Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Master and Disciple _{freewebnσvel.cѳm}

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When Su Jin saw the newcomer closely, she immediately understood why she had gotten such a strange feeling from them. The person in the pink robes was not a person at all. It had a face carved out of wood, and its hands holding the tray were also made of wood. No wonder it looked weird when it was walking just now.

“Do you have robots here too?” Su Jin could not help but ask.

“What, pray tell, are robots? This is the wooden puppet that I created. It usually helps me bring the tea and clean the yard,” Nie Qing said proudly. It seemed that the two young ones had never seen wooden puppets before.

When the puppet bent over to put down the tea, they could even hear the creaking of its wooden joints. Once it put the tea set onto the wooden table, it turned and left.

“Are you and your wooden puppet the only ones here?” If that was the case, no wonder he was in such a hurry to leave.

“That is so. I had to wait for my fated person here, though there is no real reason I couldn’t have left at any time.”

Nie Qing told them a little white lie. He had lived for several centuries by now, and he did not have any documentation nor any place to go. There was definitely no way he could integrate into modern society either, so he had no choice but to stay here.

Now, however, he had finally encountered Lu Hao. He could leave this place with Lu Hao and teach the boy all of his ancient divination spells! With that, his life would be complete.

The old man then turned to Su Jin, saying, “Your visage is equally curious, young lass. If I’m not mistaken, you were saved from a tragedy by some priceless treasure, yes?”

Su Jin was shocked. He could tell? By priceless treasure, did he mean her pendant?

“Nevertheless, you need not worry too much. That was an obstacle you were destined to face, and it also marks a new beginning in your life.”

Nie Qing could see through her fate, but he did not tell her everything.

In truth, he really envied this young couple. All they wanted in life was to live long and grow old together! That was a life he could never have now.

“Grandpa Nie, Lil Jin will be safe from danger from now on, right?” By now, Lu Hao was convinced that Nie Qing was not completely useless too. There was no way he could have seen through Su Jin’s secret without some know-how.

“Danger? Haha, aren’t all of you living through hell on earth right now?”

Part of Nie Qing’s ancient divination techniques involved predicting the future too. A few days ago, he had nothing better to do on the mountaintop, so he casually tried reading the future. What he saw gave him a terrible shock.

The world was going to fall into utter chaos! Dark days were ahead.

Chaos, huh? Nie Qing’s prediction amazed both Lu Hao and Su Jin. To think he could see so much! They only knew about the apocalypse because of Su Jin’s reincarnation, but he could see it coming all by himself.

Su Jin said, “Grandpa Nie, since you predicted what’s going to happen, aren’t you worried you’ll end up suffering as well if you follow us into those dark days?”

This mountain was free of people and therefore would be free of zombies. It was probably safer than the world outside.

“With joy comes sorrow, and vice versa, lass. Fate is a two-sided coin. For all you know, what awaits me beyond these mountains is a joy I’ve never yet known.”

Nie Qing laughed heartily after his little speech. With his abilities, he could naturally tell that a life of pleasure lay ahead if he went with these two young ones.

Lu Hao and Su Jin had no idea that Nie Qing had everything all planned out in his mind. They exchanged a glance, and then Su Jin nodded. If this could be of help to Lu Hao, perhaps it truly was fated to be.

“Grandpa Nie, let me help you carry your things,” Lu Hao said.

“Haha, lad, you should call me Master! Come with me. Since I’m leaving this place, I should give it some closure.”

The two of them followed Nie Qing to a hall. With a wave of his hand, Nie Qing pulled a few golden joss sticks from his wide sleeve. He handed some of them to Lu Hao, and they automatically lit up without a flame once Lu Hao accepted them.

“My disciple, look directly ahead of you. That is the grandmaster of my sect. Now, kneel and kowtow to him with me, seven times.”