Chapter 25 - The mother who got injured

The two brothers took the money and went to the town to sign the contract with the landlord. After signing the contract, they paid a year's rent in a lump sum. In these days, being able to come up with such a large sum of money was truly no easy feat. Most people paid the rent month by month, but the two of them paid it all at once. Now that they were wealthy, they didn't care about this small amount of money. The two brothers had lunch in the town before returning home. After getting back, Liu Heping went to find people on his own to clean the house and paint it. He left Xiao Jiu at home to watch TV. Xiao Jiu felt a sudden pang in his heart, but it came and went quickly. Xiao Jiu'sHeartache for no apparent reasonmade him realize that something must have happened to a family member. Using the divination method of King Wen's Eight Diagrams that he had secretly learned and employing his Yang Spirit to make calculations, he found out that it was his mother who was in trouble. However, it wasn't anything too serious, and she wouldn't die, though she might have been injured. He also knew that she had been hurt during a magical battle, indicating that the person's magical power was much stronger than his mother's. Knowing the result, Xiao Jiu wasn't worried anymore and decided to wait for his mother to come back. But the person who dared to use magic to harm his mother was definitely doomed. He would let that person live for a few more days. The next day, Zeng Wenxiu was carried back home by the people sent by her younger sister. As soon as her younger sister entered, she apologized to the two brothers, saying that she had meddled in other people's affairs and as a result, their mother had been injured. After saying that, she started crying. Liu Heping was completely at a loss, not knowing what had happened. It was just that Xiao Jiu had told him not to go to the town today and to wait for their mother to come back. When he saw his mother lying pale on the stretcher, he thought she had been beaten up. He said, "Who hit her? I'll chop that person to pieces." He also grabbed his aunt and said, "Tell me quickly, who hit my mother?" Xiao Jiu couldn't stand it anymore. He tugged at his elder brother's trousers and said, "Mom wasn't beaten. She was injured by magic. I will avenge this. Just stay out of the way." Xiao Jiu quickly went to the refrigerator, took out his water flask, and gave his mother a sip of the stalactite milk that had been formed over ten thousand years. Then he mumbled some words: "Heavenly Law Thunder, my Law Lord, the Thunder of the Five Directions follows my command. Supreme Lord Lao Jun, act quickly as per the decree." After that, he made a magical seal and directly imprinted it on his mother's forehead. Then Zeng Wenxiu's face quickly turned ruddy. After five seconds, she opened her eyes and even sat up from the stretcher on her own. His aunt was dumbfounded. She saw that six-year-old Xiao Jiu could actually perform magic, and it seemed that he was even more powerful than her own sister. Liu Heping quickly helped his mother stand up and assisted her to sit on the sofa. Liu Heping was also a bit surprised. Just now, his mother had seemed on the verge of death, but he didn't know what method his younger brother had used to bring her back to life all of a sudden. Zeng Wenxiu composed herself and said to Xiao Jiu, "Mom really got into big trouble this time. The other party not only has profound magical power but also practices evil magic that harms people. I wasn't careful and fell victim to the other party's evil magic." When Liu Heping and his aunt had just seen Xiao Jiu imprint the magical seal on his mother's head, a puff of black smoke had emerged. Liu Heping knew his younger brother was capable, but his aunt didn't. His aunt asked Zeng Wenxiu, "Why is Xiao Jiu more powerful than you?" Zeng Wenxiu smiled bitterly and said, "He started practicing with me when he was three years old. I don't know how he practiced, but now he's much more powerful than me." She told her younger sister not to spread this matter. Xiao Jiu asked his mother, "You went to see the second brother. How did you get injured like this?" His aunt took over and said, "It was like this. There was a woman in our village who is a very good friend of mine. Her daughter-in-law is pregnant and due to give birth in two months. For some unknown reason, she suddenly turned black all over and fell into a coma. When they took her to the hospital, the doctors said there was nothing they could do and told them to go back and prepare for the worst." "This woman came to my house and cried, saying that she hadn't done anything evil, so why was the retribution falling on her daughter-in-law and the baby in her womb? I said maybe she was possessed by evil. Just then, your mother was there, so I dragged her to the woman's house to take a look. Your mother immediately saw the problem and said that someone had cast a spell on her. Seeing that the person's magic was quite powerful, your mother didn't think she was sure to break the spell, so she told the woman to invite her master, who happened to be from the same village." "Unfortunately, your mother's master had gone to Guangdong, and no one knew when he would be back. At this point, your mother was at a loss. Under the pleading of the woman and me, she could only give it a try. Zeng Wenxiu first cast a spell to save the woman and the baby, but she was immediately discovered by the other party. The other party immediately cast a spell and engaged in a magical battle with Zeng Wenxiu. After all, Zeng Wenxiu's magical power was relatively weak, and in the end, she fell for the other party's trick." "And that's how she ended up like that just now. When she was in a coma, she told me to send her home, saying that someone would save her. I didn't dare to delay and directly hired a car and people to bring my sister back." His aunt couldn't have imagined that the person who saved her sister was her sister's son, Xiao Jiu. Zeng Wenxiu told her son Xiao Jiu that she had cast a spell to keep the woman and the fetus safe for three days. The other party wanted to turn the woman and the fetus into the Twin Ghosts of Mother and Child, which was extremely vicious. If the other party succeeded in doing that, I don't know how many people would suffer. Zeng Wenxiu said, "Son, if you have the ability, go and get rid of this person. This person is too vicious. What kind of deep hatred could there be to do such a thing?" Xiao Jiu quickly comforted his mother, saying, "You stay at home and rest to recover from your injuries. I'll go with my aunt to take a look tomorrow. I will definitely not let this scoundrel go. Just because he attacked you, I won't spare him." When his aunt and Liu Heping heard their conversation, they broke out in a cold sweat. There were actually such vicious people in the world, turning a mother and child into the Twin Ghosts of Mother and Child. Wasn't that treating human life like nothing? Liu Heping asked Xiao Jiu, "Is there really someone in the world who dares to do such a thing? Aren't they afraid of being torn to pieces by others?" Xiao Jiu sneered and said, "Do you know who he is? Why do you ask? Among those who practice the Tao, those who reach the end often become cold and heartless. For the sake of immortality and transcendence, these people dare to do anything. There are many things you haven't seen. Such things have been countless throughout the long history. For those who practice the Tao, there is no absolute right or wrong; it all depends on their will. Otherwise, why would there be so-called 'righteous Taoists' and 'evil Taoists'? Where there are people doing bad things, naturally there are people doing good things. The mutual restraint of yin and yang is the truth of this world." Liu Heping said, "Xiao Jiu, how do you know so many truths? You're only in the first grade." Xiao Jiu was too lazy to explain and said, "It's none of your business. You'd better take care of yourself. Hurry up and find a wife for Mom so that she can have a grandson to take care of." Zeng Wenxiu and her younger sister were also puzzled about where Xiao Jiu had learned so much. But since Xiao Jiu didn't want to say, no one could force him to. Xiao Jiu couldn't very well tell them that he had been to the Thirty-Third Heaven, met immortals, received a celestial opportunity, swallowed a Soul Grass, and then became enlightened, learning everything quickly. Perhaps only his mother would believe it. For others, it seemed like a fantasy, like a mythical story. So Xiao Jiu was too lazy to explain. Even if he said more, they wouldn't understand, and they would just think he was talking nonsense. The next day, Zeng Wenxiu was able to get up and cook. When her younger sister saw that her sister was okay, she felt relieved. If something had happened to her sister, she wouldn't have been able to live with herself. If she hadn't insisted on dragging her sister there, perhaps all these things wouldn't have happened. Since none of them could drive, the three of them could only take a car. Now that Liu Heping was Xiao Jiu's bodyguard, he would definitely go with them. Xiao Jiu originally wanted to ask his elder brother to stay behind and accompany his mother. But his mother said she was fine and that she would feel at ease if her eldest son went with Xiao Jiu. After all, Xiao Jiu was still a child, and it was inconvenient for him to go anywhere. With an adult accompanying him, no one would ask any questions, and it would be much more convenient.