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I have guarded the ancestral hall!

Not even half a step...

I have never left!!!

"Xiaokang, I promised Sucheng..."

Su Wenxin's hand, holding the broom, paused...

His face remained calm, indifferent, and unperturbed.

Then...

He continued to diligently sweep the fallen leaves and dust on the ground...

Very seriously...

As if he was not the Prodigy with the greatest talent in that Mortal city.

But rather, an ordinary old man sweeping the floor.

"Brother Wenxin..."

The young man, Xiaokang in Su Wenxin's words—Su Kang.

Knocked his head heavily again!

He knocked extremely hard, tears streaming down his face...

He and Su Wenxin were only ten years apart!

But...

Now his Brother Wenxin...

Was already old and frail, like a candle in the wind! His Lifespan was nearing its end!

He had entered the broad Dao of Cultivation...

Yet he was still as he was when he first met him in his youth!

Clearly, Su Wenxin's talent far surpassed his!

But for a single promise...

He was willing to guard the ancestral hall for his entire life!

This suffocating feeling brought by the vast changes...

Made Su Kang's heart feel incredibly anxious!

He roared in a hoarse voice, filled with hatred:

"Brother Wenxin! Even though Sucheng is your biological brother, can't you see through him? He's a scumbag!!"

"Back then, when the Family's top hundred Cultivators came to the Mortal city to take disciples, your talent hadn't yet manifested..."

"Your father was critically ill... Before he died, he made you two draw lots, one to become a disciple, and one to take his place! To stay here and guard the ancestors, ensuring the ancestral hall's peace!"

"Clearly, you should have been the one to win..."

"But Sucheng secretly swapped the slips of paper!"

"Making you stay in the Mortal city, guarding the ancestral hall... And you've stayed for a lifetime!!!"

"Afterward, even if your every move caused celestial phenomena... You still upheld your promise and stopped Cultivating!"

"And he... Is enjoying himself in the Northern Wilderness, and still hasn't returned to the Lingxiao Realm!"

"Now you're about to die of old age..."

"You still don't believe the truth I'm telling you..."

"Are you still going to uphold a promise to a liar?!"

As he spoke, Su Kang's face was covered in tears; he genuinely felt it was unfair to Su Wenxin!

He truly wanted Su Wenxin to live!

Not to be so stubborn...

Wasting this talent!

For a liar...

For a scumbag...

To die of old age!

Su Wenxin sighed softly, finally sweeping the last bit of fallen leaves and dust out of the door.

At this moment, the courtyard, like the ancestral hall, was spotless and as clean as new.

His face remained calm and composed.

He spoke softly:

"Xiaokang, look, the dust in the courtyard has all been swept clean."

"Brother Wenxin!"

"At this time, you're still concerned about the courtyard! The ancestral hall!"

"You don't belong here... You should belong to a wider world!"

"Can't you... see through it?!"

Su Kang murmured, the tears flowing from his eyes reaching his mouth, making him taste bitter and salty.

Su Wenxin's calm voice, however, gently resounded:

"Xiaokang, I've been in the ancestral hall for over eighty years..."

"My favorite thing each time is to see the ancestral hall spotless after cleaning."

"But..."

"The dust in the courtyard can be swept away..."

"What about the dust in people's hearts?"

Su Kang was stunned.

Gazing at Su Wenxin's very calm face...

He felt even more bitter in his heart...

So...

Brother Wenxin knew the truth all along!

He never disbelieved him!

It's just that...

He was unwilling to say it...

After all, he was his own brother...

Su Wenxin, as if answering Su Kang's question, and also as if answering... the questions in his own heart over the years.

He sighed faintly:

"Swept and sprinkled daily, allowing no speck to intrude."

"Dare to hope visitors will say, 'This is the master's heart.'"

"Ants are few in the light, moss is deep where it's damp."

"The path before the gate is likewise, leading into a sparse grove."

After the poem was finished....

The sky above suddenly changed color!

A brilliant aurora...

Shone into the courtyard! And onto Su Wenxin!

Gusts of gentle breeze blew towards him...

Very warm, very comfortable...

Mortals could not detect any difference...

But Su Kang, who had stepped into the Cultivation world, knew...

This was Dao Rhyme!!!

An ordinary Cultivator only needed a trace to enter a state of enlightenment, greatly advancing their Cultivation!

And now...

These Dao Rhymes, as if worthless, were carried in the gentle breeze, blowing towards Su Wenxin, wisp by wisp!

As long as Su Wenxin accepted them...

He could instantly cross several Realms, increasing his Cultivation at an incredible speed!!!