Free Web NovelChapter 361: Chapter 131: Old Friends Reunited, Tomorrow the Leviathan Will Roam the Seas
Li Xuan truly did not know if he could cultivate the heart flame.
However, he had no choice but to try.
If yin and yang are not harmonious, the further he goes, the more painful it will be.
He glanced at the "Demon Bear" in the nine-grid blood column.
[Demon Bear] (Tier Four Demon): Inject full blood of the Man-Bear, can gain 640 points of additional physique enhancement, and master the demon technique [Bear Puppet].
’Fortunately, fortunately it hasn’t been injected yet...’
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One day...
Two days...
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Ten days...
At the far east of Bronze Plain, a small wooden house appeared by the East Sea.
Inside the wooden house, there was a large cauldron, and a man slept soundly beside it.
A gust of sea wind "bang" knocked the door open, the man finally woke up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and then stretched lazily.
"Comfortable!"
"However, I need to go back today."
Li Xuan decided to endure hunger for a few days.
He planted the Spirit eye beside the cauldron and then picked up the message stone.
Though he had not yet cultivated the heart flame, his energy was enough to activate the message stone.
Gripping the message stone, thinking of "Tian Yuan, Zhao Qingxue" and others, he thought: Return by evening.
After speaking, he set off using sword control.
During this time, he truly felt a sense of carefree freedom, but unfortunately... even after circling the surrounding sea areas, he did not find any demons.
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Lingyi Sect.
The site for Xiongshan Town had been settled.
Jin Tianchan personally chose a place with green mountains and clear waters.
If measured by the closeness to the sect entrance, Xiongshan Town is the closest to the five peaks.
This place, originally not allowed to be inhabited, was now about to become the tenth town of Lingyi Sect.
Besides the town, Jin Tianchan also planned to provide "Iron Wall Peak" for the Li family’s branch to cultivate.
Iron Wall Peak originally belonged to Song Yinzi.
Unfortunately, Song Yinzi, in seeking something far away, attempted to find the Ancient Land of the Rabbit Assembly outside, only to be massacred by the Bear Demon, turned into a Bear Puppet, and died miserably when counterattacking Lingyi Sect.
Since it’s vacant now, Iron Wall Peak needs to be reassigned.
The spiritual qi on each mountain peak is actually limited. There are many people from the Li family, if they all rush to Purple Mist Peak, wouldn’t the original disciples of Purple Mist Peak be unable to cultivate?
The internal affairs within the sect are ongoing...
Outside the sect, there are still people from the Li family’s branch coming.
During this time, many people came to Lingyi Sect by virtue of "various tokens from Li Xuan," including Li Xuan’s little brother - Zhou Jihai, and the former Commandery Princess Chunyang - Zhao Yunshang.
Zhou Jihai did not come alone, he brought along a woman.
He had married, naturally brought his wife.
As for the work at the "Hanlin Academy," he naturally didn’t do it.
Being an official of the former dynasty, he was not favored; upon receiving the letter from Li Xuan as a token, he was overjoyed without hesitation, persuaded his wife and mother, and then came.
In his view, the greatest fortune of the Zhou family was investing in this "most mysterious and legendary figure of Great Yin" before he rose.
Zhao Yunshang, seeing Li Xuan, smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Li... Peak Master Li, we are here too."
She had taken the Face Stabilizing Pill sent by Li Xuan and now stood beside Zhou Jihai, appearing not like his mother, but rather like his older sister, showing the look of a young girl with skin as tender as a peach.
Li Xuan smiled and said, "Aunt Yun, you came at just the right time. I also just returned from wandering outside."
Then, he approached and looked at Zhou Jihai, saying, "Come for a few games when you have time."
Zhou Jihai respectfully bowed and said, "Alright, big brother."
At this moment, he had great respect and admiration for Li Xuan.
This was a man who truly created history, a person with a mythical aura destined to exist in history books, and now a figure in storytellers’ tales.
But as a genius who ranked high in the autumn court examination at age ten, he tried to discover some truths behind various events of nearly a decade, and then he realized one thing: no matter how complex, ultimately his great brother would always gain all the benefits.
Especially this time...
When he received the letter from Li Xuan "inviting him to Lingyi Sect," he almost couldn’t believe his eyes.
Then subconsciously he let out a bitter laugh, "As expected..."
Having made this inference, Zhou Jihai guessed many things.
He was a genius with wild guesses, and the things he guessed were indeed wild.
He began to guess larger, leading him to an answer he dared not believe.
This answer, under the heavens, perhaps only two people could guess.
One was Cao Yi, who was with the ancient Buddha daily.
And the other was him.
Buddha... was Li Xuan.
Mr. Ruihe was also Li Xuan.
Then, Li Xuan went to see "Xiongshan Town," visited his master, took a loop around the Feiguang Peak he was registered to, and finally rested at Purple Mist Peak.
Upon reaching the peak, he heard familiar laughter.
"Unexpectedly, I do indeed have the talent for cultivation, old man can persist for a stick of incense time."
Yan Fujing laughed heartily, upon seeing Li Xuan, he bowed from a distance and called, "Peak Master Li."
Li Xuan bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist Yan."
The two exchanged smiles.
Li Xuan walked past the outer peaks of Purple Mist Peak, saw many old acquaintances, and then used sword control to fly towards the main peak.
He went like a light, and disappeared into the depth of clouds.
Yan Fangbai dressed neutrally, stood in front of the cliff watching the departing silhouette, with eyes showing admiration, envy, and a bit of dispiritedness.
He still remembered the scene of hunting Pig Dragon at Qing River with the nascent Prince Qing, never expected that time had slipped by, while he remained in place, that youth had ascended to the pinnacle of the mortal world.
Suddenly, he felt someone walking beside him.
Looking back, it was indeed Yan Fujing.
"Father..."
"Fangbai, there are still many demons to slay in this world, many high mountains to cross."
Yan Fangbai clenched his fist and nodded deeply.
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At the summit of Purple Mist Peak.
Inside the cave abode, Tian Yuan, Zhao Qingxue, Wei Yao, along with Li Xuan’s children were cultivating.
Seeing Li Xuan appear, the three women hurriedly stopped...
They were particularly focused during cultivation and had not expected Li Xuan to use the message stone.
The few rushed back into the house.
And today, the house was not empty.
Rose was sitting.
She had nothing to do.
However, after the matter of the women serving one husband was done, she still did not want to leave with Li Xuan.
As Buddha Mother, no one understood better than her what Li Xuan had to do daily.
Here she lived well and ate well, just right.
Following Li Xuan... who knows how much hardship one would have to endure.
Several days later...
Li Xuan returned to the East Sea.
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Life became peaceful.
The past demon chaos seemed like a nightmare, gone from Li Xuan’s life.
At the end of the year, the Li family matriarch and patriarch also came to Lingyi Sect.
"Xiongshan Town" was thoroughly established.
People of the nine towns began to slowly accept the outsiders from the Li family seeing the settlement of this town.
Li Xuan and his family spent the New Year together, and even in the sect during the deep winter, there was a festive atmosphere.
Then, the matriarch and patriarch tested their aptitude, surprisingly each persisted for a stick of incense time, and began cultivation.
It seemed that after a great change in the world that day, all ordinary people received enormous blessings out of thin air, and basically anyone could cultivate.
This matter alone repeatedly reminded Li Xuan...
A small force from the Divine Realm can turn the world upside down.
He abstained from incense burning and gained tranquility.
Yet this, perhaps is just calm before the storm?
More importantly, he began facing a very real problem: the fish near the small house were almost all eaten by him.
If he wanted to eat fish, he would need to go to deeper or farther seas.
That required longer round trips.
But he seemed to have no choice...
Buddha cannot show himself in the world, he also cannot openly consume sacrifices.
Even occasional times, tens of times, cannot be long-term.
To avoid hunger, he must venture out, finding a stable source of food.
Also, he must find demons, find a larger world.
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Another year, early March...
In the vast East Sea.
A giant white whale began its journey eastward.
