Chapter 661: Chapter 443: Understanding Cause and Effect, Seeking the Heart of the Dao_2

The other guards were in the same situation.

However, being Innate Realm experts, they quickly realized they had truly been released from that dreadful place.

“Lord County Master, I’ve returned the people to you. If there’s nothing else, please be on your way.”

At this moment, Lu Qing spoke calmly.

Upon hearing his voice, the young man in luxurious attire and the guards all shuddered.

They turned to look at him, their eyes filled with fear.

During these days, locked in that dark, hopeless cage, the feeling of despair was overwhelming.

It was an experience they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

Especially the young man in luxurious attire, he looked at Lu Qing as if gazing at the greatest devil.

If at first, when captured by Lu Qing, he still harbored thoughts of revenge,

now there wasn’t even a trace of such thoughts; he didn’t dare entertain them any longer.

At this moment, he only wanted to distance himself as far as possible from this devil, and never see him again.

“Heavenly Elder” noticed the young man in luxurious attire and the others’ condition and knew they must have suffered greatly during this period.

However, he did not express any dissatisfaction.

Instead, he bowed deeply to Lu Qing: “Thank you, esteemed one, for sparing their lives.”

“Heavenly Elder” had already understood the reason for the capture of Yan Cangshan and the others.

He realized that Lu Qing had been merciful.

If it were any other powerful figure, being offended like this, they would likely have killed with a single blow.

Yan Cangshan was fortunate to have only lost his arms.

Moreover, the display of divine skills by Lu Qing deepened the fear in his heart.

Naturally, he did not dare to harbor any dissatisfaction.

“Alright, you may leave.” Lu Qing waved his hand.

Yan Canghai hesitated for a moment, bowed and asked: “What about Young Master, the descendants of Li Weitian…”

“I will send someone to handle this matter, you just make sure they’re settled in.”

“Yes, then we shall take our leave for now.”

Once Yan Canghai and the others left, Lin Zhirui approached to apologize: “Young Master Lu, it was my own decision to bring Canghai and the others here, I hope to be forgiven.”

“Why say such a thing, Brother Zhirui? Bringing them here actually saved me trouble.” Lu Qing smiled.

Previously, he didn’t want Jiuli Village to be known by too many people because his strength was still weak, and having provoked such a formidable enemy like Suspended Mountain, he feared he couldn’t fully protect the village.

But now, having reached the Golden Core Realm, and with Suspended Mountain destroyed, Jiuli Village was protected by an array he set up.

Naturally, the concerns he had back then were gone.

Upon hearing that Lu Qing was not angry, Lin Zhirui also felt relieved.

He had taken the unusual step of deciding to bring Yan Canghai and the others over.

One reason was that he truly wanted to help his friend.

Secondly, if he wasn’t present, he feared the Yan Family might act recklessly and offend Lu Qing greatly.

If Lu Qing truly became enraged and destroyed the Yan Family, it would lead to the fall of the Royal Family, and Yan Country would inevitably fall into turmoil.

Such turmoil would be seen by neighboring countries, inciting their ambitions, and the people might again be displaced.

To prevent such a scenario, he slightly deviated from his principles.

Fortunately, the Yan Family was sensible, and “Heavenly Elder” recognized the situation and fully satisfied Lu Qing’s conditions.

Relaxing his mind, Lin Zhirui asked: “Young Master Lu, how do you plan to settle the descendants of Li Weitian?”

From Yan Canghai, Lin Zhirui had come to understand the situation.

He also found out that Lu Qing captured that Seventh Prince for the sake of Li Weitian’s descendants.

During this period, he investigated Li Weitian and learned a lot about his life story.

He even vaguely guessed that Lu Qing must have obtained Li Weitian’s relics at some point.

This allowed him to rise swiftly and soar high.

Otherwise, the elder doctor back then was only an Internal Organ Realm Martial Artist.

How could he have possessed the resources necessary to break through to the Innate Realm, enabling both master and disciple to reach the Innate Realm?

“I will not get involved in this matter, let the Wei Family handle settling them.” Lu Qing said.

By rescuing the descendants of Li Weitian, he had already repaid this particular karmic debt.

As for more, Lu Qing had no plans to engage.

With the Wei Family’s capabilities, settling a small family of just a few dozen should be easy.

Lin Zhirui nodded, understanding that Lu Qing did not intend to provide significant support to the Li Family.

Returning to the village, Lu Qing went to the Wei Family’s detached house and found Wei Xinghe, explaining the situation briefly.

After hearing, Wei Xinghe immediately went out to arrange personnel to go to the county to settle the descendants of Li Weitian.

After finishing this task, Lu Qing suddenly felt that his heart and spirit had become much lighter.

The operation also became more perfect and satisfactory.

“Cause and effect, huh?”

Feeling the change in his heart and spirit, Lu Qing murmured to himself, and a sense of enlightenment arose in his heart.

…

Early the next morning, just as Lu Qing got up, he heard the village bustling with activity.

Especially over by the ancestral hall, it was exceedingly lively.

He smiled slightly.

With a slight movement of his thoughts, and with mana vibrating, his body became completely clear-minded, and he then walked out of the house.

As a cultivator in the Golden Core Realm, Lu Qing’s body was now pure and clean, full of clear energy, naturally not needing a mortal’s washing.

The effect of the mana operation and vibration was even stronger than any washing.

“Brother, why is it so lively outside?”

Little Yan rubbed her eyes and walked out of the room.

The little girl, though already a cultivator in the Innate Realm, still had a habit of being a sleepyhead.

Sometimes if Lu Qing didn’t call her, she might not even get up.

“There’s a happy event in the village today, do you want to go see the excitement with your brother?” Lu Qing asked.

“Is there something fun to see? Little Yan wants to go!” The little girl instantly woke up.

“Alright then, after breakfast, we’ll head over.”

After the brother and sister finished breakfast, they took Little Li and the Five Elements and headed over to the ancestral hall.

As they got closer, the villagers noticed them.

“Ah Qing is here!”

The villagers gathered outside the ancestral hall stepped aside, revealing a path.

Lu Qing smiled and confidently led Little Yan forward.

Little Li continued to sit on his shoulder, while the Five Elements followed behind Little Yan this time.

Seeing Little Li and the Five Elements, the villagers were not afraid.

Recently, Little Yan often brought Little Li and the Five Elements to play with the kids in the village.

So everyone knew that these two mutant beasts were very gentle and wouldn’t hurt anyone.

Many children even particularly liked them.

Especially the Five Elements, who sometimes got excited and carried several kids around, becoming very popular.

In contrast, Little Li, who didn’t like being close to others, could only be touched by Little Yan and Lu Qing.

The kids, though they liked it, could only look and not touch.

“Ah Qing.” Uncle Zhang came up and said, “Everyone in the village who wants to cultivate has come.”

“Alright.”

Lu Qing nodded and looked down the steps.

He saw quite a few people gathered at the foot of the steps, roughly dozens, all familiar faces.

Just that…

Looking at an elderly man in the crowd with some graying hair, Lu Qing was a bit speechless: “Grandpa Zhao, you want to cultivate too?”

The elderly man, whom Lu Qing addressed as Grandpa Zhao, grinned, showing a few missing teeth: “Didn’t you say, Ah Qing, that anyone who wishes to cultivate can come over?

I’m idle every day anyway, so I thought I’d give it a shot.”

Uncle Zhang covered his forehead, pointing at Grandpa Zhao in annoyance: “You old rascal, with half of you buried in the ground already, what are you trying to learn cultivation for?

Stop messing around and get out of there!”

“I won’t!” Grandpa Zhao stubbornly said, “Why should only the young people get to cultivate? I want to try it too.

When I was young, I often dreamed of becoming an immortal, flying in the sky.

You all laughed at me, saying I was daydreaming.

Only my wife believed in me, saying I was the reincarnation of an immortal.

When she married me, she even said she was marrying an immortal.

Now that she’s not here, I want to show her she didn’t choose the wrong person back then!”

“You…”

Uncle Zhang was momentarily at a loss for words.

Looking at his old friend who refused to leave, he didn’t know what to say for a moment.

At this moment, Lu Qing waved his hand: “Grandpa Zhang, since Grandpa Zhao also has the heart to seek the Way, that’s naturally good, let him give it a try too.”

With that, he waved his hand, and a stream of light flew out from his sleeve.

Then it expanded, transforming into a jade tablet as tall as two people, and landed on the ground.