Chapter 50 (1/2)
In the early morning, Lan Ling’e, who was sound asleep, was awakened by a huge force.
Before she could come back to her senses, she heard Jiu Jiu shout excitedly, “Ha, hehehe! I’ve broken through the bottleneck! Ling’e, remember to tell your senior brother. I’ll go back first to seclusion!”
“Oh… huh? She broke through after waking up?” Lan Ling’e responded in a daze. When she opened her eyes, she saw Jiu Jiu finding her shoes on the floor.
At that moment, Martial Aunt Jiu was rather excited. Her cultivation level once again took another firm step towards the Heaven Immortal Realm. She rushed out of the straw hut and hopped onto the gourd before quickly going to the Heaven-Breaking Peak.
“Remember to let your senior brother know that I’ll help him with alchemy once I come out of seclusion…”
Lan Ling’e was in a daze at the side of the bed for a while. After yawning twice, she walked to the dresser.
When she recalled the trivial matter that her martial aunt had done the day before, Lan Ling’e smiled and then sighed.
‘It’s really carefree after Immortal Ascension.’
“Junior Sister.”
A voice transmission entered her ear, and she subconsciously responded, “Here!”
Li Changshou continued his voice transmission. “I’ve heard what Martial Aunt has said. I will roughly enter seclusion for three months. After that, I might go out. Do you need any pills? I will only return after three to five years this time.”
‘Senior Brother… is going out to go through his Tribulation Transcendence?’
Lan Ling’e was happy but then pouted unhappily.
She was naturally happy for her senior brother and was unhappy because he would only return after three to five years. He had not left her for that long ever since she had gone up the mountains.
“There’s nothing I need. Senior Brother, you just have to take good care of yourself,” Lan Ling’e mumbled softly.
Peals of laughter were heard in the voice transmission. Li Changshou warned her, “I will wake up Master before I leave and tell him not to enter seclusion in the next few years. Remember not to run all around the place. You have to always remember what I’ve previously told you at all times, and don’t be carelessly bullied.”
“I got it, Senior Brother. It isn’t too late to say these after you come out of seclusion.” Lan Ling’e turned her eyes. “Are you going to slip away?”
Li Changshou laughed in the Pill Chamber and did not send a voice transmission anymore.
He looked down at the wisp of blue light emerging in his palm.
He had not expected the Ninth Stage of Dao Requital to come much earlier.
Currently, his Dao Realm was like… having rapid growth. It had the urge to soar at any time. Thankfully, it could still be suppressed.
After attaining the Ninth Stage of Dao Requital, he would very likely face the Heavenly Tribulation.
The Tribulation Transcendence had to be also put in his itinerary.
Li Changshou had long decided to go out to face the Tribulation Transcendence. Firstly, he did not want to reveal his cultivation level. Secondly, he did not want others to watch his Heavenly Tribulation.
After all, the Tribulation Transcendence was his own matter, and the mountain-protecting array formation was not affected at all.
He would find a hidden place outside without any people to go through his Tribulation Transcendence, which was not much different from the sect’s safety factor.
However, if he wanted to successfully slip away from the sect, he had to spend some effort.
Li Changshou sighed lightly.
“Fortunately, there are still fish.”
…
The rules of the Immortal Du Sect were strict, but most were targeted at the disciples that had yet to achieve Immortal Ascension. They restricted the disciples’ speech and actions, supervised their cultivation, and ensured their safety.
Among the Immortal Du Sect disciples, Li Changshou was an outstanding cultivator in the Second Stage of the Void Return Realm. Therefore, there were rather strict restrictions on him to go out.
This was one of the reasons he had chosen to go to the Priming Meet in the North Continent to search for herbs.
For the sake of going out of the sect to face Tribulation Transcendence, Li Changshou had already prepared to go to the Bai Fan Hall to apply for a reason to go out. The disciples had one chance to go back to their hometown and visit the grave.
Since he had joined the immortal sect, he was not linked to the mortal world anymore. Hence, he should completely sever ties with them.
However, a human heart was grown from the flesh, while the Dao Heart also had tribulation in the mortal world.
The forefathers of the human race thought highly of loyalty and filial piety. Although cultivators had broken free from the mortal world, they could not mourn in front of their parents who had raised them. They should visit their graveand wors.h.i.+p them.
The Immortal Du Sect had done pretty well in this by learning from many major sects from the Middle Continent.
After new disciples, who came from the mortal world, entered the sect, an outer sect sectarian officer would be especially in charge of that. Every decade, they would look after the new disciples’ parents and give them gold and silver for their livelihood. They would also tell them how the disciples were doing in the sect, and give them some pills to remove their illnesses and talismans to avoid a calamity. However, they would not extend their lifespan.
Life and death were destined, and fate was limited. The Immortal Du Sect did not want to attract too much unnecessary karma, either.
After the disciples’ parents pa.s.sed away, they would also let that disciple know and allow them to go back to their hometown for three years to pay respects to their parents so that they could completely break off any links with the mortal world.
Eighteen years ago, Li Changshou had been informed by the sect that his parents in the mortal world had both pa.s.sed away.
Under the care of the Immortal Du Sect, his parents, who were ordinary herdsmen in the nomadic tribe in the South Continent, had lived over 100 years old without suffering any illnesses or calamity in their lifetime.
Li Changshou actually did not have much impression on his parents in this lifetime. After all, he had been brought to the mountains by his master very early on. He had exchanged a lifetime of clothing and food for them. They did not need to worry or suffer illnesses, and they had faced fewer calamities.
When he had received the notice from the sect, Li Changshou had wanted to visit their graveright away. However, since he was prepared to go through Tribulation Transcendence outside, it had been suppressed temporarily.
This was somewhat troublesome.
If the outer sectarian officer pa.s.sed by the disciples’ hometown while doing errands outside in the three years that the disciples visited their parents’ graves, they would have to take a look at the disciples’ current situation.
Li Changshou had made preparations regarding this point. He had long been on good terms with the ‘elders’ of the Bai Fan Hall, who were in charge of the disciples.
He truly had a good friends.h.i.+p with them.
This elder was not like the other elders.
Most of the elders in the Bai Fan Hall were old Perfected Immortals. For example, Elder Ge was in charge of matters inside and out of the sect.
The true elders of the Immortal Du Sect were cultivating in different peaks, and they did not ask about miscellaneous matters. They could not obtain this reputation unless they were at the Heaven Immortal Realm.
Three months later.
Li Changshou shouted to wake up his master, who was in seclusion, and told him that he had to go back to his hometown to visit the grave, and his master had to take care of his junior sister.
Old Daoist priest Qi Yuan naturally allowed him. He did not think much about it, and he even persuaded Li Changshou to put down the link he had with the mortal world early and concentrate on the Immortal Dao.
On the other hand, Lan Ling’e could not bear to part with him and asked softly, “Can I… accompany Senior Brother there…”
“Have a guess.” Li Changshou smiled, and Lan Ling’e knew the answer right away. She responded while looking down.
She was still reluctant to part with him.