Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family

“Hmm!?”

Lu Ping’an immediately assumed an alert expression.

At such depths of the great mountain, where demon beasts left their trails, how could a person possibly appear?

And judging by the girl’s voice, she couldn’t be more than in her teens.

Thus, he immediately took caution, held his breath, crouched down, and used the bushes for cover to minimize any noise he might make.

“Swish, swish, swish!”

Before long, he saw a several-inch-long black centipede wriggling through the sand like a fish, coming into view before him.

The sight of Lu Ping’an prompted wisps of blood evil energy to emanate from the centipede.

Lu Ping’an promptly raised his hand intending to slap the centipede to death.

However, the centipede turned out to be as hard as metal, incredibly tough, and even bit him on the palm.

The pain had barely started when Lu Ping’an felt his entire body stiffen and weaken, unable to move; the corpse soul scent suppressed within him began to agitate.

He realized that this was no ordinary centipede but likely some poisonous insect of a demon beast!

“Gurgle, gurgle!”

Not far away, a fist-sized vermillion toad heard the commotion and immediately leaped towards them.

Seeing this, the black centipede made a ‘swish’ sound and directly burrowed into Lu Ping’an’s mouth.

Even though Lu Ping’an had seen much in his life, this situation was a first for him, and a look of terror couldn’t help but appear in his eyes.

However, what made his skin crawl even more happened next.

The red vermillion toad actually hopped onto his face and began burrowing into his mouth, seemingly chasing after the black centipede.

This scenario made Lu Ping’an, paralyzed and powerless, break out in goosebumps, desperately wanting to struggle but unable to move.

“Gurgle, gurgle!”

Immediately, a sharp pain wracked his abdomen!

He tried to activate his cultivation technique to force out the two poisonous creatures, but his techniques hardly functioned.

“Quack!”

Just then, a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in a pale red dress, with curved eyebrows and a lively, adorable face, ran over in haste.

She looked at the vermillion toad that had burrowed into Lu Ping’an’s mouth and asked with a panicked and worried expression, “Big brother, are you okay?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, little Qua, little Qua, please come out.”

The girl apologized to Lu Ping’an and continued to call into his mouth.

However, the vermillion toad inside Lu Ping’an did not respond at all, fighting with the ironback centipede.

Faced with this situation, Lu Ping’an’s pale face turned purple and red, changing color as he felt extreme pain throughout his body and his consciousness grew duller and hazier, gradually blurring.

“I can’t pass out!”

Lu Ping’an knew he absolutely couldn’t faint and continued to exert all his effort into activating his cultivation technique.

But the pain in his body made his consciousness fainter and fainter as if entering a dark abyss.

“Hum—”

Just then, a tremor surged through his body as if a cluster of faint starlight emerged before his eyes.

“Granny! Granny!”

Seeing Lu Ping’an seemingly about to faint, tears welled up in the girl’s eyes as she called out loudly.

She took out a crystal stone and crushed it in her hand.

In no time, a rainbow light shot from the sky, transforming into an elderly woman with white hair, an aged face yet a spry spirit, wielding a snake-shaped staff.

The old woman looked at the girl and asked with concern, “Miss, what happened?”

“Granny, little Qua was chasing an ironback centipede, which then burrowed into this big brother’s mouth, and little Qua followed it in.”

The girl said urgently upon seeing the old woman.

“What!?”

Hearing this, the old woman looked toward the delirious Lu Ping’an, murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

“Granny, please save him.”

The tearful girl pitifully pleaded with the old woman.

“Miss, the cinnabar toad itself is extremely poisonous, and once it enters the body, this man is undoubtedly doomed to die, not to mention the presence of an ironback centipede wreaking havoc on his organs.”

“And we cannot reveal our presence while we are out here,” the old woman said, her murderous intent receding and turning into a caring gaze.

“But, but… this big brother doesn’t seem like a bad person.”

The girl lifted her head and said softly.

“Miss, looks can be deceiving, and the heart inscrutable. This man suddenly showing up here, and as a cultivator, clearly poses a problem,” stated the old woman, her gaze toward Lu Ping’an still laced with murderous intent.

“Humph!”

At that moment, the starlight in Lu Ping’an’s consciousness grew brighter and brighter, prompting a grunt from him as a surge of strength flowed through his body, and his consciousness returned a bit.

The Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art within him began to operate automatically.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

As the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art automatically functioned, the gigantic axe Magical Treasure he had condensed into his body seemed to be stimulated, its Magical Treasure’s Origin continuously flowing out, subduing both the centipedes and the Vermilion Toad, suppressing the poison and incorporating it into Lu Ping’an’s limbs and organs.

“Hmm, what’s going on here!?”

The old woman saw that Lu Ping’an, under such circumstances, not only hadn’t died but was gradually recovering, his body filled with a terrifying aura.

“Big brother, are you alright?”

Seeing this, the young girl called out to Lu Ping’an with concern.

Then, she turned to the old woman with a somewhat pleading look and said, “Granny, please save him.”

“This is…the aura of a Magical Treasure!? How could there be the aura of a Magical Treasure within his body?”

The old woman stared at Lu Ping’an, constantly sizing him up, her eyebrows tightly furrowed and her eyes filled with disbelief.

Immediately, she placed a hand on Lu Ping’an’s shoulder to examine his condition.

“This boy is obviously only at the Sixth Level Energy Refinement stage, how can he have the aura of a Magical Treasure within him? There’s definitely a problem, absolutely a problem!”

“However, he doesn’t seem like someone who’s here to pursue the young lady.”

“Hmm? This…this child actually has a Magical Treasure sealed inside him!?”

The old woman checked Lu Ping’an’s condition.

When she saw the Magical Treasure’s Origin emerging continuously from Lu Ping’an’s chest, realizing that a Magical Treasure was sealed within him, she was shocked, feeling like a storm was raging in her heart.

One must understand, this was a Magical Treasure!

A Magical Treasure that only Nascent Soul Cultivators could control!

Although this Magical Treasure should be of low grade, at most a Low-Quality Magical Treasure.

But to have a Magical Treasure sealed within the body of an Energy Refining Cultivator was astonishing.

Such a feat definitely was the work of a Great Cultivator!

“This is a Third Rank Talisman, not only is there a Magical Treasure sealed within, but also a Third Rank Talisman!?”

“Could this child be the descendant of some Nascent Soul True Lord!?”

The old woman then noticed a Spirit Talisman in Lu Ping’an’s Sea of Consciousness between his eyebrows, her heart churning like an overturned river.

She didn’t know what kind of Spirit Talisman it was.

But through its form and aura, she could roughly identify it as a Third Rank Spirit Talisman.

It was likely one of the Life-saving Talismans.

For a cultivator at the Sixth Level of Energy Refinement to not only have a Magical Treasure sealed within but also harbor a Third Rank Talisman was remarkable.

The situation immediately made her feel like she was in a thorny dilemma and she dared not kill Lu Ping’an.

After all, with such people, who knew the existence behind them.

If offended, it was highly likely to cause trouble.

She had come all the way to Jiang Country with the young girl to avoid strife, not wanting to get involved in right and wrong.

“The young miss is innocent by nature, and when she returns to her clan in the future, she will certainly face many obstacles and troubles.”

“If this child really is the descendant of a True Lord or perhaps a lucky individual with a great fate, it would be a good thing for the young miss to form a bond of goodwill with him.”

The old woman pondered continuously, the killing intent in her eyes gradually dissipating as she said to the young girl with a look of tenderness, “Don’t worry, miss, I will save him now.”

As she spoke, mana flowed into Lu Ping’an’s body, intending to extract the weakened centipedes and Vermilion Toad.

However, she watched as Lu Ping’an’s cultivation technique operated automatically, refining the Ironback Centipede and the Vermilion Toad, her expression stopping for a moment.

She could see that it was the poison of these two creatures that had stimulated Lu Ping’an’s body, causing his cultivation technique to operate automatically and nourishing his physical body with the endlessly emerging Magical Treasure’s Origin.

If she extracted the two creatures, his current state would cease.

“To nourish the body with a Magical Treasure is indeed a grand gesture.”

After pondering for a moment, the old woman decided to let Lu Ping’an continue refining.

After all, with his cultivation level, possessing such treasures, it was very likely that he was the direct disciple of some True Person or True Monarch out on a trial.

Given that, she would go with the flow and give him an opportunity.

This Vermilion Toad was her young miss’s pet, and if he refined it, it would also mean owing her young miss a favor.

“Miss, I see that the little ‘gua’ and the Ironback Centipede have formed a balance within him, elevating his cultivation level.”

“If we interfere, we might kill him, but if we leave it be, the little ‘gua’ will be refined.”

The old woman said this to the young girl.

Her words were not only for the young miss to hear but also for Lu Ping’an.

“Ah…”

The young girl felt conflicted and pained upon hearing this.

Although she wanted to save someone, she also cherished her own pet.

But after some hesitation, she still chose to save the person.

Hearing this, the old woman couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, feeling that her young miss was too kind-hearted.

With such a kind nature, how would she survive in the world of cultivation?