Chapter 8 Origin

Chapter 8: Chapter 8 Origin

As soon as Gu Chengyu touched the jade pendant, he immediately confirmed that this was the half that was missing.

Because he felt the half of the jade pendant in his body was about to burst out and merge with the half in his hand.

Gu Chengyu felt a bit panicked, as if the jade pendant was about to leave his body.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened; a bright white light burst out from Gu Chengyu’s body.

The light was somewhat blinding, and within the halo, a jade pendant could be seen floating out from inside him.

The jade pendant floated in front of Gu Chengyu, and the half of the jade pendant in his hand also moved.

It shot out from Gu Chengyu’s hand as well, and then the two pieces tightly fused together, becoming a complete jade pendant, which then headed towards Gu Chengyu’s forehead.

Mr. Gu and Mrs. Lv were dumbfounded, and by the time they reacted, the jade pendant had already disappeared.

Actually, this strange occurrence only lasted a few breaths of time, and before they could catch their breath, it had already finished.

Mrs. Lv hurriedly looked at their young son’s forehead, but she didn’t see the jade pendant.

Mr. Gu also hurried forward, and the two of them clumsily took their son’s clothes off, but they couldn’t find the jade pendant.

"Oh dear! Old man, where’s the jade pendant gone? Could it really have entered the child’s body? What are we going to do?" Mrs. Lv was so anxious she was about to cry.

"My son, you mustn’t have anything happen to you!"

"Darling, don’t panic just yet, let’s have a look at our son first."

With the return of the complete jade pendant, Gu Chengyu felt an unprecedented ease in his spiritual power, and let out a comfortable sigh.

Just as he was feeling ethereal, he heard Mrs. Lv’s tearful words, quickly snapping out of it.

"Eh-ya!" "Eh-ya!", Gu Chengyu waved his little arms to comfort the couple.

The couple saw that the child showed no abnormalities, and only then did they feel relieved after observing for a while.

"Oh? Old man, look?" Mrs. Lv, after closely examining their son’s forehead, noticed a red lotus-shaped mark on Gu Chengyu’s brow.

"Could this be the jade pendant?" Mr. Gu, having calmed down, speculated.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chengyu’s heart was stirred. The lotus-shaped mark was too conspicuous; it was a mark of space.

Though it couldn’t be erased, it was better to change it a bit. Then, under the couple’s gaze, the mark shrank into a small mole.

"What’s going on? Won’t the jade pendant cause trouble inside the child’s body? How did the jade pendant end up in his body? Did anyone see that light just now?"

Mrs. Lv worriedly questioned as she looked at her young son.

Mr. Gu quickly walked to the outer room and peeked outside the door, saw no one coming out, and then felt at ease.

"It’s daytime now, and that light appeared only for a moment, so it should be fine. Besides, we’re inside, with the curtains blocking the view, it should be unseen. The child seems to show no abnormalities, actually seems quite happy. No wonder the master said the jade pendant originally belonged to the child, it turns out there was half inside his body. Since the two halves have merged, there shouldn’t be any issues. That master truly was a sage! Our little son probably has an extraordinary background."

Mr. Gu was also a bit intrigued, thinking that this world is vast and full of wonders; could their young son be a reincarnation of the stars in the sky?

Otherwise, how could there be such a miraculous thing? Mr. Gu shared his speculations with Mrs. Lv.

Mrs. Lv looked at her son in her arms, "I don’t care what background he has, he is my son now."

Mrs. Lv held her son tightly, afraid he might suddenly return to the sky. Gu Chengyu couldn’t help but laugh and cry internally; what’s all this fuss?

Mom and Dad, you are overthinking it, I’m just a regular farm child now.

"By the way, yesterday, didn’t the third brother, the fourth, and our daughter all stay in the eldest’s house? I think it’s better to tidy up the back room. When the kids grow up, they can’t all be crowded together. Our room won’t hold them, and after I’m out of the month, let’s have our daughter sleep inside, while we sleep outside with the little one."

Mrs. Lv looked at her young son, thinking of the three children in the eldest’s house.

"Alright, when the kids get bigger, we won’t have enough room here; we’ll have to build more."

Mr. Gu was also worried about the future house situation; building a house requires money, after all, but then thought it’s a bit early to worry about that now, best to deal with it when the time comes.

He then said to Mrs. Lv, "You should rest quickly, you just gave birth yesterday morning, and it was hard on you this time, so lie down. I’ll ask the eldest’s wife to slaughter a chicken for your nourishment. Ah! We only have five chickens at home, seems like we’ll need to get some chicks, for you will need some good supplements during this time."

"I’m also tired, I’ll rest now. But getting chicks isn’t free? I’ll just have some eggs during the month, I don’t want to burden my own family."

Mrs. Lv was also holding on, feeling like sleeping for a moment now.

"Don’t overthink it, just focus on recovering. I’ll rest a bit, later I need to go to the fields, I can finish the work today. Tomorrow our son will have his three-day wash, we’ll have to prepare for it."

Having listened for a while, Gu Chengyu got a general sense of the family’s financial situation.

Simply put, they were very poor, often not having enough to eat, and probably not dressed warmly enough. And now, being just an infant, he couldn’t improve the family’s situation even if he wanted to.

He was Mr. Gu’s child born in old age, even had nieces and nephews older than him, and the family was struggling.

From what he heard in recent days, the family had no other source of income, just relying on the yield from the fields. Even the eldest brother and second brother only did short-term work during the off-farming season, which was all the income they had.

The two brothers were not young, each with two or three children of their own.

Ancient people couldn’t avoid fate, and they were quite fertile, seemingly planning to continue having children.

By the time he grew up, the nieces and nephews would have grown too, and the few rooms they had wouldn’t be enough. There’s also the matter of marriages, so many expenses! Long way to go indeed!

If the space still existed, survival would be easier; he planned to try again tonight to see if he could connect with it. Now that the jade pendant was complete, he felt the return of the half jade pendant stabilized the space significantly.

The space had definitely changed, and since it wasn’t convenient now, it would be better to observe at night.

Gu Chengyu yawned while brooding over his thoughts. Hmm, feeling sleepy again, it seemed like an infant’s body particularly loved sleep, so he’d set other things aside for now.

And with that, Gu Chengyu went to see Zhou Gong in his mother’s warm embrace.