Chapter 100: The Immortal Couple Parts (Part 2) Thinking they had healed...

Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua's departed souls stood hand in hand before Wen Gu, their empty hands hanging at their sides, reaching out to him.

Ye Qingzhan watched this scene and silently stepped back, fearing any mishaps. With her hands behind her back, she cast a barrier. She knew this was the Immortal Tianqi fulfilling Wen Gu's long-cherished wish, and no one should disturb him.

"Child, we meet again," Mu Wanzhou said with a smile.

The blood drained from the person before her, and she was transformed back into the untainted, virtuous, gifted female cultivator, a smile brighter than the stars.

Wen Gu carefully placed his dust-stained hand in hers, fearing that any force would dissipate the light before his eyes.

But no matter how gently Wen Gu used his strength, no matter how much he longed, the illusion remained an illusion. He could not touch their palms.

He could see, but he could not touch.

Mu Wanzhou looked at the hand that had tried to grasp her, only to miss her. His smile faltered for a moment, and his outstretched hand faltered in mid-air.

Behind Wen Gu, a step away, Ye Qingzhan blinked, his round eyes filled with regret and pity. After

more than a decade of searching, the two people who cared for each other, finally meeting but unable to embrace as they had hoped.

So close, yet so far apart.

Wen Hua, watching his son quietly, felt a slight crack in his expression at the sight, but quickly recovered. He didn't retract his extended hand, but instead reached up and patted Wen Gu's shoulder. He

still felt nothing, but at least they had spent time together, treating each other like family. Thinking of this, Wen Hua felt less regretful, though the guilt deepened.

Wen Gu lowered his reddened eyes and, under their gaze, rose from the ground. His hands, having fallen back after their attempt, dangled at his sides, clutching the hem of his clothes. For some reason, a flash of the scene he had witnessed in the Boundless and Bizarre Realm came to mind.

A toddler stumbled toward A Niang, who was not far away. His father stood behind him, protecting him, afraid he would fall. Even when he fell, A Niang would hold him in her arms and comfort him.

Wen Gu, at the time, thought the child was truly troublesome. He cried non-stop at the slightest fall. He must have done it on purpose, just to avoid walking and keep A Niang in his arms.

A Niang patted the child's back, calling over and over again, "A Bao, good boy. Mommy will blow on it and it will stop hurting." A man standing nearby brushed the dirt off the child's knees, then looked at his palms before breathing a sigh of relief.

Wen Gu saw the pity in the two adults' eyes, and a sullen feeling welled up inside him.

What was the big deal? When he was younger than the child, he'd ridden on that stupid dragon, plucking its scales, often getting bruised and bloodied, but he didn't feel any pain, and he didn't understand why the child was crying.

But now, the pain began to spread from his dusty palms to his beating heart.

It was like a wound accumulated since childhood, and one thought that the pain would go away after a scab formed. But at this moment, after seeing the loved ones he had been looking for for years, all the pain accumulated over the years poured out.

It's not that it doesn't hurt, but because no one cares, so he doesn't know that the feeling is pain.

Ye Qingzhan, who had been waiting quietly by Wen Gu's side, suddenly felt a little stuffy in her heart. She took a step forward, held his hand tightly, and soothed his slightly trembling body.

Ye Qingzhan could feel Wen Gu's sadness and loss. She also saw the tears blooming on the ground.

Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua smiled at each other, tears shimmering in their smiles, relief and guilt intertwined in their tears.

After a while, Mu Wanzhou's eyes fell on Wen Gu's knees, which were stained with mud. She wanted to wipe it away for him, but she knew she was incapable of doing so, so she had no choice but to retract her gaze and said softly: "It hurts a lot, right? It must be hard to be alone for so many years."

The moment the words fell, the shoulders of the young man with his head lowered trembled.

The three people gathered around him were all silent at this moment, each thinking about their own things, waiting for him to vent years of grievances.

Didn’t he plan it well at the beginning? After finding his parents, the first thing he would do is to loudly question them why they gave birth to him and didn’t raise him well, leaving him in a dark place. Year after year, he never waited for them, and he was about to despair... But, but now they are right in front of him, why can’t he say a word to blame them?

After the shaking of his body stopped, Wen Gu wiped his face and looked at the two people in front of him.

Mu Wanzhou took a step forward and hugged him. Wen Hua did the same.

Ye Qingzhan watched the two adults hug their child with great cherishment.

This is actually hard to be called a hug, because the soul cannot touch mortals, and mortals cannot touch the soul.

Their arms have no temperature.

But they are full of tenderness.

Mu Wanzhou said, "I used to think, if I could find you someday, I'd say something, how I'd make amends. But grudges are hard to let go, life is unpredictable, and things often go against one's wishes. In the end, we still can't repay our debt to you. Child, I'm sorry."

Her voice trembled slightly. Wen Hua, standing beside her, continued, "Words can't make up for my guilt towards you, child, I'm sorry. I gave birth to you, but I couldn't raise you well. It must have been hard being alone before."

He hadn't finished when a sudden voice interrupted him.

"Who said he was alone before?"

Hei Batian, who had been resting in Wen Gu's sea of consciousness, wanted to wait for this reunion to end before emerging, but he couldn't bear it any longer.

Hei Batian might not be human, but he had been with this brat for many years.

Why did they always talk about how miserable he was in the past? Speaking of miserable, who could be as miserable as him? He still didn't know where his parents were, and he had been beaten by this brat since he was a child.

As he was thinking, Hei Batian suddenly started to cry, his head to the side, chasing his tail and circling in tears.

Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua looked at the little black dragon that swam out of their child's sea of consciousness. They were stunned for a moment and forgot what to say. They just asked, "Who is this?"

Wen Gu was still immersed in his deep thoughts. Ye Qingzhan explained for him, "This is the little black dragon who grew up with Wen Gu from the Boundless Strange Territory. His name is Hei Batian."

So that's it. Mu Wanzhou nodded slightly and thanked him, "Thank you, little black dragon. Fortunately, you went there to accompany him." As if she realized something, she looked at Wen Gu and said, "Is your name Wen Gu?"

Wen Gu nodded and glanced at Ye Qingzhan, "Qingzhan gave it to me."

Mu Wanzhou's smiling eyes fell on Ye Qingzhan, and she was a little at a loss for a moment.

"Qingzhan—" Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua smiled at each other, "Is that Ye Qingzhan, the daughter of the Ye family in Sui'an County?"

Ye Qingzhan's eyes widened unconsciously, "How did you know?"

Mu Wanzhou's brows were gentle, and she looked at her with understanding. She didn't answer her question. She glanced at Wen Hua, then at their children, and smiled, "It turns out that cause and effect are already determined in the dark." Her eyes moved between the boy and girl, and she said earnestly, "You two, take care of yourself."

The sudden reminder made the girl's ears blush. She looked at the other person with shyness and timidity. She glanced away quickly and then turned away, solemnly responding to the elder's advice, "We will be fine, don't worry."

Listening nearby, Wen Hua cast a loving gaze at Ye Qingzhan, then back to Wen Gu, saying, "The Boundless Mysterious Territory is a place known only to the hundreds of immortal sects. Wanzhou and I don't know the details either, only that it's incredibly strange and bizarre. You were able to grow up there, so you must have had the opportunity to protect us."

Hei Batian, weeping and biting his tail, thought, wasn't that the opportunity? He'd taken the most beatings, swallowed the most black energy, and still couldn't find his parents... Aww, so pitiful, so sad... Better to bite his tail.

Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua had much more to say, but they both felt their souls dispersing. Holding hands, they spoke their final words to the three juniors: "Take good care of yourselves."

A thousand words couldn't compare to this simple exhortation. Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua looked at each other, then at their lost and recovered children. Mu Wanzhou said, "Children, we've let you down. Whether you blame us or hate us, you must live well." She took Ye Qingzhan's hand and touched Hei Batian's head, her eyes filled with sincerity. "Thank you, it's wonderful to have you."

Wen Hua also bent down, touched the two children's heads, and smiled, "Thank you, everyone! Grow up well."

They were the elders, the caressers and the caressers, and they were leaving first. They always thought, before leaving, to give them more words of advice, to do more, to see their children more. However, the more precious the moment, the faster time slips through their fingers.

A beam of light pierced the impenetrable dark clouds and inky sky, illuminating the two celestial couples. Their figures gradually began to fade.

"Take care, children."

Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua stepped back a few steps, hand in hand, and waved goodbye in the sunlight, dispersing like smoke into the air.

Wen Gu's outstretched hand was shrouded in a few wisps of green mist, as if he was reluctant to let go, reluctant to leave. He lowered his eyes and watched, the crystals sliding from the corners of his eyes wet them.

The mist dissipated, and the illusion changed.

Ye Qingzhan stood on tiptoe and wiped the tears from the corners of Wen Gu's eyes. Wen Gu suppressed her expression and held her hand instead.

The audience under the stage of the Red Dust Inn wiped their tears from their hands and cracked melon seeds, watching with interest the young couple on the stage and the silly dragon spinning in the air and biting its tail. Li Zhixing supported Hu Tangqing and stood quietly at the side of the stage, looking at the silver-haired and blue-eyed "wild immortal" with complicated eyes.

Who on earth was this person who could actually save Wen Hua and Mu Wanzhou in such a critical situation? The fox doctor who had harmed countless people was actually powerless to fight back against this immortal.

The immortal Tianqi could naturally hear the ghost immortal's voice not far away. After glancing at him, he looked straight at the young man on the stage.

Ye Qingzhan met his eyes.

This immortal, whose origins were unknown, was smaller than before, appearing to be the same height as a banished immortal. He now sat among the ghosts, aloof and imposing, his jade-like fingers tapping the edge of the table.

"Have your obsessions dissipated?" the immortal Tianqi asked, looking at Wen Gu.

"Where is he?"

Many ghost guests sat here, including several masters of the illusion. Wen Gu's question evoked a shared question and a deep resentment.

Qinghuai supported Zhao Jinfan, whose voice had been damaged. Under his care, Zhao Jinfan was able to speak more continuously. Her voice hoarse, she asked, "Immortal, where is Xie Zhiyan?"

In Qinghuai's illusion, Xie Zhiyan had disappeared. Ye Qingzhan and Wen Gu had searched for him on Jade Butterfly Peak but could not find him.

Grandma Chuntao clutched the tiger-head shoes hanging from her neck. Beside her sat Chuntao and Shan'e, who was holding Xinxin. Shan'e also had a worried look on her face at this time. She stood up and asked, "Fairy, can you tell me the whereabouts of the Snow Girl?" Chunniang asked a question left over from the second illusion. The real end of the Snow Girl was that she was surrounded and suppressed by officers and villagers. After that, there was no news. No one knew where she was, let alone whether she was alive or dead.

The life and death of these two people were inseparable from Dr. Fox. There was also Chu Mozhi's wisdom, Mingche, Shanniang, Chuntao, the death of Chuntao's grandmother and Hu Tangqing, and the experience of Ye Qingzhan's parents.

Everything was related to the young man with a warm smile under the fox mask.

But no one knew where he was.

A chorus of inquiring eyes turned toward the Immortal Tianqi. He calmly raised his teacup, his gaze sweeping over them one by one, finally settling on Ye Qingzhan. After taking a sip of tea, he asked, "Anything else you'd like to ask?"

Ye Qingzhan shared the same sentiments as the other lords of the illusion. However, besides the questions the other ghosts shared, she was also curious about certain things within the illusion.

For example, in the illusions of Shanniang and Grandma Chuntao, was it the unknown guest who had given Madam Wang life and the fragrant herb?

Ye Qingzhan met the Immortal Tianqi's gaze.

Furthermore, how had Xue Nu survived her infancy in the perilous depths of Jade Butterfly Peak? Was there truly no one to help her? And who had saved Wen Gu's parents from Dr. Fox...

Her adoptive mother's illness, for which no miracle doctor could cure her, was saved by Hu Banxian, the real Dr. Fox, after learning of the Immortal Tianqi's name and miracles. Later - Ye Qingzhan's eyes stopped at the jade shell-shaped belt, and thoughts surged in his mind.

Li Ying's illness was caused by a problem. When she was touring the world, she was stopped by someone when she passed by Liudunling. She was paid a large sum of money to act out a play, asking her to cooperate with the "misdiagnosis" of the doctor in Liudunling and insist that a woman was pregnant. Li Ying was unwilling to do so and escaped from the group of villagers who seemed to be possessed. After returning to Camellia Village, she fell ill with a strange disease. Her body shrank day by day, and she became emaciated and could only stay in bed all day. She sought medical treatment and medicine for several months without success, so she could only believe Hu Banxian's words and come to Tianqi Mountain to try her luck.

Later, this mysterious immortal acted as the King of Hell and came to Camellia Village with the Black and White Impermanence. He threatened her life and forced her to become a ghost ferry.

All of this seemed to be premeditated. Everything was connected together. She also had a deep relationship with this immortal of unknown origin.

Under Ye Qingzhan's piercing gaze, the Immortal Tianqi took another sip of his tea and said, "So many questions."

His words confirmed Ye Qingzhan's suspicions—he could indeed listen to the voices of the people, just like the Yin Sha within Wen Gu.

This immortal, who could transform into the moon, monitor the gates of hell beyond the Three Realms, and appear at will, was far more than just a carefree, earthly immortal.

The Immortal Tianqi set down his cup, wiped the water droplets on the lid with his fingertips, looked up at the two on the stage, and smiled faintly, "You'll have to find the answers yourself." Before he finished speaking, he flicked the water droplets from his fingertips. The droplets flew through

the air, striking the tiger-head shoes hanging around Grandma Chuntao's neck.

"What are you doing?"

The immortal said, acting without warning, seemingly acting on impulse. Everyone was stunned for a moment, but Chuntao, eager to protect her family, was the first to react, standing up and trying to shield her grandmother from the incoming water droplets. However, her body seemed to be stuck on the chair. She couldn't get up, let alone move. She could only grit her teeth and watch the water droplets hit her grandmother.

Grandma Chuntao still had a confused look on her face, as if she didn't know what was happening. She didn't hide or make a fuss, but just held the shoes.

Everyone's heart was in their throat. No one knew what kind of terrible thing would happen if the water droplets hit an old woman at such a high speed, but they were all powerless to stop it.

At the moment the water droplets flew up, they were all frozen in place and could only watch with their eyes open.

The water droplets hit the shoe surface. Some ghosts had already imagined the bloody scene of the water droplets passing through the shoes and knocking off Grandma Chuntao's head. They exclaimed in their hearts and sighed for her.

However, none of the imagined scenes happened, but they all opened their eyes wide in an instant.

Grandma Chuntao was safe and sound, but a cloud of black air came out of her shoes. A ghostly voice came from the black air, suppressed by a sharp and abrupt laughter.

The black air gathered and transformed into a fox-faced Taoist in a white Taoist robe, holding a whisk and squinting at the ghosts.

Tianqi Immortal glanced at him and covered the teacup.

"I found it now."

His figure blended into the moonlight as he finished speaking. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the eyes of the ghosts and humans present.

"I don't interfere in the grudges of the world, you can do as you please."