520: Chapter 523 Advantages

Immediately after,

a mysterious voice spoke in his mind, telling him to go into the forest to change his fate.

These two events.

Could they be connected?

Lu Chen, watching this from within the manor, couldn't help but smile.

"This child is quite clever. Not bad, not bad at all."

Soon,

the little boy connected the two events and once again headed towards the forest.

The outer areas of the forest were relatively safe.

Vicious Beasts generally didn't appear during the daytime, so he wasn't very afraid.

He arrived at the manor gate.

Just as he was about to knock, the large gate suddenly opened on its own.

That mysterious voice rang out once more.

This time, it wasn't in his mind, but came clearly from within the manor.

"Your arrival here means you have made the correct choice. Since you were willing to share your food with me, I should give you some reward in return."

The little boy quickly said,

"Senior, I gave you the wild fruits willingly, asking for no reward. Please don't be so polite. It's just... I was wondering, why did your voice appear directly in my mind earlier?"

Lu Chen was somewhat surprised.

This child, though young, possessed a remarkably steady Heart-Nature.

He replied indifferently,

"I am a cultivator. If I wish, I can communicate with anyone in this world, anytime, anywhere."

The little boy's eyes instantly lit up.

He had heard the term 'cultivator' from the village elder before.

The village elder had said

that there existed powerful cultivators in this world.

They could move mountains, fill seas, and possess the power to destroy heaven and earth.

He had always thought

that was just a fairy tale the village elder made up to amuse children.

But now,

someone was actually telling him that he was a cultivator capable of transmitting his voice across space!

"You have one minute to think clearly about what you want."

Lu Chen's voice sounded again.

The little boy was no fool.

He understood clearly

that such an opportunity, once missed, would never come again.

Immediately, he fell to his knees with a thud, his tone utterly sincere.

"Cultivator Senior! I seek no reward, I only beg you to save my mother! Do you have any method, or any Spirit Medicine, that can cure her illness?"

Lu Chen smiled.

He most admired filial children.

He himself was someone who placed extreme importance on family.

This little boy's Heart-Nature was indeed quite good.

"I can cure your mother. But you must promise me one thing... No matter what happens in the future, you must never abandon your parents, nor do anything to harm them. If you break this vow, I will personally erase your Soul."

Lu Chen's life was governed by a single principle.

To be a person, one must stand tall and unyielding between heaven and earth.

And in his view, true standing tall and unyielding

meant never abandoning one's family and friends, no matter how dire the circumstances.

Hearing this condition, the little boy immediately felt relieved.

For him,

this wasn't even a condition at all!

He loved his family too much to ever dream of harming them!

"I promise you! I will never break my vow! I beg you, save my mother! I, Yuli, am willing to serve you for the rest of my life!"

"Good. Your wish, I grant."

Lu Chen's voice softened a little.

With a casual wave of his hand, Yuli's figure instantly vanished from the manor gate.

The next second, he was back in front of his own wooden hut.

Yuli was still eagerly awaiting Lu Chen's reply.

when he suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and found himself back at his doorstep.

He quickly knelt down again, kowtowing once towards the direction of the forest, his tone filled with utmost piety.

"This Junior was presumptuous earlier. I beg Senior's forgiveness!"

In his view,

Lu Chen, capable of performing such a Divine Ability, was absolutely a figure akin to a living immortal!

But this time, he received no further response.

Yuli didn't dwell on it and immediately rushed into the wooden hut.

He saw his mother already sitting up, holding his younger sister and weeping tears of joy.

Yuli could no longer hold back, tears streaming from his eyes.

He rushed over

and tightly embraced his mother.

After the crying subsided, Yuli finally calmed down and hurriedly asked,

"Mother, how are you feeling now?"

His mother's face was radiant with a healthy flush, her voice emotional as she said,

"Son, I don't know what happened. Just now, I felt a warm energy flow into my body, and all the pain and sickness vanished! I feel unprecedentedly comfortable now. Even when I was young, my body never felt this good!"

Yuli's heart was completely at ease.

But what he didn't know was

that whether a Righteous Path cultivator or an evil one,

any act of healing a Mortal's closest kin would create an intangible bond known as 'Karma'.

And he had now formed a deep strand of Karma with Lu Chen.

If he ever broke his vow in the future, Lu Chen, relying solely on this thread of Karma,

could easily crush his Soul from a thousand miles away!

But Yuli was merely an ordinary Mortal of the Elf Clan.

He understood none of this.

For him, his mother's recovery was enough.

Yuli's little sister, Lucy, had already fallen asleep.

She was only five years old, yet due to their mother's illness, she had borne far too much pressure for her age, far too early.