In the small courtyard.
Long Zixuan and the others were learning how to brew wine, washing osmanthus flowers and steaming them with six types of grains, a process so complex that they were all sweating profusely.
Yun Xi, Zi Ling, and a group of girls were learning how to make perfume pouches, deeply engrossed.
The world outside was in chaos, but within the small courtyard, time seemed peacefully frozen.
At that moment, the Big Black Dog, tail wagging, followed an old hen hesitantly and sent a telepathic message:
"Sister Feng… what exactly is happening outside?"
It was highly sensitive, detecting when the old hen intervened during a major battle outside…
severing this place's connection with the outside world.
Thus, the courtyard remained blissfully unaware of the external turmoil.
Upon hearing this, the old hen also responded telepathically:
"Some little shrimps awoke, that's all."
The Big Black Dog was skeptical, though. Little shrimps that required the old hen to act?
"Hmm… those shrimps, in their past lives, were crushed by your Human Pet, resurrected by a Supreme Sword, and that Little Supreme, he seeks to peer into this world through them."
The old hen spoke nonchalantly.
The entire battle, from start to finish, had not escaped its notice!
"Allowing those beings to sense even a whiff of the village's essence would make them hide for billions of years again… How dull."
With that explanation, the Big Black Dog understood.
This was to avoid startling the enemy.
Speaking of which, the old hen looked up, staring into the distance, and said:
"However, that Little Supreme is probably scared to death now… that coffin has emerged… alas."
The old hen sighed, pecked at some rice on the ground, and added:
"It seems she had laid a trap… waiting for this lifetime."
It seemed to be speculating.
Upon hearing this, the Big Black Dog couldn't help but look towards Li Fan and said:
"Fear not, with the master here, all will be repressed! Woof!"
Meanwhile, Li Fan, idly sipping tea, was stroking a cat.
Xiao Bai lay lazily on his lap, sleeping contentedly.
"Lazy cat… pretty well-behaved."
Li Fan chuckled. Xiao Bai had been with him for over a year now, never going into heat or causing trouble.
Outside the courtyard, the voice of Second Elder rang out.
Second Elder had already pushed the door open.
Mu Wanqing, Yun Chen, and others followed behind, and with them, a strange old man.
As Zu Tiandao entered this small courtyard, he felt an urge to kneel.
It was as if this place was the origin of all creation, the most sacred soil of all.
When he saw the young men and women in the courtyard…
Zu Tiandao's face turned pale with shock; he had seen Wu Dade!
"How... How can he look exactly like the 'Barbarian Honor'?!"
He was extremely startled.
This chubby man bore an uncanny resemblance to one of the legendary Ten Honors, the Barbarian Honor.
This… how was it possible, given that the Barbarian Honor, as one of the Ten Honors, carried immense karma, making it impossible for anyone to look exactly like him…
He had reincarnated?!
Then, his gaze swept over the others, his shock unrelenting, his breathing momentarily growing rapid.
"The one fishing… Martial Honor?"
"The one planting herbs… Green Honor?"
"This girl in the purple dress… Painting Venerable?!"
For a moment, Zu Tiandao's body stiffened, disbelief written all over his aged eyes!
What… What was this situation!
The legendary Ten Honors…
Could it be, could it be that they all reincarnated here?!
But then, he noticed the various animals in the courtyard.
"These… Ten Spirits?!"
And the various plants in the courtyard also made him tremble.
"Primal Divine Grapes, Divine Blood Herb, Ancestral Melting Gold Tree, Kirin Fruit Tree…"
"They truly are the Ten Medicines!"
At that moment, old tears suddenly welled up in Zu Tiandao's eyes as he knelt down, overwhelmed with emotion, he couldn't help but exclaim:
"We've waited… waited, and at last, the day has come!"
At this moment, his heart trembled and surged, barely believing what he was seeing…
"Great Sun Beginning Power, do you know? We have waited!"
A nameless pain mixed with immense joy filled his heart.
Regrettably, Yang Chu and Fire Spirit, along with Mu Qianning, were taken away by that stone coffin, unable to witness this moment…
Otherwise, how happy would he have been?
Meanwhile, everyone in the courtyard was surprised.
What was with this old man?
At that moment, while reviewing lessons with Xinning, Little Heavenly Spirit suddenly spoke.
She stood up, looked at Zu Tiandao, and her big eyes suddenly misted over.
"Grandfather… is it really you? Grandfather!"
Little Heavenly Spirit cried as she ran over and plunged into Zu Tiandao's arms.
"Grandfather, Ling'er has missed you so much, so very much…"
"Whimper, you've finally come to find Ling'er…"
Seeing this scene, everyone was taken aback; this old man… was Little Heavenly Spirit's grandfather?
That meant he was… Zu Tiandao!
Li Fan also suddenly realized; he had been wondering why the old man had burst into tears upon entering, repeatedly saying he had waited for this day…
It turned out to be the day he reunited with his granddaughter!
He couldn't help but feel a rush of mixed emotions, seeing the old man must have undergone immense hardships, nearing the end of his days!
Separated from his granddaughter, how heart-wrenching it must have been for an old man!
No wonder he was so moved and burst into tears at the sight of his granddaughter.