Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 393 Grandma Passes Away
Time flies, and before she knew it, Li Jiangxia was twenty years old. She had grown into a graceful young woman, standing at 1.78 meters tall, taller than her mother, and her cultivation level had reached the twenty-sixth stage of the Saint Rank.

The Primordial Saintess.

At dawn, three moons still hung in the sky above the Wilderness Star.

Li Jiangxia looked at the largest one and smiled slightly: "My mother said that when I reach the peak of the God Rank, I can merge with that satellite and become the Moon Wheel God King."

Over the years, her mother has also explained a lot of knowledge about Earth and the cultivation world to her. Although Li Jiangxia has never formally attended school and has only received private lessons from her mother, she is still quite talented.

Because Lofifi's space gem ring also contains many books, which are the crystallization of thousands of years of human civilization on Earth.

With these books, the family tradition of "passing down poetry and literature" will ensure that even if future generations don't go to school, as long as they study diligently, they can still become highly talented.

For families like theirs, there's no requirement to go to school or work. They can completely choose not to go to school or work.

Going to and from get off work every day is something only oxen and horses can do.

She was very self-disciplined, rising early every day to practice her spirituality, walking barefoot across the dew-covered, sword-leaf meadow, and heading towards the distant grassland.

The 1.78-meter-tall girl wore a moon-white battle robe with flowing cloud patterns, and the Luoshen jade pendant hanging from her waist tinkled in the morning breeze.

She had met Li Xiang a few times, brought by her mother, but only three times in total: once on his first birthday, once on his eighth birthday, and once on his sixteenth birthday.

It had been several years since I last saw my father. Fortunately, his appearance hardly ever changes, so there was no chance of not recognizing him.

When she was little, she would get very excited to see her father, waving her arms and legs. Her father also liked her very much, and would kiss and hug her. But when she was sixteen, she seemed "very calm," and her father didn't come up to hug her. Perhaps he felt that she had grown up and that there was a difference between boys and girls.

She could clearly sense the "guilt" in her father's eyes, perhaps because he felt he hadn't spent much time with her growing up, which had made her and her father seem particularly distant now.

Later, her mother comforted her, telling her not to take it to heart: "That's just how your father is. He has many sons and daughters, but he doesn't care about them at all. He only cares about having children, not about spending time with them. But don't blame him, he really doesn't have time. Our home, the solar system, is still occupied by a large number of deep-space alien beasts. The enemy's forces are numerous, numbering in the hundreds of billions. Your father is under a lot of pressure and is constantly thinking about improving his strength."

Li Jiangxia understood somewhat, so she didn't blame the man. She just asked curiously, "Why don't you migrate to our star system?"

Luo Feifei said, "The problem of large-scale teleportation has not yet been solved. You... Aunt Jiang is studying this topic."

Who is Aunt Jiang?

Luo Feifei sighed helplessly and introduced all of Li Jiangxio's aunts to her. Then she lectured her daughter, "You can't find a scumbag like him in the future. You have to find someone who is devoted to you."

"Hehe, that's for sure, but I doubt I'll be able to find it."

"how?"

“I read in a book that it’s important to marry someone of equal social standing. But with our family’s circumstances, how can we possibly find someone of equal social standing?”

Luo Feifei then frowned: "..."

Actually, she was overthinking it. Times have changed. "Immortality" is not out of reach. Many exceptionally talented people are not interested in romantic relationships at all, and marriage is not a necessity.

If one could live forever, who would care about love and romance?

Such trends are already emerging on Earth, with some experts even suggesting a restart of family planning, because the human population is growing while resources are limited, and overpopulation will lead to a decline in the average standard of living.

Several years later, a law even "banning childbirth" was introduced.

The distant howls of wolves shattered the tranquility of the grassland, and the icy blue mark between the brows of the Primordial Saintess suddenly lit up. With a light touch of her toes, hundreds of thousands of blades of grass simultaneously condensed into ice steps, which appeared in the blink of an eye on the ground where the wolves howled.

In the field of vision, a pack of shadow wolf kings attacked a herd of antelopes. They were all extraordinary creatures, but the antelopes were no match for the wolves, and many antelopes were killed.

The sheep fled in panic, terrified.

Li Jiangxia descended like a goddess, killing the three shadow wolves charging at the forefront, and coldly shouted, "I warned you last time, don't bully the antelope."

"Holy Maiden, spare my life! I will never dare to do it again!" The Shadow Wolf King came over and begged for mercy, prostrating himself on the ground, trembling with fear.

In the end, Li Jiangxia let them go.

However, after Li Jiangxia had gone far away, the Shadow Wolf King couldn't help but complain: "My goodness, if you don't let us eat sheep, won't we starve to death?"

"My king, what should we do?"

"What do you mean, 'what to do'? All of you, switch to a vegetarian diet and go graze on grass!" the Shadow Wolf King roared. That was the daughter of the planet's lord; how dare it offend her?
Even if the other party wasn't the daughter of the planet's lord, she was still a dignified level 26, while this wolf king was only at level 19, destined to be crushed.

"Your Majesty, I have discovered a type of wild wheat that can be used to brew wine, which is much more refreshing than simply eating grass."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

These shadow wolves are quite formidable; they invented an ancient ale, and later, by adding a wildflower to it, they invented beer.

After Li Jiangxia returned home, he was scolded by his mother, who basically said that wolves eating sheep is an important part of the food chain, and that his unauthorized interference would disrupt the ecological balance of the planet.

Then he explained to her the story of Buddha cutting off his own flesh to feed an eagle.

"If you don't want to cut off your own flesh to feed the wolves, then leave it alone. Nature has its own laws of operation."

Although Li Jiangxia was unconvinced, she still listened to his advice.

……

Within the Primordial System, inside that enormous star, Li Xiang's fusion progress with the "Heart of Primordial Beginning" had reached 51%. This was because he had used a massive amount of achievement points to shorten the progress bar. Otherwise, it would never have been this fast. On this day, as he was diligently refining the star, he suddenly felt uneasy.

As a person with great supernatural powers, his unease must mean something significant has happened. He did some calculations and vaguely deduced that his grandmother might not make it.

However, it's a bit hard to accept right now.

Just then, Luo Feifei came to visit with her daughter, so Li Xiang asked Luo Feifei to do a divination.

Luo Feifei used her supernatural powers to calculate quickly and gave an answer: "Brother Xiang, Grandma might not make it. You should go back right away, right?"

"Sigh." Li Xiang sighed. If Luo Feifei's calculations were correct, then it was probably accurate. He still had to hurry back.

So he immediately stopped the refining process, stood up, glanced at his daughter who had grown into a beautiful young woman, and said, "Jiangxiao, you should come back with me and see your great-grandmother."

Li Jiangxia nodded repeatedly. She had longed to visit Earth for a long time, and her mother had told her that she had many older brothers and sisters, and also her grandmother.

On Earth, technology is highly advanced, with god-king-level starships, and all sorts of fun electronic devices and games.

There's also something called movies and TV series. My mom used to film there. She was a top star, with countless fans.

Grandma was dying, so Li Xiang set off immediately. He came with Luo Feifei, but when he returned, he had an extra "burden"—a twenty-year-old child.

Li Xiang thought that his grandmother would be very happy to see that she had such a big great-granddaughter.

After a hurried journey, Li Xiang, along with Luo Feifei and Li Jiangxia, finally arrived on Earth, in City 03.

In the largest hospital in City 03, the most luxurious ward, which is at least over a hundred square meters in size, is already packed with people. There are at least seventy or eighty people in the room, and it's too crowded. There are also many more in the corridors and the hospital lobby.

Although it wasn't publicized, countless people came to see him off.

Those who were allowed into the ward were all close relatives, especially Li Xiang's wives and children.

Jiang Cai'er, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui, Ai Lin, Chiba Yukio, and the twin googly, each brought their own children. In addition, there were the children of the elderly, such as Li Xiang's three aunts, who are now very old.

Apart from my aunt's husband, the other two uncles had already passed away.

When Li Xiang walked in with Luo Feifei and Li Jiangxia, everyone automatically made way for them.

“Grandma…” Li Xiang came to his grandmother’s bedside, touched her withered hand, and called out softly, tears already welling up in his eyes.

"Don't cry... Grandma is getting old... Now she has a house full of children and grandchildren... She has no regrets at all..." Although Grandma was on her deathbed and had lost her mind and ability to speak, upon seeing Li Xiang, she seemed to have a sudden burst of energy and was able to say a few words intermittently, and a long-lost smile appeared on her face.

Jiang Cai'er thought to herself, "It still takes Brother Xiang to do it."

She whispered to Li Xiang, "Grandma refuses to have her consciousness transferred, and there's nothing I can do."

Li Xiang nodded. He knew this was his grandmother's long-held insistence. He couldn't force her to change her mind.

"After I'm gone, bury me next to your grandfather. Xiang'er, seeing you all doing well now... makes me happier than anything else..."

Li Xiang slowly channeled his spiritual energy into his grandmother's body, hoping to prolong her life for a while. His grandmother sensed this and gently shook her head: "Xiang'er, let me go naturally, don't interfere."

Li Xiang had no choice but to slowly withdraw his spiritual power. Just as his spiritual power completely left his grandmother's body, she closed her eyes.

Life returns to its final stillness.

“Grandma…” Li Xiang knelt by the bedside, tears streaming down his face. He wept silently, his body trembling. Behind him, everyone else knelt down as well, to send the old lady off on her final journey.

Li Jiangxia couldn't help but wipe away her tears. Actually, she didn't have much affection for this great-grandmother, since it was their first meeting and she hadn't had a chance to speak to her yet. However, she could feel her father's grief.

Li Xiang hadn't spent much time with her growing up, but this time, during his return trip, he spent every day with her and her mother, which helped repair the relationship between father and daughter, making them less distant than before.

Her father was the most powerful man on the planet, and if he was so grief-stricken, she was naturally grieving too.

The body lay in state for three days, followed by a memorial service and funeral in Lijia Village.

During these three days, Li Jiangxia also met many older brothers and sisters. Some of them were indeed older than her, such as Jiang Cai'er's two sons and one daughter, and Eileen's four children. However, the others, although born earlier than her, were only four or five years old at the time.

"This, this..." Li Jiangxia was completely bewildered, having to call a group of four- or five-year-olds "brother" and "sister" while playing around with them.

There was nothing she could do; according to birth order, she was indeed the youngest. However, the time flow in the Primordial System was about five times faster than that in the Solar System.

In other words, she spent twenty years in the Primordial System, while only four years have passed in the Solar System.

Although Li Xiang's grandmother's funeral was not a grand affair, it was attended by a large number of guests, including many dignitaries who rushed back from Mars, Ceres, four Jupiter moons, and three Saturn moons.

A grand funeral.

The grave is naturally next to Li Xiang's grandfather's grave.

The area is surrounded by pine, cypress and bamboo trees, and there is a babbling brook nearby, making it a place of beautiful scenery.

Today, Earth has countless artificial miniature suns suspended in the sky, and its ecosystem has recovered to be even more prosperous than before the apocalypse.

(End of this chapter)