A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 213
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Chapter 209 Two Women Win Over Their Hearts, Gan Rushuang Joins the Faction
The three then went to see Gan Rushuang.
Han Li’s feelings towards this woman, who was most likely the female lead of the original novel, Nangong Wan, were quite complicated.
Their situations had constantly changed.
When he was weak, he dared not have much interaction with her, lest his opportunities be taken away.
At that time, he was extremely cautious.
After he grew up, his first thought was the simplest and easiest way to silence her. Gan Rushuang’s existence was like a thorn in his side, a fishbone stuck in his throat. Indeed, the secrets of the forbidden area and the secrets of the mine’s teleportation array were too deadly.
If he were to be schemed against by this woman, he could be doomed.
Admittedly, his thoughts were very selfish, even despicable! It was a very petty act! But when it came to his own life and fortune, no amount of caution was too much.
However, in the end, he hesitated and did not kill her.
His heart was still not hard enough.
“In terms of talent and opportunity, this woman has a great chance of achieving Nascent Soul status.”
“If I want to establish a power base, I definitely need a Nascent Soul cultivator to oversee
things from behind.” If Gan Rushuang is willing to submit and can achieve Nascent Soul status, she would be very suitable.
Furthermore, after observing her multiple times, her talent and temperament, especially her poise, her gratitude even when entangled with past relationships, and her ability to make clear choices in matters of interest, greatly align with his needs and views in many aspects.
This girl is also very opinionated.
When faced with unfair treatment, she fights back fiercely instead of passively waiting for death due to outdated thinking.
He greatly admires this.
After leaving the sect, she didn’t try to rely on other powerful figures to increase her chances of achieving Nascent Soul status, but instead came to try her luck in the Void Heaven Palace.
He also appreciates this self-reliance and strength.
Moreover, this woman has her own principles.
The original trajectory’s falling out with the senior sister of the Hidden Moon Sect was more due to a clash of ideologies.
“Do you manage your sect using a family-style management model?”
“It’s more similar to the Falling Cloud Sect’s approach.”
Furthermore, this woman is trustworthy and keeps her promises.
You see, when they parted in the inner hall, he had already returned her forbidden divine token. Under those circumstances, she could have easily broken the agreement, taken the treasure, and absconded.
But Grandma Gan didn’t.
And all along, she has never threatened him or done anything harmful to him.
She’s a high-level female cultivator who’s quite good in every way…
Therefore, how could he possibly have no good feelings towards her?
Killing a seed with the potential to form a Nascent Soul is simple.
But finding another one is difficult.
“Consider it recruiting someone.”
“How far we end up depends on fate and our individual circumstances.”
…
On the agreed-upon island, they met.
“What are your plans afterward?”
Han Li took the storage bag Gan Rushuang handed him and checked its contents, nodding in satisfaction before softly asking.
Upon hearing this, Gan Rushuang, dressed in white, looked directly at him:
“Do you have any plans for me?”
“No.”
“Then I’m preparing to return to my cave in Tianxing City to try forming my Nascent Soul.”
The woman looked in the direction of the Star Palace.
“So soon? It seems you’ve prepared quite thoroughly?”
A hint of curiosity flashed in Han Li’s eyes.
“This trip to the Void Heaven Palace has been quite fruitful.”
Gan Rushuang said modestly, suppressing her excitement.
This time, she had gained a lot in the small garden space of the outer palace.
Some of the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs she obtained could be combined with a certain level seven demon core to refine a secret medicine.
If she could take that medicine when she was breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, it would be very helpful for a virgin female cultivator to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
The ancient pill formula came from the Miaoyin Sect, or more precisely, it was obtained by the Miaoyin Sect from the secret formulas of various declining sects. She had previously exchanged some cultivation resources that she no longer needed from Sect Master Wang.
Speaking of which, the reason she participated in the Void Heaven Palace secret realm this time was for the spiritual herbs mentioned in the ancient pill formula.
As for the required level seven demon core?
Before entering the Void Heaven Palace, she won the bid with the large amount of spirit stones she brought from Tiannan.
This secret medicine, combined with the Spirit Stabilizing Pill, the blessing of the Star Palace Sacred Mountain’s spiritual veins, the solid foundation she had laid through two “Plain Maiden Reincarnations,” and her excellent physique and talent, gave her a high chance of condensing her Nascent Soul in one fell swoop.
“Since you have such good stuff?”
“It’s just luck.”
“Then, quickly refine a batch. Before you leave, give me a few pills.”
Gan Rushuang: “…”
How could this hateful little man ask for such a thing?
And how could he be so exploitative?
“Okay.”
Although she agreed immediately, she was really annoyed.
…
Taking advantage of this time,
Han Li conducted a second soul search on Elder Ximen and sorted out his gains.
Main gains:
In the T0 tier, the Wolf-Headed Jade Ruyi and the Golden Thunder Bamboo were naturally the
most important to him. The importance of the Wolf-Headed Jade Ruyi’s spirit, Silver Moon, was beyond doubt.
It was only because Silver Moon was still adapting to the outside world and felt unfamiliar with him that they didn’t have much interaction.
The importance of the Golden Thunder Bamboo and its leaves is undeniable.
In the T1 tier are the Void Heaven Cauldron, the Azure Ice Flame, the Soul-Nourishing Wood, and the Pure Liquid.
The former is another key to his re-entry into the Void Heaven Palace, and can also help him ascend to the Spirit Realm, and is related to certain connections within the Spirit Realm. The latter can help him refine the Asura Sacred Flame, becoming another major trump card.
The Soul-Nourishing Wood and the Pure Liquid each have their own uses later.
In the T2 tier are ancient treasures like the Xuanhuang Mirror, as well as rare items such as Refining Crystals, Golden Magnetic Spirit Wood, the Bodhi Pearl, the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid.
Ancient treasures greatly increase his strength, while rare items multiply his foundation, making cultivation easier.
In the T3 tier are the remnants of the mechanical puppet and two Heaven-Mending Pills, which enhance the foundation of the two women and the spirit beasts and insects.
Those ancient puppets further enhanced his foundation.
Once he returned to Tiannan, obtained the ancient puppet manual from the Heavenly Crystal Master, retrieved the Great Evolution Divine Lord, and repaired the puppets. His overall strength would increase significantly.
The Heaven-Mending Pill could further refine his spiritual roots.
The increased foundation of his spirit beasts and insects meant he was likely to acquire eight more level-eight spirit beasts and pets.
The T4 tier benefit was Elder Ximen’s Nascent Soul from the Star Palace.
This allowed him to better understand the Star Palace’s situation, the internal workings of the Void Heaven Palace, and much important intelligence.
The T5 tier benefited from his relationship with Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi.
His relationship with Barbarian Beard, in particular, would be very beneficial.
Finally, the T6 tier consisted of various thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and exquisite ancient treasures that he didn’t need.
“Golden Thunder Bamboo, bamboo leaves, Silver Moon, Void Heaven Cauldron, Azure Ice Flame, Xuanhuang Mirror, Soul Nourishing Wood, the essence of the Spirit Eye Tree, Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Liquid, Nine-Bend Spiritual Ginseng, Refined Crystal, Bodhi Pearl, a large number of puppet remains, Heaven-Mending Pill, information from the Star Palace and Void Heaven Palace, friendships with Nascent Soul cultivators, various other spiritual herbs, medicines, and ancient treasures…”
The gains were far too numerous!
So numerous that even storage bags couldn’t hold them all!
The phrase “overflowing” didn’t even begin to describe it!
The three embraced, and the night passed in silence.
The second day, the third day…
Upon waking on the second day, Han Li took out a Heaven-Mending Pill that had been split in two and gave it to the two women!
“Yuan Yao, Yan Li, take this.”
“Husband, what is this?”
“A Heaven-Mending Pill! Unfortunately, there’s only one left. I can’t be biased, so I’ve divided it in two…”
Han Li said regretfully.
His main body took the other pill first.
“Only one left” was no exaggeration.
Even so, and even though each of them only received half a pill, the two women were overjoyed upon hearing that it was the legendary Heaven-Mending Pill.
This was an unexpected surprise they hadn’t anticipated:
“Thank you, husband.”
They had truly overthought things.
…
Several days later.
The pills were ready, and Han Li took half of them, four pills.
“These pills are only truly effective for virgin female cultivators, so don’t waste them,”
Gan Rushuang said meaningfully.
“Alright, I understand. Here are three spirit stones.”
Han Li said, handing over three high-grade spirit stones.
He wouldn’t take this woman’s things for nothing.
Gan Rushuang took the spirit stones and her heart stirred again:
“These are… high-grade spirit stones?”
“Yes.”
Han Li nodded slightly, his expression calm.
Seeing this calmness, Gan Rushuang was even more shocked.
She knew very well how rare and precious these high-grade spirit stones were.
Even in the Tiannan region, where spirit mines were plentiful, high-grade spirit stones were almost extinct, let alone in the Chaotic Star Sea, where spirit stone resources were scarce. The cost-effectiveness of these three high-grade spirit stones was even greater than her four pills.
Simply put, anything that can be exchanged for pills can be obtained with these three high-grade spirit stones.
The good things that can be exchanged for high-grade spirit stones might not be something her four pills could acquire.
The truth is, there are very few high-level female cultivators who remain virgins in the late stage of Core Formation, making the practicality of pills refined by ancient formulas quite low.
Only for specific individuals can they be worth the three high-grade spirit stones.
“Thank you.”
“It’s just a matter of mutual benefit. As for you, you should prepare more before forming your Nascent Soul, such as strengthening your divine sense, just in case. The opportunity to shatter the core and form the Nascent Soul only comes once. With your talent, with a little more time to mature, you shouldn’t fail to overcome this hurdle.”
Hearing the first two sentences, Gan Rushuang felt a warm glow in her heart.
She understood the concern in those words.
Hearing the last sentence, she felt even more at ease,
because she understood the recognition and appreciation in those words.
“You have that much confidence in me?”
“My judgment has always been excellent.”
Han Li smiled.
“Alright, before we part, let me remind you one more thing: don’t rush back to Tianxing City now.”
“Huh? Why?”
“The three major factions on this vast sea are about to clash for supremacy. If you run back, you’ll easily become cannon fodder.”
“The righteous and demonic paths are going to war with the Star Palace? How dare they?”
“The Star Palace isn’t as powerful as you think, and the righteous and demonic paths aren’t as weak as you think. Although neither the righteous nor the demonic paths are a match for the Star Palace, many major forces on both paths have now joined forces to form the Reverse Star Alliance, whose overall strength is no weaker than the Star Palace. Moreover, the Grandmaster Six Paths Extreme Saint and Wan Sangu of the Chaotic Star Sea are about to launch a further test against the Twin Saints of Tianxing. That’s a clash between four Grandmasters. Think it over carefully before considering whether you should return to Tianxing City to form your Nascent Soul.”
Returning to Tianxing City to form your Nascent Soul…
if you fail, all your possessions will inevitably fall into the hands of the Star Palace.
Having successfully formed her Nascent Soul, she would undoubtedly be recruited by the Star Palace as a temporary retainer. On the battlefield of the chaotic war, swords and spears have no eyes; there is no mercy for women. Gan Rushuang, a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator, would be an easy target in the eyes of those veteran Nascent Soul experts.
Being a virgin female cultivator, she would be even more dangerous.
“But the famous islands of the Chaotic Star Sea have all been divided up by various forces, and those ordinary spiritual veins won’t be of much help to my Nascent Soul formation. Furthermore, forming my Nascent Soul alone would easily attract attention. Besides the relatively stable Tianxing City, where else can I go?”
She still lacked understanding of the Chaotic Star Sea.
“It’s up to you.”
“And you? Where are you planning to go?”
“The Outer Sea.”
“The Outer Sea?”
“Yes, I’ll take the sisters to an island in the Outer Sea to cultivate in seclusion for several decades to settle down.”
Gan Rushuang pursed her lips upon hearing this.
After pondering for a while, he asked an unexpected and unrelated question:
“Why did you protect me at the entrance to the inner hall?”
“For no reason, just something I did on the spur of the moment.”
His motive for stopping the barbarian was pure.
“Just something you did on the spur of the moment?”
“What else could I possibly want from you?”
Han Li shook his head and chuckled.
Yes.
What could a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator possibly want from her?
“Then, can I… can I go to the outer sea with you?”
“With me? You’ve thought it through?”
Han Li hesitated.
Gan Rushuang remained silent.
Seeing this, Han Li thought of other possibilities, and then narrowed his eyes slightly:
“So, you’ve already made those preparations?”
This time, Gan Rushuang nodded readily:
“Originally, I was going to die at the entrance of the inner hall’s tower during this trip to the Void Heaven Palace…” She
would be killed by the barbarian.
“You saved me.”
This rescue was different from the one at Linglong Mountain in the Northern Liang Kingdom.
This time, the act was more pure.
Originally, she was over two hundred years old and never expected to be rescued by a hero, yet it actually happened to her.
At that moment, she admitted her heart was pounding.
“What are your future aspirations? Late Nascent Soul stage, or Deity Transformation stage?”
“Ascension, of course,”
Han Li replied decisively.
Ascension?
The three women were momentarily stunned.
This man, who was only at the early Nascent Soul stage, was already thinking about ascension?
Yes.
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul…
their man had only taken a little over a hundred years!
In just over a hundred years, he had achieved what he had today!
His future achievements are simply limitless.
Reaching the Divine Transformation realm is not impossible.
Ascension also holds some hope.
Perhaps this man is the most promising candidate for ascension in ten thousand years?
Looking at it this way, being able to follow such a man is their good fortune.
“Ascension!”
Yuan Yao and Yan Li only now understood the true extent of their husband’s ambition.
How could such a person be bound by mere romantic feelings?
What if they were to become obstacles instead of helping him…
In an instant, the two women sobered up.
After a wave of fear, their eyes became crystal clear.
All other miscellaneous girlish emotions vanished completely at this moment.
…
But how could the women understand that the ascension Han Li spoke of was not merely the ascension to the Spirit Realm they imagined, but… ascension to the Immortal Realm! To become a True Immortal!
He wanted to become an immortal. What he
wanted was immortality.
(End of Chapter)
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