A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 13

Chapter 13 The one who laughs last laughs best.

“Brother Mo, don’t worry, I didn’t have any ulterior motives. It’s just that you never specifically asked me these things before…” Yu Zitong argued, spouting nonsense he himself didn’t quite believe. “Besides, we only have the Evergreen Technique; we don’t have any other Five Elements basic cultivation methods to choose from…”

“Is that so?” Doctor Mo’s eyes grew increasingly dangerous, so

dark they were almost dripping with water.

“Brother Mo, what good would it do me to trick you? We’re in a symbiotic relationship now,”

Yu Zitong struggled. The

reason he had previously tripped Doctor Mo up with the issue of spiritual root characteristics was mainly to get Doctor Mo to help him find someone with a wood-attribute spiritual root to possess.

After all, his main cultivation method was the Evergreen Technique.

Possessing a low-level cultivator who also practiced the Evergreen Technique would preserve more of his cultivation and, incidentally, better nourish his primordial spirit.

However, if he were to possess a low-level cultivator using a basic cultivation method of one of the five elements, such as possessing a poor little fellow using a fire-attribute technique, it wouldn’t be impossible for him, but he would lose a lot of cultivation.

Incompatible cultivation methods have significant side effects.

But these things are best left unsaid to outsiders.

…

Having learned about the relationship between spiritual roots and elemental cultivation methods, Doctor Mo was now furious and embarrassed:

“How much important information has this guy surnamed Yu been hiding from me?”

“If I hadn’t brought it up myself, or hadn’t noticed certain details, would he have kept all this from me forever?” The more

Doctor Mo thought about it, the angrier he became.

The more he thought about it, the more nervous and vigilant he became:

“This bastard, deliberately concealing this information, he’s definitely up to no good.”

“He made me possess a cultivator who can cultivate the Changchun Technique, isn’t that more advantageous to him?”

“Wait…”

“Could this guy still have a way to counter me?”

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but be more wary of Yu Zitong, no longer underestimating this fallen cultivator who had been tricked by him and lost his physical body, leaving only a weak primordial spirit.

“Hmph, Yu Zitong, no matter how you scheme against me, I’m also using you.”

“Let’s see who laughs last…”

Doctor Mo snorted coldly, no longer taking his anger out on Yu Zitong, but suppressing the anger in his heart.

It wasn’t that he was worried about the oaths they had sworn.

It was because Yu Zitong was residing in his body, and might very well drag him down with him if he was desperate. If they were to break off relations now, there was no guarantee that the other side wouldn’t simply fight to the death. To be honest, the reason he looked like a sixty or seventy-year-old man despite being only in his early thirties was all thanks to the other party. He was tricked by the blood curse that the bastard used before his physical body was destroyed.

He wasn’t sure if Yu Zitong’s primordial spirit could still use other immortal techniques.

He didn’t want to gamble.

Besides, Yu Zitong was still somewhat useful to him now, like having a cheat code old man with him.

Although this cheat code old man had ulterior motives and wanted to trick him, it was undeniable that the information the other party possessed about the cultivation world was something he seriously lacked, and it would be of great help to his future entry into the cultivation world.

After all, he himself was completely clueless about the cultivation world, and only had a superficial understanding of various immortal techniques. With Yu Zitong by his side, he could more or less clear up his doubts.

“It seems that I have been lax in my work at the Seven Mysteries Sect all these years…”

“I should have tried to get more information about the cultivation world from that Yu guy before.”

Fortunately, it wasn’t too late.

After adjusting his mindset, Doctor Mo’s conversation with Yu Zitong became less tense: “Brother Yu, how about telling me more about the cultivation world? Whether it’s the necessity of spiritual roots for cultivation, the basic five elements techniques, or spirit stones…”

Seeing that Mo Juren wasn’t aggressive or ready to break off relations, Yu Zitong breathed a sigh of relief:

“Of course, of course! Brother Mo, whatever you want to know, I’ll tell you everything I know…”

“Brother Yu, don’t go back on your word,” Mo Juren said with a forced smile. “

Don’t worry, Brother Mo, a gentleman’s word is his bond,” Yu Zitong declared, asserting himself as a true gentleman.

Having appeased Doctor Mo, Yu Zitong inwardly cursed his bad luck.

He actually had to lower himself to a mere mortal?

When did he become so humble?

However, he really didn’t want to have an unpleasant falling out with Mo Juren right now, because his only way to deal with Mo Juren was through “forced possession.”

But cultivators cannot possess mortals; otherwise, the possessed body will explode, resulting in death. This is one of the three major taboos of possession for cultivators.

Before meeting Han Li, Mo Juren had spent two years searching for someone with spiritual roots who could cultivate the Everlasting Spring Technique. At that time, seeing no hope, he was indeed willing to die together with Mo Juren in a fit of rage.

But

now things are different.

The situation is vastly different.

Han Li’s appearance has rekindled his hope.

Han Li, who can cultivate the Everlasting Spring Technique, is currently the best target for his possession.

Without hope, there is no fear of death.

With hope in sight, who would willingly die?

Therefore, he doesn’t want to cause any more trouble at this time.

What’s wrong with being humble?

What’s wrong with being obsequious?

“Just wait, the one who laughs last laughs best!”

Yu Zitong whispered in a voice only he could hear.

Then, he sighed regretfully:

“It’s a pity, I couldn’t hide the relationship between Mo Juren’s spiritual root and attribute cultivation techniques…”

With this added variable, Mo Juren might not be so focused on possessing Han Li and other young cultivators suitable for cultivating the Everlasting Spring Technique.

This greatly harms his interests.

“Brother Mo, let’s talk about spirit stones first. As the name suggests, they are stones filled with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and are extremely beneficial to cultivators. Absorbing the spiritual energy from spirit stones during meditation and practice can greatly accelerate one’s cultivation speed…” “

Furthermore, spirit stones are also a common currency among cultivators…”

Han

Li didn’t have to wait long.

Three days later, Doctor Mo met with him and Zhang Tie again.

After giving them some instructions, he left the valley with a small bundle and went down the mountain.

He didn’t say when he would return, nor what the purpose of his trip was, only telling the two children to cultivate peacefully in the valley.

Of course, although Doctor Mo didn’t say anything, Han Li had some guesses:

“Could this hasty descent down the mountain be to search for the basic techniques of the other five elements?”

The Everlasting Spring Technique is only a basic technique of the wood element.

There are also techniques for the metal, water, fire, and earth elements.

As for why he’s in such a hurry?

It’s most likely related to him.

“Is it because my cultivation talent is so pathetic?”

Even with the aid of a spiritual liquid concocted from a large amount of spiritual herbs, he hadn’t managed to reach the third level of Qi Refining after more than two years. Mo Juren might not know what this meant, but Yu Zitong certainly did.

Four pseudo-spiritual roots were definitely inferior to Yu Zitong’s former three spiritual roots.

If he continued to hang on to this tree, the likely outcome was that he wouldn’t reach the fourth level of Qi Refining before his time was up. Without reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining, he wouldn’t be satisfied with the level of possession that Yu Zitong had designed early on to best “get a bargain.” In this way, he was essentially “hanging himself from one tree.”

Doctor Mo had now made a new discovery: he could actually develop a whole forest.

How could he sit still?

And so…

After Yu Zitong and Doctor Mo had a heart-to-heart talk, with the former offering candid advice, the latter decided to keep Han Li as a backup plan while searching for other basic Five Elements cultivation techniques to find a new suitable child for possession…

The two hit it off immediately, leading to this long journey.

“I wonder if Mo Juren can find any other basic Five Elements techniques this time?” Han Li thought to himself.

However,

regardless of whether Doctor Mo brought back any new techniques, he had to prepare for their next meeting.

Perhaps the next meeting would be a life-or-death struggle.

“Let’s go see Li Feiyu; finally, I can learn about other martial arts.”

(End of Chapter)