Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Yuanjing, have you mastered the spell I taught you today?"

"Replying... replying, Master... Uncle-Master, this disciple remem... remembers it."

"I'm not asking if you remember it, but if you understand it."

"I understand, understand a little."

"Which part?"

"Guiding Qi into the body, dividing strands to present intent, residing in one's spirit, can be my strength."

"Half a year has passed, and it's still this one sentence! Don't you know the other sentences?"

"Not... not very clear."

The Daoist sighed, rubbing his forehead, and after a long while, he said, "Recite the Qi Circulation Incantation again."

The young child had been very flustered, but when it came to reciting the incantation, he calmed down, reciting each sentence one after another, without missing a single word, and with great fluency.

The Daoist, however, looked helpless. After the child finished reciting, he reluctantly praised him for half a sentence, starting from the sentence following "can be my strength," explaining it until late at night. Seeing that the child really couldn't hold on any longer, he waved his hand to let him leave.

More than ten years later, the person teaching the incantation was replaced by a handsome and spirited young man.

"Yuanjing, do you understand this sentence? If there's anything you don't understand, just speak your doubts directly. You and I are brothers, no need to be reserved."

Zhang Yuanjing hesitated and said, "Senior Brother, I've only just learned the Qi Circulation Incantation today. Among the junior brothers who entered the sect in the past ten years, none are slower than me. Is there still hope for me to establish my foundation in this lifetime?"

The young man laughed loudly, "That's something for many years from now! Why are you thinking about that! Just count each day as a day's progress. If you persist and don't slacken, and look at it over a hundred years, how can you not succeed!"

Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years had passed. The young child from back then was already old and decrepit, his lifespan nearing its end. For some reason, he felt no fear in his heart, but rather joy.

The handsome young man had become a heroic middle-aged man. He walked to the old man and said solemnly, "Yuanjing, if you can't break through and establish your foundation, I will die!"

The old man was taken aback, "Why?"

The middle-aged man said, "Do you think it's just a coincidence that both of us, village children from the mountains, have spiritual roots?"

"Isn't it?" The old man looked bewildered.

"Of course not!"

"Then why?"

"Because we were both possessed by two strands of remnant soul from some Golden Core Realm old monster, so we can cultivate."

The old man was shocked. He knew that his Senior Brother never spoke without basis, and immediately asked, "Why will Senior Brother die if I don't break through?"

"Because if you die, the remnant soul on your body will lose its restraint and come to me. When the two strands merge, my soul will be swallowed by that remnant soul, and I will naturally die!"

The old man's face showed anxiety, "Then what should we do? This, I can't seem to establish my foundation. I've already taken four Foundation Establishment Pills, but there's still no progress."

The middle-aged man took out a dark, shiny, and fragrant pill, and said, "Eat it, and you'll be able to break through immediately!"

The old man took the pill and said without hesitation, "Alright!"

The middle-aged man looked at him with an expectant expression.

The old man suddenly smiled and asked, "Senior Brother, why have I never had a master? Why did Qi, Real Person Qi, only let me call him Uncle-Master? Does he think my aptitude is not good enough, or is it for some other reason?"

The middle-aged man was stunned, his expression changed slightly, and he said with some displeasure, "Now is the time for you to swallow the pill and break through to establish your foundation as soon as possible, not to ask this!"

"But I still want to ask clearly."

"That's, of course, because your aptitude is poor!"

"We both didn't have spiritual roots and were transformed from a strand of remnant soul. Why is your aptitude so much stronger than mine?"

"That, that's the remnant soul's intention, just to let you die of old age so that it can escape."

"So, so Senior Brother and Real Person Qi have been teaching me and helping me wholeheartedly for over a hundred years because of this? Not, not because they really treated me as a disciple, as a junior brother?"

"You, you're overthinking it. Take the pill first!"

The old man stared blankly at him, then suddenly smiled freely, "Even so, I still regard you as my own brother, and Real Person Qi as my true master. I will take this pill!"

He raised the pill and threw it into his mouth.

However, before the pill could fall, it turned into air and dissipated without a trace.

The whole world shattered like a mud clod that had been struck hard, but it was not a complete disintegration, but rather transformed into another scene.

In a tall wooden house, a young Daoist was sitting cross-legged. Another person of similar age was standing beside him.

"Yuanjing, that Lin Qingya is not suitable for you, don't think about it anymore! We were originally just children from remote mountain villages, and being able to cultivate in the Xuan Tian Sect is a great opportunity, how can we waste it for a woman!"

"Senior Brother, I understand the reasoning, but I can't help it!"

"For cultivators, appearance is just an illusion, and Dao practice is the foundation. What do you have? Nothing! How could Lin Qingya take a fancy to you! She wouldn't even give you a second glance!"

"Senior Brother, Junior Sister Qingya is not that kind of person!"

"Oh, not that kind of person! What kind of person is she then?"

"She is actually very simple and lonely. Her appearance of bewitching the masses is also deliberately done to protect herself."

"Ha, haha! Yuanjing, you're already several decades old, and you're still acting like a lovesick fool!"

"That's how it is, I won't be mistaken!"

"You! You're really stubborn! Fine, if you insist, I'm too lazy to care about you. But, if you want to win the beauty's heart, you need some high-grade things, right? Will you go to Duyun Mountain?"

"I'll go!"

Several months later, still in this wooden house, still the same two people.

"Yuanjing, why are you so depressed? What's the reason this time!"

"No, nothing!"

"Speak. What can you hide from me!"

"Junior Sister Lin, Junior Sister Lin has a Dao companion!"

"Oh, with her beautiful face, it's natural for her to have a Dao companion!"

"Senior Brother, but I also like her! Seeing her with someone else, I feel uncomfortable!"

"If you feel uncomfortable, don't stay in the mountain, go out and travel, go out and take on errands, go out and seek opportunities, and quickly improve your cultivation. When you break through and establish your foundation, looking back at now, it's just meaningless groaning!"

Many years later, in the Hall of Mysterious Governance. Wu Yuankui stood before the throne of the Sect Leader. Zhang Yuanjing stood at the door of the hall, somewhat timidly.

"Senior Brother, I, I want to talk to you about something."

"What is it? Don't be so hesitant, there are many things in the Hall of Mysterious Governance waiting for me to deal with!"

"Junior, Junior Sister Lin suddenly came to find me a few days ago."

"Junior Sister Lin? Who?"

"Lin Qingya."

"Lin Qingya! She took the initiative to find you? Why?"

"She said, she, she is willing to be my Dao companion."

"Did you agree?"

"No."

"Why didn't you agree?"

"If she's looking for me at this time, she's definitely not interested in me, but in you, Senior Brother."

"Seducing me? Does she dare?"

"That's not what I meant. I mean, she's willing to be my Dao companion because you became the Sect Leader."

"Oh, since you refused, then let it be, why did you come to tell me?"

"I'm just, just a little undecided."

"Hmph, I see you're not undecided, but you've become lustful!"

"No! I just can't forget what happened back then."

"How many years has it been, and you still can't forget it! You're just idle! Staying in your cave all day long, not only is your cultivation stagnant, but you're also prone to overthinking! Go out for a walk, relax, and think about it carefully. If you still can't forget her, then accept her as your Dao companion, and it will be considered fulfilling your old wish. As for what Lin Qingya is up to, don't worry about it, just act according to your own thoughts. A real man shouldn't be so indecisive and unclear!"