A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 39

Chapter 39 Han Li, Be My Son-in-Law

In the following days, Han Li learned about the events of the past two years from Mo Juren.

Since realizing the crucial relationship between spiritual roots and cultivation techniques, Mo Juren couldn’t sit still any longer and chose to descend the mountain to try again.

That time, Mo Juren was lucky; with the active cooperation of Yu Zitong, the guide, they raided the mortal assets of the Yue Kingdom’s cultivation family, the Yu family, seizing a batch of low-grade spiritual herbs and medicines. They also abducted several children.

Among these children were many promising talents with spiritual roots.

For example, this body possessed the three spiritual roots of metal, fire, and earth.

Although unable to cultivate the wood-attribute Everlasting Spring Technique, it could cultivate fire-attribute techniques very well. Moreover, compared to most people with three spiritual roots, its cultivation speed was much faster.

Clearly, there were subtle differences between the three spiritual roots.

With the aid of medicinal liquids, it

reached the first level of Qi Refining in just over two months.

In about half a year, it reached the second level of Qi Refining. In

a little over a year, it reached the third level of Qi Refining.

After nearly exhausting all the spiritual herbs and medicines, his cultivation speed gradually slowed down.

Two years later, he was

only at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Now, more than a year later, he’s still only at the peak of the fourth level. He’s always just a little short of

the fifth level. For a cultivator with three spiritual roots to hit a bottleneck at only the fourth level of Qi Refining is clearly abnormal. Normally, cultivators with three spiritual roots only hit a bottleneck at the sixth level of Qi Refining. What’s the reason behind this?

Furthermore, before the possession attempt, Doctor Mo specifically returned to the Seven Mysteries Sect and took Zhang Tie with him. He refined Zhang Tie, who had luckily reached the fifth level of the Elephant Armor Technique, into a corpse puppet, thus obtaining an exceptionally powerful semi-finished corpse.

During the possession attempt, the corpse puppet “Iron Slave” helped protect him.

And that possession attempt wasn’t as uneventful as expected.

It turns out that the dormant Yu Zitong had been waiting for many years.

Limited by the three principles of possession attempts, Yu Zitong couldn’t possess the mortal Mo Juren, so he could only temporarily reside within Mo Juren’s body. For years, he had been extremely cautious to avoid assimilation, yet he still suffered severe damage.

His remaining primordial spirit energy and magical power, seemingly at the seventh level of Qi Refining, were actually inferior even to a fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator.

To achieve the same goal of possession and rebirth, Yu Zitong fabricated a lie:

Doctor Mo wanted to cultivate immortality, so he had to possess a cultivator. The minimum cultivation requirement for possession was that the possessed person must reach the fourth level of Qi Refining.

In reality, the fourth level of Qi Refining wasn’t necessary. As long as Mo Juren temporarily possessed his own magical power and could materialize his primordial spirit, possession could proceed.

Why set the fourth-level Qi Refining requirement for Mo Juren? The purpose was simple.

Because Mo Juren’s essence, extracted and transformed through the Seven Ghosts Devouring Soul Technique, yielded temporary magical power roughly at the fourth level of Qi Refining, slightly stronger than the severely damaged Yu Zitong. If Mo Juren possessed a cultivator below the fourth level of Qi Refining, Doctor Mo would have a high probability of success, but it wouldn’t be in his best interest. Only by having Mo Juren engage in a possession battle with another cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining could a fierce struggle for power occur.

In that case, both sides would most likely suffer heavy losses.

This way, Yu Zitong could then clean up the mess and reap the benefits, achieving twice the result with half the effort.

This was a well-planned scheme.

However ,

Yu Zitong hadn’t anticipated the impact of Han Li’s words on Mo Juren.

When Mo Juren discovered that Yu Zitong was hiding many things from him, his vigilance increased significantly. His previously seemingly inevitable possession attempts were scrutinized, revealing hidden dangers.

Therefore, in raising the children, he adopted a slave-like training method.

Furthermore, after the child’s body reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, he used the Corpse Refining Technique to severely injure and even strip away the child’s soul from the body.

This enslavement training instilled a subconscious habit of obedience in the Yu family children.

The Corpse Refining Technique further weakened the Yu family children’s primordial spirit, fundamentally stripping them of any means of resistance.

Then there was the protection of Zhang Tie’s corpse puppet. Both

internal and external factors were completely under Doctor Mo’s control.

When Yu Zitong, thinking he was sitting back and watching the two primordial spirits fight, and excitedly jumped out to clean up the mess, he discovered that Doctor Mo had already succeeded. He was waiting for him to walk into the trap. One held the home ground, the other was severely injured, and crucially, the latter’s strength wasn’t greater than the former’s; in fact, it was somewhat inferior.

Furthermore, one of the three ironclad rules of possession: one can only possess once.

Yu Zitong’s actions in cleaning up the mess were, in effect, a waste of his only chance to possess another body.

Possessing another body was now impossible.

At this point, Doctor Mo had effortlessly acquired Yu Zitong, the “grandfather” of the cultivation world.

After squeezing every last drop of value from Yu Zitong, Mo Juren carelessly eliminated this menace.

From then on, the Yu family child was Mo Juren, and Mo Juren remained the same ruthless figure.

After a period of adaptation to his body and mastering the magic of a cultivator, feeling completely healed, he immediately returned to Jiayuan City in Lanzhou with his corpse puppet, Iron Slave, to see his family.

After some coded explanations and a demonstration of immortal techniques, he quickly gained his family’s trust.

Thus began the journey of the Jingjiao Society’s rise.

First, he selected subordinates with suitable physiques, good talent, and unwavering loyalty, teaching them the Elephant Armor Technique. These would be the materials for future corpse puppet crafting.

It’s worth mentioning that while Mo Juren was teaching Han Li medicine, he also learned some things from Han Li, such as medicine to alleviate physical pain. It was precisely the appearance of this batch of medicine that allowed many of his trained subordinates to master the Elephant Armor Technique within a year, with some even achieving the second level.

Given more time, Mo Juren could easily have eliminated the other martial arts forces in Jiayuan City and dominated the martial arts world of Jiayuan City and even Lanzhou.

However,

before he could accumulate sufficient strength and grow, his former disciple Han Li appeared.

With unparalleled power, he extinguished Mo Juren’s burning ambition.

Thus, a generation of heroes came to an end.

It is truly lamentable.

“Do you have any last words?” Han Li asked Mo Juren, who had explained everything. “Considering you guided me into the immortal sect back then, I might grant you a small wish, depending on my mood.” “

…”

Doctor Mo was silent for a moment, then looked up, pleading.

“Han Li, let’s settle our grudges between master and disciple, what do you think? My wives and daughters are innocent, don’t involve them…” “

They are just mortals, unable to cultivate immortality. You, on the other hand, are a cultivator, able to pursue immortality. Besides, you are young and won’t easily fall ill, you will definitely live longer than them. They pose no threat to you.”

“Moreover, I didn’t tell them about the Seven Mysteries Sect…”

In other words, I left no clues.

“As for the battle at the Mo residence just now? They were far from the battle. In the dark, even I, a cultivator, needed to use my Heavenly Eye Technique to observe you, let alone them.”

The implication was that they posed no threat, and certainly no threat to Han Li’s family and friends.

Han Li raised an eyebrow:

“That’s all?

You’re not begging me to let you go? “

Doctor Mo smiled bitterly: how could he harbor such illusions?

“Han Li, although I had feelings for you in the past, I didn’t cause you any real harm. On the contrary, I carefully cultivated you and did my best to help you improve your cultivation. I may not have done anything meritorious, but I have worked hard. I take responsibility for my actions alone. Kill me or torture me, it’s all up to you…” This once-powerful figure couldn’t help but have slightly reddened his eyes.

This made Han Li feel inexplicably moved.

Doctor Mo, whose heart was as cold as iron, also had such a soft side?

Wait, was he just acting?

No.

There was no need to act anymore.

Doctor Mo knew very well that this time, he was doomed to die, there was no chance of survival.

The only thing he could fight for was the survival of his family.

“Han Li, the Jingjiao Society, which I founded in my lifetime, boasts over 100,000 ordinary members and more than 15,000 core members. It is one of the three major overlords in Lanzhou, and the most powerful among them. If you are interested, you can inherit this family business as my disciple. My family is small and will not make things difficult for you; they need a pillar of support.”

Seeing the disdain on the young man’s face, Mo Juren continued.

“Han Li, don’t underestimate mortal forces. After you take over the Jingjiao Society, you can have your members help you find spiritual herbs and medicines. Tens of thousands of people conducting a thorough search is much faster than you doing it alone. Moreover, mortals in this mortal world may possess rare and precious spiritual herbs and medicines.”

For example, the one Yu Zitong encountered.

“My beloved daughters are all of unparalleled beauty; you may choose one or even marry them all…”

These were Doctor Mo’s last words.

(End of Chapter)