Qin Shiling didn't expect Lin Luoran to ask this and was stunned for a moment.

  Some old things he didn't even tell Baojia, but Lin Luoran was originally a cultivator, and he didn't have that many worries.

  "Lin Yatou blamed me for meddling in other people's business and told Liu's son about Da Ji?"

  Lin Luoran shook her head, "I've been cultivating for a short time, and the seniors in my sect haven't specifically mentioned this aspect of things. I'm curious too, that's why I asked you."

  This was originally the Qin family's villa, and Commander Qin wasn't afraid of others listening in, so he sat down inside Baojia House and began telling Lin Luoran about the old affairs of the Qin family.

  "By calculation, my grandmother, who is also Baojia's great-grandmother, was also from the Taoist sect, just like you..."

  Qin Shiling's first sentence shocked Lin Luoran. So, it turned out that Baojia also had the blood of a cultivator?

  "Don't be surprised, I only knew this after joining the army. When I was young, I still saw my grandmother, and in my memory, she was very beautiful, looking not much older than my mother. My great-grandfather was a scholar at the end of the Qing dynasty, and our family's original situation was just ordinary, but later I heard that when my grandmother married over, her dowry included a large night pearl, which helped the Qin family become wealthy. Originally, it should have continued to prosper, but Grandfather suddenly became rich and couldn't help but look down on his wife who didn't have a mother's family to rely on. After being persuaded by the old lady, he took in two beautiful concubines..."

  After all, it's not a beautiful thing. Commander Qin felt a bit embarrassed talking about his grandfather's affairs. Lin Luoran tactfully didn't ask further questions, although she was also very puzzled. A cultivator marrying a scholar is understandable, and if the two live happily together until old age, giving up cultivation is also forgivable. But if her husband has two beautiful concubines besides herself, Lin Luoran couldn't help but think that if it were her, she might regret giving up on the Heavenly Path. Perhaps some extreme behavior would be unavoidable.

  "What happened after that?"

  "As far as I can remember, the Qin family had already declined when I was a child. At that time, the war between China and Japan was at a stalemate. The Qin family was originally a prominent family in Shu, but suddenly fell to the point where they could no longer make ends meet. My father couldn't bear such a decline, so he secretly joined the army... Later, my father told me that on the night he sneaked out, his mother seemed to have known he would leave and waited for him at the back door, but didn't stop him. Instead, she encouraged him, saying 'a good man should serve his country', and handed him a jade pendant, instructing him to wear it close to his body and never take it off."

  Jade pendant? Lin Luorans keenly grasped the key point, this is Qin Shuai's grandmother as a cultivator, handing over to her son the protective amulet!

  Qin Shiling's father had joined the army, and as a young master of a wealthy family, he didn't understand much. As soon as he stepped onto the battlefield, there were several times when he almost died from the enemy's shell fragments. Every time this happened, the jade pendant on his neck would emit a faint light, and those flying shell fragments seemed to deviate from their trajectory, brushing past his body in a precarious manner.

  Qin's father had an epiphany, relying on the extraordinary treasure he possessed, and achieved great success in several battles. In just a few short years, he was promoted several ranks. During one of the three major battles, a bullet flew straight at him from close range, and he couldn't dodge it. The bullet hit his body but didn't penetrate the flesh. The jade pendant emitted a dazzling light, stunning even the enemy, who retreated without a fight.

  Qin Commander's father made another great achievement, but the jade plaque seemed to have exhausted its power and shattered into several pieces. Qin Commander's father was regretful, but he couldn't do anything with these fragments, so he carefully picked them up.

  Who would have thought that half a month later, one night, an old Taoist priest who was crazy and eccentric suddenly rushed into the camp of Qin Shangshu's father. At that time, Qin Shangshu's father was already in a high position, and his residence was also stationed with soldiers, but no one knew how this Taoist priest appeared.

  The mad Taoist lifted Commander Qin's father from his bed and asked him where the jade token was as soon as he saw him.

  Qin Shiling's father immediately became alert as soon as he heard the jade token, the effect of the jade token given by his mother was extraordinary, how did this crazy and disheveled Taoist know that he had a jade token?

  He was about to make a move, but found himself numb and weak in his hands and feet, unable to exert any strength. However, in just an instant, the crazy Taoist searched out the jade token he had hidden away.

  Seeing the jade pendant broken into pieces, the mad Taoist let out a long howl towards the sky. In that mad and mournful laughter, there was only sorrow, "My Yuè'er...Yuè'er..."

  Qin Shiling's father was held by the scruff of his neck, his face red with anger, and heard the laughter of the crazy Taoist. He stuttered and asked: "Who are you... how do you know my mother?" Yue'er was his mother's nickname, that seemingly ageless woman, whose full name was Jiang Mingyue, indeed like a bright moon on the river, gentle and moving.

  The madness in his eyes faded a bit, and he muttered: "It's true, if it weren't for her child, how could she have given him even the life-saving token...". He came to his senses for a moment, then seemed to go mad again, fiercely pinching Qin Shou's father's neck: "You're the one who ruined her, you're the one who ruined her. If it weren't for your birth which greatly damaged her vitality, even if the life-saving jade token was shattered, there would still be a thread of hope... Now, it's too late..."

  Qin Shiling's father couldn't understand what the madman was saying, but he felt it had something to do with his mother and seemed not to be good words. He had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart and was about to ask more questions when the madman suddenly let go of his collar and ran away crazily.

  Qin Shiling's father chased him out and saw that the mad Taoist was at the door a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye he appeared several zhang away.

  "Elder, my mother she..." Commander Qin's father knew he was a superior being and shouted repeatedly. The madman blinked again and appeared even farther away, with a faint voice still echoing: "There is a distinction between the immortal and the mortal, I told you before, but you didn't listen. Indeed, what you gave birth to is a useless waste without any foundation in the Tao... Hahahaha... A waste indeed!"

  Qin Shiling sighed and stopped talking for a moment to take a sip of tea.

  Lin Luoran first heard about the "Dao Ji" matter, and carefully asked: "Then your grandmother... has something happened?" The Ben Ming Yu Pai was broken, even Lin Luoran, a cultivation rookie, knew it wasn't good news upon hearing it.

  Commander Qin nodded: "Father was busy with the war and couldn't leave, and when he wrote to ask about home, he said everything was fine... It wasn't until later, after the victory, that he returned to his hometown and found out that after he left, Grandma had slowly begun to show her age. Originally, Grandpa had a bad temper, and now he treated Grandma even worse. Grandma's days in the old Qin family home were getting harder and harder... One day she suddenly coughed up blood, and her illness progressed rapidly, passing away in just a few days. Calculating the time, it turned out that Grandma coughed up blood on the very same day that the jade pendant broke."

  The story went on like this, and Lin Luoran could only feel a sigh in her heart.

  Jiang Mingyue, just hearing the name can imagine how beautiful this female immortal is. Giving up on the Heavenly Way and pursuing mortal worldly thoughts, in the end, is it really worth ending up like this - declining and dying alone?

  The bright light of the moon on the river has been shining for so many years, if Commander Qin's grandmother had thought of such an ending earlier, would she have regretted it or not?

  Lin Luoran felt a sudden pang of sadness in her heart, and forced a smile to change the subject: "What about that crazy Taoist priest? Has he never appeared again?"