423: The old man's regret

Chapter 423: Old Master's Regret

A script one designs doesn't always unfold as one expects.

This is truly infuriating.

"Hiss~" Wu Xian suddenly thought of something. "Flower Fruit Mountain or the heaven and earth scroll, does that mean that deviations in the subsequent plot will also affect the future Yaoyang City?"

"Theoretically, yes."

Xue Lingling paused slightly, evidently realizing the unique nature of Flower Fruit Mountain.

Crucially, no similar situation had ever occurred until now, so no one could predict what strange changes might happen in the future.

Fortunately, the permissions for the Human Realm are currently monopolized and sealed, and Flower Fruit Mountain cannot be shaped into a Human Realm Domain. Even if there are major changes later, they will only be changes within the scroll itself and will not affect the Human Realm.

But what she didn't know was that Yaoyang City would soon become Flower Fruit Mountain City.

This made Wu Xian secretly headache.

After all, Flower Fruit Mountain is where the future residents of Yaoyang City will live, and this unpredictability will bring many unforeseen circumstances to the future "Flower Fruit Mountain City."

For now, they can only take it one step at a time.

After setting up several temporary Flower Fruit Mountain outposts around the Underworld Outpost, he also discussed with Old Master Wu Mingchang to see if they could find any Breakthroughs in tattoo ink.

"Where's Second Brother?" After the discussion, Wu Xian curiously asked, "Didn't he train with you today?"

"He asked for a day off yesterday; it seems something came up with Yunniang," Wu Mingchang chuckled wryly, "Young people, you know~ it's understandable."

Hearing this, Wu Xian chuckled, assuming Xue Zhengying went to dote on Her Majesty.

Perhaps this topic triggered something, as the Old Master suddenly fell into contemplation, hesitantly saying, "Grandpa is thinking about whether to leave for a while."

"Leave? Why?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

"This... hmm..." The Old Master seemed a bit embarrassed.

Seeing this, Wu Xian was greatly shocked. "Are you going to find your old flame?"

The Old Master remained silent.

"Then go find her! It's best if you can bring her back directly," Wu Xian encouraged enthusiastically, "While you're still young!"

Wu Xian had no aversion to the Old Master going to find his old flame.

After all, elders also have their emotional lives.

Moreover, he had known for a long time that he was most likely not the Old Master's biological grandson. From the snippets he'd heard from Old Master Wang, it seemed the Old Master had lived a tumultuous life for most of his years and likely had no descendants.

He had always thought he was an orphan the Old Master picked up during wartime, a grandfather-grandson family formed by two refugees relying on each other.

However, from recent developments, it seemed this was not the case.

The Old Master had not only met his parents but also treated them as his own children.

This suggested that the Old Master had likely risked his life to save him from the disaster involving Ziyun and Hongta back then.

"Young?" Wu Mingchang scoffed at himself.

"For your future Lifespan of several hundred or even a thousand years, aren't you still young now?" Wu Xian teased.

Wu Mingchang was speechless. "It's just that times have changed, and she might not want to see me now."

"How will you know if you don't try? What if my grandma also wants to see you?" Wu Xian encouraged.

The Old Master had so many regrets in his life, and now that he had a chance to make amends, he naturally had to do his best to rectify them.

And with him around, the two wouldn't become star-crossed lovers nearing the end of their lives; they could simply rekindle their old flame and have a passionate romance.

Hearing this, Wu Mingchang fell silent, subtly swayed.

"By the way, does my prospective grandma have a family?" Wu Xian seriously analyzed, "If she already has a family, then just a visit would be fine; no need to bother her too much."

"According to what I've heard, she hasn't married," Wu Mingchang's eyes were filled with sadness and guilt.

"Then what are you hesitating for?" Wu Xian said righteously, "She's remained unmarried her whole life; if you don't go now, you won't be a man!"

With that, he directly shoved his entire stock of longevity pills into the Old Master's hands.

"Go for it, Grandpa! Bring Grandma back!" Wu Xian's eyes were full of approval and encouragement. "Your grandson will take care of you both in your old age!"

Wu Mingchang opened his mouth, momentarily speechless.

Soon after, he acquired a new [Luo Fu Hao] from Shifu-jie and personally saw the Old Master off.

This time, there was no sadness of parting, only blessings and anticipation for the Old Master's Perfection in life.

"I wonder what Grandma looks like?" Wu Xian murmured curiously.

A woman who could be with a prominent figure like the Old Master must also be an extraordinary individual.

As for the Old Master's tattoo ink problem, this discussion did yield some new ideas. It's estimated that by the time the Old Master returns, it will be nearly successfully developed.

Just as he was about to return to continue his research, he unexpectedly saw a group of Xue Family tattoo warriors returning dejectedly.

"What happened? Did you encounter a powerful Great Monster?" Wu Xian curiously stepped forward to ask.

One must know, these Xue Family tattoo warriors were the backbone of the Underworld military, with Ghost Emperor and Yin General tattoos. When they teamed up, they were incredibly fierce.

Even ordinary Lord-level Strange Monsters were no match for them.

"Little Uncle-in-law, you're here too," the leading Xue Family disciple said seriously, "We were just reporting to Second Uncle. During our recent campaign around the Underworld, we encountered a strange and very powerful Abnormality.

And it wasn't just one; we suspect there's something fishy going on, possibly related to an Evil God."

"Evil God?" Wu Xian frowned. "Where is it? Take me to see."

The Xue Family disciples wasted no words and immediately led the way.

Soon after, they arrived at the western part of the Underworld Outpost, a dark area riddled with ravines.

It clearly wasn't a normal place, but the Mysterious Abyss typically featured such terrain.

"There's no evil Qi here? Are you sure it's an Abnormality modified by an Evil God?"

Wu Xian investigated but didn't detect the unique evil Qi of an Evil God, and the surrounding twisted and polluted Qi was relatively stable.

It didn't look like an Evil God's power had been present.

"This..." The Xue Family disciple scratched his head awkwardly, "We're not entirely sure, but those monsters are indeed quite strange."

In his confusion, Wu Xian released Xiao Dizi to investigate.

"Oh~, back to my old home, are we?"

Xiao Dizi teased playfully and activated its Hell Ear to listen and investigate.

"How is it? Are there any traces or Qi of an Evil God?" Wu Xian asked.

"No," Xiao Dizi's expression was peculiar, "But I did discover some unique Eerie Domain creatures, like Strange Monsters whose Divine Power is chaotic, yet not completely chaotic—very strange!"

Hearing this, Wu Xian also became interested.

Immediately, under Xiao Dizi's guidance, he tracked down one of these special Strange Monsters.

The moment he clearly saw the Abnormality, Wu Xian's heart was startled.

"Hiss~ why does it feel like a virus monster?"

At first glance, it truly resembled the dirty data virus monsters from the Gate of Creation.

But upon closer inspection, it wasn't entirely the same; only the external appearance was similar, while the essence and core of its power were completely different.

After all, the virus monsters in the Gate of Creation were formed from chaotic source essence of law.