Chapter 1860 - 1858: Husband and Wife Reunited

"Father, mother has been imprisoned here for so many years, when can our whole family reunite?"

Tang Qingqing hadn't spoken a word to her younger brother for many years, nor dared to meet him, just to follow the rules of the Heavenly Dao, to not let the Dao bring trouble to their family. Her mother loved Tang Rao but could not be with him; even if the Heavenly Dao was all for the common people and the world, he needed a heart of tolerance. However, when it came to the Tang Family, apart from reckless punishment and revenge, he didn't give them a single blessing.

Outwardly Tang Qingqing might say nothing, but here, she became the person who dared to speak and act.

"This is the place where the Heavenly Dao's power is obtained, where he can see through all things in the world, except here, where he cannot see, hear, or touch anything. Father, why are you still so cautious when the Heavenly Dao doesn't know what I'm saying?"

Tang Qingqing's gentle and refined nature was gone, replaced by the seriousness in her eyes.

The one imprisoned was her mother, the person who taught her to paint and write, taught her integrity and honor; such affection was more than she could hold dear for a lifetime. But this mother hadn't had the chance to enjoy life before being captured, with no release date in sight.

"Child, it's not that I'm cautious, but I am afraid."

After a brief daze, the middle-aged man finally expressed his deepest fears.

"Everyone in the world knows that the Heavenly Dao has loved your mother for thousands of years, so how could such feelings be abandoned overnight? Your mother is here, beyond the Dao's reach, and we can visit at any time, giving your mother some peace. But once she leaves, what will happen with the Heavenly Dao, can you not foresee?"

With mother here, father's heart is steadier. Mother goes out, even if father and mother are in love again, there are always invisible hands wanting to manipulate their feelings. Comparing both scenarios, the advantages and disadvantages of being here versus outside become clear.

"Daughter can also understand father's thoughts, but mother and brother haven't seen each other for so many years. She misses her brother; they must be allowed to meet, right?"

This is the crux of the matter.

"Didn't you put everything into the glass ball? Why worry about your brother and mother not being able to meet?"

So everything was put in the glass ball? It turns out the old fox had already guessed there was a hidden plan inside, and Tang Qingqing's attempt to deceive her father was in vain.

"Father, when did you know?"

Tang Qingqing pouted; her own thoughts were uncovered, and she no longer hid them, instead openly admitting.

"Even the slightest change in the weight of the glass ball, I could sense it. Do you think your father's gotten old and can't discern even that?"

If the middle-aged man didn't have keen perception, how could he become a thorn in the side of the Heavenly Dao, a rival to it?

"Then father, what else do you know?"

Tang Qingqing was uneasy; she had never deceived her father except twice: once to send items, another to secretly meet Tang Rao, helping him break through his bottleneck. Surely he hasn't found out about both instances?

Tang Qingqing feared what might come true; the more she feared her father uncovering it, the more he liked revealing the truth.

"Do you think your father sees nothing? Your brother's Immortal Energy isn't enough to break through to the peak of the deity stage, yet the sudden increase must have something to do with you, right?"

Ah?

It really was discovered!

Tang Qingqing thought her actions were clean, but it turned out everything she did was in her father's eyes; he simply hadn't pointed it out.

"This matter we'll set aside for now, let's first go see your mother and then talk about it."

Reaching the core area of Motherly Mountain, the middle-aged man was most eager to see his wife. As for Tang Qingqing's little tricks, they would be reckoned after seeing his wife.

At the core of Motherly Mountain, a small river surrounds a piece of flat land, with the river as the border; this side of the flat land is dark and barren, without life, while the other side is lush with greenery, covered in countless treasures and rare resources. The sight was mesmerizing to both the middle-aged man and Tang Qingqing.

Even though they were people who had seen the world and encountered uncountable treasures and resources, the treasures here were more priceless and harder to find each time, and witnessing this, they understood why the Heavenly Dao grew so quickly because its resources were limitless.

"Father, is my mother living in a Treasure Bowl?"

It's no wonder Tang Qingqing would say so; anyone else would have the same thought.

"The light ring, bring it out."

The light ring was with Tang Qingqing; the Heavenly Dao was genuinely stingy to the extreme, to spite his rival, even allowing only Tang Qingqing to hold the ring, causing intolerable pain when the middle-aged man tried to hold it.

Tang Qingqing took out the light ring, which immediately transformed into a small boat; without this specially crafted boat, regardless of strength, one couldn't cross from one side to the other.

"Mother, Qing Er and Father have come to see you!"

When Tang Qingqing saw the woman, she was tending to weeds in a nursery; trapped here for years, apart from gardening, doing some flower arranging, she even learned how to spend the long days.

The woman had thought of dying, of ending it all, but once dead, what would happen to her beloved husband and children?

Thus, for the sake of family, she lived her days meticulously despite the hardship.

She held onto the belief that as long as reunion days could be lived, what was bitter hardship compared to that?

Here she was, welcoming her beloved.

"Qing Er, Brother Lei!"

Once the woman saw visitors approaching, she put down what was in her hands to welcome the father-daughter duo.

"Fang Er, these many years, you've suffered!"

Tang Rao's father's full name was Tang Lei, his mother's full name was Fang Fang; theirs was a love at first sight, deepening with each meeting, even their affection was intoxicatingly sweet.

"Not suffered, my life here is good; but you've suffered outside, mocked by the world, betrayed by friends and kin. As long as you're well, I'm content."

Before entering the core of Motherly Mountain, Tang Rao's mother didn't change much. If pointed out, her skin was even better, her figure more graceful, her voice sweeter, her demeanor gentler.

Anything Tang Lei felt was improvement, in his eyes everything found beauty; the saying that all beauties to lovers are like goddesses was more than self-praise for Fang Fang — it was genuinely descriptive.