After cultivating immortality, she devoted herself to becoming an ancestor

Chapter 143 The Dealer
Before half a cup of tea was finished, Shen Dingru and Qin Pinzhang had cornered Que Er.

Seeing that his magic weapon was exhausted and he had no other choice, the latter actually took the initiative to self-destruct when the Dragon Abyss Sword pinned him to the ground.

Fortunately, Qin Pinzhang was fast enough to narrowly avoid the explosion with Shen Dingru. However, when the two looked at Que Er again, his soul had flown away like a shooting star in the blink of an eye.

The Dragon Abyss Sword couldn't catch up and flew back to Shen Dingru's side. He frowned and looked into the distance: "A demonic infant?! He's not human."

Qin Pinzhang pondered: "It's not the Core Formation stage. Could it be that, like Que Yi, it's not a true possession?"

"Did Fellow Daoist Qin confirm that Forsythia was present?" Shen Dingru quickly sent a message to report that everything was alright.

"I tried to trick them, but they denied it."

He had hoped that Junior Sister Tang would come to identify her, but she had been led to the demon realm and hadn't yet left. Qin Pinzhang cremated the self-destructing corpse, picked up the storage ring, and found that the space inside was shattered; this demon truly left no trace.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the two returned on their way when Shen Dingru's message notification sounded. He opened it and saw that it was Sui Chu's reply. She said that the teleportation scroll used by the three of them earlier was the spiritual treasure of the fourth elder of the Tengluo Society.

She had severed the other person's arm at the time, but now that Lianqiao's arm has recovered, the other person's arm has also recovered, so it seems to be the same person.

If it really is Lian Qiao… Sigh, I heard that Senior Uncle Si Yu joined the Sword Sect to get the elixir for Lian Qiao.”

Qin Pinzhang, however, had a different opinion. The two former empresses, Si Yu and Xian Si, had personally raised the child and had not noticed anything unusual about her. Either Lian Qiao was very skillful, or the two of them had failed to notice.

While he was sending a message back to the sect about the situation, Wuyou also reported the killing of Daozang.

The two sides met up and temporarily put aside the matter of Lianqiao, just to be happy that they had found a disciple with a lightning spiritual root.

But the little girl, who had just been dressed in new clothes by Shen Suiren, learned that she still had to go to the mortal realm and that she had no money left. So she took several steps back and said, "I'm not going back. I want to go to the immortal realm to cultivate immortality."

"That's not up to you." Wuyou patted her shoulder, freezing her in place.

And with the little girl looking on in astonishment, he handed her over to Shen Suiren: "You saved her, you take care of her."

"That's right, Jiang Guo'er. My teachers took me to pay respects to my mother before returning to the sect."

"Come, let me tell you slowly. The Immortal Travel Sect is..." Shen Suiren helped her board her master's flying boat and repeated to her what Fan Liyue had said back then.

If Jiang Guo'er hadn't been immobilized, her face would have scrunched up like a bun; she felt that what this senior said was rather perfunctory.

Moreover, if a disciple is escorted by several elders, her identity must be extraordinary.

If Shen Suiren knew what she was thinking, she would definitely say that making things up is unacceptable.

But feeling a little uncomfortable under her gaze, he coughed lightly and removed her immobilization talisman: "I'm not very good at teaching people. When you get to the sect, someone will teach you from the beginning."

There's also a huge library where you can learn a lot once you reach the third level of Qi Refining and develop your divine sense.

"Then, you can cultivate here with this superior-grade Qi Gathering Pill."

After giving it to me, I felt something was off: "What kind of cultivation method do you practice? Who did you practice with before?"

Don't follow your old methods. If your techniques are wrong, it will be harder to advance the next level the more you practice.

"I practiced under the Abbot of Changchun Temple in the Tang Dynasty. The cultivation method is the Five Elements Qi Guiding Technique." Jiang Guo'er was very grateful to her for pulling her up to the mountaintop and for sending her a protective talisman far away when she was attacked.

She had heard the abbot say that the cultivation world was very dangerous, but she never expected to see all kinds of spells clashing before she even arrived, turning the mountain peaks into craters.

"Your surname is Jiang, I thought you were from the State of Jiang." Moreover, this place is the closest to the State of Jiang, and the Shen family is from the State of Jiang.

She didn't have time to go to Tang Guo, and it would be more troublesome to do such a background check later. It would be better to let other senior brothers or sisters investigate.

Shen Suiren had her practice a small circulation of energy and found the method to be quite balanced and peaceful. "Keep practicing," he said.

"senior……"

"You can call me Senior Sister Shen, or Senior Sister Suichu."

"Senior sister, aren't you going to ask me if I'm hungry or thirsty? Why did I climb the mountain by myself?"

Shen Suiren took out tea and snacks from his storage ring, pushed them in front of her, and said with a smile, "I'm all ears."

"..." Jiang Guo'er couldn't help but swallow her saliva; it smelled so good.

But she first explained the reason: last year, the abbot ascended to heaven and the temple changed hands. Those of them who were orphans were required to go out and earn money.

She was only eight or nine years old when she was young. She didn't earn much money when she went out, and it also delayed her cultivation. She waited for more than a year, but the legendary immortals did not come to the mortal world to take her as a disciple. So she decided to seek the immortals herself.

"So, is your surname the same as the Abbot's?" Shen Suiren heard Qin Shibo's voice transmission and asked accordingly.

Jiang Guo'er ate a few bites of pastry and shook her head: "The abbot said that he picked me up in Jiang Kingdom, so my surname is Jiang."

As she spoke, she looked down from the window at the ground. "They flew so fast. It took me seven days to get from here to Broken Boundary Mountain."

"The Cloud-Piercing Boat can travel 600 li in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea." That's equivalent to 60 li per minute, definitely faster than the speed of sound.

Shen Suiren's divine sense swept across the ground; she had walked this route once before.

The closer they got to Shenjiazhuang, the more anxious they became, even if it meant living another lifetime.

Before long, the cloud-piercing boat became invisible and landed at the foot of a mountain where no one had ever been. In the distance, there was an orchard where people were picking fruit.

Shen Dingru knocked on the door and called to her, "At the beginning of the year, the land next to it is your mother's dowry field."

"Father, aren't the senior brothers coming together?" Shen Suiren's divine sense had already scanned many mortals.

"They're waiting here; Master Qin is still healing." Shen Dingru himself didn't plan to stay too long, worried that someone might try to kidnap the child again.

As soon as Shen Suiren stepped out the door, Jiang Guo'er chased after her, wanting to go with her. "Senior Sister Shen, I'm afraid to be on the boat alone."

I can perform rituals; I can help you.

“My senior brothers are all here.”

"It's precisely because I'm here that I'm afraid." Being immobilized is very uncomfortable.

"If you're scared, then toughen up." Wuyou came over and pulled her away.

Shen Suiren waved to Jiang Guo'er, who was about to cry, and followed her father toward the orchard.

The people directing the moving of the baskets noticed them strolling over and immediately became alert: "Who are you? This orchard belongs to someone."

Shen Dingru took a few steps closer: "Uncle Fang, it's me."

"Young, young, young master!" Uncle Fang was so startled that he dropped the pomegranate in his hand and couldn't help but reach out to grab him.

Shen Suiren wanted to use his spiritual power to catch it, but his father stopped him with a look.

Fang Bo quickly regained his composure, took down the fruit basket, and insisted that the father and daughter sit on it.

Upon learning that he was the butler, Shen Suiren lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.

When they arrived home in the oxcart, the three-courtyard house they remembered opened its main gate to welcome its long-absent owners.

Many elders from the Shen family came upon hearing the news, and the reunion was more lively than that of the Shen family in the cultivation world. The old patriarch immediately arranged for the entire clan to hold a feast.

Shen Dingru naturally didn't want to spend money. "I brought the child back, and after the worship, I'll test everyone's spiritual roots, do some medical consultations, and then I have to leave."

The 80-year-old mother of the old clan chief, who is still alive, pulled Shen Suiren to her side and gestured: "You were only this small back then. When you were taken away, I cried so hard my heart broke."

The old woman waited and waited, hoping you would grow up quickly and come back, but you never returned. I even thought, if you waited another year or two, and I never saw you again, if I never told you where your mother was buried, I wouldn't dare close my eyes in death.

"Aunt, isn't my mother buried in the cemetery?" When Shen Suiren returned from her previous life, this person had already passed away for several years, and Fang Bo had also passed away.

The old woman chased the others out of the room and said in a trembling voice, "That was fake. Later, the Shen family's immortal master who was supposed to take you away burned it again."

Because of their cultivation of immortality, the Shen family cremates all their members who live in the mortal realm after they pass away, in order to avoid any future troubles.

"Aunt, please speak slowly." Shen Suiren cast the Rejuvenation spell on her again, and then used the Qi-Nourishing Pill that ordinary people could eat, intending to dissolve it in water for her to drink.

The old woman held it down. She was experienced and knew what it was. "Dead wood can't be regenerated. Don't waste it on me. Give it to the younger generation to drink."

Sui'er, listen to me, your mother's death is suspicious. The things in the room look untouched, but one thing is missing. She was most likely killed by a cultivator.

What matters is the cultivation world; it's all unreliable. If a powerful cultivator emerges from the wronged party, they might come back for revenge and kill you without you even knowing who did it.

Therefore, our Shen family has done good deeds for generations and does not share with others…

"Auntie, where is Madam's body?" Shen Dingru, who was always watching the backyard, heard her words and made an excuse to leave the living room and sneak over.

The old lady said, "In the Zhuang family cemetery."

For those few days, Sister Sui cried constantly. Your wife couldn't sleep well due to her irregular sleep schedule, which also affected her milk supply.

I went with the wet nurse, Zhuang, and took Sui'er to sleep next door. But when I woke up in the morning, the child's mother was gone without a sound.

"The things on her body?" As soon as Shen Dingru returned, he scanned the bedroom with his divine sense, and found that everything was still in the same place where he had left.

The old lady paused: "Don't keep interrupting me, I'll forget if I can't connect."

"Please speak, please speak." Even though he was a cultivator, Shen Dingru was still a junior.

Shen Suiren quickly used his wood elemental power to help the old lady clear her body.

The old lady caught her breath and said, "Zhuang and I were terrified. Uncle Fang was out collecting debts and wasn't home. His wife, who was guarding your wife, couldn't be woken up no matter what we did."

"The Zhuang family has been practicing medicine for generations. The Zhuang family doctor they sent over examined her and said she had no illness or injury. We need to quickly ask the old master of the Zhuang family to examine her again and wake her up so we can ask what's going on."

"When I thought that they might be your enemies, I didn't dare to say a word and asked your uncle to go and invite them in person."

"Alas, there was another person who came with Old Master Zhuang. He only said that he possessed spiritual power that could pierce the soul."

"After Fang's mother was revived, she was in a daze and couldn't get anything out of her."

"After discussing it, everyone buried her in the Zhuang family cemetery and moved the ashes of another person from the clan to replace your mother."

"We hope that Dingru will return and examine it carefully."

After the old lady finished speaking, she seemed a little weak, but she still insisted, "But what we got in return was that you were in danger and we had to carry a baby to rescue you."

The old woman felt this was unreliable, but the man was a celestial master who could open the coffin and hold the child as he pleased.

Dingru, I find him unpleasant; you should be careful around him in the future.

"Aunt, that person is already dead, there's no need to worry about him anymore." Shen Suiren wanted to ask what was missing.

After sighing repeatedly, the old lady said, "The Zhuang family found out that the sand that lined the bottom of your mother's dowry chest was gone. The people who were with Old Master Zhuang, Zhuang Shi, wouldn't let us ask about its origin."

But I think he's also a master sage; the real master is hiding his true intentions deeply.

"Aunt, where is the wet nurse?"

"Doctors cannot heal themselves. During a plague that year, she contracted the disease while saving people and died."

Since the family lived ten miles away, Shen Suiren and her father were determined to visit. Although her maternal grandparents had passed away long ago, her mother was raised by the clan, so she naturally had to prepare some gifts for the visit.

The Zhuang family is small, consisting of only seven or eight households. Their medicine shop is located in this large, well-connected village where markets often gather, and they cultivate many medicinal herb fields.

It is said that those with high medical skills only practice medicine in private clinics and do not open clinics in the city.

"Father, have you found anything?" Shen Suiren had specifically swept through the medicinal herb field, but there were no spiritual herbs.

Shen Dingru drove the oxcart at a slow pace, his divine sense already covering the entire village. "No, I heard that the Zhuang family settled here two hundred years ago, and their ancestor was a traveling doctor."

He paused, then pointed again: "The mountains a hundred miles away do seem to have some spiritual energy, but not much."

"Are the Zhuang family members cultivating over there?" Shen Suiren's guess was wrong.

Upon entering the Zhuang family, the current head of the Zhuang family, Manager Zhuang, knew that they were cultivators, so he gave Shen Suiren a letter.

It was stated that only cultivators of the Zhuang family bloodline could open this: "This is a handwritten letter from Ninth Grandfather, who passed away eight years ago."

In the past two hundred years, very few people in our clan have had spiritual roots. Apart from his generation, there is probably only Sister Sui.

Back then, it was Grandfather Jiu who knew that the Shen family had a deep connection with the immortals and tried his best to marry He Mei into your family.

He also personally buried the person. "Half of the clan's property was used up by the dowry alone, and even the ancestral red sand was given to Zhuang He with 30% of it."

The Zhuang family considers Shen Suiren to be part of the Zhuang clan.

Shen Dingru reciprocated, saying, "Later, once we determine who has spiritual roots, I will bring them into the sect."

"Thank you for your trouble, brother-in-law." Manager Zhuang didn't have much hope. He had just tested the children during the New Year, and they had no spiritual roots.

While the two were talking, Shen Suiren dripped blood onto the letter, which first explained the autopsy results and the burial location.

He then wrote:
My dear sister, I have heard that you have begun your cultivation, which is truly gratifying.

Back then, I was not destined to wait for the immortal cultivators to come down and take me as a disciple, so I practiced the family's inherited techniques with three people in my clan who had spiritual roots.

After they successfully guided the Qi into their bodies, they excitedly headed to the world of cultivation, only to perish just after crossing the Broken Realm Mountain.

After finally joining the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, my cousin cultivated to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, but he also perished during his training.

I had been cultivating for over forty years, but I was still only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and my foundation was even damaged, so I gave up the idea and returned to my hometown.

Because of his divine sense, he learned from his ancestors' instructions that the Zhuang family came from the spirit world, but accidentally entered a secret realm while traveling in the Great Wilderness Realm three hundred years ago.

He encountered ten people in the secret realm and discovered that one of them was a Core Formation cultivator, Chu Mo, a Void Refining cultivator from the Taiyuan Sect. He was then inexplicably pursued and killed.

At that time, the ancestor who had just formed his core desperately killed the two people and searched their souls to find out that the secret realm was called Beixuan, and that it would leave the Great Wilderness and fly to Taiyuan Realm every hundred years.

After staying on the demon race's glacier for nine days, they will fly for another six months before returning to the Great Wilderness Realm.

However, he was relentlessly pursued and had no choice but to jump into a dangerous place in the secret realm to hide. As a result, he fell into the Taiyuan Mortal Realm, where his core shattered and he fell to the Qi Refining stage.

Unable to return to the Spirit Realm after that, he chose to seek elixirs in the Taiyuan Realm to rebuild his cultivation. Unexpectedly, decades later, Chu Mo transformed into an Alliance Elder.

However, due to his severe injuries and impending death, his ancestor chose to go to the mortal realm to marry and have children.

However, my descendants are not talented and few have spiritual roots, so I can only find families that have produced cultivators to arrange marriages for my younger generation.

When our ancestors later searched for the Northern Mystic Realm, they calculated its landing point. The map and relics are all in your mother's coffin.

"Father, after seeing my mother, we must immediately confirm with Ancestor Wu." Beixuan might be a lost land from the Taiyuan Realm. With the manager's permission, Shen Suiren showed the letter to his father.

The two soon arrived at the grave...