Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Twenty years later, in Immortal Village.

This Immortal Village was not initially called Immortal Village, but was known as Vegetable Basket Village.

The reason it was later called Immortal Village by outsiders was because a deity once lived here.

Indeed, at the entrance of Immortal Village, there stands a huge statue nearly ten zhang tall.

The statue is carved with the image of the deity who once resided in Immortal Village.

Although much time has passed, and people's memories of that deity have become very vague, this statue has become a sacred place in Immortal Village.

Every newborn infant, at the age of three, is led by their parents to this statue to kowtow and worship, thanking the deity for saving their village in the past, while praying that the deity will continue to bless them with good weather and peaceful lives.

For these little children, they naturally cannot understand the meaning of these prayers and blessings; they simply kowtow to the statue under the guidance of their parents, imprinting in their young minds that they must never disrespect this statue.

In fact, it's not just the villagers; since the story of a deity appearing in Immortal Village spread, countless people from nearby areas have come to worship.

Everyone comes here with immense reverence, kowtowing and praying to the statue.

The content of their prayers is also diverse, starting from the initial blessing of safety and gradually evolving to blessings for career success, marital happiness, and even trivial matters such as praying that children don't wet the bed.

To accommodate the growing crowds, the villagers of Immortal Village built a temple near the statue to maintain it.

The caretaker of this temple has always been Erwa's father.

More than twenty years have passed, and all of Erwa's father's hair has turned snow-white, and even his straight body has bent over.

Yet, despite this, he still inspects the statue every day, and on the first and fifteenth of each month, he goes to the mountain to fetch the purest spring water to wipe away the dust on the statue.

It can be said that Erwa's father's care for this statue is truly meticulous.

Meanwhile, Erwa had long since married Xiaohong and had children, contracted the village's largest ironworks, and even became the village chief of Immortal Village.

Many people advised Erwa's father not to work too hard and to go enjoy a comfortable life with Erwa as soon as possible.

Erwa also repeatedly came to persuade his father, offering to have someone else guard the statue so that his elderly father could relax a little.

However, facing all these good intentions, Erwa's father never listened and continued to meticulously care for the statue nearby.

It was only from half a year ago that Erwa's father finally left the statue he had guarded for more than twenty years and was taken home by Erwa.

Because Erwa's father caught a cold in a storm, and it quickly spread throughout his body, rendering him unable to move.

At this time, Erwa's father was nearly seventy years old and was no longer the strong peasant he once was; once he fell, he never got up again.

Erwa was anxious and invited all the doctors in town, but in the end, they were all helpless.

Then, a gang calling themselves 'Wind Tiger Gate' sent a strange doctor.

Under his treatment, Erwa's father surprisingly managed to last for another half a year.

During these six months, Erwa did his utmost to be filial, finally allowing his father to spend a peaceful time.

However, starting the day before yesterday, Erwa's father, who had originally improved, suddenly relapsed.

And this time, even the people from Wind Tiger Gate were helpless.

In his dying moments, Erwa's father kept holding onto a kitchen knife tightly, constantly murmuring two words: "Chen Tian..."

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Back in the Immortal Feather Sect, after twenty years of continuous effort, Chen Tian had finally severed most of the causal threads on his body.

Looking at his body now, only two threads remained.

One thick, one thin.

Chen Tian knew what the thick one was. However, what puzzled him was the thin thread.

Because Chen Tian racked his brains but couldn't remember where he had picked up this karma.

Just as Chen Tian was pondering hard, suddenly, a voice entered his mind.

Hearing this voice, Chen Tian was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have a flash of understanding, his brow furrowed, and then he sat cross-legged on the ground, slowly closing his eyes.

At this moment, a magical scene appeared.

Chen Tian's body didn't move, but a phantom identical to Chen Tian floated out of his body.

If there were cultivators who saw this scene at this time, they would be extremely horrified.

Because this is the 'Soul Projection' technique that only Ninghai realm cultivators can perform.

That's right, the phantom floating out of Chen Tian's body at this moment is his soul.

Chen Tian's soul glanced at his body sitting cross-legged on the ground, then turned into a breeze and disappeared on the spot.

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Suddenly, at this moment, a breeze blew, causing the candle in the room to flicker.

When the candlelight stabilized again, Chen Tian's phantom appeared strangely in the room.

Looking at Erwa, who was sleeping and even snoring a little, Chen Tian couldn't help but reveal a kind smile.

But when he shifted his gaze to Erwa's father, Chen Tian's brow couldn't help but furrow.

At this moment, scenes of Chen Tian's life in Vegetable Basket Village flashed through his mind.

Decades, for a cultivator, are undoubtedly just a flick of the finger. But for mortals, it is their entire life.

After sighing, Chen Tian's phantom flashed and rushed into Erwa's father's mind.

But when Chen Tian had just entered, Erwa's father's consciousness was already waiting for him here.

Seeing Chen Tian, this honest old man suddenly revealed a gratified smile and whispered, "Brother Chen, you've finally come!"