Oh no! My grandmother made me shoulder the responsibility for eight households!

Chapter 186 Late-Night Guidance

child time.

The Prince of Zhenbei's mansion was completely silent, with only a few lights and sounds coming from a few places.

Suddenly, Zhao Wuji appeared in mid-air above the gate of the Prince's Mansion.

The old man had changed into a clean blue robe tonight, his hair was neatly combed, and his gaze swept across the entire palace like lightning.

"really……"

Zhao Wuji muttered to himself. Under his gaze, the entire palace was peaceful and uneventful.

But his intuition told him that if he had any evil intentions, he would surely die without a burial place!

As for using his divine sense, he didn't dare; it was best not to cause any unnecessary trouble at this point!

Just as Zhao Wuji was wondering how to get to the bamboo forest of the Prince's mansion, he heard a voice enter his mind.

"Don't listen, don't look, just come over here!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuji bowed to the void and then flew towards the bamboo forest in the backyard.

He had just stepped into the mansion...

"An outsider has entered the residence."

At Xinglin Garden, Lin Chen suddenly paused.

"Hmm? What...?" Chu Yueyao's hair was disheveled, and her fingers were clutching the brocade quilt.

"It's nothing." Lin Chen leaned down and chuckled softly in her ear.

"Zhao Wuji is here, and Lord Guan is waiting."

"Then you..." Chu Yueyao nudged Lin Chen's shoulder, "aren't you going to go take a look?"

"What are you looking at? Second Master is here." Lin Chen took a breath.

"Besides, aren't I... busy verifying 'Madam's sincerity' right here?"

Chu Yueyao blushed and pinched Lin Chen: "You're so frivolous!"

……

Outside the bamboo grove, Zhao Wuji was actually quite apprehensive.

Although he encountered no obstacles along the way, he was constantly on edge, feeling that his life was in danger at any moment.

"Who set up this formation?" The old man squinted, secretly calculating with his fingers.

"Heaven and earth reversed, the five elements misplaced... Is this some kind of formation that a normal person could come up with?"

Those formations seemed full of loopholes, but if he deviated even slightly, the entire formation would change, as if it were alive.

Zhao Wuji muttered to himself, "Lin Chen is hiding his true intentions more deeply than the sea."

He decided to stop thinking about it and straightened his robe before walking into the bamboo forest.

In the middle of the bamboo forest, Guan Yu had been waiting for a long time, without even lifting his eyelids.

Zhao Wuji quickly bowed: "This junior greets Senior Guan."

"sit."

Zhao Wuji sat down on the futon, only half of his buttocks touching the ground, his posture extremely low.

Guan Yu then opened his eyes and scanned Zhao Wuji up and down twice:

"You said during the day that you have inner demons and are afraid of death, so you dare not break through your realm. That's only half true."

Zhao Wuji was taken aback: "Please enlighten me, senior."

"What you're afraid of isn't death." Guan Yu's gaze was like a knife.

"You're afraid that after you die, the royal family will be left without anyone to oversee it, leading to widespread chaos."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuji froze, as if struck by lightning.

Two hundred and eighty-eight years.

He witnessed the Dayan Kingdom fall into ruin several times.

Watching the throne change hands one after another.

There are both great leaders and mediocre talents.

Watching those powerful families rise and fall, they were all eyeing them covetously.

He is still a relatively important trump card for the royal family.

If he falls, the Great Yan Kingdom may not perish, but there will certainly be turmoil.

The royal family is not without people of higher seniority than him, but they are all barely clinging to life and cannot act arbitrarily.

If he hadn't had the opportunity, he would have become one of them.

These matters were top secrets of the royal family, and even the Empress knew very little about them.

A variety of thoughts flashed through Zhao Wuji's mind, and he gave a bitter smile, saying:

"Senior has insightful eyes; this junior truly... cannot let go."

"If you can't let go, you can forget about breaking through," Guan Yu said calmly.

"Land-based immortals demand an overbearing 'I am heaven and earth' attitude; how can you succeed with your indecisiveness?"

Zhao Wuji opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

After a long silence, he finally managed to utter a sentence:

"May I ask, senior, when you broke through to the next level... didn't you have any worries at all?"

Guan Yu stroked his long beard, his eyes gazing at the sky, as if he had seen something else through the bamboo forest:

"Back then, I slew Yan Liang and Wen Chou, passed five passes and defeated six generals. In my heart, there were only two words: loyalty and righteousness! As for what happens after my death..."

He paused, then turned to look at Zhao Wuji:

"If we can't even get past the hurdle in front of us, what's the point of talking about what's behind us?"

Zhao Wuji's mind went blank for a moment.

"I'll teach you a lesson today." Guan Yu stood up and gripped his Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

The knife was slowly raised.

Without a strong wind or any imposing presence, it was just like an ordinary person chopping wood.

But Zhao Wuji's eyes were wide open, like copper bells.

He saw that where the blade had passed, space rippled out like water, and the rules of heaven and earth were led by this blade like an obedient dog!

It's not about brute force; it's about the rules recognizing the right one!

"A terrestrial immortal, who controls the rules, decides life and death." Guan Yu sheathed his sword, his tone as calm as if he were discussing what to have for dinner.

"If you want to break through, you must first understand that you are not asking the heavens and earth to give you food, but to tell the heavens and earth that this food is rightfully yours to eat."

"boom--!"

It was like a thunderbolt had exploded in Zhao Wuji's mind.

Centuries of confusion, entanglement, and fear were shattered by this single sentence.

He sat there, motionless, his eyes fixed on the floor.

Guan Yu didn't urge him, but turned and walked deeper into the bamboo forest, leaving behind the words:

"Three months. If you understand it thoroughly, you can break through to a higher realm; if you don't understand it..."

The second half of the sentence was left unsaid, but the meaning was obvious.

Zhao Wuji stood up abruptly and bowed deeply to Guan Yu's retreating figure.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior!"

This bow, with the waist bent like a shrimp, was truly sincere.

Even after Guan Yu had completely disappeared from sight, Zhao Wuji was still standing there.

The night wind rustled through the bamboo forest.

Suddenly, he burst out laughing, and as he laughed, tears streamed down his wrinkles.

"So that's how it is... I've been doing it all wrong all along..."

He wasn't a royal nanny; he was a royal ancestor.

Do ancestors need to be housekeepers for their children and grandchildren?

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings; what he should do is be the mountain they look up to!

Once he understood this, Zhao Wuji felt a sense of lightness throughout his body, as if a burden of several hundred pounds had been lifted.

He turned and walked out, his steps as light as a young man's.

He was exceptionally talented, but his deep affection for the royal family led him to remain in the palace.

Otherwise, he would have left Zhongzhou long ago to follow in the footsteps of those royal geniuses.

……

The commotion in Xinglin Garden had just subsided.

Lin Chen scanned the area with his divine sense and smiled, "Old Zhao is gone."

Chu Yueyao nestled in Lin Chen's arms and asked lazily:

"Can it really break through?"

"With Second Master personally giving guidance, how could it be fake?" Lin Chen pinched her nose.

"But the key is still up to him. Outsiders can only point it out; he has to kick the door open himself."

"And what about you?" Chu Yueyao looked up at Lin Chen. "When did you break through?"

Lin Chen chuckled: "Me? If it weren't for my wife being so clingy and interfering with my cultivation, I would have broken through long ago."

"Get lost!" Chu Yueyao lightly punched him.

After the two joked around for a while, Chu Yueyao suddenly whispered:

"Actually, Zhao Wuji has had a tough time too... carrying the burden of the royal family all by himself for so long."

Lin Chen was silent for a moment, then nodded:

"Yes, that's why Second Master was willing to give him a pointer. This old man has the Great Yan in his heart; he's not a bad person."

"Then what will you do in the future...?"

"We'll talk about the future later." Lin Chen rolled out of bed.

"Let's go take a shower, I'm all sweaty."

"Carry me."

"Yes, madam, what are your orders?"

……

Deep in the bamboo forest.

Guan Yu did not return to the house, but stood under an old bamboo tree, staring blankly at the sky.

Moonlight shone on him, and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade leaned against the bamboo, gleaming coldly.

"Lord Guan!" Lin Chen's voice suddenly came from behind.

Guan Yu didn't turn around: "My lord, haven't you rested yet?"

"I heard a noise, so I came to check." Lin Chen walked to Guan Yu's side.

"So, does that old man have a chance?"

"Seven out of ten," Guan Yu said calmly. "His inner conflict has been resolved; the rest is up to fate."

"That's good." Lin Chen stretched. "With another terrestrial immortal in the royal family, the Great Yan will be much more stable, and our lives will be easier."

"My lord is still so afraid of trouble."

Guan Yu then turned to look at Lin Chen, a rare smile appearing in his eyes.

"Look at what you're saying," Lin Chen grinned. "I'm just concerned about all living beings under heaven."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

The night breeze rustled through the bamboo grove.

Outside the Prince's Mansion, Zhao Wuji walked onto the street and suddenly looked back in the direction of the mansion.

"Lin Chen, oh Lin Chen..." he murmured to himself, "Who exactly are you...?"

Shaking his head, the old man vanished into the night in a flash.

Unbeknownst to him, deep within the bamboo forest, Guan Yu stood stroking his beard and uttered his final words to Lin Chen:

"My lord, when this person breaks through to a higher realm, he will surely cause extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth. At that time, it may disturb some... old things that should not have awakened."

Lin Chen's smile faded slightly: "Then let them wake up."

"Look at the heavens of Dayan, who really calls the shots?"