I can return to the age of mysterious-Chapter 51 - 0 Awakening_1

Chapter 51: 051 Awakening_1

Chapter 51: 051 Awakening_1

“What did you just say?! Is it for real or not?!”

In the courtyard, a scrawny old man with a mountain goat’s beard stares at Lixia in shock: “You can’t joke about this kind of news!”

Lixia, being prepared for this, immediately opens the black wooden box in her hands, revealing four Orchid Heart Grasses placed inside.

“!!!”

The goat-bearded old man’s eyes widen instantly, first glancing at Lixia, then bending down excitedly and somewhat out of breath.

He picks up a pot of Orchid Heart Grass to examine it in the sunlight.

Lixia watches from the side, thinking how familiar this scene seems. It was like her exact reaction when Li Wei first took out the Orchid Heart Grass. However, she could understand why — a source of Orchid Heart Grass was too important for the Wind Elephant Gate sect.

“It’s the real thing!!!”

A moment later, the old man looks up and stares intently at his disciple, his eyes brimming with excitement and irrepressible joy.

“We had the exact same reaction…” Lixia mutters to herself.

Being prepared already, Lixia starts to recap everything Casio told her before her master Oumai even asks.

She explains in great detail – from Casio’s return home to pay respect to his parents, him hitching a ride on the train, to unexpectedly stumbling upon a group of wild Orchid Heart Grass in the mountains, and so on.

Under the bright sunlight, the white-walled courtyard is quite spacious, with some flowers and grass planted around the edge. Goat-bearded Oumai paces back and forth, excitably mumbling to himself.

“The area is over a hundred meters… and the quality is so good…”

He suddenly stops pacing, staring at Lixia: “Your disciple, my grand-disciple, is truly the Wind Elephant Gate’s lucky star!”

“He might even be your lucky star!” Oumai steps forward: “With such a great achievement, you can definitely ask the sect for a Wind Elephant Pill! Perhaps, if you take the Wind Elephant Pill, your long-standing illness has a chance to heal! This is your only opportunity!”

Oumai looks at Lixia with a father-like tender gaze, with a hint of worry mixed in.

“I will go talk to him right away!” He strides forward.

“Master!”

Lixia, who has been silent all this time, suddenly calls out.

Oumai stops in his tracks.

“I don’t want to lie to myself and waste Li Wei’s precious merit. Who doesn’t want to live? I do too! But I understand my body the best… The injury I received ten years ago has reached my core, any medicine I take will leak out in a few days – my fate and my martial arts have already been severed…”

Lixia shakes her head, seemingly numbed: “Master, don’t waste time and resources on me anymore… I know you see me as your daughter, but I’m afraid my fate is just meant to be like this…”

“Lixia…”

Oumai opens his mouth, unsure of what to say.

“Don’t worry about me, Master.” A sincere, not forced, smile suddenly appears on Lixia’s face. “I’ve already found my purpose for the last phase of my life… That kid is different now, really, he’s not the same as before, I can feel it. I plan to use all my energy to teach him, while I still have the strength to walk.”

“Just like you taught me martial arts, helped me grow, and even saw me as your daughter. He will extend my life, my martial arts, my values. I will pass my Azure Wind Flow onto him and let him continue to develop and improve it.”

“…”

Oumai stands still, unable to speak for a moment. He clenches his fist tightly and then, after a while, relaxes it helplessly.

“I didn’t expect that you have already made up your mind…”

“Made up my mind? Well, I guess so. But I see it as a form of teacher-student inheritance, I’m sure you understand. Isn’t this how the Wind Elephant Gate has been developing slowly for over a hundred years?”

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Lixia hops over to the flower garden with both hands behind her back, behaving unusually like a little girl. She picks a small white flower, smells its fragrance and gently tucks it behind her ear.

Standing to the side, Oumai watches in silence as the Lixia in his sight overlaps with the little girl in his memories. Once upon a time, she was also innocent and childish, laughing heartily and acting like a child. Until that event ten years ago…

That ungrateful traitor!!!

Oumai’s breath inadvertently becomes heavier, only calming down after a while: “So, you’ve decided?”

“Yes.” Lixia nods and smiles.

“Are you sure? This is your only chance!” Oumai thought he has already let go, but he couldn’t help but ask again.

“I’m sure.” Lixia nods again.

“Great!” A trace of an unsightly smile appears on Oumai’s wrinkled face as his goat-like beard twitches.

“I’ll take care of this! I’ll at least get one Wind Elephant Pill for my grand-disciple! Give me the box, I’m off!”

He boldly grabs the handed-over box, turns around and leaves decidedly, he doesn’t look back during the entire journey, only pausing for a second to take one last glance after he’s far away. His old eyes are noticeably red and two tears fall down, only to be wiped away by his rough hands.

“Why do I get more sentimental as I get older? Damn it!”

Further away at the gate of the white-walled courtyard.

Lixia, with a white flower behind her ear, blinks and looks up at the sky. The blue sky today is especially pure, like it could print a person’s soul onto it.