Chapter 796

Children born in the divine world are different from those in the lower world since their early childhood. Of course, Yuan Jing only realized this after he had seen more. When he was a child, he thought that all the children in the world were the same as him. He started to remember things from the moment he was born. He also understood that this was a world where the strong preyed on the weak. He accepted that he had ordinary talents, so he had no complaints about his family's neglect of him.

In a place like the God Realm where the law of the jungle prevails and the strong are respected, if you don't make progress it means you are regressing. This is true for cultivators and families as well. Even if his family is only a small one and the land where he lives is considered very barren in the eyes of outside cultivators, the various family forces in the land are still competing fiercely for limited resources, and this atmosphere continues to be the same within the family.

Yuan Jing's mother, Ye Lingzheng, is a member of this small family. Her talent ranks in the upper middle level of the family, so she is highly valued by the family and does not need to marry out of the family. This also makes her temperament very strong.

Yuan Jing's father was just one of the three husbands and four servants around his mother. He died in an accident before Yuan Jing was born. After he was born, it was found that he had ordinary talents. Ye Lingzheng was very disappointed, so she just pointed at a name and threw him to the servants to take care of him without even giving him a surname. To Ye Lingzheng, who was always strong, a waste was not qualified to inherit her surname.

So he was called Yuan Jing since birth, and the name accompanied him throughout his life.

The servants did not take good care of him, so little Yuan Jing grew up quietly in the corner of the small Ye family. He remembered what his mother looked like, and clearly remembered the sound of his mother's voice when she disdained him. At that time, he was not as open-minded as he is later. He just felt that he had to fight for his reputation and did not want to be labeled a waste forever.

Later, after becoming more knowledgeable and wider-ranging, recalling the past, Yuan Jing was glad that he was born in the realm of gods. Otherwise, if he had been born in the mortal world with his situation, it would have been a question whether he could grow up well as a fragile child ignored by everyone.

At that time, he stayed quietly in a corner, trying his best to learn and absorb all kinds of cultivation knowledge. However, without anyone to guide him, his stumbling path of cultivation did not produce much results. When he was eighteen years old, Ye Lingzheng finally remembered that he had such a son, so he asked someone to bring him to him. After taking a look at his son, he found that his cultivation was indeed very weak. Without exchanging a word with his son, he gave him two choices.

At that time, Ye Lingzheng's eyes were cold, and she treated Yuan Jing, her son, as if he were a stranger. "It's enough for the family to raise you until you are 18 years old. From today on, you have two choices. One is to go out and be a small steward, just like other cultivators who rely on the family. Whether you can climb up depends on your own ability." That is to say, he is not allowed to borrow her name, Ye Lingzheng. "The second is to leave the family and go out on your own. Whether you live or die in the future has nothing to do with the Ye family or me, Ye Lingzheng. Even if you achieve the supreme position in the future, I, Ye Lingzheng, will never flatter you."

Ye Lingzheng had no feelings for Yuan Jing. Yuan Jing had never spent a day with his so-called mother, so he also had no feelings for her. He thought about the two options very seriously, and then said without hesitation: "I choose the second one."

He still had ambitions in his heart. If he stayed in the Ye family, his room for advancement would be very limited. Going out on his own would be very dangerous. If things went wrong, he would die. But he thought that it would be more comfortable than living a mediocre life in the family. Even if he really died, he would not regret his choice today.

Ye Lingzheng's eyes remained calm as he waved his hand and said, "Okay, then you can leave today."

"Thank you, mother." It was the first time that Yuan Jing called out the name "mother" and he bowed deeply to Ye Lingzheng. No matter whether Ye Lingzheng ignored him or not, he owed Ye Lingzheng a favor. He kept it in mind that if one day he made some progress in his cultivation, he would come back to repay this favor, no matter whether Ye Lingzheng needed it or not.

After saying this, Yuan Jing didn't need anyone else to see him off. He turned around and strode out of the Ye family alone. The further he walked, the more relaxed and open-minded he felt. Although he was very open-minded, the cold atmosphere within the family still made him feel depressed. When he walked out of the Ye family, he realized that the sky was so high and the earth was so far away.

Yuan Jing left the city where the Ye family lived, which meant that except for the grace of giving birth to him, he had completely drawn a line with the Ye family. In fact, he knew very well that his name was not even on the Ye family's genealogy, because only people with the surname Ye could be included in the family tree. In other words, there had never been a person like him in the Ye family.

Yuan Jing did not feel disappointed. Instead, he felt relaxed and free from all worries.

After leaving the Ye family, he did everything, including running errands for others, being a medicine boy and an assistant to a weapon refiner, and helping people decompose the corpses of ferocious beasts. In short, he did all the work that could earn divine stones. However, he spent all the divine stones he earned within a day. He used them all to buy books. Gradually, he changed from a young cultivator who embarked on the path of cultivation in a daze to a scholar in people's eyes. Of course, this is for the lower-level cultivators. If they encounter any problems, they can find Yuan Jing for help and he will definitely be able to solve them.

At this time, his cultivation level had also improved a lot, and he no longer needed to do the lowest level work, because the speed of earning divine stones was too slow. So he began to walk out of the gathering places of cultivators, and teamed up with other cultivators to go out for training, hunt ferocious beasts, collect divine herbs, explore the secrets of the abandoned mansion, go through life and death, and crawl back from the brink of death many times, and soon become lively again.

He is like an indestructible cockroach and the toughest weed. No matter how difficult and tortuous the road ahead is, he will walk on this road firmly. His goal is so clear that he has never wavered.

"Friend Yuan, you're back. We've been waiting for you." Yuan Jing had just finished a mission that day and returned to his temporary residence when he saw someone waiting for him.

Yuan Jing’s memory was of course good. He recognized at a glance that they were the monks with whom he had formed a team twice before. One was named Yang Huailu and the other was named Du Wenshan.

Yuan Jing smiled and nodded: "Friend Yang, Friend Du, luckily I came back early, otherwise you would have waited in vain. You can send me a message next time if you have something. Come sit in my cave, please come in."

"Haha, it's just a matter of luck. If you happen to be away, we will need to find someone else to cooperate with. Opportunities don't wait for anyone. But now it seems that we are lucky." Yang Huailu laughed and walked in with Yuan Jing.

Yuan Jing made some tea and poured it for them. He sat down at the table and talked with an interested look in his eyes: "Oh? What good thing is it that you want to help me with? Tell me about it."

Du Wenshan lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "We found a mansion that is suspected to be left behind by a god. Not many people know this news now. Brother Yang and I know what kind of person Yuan Jing is, so the first person we want to find is you, Yuan Jing."

Yuan Jing acted surprised and said, "Is this really the God's mansion? Are you sure?"

Yang Huailu and Du Wenshan exchanged glances without leaving any trace, knowing that Yuan Jing would be tempted. As long as he was interested, they were not afraid that he would not go: "Of course it is certain. Many clues show that it is a mansion left by a god, and that god is also an alchemist. You know, neither of us is good at alchemy, so we are afraid that we won't gain much if we go in."

Yuan Jing showed more interest: "That's great, when do we leave? I can prepare early."

"How about two days later?"

"It's not too late. Thank you two Taoist friends for calling me. Yuan Jing would like to thank you two with tea instead of wine."

"Come on, do it."

The three of them had a very pleasant conversation, and soon Yang Huailu and Du Wenshan said goodbye and left, agreeing to meet at the city gate on the third day.

As soon as the two men left, the excitement and joy on Yuan Jing's face disappeared completely. He was not stupid. He had been working in the lower class for many years and had come into contact with all kinds of people. He even knew how to read other people's faces since he was a child in the Ye family. He tried not to cause trouble to others and stayed quietly in the corner.

But despite the two people's ulterior motives, Yuan Jing still decided to go with them, because this was an opportunity for him. He happened to have seen the name of this god and the mansion he left behind in a miscellaneous book, and he even read a book on cultivation experience written by this god himself a few years ago. Of course, when this experience was written, the god's cultivation level was only that of a mysterious god, but it was enough for Yuan Jing to figure out the god's temper and personality.

This god has indeed left a great reputation in alchemy, which is why Yuan Jing is willing to take the greatest risk to go in and explore. But even if he has to take the risk, he must make the most thorough preparations. Although he is not afraid of death, he still cherishes his life. Only with his life can he continue to pursue his path.

He has experienced life and death over the years, and has accumulated some life-saving cards. When the time comes, who will be the one to die?

Two days passed in a flash. Yang Huailu and Du Wenshan also asked people to keep an eye on Yuan Jing's movements. They found that he only went out once and stayed in his cave for the rest of the time, so they felt relieved.

The reason why they chose Yuan Jing was not only because he knew alchemy which could come in handy in the abandoned mansion, but also because Yuan Jing was a lone cultivator with no background whatsoever.

The two had tried to test each other during their previous two collaborations, so even if a casual cultivator like this suddenly disappeared, it would not attract attention. Those cultivators who had contact with him would only think that he had gone out to train again. People who knew him knew that he was a crazy cultivator, so even if he never came back, they would think that something had happened to him during his training, and no one would be serious about it and investigate to the end.

Yuan Jing arrived at the city gate early in the morning on the third day. After the three of them met, they got on the fairy shuttle and flew outside. It took five days on the road before they stopped in a mountain range, and another day to find the destination of their action.

Yang Huailu said excitedly: "Fellow Daoist Yuan, this is the location of the abandoned mansion. Brother Du and I accidentally entered the outer perimeter of the abandoned mansion, but found that we could not open the abandoned mansion with our strength. This time it depends on you, Fellow Daoist Yuan."

"Okay, I'll do my best, let's go in."