“Indeed, it’s a hassle.”

Li Hengsheng said awkwardly, “Is there any task suitable for me?”

“Very few,” Yang Tiantian replied, “Some of the tasks for direct disciples involve hunting down people on the Black List, or searching for some heavenly treasures, or investigating certain matters. But none of these have anything to do with you. With your current cultivation level, you can’t kill the people on the Black List.”

Li Hengsheng agreed with this. He believed that he should have no problem dealing with ordinary Postnatal Realm practitioners, but it would be difficult for ordinary Postnatal Realm practitioners to make it onto the Black List, right?

“But today is your lucky day. I actually found one.” Yang Tiantian took out a piece of paper and said, “I accepted this task on your behalf. Such tasks are rare. I happened to see this one. It’s very suitable for you. It’s not very dangerous, and I’ll accompany you.”

Li Hengsheng took the paper from Yang Tiantian and carefully read the task details.

The location was in Minghong Prefecture.

In a mountain range called Gaolian Mountain in Minghong Prefecture, there was a village called Pengyun Village. A strange incident had recently occurred in the village.

The villagers made a living by gathering herbs. One day, a landslide revealed a cave. The cave was deep, and the villagers went in to see if there was anything inside.

If there was any treasure, they wouldn’t have to work so hard.

However, strangely enough, after the villagers entered the cave, they never came out.

Those waiting outside waited for a long time but saw no one coming out. They found it strange and sent more people in, but still, no one came out.

It was as if they had mysteriously disappeared.

The villagers panicked, suspecting that there was a ferocious beast in the cave that had eaten the villagers.

So, they went to the nearest Fanyun City and found the disciples of Dao Mountain Ancient Land stationed there, asking for help.

Upon learning that villagers might have been harmed, the disciples of Dao Mountain Ancient Land also came to Pengyun Village.

Then, an outer disciple in the Postnatal Realm also entered, but after a long wait, he did not come out either. What was even more terrifying was that the disciples guarding outside did not hear any fighting sounds from inside.

This attracted the attention of Dao Mountain Ancient Land and became a task for direct disciples.

They wanted to know what was going on in that mysterious cave.

“This task doesn’t seem to be very dangerous,” Li Hengsheng frowned, “There must be a ferocious beast in the cave, or even a Spirit Beast, which is why those who entered were harmed.”

If there was a Spirit Beast inside, it would explain everything. Ordinary Postnatal Realm warriors couldn’t contend with Spirit Beasts.

“Who was the missing outer disciple?” Li Hengsheng asked curiously, “Which peak did he belong to?”

“It didn’t say,” Yang Tiantian, with her twin ponytails, said seriously, “I have another guess. There might be a secret realm in the cave.”

“A secret realm?” Li Hengsheng frowned. If there was a secret realm, things would become complicated.

Some secret realms were not dangerous at all, but it was rumored that some were so dangerous that even top Prenatal Realm experts might not be able to come out.

“Don’t overthink it. If there really is a secret realm, we don’t need to rush in. We just need to report this to the sect, and your task will be considered complete. It will also be easy for you to earn merit.”

Yang Tiantian smiled and said, “This task is not very dangerous. If there really is a Spirit Beast, your senior sister is here. What’s there to be afraid of?”

Li Hengsheng wasn’t worried about this. Even if there was a Prenatal Realm Spirit Beast, it wouldn’t matter. His senior sister might look like a child, but she was very strong.

“Then I’ll take this task.” Li Hengsheng immediately decided to accept the task.

As a direct disciple, he had to complete tasks every month. It was hard to find one suitable for him, and Li Hengsheng also wanted to leave Dao Mountain Ancient Land for a while.

Before, Xu Muhai was worried that Li Hengsheng would be in danger if he went out, but now that Yang Tiantian was with him, there was nothing to fear.

His second senior sister was very fierce.

“Then, junior brother, get ready. Let’s set off now,” Yang Tiantian said, “We’ll go to Fanyun City first, then enter Gaolian Mountain and find that cave.”

“I really want to see what’s in that cave!” Yang Tiantian’s eyes were already shining.

It was an expression of great anticipation.

Just like a child who had been hungry for a long time, looking forward to a big meal.

Li Hengsheng couldn’t help but laugh. He felt that Yang Tiantian must be going because of her strong curiosity.

She was obviously someone who loved to explore mysteries.

His second senior sister looked like a child, acted like a child, and was extremely curious.

This was the first impression Yang Tiantian gave Li Hengsheng.

Li Hengsheng quickly packed up and set off with Yang Tiantian.

Although both were in Minghong Prefecture, Fanyun City and Gaolian Mountain were still far apart. It would take them at least a day to get there.

“After the task is completed, I’ll go back to Changting Town to see my father on the way,” Li Hengsheng thought.

In the past three years, Li Hengsheng really didn’t want to go home.

He didn’t want to return to that cold place.Facing a father who daydreamed all day, hands that only knew how to ask for money, and a drunkard who was always inebriated, this was pretty much Li Hengsheng’s childhood.

But now things were different. Li Hengsheng wanted to go back and see the person he missed deep in his heart.

…

Changting Town was still bustling as ever. Only the nobles knew what had happened. For the common people, Changting Town was still Changting Town.

It was still the place where the sun rose in the morning and set in the evening.

The Yan family’s alliance had been established.

And the Yan family had also distributed the tasks to each family. Yan Botao was about to return.

Li Changqing had become idle again.

Staying in the Yan family all day was boring. Li Changqing still liked to go out and walk around, listen to his outrageous stories in the Time Yan Zhai, or eat a bowl of small wontons at the street stall.

Or go to the theater troupe to listen to the opera.

This kind of life was truly comfortable. In Li Changqing’s view, all the fighting and killing, all the Ghost Clan’s conspiracies, had nothing to do with him.

He just wanted to live a peaceful life with his son in the future. He didn’t want to worry about anything else, and it had nothing to do with him.

Transmigrators were not saviors.

Pouring a cup of tea, Li Changqing sat at the tea stall, watching the bustling traffic around him, with Fei lying at his feet, lazily basking in the sun.

His ears were listening to the people next to him chatting about their daily lives.

Who lost money, whose wife ran away, whose child had soiled their pants again, this was real life.

“May I sit here?”

At this moment, a voice pulled Li Changqing back from his thoughts.

Li Changqing looked up and found that it was a man in his fifties. He was dressed in coarse clothes, with a goatee, and was holding a fortune-telling banner.

It had two words on it.

Heaven’s Fate.

From his appearance, it was clear that he was a fortune teller.

This was the first time Li Changqing had seen a fortune teller in this world.

“Please sit.” Li Changqing looked at the man in front of him.

The man sat down, put the fortune-telling banner aside, and seemed very thirsty, quickly asking for a cup of tea.

Li Changqing raised his hand and poured a cup of tea for the fortune teller.

“Please drink.”

“Thank you, thank you.” The man seemed to be very thirsty. After thanking Li Changqing, he drained the tea in the cup.

Li Changqing smiled and poured him another cup.

The man drained it again.

“Sir, are you from out of town?” Li Changqing asked casually.

“Hehe, I travel around to make a living.” The man chuckled.

“What’s your name?” Li Changqing asked curiously.

“Just call me Old Luo.” The man quickly replied, “And you, brother?”

“Li Changqing.” Li Changqing looked at the dusty Old Luo in front of him, and couldn’t help but sigh that there were people struggling for life in every world.

Li Changqing had never believed in fortune tellers before.

Because Li Changqing thought they were all liars, not trustworthy.

However, looking at the man in front of him, Li Changqing pondered for a moment, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve, handed it to Old Luo, and said, “Can you tell my fortune?”

“Brother Changqing wants to have his fortune told?”

Old Luo looked at the silver on the table, his eyes lit up.

That silver ingot was worth five taels!

With this silver, he wouldn’t have to worry about food and drink for a while.

“Yes, I’m troubling you.” Li Changqing smiled, wanting to see how the fortune tellers in this world fooled people.

Old Luo picked up the silver, bit it, then grinned, and put the silver in his pocket.

Then he took out something from his pocket.

It was a very old-looking compass.

But this compass was different from the ones Li Changqing had seen before. He couldn’t understand what was written on it.

Old Luo stared at the compass in his hand with a devout expression. Then, he grabbed the compass with his five fingers. Instantly, beams of light rose from the compass, and a star map emerged from the light!

“Huh?”

Li Changqing was shocked. Was Old Luo a cultivator?

But when he came back to his senses, he found that there was no light or star map on the compass.

It seemed like everything just now was his illusion.

Li Changqing looked down at Fei, who was still quietly lying there, as if he hadn’t noticed anything.

Otherwise, whenever a cultivator approached Li Changqing, Fei would always be on alert. But now, Fei was still sleeping.

“Maybe I saw it wrong.” Li Changqing thought he was seeing things.

He was just a fortune teller struggling for life. How could he have any cultivation?

And his Divine Soul was very strong. He couldn’t be fooled by a cultivator.

“Huh.”

At this moment, Old Luo exclaimed in surprise.

“What’s wrong?” Seeing Old Luo frowning, Li Changqing didn’t care too much. Because most fortune tellers would say something, then ask you to buy something from them to ward off bad luck.

Could it be that the same trick was used in the Cangyuan Realm?”Brother Changqing, you are a dragon and phoenix among men. Although the road ahead is fraught with danger, your potential is limitless,” said Elder Luo earnestly.

“Hmm.” Li Changqing smiled, these were all clichés.

“You have a son, not by your side, but not far away either. The father-son relationship is somewhat strained, but there has been some recent improvement,” Elder Luo continued.

Upon hearing this, Li Changqing’s eyes revealed curiosity. Was this Elder Luo really a man of ability? Could he really deduce all this?

“Your son has never seen his mother since he was a child, because his mother…” Elder Luo’s words trailed off, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his face changed drastically.

“What happened to his mother?” Li Changqing asked anxiously.

“I won’t take your money for this divination.” Elder Luo took out the silver and handed it to Li Changqing, then stood up to leave.

Rather than leaving, it looked more like he was fleeing.

“Mr. Luo!” Li Changqing called out to Elder Luo.

“Brother Changqing, I won’t divine this for you. I value my life. But I can give you a prediction for free. Your son will face a bloody disaster in the next few days, which may endanger his life. Take care of yourself.”

With that, Elder Luo ran off without looking back.

Thank you for your rewards, brothers. The leader of the Misty Yangzhou is the first leader in my life, and I will always remember it. I also remember the rewards from other brothers. I will continue to be a good storyteller.

(End of the chapter)