"Let's go into your room and talk slowly, it's a very secret thing, standing outside and talking about it for fear of being heard by the people passing by."

"Okay, father, please come in"

After his father walked into the room, Xu Yichen looked around a few times outside, closed the door when he entered the room, and looked directly at the bag bracelet that Xu Pingqing was wearing

"Look, you're in a hurry, wait a minute, I'll look for it...... Hmm......" Looking at his son's appearance, Xu Pingqing smiled and began to look for it in the bag bracelet.

More than a minute passed, Xu Yichen began to be a little anxious, he wanted to know too much what the three gifts his mother left for him when she left, maybe it was also because he thought that these items might be the only connection between him and his mother, and maybe he could find where she was now through these items

"No, this is the scroll of Fantasy Intermediate Secret I gave you, I'll look for the gift your mother left for you" took out a roll of light cyan bamboo slips from the bag bracelet and put it on the table, Xu Pingqing began to bury his head in search again

Glancing at the light cyan bamboo slip on the table, Xu Yichen focused his eyes on his father, who was scrambling to find things, hoping that he could quickly find those three things

"I finally found it, I've been storing it here for so long, I didn't expect it to be so difficult for me to find it at the bottom" Putting these three items on the table, Xu Pingqing breathed a long sigh of relief

These are all jade pendants, a stone, and a crystallization that emits yellow light? Xu Yichen was stunned for a moment, this jade pendant can be worn as a gift with the meaning of blessing peace, but what the hell is this broken stone and this glowing crystal?

"Father, are you sure that my mother left these things for me?

"How could it be wrong, I remember it clearly, you should have seen this stone and the yellow crystal, you don't know what it is, right?" Xu Pingqing probably guessed why he asked that, so he said it bluntly

"Sure enough, it's my father, but I'm still shallow."

"Hehe, so I want you to read more books at home to understand the outside world, I don't know what the jade pendant is, but this stone is called the Shadow Stone, which can record the voice and appearance of people for a period of time" Xu Pingqing looked at Yichen with a smile on his face and said

"So my mother specially recorded a sound and image for me who is about to hold a coming-of-age ceremony before leaving?"

"Exactly, transfer your abilities to this stone and activate it so you can see a virtual image of your mother you haven't seen in over a decade."

Excitedly picking up the black stone on the table with his right hand, Xu Yichen closed his eyes and began to gather the abilities in his body and transmit them to this through his right hand. The stone in his hand slowly emitted a faint light, and after a few seconds, there was a sudden "bang" sound, and all the outside exploded, and then slowly rose into the air, projecting the picture in the blue screen

Xu Pingqing silently walked to the bed, blew out the candle, and looked at the beautiful figure in the center of the room, who was already very familiar. In the middle of the air, the woman in orange smiled, her elegant jade face was painted with light plum blossom makeup, and her delicate face showed a trace of charm, seducing the soul;

"Mother...... Mother!" Looking at the slightly familiar figure that appeared in mid-air in front of him, Xu Yichen's tears swirled in his eyes, and he immediately rushed over, wanting to hug her body tightly like when he was a child, not letting her leave, "plop", and fell directly through the body of the woman in orange and fell to the ground, Xu Yichen pounced again with red eyes

"Useless Chen'er, this figure is just an illusion, you can't hold her, or wait for your mother's illusion to speak" Seeing that his son fell like crazy, he immediately got up and continued to pounce on the illusion, Xu Pingqing was sad from it, and his eyes began to moisten

After hearing his father's words, Xu Yichen's mood slowly calmed down, wiped the tears in his eyes, and looked at the illusion in mid-air waiting for his mother's words

"Dear Chen'er, when you see this illusion, it must be almost the time for the coming-of-age ceremony" After a long time, the illusion smiled and began to speak gentle words, "I wish this little boy of my family a happy birthday in advance." Sixteen years old, it is the best time in your life, at this time you must grow into a little guy in the wind of the jade tree, I really want to see your current appearance. It's a pity that your mother can't always be by your side and watch you grow day by day because she has a very important mysterious mission to complete. Although I am not by your side, I will always love you and care about you in my heart. This time I will go out for an extraordinarily long time, and I may not come back for more than ten or even twenty years, and I will not even be able to contact you in the form of letters. Ten years ago, you must still be sulking at Chen'er without saying goodbye, and your mother apologizes to you. ”

The illusion in mid-air slowly bowed his head, Xu Yichen cried out like a fountain of tears, his heart seemed to be stabbed by a knife, Xu Pingqing on the side walked over and didn't say a word, just kept patting him lightly on the shoulder

"Mother is a brave person, originally not afraid of anything, but before leaving at this time, I was unexpectedly a little afraid, afraid that after leaving, my lovely little guy will cry, will be unhappy, will become uncheerful, will not become strong, so I hope that after I leave, your father and your Qingying sister can take care of you to avoid these phenomena and have been growing up healthy and happy. You have been kind and compassionate since you were a child, and you will always go to help those in need, which is very comforting to my mother. However, kindness and love are free, but they are not cheap. Your kindness needs to be sharp, and your love needs to be intellectual. Learn to see people with eyes, after all, not everyone deserves them. Many of the truths of life need to be realized after you grow up slowly outside. Before leaving, you are left with two things that can accelerate your growth and provide you with safe protection, remember that these two things must not be known to outsiders, otherwise you will get into trouble. When your own strength is strong in the future, you may be able to see your mother and me with your own eyes. Okay, the maximum recording time of the Shadow Stone is about to arrive, so let's say here, I've always loved your mother."

After saying the goodbye, the phantom figure projected by the Lingering Stone slowly became more and more transparent, and finally turned into a pile of scattered sand scattered everywhere in the room

Large tears were dripping to the ground, and the surrounding environment seemed extraordinarily quiet, bending down and grabbing a handful of sand from the ground after the illusion disappeared and standing up and staring silently. Xu Yichen's palms began to hold the handfuls of loose sand tightly, as if as long as he held them, he would definitely be able to hold his mother's hands, so that he would not abandon himself

After being silent for a long time, Xu Pingqing adjusted his usual good mood and tone of speech, and said softly, "Chen'er, don't resent your mother for abandoning you since she was a child, in fact...... In fact, she really loves you very much, somewhere you can't see, and continues to love you silently in other ways."

Hearing his father's words, Xu Yichen wiped away the tears that were still flowing on his face with his palm, and his eyes, which were gradually dimming, became bright. Gently swept away the scattered sand in his hand, and said to Xu Pingqing in a firm tone: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely work hard to improve my cultivation ability, and help my mother complete her mysterious mission together as soon as possible, and when the time comes, we will come back together, and our family will happily reunite together and never be separated."

"Okay, good, Chen'er, you have this kind of thought, my father is very happy, when the time comes, Qingying and I will go with you to a family of four and happily return to the family" Receiving such a reply, Xu Pingqing nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, it's not too early now, rest early, tomorrow your coming-of-age ceremony will be busy for a day, those things must be carefully kept, don't leak out"

"Good father, you should rest early, I'll send you"

"No, no, your father is not an old man, and he is afraid that I will fall when I go out."

"My father really likes to tell jokes. Okay, then I won't send you, be careful on the road"

A few steps out of the door, Xu Pingqing's footsteps suddenly stopped, and he turned his head to look at Xu Yichen, who had been staring at his figure in the room

"Father, do you have anything else to tell me?" Seeing that he stopped and turned his head to look at his father, Xu Yichen asked suspiciously

"Hmm...... Are you ...... today? Quite stupid" After a pause, Xu Pingqing touched the back of his head and said with a smile

"Poof"

Faced with this sudden sentence, Xu Yichen laughed, who told himself to explain to his father that he was praising others for being handsome, and that his father really thought so, and now that he is good, he has also been tricked, but this must also be a clumsy father who doesn't know how to express himself, hoping that his sad mood just now can be better by praising himself

"Received, I will definitely be more and more critical in the future" Stopping his laughter, Xu Yichen said to his father

With a smile, looking at his son's happy appearance just now, Xu Pingqing's worries finally let go, so he walked slowly towards the north courtyard, which was still far away from here

Watching his father's back gradually disappear from his sight, Xu Yichen turned around and closed the door and returned to his room

Thinking back on the scene just now, Xu Yichen couldn't forget it for a long time. He has always believed that one day, he and his mother will meet at the top of this world

Mother, wait, I will definitely try to improve my strength and catch up with you!