A Dream of Transmigration - Chapter 109
Finally, with the tenderness a mother should have, she carefully examined him, her slender, pale hand slowly caressing his perfect, jade-like face.
He lowered his head: "Mother."
“Hmm,” Madam Su tugged at his clothes, which were already so neat they didn’t need any more tidying, and said softly, “My son and I have been separated for twenty-two years, and Lan’er has grown up to be so handsome, just like your father.”
After she finished speaking, she chuckled softly.
“Now that my son has the Five-Colored Moon Stone,” he suddenly looked up, “and has a mother, we can go together.”
She simply looked at him quietly, a smile on her face, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
for a long time.
She suddenly turned around, walked to Master Zixu and the others, and bowed deeply: "My son and I have finally been reunited after twenty-two years, thanks to all of you Taoist masters."
The three immediately returned the greeting.
.
"Why thank them?" Lanling Jun frowned.
Madam Su shook her head: "Lan'er, it's all fate. We can reason with people, but we can't reason with God. Don't pursue your father's matter any further..."
“What do I care about fate?” he interrupted Madam Su. “Mother, now that I have the Five-Colored Moon-Subduing Stone, and you’ve come out too, isn’t this the perfect time to take revenge…”
“Amitabha,” Master Wuzhi chanted, interrupting him, “What grudge do you hold against me?”
"They harmed my father."
"He is not your father, and Mrs. Su is not your mother."
“Yes,” he turned around and glanced at the crowd, “but the world is beautiful.”
Everyone was stunned and puzzled.
Why did he say something so unrelated?
His icy eyes no longer looked at them, but slowly swept across the surroundings, as if he had examined every blade of grass and every tree. Finally, he looked up at the bright moon in the sky.
“From my first life, I longed to shed my plant form and live like a human. Back then, I was born deep in the mountains and often saw the mountain wind blowing the morning mist around me and the clouds drifting overhead. I thought, the outside must be even more beautiful. I can’t stay here all the time. I need to go out and explore.”
That period of life was austere but full of hope.
The voice remained cold and ethereal, narrating without any emotion, yet it inexplicably sent shivers down one's spine. Who could sense the deep longing and love contained within it?
“But I was born with a dislike for cultivation, and the spiritual energy I gathered would often be completely lost on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. After several reincarnations, I was almost ready to give up hope. At that time, I met my father, who gave me all his spiritual energy.”
“That Mid-Autumn Festival night, I forcibly seized the essence of the full moon, and was already exhausted, almost being forced back to my original form, but,” he withdrew his gaze, looking at Madam Su, his tone carrying a subtle gratitude and respect, “I saw my mother’s blood gradually engulf me, slowly overflowing from the basin, so much, covering the ground…”
"At midnight on Mid-Autumn Festival, spiritual energy, blood, tears, and soaring resentment all converged. I knew that once I succeeded, I would be one of those rare talents in the Lan Clan, appearing only once every thousand years. My mother has taken meticulous care of me for the past six months. I cannot let her down, nor do I want her blood and tears to have been shed in vain."
"Besides, I need to shed my plant form to walk among humans. This is my only chance, and I'm determined to come out into this world!" He looked at everyone present. "My father gave me inspiration, and my mother gave me resentment, blood, and tears. I was born entirely because of them. How can you say they aren't my parents?"
.
The group looked at each other, speechless.
for a long time.
“Do you know,” sighed Master Daoqing, “that Madam Su has now left the Xuan Tian Bagua Formation, and her spiritual energy is gradually dissipating. If she does not return to the underworld before sunrise, her soul will surely be scattered and she will never be able to be reborn!”
He said coldly, "I already have the Moon Stone."
"The Five-Colored Moon Stone does indeed possess unparalleled spiritual energy, which is of great help to your magic. However, it is ultimately made of plants and trees. Your mother was a human, and how can a human ghost withstand such powerful spiritual energy?"
He paused, then looked at Madam Su.
Master Wuzhi also spoke up, "In fact, she had already realized the truth in her heart, but she was reluctant to let go of this last bit of resentment and reincarnate. Do you know why?"
silence.
Her pale lips moved, but she didn't ask a question.
Madam Su looked at Master Wuzhi with a pleading expression: "Master, there's no need to say such things."
"It's because she also regards you as her own son. If you completely let go of that resentment, and lose your resentful body, you'll only be a wisp of orchid soul, wandering aimlessly between heaven and earth, never to attain enlightenment," Master Wuzhi finally shook his head. "Since you've recognized her as your mother, how could you not feel the love between mother and son..."
"Stop talking, Master!" Madam Su suddenly interrupted him, knelt on the ground, and said with tears in her eyes, "Please don't force him. No matter what, I was the one who brought him into this world. He is my son. Even if my soul is scattered, I will be willing."
“If that is truly the case, I’m afraid it would be against the natural order,” Master Wuzhi sighed. “Now that you’re carrying that resentment, you can’t be reincarnated.”
Madam Su was stunned. After a long while, she shook her head and said, "Reincarnation is too painful. Since he likes the human world, it doesn't matter if my soul is scattered."
Master Wuzhi frowned and remained silent.
“Madam Su,” Master Zixu said, moved, “if Heaven’s justice is against him, he will wander the mortal realm forever, neither demon nor ghost, and will never be able to attain enlightenment. What’s the point… You will only end up with your soul scattered in vain…”
"As long as Lan'er likes the human world."
He trembled: "Mother."
Madam Su looked at him and smiled slightly: "Anyway, I'm already tired of reincarnation, so it doesn't matter."
“Madam Su,” Master Daoqing frowned, “if he were to relinquish his soul and reincarnate into the form of orchid, forgetting his past life and focusing on cultivation, with the help of the Five-Colored Moon-Subduing Stone, he would surely achieve enlightenment and ascend to the immortal path. Wouldn’t that be even better?”
"Amitabha!" The mad monk looked at him, put his palms together and said, "That's right, Su Xinlan, you are now in the body of resentment, and are ultimately not human. Even if you wander in the human world, you cannot even understand the emotions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness. What is the point of that?"
No wonder he can't laugh!