A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 23

Chapter 23 The Wonderful Life of Master Jin Guang

Han Li patiently stayed here for two months.

He encountered the Golden Light Master more than once, swindling food and drink for free.

Once, he saw from afar that this dwarf used his so-called flying sword technique to decisively defeat a group of barbarian bandits attacking Wubao outside the city. He received a large amount of gold from the Wubao’s owner as payment.

At that time, seeing the Golden Light Master carelessly squander the energy within the Gray Sword Talisman, he felt far more heartbroken than the dwarf.

After all, talismans are consumables; the energy within is depleted with each use and cannot be replenished.

And he had subconsciously come to regard this talisman as his own.

How could he not feel pain seeing the dwarf Golden Light squander its energy?

Another time,

some innocent children encountered the Golden Light Master and wanted to play with him.

The children all regarded him as their peer.

As a result,

this dwarf ruthlessly attacked,

instantly killing all the children present with the Gray Sword Talisman,

indirectly destroying more than a dozen families in that village.

The reason? He hated being laughed at for being short.

This fellow struck twice, both times with incredible speed and efficiency. Han Li watched from afar, knowing he couldn’t withstand a single blow. But he also noticed the dwarf’s weakness

: he was too fond of enjoying life.

“Since you like to freeload, I’ll grant your wish.”

If the Golden Light Master had stayed in his temple, diligently cultivating, Han Li would have had no way to deal with him.

But this fellow liked to frequent wealthy households, even taking advantage of women.

Thus, his weaknesses were numerous.

Ordinary people had no way to deal with him. Skilled individuals wouldn’t be in this remote place bordering the barbarian territory. And even those with the means to deal with the Golden Light Master wouldn’t risk provoking him for the sake of others. His

flying sword technique was simply too sharp, and his Vajra Talisman was impeccable.

The combination of offense and defense deterred almost all the locals with ulterior motives.

Unfortunately,

it couldn’t deter Han Li.

In the third month,

Jin Guang Shangren went out and accepted an invitation to visit the Ming family, one of the former four great families and now one of the three great families in Yanling City.

In Yanling City, Jin Guang Shangren, a reclusive master suspected of being an immortal, was extremely rare. The city’s three largest families each hosted a monthly banquet for this dwarf. This was both to cultivate relationships and to win him over, and also to secure his services in advance.

This time, it was the Ming family that extended the invitation.

Han Li had already observed and concluded this two months prior.

Therefore,

he scouted the Ming family beforehand, infiltrating a place with only a large number of servants and no top-tier martial arts masters.

The most powerful member of the Ming family was the eldest son, whose swordsmanship and internal strength were comparable to the hundred or so core disciples of the Seven Mysteries Sect’s Seven Absolutes Hall.

As for the Ming family’s two hundred or so servants…?

The three or five people inside were merely ordinary disciples of the Seven Mysteries Sect’s inner circle—

equivalent to third-rate martial artists.

This group posed no threat to Han Li, whose senses were heightened.

The hidden sentries the Ming family had deployed in various concealed corners at night were rendered useless to him.

Having infiltrated the kitchen the night before, Han Li

then rested peacefully on the roof beams.

The next morning, after the various foods had been purchased, he immediately focused on the ingredients for Jin Guang Shangren’s favorite dish.

“I’ll add some special ingredients when the dish is ready; I hope you like it,”

he said, withdrawing his gaze and waiting for the chef to prepare the delicious meal for Jin Guang Shangren.

Just as the chef was about to finish cooking and call a maid to bring the food, Han Li activated his Concealment Technique and Disguise Technique, and then, taking advantage of the moment when the chef and maid were unaware, secretly mixed some special ingredients into the broth.

This unique and wonderful substance is colorless, odorless, and non-toxic, so it won’t be detected by methods like silver needles for poison testing. It also won’t cause much harm to the human body.

He formulated it after years of dedicated medical research.

If he were to use it on Doctor Mo, it certainly wouldn’t be effective, since he hasn’t yet surpassed his teacher.

However, using it on Jin Guang Shangren would be a different story.

…

Inside the banquet hall.

Guests and hosts alike were enjoying themselves immensely.

Jin Guang Shangren, who was using the alias Zhang to avoid the Qin Yeling Ye family’s investigation as much as possible, now had a slightly tipsy look on his face:

“Patriarch Ming, your chef’s dish is still the most delicious, just to my liking.”

Another day without being targeted by poison.

Tests using silver needles and other methods showed that the food was not poisoned.

He was very happy about this.

There was no need to slaughter the entire family in a fit of rage like at a banquet in earlier years.

After two years of contact with the Ming family, he was increasingly satisfied. The chef of this family could always prepare sumptuous meals according to his tastes and preferences. Moreover, the entire Ming family always provided him with rich emotional value, making him feel good both physically and mentally. This family that depended on him, this dog of a wealthy family that always paid him protection money, was simply too good for him.

“Not at all, Immortal Master Zhang, as long as you’re satisfied.”

“Yes, Immortal Master Zhang, it’s a blessing for the Ming family that our little sister has won your favor.”

“With Immortal Master Zhang’s protection, the Ming family can live in Yanling City without worry for a hundred years…”

Everyone in the Ming family had smiles plastered on their faces.

Some of them were genuinely happy, like the Ming family head.

He was trying his best to win over the Golden Light Immortal,

because his goal was bloodline inheritance.

After a hearty meal, it was time for the Golden Light Immortal to “break his fast.”

The Ming family had a daughter, quite beautiful and skilled in social interaction, who was very good at winning over the dwarf.

The Ming family head was even more pleased to see this happen. He

was happy to borrow a seed.

Nothing more than to optimize the bloodline.

Although he himself had no spiritual root, and none of his family’s offspring had spiritual roots, and in earlier years, they knew nothing about the cultivation world, his daughter was capable. Through her gentle and skillful techniques, she learned many secrets of the cultivation world from the Golden Light Immortal, a powerful Qi Refining cultivator. This contains the fundamental reason why mortals cannot cultivate immortality.

Acquiring spiritual roots later in life is impossible,

at least not for this group.

Therefore,

they can only rely on their offspring.

Borrowing a seed is one of the most effective methods.

Because the probability of a mortal without spiritual roots mating with another mortal without spiritual roots to produce offspring with spiritual roots is less than one in ten thousand. Those who possess spiritual roots are said to be one in ten thousand lucky individuals.

If a mortal without spiritual roots marries someone with spiritual roots, the probability of their offspring possessing spiritual roots increases significantly.

Therefore,

Jin Guang Shangren, an immortal with spiritual roots, is not a hungry wolf in this region, nor is he ostracized by powerful mortal families like the Ming family; on the contrary, he is sought after by all sides and regarded as a precious gem.

In short, the three major families, including the Ming family, all want to borrow a seed here, striving to upgrade from a mortal family to a cultivation family.

And this, in Han Li’s view, is something that is both laughable and lamentable.

The mere Jin Guang Shangren, with his pseudo-spiritual root, was nothing but a nobody in the eyes of countless cultivators, including many low-level rogue cultivators—a nobody, a marginal figure. But in the eyes of mortals, he was a hope and opportunity to change his family’s social standing and rewrite the future of his descendants. Now

, look at Jin Guang Shangren.

The banquet was drawing to a close. The middle-aged man, only three feet tall with a few strands of silver in his hair, was being helped to his boudoir by the beautiful young woman from the Ming family.

What would happen next was self-evident.

Normally, Jin Guang Shangren considered himself quite self-controlled. To him, the Ming family woman was merely a woman with a little bit of beauty, capable of pleasing him in bed and giving him the vanity that every man desires. He had encountered women like this in the past two years. He wasn’t tired of them, but they weren’t exactly novel either.

But today, his emotions were unusually high.

The beginning of the banquet was fine, but towards the end, after a few rounds of drinks, a burning heat would rise in his lower abdomen whenever he saw the Ming family woman.

Especially after the woman made physical contact with him, that fire was no longer hidden; it burned brighter and brighter, becoming increasingly clear.

Once the door closed, today, even a true immortal wouldn’t be able to open it.

“My little beauty has arrived~”

(End of Chapter)