Chapter 2: The Legacy of Qinglian
Suvillage is a small village adjacent to Mount Taibai, with hundreds of households. Behind the village is a vast mountain range, and on either side are some empty land and small hills. Since the ban on hunting was issued, villagers who made a living by hunting began to open up these lands and plant grains and vegetables. Now it's September, the busy farming season, every household is rushing to harvest the crops in the fields so that they can hurry up and sow seeds.
"Sixth Uncle, I've come to see my younger brother and sister... is there anything I can help with?" Hou Xiu hastily made an excuse, feeling guilty. The village chief, although being brothers with her father-in-law, had always been strict and upright, looking down on people with improper behavior. If he knew that she had advised her younger brother and sister to marry Hou San, it would definitely not end well.
The village chief Su Weitang obviously didn't believe it and looked at Su Qing, "Qing, you say."
Su Qing looked at the second aunt Wang Qiao Ying who was following behind the village head, with a worried and anxious expression, and immediately understood why the village head had come over at this time. She then put on a confused expression.
"Old lady led a group of people to say that Hou San from the neighboring village is willing to pay for my brother's medical treatment, but the condition is that my mother must marry him. Sixth Master, can he really cure my brother's illness?"
Su Qing's words were not false, but just reversing the order, the meaning was completely different.
The village head glared at Hou Xiu fiercely. "You're their aunt, but instead of helping, you're pushing them to death."
Su Qing's father Su Aiguo is the third child in his family, with an older brother Su Honggui and a younger sister Su Mei living in Beijing. The rest are paternal cousins.
"Sixth Uncle, I'm also kind-hearted, they took out 200,000 yuan for the child's medical treatment, 200,000..."
Su Wei Tang was so angry that his beard was trembling, and Hou Xiu was still talking about the 200,000 yuan.
"Hurry back home and get to work, stop making a scene here." Su Qing's uncle, Su Honggui, suddenly walked into the courtyard, just in time to hear this sentence, his face darkening as he scolded Hou Xiu.
Hou Xiu was publicly scolded by her husband, feeling utterly humiliated, she pointed at Su Honggui's nose and cursed, "You dare to yell at me like that, you'll regret it..." She scolded him loudly for a while, mostly saying that since following Su Honggui, she had suffered hardships and bitterness, not to mention helping outsiders, only to be scolded by him in return. After finishing, she turned her plump body around, crying as she rushed out of the courtyard gate.
Hou Xiuyi left, and several women from the village, including those from Houzhuang, also walked away with embarrassed faces under the displeased gaze of the village head.
Su Honggui's old face turned red and green at this time, and he also lifted his legs and walked away.
"A big man, can't even handle his own wife, useless!" Su Weitang gazed in the direction Su Honggui had left, knocking his pipe against the wall as he cursed.
A farce of forced marriage seems to have ended, and the people in the yard have also dispersed.
Just before Su Weidao left, he anxiously reminded them: "This Hou San, be more careful in the future..."
Su Qing knew what Liu Ye was worried about. Hou San was from the neighboring Hou Village, and his ancestors were bandits. Later, he heard that the wind direction was not good, so he withdrew in time. Relying on his accumulated family wealth and connections, he started a transportation company. With his reputation on the road, he almost monopolized all the routes around the county town. What kind of person is someone who has mixed with bandits? If they have already come to propose marriage, will they give up after being rejected?
Second Aunt Wang Qiao Ying walked over and said to Zhang Shu Yu, "When I went out, I saw Hou Xiu leading a group of people over. I knew it wasn't good news, so I called your father-in-law over. Don't blame me for being nosy. This Hou San is not a good person. It's said that his wife couldn't take his beatings every few days and poisoned herself to death. You can't just think about the child and ignore everything."
Erniang and Su Qing's family, although they were only relatives by marriage, treated them much better than Dabo's family, especially after Su Aiguo passed away, Erniang's family helped out even more.
Zhang Shuyu couldn't help but know Wang Qiaoying's good intentions. He thanked her and sent her off to the door.
Mother went to see her aunt, Su Qing returned to her own room, closed the door, sat on the bed, stroking the closed lotus pattern on her right wrist, at first glance, she thought it was a tattoo, but if she looked closely, the closed flower bud seemed to grow out of Su Qing's flesh, as if it would bloom at any moment.
Su Qing looked around and then suddenly disappeared into the house with a flicker of her mind.
Opening his eyes again, as expected, the surroundings were no longer the familiar room decorations, but a vast expanse of empty land, about an acre in size, bare and without any vegetation. The only existing object was a small bamboo hut not far away.
Pushing open the door of the bamboo house and walking in, the first thing that catches my eye is a portrait hanging on the wall in the center of the room, depicting a middle-aged man with an elegant demeanor wearing ancient long robes.
Su Qing thought that this might be the Master Qianlianzi of the Green Lotus Sect mentioned in the information given during the space inheritance. He immediately knelt down on both knees, respectfully performed the three bows and nine knocks of the ceremony to pay respects to his master, before standing up again.
Walked to the front desk, picked up a stack of books on it, and flipped through them one by one. The "Nourishing Spirit Method" and the "Golden Needle Secret Manual" were placed separately in a wooden box, presumably being important inheritances of this school. The rest were mostly books about herbal recognition and disease diagnosis.
As she saw this, she suddenly remembered that after being shot, she thought it was the end of her miserable and guilty life. Who would have thought that her soul would return to when she was thirteen years old, and unexpectedly obtain the inheritance of Qinglian space on her way back.
According to the information passed down, the Qinglian Gate's kung fu is only suitable for practitioners with a Tianling body, which means they can absorb and utilize the natural spiritual energy from heaven and earth. Therefore, spatial inheritance is not something that anyone can obtain, but rather it requires the space itself to choose its master. And such Tianling bodies are extremely rare, perhaps not even one in several hundred years.
Su Qing is one of those rare celestial spirits!
Thinking of this, Su Qing had some doubts. Was her rebirth related to the space? In other words, was it because of the space's effect that she could be reborn again?
For a while, Su Qing threw away these thoughts and focused on studying the books on the bookcase. Most of them were written on silk, which seemed to be from a long time ago. However, one of them was made of paper, which caught Su Qing's attention.
Has modern people also been passed down? Out of curiosity, Su Qing carefully looked at it and later found out that it was a handwritten note.
It is known from the above content that this notebook was indeed the previous owner of space inheritance, but not a modern person as Su Qing thought, but a dynasty living more than 200 years ago.
According to the rules of succession of Qinglian Sect, although he had become a disciple more than 200 years earlier than himself, he could only be called "Shixiong" (senior brother).
The notebook not only told the story of this brother's life, his experiences and innovations in medicine, but also revealed a shocking message on the last page that made Su Qing's heart tremble with fear.
