Ni Lanxin was bought by Shi Wenbing for twenty taels of silver, and he knew at the time that she was carrying a child in her womb.

Because Ni Lanxin was too beautiful, Shi Wenbing planned to spoil her after she gave birth, but now the child was born and she had run away.

Shi Wenbing still wanted Ni Lanxin and felt that as long as the child stayed here, she would return sooner or later, even if not for him, she would at least want to see her child again.

So, he chose to keep the child.

Shi Feiyang didn't object. Whether he took the child away or left him here, there were pros and cons to each option. Keeping the child here meant more worries for him, but it also saved a lot of trouble and allowed him to resolve many karmic entanglements during this period.

He took out a white jade carved bamboo charm and handed it to Shi Wenbing, instructing him to keep the charm with the child, as it could bring good fortune and ward off evil.

At that moment, the Divine Nun Xin Ru also came in from outside and said to Shi Wenbing, "This child is a great source of trouble. Keeping him here will not only prevent his own growth, but you'll also be dragged into misfortune because of him. Only by letting me take him and have him join the Buddhist sect can your entire family remain safe."

Shi Wenbing was very angry, but he still somewhat believed the old nun's words.

Because he had climbed up the wall and seen this old nun in action, a single wave of her hand produced Buddha Light, and indeed, strange misfortunes had occurred around the time of the birth, after all, those two Golden Arhats died right in his own courtyard. He didn't know what to do and could only look again at Shi Feiyang.

In his mind, he was more inclined to trust Shi Feiyang.

The Nine Child Mother Heavenly Demons were more fearsome than ghosts, and when performing their Flying Escape Technique, ordinary mortal eyes couldn't see them at all.

Just now, as he was peering over the wall, Divine Nun Xin Ru had enveloped a Golden Arhat in a Buddha Light, while Shi Feiyang, with his hands behind his back, did nothing, yet that Golden Arhat was subdued, howling and yelling...

He had arrived late, and with the servants calling him because his child was being born, he hadn't seen the beginning or the end, but he had the impression that Shi Feiyang was more formidable.

Most importantly, Shi Feiyang looked young and handsome, gentle as a jade, and although he wore some Daoist apparel, he overall resembled a noble-born gentleman.

Xin Ru Nun, on the other hand, appeared to be a woman in her fifties with short black and white streaked hair, wearing a black kasaya.

Compared to Shi Feiyang, her appearance really was no match; had Shi Wenbing not seen her emitting Buddha Light, he would've dismissed her with a few coins and wouldn't even have let her through the door!

Divine Nun Xin Ru was very angry, but she also knew that mundane people can't discern cause and effect, mistaking the false for the real, and that having deluded dreams was the norm, not worth fussing over.

Shi Feiyang made a suggestion, "My fellow Daoist holds my disciple in such high regard and says he has a connection with Buddhism, so why not establish a small nunnery nearby? When he grows up, teach him Buddhist Law. I plan to construct a small Daoist Temple on that mountain to teach him Daoist Technique, and let him choose for himself whether to follow Buddhism or Daoism. How's that?"

After hearing this, Divine Nun Xin Ru was startled, a sense of alert and a twinge of regret suddenly surfacing in her heart.

She had come here to take the infant as a disciple mainly because she didn't want Elder Kuzhu to become part of Shi Feiyang's followers.

For Elder Kuzhu, reincarnation was as commonplace as a household meal, as he reincarnated every sixty years.

Although this time was a bit different with various calamities erupting all at once, once reincarnated, his Technique Divine Power would quickly return, and it wouldn't be long before he was again a top-tier expert. Such an expert had to be won over to her side, and even if that were impossible, she couldn't let him become Shi Feiyang's disciple.

It could be said that Divine Nun Xin Ru undertook this task entirely out of self-interest, even without considering Elder Kuzhu's future plans; she was just aiming to counter Shi Feiyang.

However, Shi Feiyang's proposal made her realize that he genuinely wanted to dedicate time and patience to cultivate Elder Kuzhu after his reincarnation and to give him a completely different path in life and immortal cultivation than the one he had lived over the past thousand years. This instantly made her feel somewhat ashamed.

She snorted coldly, "I have other important matters to attend to, no time to stay here and raise a child."

Shi Feiyang asked her with a hint of surprise, "Didn't you say he is fated to be with you? Fated to be with Buddhism, yet you won't stay here?"

Divine Nun Xin Ru replied, "He is fated with Buddhism, and he will naturally join it in the future; whether I take him as my disciple here or not is irrelevant. Even if I'm gone, he will naturally enter the fold of other high monks. That's what truly being fated means."

After saying this, she no longer entangled with Shi Feiyang, turned around, and left. Once she reached the gate, she disappeared in the blink of an eye with her swift shadow skills.

Shi Feiyang watched the door where she vanished and gently smiled.

Then, he too left the Shi Family's home and went to a small hill to the east. There, he released the Nine Child Mother Heavenly Demons and ordered them to build him a small Daoist Temple.

The nine mother demons, accompanied by their nine offspring, went into the mountains to gather wood and quarry stone, preparing the foundations and erecting columns.

The nine little demons worked grudgingly, cursing and mumbling non-stop, continuously badmouthing Shi Feiyang, with two particularly vicious ones repeatedly declaring they wanted to eat him.

"One of the brothers said, 'Third Brother, don't just talk the talk. Are you going to take action or not? When do we do it? We're all waiting for your command!'"

"Exactly, Third Brother, just give us the signal, and we'll pounce on him and tear him into pieces. I want to eat his right hand, he always uses that hand to hit my head with the Yuan Yang Ruler!""

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