nycdaug Chapter 493 Finding Bing Ao's Mother
Chapter 493 Finding Bing Ao's Mother
Bing Ao continued, "If my mother were still alive and had been driven out of the general's mansion and had nowhere to go, she might have returned to the cave where we once lived."
"Isn't it said that gods are immortal? She must still be alive. We will take you to find her right now." Xie Jinglan said.
"You are overthinking it. The gods are immortal, but not necessarily immortal. How long an immortal can live depends on the level of his cultivation. Otherwise, if he has already ascended to become an immortal, why would he still work so hard to practice?" Bing Ao said.
"That's true, but we have to go and take a look anyway."
Xie Jinglan and Beitang Yuan disappeared in a flash.
It was an isolated mountain, about three or four thousand miles away from Xiandu City.
We found the cave, but saw that the entrance was blocked by rocks. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell there was a cave there.
Xie Jinglan used a wisp of spiritual sense to probe into the cave and sensed the presence of someone.
"There's someone inside."
"Move the stone away to avoid scaring the people inside." Beitang Yuan took off his outer robe and gave it to Xie Jinglan, then used his hidden strength to pick out the stone.
Move a few stones out until the hole is wide enough for one person to pass through.
The two entered the cave and followed the scent of the people inside.
As I walked along, I saw traces of human life.
[Lao Bing, it's very likely your mother.] Xie Jinglan said.
[If it's her, don't tell her about me yet.] Bing Ao said.
If his mother knew how miserable he was now, she would be even more sad.
"We know what to do." Xie Jinglan said.
"Who is coming?" A very old voice came from the depths of the cave.
"We are passing by here and would like to use your precious place to rest for a while. If we cause you any inconvenience or disturb you, we hope you will be magnanimous and forgive us." Xie Jinglan replied.
"Since you just want to take a short rest, please do as you please!" The voice came again.
The cave was quite deep. Xie Jinglan and Beitang Yuan followed the man's breath and walked for a long time before finding a stone chamber.
"Is there something wrong?" A voice came from the stone chamber.
"Old man, since we have the fate to meet here, why don't you invite us in and sit for a while?" Xie Jinglan said lightly.
"Since you two have found your way here, please come in!" said the woman.
"Thank you."
Xie Jinglan and Beitang Yuan walked into the stone chamber.
There was nothing in the stone room except a stone bed, and a white-haired woman was sitting cross-legged on the bed.
[Old Bing, this should be your mother, right?] She saw that the old woman's features were somewhat similar to Bing Ao's, and she had already guessed that this was his mother.
[Yes...] Bing Ao's voice choked with sobs.
"What do you two want from me? Just tell me!" The old woman looked at them with cloudy eyes.
Xie Jinglan walked slowly to the stone bed and looked at the woman. She looked to be in her thirties, but her eyes were empty and she looked very experienced.
I think she has been living here since Bing Ao got into trouble.
The pain of losing a son, being left alone and helpless, I don’t know how much pain he must have endured over the past millions of years.
"Old man, since you know we are here to see you, I will speak directly to you."
"Who are you?" The woman looked at them warily.
"Mrs. Bing, we are friends of your son, General Bing Ao." Xie Jinglan said directly.
Hearing this, the woman became suspicious. "You two look no more than twenty years old. How can you be my son's friends?"
Seeing that she didn't believe him, Beitang Yuan summoned the Azure Dragon Halberd and placed it in front of her. "This Azure Dragon Halberd was given to me by General Bing. You should recognize it, right?"
"Green Dragon Halberd! It's really my son's Green Dragon Halberd." Old Madam Bing stroked the halberd with her hand, her whole body excited. "Do you have any news about my son?"
"We...we met him once." Xie Jinglan considered her words and said, "We are here to visit you at the general's request. You don't have to worry."
"So you know where he is?" The woman got out of bed and took her hand excitedly.
"The general is not feeling well and cannot come to see you for the time being, but don't worry, he will come back one day." Xie Jinglan helped her sit back on the stone bed.
"My poor son..." Old Lady Bing started crying.
"Don't cry yet." Xie Jinglan persuaded her, "We are here to save the general."
Madam Bing wiped away her tears and looked at them again, "You...shouldn't be from the immortal world?"
"No, we are from the Middle World." Xie Jinglan nodded.
"Bing Ao... could it be that they've imprisoned him in the Middle World?" Old Madam Bing was shocked. "No wonder I couldn't find him even after searching the entire Immortal Realm."
"Madam, have you been looking for General Bing all these years?" Xie Jinglan asked.
“My son is in the Daluo realm, with immense magical powers and a lifespan of billions of years. He is immortal and his soul is indestructible.
Over the years, someone has been secretly searching for him, which means he is still alive. "Lady Bing took her hand and asked again:
"Girls, have you seen my son?"
"We met him by chance. Don't worry, he will be fine." Xie Jinglan felt heartbroken for the old lady.
"Madam, we came here not only to see you, but also to find out what happened on the day General Bing was murdered."
"It must be the Shao family who killed him." When the incident of that year was mentioned, Mrs. Bing became emotional again.
"At the celebration banquet that year, my son seemed to know something was going to happen and didn't let me go with him. He even secretly told people that if anything happened to him, I should leave Xiandu City.
Bing Ao brought two confidants to the Immortal Palace for the banquet, but none of the three of them came back. After the incident, the confidants in the mansion sent me out of Xiandu City.
I knew that something had happened to Bing Ao, but they didn't know anything. They just said they had received news from Bing Ao and wanted to send me away.
As soon as we left the General's Mansion, the Immortal Emperor sent people to seal it off, but no one knew what crime Bing Ao had committed."
"No one knows?" Xie Jinglan thought. A general who had just made great achievements had his residence suddenly sealed by the Immortal Emperor, and he just disappeared like that, with no announcement of his crime. This matter was too strange.
"This is definitely a big conspiracy." Beitang Yuan also said:
"The Immortal Emperor held a celebration banquet for his meritorious officials. He must have invited quite a few people that day. Even if General Bing made a mistake at the banquet, it's impossible that no one would know about it in front of so many people."
"The problem lies at the banquet." Xie Jinglan also made a hypothesis. "General Bing might have been drugged in his wine, fainted, and was taken to a secluded place. Then the person behind the scenes murdered him."
"If this assumption is true, then the matter will be serious." Beitang Yuan pondered and expressed his doubts.
"General Bing was the protagonist of that celebration banquet. If he was assassinated in the Immortal Palace, and a person just disappeared out of thin air, the Immortal Emperor couldn't have been unaware of it.
Moreover, the old lady received a message secretly sent back by General Bing's confidant that day, asking her to leave as soon as possible, which meant that General Bing had encountered some dangerous situation.
Also, why did the Immortal Emperor seal off the General's Mansion that day without making it public? This is very suspicious.
To this day, no one knows what happened that day? Or perhaps those who knew the inside story have been silenced, which shows that the matter is not that simple.