CHAPTER 606: 606 SAD

"Let’s go, let’s have a look over there." He put away the stone and walked ahead, determined to see if there was anything special about the house. Could it also be an illusion?

Originally thought the array had been broken, but it turns out it was still far from it.

"Dad, is this our home? Dad, are we going home?" Qi Hong suddenly spoke.

Tan Shaoting turned back to glance at his second son. The child had now entered the illusion realm.

He wanted to pull Qi Hong back, but took no action.

This time, he held him back, but what about next time? In the future? What should he do?

Qi Yan held Qi Hong’s hand.

Qi Wen grabbed Qi Hong’s other hand.

"Qi Hong, do you think this is our home?"

Qi Hong nodded, "Dad, this is our home. I want to go in and find Mom."

He pulled his brother and sister, bypassed their dad, and ran toward the house.

Tan Shaoting followed closely behind the three children.

The four of them pushed the door open and entered. Inside, there was nothing but mirrors, meaning they could see themselves from all angles.

Qi Hong suddenly looked at a mirror and burst into tears.

"Mom, Mom, I’m here, we’re here. Mom, when are you coming to pick us up?"

Tan Shaoting watched as all three children stared at the mirror, tears flowing.

He listened to the heart-wrenching cries of the children. His eyes turned red because of this, and he also saw Su Yuanyuan in the mirror.

Now his tears couldn’t be controlled. Being apart from his wife for so long, he knew she must be heartbroken, despite having three children with him, but she only had herself.

And she surely wouldn’t completely believe that the four of them were safe.

What they saw was Su Yuanyuan saving the leader and the scene of being blown away by the explosion.

Tan Shaoting originally tried not to break down in front of the children, but seeing this scene, he cried out loud, "Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan.

This isn’t real, this isn’t real."

The three children cried even more heart-wrenchingly. After entering the cultivation world, they were no longer the little children who snuggled in their mom’s arms; they had seen life and death.

Seeing their mom being blown away and falling to the ground, they rushed emotionally towards the mirror.

Tan Shaoting pulled them back from behind.

But Qi Wen managed to run away. She dashed towards the mirror. All the scenes disappeared.

Qi Wen banged on the mirror, crying and calling for their mom.

The four of them now cried in the mirror-filled room, oblivious to everything else.

The two boys also broke free from Tan Shaoting’s grasp and rushed to the mirror. But now there was nothing.

Tan Shaoting sat dumbly on the ground, knowing that what they saw just now must have been real. Because he saw the leader, Zeng Zhenqing, and the one who harmed him.

That scene must have been a trial, with his wife avenging him.

He had no idea how she was now. Tan Shaoting constantly prayed in his heart, wishing for his wife to be safe. Even if it meant exchanging his own life.

Suddenly, Tan Shaoting spat out a mouthful of blood. Looking at the blood in his hand, he suddenly smiled.

"Heaven above, I, Tan Shaoting, am willing to exchange anything of mine, even my life, for my wife Su Yuanyuan’s peace."

After these words, he spat out three more mouthfuls of blood, but his smile grew even bigger.

He wasn’t injured, yet he spat blood. This must mean heaven accepted his plea, and his wife would be okay.

"I’m begging you. Can you let me send the three children back? Even if it means I can only see her for a moment before dying, I just don’t want to die in front of her."

After these words, nothing special happened.

Tan Shaoting was not willing to give up, this time kneeling directly, repeatedly knocking his head on the ground, saying the same words, but still no response.

Tears flowed continuously. From the day he could remember, he thought of himself as a man, a man who wouldn’t easily cry. But now he didn’t care about any man’s dignity. No matter what he was asked to do now, as long as he could return to his wife with the children.

The children leaned on the mirror, crying, filling the small space with sadness. The crying was so powerful that even the coldest heart would be moved.

When the children were tired, seeing their father’s actions behind them, the three of them ran to Tan Shaoting’s side, kneeling beside him. They, too, started knocking their heads on the ground.

Tan Shaoting didn’t care about anything now. His forehead was already red from knocking on the mirror, but he didn’t stop.

The three children did the same. Even though they had practiced cultivation, they were still young, and soon their foreheads were red too.

The blood on Tan Shaoting’s hands smudged the ground. Tears mixed with blood were absorbed by the mirror.

Suddenly, the environment changed. There was no house, nor countless mirrors. Instead, in front of Tan Shaoting, there was just a copper mirror.

Floating in front of him, it disappeared in an instant.

Tan Shaoting stopped, knowing that the mirror had entered the space.

He summoned it, looking at the mirror in his hand. He tried to probe it with his Divine Sense, but there was no response at all.

He tried many methods, but none worked.

In the end, he had no choice but to put away the mirror.

The three children climbed to Tan Shaoting’s side. He embraced them.

"Alright, let’s keep trying." He didn’t have anything else to console them with. The children would face many things in the future. Better let them adapt on their own.

"Dad, I want to go in." Qi Yan said softly.

Qi Hong and Qi Wen both nodded.

"Okay."

After putting away the three children, he looked around in a daze, wondering if they had truly come out of the illusion realm this time?

Because he discovered many spiritual medicines. Though not precious, they were old. So, he picked them, converting them into spirit stones, enough for their practice for a while.

He kept walking forward, but his mood was very low.

His mind kept replaying the scene of his wife being blown away.

He couldn’t feel the pain in his heart anymore; it was so numb that there was no sensation.

But he had to keep moving forward, as he wanted to traverse the entire secret realm, and see if he could find a way back.

"Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist ahead, please wait a moment."

Tan Shaoting wanted to know the news, so he stopped.

"Fellow Daoist, is there something you need?"

"Fellow Daoist, are you alone?"

"What’s the matter?"

"I am also alone, fellow Daoist. Let’s go together, since arriving here, I haven’t seen any living person."

Tan Shaoting now understood, this person also had no information.

"I’m sorry, fellow Daoist, I’m not alone, there are three little ones with me."

"I see, then I won’t bother you. But fellow Daoist, have you encountered anyone else?"

Tan Shaoting shook his head, "You are the first person I’ve met since I came in."