“Father!”
Hearing that voice echoing in his mind, Gu Changqing’s heart trembled violently.
Although that voice told him not to get excited.
But after ten years, hearing that incredibly familiar, gentle voice that had appeared countless times in his dreams, how could Gu Changqing possibly remain calm?!
After a long while, his emotions finally settled down.
Looking at the mysterious green stone deep within his Sea of Consciousness.
Suddenly, his mind churned, and a forgotten memory surfaced.
Ten years ago, his father, half his body stained with blood, returned to his Immortal Cave.
Using the last of his strength before dying, he sealed this stone into Gu Changqing’s glabella, along with that brief memory.
Only now, with the Seal broken, did this memory finally resurface.
“Could it be that this stone is the treasure my father left for me?”
Gu Changqing’s heart stirred, and he murmured to himself.
Although he was incredibly curious, he still remembered his father’s warning.
He didn’t immediately extend his Divine Sense to investigate the mysterious stone.
Instead, he got out of bed, left the room, and cautiously looked around.
By then, the wind and snow had stopped.
A bright moon emerged from the sparse clouds, illuminating the earth in a silvery white.
The wooden house Gu Changqing lived in was in a relatively secluded location, with no other houses within several hundred feet.
Further away, a few wooden houses could vaguely be seen, but it was already the middle of the night, and no lights were visible.
“Before Foundation Establishment, a Cultivator’s Divine Sense cannot leave the body, so now should be a safe time with no one around.”
Gu Changqing murmured to himself, returned to his room, and carefully locked the door.
Only then did he return to his bed, sit cross-legged, and enter a meditative state.
Following his father’s instructions, he used his Divine Sense to investigate the mysterious green stone.
The moment Gu Changqing’s Divine Sense touched the stone, he immediately felt a dizzying sensation, as if he was sucked into the stone.
The next moment, he appeared in an incredibly strange and mysterious space.
Looking around, the space wasn’t very large, only about half an acre, but the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was incredibly dense.
It materialized into a spiritual mist, swirling and drifting in the air.
Most of the space had been cultivated into an Immortal Field.
Many Spirit Medicine were planted in the Immortal Field, densely packed, numbering several hundred plants!
Each plant was surrounded by spiritual radiance, incredibly divine, with the fragrance of medicine permeating the entire space.
Just taking a breath made him feel completely refreshed, as if he was about to Ascend.
“This… so many Spirit Medicine!”
Looking at the hundreds of Spirit Medicine in the Immortal Field, Gu Changqing gasped, his eyes widening suddenly.
Although he was just a small Utility Disciple in the Songyun Sect, he knew the preciousness of Spirit Medicine.
Wang Xing, who occupied Gu Changqing’s parents’ Immortal Cave, was an Alchemist.
Therefore, Gu Changqing often saw him handling some rare Spirit Medicine.
But in the past ten years, the best Spirit Medicine Gu Changqing had seen in Wang Xing’s Immortal Cave.
Compared to any random spiritual plant growing in this Immortal Field, it was far inferior and completely incomparable.
It was no exaggeration to say.
If this batch of Spirit Medicine were taken outside, it would be an enormous fortune, enough to make any Foundation Establishment expert envious!
For a moment, Gu Changqing’s mind was in turmoil, and it took him a long time to calm down.
He moved his gaze from the Spirit Medicine and continued to survey the entire space.
He discovered that next to the Immortal Field, there was also a spiritual spring.
The water in the spring was clear and transparent, with a surface shimmering with colorful divine radiance, emitting an incredibly rich Spiritual Qi fluctuation.
From time to time, gurgling clear spring water flowed out from the spring, flowing along the crisscrossing channels in the Immortal Field, automatically irrigating the entire Immortal Field.
Next to the spiritual spring, a simple thatched pavilion stood, complete with a stone table and stone stools inside.
Gu Changqing walked into the pavilion.
He saw a rectangular wooden box and a letter placed on the stone table in the pavilion.
Gu Changqing’s heart stirred, and he immediately picked up the letter and brought it to his eyes to read carefully.
The handwriting on the letter was messy, stained with a few shocking drops of fresh red blood, clearly written in a hurried rush.
“Changqing, your parents can’t be with you as you grow up, don’t blame us.”
“This space is incredibly mysterious, spiritual plant growth speed is a hundred times faster than the outside world!”
“The water of the spiritual spring is rich in Spiritual Qi, it can both irrigate spiritual plants and accelerate cultivation improvement.”
“If you succeed in Foundation Establishment one day, then open this wooden box.”
“The Cultivation World is bloody and cruel, never expose the secret of this space!”
“Your parents have no friends in the Sect, be wary of everyone around you, especially those who are good to you!”
There were not many words on the letter, only a few sentences.
But every sentence contained extremely rich information, greatly impacting Gu Changqing.
Especially the last sentence: “Your parents have no friends in the Sect, be wary of everyone around you, especially those who are good to you!”
Looking at the blood-stained handwriting on the letter, Gu Changqing’s heart trembled.
All the experiences of the past ten years flashed quickly through his mind, finally settling on Sun Tingting’s delicate and charming face.
“Could it be that Uncle Sun and Tingting’s care for me over the past ten years was all false pretense?”
“Their goal was to pry out the secret of this space?”
As this thought emerged, Gu Changqing’s heart immediately felt as if it had been tightly squeezed by a large hand, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
At the same time, he also understood his father’s intention in arranging things this way.
When his parents died, he was only six years old and still naive.
If his father had directly told him the secret of this space back then, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to keep it.
It would quickly have been extracted by those with ulterior motives, ultimately leading to his demise.
Only by completely sealing this memory, so that even he didn’t know about it.
Could he, in his most authentic state, deceive those watchful eyes.
Once he grew older and his mind was mature enough, the Seal would break, and everything would be revealed to him.
Thinking of his father, who, until his last breath, was still considering his safety and made so many arrangements.
Gu Changqing, who had experienced the coldness of human nature and had not felt a trace of family affection since his parents’ death.
Suddenly felt his nose sting, and his eyes couldn’t help but redden slightly.
But deep down, he still harbored some doubt about the Sun Family father and daughter’s care for him over the past ten years:
“Would anyone truly pretend for ten whole years with false sincerity, just for a vague possibility?”
“People’s hearts are hidden; it’s better to believe it than not!”
“Whether their feelings are genuine or feigned, this secret must never be revealed to others!”
A glint flashed in Gu Changqing’s eyes as he made up his mind, then looked again at the hundreds of Spirit Medicine in the Immortal Field, a thoughtful look in his eyes.