novelraw Chapter 741 - 234: So You Were Raised by Xiao Li? _2
Chapter 741 - 234: So You Were Raised by Xiao Li? _2
After reaching Divinity Transformation, it is actually possible to change one’s appearance, and maintaining eternal youth is not difficult.
However, his current appearance was purely a sign of Life Span exhaustion. Even if he consumed any Youthful Appearance Pill or similar miraculous Spirit Pills, he couldn’t change his appearance. Even if he could, it would only be temporary, and it would be very easy for others to see it wasn’t his true appearance.
Moreover, his Nascent Soul Cultivation aura was clearly strong, yet his Life Span was so short... Very strange...
As the Taoist couple of the Old Ancestor, an unmatched Heavenly Pride of the Nine Provinces’ younger generation, a Cultivation prodigy who reached Nascent Soul after just over a decade of Cultivation—was he really about to die? What a joke...
"Has your Old Ancestor left seclusion?" Wang Mu asked with a smile.
Granny Gu shook her head.
"Since you’ve come to the Dan King Sect..." Granny Gu pondered, "you must want to consume Elixirs that increase Life Span, right? Our Dan King Sect does have quite a few of those Elixirs... and quite a lot of them, at that."
"You’ve definitely come to the right place."
"However, don’t just think of the Dan King Sect and the Old Ancestor only when you need something."
Granny Gu looked at Wang Mu.
Wang Mu was speechless.
Of course not! Mainly, Mo Xilan has been in seclusion for so long; I wonder how her comprehension of the new Great Taoist is progressing? Theoretically, if Mo Xilan comprehends a new Great Taoist, shouldn’t her situation be similar to Yan Sword Immortal’s? Once she emerges, will she also be about to undergo Tribulation Crossing?
Thinking of this, Wang Mu sighed inwardly with emotion. It seems... are they all about to undergo Tribulation Crossing? Heroine Yan is currently recovering. Most of Mu Hongyuan’s Emotion Poison has been eliminated; she’ll also need to undergo Tribulation Crossing once she clears the rest. Bi You’s situation is similar... And then there’s Mo Xilan... Hmm... It’s good, actually. Soon, I’ll have to see them off one by one...
Wang Mu nodded to himself.
Xiao Li has already undergone Ascension, which has nothing to do with me. As for the others, An Qixiu is just waiting for the Nine-Turn Reincarnation Pill being refined by Mo Xilan here, and then she should be able to be resurrected from the Immortal Mansion. Ying... Dongfang Ying, it’s hard to say. She might only be free after the Dark Border is completely resolved, or perhaps she doesn’t need Ascension at all. Guarding the darkness is her responsibility. Once the Dark Border is resolved, she can leave that place and live another exciting life.
Unconsciously, it seems like most things are resolved...
Thinking of this, Wang Mu heaved a sigh of relief, and his mind felt inexplicably clear. This mental clarity affected his various Cultivation Techniques, which seemed to show signs of a breakthrough.
That’s indeed good news.
"I didn’t come to the Dan King Sect for your sect’s Elixirs..." Wang Mu said, "It’s just that..."
He paused for a moment.
"I just wanted to see your Old Ancestor," Wang Mu said.
"Oh?" Granny Gu was stunned. "You boy... I don’t know how the Old Ancestor took a liking to you... Such a lie! I don’t believe it. You’re on the verge of death, yet you come to the Dan King Sect not to seek Elixirs to extend your Life Span..."
"Then again, that’s not quite right either. If you see the Old Ancestor, and she sees your condition, she will naturally give you Elixirs..."
"You certainly know how to talk, young man." Granny Gu tutted.
Wang Mu shook his head helplessly. Truth be told, I *am* in a state where I need to seek Elixirs. But even if I consumed all the Elixirs in the Dan King Sect, I doubt my Life Span could be restored. The proper way, of course, is to break through in my Cultivation Techniques and gain more Life Span—that’s the true path. It’s just that breaking through is very difficult right now...
"Go to the Old Ancestor’s courtyard and wait," Granny Gu said. "When the Old Ancestor comes out, she will naturally sense you and will come to see you... Also, about the Elixirs that enhance Life Span... our sect has plenty of them. We’ll send someone to deliver them to you later."
"Putting other things aside, increasing your Life Span by several hundred years is no problem."
No wonder they’re the Dan King Sect, to make such a bold claim. Several hundred years of Life Span... for most Nascent Soul Cultivators, and even Divinity Transformation Cultivators, it holds a fatal attraction. The Immortal Path is vast, and the further one progresses, the more difficult Cultivation becomes. Reaching Nascent Soul within a century is rare in the Cultivation World; most Cultivators struggle through hardships, relying on time and Life Span to slowly accumulate what’s needed to advance. At least, this is true for most current Divinity Transformation and Tribulation Crossing Cultivators. And even so, they are pitifully few. Every few decades, Cultivators inevitably die due to their Life Span being exhausted.
Wang Mu shook his head and went to the small courtyard where he had stayed with Mo Xilan when they returned to the Dan King Sect once before.
It had been a long time since he last came, yet this place hadn’t changed at all, as if it had been perfectly preserved.
"Find a place to rest for a while," Wang Mu patted the Immortal Cloud Kun.
As long as it didn’t fight, the Immortal Cloud Kun seemed normal. Even Granny Gu hadn’t noticed anything amiss.
"I’m bored..." the Immortal Cloud Kun said.
"Then what do you want to do?" Wang Mu asked.
"Chat with me," the Immortal Cloud Kun said. "In the Upper Realm, there are hardly any who are willing to talk to me. That Immortal often doesn’t come to see me either. If it wasn’t for the fact that once an Immortal Beast acknowledges an Immortal official, it can’t switch to another, I would definitely find a new one!"
"Is your Immortal that bad to you?" Wang Mu chuckled.
"Actually..." The Immortal Cloud Kun thought for a moment. "It’s not too bad. It’s just that she has too little time. Maybe she comes to see me once a year?"
Wang Mu was rendered speechless.
That’s worse than not keeping it at all.
"But..." the Immortal Cloud Kun said, "every time she comes, she tells me some stories, tales of the Lower Realm... They’re quite interesting."
"Stories of the Lower Realm?" Wang Mu was surprised. "That Immortal, did she undergo Ascension from the Lower Realm?"
"I don’t know," the Immortal Cloud Kun said. "She tells the story of a princess and her Strategist in the Lower Realm. It sounds pretty touching."
Wang Mu fell silent.
A princess and a Strategist? Could this Immortal Cloud Kun have been raised by Xiao Li?