I Have a Compass for Opportunity

"A year ago, Dr. Bai Xin said she was going back to her family home to visit relatives, and she hasn’t returned since. I had to spend a fortune to invite Mr. Wang over to take care of the clinic."

"Family home?" Liou Yuan raised an eyebrow.

He hadn’t heard Bai Xin mention her family before.

However, the Liou Family’s Ice Vein was a cultivation family. Back then, the Ice Vein hadn’t declined yet, so clearly, his mother’s background wouldn’t be from an ordinary family.

Still, being in the Five Extremes Mountain, Liou Yuan had no information on this at all.

It’s been a year, and Liou Yuan still felt somewhat worried.

He asked Kong Dasheng about some specific details. The plump man knew nothing, only saying that Bai Xin had already sent a message to the Five Extremes Mountain, and his brother Liou Zhen should know.

"So, my elder brother surely knows about mother returning to her family home."

"He hasn’t mentioned it to me, probably concerned about the life-and-death matters with the Liou Family and doesn’t want me distracted."

"But since he’s been informed and hasn’t reacted, I assume mother’s safety is assured."

From his elder brother’s attitude, Liou Yuan deduced his mother’s situation and relaxed.

Of course, he became more curious about his mother’s family home.

"Mother’s never mentioned her family before, suddenly returning must hold some deeper meaning."

"Perhaps my elder brother was worried the Liou Family might do something, so he let mother return."

Liou Yuan tapped his fingers on the tea table.

Asking Kong Dasheng about these things was pointless.

After a brief contemplation, he looked at the plump man sitting across from him.

No need to worry about mother’s safety, Liou Yuan naturally set it aside temporarily and asked Kong Yi, "What about Kong Yi? Why haven’t I seen her in the clinic?"

"Gone!" Kong Dasheng chuckled awkwardly, pointed at his nose, and surprisingly spoke with some pride, "I drove her away."

"Haha!" Kong Dasheng’s response didn’t surprise Liou Yuan; he laughed a couple of times, and his expression revealed nothing of his emotions.

How could he not know Kong Yi’s temperament?

This plump man remarried and had a big chubby son. Kong Yi definitely wouldn’t feel comfortable staying at the Xuanhu Clinic anymore.

With Bai Xin returning to her family, she became the only outsider in the clinic; it’s no wonder she left.

But Liou Yuan refrained from meddling in other people’s household affairs, and although Kong Dasheng was stingy, he truly cared for his daughter.

Even with a new wife, he hadn’t wronged Kong Yi before.

"Did she run away from home?" Liou Yuan fiddled with the teacup, the tea brewed by Kong Dasheng was indeed excellent, fragrant and aromatic.

Yet his thoughts were not on the tea.

He was already contemplating bringing Kong Yi back to the Five Extremes Mountain.

"Since she feels uncomfortable at the Xuanhu Clinic, why not simply return to the Five Extremes Mountain with me."

Kong Dasheng had a son now, so he didn’t have to worry about Kong Yi taking care of him in old age.

Kong Yi’s Four-Star Wood Acupoint, an exceptional talent, staying in the mundane world would be a waste. Now was the opportune moment to take her away.

"A year ago, an immortal adept came wandering into Yan River City and took her away, saying it was Cyan Cloud Temple." Kong Dasheng truthfully revealed the situation.

"Cyan Cloud Temple." Liou Yuan initially thought Kong Yi was driven away but didn’t expect she’d been taken by some cultivation power.

At this moment, he furrowed his brow and softly murmured the name Cyan Cloud Temple.

Liou Yuan was thoroughly familiar with the famous sects of Jiuli State and Jin Dynasty, yet Cyan Cloud Temple was unheard of.

"Not good, that Kong Yi is so naive she wouldn’t know even if she was being sold." Liou Yuan instantly stood up from his seat.

He’d learned of many dirty deeds in the Cultivation Realm over the years at Five Extremes Mountain.

An unknown sect taking away a promising cultivation seedling meant not only taking her as a disciple but possibly other, more sinister uses.

"No need to worry, before Kong Yi left, Dr. Bai Xin had spoken in person with that adept from Cyan Cloud Temple and didn’t stop Kong Yi from leaving."

"Proving Cyan Cloud Temple can be trusted."

Seeing the concern in Liou Yuan, Kong Dasheng repeatedly raised his hand to gesture him to sit down.

In his view, with two cultivators in the Liou Family and Bai Xin being their mother, she’d have a better understanding of the ways of immortals than ordinary people.

Indeed, Kong Dasheng’s years of doing business hadn’t been wasted. Asking Bai Xin meant almost no trouble in Liou Yuan’s perspective.

"Mother married into the Liou Family before our Ice Vein declined. Her insight can’t be ordinary."

"If she says there’s no problem, there certainly isn’t."

Contemplating this, Liou Yuan sat down again.

When he looked at Kong Dasheng again, his expression was no longer as cold as before.

With implied meaning, he remarked, "Mr. Kong remarried on purpose, didn’t he?"

In Liou Yuan’s mind, Kong Dasheng was always a stingy merchant.

But he truly cared for Kong Yi.

Having not mentioned remarriage for many years, suddenly doing so after Kong Yi’s cultivation aptitude was discovered, swiftly marrying and having a son, seemed too coincidental.

Kong Dasheng, his face full of smiles, nodded as if chatting casually with Liou Yuan, "I had no choice."

"As a father, wouldn’t I know my daughter? If I hadn’t remarried, she wouldn’t leave Yan River City."

"She’s promising; our Kong Family has thrived in Yan River City for over a thousand years and she’s the only one with cultivation talent."

"How could I, as her father, hold her back?"

Words filled with pride, Kong Dasheng revealed his method to Liou Yuan.

"When Rou’Er gave birth to a son, I said to Kong Yi, ’Our Kong Family passes down the lineage single-handedly, the Xuanhu Clinic will surely be passed to her younger brother.’"

"I told her not to expose herself, nearly making her overturn the medicine pot with anger."

Speaking of which, Kong Dasheng’s face showed nothing but pride.

Liou Yuan listened with a smile, developing a bit more admiration for the plump man.

"Parents love their children, hence planning long-term for them."

"Mr. Kong’s actions make me see him in a better light."

After discussing Kong Yi’s whereabouts, Kong Dasheng brought up the marriage between Liou Yuan and Kong Yi.

He said that he, Kong Dasheng, kept his promises, and even if they were not in the same sect, they were compatible now that both were on the path of immortality.

Both his mother and himself had no objections to the marriage, so if Liou Yuan had the chance, he could visit Cyan Cloud Temple to see Kong Yi.

"I don’t even know where Cyan Cloud Temple is, why bother seeing anything?" Liou Yuan took a sip of tea, secretly grumbling.

Of course, he didn’t refute Kong Dasheng’s talk about marriage.

Once on the path of cultivation, to progress farther, Primordial Yin and Yang must be preserved, and mortal marriage was merely a joke.

After saying goodbye to Kong Dasheng, Liou Yuan stood at the entrance of Xuanhu Clinic, looking toward his family’s direction but didn’t return.

Now Bai Xin’s gone, there was no longer a sense of home there.

"Let’s visit the Qinghe Division old friends."

After a brief contemplation, Liou Yuan walked towards the Yanhe City government office.