Chapter Fifty-Seven: Fairy Sister

  Pain, pain that pierces to the bone marrow. Guo Ming's body slowly sank into the deep abyss, the speed was slow, but this abyss was a place where lives were swallowed, and as it went deeper, there were fewer fish, until finally even plankton disappeared.

  Kuo Ming wanted to open his eyes, but the fresh blood flowing from his eyes had already blocked his retina, and he couldn't see anything. This deep pool seemed to have a mysterious power that pulled him back from being on the verge of collapse. But this didn't make him happy, instead he fell into an even greater crisis.

  The pressure in the water was getting bigger and bigger, Guo Ming was almost out of breath. When it reached a critical point, Guo Ming's chest cavity was suddenly crushed by the external water pressure, and a large amount of blood gushed out of his mouth. The blood quickly disappeared into the water.

  Shuimeng Yao shouted loudly and sat up from bed.

  Sun Hong heard Shui Mengyao's cry and quickly pushed the door open, seeing Shui Mengyao pale-faced and sweating profusely, she was also startled and asked: "Mengyao, what's wrong?"

  Shui Mengyao looked around and then recalled the dream she had just had, as if she hadn't woken up from it yet. She exclaimed in horror: "Guo Ming is in trouble! He's fallen into a deep abyss. Hong Niang, hurry up and save him!"

  Shui Mengyao said as she lifted the thin quilt, about to get up. Sun Hong immediately pressed down on Shui Mengyao and softly said: "Wake up, Mengyao, you're dreaming. Do you know? You're dreaming."

  Shuǐ Mèng Yáo let out a cry, her hands clutching at her own hair as she said in anguish: "But I can clearly feel his despair and sorrow, it's not just a dream." Shuǐ Mèng Yáo looked up at Sūn Hóng with determination: "Auntie Red, I must go save him."

  "Alas, Hong Yi relies on you. Sun Hong looked at Shui Meng Yao's firm and unwavering gaze, and in the end couldn't bear to refuse this young girl's request to destroy her ambiguous love affair, deciding to accompany her in madness."

  "Red Aunt, I know you still don't believe me, but I will prove to you that everything in my dreams is true. Shui Mengyao looked into the distance, where Guo Ming had sunk."

  Guo Ming had been missing for a whole day and night, and Guo Zheng was also getting anxious. Yu Xia hastily said: "Zheng, tell me how Ming got involved with the National Security Bureau."

  "How did I know that such an organization would come to our small county, and still find Ming Er? What exactly did Ming Er do?" Guo Zheng furrowed his brow and sighed heavily.

  If it were the county police or even the city police, they would have been able to find out what happened, but now that it involves national security, not only do they not know, but even if they did, no one would dare say a word.

  "Ming'er has completely changed since that time he fell into the water, others may not know, but I do. Ming'er's grades have improved in these two months, two months, and his improvement is so great, Zheng You, do you think it's possible?" Yu Xia hesitated for a moment before finally asking the question in her heart.

  Kuang Zheng then heard the words and was stunned for a moment, after a while, he said: "What do you want to say?"

  "Tomorrow is different from before, I always have a feeling that my son has suddenly grown up overnight and become sensible. When he was young, I asked him about his ideals, guess what he said? He said it's natural to find a beautiful wife and travel all over the world. But yesterday when we asked him, he no longer thought of himself, but considered us and our feelings, and from his tone, I also heard a sense of helplessness and worry about his future."

  It is said that a woman's heart is as thin as hair, but Guo Zheng has now realized that he didn't notice the problem himself, and Yu Xia grasped the key to it.

  "I didn't hear it clearly," Guo Zheng thought for a moment about yesterday's conversation and then replied.

  "First of all, Ming Er's age, he is not even sixteen yet. At this age, who doesn't want to venture out into the world? But now Ming Er actually wants to stay by our side, which in itself explains the problem. From his tone, I sense that he seems to have a sense of guilt towards us and wants to make up for it. However, there are still many unknowns in this world, and he can't predict them either, so he immediately said the next sentence, "If one day I suddenly leave you, don't worry, I'm just chasing my childhood dreams."

  After careful consideration of Yu Xia's analysis, Guo Zheng nodded and said: "Even if your analysis is correct, it still doesn't solve any problem. Do you know the reason for tomorrow's change?"

  Yu Xia looked at Guo Zhengzhen with a piercing gaze and said in a soft voice: "I know, but if I say it out loud, you'll be shocked."

  Kuang Zheng then hastily stood up straight, staring fixedly at his wife and anxiously said: "Speak quickly."

  "Do you believe there are immortals in this world?" Yu Xia suddenly asked.

  "How did you bring this up?" Guo Zheng said, perplexed. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and stared blankly at his wife, shocked: "You wouldn't be talking about our son practicing alchemy and cultivating immortality, would you?"

  "Congratulations, you're right," Yuxia said with a gentle sigh.

  "This is not good, Guo Zheng heard the answer he wanted, but no matter how hard he thought, he didn't expect it to be this answer. He stood up, walked around in circles for a while, then sat down beside his wife, thought for a moment, and said: "Xiayu, tomorrow's ideological work still has to be done by you, he listens to your words the most, and yet he believes in such absurd rumors, it's infuriating me, fortunately he is still a person of the 21st century."

  Yu Xia was amused by her husband.

  "You're still smiling, this is a matter of life and death, you still have the heart to smile, don't you know how many people have been harmed by the evil cult?" Guo Zhengyan said anxiously.

  "How did you think of that, the Immortal Path is the orthodox way of my Huaxia, where is this evil cultivation comparable? And do you think there are really no immortals in this world?" Yu Xia's face turned extremely solemn in an instant.

  Guo Zheng was taken aback by the look on Yu Xia's face, a rare sight in his lifetime. Whenever Yu Xia had this expression, it meant she had something important to announce.

  "But he couldn't help but ask: 'How, have you seen?'"

  But unexpectedly, Xia nodded and stretched out her hand to stop Guo Zheng's next words. She gazed into the distance, with an inexplicable nostalgia in her expression. In a soft voice, she revealed a secret that had been buried in her heart for decades, a secret known only to her parents. Originally, she wanted to take this matter to her grave, but from her son's desk, she found some Taoist scriptures, and everything that was impossible happened.

  That was when I was seven or eight years old, one day at midnight, when everyone had fallen asleep, I got up to relieve myself. As soon as I walked out of the yard, I saw a girl in a white dress lying in my family's yard, I immediately ran forward and shouted loudly: "Sister, sister, wake up quickly!" But that girl seemed to be in a deep coma and wouldn't wake up. And there was a lot of blood on her body. This scared me so much that I hurried back to the house to call out to my parents, but they couldn't be woken up no matter what. My father was still snoring, and my mother had her eyes tightly closed, breathing evenly. But they just couldn't be woken up. At that time, I didn't think much about it, and immediately ran back to the girl's side.

  Kuo Cheng's face changed, and in the middle of the night, a white-clothed woman covered in blood appeared at home, which was already frightening. Moreover, his parents couldn't be woken up, which made things even more bizarre. He had already begun to suspect something.

  I saw the appearance of that sister, and to this day I still remember it vividly. It seemed like she wasn't a woman who should exist in the mortal world; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was a celestial maiden descended from the heavens. She was radiant without being dazzling, luxurious without being extravagant, warm and soothing to the heart, making one feel as though they could forget all their worries with just one glance. My thoughts at the time were that I had to save this sister; on her body, I saw a small purple gourd, which I opened, immediately smelling a strange and wonderful medicinal fragrance.

  I poured some into my hand, and out came a few green big sugar beans. Although I wanted to eat them at the time, I still felt that this was my sister's thing, and I couldn't just eat her things casually. I fed one into her mouth, and then I quietly supported my chin and watched her.

  About ten or so minutes later, the sister woke up from her sleep. The moment she opened her eyes, I felt as if I had seen the most beautiful thing in the world. In her eyes, I saw purity and gentleness, kindness and selfless love. Anyway, at that time, I happily said, "Sister, you're awake."

  The sister stared at me for a few seconds, let out a soft sigh, patted my head and said: "Thank you very much for saving her life. If one day you are in trouble, just call out softly three times and she will come to help you."

  Then she stepped on a flying sword and left with a swish, just like the movie we once saw, The Legend of Mount Shu.

  Kuang Cheng stood there for a long time before finally saying, "I really didn't think that in this world anything can happen, and yet it's actually true that immortals exist. With your childlike heart, you must have verified it already."

  "Who says it isn't? Yu Xia said anxiously, after that sister left, I went back to the house excitedly and called out to my parents, this time they woke up at once. I immediately told them about the matter. They didn't believe me, in the end, I loudly shouted three times in a low voice, only to hear the sound of thunder from far away, followed by a swift flash of lightning that split the air and appeared in our courtyard, that sister stepped out of thin air with her feet on a celestial sword and appeared in our home."

  At that time, my parents were frightened, I happily ran to my sister's side and told her what had happened.

  Unexpectedly, the sister seemed to be very angry and sternly told me that unless it was a matter of life and death, I should not call her again, and she would only help me one last time.

  Kuo Cheng-tzu heard this and couldn't help but laugh: "If I were her, I would do the same. At that time, I was seriously injured and might even be recovering from my injuries. You just called me all the way here for a joke to prove something, who wouldn't get angry?"

  "Alas, who says it's not? It's been over 20 years since then, and I haven't called out to that fairy sister again. I don't even know how she is now. I really want to call her out," Yu Xia sighed.

  "Stop it, Guo! You scared me to death. What kind of joke is this? This is the most powerful amulet I have, and if something life-threatening happens in the future, you can't call for help then. You wasted a great opportunity back then, don't do it again now."