Chapter 1763
Immortal Traces 1
Lian Chengbi was confused. He remembered that he had died, so how did he have a body again?
He heard someone beside him shouting, "It's born! It's born! The madam has given birth to the young master!"
Lian Chengbi: "..."
Lian Chengbi was held in someone's arms and patted, and only then did he realize what was happening to him.
He has been reincarnated, carrying the memories of his previous life.
In his previous life, Lian Chengbi devoted himself to revitalizing Wugou Manor, only to have it destroyed by Xiao Shiyilang.
His good wife, who was pregnant, was having an affair with Xiao Shiyilang, and accused him of being a hypocrite, saying that his character was inferior to Xiao Shiyilang's.
Everyone else in the martial arts world agreed with her.
Ha, what kind of character does a woman who cheats on her husband have?
Lian Chengbi's pride was completely shattered by Xiao Shiyilang.
After the final battle, Xiao Shiyilang did not kill Lian Chengbi, but Lian Chengbi killed himself.
He has nothing left.
He never imagined that he could be reborn with his memories intact.
Neither the Black and White Impermanence came to arrest him, and he didn't drink the Meng Po soup, so how did he get reincarnated?
Lian Chengbi couldn't understand it.
The reincarnated Lian Chengbi was free from the responsibilities he had to bear in his previous life, so he relaxed completely and became lazy in everything he did.
The parents hoped their son would become successful, and they disapproved of Lian Chengbi's laziness and lack of ambition.
But even after beatings and scoldings, Lian Chengbi remained unchanged, and the couple had no way to change his ways.
The two could only focus all their energy on Lian Chengbi's older brother, and were very strict in teaching him.
Even when his older brother was just five years old, his father dragged him to start practicing martial arts.
Lian Chengbi, watching from the side, discovered that the Lian family's traditional martial arts were quite exquisite, no less than what he had learned in his previous life.
Because of his young age, his parents didn't pay attention to him when they spoke and acted, and he learned that the Lian family, on the surface, were ordinary wealthy gentry, but in fact, they were a family of outlaws.
Every year, both father and mother would go out once to "do business".
The Lian family often has guests visiting, and the Lian father and mother always give them a warm welcome.
Lian Chengbi secretly observed and discovered that they were all outlaws.
Lian Chengbi didn't actually have much affection for bandits.
Those outlaws, like Xiao Shiyi Lang, were bandits and robbers who did not engage in any productive work and only knew how to rob others.
You're saying Lian Chengbi is a江湖人 (jianghu person), no different from a bandit?
Wugou Manor has its own businesses.
Wugou Manor has farmland, tenants, shops, and caravans.
The operation of Wugou Mountain Villa relies on the profits from these industries and is the result of hard work, not on taking from others.
In Lian Chengbi's world, many people in the martial arts world own their own businesses.
Like Shen Bijun's Shenjiazhuang, in addition to income from farmland, they also run an embroidery industry.
Among the Six Gentlemen of the Martial World, each of them has an identity in addition to being a chivalrous knight-errant.
Liu Seqingshu is the son of the largest landowner in Sichuan, owning a considerable amount of land. The produce is enough to cover his expenses.
Yang Kaitai is the young owner of the money shop and is tasked with helping his father manage its affairs.
Zhu Baishui's family runs a weapons business.
Xu Qingteng was a hereditary general of Hangzhou, holding a title recognized by the government.
Even Li Gang is a partner of the owner of Yuelai Inn.
Everyone's money comes from their families or from their own earnings; it's normal income. Therefore, everyone looks down on acts of robbery and theft.
Why did Xiao Shiyilang have such a bad reputation at the beginning?
It is precisely this kind of freeloading that makes people dissatisfied.
We've strayed from the topic, let's get back on track. Lian Chengbi dislikes bandits and doesn't want to take over his parents' "business."
He told his parents that he preferred reading and did not want to learn martial arts.
Because of his previous behavior, his parents had given up on letting him join the bandits, so they granted Lian Chengbi's request and sent him to the academy to study.
As the renowned "Immaculate Young Master" in the martial arts world, he was the epitome of perfection.
The fact that he is perfect means that Lian Chengbi is not only good in one aspect. He comes from a prestigious family, is handsome, has an elegant temperament, is highly skilled in martial arts, and is also more literary than ordinary people in the martial arts world.
He is skilled in both literature and martial arts!
Therefore, Lian Chengbi showed great talent in studying, and after thinking it over, his parents decided to let him take the imperial examination when he grew up.
Why do you think outlaws would take the imperial examinations?
In fact, outlaws still held the government in great awe.
If one could become an official, who would want to be a bandit or robber?
From then on, Lian Chengbi was excluded from the family's "ancestral business" and became a ignorant scholar.
But in fact, Lian Chengbi also started practicing martial arts after he was five years old.
He practiced the family-inherited martial arts of Wugou Manor from his previous life.
After practicing again, Lian Chengbi was much more adept and his cultivation progressed much faster than in his previous life.
However, at the age of fifteen, he already possessed the cultivation level he had at the beginning of the previous life's story.
That day, Lian Chengbi went to the academy and found that there was an extra classmate.
His classmate was two years younger than him, but treated him like an elder.
The man smiled and said, "Lian Chengbi, according to seniority, I am your maternal uncle."
Lian Chengbi: "??"
The man said, "If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask your mother."
Lian Chengbi returned home and asked his mother about it.
Lian's mother confirmed what the man said.
In fact, Lian's mother was not a member of the bandits, but the daughter of a military family.
She loved martial arts since she was a child, and her grandfather was very supportive of the younger generation in the family learning martial arts when he was alive.
However, after his grandparents died, his father felt that his family had held military power for three generations and must have been feared by the imperial family. Therefore, he decided to have his son study literature and pursue a career as a civil official.
Since the son no longer practices martial arts, the daughter naturally cannot learn martial arts either.
Moreover, even her mother was just a concubine's daughter.
Lianmu's stepmother was not a magnanimous person; just by looking at the fact that there were only illegitimate daughters and no illegitimate sons in the household, one could tell how ruthless this stepmother was.
There are three illegitimate daughters in the household, and the legal mother has arranged marriages for all of them. It's all just a facade; in reality...
A concubine's daughter will suffer if she marries into a wealthy family.
Lian Mu didn't want to do as her stepmother wished, so she ran away from the marriage and left that home.
Even though her mother has never given up practicing martial arts over the years, she has been secretly practicing and her skills are better than those of those grown men.
She was traveling when she met Lian's father. The two fell in love and got married.
Lian's mother followed Lian's father into the bandit world.
Liu Dong is the son of Lian Mu's aunt.
Liu's mother was the youngest daughter of Lian's maternal grandfather, only three years older than Lian's mother, so the two had a good relationship and practiced martial arts together when they were young.
Later, Liu's mother married and moved to Jiangnan, and she never saw Lian's mother again.
Now that Liu's father has passed away, the Liu family clan is bullying Liu and her widowed mother, trying to seize their family property.
Liu's mother was decisive. She quickly sold all her properties and left her hometown with her two sons and youngest daughter, settling in the county where the Lian family lived.
Liu Tong is the eldest son of the Liu family, but not the eldest child. Liu's mother also has two daughters, both of whom are already married.
They were living well in their husbands' homes and naturally wouldn't leave with their mother. (End of Chapter)