Before Li Xian could guess who the visitor was, the next day, the Sect Master of Qingdai personally brought the honored guest to the door.
Banfenghe followed closely behind the guest, supporting her step by step and attending to her every need, just like a pair of biological mother and daughter.
Shen Qing and Li Xian were still in Qing Qing's yard. Qing Qing had already gotten out of the medicinal bath barrel and was back in bed for recuperation.
When the Sect Master of Qingdai brought the guests in, Shen Qing and Li Xian were pulling weeds in the yard.
Li Xian first noticed the smug look on the Sect Master of Qingdai's face, and then saw the old woman behind her, who was tightly wrapped with only her face showing.
When he saw the old woman, Li Xian's hand trembled, and the shovel in his hand fell to the ground. His expression instantly froze like ice.
Shen Qing noticed Li Xian's uneasiness and quickly looked up, only to see the visitor.
Seeing Li Xian's expression, the Sect Master of Qingdai immediately raised her eyebrows and happily pushed open the door of the yard.
"Li Xian, look who I've brought? This is your elder. Hurry up and come to pay your respects."
Banfenghe resumed her usual weak expression, but the pride and calculation in her eyes could not be hidden.
Banfenghe supported the old woman in front of Li Xian. The old woman stared intently at Li Xian, as if waiting for him to bow to her.
Li Xian instinctively grabbed Shen Qing's hand and didn't want to look at the old woman.
Seeing Li Xian's actions, the old woman's dissatisfaction immediately welled up in her eyes, and she tightly grasped the walking stick in her hand.
Seeing Li Xian's behavior, Shen Qing understood immediately. The old woman in front of them was Li Xian's mother.
She looked exactly as Jiang Zhijun had described yesterday. Her whole body was dressed in ragged patched clothes with a dull color, as if she had picked them up from a pile of beggars. The healed pink scar on her left cheek was very hideous.
Although the old woman was hunched over, Shen Qing could tell that she had originally had a tall and slender figure.
Although there was a scar on her face, making her look extremely ugly, one could still vaguely tell from her facial features how beautiful and charming she must have been when she was young.
Just by looking at Li Xian's good looks, one could tell that his mother must have been a beauty.
Li Xian said in a cold voice, "What? Did you deliberately make yourself look like this?"
"Isn't it enough for you to torture me? Do you still want to torture yourself to make others feel sorry for you?"
Hearing Li Xian's words, a strange smile appeared on the old woman's expressionless face. The look in her eyes when she looked at Li Xian was not like that of a mother looking at her son, but like that of a foe looking at an enemy.
"Feel sorry for me?"
"Is there anyone in this world who would feel sorry for me? You, this useless son, or those old guys from the Five Elements Dao Sect?"
The old woman spoke, and her voice was unexpectedly gentle and pleasant, which didn't match her appearance.
As she spoke, the old woman sized Shen Qing up and down, showing a hint of disdain. "So this is your fiancée? The one you were willing to empty your private treasury for?"
"Her cultivation is not bad. She even has the rare ice spiritual root. She's quite a good seedling."
"However," the old woman changed the subject and pulled Banfenghe over. "But as a wife, one must take good care of her husband first. This girl looks too murderous. She's not suitable to be a wife."
"Qingdai told me that Banfenghe has been in love with you for a long time. Since you like Shen Qing, I won't be the bad guy to stop you. I'll just let Banfenghe enter the household as a concubine."
Banfenghe turned her head in surprise and quickly said, "Senior, I..."
"What? It's already a great honor for you to be my son's concubine. If it weren't for Qingdai recommending you to me, I wouldn't even look at you with your background as an orphan. Your cultivation is not high, but your ambitions are quite big."
The old woman subtly belittled Banfenghe, making her face flush red.
She had thought she had found a backer, but who would have thought that this person's words would turn her from a co-wife into a concubine.
Seeing this, the Sect Master of Qingdai quickly stepped forward and whispered in the old woman's ear, "Yan Xi, Fenghe is going to be the future young sect master. How can she only be a concubine?!"
Xu Yanxi impatiently pursed her lips and slapped Banfenghe on the buttocks.
"Fine. Seeing that this girl has a big butt and is good for giving birth, I'll let her be a co-wife. But Banfenghe, you have to remember that once you enter the household, you must give birth to a fat son for the Li family immediately."
Banfenghe covered the place where she was hit and stared wide-eyed, looking at the Sect Master of Qingdai and the old woman in disbelief, with a look of humiliation on her face.
"Give birth? Senior, don't you know that for a cultivator, giving birth is as dangerous as crossing a tribulation? How can you just say give birth?"
Banfenghe refused, with full resistance on her delicate face.
Shen Qing watched the farce in front of her and didn't know what to say.
Distracted by this, the fear, dissatisfaction, and horror that Li Xian had suddenly felt when he saw his mother just now immediately dissipated, leaving only coldness in his heart.
"Shen Qing, I'm sorry for letting you see her. We don't have to care about her. Let's just leave. My marriage is up to my master. No one can change my mind."
Shen Qing nodded and was about to pull Li Xian into Qing Qing's room.
But how could Xu Yanxi let the two of them leave so easily? With a flash, she blocked their way.
Shen Qing was a little surprised. She didn't expect that although Li Xian's mother looked unkempt, her cultivation was quite deep. Just from this instant movement, one could tell.
"You and I, mother and son, haven't seen each other for many years. Now that you have a wife, you've forgotten your mother. Can't you even listen to your mother for a few words?!"
Xu Yanxi was about to exert pressure on Li Xian and Shen Qing, but Li Xian waved his hand and bounced her away.
Then Li Xian pointed to the jade pendant of the Five Elements Dao Sect hanging on his waist and said, "Do you still want to use the same method as before against me? Do you think I won't grow or that my master won't protect me? This jade pendant can withstand three attacks from a cultivator in the God Transformation stage. Your mere pressure is nothing."
After Li Xian finished speaking, he wanted to bypass Xu Yanxi and leave, but unexpectedly, Xu Yanxi suddenly flew into a rage and grabbed Li Xian.
"Do you think I've stagnated in my cultivation because of whom? If I hadn't given birth to you back then, my cultivation wouldn't have regressed, and your father wouldn't have died. You will always owe me!!"
Xu Yanxi roared, her eyes wide open with anger and her eye sockets red. Coupled with the scar on her left face, she looked a bit like a fierce ghost climbing out of hell.
Shen Qing also harbored hatred in her heart, so she had seen her own expression full of resentment and pain. But the resentment in Xu Yanxi's eyes was even deeper.
When talking about her dead husband, Xu Yanxi looked extremely painful, with regret in her eyes.
"Why did I give birth to you? I shouldn't have given birth to you. It's you! You've ruined my whole life."
Hearing this, Li Xian's expression remained unchanged. He shook off Xu Yanxi's hand and pulled Shen Qing away.
But Xu Yanxi was still not willing to give up. Seeing that she couldn't hold Li Xian back, she turned around and grabbed Shen Qing.
She tightly pinched Shen Qing's hand, raised her head, and said to Shen Qing with a distorted and terrifying expression, "Do you think he's a good person? He's a natural jinx!"
"If you marry him, you will become unfortunate. No... anyone who gets close to him will become unfortunate!!"