Chapter 53: Encouragement, Demonic Spiritual Root!

“It’s not that I regret it, but sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it.”

Li Feiyu shook his head slightly and said with some emotion.

People always grow, and after more than four years in the Lu family, he had been worn down quite a bit, no longer as high-spirited as before.

Lu Changsheng fell silent upon hearing this.

He thought of his past life.

When he graduated, he was full of passion and drive, but a few years later, he gradually started to lie flat.

And Li Feiyu’s situation was even more so.

In the Jianghu, as the Young Gang Leader of the Crimson Whale Gang, he was a first-rate master at eighteen, and it was no exaggeration to say he was young and promising.

But after coming to the Cultivation World and becoming the Lu family’s son-in-law, although he embarked on the path of Cultivation, his life was only about having children, and there was almost no hope for him in Cultivation.

How could such a life remain as passionate and sharp as ever?

He stood up and patted Li Feiyu’s shoulder, saying, “Feiyu, I always remember what you said back then.”

“That is, when you chose to come to the Lu family, that phrase, ‘Life is but a hundred-year dream; since I’ve seen Immortal Fate, I cannot miss it.’”

“You and I are fortunate to have Spiritual Root Immortal Fate, to embark on the Immortal Path, and to see sights that ordinary people cannot; we are already luckier than ninety-nine percent of the people in the world.”

“We should bravely advance and strive forward, so as not to betray the generous gift from heaven!”

“Whether this path to Immortality is difficult or dangerous, it is all just scenery along the journey of life.”

“Do not forget your original intention, temper yourself and move forward, and you will eventually succeed. Even if you fail, you will not regret it.”

“Otherwise, if you have Spiritual Root Immortal Fate but give up on yourself, abandon it halfway, and live a mediocre life, would you be willing?”

Lu Changsheng looked at Li Feiyu and said.

He did not want to see his good brother, who was once high-spirited and wholeheartedly sought Immortality, be worn down and lose his edge in this kind of life, ultimately living a mediocre existence.

Moreover, these words were not only for Li Feiyu but also for himself.

Outwardly, he always appeared to have no great ambitions, only wishing for a stable life.

But in reality, from the moment he awakened his past life memories and knew that there were Immortals in this world, an endless yearning for Cultivation arose in his heart!

There was no why.

An Immortal is an Immortal; if there is an Immortal, one should seek it!

No reason, no need for a reason.

However, with the System by his side, he could see hope and was full of hope for his future!

Li Feiyu was shaken when he heard Lu Changsheng’s words.

He didn’t expect that his good brother, who had always shown no great ambitions and only wanted a crowd of wives and concubines and many descendants, would say such deafening words.

But he also knew that Lu Changsheng was comforting him and encouraging him.

But the next moment, he suddenly remembered that Han Lin had said at the three-year agreement gathering that Lu Changsheng had won first place in the fourth assessment of the Qingyun Sect, the ‘Mind Inquiry Stage’.

The Mind Inquiry Stage tested a person’s Dao Heart.

That is, the state of mind and will to seek Immortality!

How could Lu Changsheng, who could achieve first place, truly have no great ambitions and give up seeking Immortality?

“That’s right, Changsheng knows that he has a Nine-Rank Spiritual Root and no path to Immortality in this life, so he is seeking Immortality in a different way.”

“By marrying wives and having children, having many children, he continues his heart of seeking Immortality and entrusts it to his children and descendants.”

Li Feiyu thought in his heart.

At this moment, his heart also seemed to brighten considerably.

If he were a person with no great ambitions, only indulging in women and procreating, how could he have sold the Flying Sword he obtained shortly after arriving at the Lu family and spent all his Spirit Stones to learn Talismans?

And in four and a half years, he went from a son-in-law to a Medium Grade Talisman Master, marrying the granddaughter of a Lu family Elder!

This was clearly not something a person with no great ambitions and a mind full of women could do.

If his good brother could do this, how could he be inferior or fall behind!

He looked at Lu Changsheng, his eyes gradually firming as he said, “Willing? Of course not willing!”

“Changsheng, you are right. Immortal Fate is hard to come by. Since we are fortunate enough to encounter Immortal Fate, how can we easily give up!”

“Ordinary people seek nothing but fame, wealth, beautiful women, and power. What we seek is Immortal Ascension and longevity. How can it be simple or easy?”

“Precisely because of this, we need to pursue it even harder, with a heart that knows it cannot be done yet still does it!”

“Life is but a hundred-year dream; since we’ve seen Immortal Fate, how can we live a mediocre life!”

“Thank you, Changsheng!”

Li Feiyu spoke, and a new brilliance appeared in his eyes, with sharp flames burning.

“Why thank me?”

“I just don’t want to see you, before truly stepping into the Cultivation World, be worn down and lose your edge.”

Lu Changsheng said.

He didn’t have many friends in this world; if he had to count, it would only be Li Feiyu in front of him.

He still hoped that Li Feiyu could go further on the Cultivation path in the future.

“How could I, Li Feiyu, be so easily defeated?”

“Now that I am no longer bound by a contract, once the children are a bit older and I Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of Qi Refining, I will go out and truly experience this Cultivation World.”

“Otherwise, if I continue like this, I’m afraid I really will be worn down and lose my edge.”

“If I turn into a pile of dry bones someday, I’ll have to trouble you to take care of these few wives and children.”

Li Feiyu said with a laugh, very uninhibited.

He came from a Jianghu Gang, so he was very open about his own life and death; it was just that he couldn’t let go of the people around him.

“Don’t set up your flag so early.”

Lu Changsheng’s mouth twitched, he said.

“What setting up a flag?”

Li Feiyu asked.

“Nothing. If something unexpected really happens, I will take care of your wife and children!”

Lu Changsheng shook his head with a smile.

Li Feiyu didn’t pay attention to these things, and the two continued to reminisce and chat.

Since Lu Changsheng moved to Qingzhu Valley, their meetings and conversations had indeed become much less frequent.

Lu Changsheng also took out the Jade Bamboo Wine he had just bought from Fifth Elder and drank a bottle with Li Feiyu.

After a small drink, Lu Changsheng did not stay long and went straight back to Fourth Elder’s residence to inform her of his reply regarding Li Feiyu’s matter.

Fourth Elder was very efficient; she handled Li Feiyu’s matter the next day, terminating the contract he had previously signed with the Lu family.

Under Butler Fu’s arrangement, Li Feiyu, having Cultivated martial arts and blade techniques, chose to become a Spiritual Butchering master.

A Spiritual Butchering master was similar to a butcher in the mundane world.

It involved skinning, deboning, extracting marrow, and retrieving cores from the corpses of Yao Beasts, among other dissection processes.

For many special Yao Beasts, after being hunted, it was not only troublesome to extract Materials oneself but also easy to waste and damage the Materials.

In such cases, highly skilled Spiritual Butchering masters would be invited to dissect and process them to obtain the Materials.

Since Li Feiyu chose to become a Spiritual Butchering master, the Lu family naturally had experienced masters to guide him.

If Li Feiyu’s strength hadn’t been a bit lacking, he would have wanted to join the Lu family’s patrol and hunting team to hunt Yao Beasts.

Seeing Li Feiyu freed from having children and starting to learn a skill, Lu Changsheng also felt relieved.

This was all the help he could offer at the moment.

At the border of Qing Province and Ji Province in Jiang Country.

Beneath a steep, rugged mountain with strange rocks, filled with thick mist, and a bottomless cliff.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”

“Woo, woo, woo—”

The valley at the bottom of the cliff howled with cold winds, and gray mist permeated, causing a sense of dread.

The blood-colored lake in its center had now dried up.

Only a giant blood cocoon and a pile of white bones remained.

The blood-colored light on the large cocoon flickered on and off, like a heart quietly beating and breathing, incredibly eerie.

Just then, the blood cocoon emitted a muffled heartbeat, like a giant drum vibrating, causing the entire valley to tremble.

A moment later, in the Void Realm, an old man and a young man appeared.

The young man wore a loose black robe, his dark hair tied up with a wooden hairpin. He was exceptionally handsome, almost eerily so, and exuded a sense of ancientness that did not belong to his age.

“As expected of the Heavenly Demon Spiritual Root, it has fused with the Demon Lord’s blood and completed the baptism so quickly.”

The young man looked at the blood cocoon and chuckled softly, with an unusual sense of affinity.

“Congratulations, Old Ancestor! My heartfelt congratulations, Old Ancestor!”

The old man immediately bowed deeply in congratulation.

The young man chuckled softly and pointed a finger at the blood cocoon.

Immediately, the blood cocoon began to crack inch by inch, turning into specks of blood-colored light, revealing the man encased within.

This man was in his twenties, with a refined and handsome face, and fair, delicate skin. However, a crescent-shaped blood-colored lotus faintly appeared between his brows, giving him an indescribably evil aura.

He slowly awakened and opened his eyes. His eyes were unlike ordinary people’s, glowing with a dark, deep blood-red light, captivating.

“Where am I?”

“I remember I seemed to have encountered bandits and then jumped off a cliff…”

Qu Changge seemed to awaken from a dream, his blood-red eyes filled with confusion as he rubbed his brow.

But the next moment, he saw his palms had become as white as jade, and his fingernails were sharp, pointed, and eerily scarlet, which startled him.

“This, this, this.”

Then he saw the pile of white bones around him and was startled again, utterly horrified.

Before he could express his surprise, a young man came up to him and said with a smile, “Today, you are my Disciple.”