Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

When Wei Xi heard these words, she felt a sense of "it's really true."

However, Wei Xi didn't reveal his reasoning; he was already planning to listen a little longer.

Yan Ci's needlework appeared unhurried, but in reality, it was a complete mess.

But then, Yanci's words took a teasing turn, and he laughed, "What, you're also a cultivator, aren't you curious about what's going on here?"

After wavering between establishing an upright persona and satisfying his curiosity, Wei Xi ultimately chose the latter.

"Please enlighten me, senior!"

He said mysteriously, "I can't tell you, someone will die!"

Wei Xi, nearly laughing out of anger, forced out a few words through gritted teeth: "That's right, listening to that will turn you into someone like that!"

"Sharp-tongued and quick-witted, I'm starting to agree with Pei the Fool's ways."

He straightened his posture, trying to find a place to insert the needle.

"I really can't tell you, although we have severely damaged the Heavenly Dao, but... who knows what tricks it has up its sleeve?"

These words were like a drunken rhinoceros, rampaging through Wei Xi's mind, leaving her momentarily confused.

With sharp words and keen insight, Wei Xi noticed Xiao Wei's shock even though only her eyes were visible.

"Since you know about the upheaval in Dongyi, you must also be aware of Zuo Fei's character. In that case, just follow his arrangements and obediently fuse your roots."

Trying to understand and digest what he had heard, Wei Xi replied, "There are many things in the world that can be faked. Besides, it's a bit foolish to ask me to make a decision based on a person's character without any explanation."

"That Pei Chi kid, I don't know how he did it, he actually matched me with a smart and clever junior who knows when to advance and retreat!" Yan Ci thought to himself, "Although there were many regrets about what happened that day, if I pass on all my knowledge to her, it won't be a disgrace to me."

Frankly speaking, Yan Ci was very dissatisfied with Wei Xi at first glance after regaining his senses—after all, the latter had a gloomy appearance and an even more somber temperament.

Unfortunately, the path to awakening was predetermined, and the words had to be accepted against one's will.

After several exchanges, Yan Ci came to believe that Wei Xi was a promising talent who could be put to great use.

"Fine, since I'm already dead, I'll just do what I had to do." Yan Ci rolled his eyes and thought to himself, "But this little rascal is not easy to handle. Let me try to seduce her first."

Yan Ci cleared his throat and said, "Since you have doubts, I will tell you what you can hear."

"There's only one thing you need to understand: it's better to be foolish for a lifetime than to be clever for a moment. Look at us old folks, aren't we? We know too much, that's why we never have a peaceful day, and even after we die, we're still stuck here, unable to find peace!"

Seeing Wei Xi's fearless expression, and knowing that words were unnecessary to express his feelings, he simply recounted the dramatic and thrilling history of a time when heaven and earth were turned upside down and yin and yang were in disarray.

"Ever since I opened my eyes, my family has told me not to mess with monsters. As soon as I could walk properly, I had to go to the riverbank to look for stones."

“Look at my fingers, one of them can still bend now. It’s because I was seriously injured while digging my neighbor’s second sister out of a pile of collapsed rocks, and the bone grew crooked.”

"The demon chief of the Northern Frontier is named Fan Shan, who rules over all the land. His temperament... humph... compared to Yu Xianzhou, he's not cruel, but he still can't bear to leave people alone. He doesn't care about bloodshed or death; he loves stones. And I don't know who told me that children are the purest, so all the children under his rule go to collect stones until they're twelve." "He's quite carefree, while his grandmother is exhausted from carrying a big basket on her back on the riverbank all day long, her back aching and she looks like a hunchback."

Yanci is not a good-tempered person, and he still grits his teeth when he talks about these old stories.

"When I was a little older, I learned that I didn't have to put in all my effort. When the basket was light, I would find a quiet place to wander around. There wasn't much for a child to do, but there was plenty of grass on the riverbank."

"That's when I collected a lot of flowers and plants, secretly transplanted them in front of my house, and occasionally got some wild fruit to chew on."

"Later I thought, perhaps that's why I was born with such a unique physique?"

Hearing the pause in the words, and the dazed look in those eyes, which seemed to hold both reality and illusion, glanced sideways at him, Wei Xi immediately felt a sense of foreboding.

Sure enough, her tone rose slightly, "You have such a lovely, natural appearance, so green and beautiful, you're definitely worth it!"

"At that time, I only thought I was growing taller and my whole body ached. But the qi stagnation was caused by something else."

"Many of the flowers and plants I grow have withered, except for one that is thriving and looks as if it has absorbed the life force of the other flowers and plants."

“My older brother felt something was wrong with this thing and tried to persuade me to throw it away. I carefully moved it back to its original place on a chosen day... which actually saved my family from being wiped out.”

He was unwilling to elaborate on the changes in his family and glossed over the matter.

"This matter is related to Fan Shan. Unfortunately, I was unable to take revenge at the time and could only harbor resentment in secret. Later, I found an opportunity to escape from the northern frontier and wandered aimlessly for half a year. When I heard that the leader of the Eastern Barbarian Demons had died suddenly, I went to join him."

"At that time, the Green Moon Tide of Dongyi had not yet ended, and those who survived were all people with Qi Palace roots."

"Zuo Fei and Wang Qiufen were hiding together when I happened to run into them. It turns out that the two of them, along with Lord Bai from Nanjiang, dealt with Yu Xianzhou. It's a pity that the world is so foolish as to attribute the consequences of the Green Moon Tide to them."

"Zuo Fei was seriously injured, and Wang Qiufen was a mute teenager who could only hide. The widowed mother of the Wang family boy was also gone. The two of them planned to leave Dongyi once Zuo Fei recovered from his injuries."

Upon hearing this, Wei Xi immediately realized that it matched up, and he also figured out who Wang Qiufen was. He was also surprised to find that there really was a "Lord Bai," and that he had actually used this person's identity to access that memory.

“That makes sense,” Wei Xi thought to himself. “Yu Xianzhou is dead, and the method to deal with her is not what Zuo Fei wanted to pass down. It just so happens that Lord Bai’s identity allows him to contact Yu Xianzhou and thus learn about the Heavenly Dao.”

Therefore, Wei Xi became even more curious about the Heavenly Dao and calmed his mind to listen to the information revealed in the words.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "I was stupid and foolish back then, and I kept trying to provoke him. In the end, I lost Wang Qiufen's life."

Wei Xi was shocked—she had previously experienced it under the guise of Lord Bai's identity, and the thought of that innocent young man who had suffered so much losing his life inevitably made her feel distressed.

"Wang Qiufen took the clam-shell knife to the northern frontier, and I never heard from him again until my death." His tone was heavy with sorrow. "Later, the northern frontier collapsed, Fan Shan disappeared, and many more people died. I suspect Wang Qiufen was among them. I'm the one who caused his death."

"However, Wang Qiufen left in such a hurry that before I could react, I was trapped by Zuo Fei."

"At the time, I didn't know I was a cultivator, so naturally I couldn't defeat him. Unfortunately, not long after, I encountered Huang Yu and Pei Chi, which led to the creation of Dead Water City." (End of Chapter)