Chapter 138: Coming Back to Life

Lying flat in his courtyard with dark lines tracing across his face after being slapped all the way back to his own home, Yu Zidu realized that his master was truly unreliable, actually sending him flying back with a single palm strike.

However, the state of his family estate... well, it was quite a sight to behold!

Overgrown with weeds, he couldn't even find a place to put his feet. Fortunately, the structures themselves remained just as they had been originally.

All he needed to do was clear away the weeds and give the house a thorough cleaning inside and out. Once that was done, he could finally go and bring his mother and the others back.

Only, he had no idea where his mother and the rest of them were now, nor whether they had lived well over all these years. It was all his fault in the beginning.

"Well, well, the brat is back?" The voice sounded somewhat wretched, but carried an overwhelming sense of danger.

Yu Zidu snapped up from the ground, scanning his surroundings with utmost vigilance, yet he spotted nothing.

"Fool, right above your head. How is it that after all these years, you're still just as stupid?" Fang He dropped down with an expression of utter disdain, delivering a swift kick straight to Yu Zidu's backside.

Right on cue, Yu Zidu was sent flying back to the exact spot where he had originally landed. With dark lines covering his face once more, he looked up at his maternal grandfather—that thoroughly unrespectable grand master of divination.

"What are you staring at? Don't recognize me or something? Hand over the item A-Zheng gave you for me. Why are you still so dim-witted?" Glaring irritably, Fang He reached out and snatched the dark jade pendant straight from him.

He examined it closely in his palm before letting a single drop of his own blood fall onto it. Instantly, the dark jade shifted colors.

A blood jade?

That shameless scoundrel, Yezheng, had actually been willing to part with his blood jade and give it to him?

This was truly a marvel. That shameless fellow had actually kept his word; the blood jade was finally his! Ha哈哈哈!

"Get up and help me tidy this place up, then I'll take you to bring your mother and the others back. Don't you miss them?" Fang He suddenly turned serious, turning around to clear away the weeds in the courtyard using spiritual energy.

This was his daughter's home, the place where she had lived for a very long time. If not for that bastard Yezheng, his daughter wouldn't have suffered so bitterly all these years.

He wanted to restore this place to its original state for his own flesh and blood. He wanted to go and welcome his daughter back to her rightful home as a father.

As for himself, now that this matter was concluded, it was high time he went looking for that stubborn, thick-headed sworn brother of his.

He wondered how things stood between him and that girl from the Chu family. Would the Chu family girl reject him now? Would she have already chosen to let go? If so, that would truly be wonderful.

If he could not find the person of his heart, that madman Yezheng shouldn't hope to have her either. The two sworn brothers would simply remain lifelong bachelors together.

Yes, lifelong bachelors—that was the term those young folks in the mortal realm used.

"Grandfather, are Mother and the others doing well?" Watching the man who sighed continuously while working, Yu Zidu felt a growing unease in his heart.

"They're alive!" Those two simple words actually spoke volumes.

The guilt and remorse in Yu Zidu's heart instantly deepened. It was all his fault; he was the one who had failed his family.

"None of this is your blame. It was all orchestrated by that shameless master of yours, so you don't need to blame yourself." Fang He didn't elaborate further, simply continuing the work in his hands. Some things, once past, no longer needed to be brought up.

"Master? What does this have to do with Master? Isn't this entirely my fault?" Yu Zidu was puzzled. What did this have to do with his master? He had been the one foolish enough to trust Gu Mojing blindly, which was why he had made such a grave mistake.

"What do you know, you little punk? When I say it's him, it's him! Talk back again and I'll slap you into next week!" Fang He roared fiercely. His daughter was so much more lovable; this grandson of his was simply brain-damaged.

His granddaughter was well-behaved too, and he liked her as well. Truly, his daughter and granddaughter were the best.

Hearing his grandfather curse him, Yu Zidu wisely chose to keep his mouth shut. The more he spoke, the more mistakes he would make.

Otherwise, he might actually get a beating shortly. In his grandfather's eyes, only his daughter existed, and absolutely no one else.

Case in point, back when his father was courting his mother and his grandfather found out, if his father hadn't possessed an exceptionally tenacious life, he literally would have been struck dead by the heavenly lightning summoned by his grandfather.

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"Zidu? My son, you've finally come back! Mother has missed you so much!" Looking at her healthy son standing before her, Fanghua lost control of her emotions, pulling Yu Zidu into a tight embrace as she wept bitterly.

"Dad, is this guy really my older brother?" Yu Zifang watched with twitching lips. Her brother looked rather lacking in intelligence!

"Indeed, his IQ is worrying. Back then, I shouldn't have let your mother give birth to him." Yu Qiuming chatted unconcernedly with his daughter right beside them, making Yu Zidu's face turn as dark as the bottom of a cooking pot.

"I say, the two of you, could you possibly talk behind my back next time? It's terribly awkward for everyone when you do it right to my face." Breaking away from his mother's embrace, Yu Zidu stared at the two of them with a wretched expression.

"The reason I came back is because my Master has come back to life. He sent me back, though he himself had matters to attend to and couldn't come."

"Master also said that we should move back in here, restore everything to the way it used to be, and that he will come back to check on you all when he has free time."

"And Grandfather, Master said that once you're done with your business, you should go look for him. He told you to focus on proper matters and stop trying to muscle in on other people's business down by the city wall when you have nothing better to do."

"Oh right, Master also told Grandfather to... to try and have some shame."

After rattling off a long string of words, Yu Zidu's voice grew softer and softer, especially toward the end. He had a strong premonition that he was about to get a sound thrashing.

Sure enough, the moment he finished speaking, the heavenly lightning summoned by his grandfather came crashing down directly toward him.

Yu Zidu felt quite aggrieved. All of this was simply a message his master had asked him to relay—why was his grandfather hitting him? Shouldn't he go settle accounts with Master instead?

His master had been reborn and could easily go pick a fight with him right now; why take it out on a weak, pitiful, and helpless child like him?

Adults should settle their own affairs among themselves using whatever means they pleased, so why drag an innocent child into it?

"Since your family is reunited again, I should go find A-Zheng. You all go on and live your lives properly!" Fang He looked at his daughter and granddaughter with some reluctance, but ultimately chose to go track down that bastard Yezheng.

Before leaving, he handed all his accumulated worldly possessions over to Fanghua, gave her a long list of instructions, and then departed with lingering reluctance.

Tracing the faint aura of Yezheng lingering on the blood jade, Fang He immediately teleported away, determined to track down Yezheng in the shortest time possible.

At that moment, Gu Zhiheng was still leading everyone drinking and celebrating in the southeastern courtyard. Tonight, the entire place had been cleared out exclusively for their own group, allowing them to drink to their heart's content.

When Fang He arrived, he confirmed that there were very few people around Yezheng, and all of them were Yezheng's own men, so he directly teleported right into their midst.

Seeing what they were up to, he stared at Yezheng with dark lines across his face. This bastard was living quite a carefree life after his rebirth.

"Let me introduce myself: Yezheng's older brother, the founding master of divination, Fang He!" With that, he unceremoniously seated himself right beside Yezheng, formerly known as Gu Zhiheng.

"I go by Gu Zhiheng now. You're tens of thousands of years older than me; I don't want an old fogey like you as an older brother." Frowning in disgust, Yezheng shifted his seat slightly and shoved a jar of wine toward Fang He.

"Changing your name and all—aren't you afraid your stingy father will strike you dead with lightning?" Just as Fang He finished speaking, a deafening rumble of thunder crashed outside.

Immediately following that, everyone present stared at Fang He with identical dark lines on their faces. This guy was a walking jinx!