The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 192 Revenge
"It was you! I should have known better. You made me spy on the female immortal and then taught me to spread rumors. What kind of family would do such a thing to repay a debt of gratitude? What grudge do we have that you would frame me like this!"

On the ground, Niulang also looked at Jinniu Xingjun with a fierce expression. The brotherly affection they once shared now made him want to vomit, but he also had doubts in his heart.

"Framed," Taurus Star Lord glared at him fiercely without any attempt to hide his malice. "When I told you to get close to the fairy, you didn't hesitate at all. I didn't force you to steal the feather robe either. If you have someone to blame, blame yourself for being too stupid. It's not that you were too greedy, it's that you coveted beauty and wanted to rise to the top in one step. So, is this the future you wanted?"

"You framed me!" the Cowherd gritted his teeth!
"Didn't you ask me what grudge I had?" said Taurus Star Lord. "Now that you've gone through all this, you should remember, right? Betrayed by the person you trusted most, your family wiped out..."

A hint of hesitation appeared on the Cowherd's face. These days, he would have some unrelated, ambiguous dreams. There seemed to be an abnormal gray fog shrouding the dreams. The scattered dream fragments were pieced together. With the Taurus Star Lord's almost explicit reminder, he suddenly shuddered and finally finished sorting them out.

In my dream, I was also on that Crouching Ox Hill, in a small village. At the village entrance, a child with the exact same face as me when I was a child looked dazed and hesitant at a black root beside him. An old yellow ox in front of him urged me to eat it with loving eyes. Two slightly smaller calves nestled beside the old ox, their eyes even showing a glimmer of wisdom.

"Back then, just like you raised me in this life, you raised my mother from the age of six, and then spent thirteen years of your life by her side."

Taurus began to speak.

"When you were seven years old, my mother gave birth to me and my younger brother. When you were nine years old, by chance, my mother got lost because she was too sleepy. But fortune and misfortune are intertwined. When you found my mother, you did not realize that my mother had already gained intelligence."

"She wandered aimlessly in the mountains and accidentally discovered a thousand-year-old He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) plant, which she swallowed."

“My mother began to cultivate according to her instincts. When you were ten years old, with the cultivation, my mother’s wisdom was no different from that of an ordinary person. She secretly went missing again, bringing back a piece of Polygonum multiflorum for my brother and me. My brother and I also awakened our spiritual intelligence.”

"This is a secret between my mother and me, the three of us. We are hiding it carefully because the mountains are dangerous. We want to wait until our cultivation is higher before leaving the village completely. If we mingle in the mortal world, even the slightest exposure will lead to our death."

"In the end, you were exposed, but not because you were discovered, but because you exposed yourself. When you were thirteen, you fell seriously ill. Your biological father consulted several folk healers, but they thought the cost of curing you was too high, so he abandoned you in the cowshed to die. My mother had only been practicing Buddhism for a few years at that time, so naturally she couldn't cure you. But after so many years together, she actually regarded you as family. She watched you grow up little by little."

“My mother wanted to go to the mountains to pick another piece of Polygonum multiflorum. My brother strongly opposed it, but I was bewitched and encouraged my mother. I remember the day my mother came back, she was covered in blood. She had encountered a wild wolf that had just gained intelligence and was still untamed. She barely managed to escape. She didn’t care about herself and let you eat the Polygonum multiflorum.”

"You recovered, and then, the nightmare began."

That night, your father wielded a wood-chopping knife and slashed your mother to the ground. Your younger brother screamed and tried his best to block your father, but more villagers rushed in from outside. I was terrified and ran around frantically, which miraculously allowed me to escape. I will never forget the look I saw when I crawled out of the cowshed. You were holding a torch, guarding the door...

"It was you who told your father everything! You caused all of this!" "My mother treated you like family, and I treated you like a brother, yet this is how we end up. How can I not hate you!"

Taurus Star Lord's face was gloomy.

“From that moment on, I was determined to take revenge. But by the time I had achieved my goal, your whole family was already dead. The flesh and blood of a bull demon who had just entered the path of cultivation was not a treasure. Although it could strengthen the body, it was not enough to change your mortal body and allow you to leave the path of cultivation. Although I was resentful, I was helpless. I thought that dust should return to dust and ashes should return to ashes, and that would be the end of it.”

"But... it's not that easy to end it. In the days that followed, I often dreamt of my mother and brother in the middle of the night, which eventually led to my inner demons. One day, I had a sudden inspiration and suddenly realized that people are reincarnated. The cause of this life will be the effect of the next. Why not let your reincarnation pay for the lives of my mother and brother?"

"With this idea in mind, my mind became clear and my cultivation level increased by a thousand years in a day. I began to have expectations and started to make plans."

"I spent five years finding your reincarnation and patiently waited. A thousand years have passed, and I have waited for you for nine lifetimes. Now it is the tenth lifetime. Ten lifetimes have returned to one. Tracing the origin of the soul, it is most similar to you a thousand years ago. This time I have led you into the path of cultivation in order to strengthen your soul. When the mystery is revealed now, you will be able to recall a thing or two from your past life."

"I pretended to be your brother under the guise of repaying a debt of gratitude, making you trust and rely on me, and even dragged innocent people into it. Now, you have been betrayed by me. Your son and daughter are still alive, but they have abandoned you and are like strangers. What you made me taste in my past life, I have finally made you taste as well. But..."

Despite having avenged his great grudge, Taurus Star Lord showed no sign of joy.

"But...you didn't expect me to be so cold-hearted, this is completely different from your expected reaction, ha!" The Cowherd laughed, lying on the ground, laughing so triumphantly and wildly for the first time since he ascended to heaven, "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

“A person like you only ever cares about yourself. When have you ever cared about others? As long as you are doing well, everything else can be abandoned. What I thought was punishment is actually insignificant to you,” Taurus Star Lord looked at Weaver Girl. “I was just deluded. Ha, the cycle of karma is inevitable. After going around in circles, this is the result. Isn’t this also the retribution for my reckless behavior?”

The Cowherd ignored the Golden Bull Star Lord and looked at the Golden Bull Star Lord instead.

“My good son, are you really not going to return my flesh and blood to me? With the Great Emperor and Queen Mother in front of you, you won’t die. At most, you’ll just suffer some pain. If you return it, this matter will be wiped clean. If you don’t, how can you treat your old father like this for the sake of your future? How will you face yourself in the Heavenly Court in the future?”

"There's no need for Father to worry about these things."

Niu Jin remained expressionless.

(End of this chapter)