After separating from Mu Lingxi, Mu Xiao walked home in a trance, and just arrived at the door of the house when he smelled a strong aroma of rice, his heart was happy, and he gently pushed open the courtyard door, and saw that a table of dishes had been placed on the stone table under the big tree in the courtyard, and there was faint white smoke rising from the kitchen, thinking that his mother must still be cooking some delicious dishes.

Mu Xiao was about to open his mouth to call his mother, when he suddenly heard the sound of his father and grandfather arguing intermittently in the hall, as if he heard his father keep saying his name, he was curious, and he couldn't help but slowly walk forward.

"Father, I want to think of some ways for Xiao Er, to see if I can give him a chance to cultivate spiritual energy, seeing the two of them happy to come back, my heart suddenly fell into thousands of ant bites, so unbearable. Father Mu Yuanshan said with some excitement.

Mu Xiao's body froze suddenly, although he didn't listen to what his father said, but it was vaguely related to his own cultivation, and he only heard his father continue: "Xiao Er's background is unknown, very pitiful, if he also has some talent, but he ends up being an alchemist for the rest of his life, it is too wronged to him." When he understands the reason for the matter, with his kind and sensible heart, even if he will not complain about us in his heart, how can I be at peace in my heart?"

The more Mu Xiao listened, the more shocked he became, his chest kept rising and falling, and his mind was already beginning to be chaotic, as if he had sensed that something bad had happened to him.

The grandfather who only listened was also silent for a while, and after a while, he seemed to sigh lightly, and said slowly: "Actually, I am not hard-hearted, but even if we spend all our family property now, we can't exchange it for that Enlightenment Pill." After that, I saw the old man pause, sighed again, and there seemed to be a trace of sadness in his eyes, and said, "Even if there is the Enlightenment Spirit Pill, the scattered spirit soup that Mu Xiao drinks, the residual medicine will stay in the body, and the one who can't gather the spiritual energy within a few years is just a waste of a peerless spirit pill." ”

The father punched the table, and almost cried bitterly, "Is there really nothing that can be done about this bento?"

I only heard the old man say: "At the moment, let him learn alchemy in the Cultivation Skills Academy with peace of mind, he doesn't know that he is not your biological child, but when he grows up, it is easy to think of it by virtue of the fact that he is only a month old with Ze'er." It's just that he drank the Sanling Soup, so don't tell him, maybe he will have something to achieve on the way to alchemy in the future, and if he knows about it, he won't be able to see it too much. ”

"It's not your own life, it's not your own birth, it's not your own ......" Mu Xiao's brain suddenly exploded, and he didn't listen to the other words at all, only these four words, like thunder, hit him dizzy.

Mu Xiao kept clenching his fists, his nails seemed to sink into the flesh, his heart was full of grief, there was nowhere to go, his eyes were blood-red, and it was a little terrifying to look at. Just then, Mother Fuduan's last dish came out of the kitchen.

With the sound of "dang", the dish plate in his hand fell to the ground, only to see the porcelain plate shattered, and the dishes scattered all over the ground, the mother saw Mu Xiao's appearance, and was immediately frightened, anxious, and worried: "Xiao'er, what's wrong with you?!"

This is the father and grandfather in the hall who heard the sound and walked out, and when they saw Mu Xiao, they already understood what Fang just said, but I was afraid that he happened to hear it, and his father Mu Yuanshan stomped his feet at the moment, "oops", and regretted it. At this time, Mu Ze also walked out of the room and saw Mu Xiao's appearance, he was also startled, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Brother Xiao, what's wrong with you?"

Mu Xiao shouted at them as if he hadn't heard it, and still froze in place, and at this time his mother seemed to understand, stepped forward, put her arms around Mu Xiao's neck, and put it on her shoulder. Mu Xiao, who is almost fourteen years old, is almost the same as his mother, but at this time, like a two- or three-year-old child, he fell on his mother's shoulder and cried, and kept saying: "Mother, tell me quickly, what my grandfather said is not true, not true......"

"Xiao'er!" Mother hugged Mu Xiao's hand tighter, but kept calling Mu Xiao's nickname, and she couldn't cry anymore.

After a long time, my father knew that Mu Xiao's matter could no longer be hidden from the child, and he sighed deeply and said: "Xiao'er, in fact, you will know sooner or later, why don't you tell everything now, and then walked to the room with Mu Xiao in his arms." ”

Since Mu Ze knew that his younger brother was only a few months younger than him, gradually, he seemed to understand some of the reasons. It's just that my father and mother never mentioned it, and I didn't want to believe it. At this time, when I thought about it, I suddenly felt that Brother Mu Xiao was very pitiful, and tears flowed unconsciously in my eyes. I secretly decided in my heart that no matter what, I, who was my brother, must take care of and protect him. At the moment, he gritted his teeth, thinking that only if he was successful in cultivation could he take care of and protect his younger brother and family.

Mu Xiao followed his father and mother to the room, and after a long while, his mood calmed down a little. In fact, like Brother Mu Ze, Mu Xiao knew that he was almost fourteen years old, and he knew that the age difference between him and Brother Mu Ze was very small, but he didn't want to believe that he was not a brother who had loved him very much since he was a child.

Father Mu Yuanshan sat on the chair and was silent for a while, and finally said slowly in an almost hoarse voice: "Child, now, I will tell you your life experience one by one. ”

Mu Xiao half-knelt on the ground, lying in his mother's arms, did not speak, his mother Fu kept stroking his head with her hands, her eyes were full of pity, in her mother's heart, Mu Xiao has always been better than her own child Mu Ze, it seems that just from a mother's point of view, she feels that this child who has lost his biological parents since he was a child is too pitiful.

I only heard my father continue: "Almost fourteen years have passed, and that day I came back from the city with your mother, holding Mu Ze, who is more than half a year older than you, and amused me all the way, and your mother and I were very happy in our hearts. When passing by the river outside the village, he suddenly heard what seemed to be a woman's cry, and was about to step forward, when suddenly a flower appeared in front of him, and two figures crossed the sky and disappeared. Your mother and I are ordinary people, and I have never seen such a scene, I took your brother from your mother's hand, protected it in my arms, and ran away. But as soon as we ran a few steps, we heard a baby's cry in the grass, we hesitated for a while, looked at Mu Ze in our arms, or turned back, and sure enough, we found you in the grass by the stream not far away. At that time, you seemed to have just been born for about a month, and in your swaddling clothes, you were very cute, and even your eldest brother Mu Ze in my arms was very happy to see you. I couldn't bear it with your mother, and I thought that I happened to have a companion with your eldest brother Mu Ze, so I brought you back and named you Xiao'er. ”

Mu Yuanshan said as he sighed: "Now it seems that the two figures who left you behind that day must not be ordinary people. As for why I left you behind, there must be a last resort. When you come to our ordinary family, I can do very little for you, and now I can't even put you on the path of cultivation. Don't blame us, kid!" said this, and the father's voice was also a little choked.

Mu Xiao listened silently, although for a while, he couldn't accept this series of information, but after crying for a long time, there were no more tears in his eyes. For the two in front of him, he gradually understood that although he was not his biological parents, he raised himself, and over the years, he has treated himself even more, and he is better for himself than he is to Brother Mu Ze. Although Mu Xiao didn't express it at this moment, he was indeed very grateful in his heart, and there would be a little bit of blame.

After another moment, the mother took out a small box from the cabinet, opened it, took out a diamond-shaped pendant, gently hung it on Mu Xiao's neck, and said softly: "Xiao'er, this is the ornament that accompanied you in your swaddling clothes back then, I think it has important meaning to you, maybe one day, you can find your biological father and mother with it, and now it is handed over to you, and you have to go on well by yourself in the future." ”

As she spoke, Mother Fu couldn't help but shed tears and continued: "Xiao'er, no matter when, you are the most beloved Xiao'er in your mother's father's heart, and this will always be your home. Your grandfather did such a thing without telling your father and me, and my mother didn't ask you to forgive him, but he just wanted to do it for you, Brother Muze. If there is an opportunity in the future, your father and I will definitely do everything we can to give you the opportunity to cultivate Reiki. ”

Mu Xiao slowly raised his head, wiped his face with his sleeve, and said to his father and mother: "Mother, father, in my heart, you will always be my most respected and beloved parents, and I will never forget your kindness to me over the years." In the future, wherever I go, I will regard this place as my home and you as my dearest people. Mu Xiao turned his head to look at his father again, smiled, and said, "Father, I know that you love me the most in your heart, don't think about getting that Enlightenment Pill for me anymore, I have learned about it in the Casting Hall, the Enlightenment Pill is very costly, not to mention, if I have no cultivation potential, it is equivalent to a waste." It's good that I'm studying alchemy now, so don't worry about me. ”

After saying this, Mu Xiao slowly stood up, with a calm smile on his face, he felt that so many things had happened these days, and he seemed to have grown up all of a sudden, and the former self who was carefree all day long, laughing and playing was no longer there. He smiled and comforted his mother and father, said goodbye to them, and walked slowly out of the room. When they came to the courtyard, there were still a lot of dishes on the stone table, but after this incident, everyone seemed to have no appetite anymore. Mu Xiao looked up at the night sky, deep and dark, a little starlight flickered, no matter how much he looked at it, he couldn't find the light.

At this time, the mother also came out and shouted to a few people, "I will heat up the food, you can come out and eat again!"

There was a sound from his grandfather in the room, and Mu Ze was still cultivating in the room, but there was no response. Mu Xiao quietly returned to his room, lying on the bed, his heart was full of incomparable pathos, feeling that the important people around him were much farther away than yesterday, and the road that belonged to him was always so bleak, thinking about it, tears flowed out unconsciously.

Mu Xiao subconsciously reached out and touched the prismatic gem on his chest, which was cold and very comfortable. I don't know how much time passed, Mu Xiao fell asleep quietly alone, and the diamond-shaped pendant on his chest faintly emitted a faint light, which seemed to soothe his mind. In his sleep, Mu Xiao seemed to feel that he was cultivating his aura, and together with Lingxi and Brother Mu Ze, he soared in the jungle of Wanli Mudan, and all kinds of strange birds flew by him, which was very spectacular......