Chapter 425 - What Kind of a Person is Chuxi’s Mother?

“So, shouldn’t you be calling me Elder Brother now?” Ling Wushang smiled as he looked at Ling Chuxi. From the very beginning, Ling Chuxi had never called him Elder Brother. Of course, Ling Wushang knew why, so he had not brought this up. Now that things had been explained clearly, he opened his mouth naturally to say something like this.

“Elder, Elder Brother…”Ling Chuxi opened her mouth. Finally with much difficulty she shouted out this form of address. Ling Chuxi’s tears whooshed down her face after she called out the first word. Next of kin, he was really her next of kin… She was not alone by herself. “You are really my elder brother. Do I have an elder brother too?”

“Of course. I am your elder brother. Don’t cry, you silly child.” Ling Wushang stretched out his hand to gently wipe off the tear stains from the corners of Ling Chuxi’s eyes as he said in a self-blaming tone. “I wished to guard you and be by your side too. But Mother had said before that some destinies should not be destroyed. Otherwise it would cause you to be unable to return. You have suffered all these years. I haven’t protected you well. I’m sorry.”

Ling Chuxi shook her head gently and silently comforted Ling Wushang. She was now certain that she was not all alone by herself. The feelings in her heart were of joy and excitement.

“Mother… Mother. Why did she make such an arrangement?” Ling Chuxi was very confused. Why did it seemed like Mother had already planned out almost everything? Unless her mother was a master of divine foresight? Destinies should not be destroyed… Ling Chuxi was extremely shocked deep down. If Ling Wushang had been there, then the matter of Qin Yumei bullying her and pushing her into the river would never have happened. And indeed, it would be hard to say about her return. Was Mother really a master of divine foresight? But if she really was that powerful, then how could she let her own daughter be bullied since she was a child? What was all this for? Ling Chuxi could not understand no matter how hard she thought about it.

“This, I’m not too sure as well. Chuxi, don’t blame Mother. Mother must have her own difficulties and reasons for acting like this. There is no mother that does not love her own child. When Mother departed back then, I remembered that she had a deep helplessness and grief on her face.” It was as if Ling Wushang could see through Ling Chuxi’s confusion and said in a deep voice. And his gaze had a profound melancholy to it. It was as if he had seen through what was up ahead and looked into the distant past. The faint sadness and helplessness between his eyebrows sent a tremor down to the hearts of those who looked at him.

“That manual was also left behind by Mother specially for you. She said that you can only unlock the secrets within it only when you have reached adulthood, to learn the cultivation methods within.”

“What you mean is that you do not know what that set of cultivation methods is as well?” Ling Chuxi asked.

Ling Wushang shook his head.

So that was it. Ling Chuxi had felt that it was odd back then. Why did Elder Brother entrust someone to bring such a secret book back, and how did he know that she would definitely make the words show up in the manual? Now she finally understood why. It turns out Ling Wushang practically did not know the secrets within the manual. He was only carrying out what had been entrusted to him by Mother. So then, Mother was already sure that she could make the words appear in the secret book? Mother actually had such divine foresight?

“Why did Mother make such an arrangement?” Ling Chuxi thought about it for what seemed like ages and yet she could not figure out the real intention of such an arrangement by her mother and could not resist asking the doubts in her heart. And what was the true identity of her mother?

“About this. You can personally ask her only when you have found her.” Ling Wushang shook his head again.

“What? You mentioned that Mother is still alive?” Ling Chuxi was dumbstruck once again. In her memories, her only next of kin had been her Elder Brother. She did not have any impression of her parents since she was a child and she had thought all this while that they were no longer alive. But from Ling Wushang’s words, Mother was clearly still alive in this world.