Chapter 55
In the world of cultivation, there are many cases of resurrection and possession of souls. Lu Shenxing didn't think of this at first, until Wan Guanqian mistakenly took him as an old friend. He had no choice but to go with the flow and became Wan Guanqian's uncle.
This misunderstanding was bizarre. Didn't novels mention things like marks and stigmas? His soul came from different dimensions, so the virtual and the real shouldn't overlap. Could it be that he and that great-uncle-master had some uncanny similarities that he wasn't aware of?
Lu Shenxing couldn't help wanting to sing, and even began to doubt his life...
"Uncle-master, didn't you turn to ashes?" Wan Guanqian kept holding on to this doubt. His master had told him before he traveled that his uncle's comprehension was far superior to others and that he was the one closest to the path to immortality. However, at the last moment of his tribulation, he was eroded by his inner demons and had no chance of becoming an immortal, ending up with a miserable end of his body and soul being destroyed.
Lu Shenxing finished his tea and said, "A wisp of soul remains."
Then, relying on the stories he had read in the novels about cultivation, he pieced together a story about the hardships on the path to becoming an immortal, his indifference to the passage of time, and the loneliness of wandering between heaven and earth with a wisp of his soul.
Gradually, in the end, Lu Shenxing revealed without realizing it the sadness of having understood the great truth but still having obsessions that he couldn't let go of, and Wan Guanqian's heart suddenly skipped a beat and was touched. He couldn't help but recall the long days of his solitary practice deep in the mountains.
It is true. Having experienced it personally, even Lu Shenxing himself believes that he is from this world, practicing alone for tens of millions of years, without a system or tasks.
The original owner's memory was of contempt for Master Wan Guanqian. He was greedy, flirtatious, lazy and spineless. It was hard to see how he could be a role model for others, and he had nothing to do with the profound cultivation. Lu Shenxing withdrew his inquiring gaze without a trace. To be the head of a sect, it was impossible for him to be easily fooled.
No matter how strange it is, since Wan Guanqian made a mistake, he will just leave it as it is.
"I will still be your senior disciple from now on."
"Yes, this aphid egg..." Wan Guanqian took out a green egg from his storage bag and said after a moment's consideration, "I'll leave it to you for safekeeping."
"As long as there is spiritual energy to nourish it, as for whether it can be successfully hatched, it depends on chance."
The egg is about the same size as a chicken's egg, but weighs much more. Lu Shenxing weighed it in his hand and estimated it to be about four or five pounds, heavier than a stone.
"This is Puxi." Wan Guanqian handed over a thumb-sized white semicircular jade pendant. He narrowed his phoenix eyes and observed calmly.
The moment he touched it, Lu Shenxing's heart trembled, and a dense sense of familiarity suddenly gathered in the palm of his hand, conveying to him a feeling that this was his personal item.
A moment later, Lu Shenxing retracted his hand as if he had been bitten, and clenched it into a fist imperceptibly. A layer of cold sweat seeped out of his back, and he felt a little creepy because of this strange feeling that could not be ignored.
His forehead was twitching slightly. Could it be that he had lost consciousness after being in and out of control for so long?
On the jade pendant, there is an animal that looks like a dragon and a phoenix but is slightly different. It has a slender body. It is an adult aphid, lifelike, as if it will break out of the jade at the next moment and howl to the sky.
Lu Shenxing's throat was dry. He swallowed a few times and closed his eyes. There was no trace of that feeling. Everything seemed like an unintentional illusion.
Wan Guanqian on the opposite side had his last bit of doubt dispelled. This Pu Xi was passed down to him by his master, and it was given to him by his great-uncle. The animal inside was his great-uncle's mount, with a soul and a spirit sealed inside. Usually, there was no reaction when he took it, but just now he saw a faint red light flowing.
The appearance of Yipengdan and the return of the great-grandmaster seemed to be destined.
Lu Shenxing licked his lips almost imperceptibly and began to change the subject, "Why are you so weird?"
Wan Guanqian was stunned. He covered his lips with his hands and smiled shyly, "Uncle Master, don't I look good like this?" After saying that, he stretched out one arm and put it on the back of the chair, and rested the other arm on his chin. There was tenderness in his eyes, and the corners of his lips were raised with a bit of charm and seduction.
An ordinary person would have most of their souls and spirits absorbed by them, but Lu Shenxing wanted to throw a steel pipe at them. His tone was full of sarcasm, "Have your bones been pulled out?"
Wan Guanqian, "..."
"During that training session, I was seriously injured. I accidentally ate the inner elixir of a thousand-year-old snake demon and merged with his soul." Wan Guanqian's face was filled with sorrow, revealing a melancholy that he had never seen in front of others. "Sometimes I can't tell whether I am human or demon."
That's half human, half demon. Lu Shenxing patted his shoulder and said, "That's good. With two attributes, you won't be afraid of the cold in winter."
Wan Guanqian pinched the jade pendant, "This Puxi..."
"Don't give it to me!" Lu Shenxing realized belatedly that he had overreacted. He quickly recovered and said seriously, "The secret realm is full of dangers. Let's wait until I come back."
After a moment of hesitation, Wan Guanqian thought of something. "Where the floribunda flowers bloom is a deadly place, filled with illusions. Remember to let go of your emotions and don't be deceived..." He paused and chuckled charmingly. "Master-uncle must know all this, so I won't say more."
I||he||didn't know anything about it. Lu Shenxing got up and left irritably, planning to go chat with his three junior brothers.
Pushing open the window, Wan Guanqian looked at the sky which was as dark as ink. If there were any strange phenomena in the sky, there would be disasters.
On the tree stump in the yard, Liuyang, who was originally meditating, had a dark face. He crossed his arms and said nothing, giving off an aura of "please don't come near me".
Jiang Wangchu on the grass kept talking, stuffing a dried sweet potato into his mouth every once in a while, like a fat squirrel.
Ning Que, who was sitting on the tree, held his chin and nibbled the corner of his mouth from time to time. The eldest brother had never called them together before, so it was very strange today.
When Lu Shenxing suggested that they talk about the past and their wishes, the three of them all looked strange.
Lu Shenxing waved his hand to let the maid who was fanning him go away, and said nonchalantly, "I'm sure you all know something about the eldest brother."
The eldest brother really wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with them, not just casually talk. The three of them felt even more weird. How did this atmosphere that seemed as close as brothers come about?
Could it be that the eldest brother suddenly realized something?
"Second Junior Brother, you want to become an immortal, right?" Lu Shenxing looked at Liuyang and said bluntly.
This was as common as saying "Do you want to eat?" Liuyang had a blank expression on his face, but a determined emotion flashed across his eyes and disappeared in an instant.
"Big Brother, I'm the same as Second Brother." Jiang Wangchu said shamelessly with a chuckle, "I want to achieve great things and embark on the path of immortality."
It would be easier for you to be a chef and get a big spoon, Lu Shenxing went to see his junior brother again.
The branches rustled, and a few leaves twirled and fell. Ning Que jumped down and squatted beside Lu Shenxing, scratching his head shyly. "Big Brother, I want to be a talisman maker."
Liuyang and Jiang Wangchu's expressions remained unchanged, as if they had already known Ning Que's idea. Lu Shenxing secretly pondered the words "making talismans".
"Ding, Mr. Lu, please complete 200 push-ups within five minutes. Timer begins."
"..." Lu Shenxing's eyes twitched. The world is full of pitfalls.
Under the gaze of six eyes, Lu Shenxing calmly lay down on the ground, then calmly stood up by supporting himself on the ground, his facial features tense.
The original owner was a young master who was raised in a honey pot. His physical condition was average. Doing two hundred get-ups was not much different from doing it seventy times a night.
Phew, Jiang Wangchu covered his mouth and ran away. Even from far away, you could still hear his confident laughter. His lung capacity is really good.
The mechanical voice of the system in his head finally came, prompting that the task was completed. Lu Shenxing took a deep breath and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
"Big Brother, can I laugh?" Ning Que's eyebrows were furrowed, trying very hard to hold it in.
Lu Shenxing breathed heavily and glanced at him coldly, "No."
Ning Que let out a sound of grievance. The man from Liuyang had already left. In the dim light, he could faintly see the stiff curve of his lips. He must have been holding it in very hard. The man was always arrogant, looking down on him with an insolent look, but now it became much more interesting.
"What are you still looking at? Come over here and give me a hand." Lu Shenxing growled. He had been doing it for a long time and his physical strength was completely insufficient. It seemed that he needed to exercise.
Ning Que quickly bent over and pulled Lu Shenxing up, looking at his expression as he asked, "Big Brother, what were you doing just now?"
"I ate too much beef jerky and felt bloated." Lu Shenxing brushed off the dirt on his body, flexed his wrist and said casually, "Junior brother, you are quite strong."
"Yes! I have the strength. I can pick up my eldest brother with one hand." Ning Que's narrow eyes were dark and bright, and he was eager to try.
Lu Shenxing didn't want to try at all, "It's late, go take a shower and go to bed."
"I have to learn how to fly a sword." Ning Que waved his hand and trotted away, secretly happy in his heart. The eldest senior brother was different now. He never talked to him before.
Lu Shenxing returned to his residence, which was a quiet and elegant courtyard. The maids who had been waiting there all lowered their heads to prepare toiletries for him.
The door was pushed open, and Lu Shenxing stepped in. There was a bulge on the bed. With the sound of his footsteps, the bulge moved, and a head popped out from under the quilt. The girl cried out, and lowered her eyes shyly, "Master."
Lu Shenxing's face darkened. This body had a cold constitution and was afraid of the cold. Since the original owner was a child, a maid would come to warm his bed every day, and he would hug her as a heater to sleep. The maids were picked from hundreds of thousands, and all of them had to be naked. Over time, it became part of his daily routine.
"Come down." Lu Shenxing pulled out a chair and sat down, commanding in a cold voice, "Put on your clothes."
The maid's face turned pale with fright. She hurriedly got her clothes, got off the bed and knelt on the ground. Her long black hair was disheveled, revealing a part of her white neck. Her face was rouge-red and a faint fragrance lingered around her.
The scene before him was vivid and full of life. Lu Shenxing was soft and his eggs were cold. He tapped the table with his index finger, "Pass it on. From now on, I will cancel the sleeping arrangement."
The maid raised her head in surprise, and met a pair of cold eyes. She didn't dare to look again, and said in a trembling voice, "Yes."
Without the heater, Lu Shenxing tossed and turned in bed all night without being able to warm his feet. When he woke up in the morning, he looked pale and the maids served him very carefully, fearing that they would offend their master.
Lu Shenxing went to the Front Wind Hall. The disciples there couldn't help but wipe their eyes when they saw him alone without a maid to carry his chair or a fan. They were very surprised.
"When the wind starts to blow, sit down." Wan Guanqian sat cross-legged on top.
After Lu Shenxing sat for a while, he felt much better. Aura is invisible and colorless, and cannot be seen, grasped or touched. This was the first time he experienced it.
"Liuyang, Fengqi, you are in one group, Wangchu and Xiaoqueer are in another group..." Wan Guanqian lazily read out the names of the disciples who were practicing together today.
He chose a secluded open space and pointed his Liuyang wooden sword, "Big Brother, please."
Lu Shenxing picked up the wooden sword and said, "Second Junior Brother, please."
Lu Shenxing, who had only seen pigs run but had never eaten pork, was just on the defensive at first. He dodged wherever Liuyang attacked. Later, he found some feeling similar to the flash of swords and shadows. The sword moved according to his thoughts.
Both of them kept the pace of practice and did not take it seriously.
After more than a dozen rounds, Liuyang's face, which usually showed no emotion, showed obvious surprise. The fingers holding the wooden sword tightened little by little, completely ignoring the swelling on the back of his injured hand.
"Second Junior Brother, is your hand okay?" Lu Shenxing frowned and said, "Let Senior Brother check if the skin is broken."
"Nothing." Liuyang put his hands behind his back, and a hint of discomfort was revealed in his unchanging tone.
Wan Guanqian, who had been watching, touched his chin, waved his sleeves and left.
Ning Que wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes fixed on the slender figure like a green bamboo, and the sound of Jiang Wangchu smacking his lips was in his ears.
"Junior brother, what are you daydreaming about?"
"I want to be as good as my second senior brother." Ning Que said to himself, so that he could be in the same group with his eldest senior brother.
Jiang Wangchu didn't hear clearly, "What did you say?"
"Nothing." Ning Que grinned, revealing two dimples. "Third Brother, let's do it again."
Jiang Wangchu was sweating all over and panting as he was pushed back by Ning Que's attack.
"Second Senior Brother actually lost a move." The disciples who saw this scene not far away were stunned and found it unbelievable.
"He definitely gave in!" someone insisted.
The others sighed, because the eldest brother always spent more time polishing his sword than practicing with it. Only after they finished practicing did the maid polish the eldest brother's wooden sword, so they had never seen the eldest brother's skills.
The disciples who went to Qingjian Sect yesterday witnessed the fight between Lu Shenxing and Ye Huai with their own eyes, so they were not surprised at this moment.
His internal strength was comparable to his, and Liuyang had no choice but to bear it. From then on, he began to look at this senior brother with admiration, and would occasionally take the initiative to say something.
While Lu Shenxing was still struggling to play the blind man's fishing game, the day of opening the secret realm arrived.
Each sect sent in twenty people. Unlike them, Lu Shenxing didn't care about any magic weapons or artifacts, or whether he could become an immortal. He was looking for a target and completing the mission. Although his mentality was different, the pressure was not small at all.
Ye Huai was all smiles, calling them "Nephew Bai, Nephew Liu" one by one, and pointing to a few of his trusted disciples in front of Lu Shenxing and Liuyang. One of them had a cold expression, while the other had no expression at all. Those people had originally despised them and didn't want to condescend to pay any attention to them. In this way, it was good enough that they were not enemies.
When the other sects saw the signs of cooperation between Qingjian Sect and Hengyang Sect, they immediately began to band together. Everyone knew that those rare treasures were guarded by ferocious beasts, and they would be eaten without getting anything. Having more people was a good thing at a certain time, and they would talk about it after that time.
"Big Brother, I made a lot of spirit storage talismans." Ning Que raised the corner of his mouth, looking as if waiting for praise.
Lu Shenxing touched his head as he wished.
Liuyang next to him lowered his head to wipe the scabbard, and the low pressure around him made him feel timid.
He glanced at Jiang Wangchu who was checking how much food he had brought. Junior brother could at least protect himself, so why was he dragging his feet and only cared about eating before going in? Was the master not in his right mind or was there something wrong with him?
Jiang Wangchu noticed someone staring at him, and immediately looked around. After finding nothing, he continued to fiddle with the food he had prepared.
“Back off!”
The leaders of all the sects joined forces to open the seal. Lu Shenxing, along with his second and third senior brothers, his youngest junior brother, and sixteen carefully selected inner disciples, followed the large group into the ancient secret realm and embarked on a new journey. All the unknowns were waiting for them.
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