Chapitre 16: Chapter 16: Daddy Stole My Opportunity

The Buddha statue was covered in damp mud.

Xie Jiujiu carefully wiped it clean, then cast a few Dust Cleansing Techniques, revealing the full figure of the statue in a flash of golden light. It was a Maitreya Buddha with a big belly, whose smile was so kind and amiable that it was almost tangible.

Xie Jiujiu excitedly described the situation at that time, "The Buddha statue was buried in the mud and rocks; it would never have appeared if it hadn't been for the collapse. No wonder we didn't find it before."

"Hand it over, let me take a look."

Xie Shen took the Small Golden Buddha statue and examined it from all sides, "It seems unremarkable, but the only special feature is the eyes of the statue, which are very lifelike."

While speaking, his finger touched the right eye of the statue.

Suddenly, an incident occurred as a streak of golden light enveloped him.

Xie Jiujiu jumped in fright, "Dad?!"

Mo Lan was equally shocked, but seeing her husband's peaceful demeanor, not resembling someone under attack, she realized this might be an incredible stroke of fortune and quickly pulled her nervous daughter to the side.

"Jiujiu, don't be afraid, your dad might have just hit the jackpot," Mo Lan whispered to her daughter, pulling her aside.

Xie Jiujiu was initially frantic with concern.

Now, observing her father's condition, it indeed seemed possible.

The mother and daughter didn't dare to disturb him, quietly retreating further away without making a sound. Fortunately, they had set up a Formation earlier and weren't worried about outsiders intruding.

Xie Jiujiu's heart was racing with excitement as she rubbed her hands together, "Mom, did Dad get an inheritance?"

"Not sure, we'll find out when he wakes up," Mo Lan said with excitement, but she appeared more composed than Xie Jiujiu, "However, are you not upset that the opportunity that you painstakingly obtained was picked up by your dad mid-way?"

Xie Jiujiu rolled her eyes at her mother.

If it had been someone else, she wouldn't just be angry; she might have even killed them, but since it was her father who snatched the opportunity, not only was she not upset, she was overjoyed.

Then she thought of something else, "Mom, can those practicing Buddha Cultivation get married?"

Understanding her daughter's concern, Mo Lan couldn't help but smile, "Some can, the lay disciples."

Xie Jiujiu breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good that her father found an opportunity, but she didn't want it to cause any issues between her parents.

While communicating with Divine Sense, the mother and daughter watched as Xie Shen received the inheritance.

They waited for three days and two nights.

For Xie Shen, the three days passed in the blink of an eye. When he opened his eyes again, everything had changed. His daughter, who should have been right in front of him, was now sitting under the eaves with her mother-in-law.

As soon as Xie Jiujiu noticed her father was awake, she ran to him quickly, her little face beaming with excitement as she asked, "Dad! You're awake, how do you feel?"

"My daughter?"

Xie Shen came back to his senses to see his daughter's eyes sparkling with curiosity, "It is an inheritance from a Spiritual Cultivator named Yuanyi, and his lifelong insights and understandings."

"Wow!"

Xie Jiujiu grinned and gave her father a thumbs-up, "With the insights of a great master, you can avoid many detours in cultivation. My old man is impressive. We'll rely on you for our safety from now on. But..."

She glanced at Mo Lan.

Then she leaned towards Xie Shen's ear and asked in a low voice, "Dad, can Spiritual Cultivators have wives?"

Suddenly, the back of her head was tapped by Mo Lan.

Mo Lan scolded her with a laugh, "You're not even grown up, and you're worrying about such things, looking for a spanking, aren't you?"

"Hahaha." Xie Shen laughed heartily.

Xie Jiujiu looked aggrieved, her eyes accusing as she looked at her father, "Dad, you're laughing? You don't even care about your wife. She hit your precious little girl."

"In front of the wife, even treasures are no good," Xie Shen spoke directly to the heart of the matter.

Xie Jiujiu shot him a sidelong glance, "Awoo."

Xie Shen, "..."

Seeing this, Mo Lan couldn't stop laughing.

Xie Shen felt it was necessary to explain to his daughter some basic knowledge that might be considered common in the Cultivation World, like Law Cultivation, Body Cultivation, Buddha Cultivation, Ghost Cultivators, and Demon Cultivation, which all differed but ultimately converged on the same goal: ascension.

Buddha Cultivation was a distinctive practice.

Did it mean one must purify their senses and abstain from women?

"Naive!"

Xie Shen's face took on an expression of profound wisdom, "Perhaps it's not about having no women, but that they are more adept at playing the game?"

For example, nurturing the Buddhist Holy Woman?

Or going to the Mortal Realm to save sentient beings, where meeting a beauty meant delivering them from a trial of love. Especially the last part, which was not rare in the Cultivation World. It's said that all Buddhists who achieved enlightenment had to go through a trial of love.

Xie Jiujiu had her worldview refreshed.

Mo Lan sternly glared at her husband, "She's still a child, what are you teaching her? Don't you think before you speak?"

"I'm just clarifying her doubts," Xie Shen said with a placating smile, "If I don't explain it to her clearly, she'll stay worried about us. Speaking of which, it's quite lucky to have received the inheritance…"

Yuanyi, the Spiritual Master, had fallen in the ultimate battle against the Demon Clan, going to the battlefield with the heart of certain death. Not wanting his legacies to be lost, he sealed his main cultivation technique, the "Ancient Heartless Sutra," and all of his life's insights into the eyes of the Buddha statue, which he sent back to the Sect using a Technique.

The Buddha statue fell to the back mountain, buried deep in the earth, and by a twist of fate was never discovered by anyone.

And Spiritual Cultivation was not the same as Buddha Cultivation.

Spiritual Cultivation is a branch of Buddhism with distinct cultivation techniques and methods.

Buddha Cultivation is about compassion, sympathizing with all beings, focusing on cultivating virtue, where only those with completed virtues can become a Buddha on the spot.

Spiritual presents the utmost wisdom, it is stillness.

A peaceful heart, simple and flawless, returning to the true self. Only by penetrating that can one transcend and ascend to immortality.

Putting it in a more sophisticated way, those practicing Buddha Cultivation often have to travel everywhere to do good deeds, toiling for virtue.

Spiritual Cultivators, on the other hand, meditate.

Without the need to roam, a quiet meditation room is all they require. They can also accumulate virtue in this way, though it's not mandatory.

Xie Jiujiu thought she was being discreet as she sighed in relief.

Spiritual Cultivation is good, very good!

Otherwise, she couldn't imagine her father chanting Amitabha Buddha all the time.

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Chapitre 17: Chapter 17 This is my daughter, the dear one!

They had originally planned to stay for three more days before leaving.

Since Xie Shen had obtained the inheritance and needed to close off and assimilate it timely, the family unanimously decided to stay for a few more days.

Xie Shen went to his room to close off.

Having just made a breakthrough in Foundation Establishment, it was the perfect time to change his cultivation method. Initially, he thought it would be difficult to switch, but it turned out to be surprisingly smooth.

Thinking about it, it made sense.

If Xie Shen wasn't suitable, the inheritance wouldn't have chosen him. It should be noted that in his previous life, Lin Wangchen had inherited the Buddha statue for over a hundred years and had never been approved by the inheritance; it ultimately was destroyed in a battle with a Ghost Cultivator.

Similarly, Mo Lan found that her daughter had reverted to her previous state, no longer going outside to wander and spending all day in the house, either focusing on cultivation or diligently making talismans.

Although the Spirit Talismans were all of the lowest grade, she managed a one hundred percent success rate.

This unexpected discovery delighted Mo Lan, "My daughter, I have raised you for eleven years, and only today I see that you are indeed a little prodigy without compare!"

Xie Jiuniang, "..."

No! I'm not!

The title of a peerless genius felt odd, embarrassingly odd, hehe.

Mo Lan's face was filled with satisfaction.

She finally didn't have to worry about her daughter going hungry in the future.

Seeing her mother like this, Xie Jiuniang felt a rare pang of guilt.

If her mother knew that she not only knew talisman making but also Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Formation, would she be even more surprised?

No, it would be shock instead.

Xie Jiuniang instantly decided to keep her little secrets tightly sealed for the time being, planning to tell her parents after spending some time at the Sect.

After all, as a Child of Destiny, being versatile wasn't too much to ask, right?

Seven days later, Xie Shen emerged from closed cultivation.

After checking out of the rental house, the family set out on their journey again.

This time, Xie Jiuniang didn't request a detour. Whenever they passed through a town, she would first inquire about local specialties, and if she encountered unique Spirit Plants or ores, she would buy quite a lot.

Not only did her parents not stop her, they even indulged her.

If their daughter's supply of Spirit Stones was not enough, they had some themselves.

Xie Shen packed away a bunch of newly acquired Dark Ore for his daughter, "My dear, you're buying so much, are you thinking of selling them at the Sect Market? Do you know how much they're worth there?"

"I'm not sure, but they will definitely be more expensive than the place of origin."

Xie Jiuniang couldn't explain in detail to them, after all, she had never been far from home, so how could she know the prices at the Tianxu Sect Market? Even though she was aware that selling this batch of Dark Ore in the Sect Market would double the price.

Xie Jiuniang further explained, "Mother and father, don't worry, we can't lose out. If the ore doesn't sell for a good price, we can still refine it into Dark Gold to sell. The profit margin is even higher."

Everyone knows that Dark Ore is cheap, and Dark Gold is expensive, but without the refining technique, they can only stare blankly.

Luckily, she knew how!

After saying that, she expressed regret, "It's a pity I could only buy twenty tons, it wasn't good to buy more."

Buying too much would attract unwanted attention; those twenty tons were even purchased in installments. She was looking to make a little money, not to attract trouble.

Hearing her say this, the parents felt much more relieved.

Looking at their daughter conducting her affairs with reason and principle, way better than children her age, the pride in their hearts was immense, though they didn't show it on their faces. That's their girl.

Truly their own flesh and blood!

Little did Xie Jiuniang know, thinking she hadn't purchased an excessive amount to avoid attracting strong people's attention,

She had forgotten that thieves too, come in all sizes.

Not far after leaving the city, they encountered an ambush; it was clearly a group of habitual criminals, with heavy killing intent, having taken lives before.

The bandit leader was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the rest were at the Qi Cultivation Stage, with the majority in the middle phase of Qi Cultivation.

Just by the numbers, with more than twenty people armed with deadly weapons intercepting two adults and a child, the family of three seemed like little lambs in the middle of a wolf pack.

Xie Jiuniang handed an Explosive Talisman to Xie Shen, with extravagant boldness, "Old man, take this and blow them to hell, how dare they try to rob me..."

"Ahem, ahem, ahem..."

Mo Lan was shocked by her daughter's self-reference.

Xie Shen accepted the talisman naively, "My girl, 'Old mother' doesn't suit you; don't say it again, look how it scared your mother..."

Ahem, ahem, ahem!

Mo Lan coughed even more violently.

The range of expressions on Xie Jiuniang's face was hard to describe.

So that's the kind of father you are!

Of course, life was comfortable being protected by her parents, and she was inevitably starting to let loose.

The bandits: "..."

Hey! Do they not exist here?

As soon as they acted, they used a Spirit Talisman; indeed, it was a fatty sheep.

Xie Jiuniang's boldness didn't scare the bandits away but caused each of them to glint viciously and gulp greedily.

These people were doomed!

Xie Jiuniang's Explosive Talisman was not ordinary; it was a second-grade one.

Throwing a talisman out, it may not kill someone in Foundation Establishment but would easily blow up a bunch of small Qi Cultivators.

Xie Shen's tactics were also sly; just as the bandit leader was about to threaten them with a fierce look, Xie Shen gave his daughter a look and took the initiative to strike first, injecting Spiritual Power into ten Explosive Talismans at once and throwing them out.

Detonate!

Boom!

A mushroom cloud rose.

Instantly killing a bunch, and those lucky enough to dodge the first round of explosions couldn't escape the next.

After Xie Shen threw the talisman, Xie Jiuniang followed up with her own throw.

One overt throw followed by a hidden throw, double explosions—who could withstand that?

Mo Lan weaved around the outskirts of the explosion with her sword, sending the remaining two or three fleeing Qi Cultivating bandits to hell.

The bandit leader, covered in ashes and dirt, had just withstood two rounds of explosions with his own defense but hadn't caught his breath before being ambushed by Xie Shen, taking a severe injury.

The bandit leader regretted his actions!

He thought the family of three were easy targets, little did he expect them to be three ferocious wolves?!

But regret came too late!

Eventually, Xie Shen killed him with a sword strike.

"Amitabha, my Buddha is merciful." The little girl's voice was crisp and slightly childish, pretending to be profound, which amused her parents at once.

Xie Shen laughed heartily, "Little monk, it's your elder who practices Zen, not you."

"Oh, Boundless Heavenly Honor."

Xie Jiuniang swiftly ran to help scavenge the spoils of battle, moving among the bloody limbs and corpses without changing her expression.

They collected a windfall.

Disposing of the bodies and erasing the traces, they quickly left the scene.

However, the family of three silently agreed to hasten their traveling pace.

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