for that answer!

Ye Xuan had a strange feeling as if a voice in the deep abyss was telling him that Gu Xiaoxiao, this kind woman, could perhaps provide him with the answer he sought, the reason he hadn’t left this place.

The next morning dawned.

A rooster’s crow echoed throughout the small river village, heralding the slow rise of the sun in the east.

“Mu Tou, time to get up.”

The voice of the young Gu Beichen came from outside the door, gradually waking Ye Xuan.

When Ye Xuan emerged from the attic, breakfast was already laid out on the table.

“I still don’t know your name, and since you don’t seem willing to tell me, may I call you Mu Tou?” Gu Xiaoxiao asked softly.

Regrettably, Ye Xuan gave no response, which, after a tentative call, seemed to reassure Gu Xiaoxiao.

After all, she couldn’t keep calling out “hey hey hey” to address Ye Xuan.

During breakfast, Ye Xuan learned a bit more about the siblings: the young boy helped with fishing at sea during rest times and spent the rest of his time at school in the town.

Gu Xiaoxiao had quit school early to support the family, and today happened to be the day Gu Beichen went to school; they also planned to take Ye Xuan to the Suspended Mirror Department in town to search for his family.

Breakfast was quickly finished, and the siblings, pulling Ye Xuan along, walked ten miles of rugged road to catch the bus to town.

Qingshui Town.

A wealthy little town, not large, but rich in seafood because of its proximity to the East Sea.

With its advantageous natural location, the economy of Qingshui Town was thriving.

Qingshui No.

1 Middle School was where the young Gu Beichen studied.

As numerous students entered the school gates and upon receiving his sister’s earnest instructions, Gu Beichen waved to his sister and followed the flow of students into the school.

“Mu Tou, I’ll take you to the town’s Suspended Mirror Department.”

After seeing off her brother to school, Gu Xiaoxiao took Ye Xuan’s hand, ready to head to the Suspended Mirror Department.

Yet, under Gu Xiaoxiao’s tugging, Ye Xuan remained unmoved, his voice hoarse, “I have no home, nor do I know what the future holds.

The so-called Suspended Mirror Department doesn’t have any information on me.”

“What…

what?”

Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Gu Xiaoxiao’s face froze in shock, exclaiming, “How can you possibly have no home…

could it be that you have no household registration?”

“What…

what can we do?” Gu Xiaoxiao gazed at Ye Xuan, dumbfounded, lips slightly quivering, obviously facing a great dilemma.

“You…

will you abandon me?” Ye Xuan’s eyes were deep, and his voice was inscrutable.

“Of course not.” Decisive and without the slightest hesitation, that was Gu Xiaoxiao’s answer.

“But…

but…”

When she found out that Ye Xuan was an unregistered citizen, Gu Xiaoxiao had great difficulty.

After all, without an ID card, everything was very inconvenient for Ye Xuan.

But if she took Ye Xuan in, her home would need to set an extra place at the table.

Moreover, her younger brother was still in school, a time when they needed money the most.

Thinking of all these difficulties, Gu Xiaoxiao felt even more overwhelmed.

Suddenly, Gu Xiaoxiao’s eyes lit up, and she looked directly at Ye Xuan, “I can take you in, but you’ll have to work with me.

I can provide you with food and shelter, and if we sell more fish and shrimp, I can even pay you a wage.

If you’re willing, then stay.”

“Okay!” Ye Xuan slowly nodded his head.

If someone familiar with Ye Xuan had witnessed this scene, their jaws would probably drop in shock.

Who was Ye Xuan?

He was none other than a venerable Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator, an entity on the verge of becoming an immortal.

His formidable and frightening reputation even intimidated Xia Country.

That such a person would willingly work for a fisherwoman was something that would be considered nothing short of a tall tale if spread around.

…

Days passed by, one after another, time slipping away quickly.

Before they knew it, Ye Xuan had been living in Gu Xiaoxiao’s home for half a year.

Every day, just as dawn began to break, Gu Xiaoxiao would lead them out to sea to fish, not returning until sunset.

Ye Xuan had also donned simple clothes, working hard daily alongside Gu Xiaoxiao.

It was unclear whether Ye Xuan was Gu Xiaoxiao’s lucky star, or if the heavens were simply favoring them, but ever since they started fishing together, they had always had a bountiful catch and had never encountered any danger.

Gu Xiaoxiao was always curious about Ye Xuan’s appearance, as he would always keep his face covered with his hair, preventing Gu Xiaoxiao from catching a glimpse of his true face.

Of course, a woman’s curiosity can be fearsome.

Once, Gu Xiaoxiao attempted to part Ye Xuan’s hair while he wasn’t paying attention, but was stopped by his icy gaze.

From then on, she never tried to do so again, yet her curiosity only grew more intense.

Besides her curiosity about Ye Xuan’s appearance, an event occurred that made Ye Xuan seem even more mysterious.

A zither!

A nine-stringed zither, a relic of an era long past, had been kept at the bottom of a chest in Gu Xiaoxiao’s home.

That is until one starry moonlit night, a melodious and resounding zither sound echoed through the Gu family’s small courtyard.

Gu Xiaoxiao would never forget the scene she saw.

A gentle breeze brushed through the willow trees, birds chirped softly.

In the confines of the small courtyard, two willow trees swayed with the wind, their green leaves glowing ethereally under the moonlight.

An ancient nine-stringed zither, a lonely and desolate figure, he sat alone under the moon, slowly playing the zither.

The sound was deep and melodious, carrying an indescribable sadness that drew countless birds to circle in the sky, as if moved by the music, reluctant to leave.

The zither music flowed like water, graceful and expressive.

And when the piece ended, Gu Xiaoxiao’s eyes brimmed with tears, her soul touched by sadness at this moment.

She didn’t understand where this sorrowful emotion came from, but she could feel that the person playing the zither under the moon had once experienced a profoundly heartbreaking past.

“With a single thought, all rivers and mountains are filled with emotion, with a thought extinguished, the vast oceans and fields are heartless.”

His voice was like something from the Netherworld, lonely and deep, and as Ye Xuan spoke, it jolted Gu Xiaoxiao from her sorrow.