Wunian Mountain.
A wisp of a woman's remnant soul drifted in the sky, watching the two people in red and white on Wunian Mountain trying their best to save Tang Feiyan, as well as her body that was ignored by everyone, and chuckled softly.
The remnant soul shed no tears, only laughter that sounded like wailing, stirring up the mountain mist of Wunian Mountain.
After a long while, her laughter stopped, and her lingering soul gradually dissipated. The events of her life echoed before her eyes like a fleeting glimpse, and the sounds around her were chaotic.
"You are fortunate to share the same Yin and Cold nature as Yan'er, and you both possess the Heavenly Spiritual Root. The Love-Locking Curse can deceive the Heavenly Dao and prove my intention to cultivate demonic arts. How could I bear to hurt Yan'er?"
It was the gentle yet eerie voice of the demon Xin Qi.
"The beggar you saved in the mortal realm was an incarnation of my true self during my tribulation. This Spirit Cultivation Pill is your compensation. Although it cannot repair your damaged spiritual roots, it can alleviate some of your pain."
Immortal Venerable Yun Jue's voice was devoid of desire, calm, and undisturbed.
"Look, look! This body is extremely yin and cold, making it the perfect vessel for Miss Tang Feiyan's soul. Ten thousand spirit stones, not a penny less!"
Rong Shu, the owner of Qianjinlou, spoke with her usual greedy voice.
The woman's remnant soul was almost transparent. She glanced one last time at the people on Wunian Mountain and gave a triumphant, sarcastic smile.
Those people wanted to use her physical body as a vessel for Tang Feiyan's soul, who had failed in her tribulation, but she refused to allow it, even if it meant destroying her own primordial spirit!
Although she was terrified, she felt a great sense of satisfaction seeing Tang Feiyan covered in blood from being struck by lightning and seeing Xin Qi and Yun Jue's anxious eyes!
"Yan'er!" came a low growl from below.
The woman looked over with her remaining eyesight, then her gaze fixed on it, and she burst into uncontrollable laughter.
The extremely selfish and ruthless Xin Qi would actually destroy all his cultivation for a woman, willing to become a mortal whom he despises the most, and give his inner core to Tang Feiyan!
ridiculous!
That's ridiculous!
The remnant soul suddenly emitted a dazzling light in the air, as if it were the last bloom of its life, before disappearing completely into the world.
Jiang Fei suddenly opened her eyes and instinctively touched her body.
This world was somewhat similar to her original world, and the original owner's last scene was the same as hers—both were in a soul state. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether it was reality or the small world the system had led her into.
Upon touching her own warm body, Jiang Fei let out a breath, feeling either disappointed or relieved.
"System, a cultivation world?"
[System: Yes, it's somewhat similar to the host's original world.]
Jiang Fei frowned: "My original world was the God World of the Thirty-Three Heavens, this world..."
As she spoke, she shook her head in disgust.
This world is indeed a world of cultivation, divided into three races: immortals, demons, and humans.
Those with spiritual roots can cultivate to become immortals or demons, while those without spiritual roots can only live in the human realm for their entire lives.
The difference between immortals and demons is just a thought away.
Cultivating immortality requires a righteous heart and few desires. One must cultivate step by step from Qi cultivation. Although it is extremely energy-consuming and time-consuming and requires talent, it is of great benefit to the physical body.
However, if one goes astray and cultivates demonic arts, although one's cultivation level will improve very quickly, the deeper one's cultivation level, the more frequent the heavenly punishment will be.
For hundreds of years, there have been almost no people who have truly cultivated to become immortals. If we talk about the highest status in the cultivation world, it should be Venerable Yun Jue of Wunian Mountain, whose courtesy name is Wunian. He has now reached the Tribulation Transcending stage and will become an immortal after returning from his tribulation.
The only one who can rival him is Xin Qi, the lord of the Demon Realm.
Unlike many others who were forced to embark on the path of demonic cultivation due to their inner demons, Xin Qi cultivated demonic cultivation voluntarily and possessed extremely profound cultivation. However, the divine punishment he received was also the most severe, and all those who knew about his divine punishment were dead.
There were once three great families in the cultivation world: Yun, Tang, and Jiang.
The original owner was the daughter of the Jiang family. She was raised as a lady of a prominent family from a young age. She was gentle and kind, with excellent looks and talents. She was born on an extremely cold and yin night and was born with a heavenly spiritual root. Before she was even twenty years old, she had already cultivated to the Golden Core stage.
But this also became her nightmare.
When the original owner was twenty years old, he was training outside. When he went to a cave in the camphor forest to kill an ice-armored horned beast, he met Xin Qi, who had come to the same place.
Xin Qi was dressed in fiery red, her beauty unparalleled, like a red spider lily.
The original owner was momentarily distracted and accidentally had her left leg bitten by a horned beast. It was Xin Qi who saved her, cast a spell to heal her wounds, and treated her gently.
That time, the original owner could never forget this "benefactor".
Later, Xin Qi stayed by her side and went on adventures with her.
He would risk danger to pick the rare herbs growing on the cliffs and give them to her, along with a bunch of wild orchids blooming in the cracks of the rocks.
He would give her a rare elixir that others could only dream of, as if it were free.
When the original owner was in danger and Xin Qi risked his life to save her, the original owner revealed her feelings to Xin Qi.
Xin Qi accepted the original owner of the body with a look of "surprise" and soon went to the Jiang family to present betrothal gifts and marry her in a grand ceremony.
On their wedding night, he cast a love-binding spell on them, saying, "Feifei, from now on, even the heavens cannot separate us."
The original owner believed it to be true.
Xin Qi created a beautiful dream for the original owner, but on the second night after their wedding night, he ruthlessly shattered it.
It turns out that Xin Qi was not just a wandering scholar, but a demon cultivator. It turns out that he already had a beloved in his heart, and that person was Tang Feiyan, the eldest daughter of the Tang family.
Tang Feiyan is Yun Jue's apprentice. She is lively and clever by nature and has feelings for Yun Jue.
As time went by, even the indifferent Yun Jue was somewhat moved by her.
Xin Qisu and Yun Jue have always been at odds. Seeing this, he deliberately approached Tang Feiyan, but he didn't expect that in the process, Tang Feiyan would discover his identity as a demon and say, "So what if you're a demon or an immortal? You're still my friend!"
Xin Qi fell in love with Tang Feiyan.
In the camphor forest, Xin Qi was kind to the original owner because he knew that the original owner had an extremely yin and cold body and was born with a heavenly spiritual root, which was very similar to Tang Feiyan's constitution.
Xin Qi needs to truly cultivate to become the supreme demon—the Demon Enchantress—to kill his beloved in order to prove his sincerity in cultivation to the Heavenly Dao.
How could Xinqi bear to kill Tang Feiyan?
The Love-Locking Curse can deceive the heavens; the person cursed will fall completely in love with the one who cast the curse, but only if the person cursed does so willingly.
Furthermore, the Love-Locking Curse cannot be destroyed unless the person who cast the curse dies or the curse is transferred.
Xin Qi was kind to the original owner only so that on their wedding night, he would make the original owner willingly accept the Love-Locking Curse, and then end the original owner's life with a sword when the second day of the tribulation.
The real way to prove oneself is to kill one's wife.
Xin Qi successfully cultivated into a demon, but the way of heaven cannot be deceived. Xin Qi also suffered a backlash and had to go into seclusion for a year to cultivate himself.
Xin Qi never showed any sincerity towards the original owner. In fact, on his way to seclusion in the Netherworld Valley, due to the intense pain of the backlash, he angrily transferred the Love-Locking Curse to the lowest beggar in the human world.
The original owner of this body survived by a twist of fate, but was left barely alive.
A young man dressed in a blue robe appeared before her, scrutinizing her for a long time as if she were an object. Finally, he said with amusement, "Born of extreme yin and cold, it's a pity your heavenly spiritual root is destroyed, but you should still fetch a good price."
"Hey, young lady, I can save your life, but when the time comes, you must become a medicine in my establishment, how about it?"
At that time, the original owner did not know that the person was Rong Shu, the owner of Qianjinlou.
Rong Shu gave her a spiritual herb, and she survived, but her Heavenly Spiritual Root was destroyed. She could no longer cultivate immortality. Despite having this spiritual body, she couldn't even defeat the weakest human in the human realm.
The original owner was expelled from the cultivation world, and unwilling to disgrace his family, he had no choice but to go to the human world alone.
In the human realm, the original owner encountered a beggar—a seven or eight-year-old child dressed in tattered clothes with a red cloud-shaped birthmark on his face.
Because of that birthmark, the beggar was considered an unlucky person wherever he went, and was disliked by everyone, with his body covered in wounds.
The original owner was unaware that Xin Qi had transferred the Love-Locking Curse to the beggar. She only thought that she felt pity for the beggar, so she brought the beggar to her side and took good care of him.
But when the beggar grew up, the love-locking spell took effect, and the original owner fell in love with the beggar, so much so that she was obsessed and even wanted to marry him.
Because of the kindness of being adopted, the beggar did not refuse.
However, at the couple's wedding banquet, a woman dressed in white, exuding an ethereal aura, appeared—Tang Feiyan.
She interrupted the wedding banquet with tears streaming down her face.
The beggar, expressionless, was about to continue the wedding banquet when Tang Feiyan suddenly drew her long sword and stabbed herself in the face.
At that moment, the beggar's expression changed drastically, and he stepped forward to block the sword for Tang Feiyan.
The beggar died.
The love-locking spell has failed.
The original owner's wedding banquet was once again turned into a mess, all because of the same woman.
She was finally heartbroken. Rong Shu, the owner of Qianjin Tower who had saved her life, appeared again and nodded with satisfaction as she looked at the original owner who was ashen-hearted: "Lifeless and not recognizing oneself as human is a good medicinal ingredient."
Rong Shu brought the original owner back to Qianjin Tower, took good care of him, and nurtured him every day, just like she would her other precious medicinal herbs.
During this time, the original owner heard that Yun Jue from Wunian Mountain had returned from his tribulation and become the first immortal in the cultivation world; he also heard that the Demoness had fought a great battle with the Immortal Venerable, a battle that darkened the sky and dimmed the sun and moon, all for a woman; and he heard that the woman ultimately chose her master, Yun Jue.
Until one day, a customer came to Qianjinlou to buy a "container" for someone born on an extremely yin and cold night.
Rong Shu, who was obsessed with money, sold her for 100,000 spirit stones.
The original owner saw that "beggar" again—no, it should be called the Immortal Venerable Yun Jue.
That beggar was merely an incarnation of Yun Jue during his tribulation.
Yun Jue came to buy her because Tang Feiyan failed in her tribulation and her physical body perished, so she needed a "container" with a physique like hers.
Yun Jue gave her a Spirit Cultivation Pill and said, "Your spiritual root is destroyed and your lifespan is almost over. There is no possibility of cultivating immortality again. After Yan'er is reborn, I will help your soul to reincarnate into the human world and find a good family. If you are lucky enough to be born with spiritual roots, you can cultivate immortality again."
The original owner nodded in agreement.
On the day she swapped souls with Tang Feiyan, she saw Xin Qi again.
The immortal and demon races are irreconcilable enemies, yet they are now settling down peacefully to protect a woman.
The original owner looked at the two people, sneered, and destroyed his primordial spirit amidst the gasps of the crowd.
She would rather her soul be scattered and never be reincarnated than grant them their wish!
In the end, the original owner's physical body lay alone in a pool of blood, unnoticed by anyone.
The last thing the original owner's soul saw was Xin Qi forcing out his inner core for Tang Feiyan, turning him into a mortal.
In that instant, my heart felt desolate, and that desolation vanished without a trace.
Jiang Fei detached herself from the story and sighed softly after a long while.
The original owner of this body was pitiful; she had only fallen for a demon, yet she had to pay such a heavy price.
Xin Qi had absolutely no pity for the original owner; otherwise, he wouldn't have transferred the Love-Locking Curse to the lowest beggar in the human realm, whom he despised the most.
After all, he didn't know that the beggar was actually Yun Jue's incarnation during his tribulation.
As for Yun Jue, he went through tribulations in vain, unable to sort out his emotions and desires. It's really easy to be the number one immortal in this world.
She really hated these so-called "immortals" who had no desires or wants, just like her former Daoist partner...
Jiang Fei glanced around. She was in a cave in a camphor forest. It was raining outside the cave, and there was a fire in front of her with a pheasant roasting on it.
After a moment's thought, Jiang Fei quickly realized that the plot had progressed to the point where she had just left the Jiang family for training and would be going to kill the Ice Armored Horned Beast tomorrow.
That was also the day she met Xin Qi.
When that time comes, she will be bitten by the Ice Armored Beast, and the bleeding will be extremely difficult to stop. Xin Qi will inadvertently learn about her extremely Yin and cold constitution, and his attitude towards her will change drastically, showing her concern and care.
She was actually...quite looking forward to that little devil.
[System: Little devil? Xin Qi is already over five hundred years old.]
Jiang Fei: "Over five hundred?" She smiled. "Too small."
She has all of these...
Jiang Fei thought about it carefully, but ultimately couldn't figure out how old she was this year, so she had to give up.
"Who is the target?" Jiang Fei asked slowly and deliberately.
[Xin Qi: Bounty of 7 million spirit coins, current favorability: 0.]
[Yun Jue: Bounty of 4 million plus 4 million spirit coins, current favorability: 0.]
"400 plus 400?" Jiang Fei interrupted.
[System: After all, there are two states.]
"So that means if I only pursue his incarnation as a little beggar during his tribulation, I can still get 4 million spirit coins?" Jiang Fei pondered.
[System: Yes.]
Jiang Fei laughed: "It's becoming more and more humane. Please continue."
[Rong Shu: Bounty of 5 million spirit coins, current favorability: 0.]
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