At Uncle Xu Erniu's house.
"What? You're going to sell Taiping?!"
Uncle Xu Erniu looked at his wife, Aunt Erniu, with disbelief.
Aunt Erniu, with a face full of flesh, raised a finger, signaling Uncle Erniu to be quiet.
"What do you mean by 'sell'? Working as a servant in Bai Family Village is an opportunity that most people can't even dream of."
Aunt Erniu gave her husband a scornful look.
"That's true, but it still means becoming a slave..."
Uncle Erniu was a bit hesitant.
"At the Bai family, you'll eat well, drink well, and live well. What's so bad about being a slave? Don't worry about it, I've already received the deposit."
Aunt Erniu waved her hand, making a decisive decision.
Uncle Erniu couldn't argue with his wife, so he sighed lightly and nodded.
"He's still at the ancestral hall. Today is the seventh day after the old man's death, and Taiping wants to guard the spirit."
Uncle Erniu, dressed in mourning clothes, wiped his mouth and answered.
"The people from Bai Family Village are already waiting at the village entrance. Tell him to come back quickly."
Aunt Erniu gave Uncle Erniu a stern look.
Uncle Erniu was a bit surprised.
"The young master of Bai Family Village is starting private school next month and needs a book boy. Otherwise, why would it be so quick? Don't waste time, go and bring that boy back from the ancestral hall."
Aunt Erniu gave Uncle Erniu a harsh look and urged him again.
"But... but today is the seventh day after the old man's death. Can't Taiping stay until tonight?"
Uncle Erniu scratched his head, a bit hesitant.
"Seventh day, seventh day, what about it? Is it more important than silver? You!"
Aunt Erniu, with a look of frustration, poked Uncle Erniu's forehead and then leaned in close to his ear, whispering mysteriously:
"Do you know how much silver the Bai family is willing to pay? Thirty taels, thirty taels!"
Aunt Erniu's eyes were filled with greed.
Hearing this, Uncle Erniu was first stunned, then he nodded forcefully.
At the village entrance of Qingniu Village.
Xu Taiping looked back at the direction of the ancestral hall with reluctance and then asked his uncle and aunt:
"Uncle, can't I leave tomorrow?"
"Taiping, working as a servant in Bai Family Village is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you don't go now, you won't have the chance tomorrow!"
Aunt Erniu smiled at Xu Taiping.
"Are you worried that you won't get a good price for me tomorrow?"
Xu Taiping gave Aunt Erniu a cold look.
Although he had been guarding the spirit these past few days, he had experienced the warmth and coldness of human relationships since he was young. How could he not know about the schemes of his aunt and uncle?
The reason Taiping didn't resist was, first, he couldn't resist, and second, he thought that going to Bai Family Village might be a good choice. After all, his grandfather had passed away, and he had no more ties here.
"You brat, how dare you talk to your aunt like that? She's doing this for your own good!"
Hearing this, Uncle Erniu glared at him fiercely.
"Stop dawdling, get in the carriage. There have been rat demons in this area recently, we need to reach Qingzhu Ridge before dark."
At this, the steward from the Bai family, who was on the carriage, urged him.
Hearing this, Uncle Erniu and Aunt Erniu each grabbed one of Taiping's arms and dragged him to the carriage.
Xu Taiping didn't resist, but he felt a chill in his heart.
"Boy, look carefully. This is the indenture contract you are signing with the Bai family. From today on, you are a slave of the Bai family, and you have no more ties with Qingniu Village or the Xu family."
In front of the carriage, after Xu Taiping pressed his handprint, the Bai family steward waved the contract in his hand.
Taiping nodded expressionlessly.
"It seems the elixir my grandfather gave me has lost its effect. Six days have passed, and no immortal has come to take me."
While the Bai family steward was talking with Uncle and Aunt Erniu, Xu Taiping quietly raised his head and looked up at the sky.
He wasn't too disappointed about not finding an immortal, as his main motivation was to cure his grandfather.
"Hey? There's a white crane in the sky, bigger than a water buffalo!"
"Wait, there are two people on the back of that white crane!"
At this moment, the villagers at the village entrance suddenly exclaimed.
Hearing this, Xu Taiping, the Bai family steward, and Uncle and Aunt Erniu all looked up and indeed saw a giant white crane in the sky, with two figures standing on its back.
After a few seconds of shock, Xu Taiping slowly uttered two words.
"It's an immortal, it must be an immortal!"
At this, many villagers started shouting.
At this moment, with a crane's cry, two figures descended from the sky and slowly landed in front of the villagers.
One was a man and one was a woman. The man wore a sky-blue robe, and the woman wore a red dress. The man had a sharp brow and bright eyes, and the woman looked like a celestial maiden descended from the heavens, her beauty making the surroundings pale in comparison.
"Excuse us, I am a disciple of Qingxuan Sect on Yunlusi Mountain. Today, I and my junior sister have come down the mountain to find a young boy."
The young man politely bowed to the crowd.
Upon hearing this, the villagers of Qingniu Village were in an uproar. They didn't expect these two to be real immortals, and even more, immortals from Yunlusi Mountain nearby.
"May I ask, is there a young boy named Xu Taiping in this village?"
At this, the red-dressed female disciple from Yunlusi Mountain also bowed to the crowd and asked with a smile.
Her smile was so beautiful that it moved the hearts of both men and women.
"It's him, he's Xu Taiping!"
After a few seconds of shock, several villagers immediately pointed at Xu Taiping by the carriage.
Most of the villagers in Qingniu Village knew each other, and the Xu family was one of the few families with a different surname, so most of them knew Xu Taiping.
The red-dressed female disciple stepped forward, looking at the young Xu Taiping with joy.
He had already guessed the identity of these two.
Seeing Taiping nod, the woman quickly turned to look at the young man behind her.
"The transmission jade slip is reacting, he is the person we are looking for."
The young man nodded and showed the female disciple a jade slip that was emitting a faint blue light.
"Immortal... Is my nephew in trouble?"
At this, Uncle Xu Erniu finally couldn't hold back and asked.
"Who asked you to meddle in other people's business!"
As soon as Uncle Xu Erniu spoke, Aunt Erniu pulled him back, maintaining a distance of about five or six feet from Xu Taiping.
Not just them, the other villagers also stepped back, keeping a distance from Xu Taiping.
Clearly, most of the villagers, like Uncle Xu Erniu, guessed that Xu Taiping might have done something wrong, which was why the immortals had come down the mountain.
After all, Qingniu Village was close to Yunlusi Mountain, and the villagers had at least heard of immortals coming down the mountain to eliminate demons, even if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.