A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 146

Chapter 144 Revisiting an Old haunt

“However, before leaving, I should go home and take a look.”

Northwest corner of Yue Kingdom.

Jingzhou, one of the thirteen states.

Caixia Mountain near Qingniu Town.

The mountain range, stretching for several miles, hasn’t changed much over the years.

The Seven Mysteries Sect still stands.

The Chishui Peak Waterfall still cascades down.

In the valley where he practiced the Blinking Sword Technique and Luoyan Step, traces of the carvings from years ago are still faintly visible.

A tree hollow where he once lived has grown to about ten feet tall along with the tree.

In a stone cave carved into the side of the mountain wall, a stove submerged by various plants can still be seen.

He still remembers those winding paths and twisting mountain trails.

These all preserve his memories.

Even the Divine Hand Valley, which he knows best, retains traces of his past existence.

“Time flies, and more than 120 years have passed in the blink of an eye…”

“But this place hasn’t been abandoned?”

Inside the valley, several medicinal fields are planted with the main herbs involved in the Golden Marrow Pill and Yellow Dragon Pill, such as Yellow Dragon Grass, Bitter Lotus, Forget-Me-Not Fruit, and Three-Black Grass.

The Seven Mysteries Sect has actually turned this place into a greenhouse cultivation base.

The key is that the people of the Seven Mysteries Sect did not demolish the old houses in order to expand their scale.

Not only did they not demolish them, but they also reinforced and renovated them many times.

Otherwise, after more than a hundred years, the houses would have collapsed and been abandoned long ago.

Divine sense covered the entire Seven Mysteries Sect.

This martial arts sect still only has that many people.

Among them, many are descendants of Li Feiyu.

The sect leader’s lineage and three of the six elders of the Seven Mysteries Sect have intricate blood ties with the Li family, whether openly or secretly.

Moreover, the Li family adheres to the ancestral teachings and does not easily expand outwards, only guarding their own small territory. Over the years, they have lived a peaceful life.

“Hmm? The internal energy accumulated by each member of the Li family is quite impressive.”

Under his divine sense, the situation of the Li family members was clear at a glance.

The older generation, those with the purest and strongest bloodline to Li Feiyu, mostly possessed profound skills.

The seventeen or eighteen-year-old Li family youths had internal energy comparable to young men in their early twenties from other sects.

In the mortal world, they would be considered third-rate experts.

The Li family’s ability to achieve such a level, and the solid foundation laid by their disciples, was undoubtedly due to the help of the Yellow Dragon Pill and the Golden Marrow Pill. Even if each person could only obtain one or two pills in their lifetime, they were still incredibly precious, weren’t they?

“Indeed, it’s better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.”

Back then, he left several pill formulas for Li Feiyu, as well as the herb seedlings and medical classics collected by Doctor Mo. Over a hundred years later, the Li family had learned self-reliance and sustainable development.

What surprised him even more was

that several members of the Li family could be considered anomalies within the Seven Mysteries Sect.

Because the others primarily cultivated internal energy, with swordsmanship and lightness skills as secondary skills. These few, however, focused solely on swordsmanship and lightness skills, without touching internal energy at all.

The swordsmanship they practiced was called the Blinking Sword

Technique. Their lightness skill was called the Luo Yan Step.

However, when it came to the life-or-death ability to injure or even kill enemies, the Seven Mysteries Sect disciples who focused on internal energy were far inferior to these few who specialized in swordsmanship and lightness skills.

Moreover, these few all stayed in Divine Hand Valley helping to manage the medicinal fields there.

Their medical skills were also quite high, therefore, they were not ostracized by the sect members.

“That guy Li Feiyu…”

He learned almost everything from him.

And even passed it on to his descendants.

This was truly…

Han Li shook his head and chuckled, deeply moved.

Then, that night, without the others in Divine Hand Valley noticing, he helped these descendants of the Li family to regulate their meridians, eliminating the hidden ailments that would inevitably have been left from practicing the Blinking Sword Technique and the Luo Yan Step.

The Blinking Sword Technique encompasses more than just swordsmanship; it also includes techniques like bone shrinking. Ordinary people who aren’t cultivators, practicing it year after year, inevitably suffer physical damage.

Without proper care, hidden ailments will develop.

While the prepared Golden Marrow Pill and Yellow Dragon Pill help strengthen the body’s foundation, their primary effect is enhancing internal energy. Therefore, it’s unlikely these individuals will consume them frequently, reserving the precious pills for those focusing on internal energy cultivation.

Even the oldest, thin elder in Divine Hand Valley, despite his exceptional medical skills, has suffered from years of overworking his body, leaving it riddled with holes.

With his help, as long as he avoids excessive training, he should live several more years—at least past ninety.

The younger generation, after their bodies are cleansed, will thrive.

Seedlings sometimes need watering and fertilizing.

After all,

these individuals possess not only the blood of the Li family but also the blood of the Han family.

This lineage of Shenshou Valley was undoubtedly formed under Li Feiyu’s special care.

The next day

, it was almost 9 AM when the group was finally awakened from their comfortable slumber.

Upon waking, they all felt something was strange.

“Eh? Strange, we’ve never woken up this late before.”

A check of their bodies revealed no signs of being drugged.

“Wait, my body… my internal ailments are all gone?”

From the next room, the eldest, thin old man exclaimed in surprise.

“That’s right, some of my minor health problems are gone too.”

“My body suddenly feels so light…”

The group was puzzled. It wasn’t

until the old man noticed a stack of letters on the cabinet beside him and read their contents that he understood. At the same time, he was deeply shocked.

“My Han family ancestors actually had immortals?”

“If we count the generations, isn’t that my Han family’s missing fourth great-grandfather?”

Before the old man could recover from his shock, someone from the sect leader’s lineage came down the mountain and came to his door:

“Chongguang, Xiao Wu is missing.”

The newcomer was a plump old man, roughly the same age as the thin old man in Divine Hand Valley, both around eighty years old.

“What happened to Xiao Wu? He’s a rare scholar in your Li family, a promising talent who can actually study!”

Upon hearing that Xiao Wu was missing, the elder overseeing Divine Hand Valley also became anxious.

Xiao Wu of the Li family, named Li Pu, was the heir of the family head’s line. He was

skilled in both literature and martial arts, and intelligent from a young age.

The reason he was called Xiao Wu wasn’t because he was merely the fifth son of his generation, but because he was the fifth eldest son of the direct line after Li Feiyu. Li Feiyu’s biological son was called A Da, and afterwards, each generation of the Li family’s leader used similar nicknames in sequence:

Xiao Er, Xiao San, Xiao Si…

In Li Pu’s generation, it was Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu was exceptionally talented, intelligent, and sensible; at eighteen or nineteen years old, he already possessed the level of a near-first-rate martial artist.

If properly nurtured, he would provide a reliable protective umbrella for the Li and Han families in the martial arts world for decades to come.

“Don’t be hasty, I just came to ask you, has your Han family ever produced any remarkable figures in the past?”

“Remarkable figures? Why do you ask that?”

“Look…”

The elder from the Li family handed over a letter.

“The same letter, the same handwriting? Could it be that Fourth Great-Grandfather took Little Five away?”

the thin elder exclaimed in surprise.

Then, the more he read the letter, the more excited he became:

“Little Five actually possesses a spiritual root that only immortals can have?”

“What is a spiritual root?”

“I don’t understand, so don’t ask.”

The fat elder rolled his eyes upon hearing this.

“By the way, did you also receive some benefits?”

the thin elder looked up.

“How did you know?”

“Tell me what happened.”

“Well… I feel like my internal energy has increased by at least thirty years, and all my hidden ailments have disappeared. My mental state and overall condition are exceptionally good, like when I’ve taken the Yellow Dragon Pill and the Golden Marrow Pill in succession. Huh? What do you mean you also benefited? Could it be that you also…”

“Nonsense, that was my Han family’s ancestor. Your Li family has really gotten a great deal this time.”

The thin old man sneered.

“Oh dear, are we talking about this? The Han family’s ancestor was also a close friend of my Li family’s ancestor, wasn’t he? In other words, I, Li, should also call him my great-grandfather. Your great-grandfather is also my great-grandfather.” The fat old man grinned slyly.

The thin old man immediately rolled his eyes: “…”

He’d run into a shameless person.

“By the way, what did Great-Grandfather mean by telling us to split up and divide the family as soon as possible?”

“He was probably worried that enemies in the cultivation world would come knocking and wipe out both our families. After splitting up, one or two branches will be able to survive.”

“Is that what he meant?”

“Probably. This is probably the risk that must be taken when leaping from the mortal class to a cultivation family.”

“Alright, then let’s arrange for a few branches to go independent and sever ties with the main family.”

…

Not far from Caixia Mountain.

The former Qingniu Town is still Qingniu Town.

The former Wuligou is now Wulitun.

Wulitun now has over two hundred households, and only one surname: Han.

The Han family ancestral hall is located here.

Han Li appears.

Here, all the familiar simple houses are gone; only the prestige brought by his younger sister’s branch’s official career remains.

Back then, the Han family lived a comfortable life for a while because of the considerable amount of silver he sent back.

Later, he had to hide from Doctor Mo, faking his death to escape, and stopped sending silver back for a period.

The Han family gradually returned to ordinary life.

However…

When his younger sister got married, Li Feiyu had already become a high-ranking member of the Seven Mysteries Sect. At that time, Li Feiyu recognized his younger sister as his sworn sister and transferred a large sum of money he had left behind to the Han family, along with a fortune.

With Li Feiyu as their backer, the Han family prospered again.

His younger sister’s wedding was not a hasty affair, but a grand and lavish affair.

Moreover, it was precisely because the Li family, which was gradually gaining control of the Seven Mysteries Sect, was helping them in the martial arts world that the Han family’s career path became increasingly smooth. Their population also increased significantly.

You must know that initially, the Han family had only a dozen or twenty households.

Now, there are more than two hundred households and six or seven hundred people.

In a few more generations, it will double again.

“Among the Han family, I actually found someone with spiritual roots?”

Inside the ancestral hall, Han Li, after burning several sticks of incense, took away a little girl of seven or eight years old.

Li family’s fifth son, with four spiritual roots.

This little girl also had four spiritual roots.

Although they were both only pseudo-spiritual roots, he still decided to nurture the two children to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The probability of a cultivator with spiritual roots mating with a mortal and having offspring with spiritual roots is not high. However, if two people with spiritual roots mated, the probability of having offspring with spiritual roots would be much higher.

The Li family and the Han family might very well develop into cultivation families.

“Give these two children a chance, and give both families a chance. What the future holds depends entirely on their own destiny. At most, I can provide a cultivation environment where they won’t be easily bullied.”

His path was to advance bravely and diligently by utilizing all external forces, not to seek out various obstacles that would hold him back.

If the Han family and the Li family were well, his heart would be much more at peace.

He had finally put one worry to rest.

As for where to settle them?

He would go to Xin Ruyin’s old home. If no one was there, he would temporarily settle them there. If someone was there, he could entrust the two children to them for a while.

…

Heading north.

Avoiding the spiritual mountains and rivers frequented by cultivators, Han Li concealed himself and fled to places teeming with mortals.

On a war trophy flying boat, the three stared at each other wide-eyed.

“So, you’re our ancestor’s closest friend?”

Li Jia’s youngest son asked, his eyes bright.

His hands were clenched tightly, and his lips trembled.

“That’s right.”

Han Li nodded.

“I… Sister Zixuan and I possess the spiritual roots necessary for cultivators, so we can also cultivate immortality?”

“Yes.”

Han Li nodded again.

Upon receiving confirmation, the young man’s face flushed, and his heart pounded.

Before his death, their ancestor had said that Han Jia’s friend was an immortal.

In the past, the Li family had taken this as a joke, thinking their ancestor had lost his mind. Unexpectedly, it wasn’t that their ancestor was confused, but rather that their ancestors had been too narrow-minded.

“Senior, please accept me as your disciple. I am willing to fulfill the filial duties that neither of our families could have done.”

The young man bowed deeply.

The little girl beside him, though not understanding what cultivating immortality meant, saw how excited the eldest brother of the Li family was and knew it must be a good thing. So she also bowed deeply.

“I won’t take you as disciples. I don’t have much time to teach you. In the future, someone will impart the secrets of immortality to you.” “

Also…”

“Don’t be too happy yet. With your aptitude, although you can embark on the path of cultivation, the process will be very difficult and arduous. The further you go, the greater the difficulty. So, I’m just giving you two an opportunity. How far you go in the end depends on yourselves.”

Whether or not to give up your dreams and just focus on establishing a cultivation family is up to your own choice.

He’s just providing the platform.

…

Xin Ruyin’s former residence.

Han Li stopped by to take a look.

Immediately, he was amazed by the aura of the brand-new grand formation here.

“This formation is much stronger than it was back then. It might even be able to contend with Nascent Soul cultivators!”

Han Li was greatly surprised when a clear, melodious voice came from within the formation:

“Who goes outside the formation?”

That voice… it sounds so familiar…

“Is that Xiao Mei inside?”

“Eh? Look at you, Senior Han?!”

The formation then opened, revealing a passage.

Xiao Mei, already in the late Foundation Establishment stage, trotted out from within.

“More than a hundred years have passed. You’ve not only established your Foundation, but you’ve also reached the Pseudo-Core stage. Your foundation is quite solid, not bad, not bad.”

Han Li scanned her with his divine sense and immediately understood her current state.

“It’s all thanks to Senior’s Foundation Establishment Pill back then. Congratulations on successfully forming your Core and becoming a Core Formation expert.”

The well-preserved woman in green palace attire stepped forward and bowed gracefully.

She was incredibly excited

and extremely grateful.

“Where is your young lady? Is she alright?”

Han Li asked with concern.

Actually, he already had the answer in his heart before asking.

Xiao Mei was only a cultivator with three spiritual roots, yet she had managed to cultivate to her current level in just over a hundred years; clearly, it wasn’t due to her own efforts.

“The young lady visited Miss Dong’s cave in Taiyue Mountain, Yue Kingdom, a few days ago. Senior, didn’t you go back to Taiyue Mountain to see her?”

“Miss Dong? Dong Xuan’er?”

“Yes.”

“Could you tell me about the situation there? I’ve been in seclusion for many years and know nothing about the outside world. I don’t know what Senior Sister Xuan’er went through in her early years.”

Grandma passed away at one o’clock in the afternoon.

I went back to my hometown, but unfortunately, I couldn’t make it to see her one last time. I

have to go back to keep vigil this afternoon.

I have to keep vigil tonight too.

The burial is tomorrow morning.

That’s why this chapter is so late today.

Sigh~!

The older generation is beginning to fade away.

I’ll be reducing output for the next three days, sorry. The quality might even decline; I have very mixed feelings.

(End of Chapter)