After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 98 Grandfather and grandson meet

Since it was a place where a branch of the Shen family lived, there were many people and many houses, so it was naturally more chaotic and crowded. The roads were also piled with the miscellaneous items of each household. In addition, as it was getting dark, Shen Xu had to carefully explore the path he remembered with the two little ones.

However, due to the darkness, the pedestrians on the road did not recognize Shen Xu, otherwise there would have been troublesome small talk and explanations.

However, it was quite unusual for a teenager to be traveling with two children in a place where everyone knew each other well. Shen Xu attracted a lot of attention along the way.

"Did Brother Xu live here when he was a child?" Wu Shang suddenly asked.

"This is just one place; there's another place I may never be able to go back to."

Is it because it's too far?

"It's really too far away. Although I may never find her, I will always remember her."

"When I grow up, I can help Brother Xu look for it. I'm really good at finding things!"

"Okay! I'll wait for you to help me find her."

After a while, looking at the familiar buildings in front of him, Shen Xu suddenly hesitated to go forward. He felt a sense of trepidation as he approached his hometown.

He slowly pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard. Everything in front of him was just as he remembered. To outsiders, he had only been gone for less than a year, but he had been away from this place for ten years.

The courtyard belonged to Shen Xu's parents. After his parents passed away, the courtyard was registered in his name. According to Uncle Wang, the lush and leafy euphorbia tree in the courtyard was planted by his parents themselves.

"Xiao Xu, is that you back?" A voice so familiar reached Shen Xu's ears, instantly bringing tears to his eyes.

Looking to the side, he saw an old man with white hair and beard carrying an oil lamp, carefully examining him.

Shen Xu wiped away the tears in his eyes and smiled at the old man, saying, "Uncle Wang, it's me who's back."

"You child, you're back now, why are you crying?" Uncle Wang slowly approached Shen Xu, seemingly trying to see his face clearly.

"But why did you bring back two children? Whose children are they?" Uncle Wang asked curiously.

"Let's go inside and talk! It's windy outside."

Sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at Uncle Wang's aged face under the dim light, Shen Xu couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat again.

"I never noticed you were such a crybaby before. You've only been gone a few days and you're already like this. If you're going to be a cultivator, you can't be so attached to your family," Uncle Wang earnestly advised.

"Uncle Wang, I understand." Shen Xu suppressed his overflowing emotions. Although he had so much to say to Uncle Wang, now was not the time.

"Let me introduce these two little ones! This child is even thinner than you were when you were little. How much suffering must he have endured!" Uncle Wang gently took Wu Shang's thin, bony little hand with his wrinkled palm.

"They are a brother and sister. I rescued them from an underground battlefield. Seeing that they had nowhere to go, I thought I'd bring them here for you, Uncle Wang, to take care of," Shen Xu explained.

“The underground battlefield is a place that eats people without spitting out bones. These two poor children!” Uncle Wang’s eyes were filled with pity.

"But I'm an old man who can't even support myself. Xiao Xu, is it really okay for you to entrust them to me?"

"Uncle Wang, have you forgotten that I am now a cultivator? I will arrange everything before I leave."

Shen Xu said to the two children, "You two introduce yourselves to Grandpa."

Wu Shang pulled Wu You to Uncle Wang's side and solemnly said, "Grandpa, my name is Shen Wu Shang, and this is my younger sister Shen Wu You. It was Brother Xu who gave us this name. I will take good care of you, Grandpa."

"Haha, your name is Wushang, and your name is Wuyou. Xiaoxu, you've chosen some great names!" Uncle Wang pointed at the two children and laughed happily.

"I really thought that if you couldn't become a cultivator, Xiao Xu, I would let you marry a virtuous wife and have two lovely children like these. The life of an ordinary person wouldn't be bad. I didn't expect you to give me such a surprise today!"

"Next time you come back, remember to bring a girl with you. That way, my life will be complete, and I won't have let your parents down in the afterlife."

“Uncle Wang, I’m still so young, you just wait and see. But you’d better stay alive until then, or I’ll search high and low to find you.” Shen Xu looked at Uncle Wang very seriously.

Seeing Shen Xu's serious expression, Uncle Wang replied with a smile, "Maybe you really will have that kind of strength in the future, but I'm in good health now! I can definitely hold on until that day."

Seeing Uncle Wang's carefree smile, Shen Xu couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart. Although Uncle Wang had never said his real age, he could sense the aging in Uncle Wang's soul and the weakness in his body. He had to find a way to prolong Uncle Wang's life as soon as possible.

Shen Xu knew that longevity pills existed in this world, but each one was extremely precious and monopolized by various powerful forces. If he wanted to obtain one, he would have to enter a major sect while he was young. However, without connections, his cultivation talent might not even be enough to meet the requirements of those powerful forces.

At this moment, Uncle Wang suddenly yawned and said somewhat sleepily, "Alright, it's getting late. Let's talk about it tomorrow. You young people can handle it, so don't make things difficult for an old man like me."

"I've been cleaning your room for you. You can sleep on the floor tonight! Let the two children sleep in your bed. Tomorrow, please help me prepare another room for them," Uncle Wang instructed.

"Uncle Wang, you should rest well. I'll take care of them." After saying this, Shen Xu led the two little ones out of Uncle Wang's room.

The moment he saw Uncle Wang, he abandoned the idea of ​​taking Uncle Wang to the Wang family. He knew that Uncle Wang would not leave this courtyard full of memories, and he was unwilling to abandon the courtyard left to him by his parents so soon. Since that was the case, he could only threaten the Shen family.

Pushing open the door to the main house, Shen Xu lit the oil lamp on the table. The room was spotless, clearly having been cleaned recently, and all the decorations and furniture were exactly as he remembered them.

Shen Xu hung the sword his parents had left him back on the wall, and a scene from his memory quietly surfaced.

“Xiao Xu, that’s the sword your parents left you, but it will only truly belong to you once you become a real cultivator,” Uncle Wang said, pointing to the sword hanging high on the wall.

"Then how can I become a true cultivator?" Shen Xu asked疑惑地, having just reached Wang Bo's thigh.

"When you understand why you picked up this sword."

"Now I understand that I must use this sword to protect Uncle Wang."

The only thing he remembered was Uncle Wang smiling and shaking his head at him.

"Wu Shang, if I gave you a sword, what would you do with it?" Shen Xu asked Wu Shang, who was only up to his thigh, as he looked at the sword on the wall.

"I will use it to protect Wuyou!" Wushang said with unwavering determination.

Upon hearing Wu Shang's words, Shen Xu was momentarily stunned.

"I'll bring you a sword next time I come back," Shen Xu said with a smile.

"Really?" Wushang asked excitedly.

Wuyou quickly pointed to herself.

"Don't worry, you're too young to lift a sword. But I'll have Uncle Wang teach you to read. Once you can read, you'll be able to express what you want to say."

"When I come back next time, I hope Wuyou can write what you want." Shen Xu patted Wuyou's head.

Although Wuyou didn't understand what literacy meant, the little girl still nodded gently.

"Don't get hurt, you should learn too!"

“Okay! Then I will definitely learn it first and then teach it to Wuyou.”

"That's not necessarily true. I think Wuyou is much smarter than you."

Hearing Shen Xu's words, Wu You smiled and nodded.

“How could that be? I’m so old, I’ll definitely learn it before Wuyou,” Wushang said stubbornly.

"Alright, I'll have Uncle Wang teach you tomorrow, then you'll know the result."

"You guys sleep on the bed tonight, I'll sleep on the floor." After saying that, Shen Xu took out a straw mat from the cabinet, then opened the package to put the clothes inside.

But when he opened the package that Wang Bu had prepared for the two little ones, he was stunned. There were a hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills and some loose gold and silver in the two little ones' clothes.