Chapter 59 Immortal and Mortal

After hearing what Chen Shan said, Chen Yao realized that she had been standing at the door talking to her father and Senior Brother Wu. Her face turned red and she quickly moved aside.

Chen Shan stepped into the entrance first, and Wu Tao followed him in. He looked left and right, but couldn't find a shoe cabinet to change shoes. Suddenly, he realized that the shoes they were wearing were all magic tools and would not get dirty at all.

‘This is the first time I have entered someone else's house in this life. I almost forgot that the world is different. ’

Wu Tao sighed inwardly, and his eyes unconsciously looked at Chen Yao's feet. Chen Yao was wearing the pair of spiritual boots he had refined.

Wearing them on Chen Yao's feet, they looked even prettier.

Chen Shan also noticed his gaze, took a look, and couldn't help but praise: "Ayao looks really good in the Lingyou boots."

If Chen Yao usually heard her father praise her for her good looks, she would like it, but at this time, Wu Tao was present. Although he was her father's favorite disciple, he was still a young man she had just met for the first time. Therefore, Chen Yao was a little shy in her joy and shouted: "Dad..."

Chen Shan laughed and said, "Why are you shy, Ayao? These Lingyou boots were made by your Senior Brother Wu."

"It was made by Senior Brother Wu?" Chen Yao immediately widened her eyes when she heard it. "Senior Brother Wu is already a first-level fifth-grade weapon refiner at this age?"

Chen Yao was shocked. She knew that Wu Tao was so young and was valued by his father. He must have some advantages.

But she didn't think that the level of weapon refinement reached the first-level fifth level. It was not that she was small-minded, but that she had long developed an inherent mindset towards casual weapon refiners.

Seeing Chen Yao's shocked face, Wu Tao was proud in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and said modestly: "It's just luck."

Chen Shan shook his head and said: "This is not luck... Let's go to the hall and sit down to talk. Yao, go and make a pot of good tea. Wu Tao and I have walked all the way and we are thirsty..."

"Okay, Dad!" Chen Yao turned around and went to make tea.

Wu Tao followed Chen Shan and heard Chen Shan loudly say to Chen Yao who was heading to the kitchen: "Do you think Daddy will accept anyone? It is precisely because you, Senior Brother Wu, are already at the first level and fifth level at such a young age that I accepted you."

"Yes, yes, Daddy has a keen eye and is really good at judging people!" In the kitchen, there was the sound of water and Chen Yao's playful compliments.

Chen Shan was very happy to receive his daughter's praise. He asked Wu Tao to put the bag on a chair beside him and asked Wu Tao to sit at the table: "Wu Tao, Master's home is your home, don't be so restrained... A Yao, you are right. There are so many first-level and seventh-level refiners in the Refining Hall, and there are two first-level and eighth-level refiners. They didn't discover your senior brother Wu's talent, but I was the only one who discovered it. Isn't it my keen eye?!..."

"Daddy is so great!"

"Master is so great!" Wu Tao only knew Chen Shan's flattering side today, and he also learned to flatter like Chen Yao.

Chen Shan was very relieved. Being flattered by Wu Tao and Chen Yao in turn, he couldn't help but think of a scene many years ago in his mind. A Shun and A Yao also made him happy in this way, but the next moment, Wu Tao's face changed to another face. His expression couldn't help but dim, and then he thought that this occasion should be a happy occasion, and he laughed again.

However, there was more or less a trace of regret in this smile.

Chen Shan and Wu Tao were chatting casually, and Chen Yao soon came over with a tea tray and poured tea for Chen Shan and Wu Tao: "Dad, Senior Brother Wu, have some tea!"

"When Dad asked someone to bring me these spiritual boots, I thought they were made by Dad, but seeing how novel these spiritual boots were, I felt that they were not something Dad could make. Today I know that they were made by Senior Brother Wu. This wonderful idea, A Yao likes it very much." Chen Yao took a look at the spiritual boots under her feet. They were specially made with sea spider silk and decorated with prints, which looked very beautiful.

When Chen Shan heard this, he thought that this good disciple had just come for a day, and my old father was going to lose favor. That was terrible, so he pretended to be unhappy and said: "You young people like these superficial things. Magical instruments should be practical."

"Master is right." Wu Tao looked like he was being taught.

Chen Yao also laughed happily and said, "Yes, yes, Dad is right."

After that, the two looked at each other and turned away quickly. Chen Yao turned around and said, "I'll go clean up the room for Senior Brother Wu."

Although he was recognized, Chen Shan always felt a little empty in his heart. He looked at Chen Yao's back and turned to Wu Tao and said, "Wait for A Yao to help you clean up the room and take a rest. I will teach you the weapon refining method."

Wu Tao said, "Listen to Master... Master..."

Just as Wu Tao was about to speak, he heard Chen Yao crying softly in the room. Wu Tao was startled and looked at Chen Shan and said, "Master..."

Chen Shan looked lonely, sighed, got up and walked towards the room where Chen Yao was. Wu Tao followed him. When he was near the door, Chen Shan sighed again, then stretched out his old hand and slowly opened the door.

The room was simply furnished, with a large bed and a rectangular table under the window. There were a lot of sundries on the table, including a pile of scrapped forbidden practice boards and some children's toys...

The afternoon sun shone dimly through the window screen on Chen Yao's body. Chen Yao supported her hands on the forbidden practice board, her shoulders twitched, and crystal tears fell on the board, shining silver.

"Ayao..."

Chen Shan gently called Chen Yao's name.

Chen Yao turned her head, her eyes were moist and her nose was a little red. She asked, "Dad, are we going to put all these away?"

Chen Shan was silent for a moment, then sighed heavily: "Put it all away, it's been so long..." After that, he turned and returned to the hall, but when he returned, his steps seemed to become older.

Wu Tao didn't understand this scene, so he could only watch silently, not daring to express his opinion easily. He followed Chen Shan back to the hall, and when he saw Chen Shan's cloudy old eyes were a little moist, he could only shout: "Master..."

Chen Shan heard this, looked at Wu Tao, forced a smile, and said: "It's okay, that room is actually occupied by A Yao's brother. However, seven years ago, A Yao's brother died in an accident."

"Ashun is seven years older than Ayao, and he has been good to Ayao since he was a child, so Ayao and her brother have a good relationship."

"My life has been hard. I have been running around everywhere in order to survive. I didn't find a Taoist partner until I was ninety. The next year, Ah Shun was born. I had a son at that time, so I was extremely happy. Plus Ah Shun has a talent for refining weapons. I can train him to become a weapon refiner in the future."

"A-Yao was born when I was ninety-eight, and her mother also died in childbirth due to childbirth. Her mother was not very talented in Qi refining, but she was only at the second level of Qi refining. With her age, she lost too much energy during pregnancy... "

"Fortunately, Ayao has inherited my Qi refining talent. Although she has not inherited my weapon refining talent, but she has not inherited her mother's Qi refining talent... She has also reached the second level of Qi refining this year..."

"Hey, if Ah Shun hadn't died, he would have been the same age as you..."

Wu Tao listened carefully and realized that his master's family still had such a painful past. He sighed in his heart. Most casual cultivators suffered, and so did the original owner. He was still an orphan, without a father or a mother...

Thinking of this, he solemnly promised: "Master, don't worry, I will take care of you and Junior Sister A Yao in the future."

From now on, we are a family.

He promised this in his heart.

"Good boy, I believe in your character. In fact, over the years, A-Yao and I have gotten used to it and have let go of it. However, when we get emotional, we will inevitably think of the past..."

Chen Shan murmured, and then smiled bitterly.

"I've been cultivating immortality all my life, and now I've discovered that I'm still no different from ordinary people..."

In response to this sigh, Wu Tao said silently in his heart: "Perhaps immortality is the only way to be considered a true immortal?!"

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