Daily Life of Raising a Child
Chapter 19
The next morning, the warm sunlight spilled into the hall through the curtains. A few strands of mischievous sunlight landed on the eyelashes of the little boy on the bed, as though they were plated with a layer of gold powder.
Chang Qin moved his eyelids and opened his eyes. There was still confusion in his eyes. When he saw Shao Ho leaning her head on his arm, he instantly sobered up. He reached out his other hand to touch her face. For the first time, gentleness appeared in his eyes. He murmured softly, "Shizun …"
Shao Ho was awakened by this "Shizun". She opened her eyes and helped him up. She smiled and looked at him. "Chang Qin, you're awake."
"En."
Chang Qin placed his hand on the back of her neck and gently rubbed it. He lowered his eyes to hide his emotions. "Do you feel better, Shizun?"
"Much better. My Little Changqin is so considerate ~ I'll go to the library today to take a look. You can walk around Penglai. Xunfang will accompany you."
She gently smoothed the strands of hair on his head and took out a bell and placed it in his palm. "If there's an emergency, use this to contact me. You're not allowed to use your spiritual power normally.
I don't want to see my disciple in a different body when I come out. "
Chang Qin bowed his head and acknowledged.
Shao Ho stood up with her back to him and let him change first. After he was dressed, she brought him to the side hall to wash up.
"Niang niang, Gongzi, this servant has already prepared breakfast. Should I bring it in now?"
She made a sound of acknowledgment. She watched as the palace maid who had led them here brought in the breakfast respectfully with two other palace maids. After placing it on the table, she bowed slightly and silently retreated.
Shao Ho picked up a bowl of lotus seed soup and scooped it up with a spoon. She gently blew on it and placed it by Chang Qin's mouth. She looked at him with smiling eyes. "Try it?"
Chang Qin felt the warmth by his mouth and subconsciously opened his mouth. In the end, Shao Ho placed it in his mouth. "If you want to eat, help yourself."
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He looked at Shao Ho expressionlessly. "Shizun, my arm is still sore from being used as your pillow for an entire night."
Shao Ho glanced at his serious expression and nodded gently. The sweet and soft taste in her mouth made her squint her eyes in enjoyment. She spoke as if she was comforting a child, "Okay, I know. So, I'll feed you after I finish eating."
He was probably starving. He was still young and growing, so Chang Qin raised her chin. "I'm still growing."
She lowered her eyes slightly to hide the smile in them. She put down her bowl and picked up another bowl, smiling helplessly. "Alright, little Chang Qin who is still growing, Shizun will feed you."
She really looked like a kitten that wanted to be petted.
Chang Qin, who was still growing, opened her mouth obediently and ate the lotus seed soup in small mouthfuls. She looked obedient and quiet.
Soon, the small bowl was finished. Shao Ho put down the bowl and carefully wiped his mouth with a silk handkerchief. "Are you full?"
Seeing that he nodded, Shao Ho narrowed her eyes and pointed to the bowl on the table. "You're full, but I'm not. I've been feeding you for so long. My arm is sore. So, thank you for your hard work, little Chang Qin."
Chang Qin: … Forget it, forget it. Even if her Shizun was kneeling, she had to finish pampering him.
He accepted his fate and picked up the bowl, scooped up a spoonful and raised it to her mouth. "Open your mouth."
Shao Ho opened her mouth obediently. She propped her chin up and looked at his rare gentleness and attentiveness. "Little Chang Qin is still so cute ~"
He glanced at her and did not say a word.
The sweet interaction between master and disciple ended with them feeding each other. After sending someone to tidy up the things, Shao Ho said goodbye to Chang Qin. "I'm going to the library first. You have to wait for me, okay?"
Chang Qin moved her lips. For some reason, he had a bad feeling. He wanted to stop her, but in the end, he could not open his mouth.
This caused him to regret it later.
Shao Ho stood in the library. There were many books on the densely packed bookshelves. There were even some books that she had never heard of in the Celestial Realm. She stood in front of the first bookshelf and took a book to flip through. She found that … She could not read the words.
Therefore, she looked for those books for beginners to read. Her powerful divine sense allowed her to quickly learn a hundred lines of words at a glance. Except for some obscure ancient characters, she could understand most of the books.
She returned to the first bookshelf and carefully flipped through it.
Soon, she finished flipping through the first bookshelf. She did not find what she was looking for, so she began to flip through the books one by one. She did not miss a single book.
In just three years, she had finished flipping through the more simple books on the first floor. She could even understand the ancient characters that she did not understand before. Then, she went to the next floor.
There were a total of five floors in the library. Shao Ho did not dare to miss a single book. She was afraid that she would miss out on some important information.
After she entered the library, Chang Qin and Xunfang played all over Penglai. They even went to the Central Plains to save someone. Xunfang fell in love with the person who was saved. She even married that person and the couple lived in harmony.
Later, Penglai Of Gojoseon's life came to an end. Xunfang ascended the throne and became the Queen of Penglai.
In the thirteenth year after Shao Ho entered the library, Chang Qin felt that her body was slowly becoming weak. She also began to fall asleep from time to time. So she bid farewell to Xunfang and her husband and returned to the Central Plains to prepare for the soul transfer.
After she left, a natural disaster struck Penglai Island. Shao Ho, who was still in the library, was shocked by the commotion outside. She walked out of the library.
Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the sky. The lightning tribulation struck Penglai Island, and there were casualties everywhere.
Shao Ho frowned and waved her hand to set up a barrier to cover Penglai Island, blocking the natural disaster.
After waving goodbye to the grateful Queen of Penglai Xunfang and her husband, she returned to the East Hall. However, she did not see Chang Qin.
She panicked. 'Chang Qin couldn't have met with a mishap, could he?'
She opened up her consciousness to search the entire island, but she still couldn't find Chang Qin. She couldn't even find his aura.
She pursed her lips and stood in the hall with a gloomy expression.
Nüwa, who was inside the scale, felt Fuxi's power and was pleasantly surprised. "Brother …"
Shao Ho's expression changed when she heard that. She thought about it and understood that the natural disaster was definitely caused by Fuxi. Was it just because Penglai took in Crown Prince Chang Qin?
She snorted. She now had reason to suspect that Fuxi was jealous of Chang Qin!
Shao Ho and Xunfang bade farewell and left Penglai Island. They went to Youdu in the Earth Realm.
It was dark and damp in Youdu. The stone statue in Nüwa's Shrine looked kindly at the people standing below.
She stood openly in Nüwa's Shrine. With a wave of her wide sleeves, Nüwa, who was still in the scale, was thrown out, shocking the Ten Shamans in the shrine.
Nüwa crawled up from the ground with an unpleasant expression. She saw the Ten Shamans in the shrine throwing them out with a wave of her hand.
"What are you trying to do?!"
She was really going crazy. She had already told her about Crown Prince Chang Qin, so why did she still come to Youdu?
'How do I get to the Heaven Realm?'
It just so happened that the materials in the book she saw were all in the Heaven Realm. She went there to collect the materials and deal with Fuxi while she was at it.
Nüwa secretly thought that even if she couldn't win, it didn't mean that her brother couldn't win, so she told Shao Ho.
After sending her away, Nüwa summoned the Ten Shamans back to seal off Youdu. No matter what happened, they weren't allowed to leave so they wouldn't get involved in the dispute between Fuxi and Shao Ho.
Fuxi, who was cultivating with his eyes closed, looked at the woman in red who suddenly appeared beside him with a calm expression. "Who are you?"
The woman in red smiled and swung her whip to bind Fuxi. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free. Fuxi frowned, and his expression was ugly. Ever since he had become the Emperor Of Heaven, no one had dared to treat him like this. "Come … Oh!"
He discovered with a terrified expression that he couldn't make a sound.
The woman in red put her slender finger to her lips and shushed him with a smile that wasn't a smile. She signaled for the noble Emperor Of Heaven to be quiet.
"You don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that you can't forget me in the future."
Two hours later, the woman in red smiled happily and left Fuxi's palace. She went to his private treasury and looked at all the rare treasures in it, putting them all into her bracelet.
As for Fuxi?
He was lying in the hall with injuries all over his body. He had long fainted.
The last image in his mind was of the woman in red looking at him with a strange smile and the pain on his body that hadn't stopped.
Even when he woke up later, he still felt the lingering pain on his body. The shadow in his heart was really deep.
After Shao Ho finished collecting the materials, he went to Celestial Emperor Palace and looked at the terrified Fuxi with a smile. "Let me borrow this from you."
Fuxi, who had an ugly expression, was chased out. The guards outside were all flabbergasted as to why the Emperor Of Heaven was chased out.
Thus, a rumor spread in the heaven realm that the Emperor Of Heaven had taken in a heavenly concubine. However, she had a weird temper, so the Emperor Of Heaven was chased out of the emperor's palace time and time again.
Regardless of the expressions of Fuxi and Nüwa who was far away in Youdu, Chang Qin, who was still in the human world, felt terrible and despaired.
Previously, it was said that Chang Qin had returned to the central plains to cross his soul, but when he returned four years after leaving Penglai, he discovered that the celestial island of Penglai had been destroyed. The once lingering immortal qi no longer existed, and only tombstones stood there.
There wasn't a single living person.
He stood in front of the tombstones and clutched his chest with a pale expression.
Why wasn't there a single living person?
After Shao Ho left, Xunfang organized the remaining people of Penglai to leave Penglai and head to the central plains to seek a chance of survival.
Chang Qin didn't know. He only knew that he had nothing now. He had no family or love, and his life of eternal loneliness was indeed unbreakable.
The only person who was good to him, who didn't despise him and wasn't afraid of his master, also disappeared because of the disaster he brought. He hated it.
Why did he drift away, why did he miss Luan? Why did he leave for so long, why couldn't he be at ease?
He left Penglai and returned to Qinchuan in the central plains to live on as Ouyang Shaogong. When he knew that there was the Sword of Burning Solitude in Wumeng Spirit Valley, he set up a plan to seize it. He firmly believed that his immortal spirit was still there and didn't hesitate to slaughter the entire Wumeng Spirit Valley.
Unfortunately, the Sword of Burning Solitude was inserted into the body of a child in Wumeng Spirit Valley, and the child was taken away by Heaven's Wall City's Sword-Bearing Elder Zi Yin. Therefore, he could only go to Heaven's Wall City to seek knowledge and wait for an opportunity to seize the sword.
During this period, he also discovered Youdu's Spirit Girl, Feng Qingxue, who had sneaked out. He also knew that the baleful aura of the Sword of Burning Solitude was now fused with Baili Tusu's body. Maybe his immortal spirit was also in his body. Therefore, he secretly set up a lot of schemes and even exposed that the Wumeng Spirit Valley was massacred because of him, successfully unsealing his baleful aura.
Ouyang Shaogong finally decided to settle everything on Penglai Celestial Island.
After the disaster, Penglai Celestial Island was no longer as beautiful and ethereal as before. The collapsed palaces and cracked ground shocked Baili Tusu and the others who stepped on the island.
The legendary Penglai Celestial Island wasn't like this …
"Susu, let's go to the main hall now. Shaogong should be waiting for us there," a beautiful woman in blue said to Baili Tusu, who had a poker face.
Baili Tusu turned to look at Feng Qingxue. His usually cold eyes softened slightly, but when he thought of what Ouyang Shaogong had done, he fell silent.
Slaughtering his whole family, even lying to him about the Elixir of Immortality, causing him to lose his mother's body, and Fang Lansheng's sister …
He really didn't understand where the gentle and elegant Mr. Ouyang in his memory had gone. The Mr. Ouyang now was twisted and crazy, which was frightening.
Xunfang, who was among them, felt the anxious and irritated atmosphere around her and frowned slightly. "Okay, don't stand here in a daze. Let's go to the main hall first," she had to say.
They all nodded.
On the way to the main hall, it was not easy for them, but fortunately, Queen Xunfang, who had strong spiritual power, was by their side to protect them.
Ouyang Shaogong, who was dressed in red, stood in the main hall and looked at the water mirror. When he saw Xunfang, his face fell instantly. Xunfang was still alive?
Could it be … He stood up uncontrollably, but soon his eyes turned cold. If that person was really alive, why didn't he come to find him?
Ouyang Shaogong pursed his lips and looked at Xunfang in the water mirror with a mocking look. She must be alive because that person saved her, right?
Maybe it was because he saved her that she …
He closed his eyes and tried to control his emotions.
Xunfang shuttled through the familiar Immortal Island of Penglai. She seemed to be able to see the bustling scene of people coming and going in the past. Slowly, these illusionary scenes faded away, and the devastated Penglai stood out. She lowered her head in pain. "Is Young Master using the illusion to remind Xunfang that Penglai was destroyed by a natural disaster?"
No one answered her. Baili Tusu and the others looked at her in surprise. Xunfang looked to the north. Just now, she saw Ouyang Shaogong's illusion. He was here just now.
Ouyang Shaogong returned to the main hall and touched the zither in his hand. His expression was unclear.
Xunfang continued to lead them to the main hall.
Inside the main hall
Xunfang looked at Shaogong, who was dressed in red. In a trance, she seemed to see Empress Shao Ho, who saved Penglai a few years ago. However, she left Penglai the next day and disappeared. She also took the remaining people of Penglai and fled to the Central Plains to make a living.
This time, she returned to Penglai because Feng Qingxue found her through the spirit butterfly. She hoped that she could persuade Ouyang Shaogong to turn back and be saved. It was also because of this that she found out that the gentle young master left Penglai to go to the Central Plains to cross his soul.
How did it end up like this?!
"Young Master, if Empress was here, she would definitely not allow you to do this!" Xunfang looked at him with a headache.
"You don't deserve to talk to me about her!
If it wasn't for her help, would Penglai have survived the natural disaster?
But she … "He took out two bells. One was given to him by Shao Ho, and the other … he picked up in the East Hall of Penglai.
He hated himself. If he hadn't brought the natural disaster to Penglai, Master would not have died because of it.
Xunfang understood. Did he think that Empress was dead?
She twitched her mouth. "Empress is not dead!"
"You're full of lies!"
Ouyang Shaogong looked at her unhappily. "If she was really not dead, she would have done what you said. She would not have allowed me to do as I pleased!" But she had never come to him!
It was ridiculous.
Baili Tusu and the others looked at each other. They were curious about who this Empress was. She had such a great influence on Ouyang Shaogong.
Xunfang shut her mouth. She had never seen Shao Ho again after that farewell. How would she know?
Ouyang Shaogong snorted and attacked Baili Tusu.
He hurriedly waved his sword to block. The two of them fought fiercely. They fought from inside the hall to outside, and from the ground to the sky.
At the same time, Shao Ho, who was still in the Heavenly Realm, looked at the zither that was finally refined.
She bid farewell to Fuxi, who had a gloomy expression, and returned to the human world.
One day in the Heavenly Realm was one year in the human world. Shao Ho, who had spent a few days in the Heavenly Realm to refine the body of the zither for Chang Qin, returned to the human world and went straight to Penglai. She had just arrived at Penglai when she felt that her disciple's aura had become weak, as if it would dissipate at any time.
Shao Ho almost went mad with anger. What did this lunatic do?!
She followed the aura to Penglai's main hall and saw Xunfang, who was dressed in white. She suppressed her irritable emotions. "Where is Chang Qin?"
Xunfang looked at her in shock. "Ma, Empress?!"
Shao Ho glanced at her. She hurriedly pointed at the two people fighting in the sky.
Then, he saw Empress Shao Ho wave her sleeve and hit the two people who were fighting in the sky. She looked at Ouyang Shaogong, who was vomiting blood and was weak. Her expression was gloomy, and she said coldly, "Crown Prince Chang Qin, you are really bold. Before I left, I reminded you repeatedly that you are not allowed to use spiritual power. But you came to fight directly, didn't you?
Hmm? "
Ouyang Shaogong was lying on the ground. He looked at the woman in red, who he thought had died in the Penglai disaster a few years ago. He called out in a daze, "… Master?"
The people who were supporting Baili Tusu, including Baili Tusu, were speechless.
This lunatic actually had a Master?
"How long has it been since we last met? Your immortal essence has been damaged so badly?
You still dare to fight? "Shao Ho looked at Ouyang Shaogong's immortal essence. She was furious!
She walked in front of him and pinched his face. "Don't you want to live anymore?"
After Ouyang Shaogong felt the pain on his face, he finally confirmed that the person in front of him was not an illusion. He blinked his eyes, which had suddenly become wet. "So Master is not an illusion …"
Shao He rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Of course I'm not hallucinating!"
"Then where has Master been all these years?
I thought … I thought Master died in the Penglai disaster. If Master is not dead, why didn't she come to find me?
That bell also fell in Penglai … "Ouyang Shaogong stared at her with red eyes. He did not want to miss any of her expressions.
He was still afraid that this was an illusion.
"I went to the Heavenly Realm to avenge you."
Shao Ho sighed. She supported him and transferred some Spirit Qi to him. She took out a zither, which was exactly the same as his original body. "I also made a new body for you. This zither was made from the best things in Fuxi's private storage."
Ouyang Shaogong reached out and touched the zither. He looked at the familiar body of the zither and smiled gently. "Thank you, Master … It's a pity that Chang Qin is unable to accept Master's kindness. Now that my immortal essence has been damaged too much during the Soul Crossing, I can't do it again. In addition to this battle, I'm about to turn into a desolate soul and cease to exist …"
He now knew that his immortal essence was indeed not in the Solitary Incineration Sword. When he was fighting with Baili Tusu just now, he did not feel a familiar aura.
His master's words became clearer and clearer in his mind. From the beginning to the end, his master had never lied to him. It was he who had never believed his master. It was only after he thought his master had died that he realized that he had long since decided that Shao He was his master.
However, this disciple was unfilial and disappointed Master.
Shao Ho saw Ouyang Shaogong's sorrowful expression and sighed again. "Don't worry, this is the Soul Nurturing Zither. After a hundred years in it, you will be able to complete your immortal essence and become a complete life form." Why was this child like a fool?
For this Soul Nurturing Zither to nurture a life soul, she specially went to Youdu to snatch Nüwa's Saint Spirit Bead.
(Nüwa: irascible.jpg)
Without waiting for Ouyang Shaogong's shocked expression to continue, she took out the Lotus Mirror and cast a spell to extract his weak immortal essence. The once dazzling golden light was now so faint that it was almost disappearing. She quickly stuffed him into the Soul Nurturing Zither to be nurtured.
After doing all this, she hugged the zither and turned to look at the group behind her.
She immediately saw Baili Tusu, who was filled with killing intent but had a clear and determined gaze.
Shao Ho walked in front of him and looked at the sword in his hand. Her face instantly darkened. "The Solitary Incineration Sword." This was the broken thing that wanted to use Chang Qin's immortal essence?
She sneered and decisively reached out her hand to crush the sword.
'Crushed … Crushed?!'
Baili Tusu looked at her in shock. Without a host, the killing intent in his body went crazy. His eyes turned red and the spiritual energy around him went berserk.
The people around him quickly restrained him. Big brother, don't mess around!
We can't beat this person!
Shao Ho took out a Bodhi leaf from her bracelet and stuck it on his forehead. The leaf disappeared into his body and extinguished the killing intent. Baili Tusu's gaze became clear again.
He raised his hand weakly and thanked her.
She nodded lightly and looked at Xunfang. She sent a voice transmission with her divine consciousness. "Xunfang, this matter is over. I'll take him away first."
Then she turned into a beam of light and went to Mount Heng. Standing in the cave at the peak of Mount Heng, she touched the zither and felt the faint consciousness in it. She smiled faintly.
Silly disciple.
Xunfang looked at the people in front of her. She brought them back to the Central Plains and settled them down with a headache. Then she returned home.
She looked at her husband who had been waiting for her return and finally smiled. "Husband, it's finally over."
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Shao Ho accompanied Shaogong's consciousness in the Soul Nurturing Zither to cultivate in the cave at the peak of Mount Heng. A hundred years passed in a flash.
One day, there was a sound from the Soul Nurturing Zither. A red light flashed and a man in red appeared beside Shao Ho.
The man held the zither in his arms and smiled gently.
"Master, I'm back."
"Chang Qin …"




