2. The baby appeared
Fifteen years ago:
A young man walked out of his bamboo house early that morning. He looked up. There is a tinge of sadness in his eyes.
"If there are really gods, why I feel so empty inside? Why are you keeping me on this mountain for almost 10 years now?" his voice started to sound angry.
It is as if he is talking to someone in the heavens.
Almost 10 years ago, his master asked him to stay in the Mengmeng mountain to receive his divine mission. He said that he has a great mission to do. He obeyed without asking and doubting but after almost ten years of loneliness in the mountain, he started to doubt the words of his master.
He remembered his happy days on the Holy Mountain with his master's other disciples.
He also suddenly misses his best friend Heng.
The fragrant morning spring breeze brought him back to the present. Seeing that the sun will soon rise, he started to walk. He has been walking absentmindedly for a few minutes when he heard the sound of the river.
"Oh, I already have walked this far," to told himself and decided to go to the river to fetch some water. Even before the river came to view, he heard another sound.
"A cry of a baby?" confused, he listened again. He heard it again. He slowly moved towards the sound until he came to a clearing.
The serene river on his sight. He saw this river a hundred times already but on this day it seems more alive. He heard the sound again. He looked around. Until he saw a bundle of cloth to his left.
He walked towards it.
When he reached it, he saw a baby with skin as white as snow, with clear blue eyes crying. He kneeled down and picked up the baby.
"Shhh… it's okay…" he started to rock the baby to calm it.
After a few minutes, the baby stopped crying.
He looked at it again. He saw a golden necklace on its neck.
He looked at it and saw a name engraved on it. "Qiao Zhi" he whispered and then a golden symbol appeared on its forehead.
It happened so fast he was not able to remember what the symbol was.
When he recovered, he looked at his surrounding.
There's no one there. The Mengmeng mountain is an enchanted mountain and no ordinary human can enter it.
All those cultivating can only come to the Mengmeng mountain to train and increase their inner energy.
When he looked at the baby again, it is now sleeping. Then, he suddenly remembered his master's words.
Since that day, Master Chuanli became the mother and father of the baby Qiao Zhi. Though he would always remind her that he is her master and not her parents, in Master Chuanli's heart he treated her as his own child.