Chapter 24: Contact with Taoist

  Watching Grandpa leave, although I was extremely worried in my heart, but thinking that Grandpa had already become a ghost, I didn't care too much about it. It's not that I'm heartless, but at this moment, my longing for home has reached an extreme limit.

  Never had I been through so much trouble, it's unbelievable how strong my longing for home is at this moment.

  I just want to go home now, back to the kang in my house, watching grandma smoke a tobacco pouch and weave shoe soles.

  Watching Grandpa's figure disappear into the darkness, I turned around and got on my bike, slowly heading home.

  I said my grandma added in the east of our village, and I just came back from Liu Dui, which is the north of our village. So when I arrived at the east of the village, I saw the lights on in my home, and I knew that by this time every day, I should have been back home already.

  Up till now, I still haven't returned home and have no idea how anxious my grandmother and mother must be. At this moment, I saw a glimmer of light, just like the drowning person grabbing onto that lifesaving straw.

  Tears streamed down her eyes and blurred her vision as she walked home.

  Arrived home, pushed open the door, saw grandma sitting anxiously on the kang in the kitchen crying, mom was comforting her beside.

  But Dad is not here, I guess he should have gone out to find me.

  As I stepped into the kitchen, all the fear and anxiety along the way turned into tears, and with a loud wail, I burst out crying, venting my emotions.

  As I opened the door and entered, my grandmother and mother also heard me, both turning around with surprised faces. Seeing me crying so pitifully, my grandmother's heart felt like it was shattered at that moment.

  She hastily came down, trembling all over, and walked towards me. She stood in front of me, stretched out her shaking hands, and said uncertainly: "San'er, is it you? Granny isn't dreaming, is she?"

  And I rushed into grandma's arms with tears, shouting: "Grandma, I miss you!"

  "My dear grandson, you scared Grandma to death! It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!" Grandma said with tears in her eyes as she stroked my head.

  And my mother was also on the side, wiping away tears, seeing us hugging and crying together, for a moment she also put down the stone in her heart, after all, I came back safely now, which is stronger than anything in their eyes.

  After hugging grandma and crying for a while, my mom said: "Okay, let's go inside first, Saner hasn't had dinner yet today, I'll go cook for him. Mom, take Saner inside."

  After hearing my mother's words, my grandmother also wiped away her tears and stopped crying, saying: "Okay, hurry up and cook for Xiaosan."

  She turned around and said to me: "Grandson, follow grandma into the house, tell grandma why you came back so late!"

  Followed grandma into the house, slippers on the kang, holding the white fox in her arms, she told grandma about everything that happened tonight, and also talked about grandpa's affairs.

  Grandma listened and thought for a while, then said: "It's really frightening to think about it. If something happened to you, how could I live? From now on, you can't walk at night anymore, especially not near the tomb area. That place is already eerie during the day because of the lingering spirits, and at night, you still walked from that direction."

  "Grandma, during that period of time, I had a strong longing for home and you in my heart. I was so scared to death, thinking that you could suddenly appear and take me back home. Later when I saw that person, I really thought it was Grandpa coming to save me, you don't know how much I cried when I saw him!" I also poured out my words following Grandma's lead.

  Grandma pulled me into her arms at this time, stroking my head and said: "My dear, if you really can't come back, Grandma will follow you together. Without you, Grandma's life is meaningless!"

  Like this, I was held in grandma's arms, and I held the white fox in mine, feeling warm and safe for a while.

  In a daze, I fell asleep without realizing it.

  Back home, I felt at ease and soon became tired, so I fell asleep in my grandmother's arms. After I fell asleep, my mother had finished cooking dinner and was about to call me when she was stopped by my grandmother. Looking at me sleeping soundly, my grandmother sighed and said: "This child will never have a peaceful life, the world is going to change soon, no one can predict his fate!"

  My mom also couldn't quite understand what my grandma was saying, but she knew that I wouldn't be able to rest easy in the future, so she opened her mouth and asked: "Mom, what can we do? Our family only has Xiaosan as the sole heir, if something happens to him, I won't be able to live either."

  After finishing speaking, tears just fell down. Looking at my eyes, the more I looked, the more a loving and pitiful expression appeared. One heart couldn't help but want to hold me in their hands for fear of dropping me, and hold me in their mouth for fear of melting away.

  "Don't worry, I just heard San'er's words, his wild ghost grandfather is back, with his grandfather around, nothing will happen to him. You'd better go take a look at his dad and tell him not to search blindly, the child has already returned." My grandmother instructed my mother.

  My mom agreed and went out to find my dad.

  The grandma in the house didn't put me down, but instead held me and hugged me tightly, letting me continue sleeping in her arms.

  At this time, I was meeting with my grandfather in a dream, still in that small cottage, Grandfather sat across from me, I stood on the ground, looking down at the soles of my feet.

  "You stinky kid, tell me the truth, have you ever read this book at all!" He was holding the Teng Long Manual, I don't know where he got it from, anyway it was the one in my school bag.

  Seeing that I wasn't speaking, Grandfather came down and stood in front of me, using his book to knock on my head. As he hit me, he said: "You little scamp, you really were guessing correctly. Your grandmother is also muddled, why didn't she urge you? Sigh... Lift your head up for me, today I'll teach you the fundamental principles, and in the future, you must cultivate them well for me. If I find out that you're not diligently cultivating, just wait and see how I'll deal with you."

  After finishing, he handed over the Teng Long Jue in his hand to me. Then I heard my grandfather say: "Now I will tell you about the general outline of Teng Long Jue. You must remember it carefully for me, do you understand?"

  I hastily nodded to show I understood. After seeing my action, Grandpa returned to the kang and sat down before speaking up.

  "Teng Long Jue is divided into nine levels, also known as the Nine Transformations. The Nine Transformations of Teng Long, the winds and clouds of the nine provinces will be stirred up. It means that if you can cultivate Teng Long Jue to the ninth transformation, the entire nine provinces will shake. However, until now, I still don't know who has cultivated it to the ninth transformation, not even your grandfather, I have only cultivated it to the seventh transformation in my lifetime, which is already considered a genius. Moreover, it took me a whole lifetime to cultivate it to the seventh transformation."

  Grandfather took a breath and continued, "However, your life's destiny is extraordinary, I still can't see it clearly even now, but one thing is certain, you won't live an ordinary life. So I want to see the Dragon Ascension Technique flourish in your hands, although I don't expect you to cultivate it to the ninth transformation, at least you should be stronger than me, the eighth transformation, that's all I ask before I die."

  Seeing grandfather's serious face, I was moved and said: "Grandfather, I will study hard and cultivate to the ninth change. I will not disappoint Grandfather."

  Seeing me say with a determined face and such a serious expression, Grandpa was also very satisfied and smiled. He gestured to me to come over to his side.

  After I left, my grandfather grasped my shoulders, looked down at me and said: "My eldest grandson has grown up, knowing not to disappoint Grandpa. Good, good, Grandpa is waiting, waiting for the day you cultivate to the ninth transformation."

  Then it was the process of Grandpa teaching me to practice the Teng Long Jue, word by word and sentence by sentence. I also followed Grandpa's teachings, word by word and sentence by sentence, without once being so serious about learning something.

  But in my heart, I didn't want Grandpa to be disappointed, so I forced myself to listen carefully as he explained the Teng Long Jue to me, and before long, time had passed quickly.

  After Grandfather explained the general outline of the Teng Long Jue to me, he watched me cultivate and let me practice once by his side.

  To put it in grandfather's words, if I can enter the state of cultivation now, he won't need to teach me anything else later on. As long as I cultivate step by step, that will be enough.

  The next morning, I got up and saw that everyone in the family was talking in the house. When they saw me get up, they all stopped talking. My grandmother asked worriedly: "San Er, how are you feeling?"

  "Grandma, I'm hungry." After I said this sentence, everyone in the family burst out laughing.