Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 494: Analyzing Logic from Lies

Their voices were so filled with surprise that other diners at the several nearby tables couldn’t help but look over, brimming with envy.

Being handsome and talented sure has its perks, eh? Just by sitting there, fairies come knocking at his door one after another.

"Twenty really isn’t old," Chen Nuo pondered, considering the modern age, it’s an age where one might not even have graduated from university yet.

Even if one remained unmarried at thirty, no one would make a fuss, so why would twenty be so astonishing here?

"Shopkeeper Chen, no offense, but in the mortal realm, a twenty-year-old would already have three- or four-year-old children. You’re a cultivator, and since you’ve said you want your daughter to grow up properly in the mortal world, you should follow its customs. She’s already twenty, so where are you going to find a suitable young man her age now? The good ones are already taken with wives and concubines," said Fairy Baihua.

Chen Nuo smiled nonchalantly, "It’s not as exaggerated as you make it sound."

Chang’e, Yang Chan, and the others exchanged glances, their looks at Chen Nuo tinged with curiosity. In which part of the mortal realm had he lived those years that he didn’t even know this?

"Shopkeeper Chen, where did you live before? Could it be that people in your area don’t marry and have children even when they’re twenty?"

Chen Nuo nodded. "Indeed, that’s how it is where we’re from, and it’s not just that. Even if one doesn’t marry and have children at thirty or forty, it’s not a problem."

As soon as Chen Nuo finished speaking, the others looked at him even more strangely. "Shopkeeper Chen, even if you don’t want us to persuade you, there’s no need for such a poor excuse, right?"

"Where are there any forty-year-olds who haven’t married? As an immortal, you might not care, but mortals do. They age, what happens when they grow old?"

"You do make a good point," Chen Nuo said, nodding as he listened to Fairy Baihua. "I hadn’t considered that. In our place, there are retirement homes, so even if you get old, you don’t worry about not being taken care of."

"Since life is so good where you’re from, why didn’t you just stay in your hometown instead of coming up to Mountain of Mind and Heart?" asked Yang Chan.

Fairy Baihua, whose mouth worked faster than her mind and who neglected to consider she was trying to make a good impression in front of Chen Nuo, simply carried on the conversation. "Yang Chan Fairy, you’re so naive. If nobody marries and has children, would there be anyone left after a while?"

Yang Chan felt that Fairy Baihua’s point seemed quite valid and nodded. "You’re right; I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. So, Shopkeeper Chen, is it because there are so few people left in your area that you came here?"

Chen Nuo was left speechless. Fairy Baihua’s mouth was indeed too hasty, speaking without consideration and capable of misleading others.

And Yang Chan was much too gullible, weren’t they all immortals? Especially Yang Chan, who was Yao Ji’s daughter, how could she be so naive?

He looked helplessly at Yang Jian, who was by Yang Chan’s side and seemed to want to speak with her, and then it all made sense.

Alright, it’s all thanks to the overly protective brother that she’s become so simple-minded.

Nuwa had been silent all this time, not sure what to say. But even if she didn’t speak, it seemed Chen Nuo might have no way to respond to the current situation. So, she opened her mouth, "Weren’t we supposed to discuss a marriage for Shopkeeper Chen’s daughter? How did we start talking about Shopkeeper Chen’s hometown?"

Yang Chan paused, realizing that was indeed the case. How did the conversation suddenly shift to that? She glanced at Fairy Baihua, who seemed to have led the topic astray.

Fairy Baihua, who had been thinking about how to retract her words, looked up and saw everyone at the table staring at her. She hurriedly said, "Why are you all looking at me? I know what I said might not have sounded nice, but it was unintentional, just a slip of the tongue."

Chen Nuo felt helpless, "My daughter has never told me about any man she likes, if she had, I would definitely have gone to arrange a marriage for her. She hasn’t mentioned anything of the sort, so I am not involving myself."

"Shopkeeper Chen, perhaps it is because daughters are shy and find it difficult to bring up such matters," Chang’e suggested.

Chen Nuo paused; he realized he had never really considered this possibility.

"You just said you want her to live as a mortal; mortals live only up to sixty years at best, perhaps eighty or ninety at most. Besides, you live on Mountain of Mind and Heart and your shop is so busy, what if one day you’re too preoccupied and forget to visit her? By then, won’t her life be nearing old age?"

Humans age, that’s common sense, it’s just that his days on Mountain of Mind and Heart pass relatively quickly. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

When he last left, He Xi was just eighteen, but by the time he visits her again, she will be nearly twenty.

Time moves slower on Mountain of Mind and Heart; he spent only two days, but He Xi experienced two years.

Two years encompass more than seven hundred days of loneliness, indeed, she must be very lonely.

Seeing that Chen Nuo seemed to be convinced, Yang Chan continued, "You must have spent those days in the mortal world with your daughter, right? Wait another half a month or one month to see her again, and she will have reached middle or old age. Won’t you feel sad seeing her in her fleeting years?"

Although she was shocked that Chen Nuo had a daughter, and still couldn’t quite accept it, she truly had Chen Nuo’s best interests at heart, "Why don’t you bring her to Mountain of Mind and Heart?"

"She has her own Life Pattern; I do not wish to interfere," Chen Nuo said. "Moreover, she will eventually enter Reincarnation. Too much interference from me may affect her."

What Chen Nuo said was indeed true; every mortal’s Life Pattern is settled at birth.

He is not of this world, as Immortals rely on their own destinies, so contact with Immortals doesn’t affect him.

But contact with mortals, especially living together, can indeed affect their Life Patterns, even affecting their next life’s Life Pattern.

The cost is too great; he could not allow He Xi, who is unaware of anything, to bear it, so he chose to leave.

"Shopkeeper Chen, I cannot agree with your words," Yang Chan said. "Although her Life Pattern was set at birth, you do not belong to the Five Elements. From the moment of her birth, if she did not come into contact with you, she would live her own life. The moment you intervene, you become a part of her life, and changes occur."

Yang Chan might be impetuous by nature, but in front of Chen Nuo, or rather since she realized she was infatuated with Chen Nuo, she had been particularly gentle.

Only when Chen Nuo was absent would she revert to her previous demeanor. However, in discussing this matter, Yang Chan was once again true to herself.

What she said also made perfect sense, so much so that even Nuwa remained silent.

"So, to prevent further changes to her Life Pattern, I quickly left her life after she came of age, isn’t that right?" What Yang Chan could think of, Chen Nuo had naturally considered as well.

"Shopkeeper Chen, as wise as you are, I think you understand what I mean," Yang Chan continued. "If you had not interacted with her from the time of her birth, her Life Pattern would remain as it was originally intended."