"You, you are finally back?" Duan Qingyuan said after a while.
His voice was choked, and tears appeared in his eyes.
Because he was so excited, Duan Qingyuan's hands were shaking unconsciously.
Gu Qingxi was a little confused. Although she and Duan Qingyuan had met several times and received some advice from him, their friendship was not deep.
Even if old friends meet again, there is no need for him to be so excited, right?
"Senior Duan, I'm back." Although it felt a bit strange, but everyone else was so excited, Gu Qingxi couldn't remain indifferent, so she still cooperated.
"Come again, haven't I told you before? I'm only a few years older than you, so how can I be called a senior? You should just call me Brother Qingyuan as you did before. Don't worry about my birth name."
Duan Qingyuan said unhappily with a straight face, but his eyes were full of joy of reunion, and there was no real anger.
Brother Qingyuan? Gu Qingxi looked at Duan Qingyuan and felt even more strange.
She remembered clearly that when she met Duan Qingyuan, he was already a well-known strong man in Tiancang Continent. He was also much older than her, so she always considered him as a senior.
Even though he later surpassed Duan Qingyuan in strength, he still politely called him Qingyuan Tianjun and never called him Qingyuan Big Brother.
I don’t know why Duan Qingyuan came up with such a sentence. Could it be that it was too long ago and he confused himself with other people?
But after thinking about it, Gu Qingxi felt that it was impossible.
If she was just an ordinary monk, Duan Qingyuan might still confuse her with others. But before Duan Qingyuan's death, she had already surpassed him and became one of the most powerful people in the world of cultivation. How could Duan Qingyuan confuse her with others?
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"By the way, you made a special trip to see her this time, right?" Duan Qingyuan asked familiarly before Gu Qingxi could figure out what was going on.
"Her?" At this moment, Gu Qingxi was truly and completely confused.
"Don't worry, your daughter is my niece, Duan Qingyuan, I will take good care of her.
But I am ashamed to say that her qualifications are so incredible that even I am ashamed of herself.
You just asked me to pay attention to her safety and not to give her too much help, so as not to affect her cultivation. I also think that you are too cruel as a mother.
But later I realized that with her talent, there was really very little I could do to help.
Now that her strength is superior to mine, I can't help her much." Duan Qingyuan didn't seem to notice Gu Qingxi's doubts, and said to himself.
your daughter!
Hearing his words, Gu Qingxi's head buzzed, as if a thunder had exploded in his ears, or as if a huge boulder had been thrown into the lake, causing a turbulent wave.
Understood, Gu Qingxi finally understood: Duan Qingyuan had indeed confused her with someone else, and this other person was none other than her mother!
Scenes of long-lasting memories flooded into my mind like a tide.
In her previous life, she entered the path of cultivation as a casual cultivator and became one of the most powerful peak experts in the entire continent. During this time, she experienced countless trials, hardships, and dangers.
But at the same time, I also found many opportunities, and I survived several desperate situations. I also received guidance from my seniors at critical moments when I was breakthrough for promotion.
Gu Qingxi always thought that those experiences were coincidences, or the result of God's reward for hard work.
Until this moment, she realized that there were not so many coincidences in the world. Many times, Duan Qingyuan actually helped secretly.
For example, when she met Duan Qingyuan in a secret realm, she thought it would be a dangerous experience, but it turned out to be a smooth journey. She also found several kinds of spiritual crystals that she desperately needed as she wished.
She thought it was because she was lucky and that the secret realm was not dangerous at all. But now that she thought about it, she realized that it had nothing to do with luck. It was not that the secret realm was not dangerous enough, but that all the crises had been secretly resolved by Duan Qingyuan.
Another example is that a key promotion later was also thanks to Duan Qingyuan's guidance.
Without those guidance, even if she finally broke through the bottleneck, it would have taken a lot of time, she would have missed the best opportunity to practice, and it would have been impossible for her to achieve her subsequent cultivation.
She remembers that Duan Qingyuan casually talked about his many years of cultivation experience, and she didn't notice anything strange at all. Looking back now, she realized that every word he said was actually full of mystery, and she didn't know how many times he had gone through it.
Consider it and refine it several times.
It not only allows her to understand the secrets, but also does not appear abrupt, thereby preventing her from developing a dependence mentality and affecting her future practice.
The reason why Duan Qingyuan worked so hard for her was because of his mother's instructions.
Sure enough, as she had guessed, her mother never really abandoned her, but chose to leave only when she had no choice, otherwise she would not have entrusted Duan Qingyuan to take care of her.
But where is she now, and what was her original reason?
"Senior Duan, do you know my mother?" Gu Qingxi asked impatiently.
"Mother?" Duan Qingyuan's eyes were filled with confusion.
"Senior Duan, you have recognized the wrong person, I am..." Gu Qingxi was about to reveal her identity.
"Boom." But before she could finish her words, there was a sudden muffled sound under her feet.
The entire rooftop began to shake, thin cracks spread like spider webs, and cracks appeared in the barrier.
"Not good!" Duan Qingyuan's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately jumped up, using his hands alternately to create spells.
Within the barrier, countless formations of light patterns emerged, and the dense formation points shone like stars in the sky, making it dazzling.
Only then did Gu Qingxi realize that this barrier was much more sophisticated and complex than he had imagined.
Even with Duan Qingyuan's strength at his peak, it would be difficult to set up this barrier within a hundred years.
It is so difficult to set up a barrier, and it is even more difficult to repair it.
Duan Qingyuan's figure gradually became illusory as his hands continued to play spells.
"What's going on?" Murong Yi asked in surprise.
"Remnant soul, the current Senior Duan is just a remnant soul." Gu Qingxi gave the answer.
Because Duan Qingyuan's attack just now was so powerful, she didn't even notice anything strange. Only then did she realize that he was just a remnant soul.
She finally understood why Duan Qingyuan mistook her for his mother.
The remnant soul has incomplete memory and usually only retains some of the most important memories.
Her mother and her promise to her mother are obviously Duan Qingyuan's most important memories.
"What, this is the remnant soul of Qingyuan Tianjun! Wouldn't it be difficult for him to be reincarnated?" Di Feixue was even more surprised when she heard this.
The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the soul, and the greater the chance of reincarnation after death.