Longevity starts from having a daughter in old age

Chapter 387: Chapter 356: Saint_1

“What’s going on? What is really happening?”

Two young cultivators found themselves surrounded by a group of people, demanding that they fulfil their promise.

Right at this moment, not only was the behaviour of these two men suspicious, but those drawing the talismans also sensed something wasn’t right.

This was too much!

Counted casually, there were at least a hundred people.

A hundred Medium-grade Spirit Stones, such a huge loss in one go; even for a Great Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage, it would be a significant blow.

Even a fool wouldn’t make such an absurd decision.

There was clearly something fishy going on here.

But why should it matter to me?

Even though everyone sensed something amiss, they chose to ignore it, focusing only on getting the Spirit Stones.

Some initially wanted to become disciples, but upon seeing the situation, they all started demanding to exchange for Spirit Stones instead.

“Everyone, calm down, calm down! Only the first person in line gets it! I’m sorry for those who came after!”

Thinking on his feet, one of the young cultivators shouted.

“Go to hell! You mentioned clearly earlier that everyone who succeeds gets it! Don’t listen to him! Grab them!”

Someone incited the crowd, and they stripped the two young cultivators clean, swarmed into the yard and grabbed whatever they saw, embodying the phrase ‘there’s power in numbers’.

On one hand, they were in the right. On the other hand, there was safety in numbers. Even if the enforcement team of the city arrived, they were not afraid.

Thus, the chaotic scene unfolded.

It was because they felt justified that they dared to act so boldly.

Everyone rushed in, fearing they wouldn’t grab the good items. Only Xu Mu walked to the wall, fingers like hooks, plucked the stone inscribed with Tao Patterns.

“This stone that can engrave Tao Patterns is not ordinary. Keeping it would mean my efforts aren’t entirely in vain.”

Xu Mu toyed with the stone as he turned towards the exit.

To him, this was nothing more than a farce.

He wandered around until the sun began to set, finally reaching South City.

At this moment, a long queue appeared in front of Xu Mu.

The queue was filled with low-level cultivators, all of them either injured or weak, visibly sick.

At the head of the line, a young lady dressed in plain robes, with an elegant figure, was treating people with acupuncture, using skills, medicine and stones.

From her looks, one could see a resemblance to Mo Wuxin.

This young lady was Xu Tiantian!

She had already reached the Perfection of Foundation Establishment. Being less than a hundred years old, her appearance was naturally that of a young girl.

Several low-level cultivators of various ages were assisting her at the scene.

Seeing these helpers, Xu Mu frowned slightly.

He did not recognize any of them.

He possessed the ability of a photographic memory and had been observing the whole Palace of Pure Heart through his Divine Intent for a long time. If he couldn’t recognize these people, then it meant they were not from the Palace of Pure Heart.

Given the status of the Palace of Pure Heart, they wouldn’t possibly recruit these low talented people.

“So, it means Tian Tian recruited these people from outside.”

These people showed great respect to Xu Tiantian. They did not call her ‘miss’ or ‘master’, but referred to her as ‘Saint’.

“There’s definitely something wrong!”

Xu Mu frowned slightly and did not immediately show himself.

Xu Tiantian grew up in the Palace of Pure Heart, not becoming capricious is already a good thing, from where does she get such tremendous benevolence?

Recently, she was helping Mo Wuxin and Feng Luan break through, so he didn’t have much time to investigate, and also to keep Xu Tiantian off guard.

Now was the perfect time to investigate. He was curious about who was trying to exploit his daughter.

The line kept moving, with Xu Tiantian’s cultivation at the Perfection of Foundation Establishment, healing Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators was straightforward, if not effortless.

Those who received the free treatment were naturally grateful.

Xu Tiantian politely responded to all, even providing some of them with recuperation medicine. Despite being common medicinal materials, they still made the low-level cultivators feel indebted.

The treatment continued until it began to get dark. The crowd gradually dispersed, and Xu Tiantian returned to the Palace of Pure Heart alone, while the helpers went back to their homes in the city.

Xu Mu didn’t follow Xu Tiantian but followed one of the older helpers home, discovering that the helper was just a normal low-level cultivator in the city.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Xu Mu did not use intrusive techniques like Soul Search but followed the helper day and night.

After several days, Xu Mu found that apart from occasionally assisting Xu Tiantian, the helper spent most of his time dealing with his own matters—collecting seaweed to make talismans, teaming up with others to hunt sea creatures, and sometimes, seeking generous female cultivators.

If there had to be something abnormal, it would be that he had an altar in his house, and on the altar was a statue of Xu Tiantian.

It was a common jade statue. Although it wasn’t lifelike, it resembled Xu Tiantian enough to be recognized.

Seeing this statue, Xu Mu held his chin, remaining silent.

Subsequently, he tracked a few more low-level cultivators who had frequent interactions with Xu Tiantian. These people were no different from average low-level cultivators; the only commonality was that they all had statues of Xu Tiantian in their homes, some worshiping daily, others occasionally.

After discovering these unusual occurrences, Xu Mu didn’t confront Xu Tiantian. Instead, he started monitoring the patients who came to Xu Tiantian for treatment.

He found abnormalities once again.

Although these people didn’t have statues of Xu Tiantian at home, they had hung her portraits and performed rituals.

Simultaneously, he noticed a strange phenomenon.

These portraits were not uniformly distributed to them, and they made these portraits themselves within a day or two after they had finished their treatment.

From their mutterings, Xu Mu learned that these people seemed to have experienced a sudden realization, immediately thinking of expressing their gratitude to Xu Tiantian through this method.

Of course, not all of them did it this way, some of them followed the practice after hearing about it from others.

Some called her a ‘Saint,’ some called her ‘Holy Mother,’ and others referred to her as a ‘Fairy.’

It didn’t seem to be a significant anomaly. It seemed that because Xu Tiantian asked for nothing in return, people were merely expressing their gratitude and praying for her with portraits.

However, this seemingly insignificant act was the most unusual.

Although these people were low-level cultivators, they were far from ignorant compared to illiterate, impoverished commoners.

Would they deify someone just because they received treatment?

The current situation, however, suggested that these people were acting almost like average fools.

“It seems like I’ve caught onto something.”

Xu Mu’s eyes twinkled.

Saving people by healing, developing patients into followers, this resembled the religious sects of his previous life.

However, to develop a religious sect among cultivators, this was extraordinary.

“Could Tian Tian be following the path of ancient cultivators? But I have not detected anything abnormal about her, and it’s not something she needs to hide! Things are getting interesting!”