Genius Beast Tamer

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Han Wuxie frowned and shook his head, saying, "They can't open shops, nor can they show their faces in public."

"Why?" Han Xingyu asked, somewhat disappointed, and pouted, "If they opened a shop, spirit stones would be pouring into our pockets!"

Han Tianci rolled his eyes at Han Xingyu and said coldly, "All you care about is money!"

Han Wuxie sighed and explained, "Our Tianxing Evil Palace has been completely relocated to the Cultivation Continent. According to the information that Long Wu and the Divine Medicine Valley Master had previously gathered, here, a Golden Core cultivator can be considered a figure with some power within a sect. Since our entire Tianxing Evil Palace consists of Golden Core cultivators, the sudden appearance of over a thousand Golden Core cultivators will inevitably cause a stir. Those who are investigating us will also find us very quickly."

Han Xingyu pursed her lips, displeased, and asked, "Are those people really demons or monsters descended from the Immortal Realm?"

Han Wuxie pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It cannot be ruled out that there are no immortals."

"An immortal?" Han Tianci frowned. "Immortal and demonic assistance?"

"There are no eternal enemies." Han Wuxie said with a calm smile, "Having stayed in this mortal realm for too long, some people might forget that they are immortals. So, in order to return home, it shouldn't be a problem for demons to 'help' each other out, right?"

Han Xingyu and Han Tianci frowned deeply.

Han Xingyu sensed the tense atmosphere and, to ease it, exclaimed, "Let's go fight some demonic beasts! It'll be a good opportunity to test our strength, which is similar to that of a Golden Core cultivator!"

……

The cultivation continent is like a continent that radiates from an inner circle and is surrounded by countless large circles.

Inside, cultivators open shops to do business and earn spirit stones, while outside, demonic beasts, spirit beasts, and monsters can be seen at any time.

The demonic beasts and spirit beasts in the cultivation continent are mostly of the Xuan grade. Perhaps due to the different land, the beasts here are born at the Saint or Xuan grade. Only when they cultivate to the Half-Immortal level can they have the opportunity to transform into humans. Many demonic beasts and spirit beasts of the Xuan grade five or above have a beast head, but their bodies have already transformed, which is a very awkward situation.

"Sister, is Hua Qianye still secretly training your contracted beast?" Han Tianci asked.

Han Wuxie narrowed his eyes and nodded.

"It's been so long since I've seen Zi Tong!" Han Xingyu said with a pout. "That guy seems to have gradually forgotten his original master and has stopped clamoring for needles every day."

"Zi Tong should be a level eight Xuan-grade demon beast by now, right?" Han Tianci asked.

Han Xingyu shrugged and said, "Who knows? It's been more than half a year since I last saw him. He might have leveled up again."

Han Xingyu suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "Look, look! Cat head, human body! How hilarious!"

Upon hearing this, the white-headed, alluring catwoman demon glared fiercely, sniffed, and seemed somewhat intoxicated, uttering a muffled sound: "Immortal bones? Golden pills? Great tonic!" With a meow, she swiftly ran towards Han Wuxie and the others.

"That's pretty tough!" Han Tianci yelled, kicking Han Xingyu in the butt. "You caused this trouble, you go and clean it up."

"What!" Han Xingyu roared, having already been kicked and sent flying towards the catwoman.

The two cat eyes on the cat's head revealed a ferocious glint, and its sharp claws gleamed as it reached out to grab Han Xingyu.

Han Xingyu flipped in mid-air and leaped into the air. His lightness skill and the flame power of the Divine Root merged, and two balls of flame appeared under his feet, like fiery red clouds, supporting him in mid-air.

"The fusion of internal energy and the power of the root of the god has turned into something strange," Han Xingyu muttered. Before he could think further, the catwoman pounced on him again.

"I say, what else can you do besides pouncing on people?" Han Xingyu nimbly dodged and teased.

The catwoman's eyes turned cold, and she let out a cat-like meow.

"If you can't beat them, you'll find your companions?" Han Xingyu smiled playfully, leaving a long, fiery red shadow in the sky. He lightly tapped the cat's head with his foot, instantly charring its snow-white fur. The cat's eyes emitted a terrifying light, and its head exploded instantly. A green medicinal pill floated up, which Han Xingyu caught and played with in his hand.

Han Xingyu smiled arrogantly, raised an eyebrow at Han Tianci, and said, "This is my own harvest. If I exchange it for spirit stones, I won't give you even a single one."

Han Tianci squinted at the fiery lion rushing towards them from afar, and chuckled wickedly, "This cat demon is quite capable, actually having a lion as a lover!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Tianci rose into the air, his long hair flying, a confident smile on his lips that seemed gentle and refined, but his eyes were bloodthirsty and cruel.

The longsword was drawn, and the entire sword ignited with the fire attribute of the divine root. The Qiankun Bagua diagram gathered and transformed in mid-air with the flames, and crashed into the lion. With a miserable lion's roar, in just three breaths, the Xuan-level ninth-grade fire lion died under the sword.

Han Tianci toyed with the fiery red demon core and taunted Han Xingyu, "The demon core of the Flame Lion must be quite valuable, right?"

"You bastard! You stole my prey!" Han Xingyu said angrily, "Anyway, whatever we get today, we have to split it equally!"

Han Tianci raised an eyebrow and said, "Didn't you say you wouldn't break up?"

"Who said that!" Han Xingyu retorted, feigning ignorance.

Han Wuxie watched his two younger brothers fight closely, stroked his chin, and fell into deep thought.

Han Xingyu and Han Tianci had run out of energy arguing and quieted down. Noticing that Han Wuxie had been silent all along, they curiously went over to him.

"Sister Wuxie, what are you thinking about?"

"Yes, sister, what are you thinking about?"

Han Wuxie frowned and said, "We are similar to cultivators at the Golden Core stage, but not entirely the same."

Han Xingyu nodded and said, "I practiced spells according to the books on cultivators that Long Wu collected. I found that we can use the spells of cultivators, and we can also use internal energy. When I killed the cat demon before, I was able to use both at the same time. At first, I thought it was because I have two divine roots. But Han Tianci just combined swordsmanship, spells and internal energy to kill the Flame Lion. I feel that we are not cultivators, but rather another kind of existence."

Han Tianci nodded and said, "I think so too."

Han Wuxie's expression turned serious. He sighed and asked, "Then, what will the path of cultivation we are about to face be like?"

Han Xingyu asked in bewilderment, "Will we have the same levels as cultivators, or will we find another way? If it's another way, our future levels shouldn't be like the Nascent Soul, Out-of-Body, Divided Spirit, Combined Body, Tribulation, and Mahayana stages that cultivators go through."

Han Wuxie replied, "It is certain that one must undergo tribulation; without it, one cannot return to the Immortal Realm."

Han Tianci asked solemnly, "Then what will the Heavenly Tribulation be like? Will it be extremely dangerous because of this act of defying Heaven?"

Han Wuxie rubbed his throbbing temples, gave a wry smile, and said seriously, "It seems like it's time to start thinking about these things. The people we lead also need our guidance. We must figure out our future cultivation direction more quickly. If we just learn the cultivation methods of cultivators, what we learned as martial artists will be wasted, which is a great pity. We must find a way to integrate the two, a way that is more powerful than cultivators and more robust than martial artists."

Han Xingyu and Han Tianci both nodded vigorously, a glimmer of hope burning in their eyes.

Han Tianci said, "Sister, if that's the case, what will our heavenly tribulation be like? Returning to the Immortal Realm won't be ordinary, will it?"

Han Wuxie smiled bitterly: "This is nothing more than a risky idea. If it goes wrong, it may end up being neither a cultivator nor a martial artist. During the Heavenly Tribulation, it will be the time to die."

Han Xingyu narrowed her arrogant eyes and sneered, "We possess divine roots, which already destined us to be extraordinary! We are no longer the useless trash of the Immortal and Demon Realms. If we can successfully return, we will be geniuses! Those guys who used to be so arrogant in front of us because they had Saint-grade immortal roots should be very surprised and jealous, right?"

Han Tianci sneered, "I'll make those guys regret it! I will definitely not lose to the Heavenly Tribulation, I will definitely go back!"

Han Xingyu chuckled mischievously, "That Tian family head who kicked you and Sister Wuxie out must be regretting it to death, right? Treating a genius like a piece of trash, he must be regretting his blind decision back then, right?"

Han Wuxie raised a wicked smile, his eyes extremely dangerous. Han Tianci may not have any impression of the Tian family, but Han Wuxie, who grew up in the Tian family until he was five years old, would never forget those days, would never forget those humiliations, the day he searched for his natal magic weapon, and those brothers and sisters who were related to him by blood but mocked him.

Han Wuxie's gaze fell on the ring on his hand, and he smiled, "Tianci, you should have heard your mother mention that the Tian family has a priceless heirloom, right?"

Han Tianci nodded and said, "Mother didn't say that, but I heard Grandpa say that he always sighed and said it was a pity that my sister didn't get the inheritance treasure."

Han Wuxie stretched out his hand, looked at the ring, and sneered, "This ring is the artifact that made Hua Qianye a spirit. It was obtained from the Tian family. Hua Qianye said that this is the legendary treasure inherited by the Tian family. Unfortunately, at that time, those people ridiculed it as a piece of trash, saying that trash is a perfect match for a good-for-nothing like me."

Upon hearing this, Han Xingyu angrily exclaimed, "Those blind people!"

Han Tianci laughed and said, "They're right, it's indeed a perfect match! My sister possesses the Root of Godhood, and the ring is an ancient artifact. An artifact paired with a Root of Godhood, it's a perfect match!"

Han Xingyu nodded hurriedly and smiled, "We will definitely find another way. Even if we return to the Immortal Realm, we will be enviable geniuses, making those who were blind to our true potential regret their actions!"

Han Wuxie raised the corners of his mouth, a wicked smile playing on his lips. "To find a new path, spirit stones are naturally indispensable. We, the people of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, cannot open shops. The only way to support so many people is for the three of us, the leaders, to do it!"

"We hunt monsters to earn spirit stones to support them?" Han Xingyu wailed, "Being the boss is really tough! There are over a thousand of them! These spendthrifts, who knows how many spirit stones they'll burn through to cultivate. Can we afford to support them? Even if we hunt monsters day and night, it's probably still difficult to feed them all!"

Han Wuxie smiled knowingly, "I learned a lot from the Sound Killing Sect. My Beast Taming Melody has been improved, but I haven't played it for you yet. Would you like to hear it?"

Han Tianci nodded and said, "I love listening to my sister play the piano!"

"Although I'm not a beast, I don't really understand the music Sister Wuxie played, but I still think it's very beautiful!" Han Xingyu said with a smile. "Listening to Sister Wuxie play the zither is quite a treat!"

Han Wuxie smiled arrogantly and said, "This piece of music has a nice name."

"What's your name?" Han Xingyu and Han Tianci asked at the same time.

"Laughing at the heavens!" Han Wuxie smiled proudly and took out his seven-stringed zither. In the cultivation world, when there is spiritual energy, the zither can have some other functions. Now, without a table, it floats in the air, at the most comfortable angle for Han Wuxie to play the zither.

Han Wuxie gently stroked the strings of the zither, and a melodious tune rang out, carrying an arrogant and domineering aura that inspired awe in the listeners from the bottom of their hearts.

With an arrogant demeanor and bewitching eyes, he sang a song that made all beasts submit!

As Han Wuxie's music rose higher, all the beasts swarmed towards this place. Han Xingyu let out a strange cry, wanting to make a big move, but was stopped by Han Tianci.

"Sister, you probably don't want to kill them!" Han Tianci reminded her calmly.

Han Xingyu hesitated for a moment before stopping. Gazing at the beasts bowing before Han Wuxie, he was somewhat shocked and murmured, "Han Tianci, this scene is truly enviable!"

Han Tianci looked up at his sister with admiration and nodded in agreement with Han Xingyu's words.

At this moment, Han Wuxie wore a wicked smile, his elegant demeanor incomparably noble, yet that wicked smile made it impossible to discern whether it was good or evil. Han Wuxie stood proudly, playing a beautiful melody, with countless beasts kneeling before him—a truly awe-inspiring scene! In this world, who else could make so many beasts simultaneously submit and bow down? Who else could, with a flick of their fingertips, instantly command the subjugation of all beasts?

Han Wuxie gazed arrogantly at the beasts kneeling before him, commanding like a king: "I don't need your demon cores, I won't take your lives, just a few teeth and a few hairs will suffice." With that, Han Wuxie tossed down a treasure pouch, saying calmly, "Put it all in here."

Upon hearing this, the beasts seemed to have been granted a pardon, overjoyed. Pulling out their teeth and fur seemed to be something that excited them, as if it didn't hurt at all, and they cooperated extremely well.

Han Xingyu smiled and said, "Sister Wuxie is really amazing! There are even half-immortal beasts here! These teeth and furs should be worth a lot of spirit stones!" His eyes darted around as he started calculating, and he nudged Han Tianci with his shoulder. "Tell me, if Sister Wuxie flicked them a few more times, wouldn't we be rolling in it! Even if the Heavenly Star Evil Palace only had a thousand or so people, feeding them would be a piece of cake!"

"Do you want to exhaust your sister to death?" Han Tianci narrowed his dangerous eyes.

Han Xingyu pursed her lips, scratched her head, and said awkwardly, "I was just saying."

After Han Wuxie finished playing the piece, he smiled calmly, waved his hand and said, "Go back now. You should have gained some cultivation today. Consider this my compensation for taking your teeth and skin."

The beasts looked at each other, but none of them were willing to leave. They all stopped in front of Han Wuxie and remained prostrate on the ground.

"What? None of you want to leave?" Han Wuxie sneered, asking with amusement, "Did you smell the immortal bones on my body and want to devour me?"

"No, no..." All the beasts shook their heads and waved their hands.

"Is that greed, not knowing when to stop?" Han Wuxie narrowed his dangerous eyes, plucked the strings hard with his fingers, and all the beasts covered their ears in pain, looking like they were begging for mercy, and scattered and fled.

Han Wuxie glanced at them indifferently, played with the treasure pouch in his hand, and smiled gently at Han Xingyu and Han Tianci, saying, "Let's go, let's set up a stall on the street."

"Sister Wuxie, you're so awesome!"

"Sister, those beasts have all fled in panic, what a pity," Han Tianci said with a smile. "If they were all at your disposal, they would be a considerable force."

"The mortal realm is not yet the time for me to adopt a large number of beasts." Han Wuxie smiled meaningfully.

……

Han Wuxie, Han Xingyu, and Han Tianci returned to the street. At this moment, Han Xingyu excitedly ran to the stall owner who had previously looked down on him for being poor, spread out a large piece of cloth, and started hawking his wares right next to him.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't you know the rules? This is my territory, go somewhere else!" The stall owner glared menacingly at Han Xingyu.

Han Xingyu coldly replied, "This place doesn't have your name on it. I'm doing business right here! What's wrong? Are you afraid my business will be too good and steal yours, that's why you're so agitated?"

The provocation worked. The stall owner retorted angrily, "Who's afraid of who? Look at your poor, pathetic appearance, you can't possibly have anything good to offer! I'll take pity on you and give you this space! You won't find anyone as kind as me elsewhere. If you dare to go and steal someone else's territory, you'll definitely get a beating!"

"Oh, you're acting like you're so kind!" Han Xingyu pouted. "At worst, I'll give you a tooth!" Han Xingyu casually took out a tiger tooth from a half-immortal-level tiger demon and tossed it to the stall owner.

"What?!" The stall owner exclaimed in astonishment as he took the tiger tooth, stammering, "Half...half-immortal level!"

"Hehe!" Han Xingyu raised an eyebrow and teased, "With my poor appearance, my things must be poor too, right?"

The stall owner was stunned for a long time. Then Han Xingyu took out various animal teeth and furs from the small treasure pouch. These were all treasures for refining weapons. Hundreds of mid-grade spirit stones probably couldn't buy a single tooth of a half-immortal tiger demon!

"You brought so many?" The stall owner's eyes lit up with envy.

Han Xingyu chuckled mischievously, "I took a taxi."

"You hit him? You hit him? A half-immortal level?" The stall owner subconsciously took two steps back, trembling slightly as he asked, "Brother... may I ask... what's your cultivation level?"

"You even have an accent? Where are you from?" Han Xingyu squinted and said, "You seem to be from the Martial World Continent, right?"

"How...how...did you know..." The stall owner took two steps back, sighing inwardly: Why didn't I check the almanac before leaving home today? I just offended this rich man. If he were a Golden Core cultivator, I'd be dead! I'm so foul-mouthed! So many people have told me not to judge a book by its cover, but I just can't seem to learn. Now I'm doomed, I've run into a brick wall! Will he kill me in a fit of anger because of my rudeness? Oh my god, what am I going to do!

"Why are you trembling?" Han Xingyu sneered. "What a cowardly bully!" With that, Han Xingyu ignored him and began to hawk his wares: "Fresh teeth, fresh fur, cheap and good quality! Come and buy! Don't miss out, you'll regret it for life! Such fine teeth, such fine fur! Absolutely essential for weapon forging! Come and buy!"

Han Tianci and Han Wuxie exchanged a glance, then quickly covered their faces and moved to the side. Han Tianci muttered under his breath, "This guy is really embarrassing; he's the loudest person here!"

Han Wuxie smiled knowingly and said, "Besides Xingyu's talents in medicine and poison, I've discovered another one."

"Loud voice?" Han Tianci asked, amused.

Han Wuxie pointed to Han Xingyu. By this time, someone had already come to inquire about the price. Han Wuxie said with a playful tone, "Not at all, he has a talent for being a shrewd businessman. Look."

The man who came to inquire about the price was an elderly man with white hair. He was mesmerized by the ivory, which was of semi-divine quality, and asked, "How much for this treasure?"

Han Xingyu narrowed her eyes, snatched back the ivory, which was of semi-divine quality, and said with a serious face, "This is not for sale!"

"Not for sale?" The old man frowned slightly. "If it's not for sale, why are you taking it out?"

Han Xingyu said with a sincere and honest expression, "This is my family heirloom. I'm only bringing it out to attract attention so I can sell other things."

The old man nodded knowingly and asked, "Then what would it take for you to sell it?"

Han Xingyu's eyes darted around, and she feigned a pitiful expression, saying, "You look like a rich person, don't you? I have elderly parents and young children at home, over a thousand mouths to feed. I can only sell my ancestral treasure if I sell everything else and earn enough spirit stones for them!"

"Thousands of mouths?" The old man smiled wryly. He was a shrewd man, so he quickly waved his hand and said cheerfully, "Don't play the victim. Why are you exaggerating like that? There are no thousands of people waiting for you to support. Do you think you're the leader of a sect? All this talk is just to get me to buy everything you own. Fine, I just happened to bring a lot of spirit stones with me today. Take out all your things, and I'll buy them all."

Han Xingyu sighed bitterly, "I'm not lying to you. I really have over a thousand mouths to feed, old and young! The old one is that cunning old man, and the young one is my unlucky disciple. Although he's quite old, he still has the nerve to call me 'Master,' so I have to take care of him, right? I am, after all, the deputy sect leader of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace. There are over a thousand people in the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, and they're all waiting for me to sell these things for spirit stones!"

Han Xingyu smiled ingratiatingly and said, "You're so generous! Are you sure you want to buy them all? You're not trying to trick me, are you?"

"Trick you? Why would I need to? Enough with the nonsense, just hand it over!" The old man grew impatient.

"Alright, alright, as long as you're sure you want them all, I won't waste any more words!" Han Xingyu narrowed her cunning eyes and took out tens of thousands of teeth and a pile of fur from her treasure pouch.

The old man was dumbfounded as he watched Han Xingyu take out these things. He stared blankly, almost forgetting to breathe.

"Hehe, that's all for now." Han Xingyu raised an eyebrow and smiled.

The old man swallowed hard before he came to his senses and said blankly, "Temporarily? Is there more?" He subconsciously touched the treasure pouch at his waist, with beads of sweat on his forehead. He seemed a little worried about whether the money he brought today was enough to pay the bill.

"Yes, if you feel it's not enough, I'll go back and get more. I guarantee we'll become long-term partners!" Han Xingyu said in an extremely solicitous manner.

"That's enough, that's enough! We don't need a long-term partnership, once is enough!" The old man became a little anxious and hurriedly waved his hands. If he had to bring so much stuff a few more times, wouldn't he go bankrupt?

Han Xingyu frowned slightly and sighed, "If it's just a one-time cooperation, I'm afraid I can't sell you ivory. You should give up. I know you probably don't want to buy my things because you think they're too expensive."

"What did you say?!" The old man finally lost his temper and roared, "I finally found something I liked—this is rare, semi-immortal-grade ivory, used to forge the Whirlwind Blade! And you want me to give it up?!"

"But if you don't give up, do you have that much money to cooperate with me?" Han Xingyu said, feigning helplessness.

The old man squatted down and carefully examined the teeth and fur on the ground. He had been astonished by the quantity before, but now, upon closer inspection, he gasped in surprise, exclaiming, "These are rare treasures! Worth buying, worth buying! My trip today was absolutely worthwhile!"

Han Xingyu sighed, "Is it worth it? But what's the point of you taking so much?"

The old man stood up and looked at Han Xingyu with a strange gaze. "Where did you get all of these?" To be honest, he actually wanted to take a closer look, but the stall owner's appearance was just too unbearable to look at.

Han Xingyu still sported his disguised ugly face, grinning broadly. He was truly quite ugly. He replied, "Didn't I tell you? I have thousands of mouths to feed! Actually, I'm a small leader. The beast teeth and fur that those people hunt are all handed over to me to sell. After I sell them, I get spirit stones and then split the profits with them."

"I see. Why don't you open a shop?" the old man asked.

Han Xingyu waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Opening a shop is too troublesome. They are all independent cultivators, and we are a small merchant alliance of independent cultivators. Sometimes people come and go, and it's not a fixed schedule."

"So there's such an organization. It seems I haven't been out and about for too long." The old man said with a smile, "In that case, if you ever get any more of these treasures, come to Xu Yushan to find me, and I'll take them all!" He sighed, "I also have to feed a thousand mouths. Those guys all like to refine weapons, and I'll buy anything good they find."

"Xu Yushan?" Han Tianci frowned. "Could it be...?"

Han Wuxie asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Tianci?"

Han Tianci smiled and said, "It might be the person the leader of the Weapon Ancestor Sect was talking about."

"What she often says?" Han Wuxie chuckled. "The number one weapon refiner in the cultivation continent?"

Han Tianci nodded and said, "Very likely. I thought he looked familiar before, but now that I think about it, he's exactly the same as the portrait the sect leader drew!"

Han Wuxie and Han Tianci stepped forward. Han Xingyu was happily collecting spirit stones and handing the beast teeth and fur to the old man. Seeing Han Wuxie and Han Tianci approaching, he grinned and said, "Sister Wuxie, Tianci, look, I've made quite a bit!"

The old man looked at Han Tianci and Han Wuxie, frowning slightly, and asked, "Why are all three of you disguised?"

"Huh?" Han Xingyu froze. "You figured it out a long time ago?"

The old man smiled knowingly and said, "I usually don't ask about matters that don't concern me. However, now that you and I have made a deal and will be cooperating with me frequently in the future, I still want to ask."

Han Tianci smiled and said, "Then shouldn't we also know your identity, sir?"

Han Xingyu chimed in, "That's right. Since we're cooperating, you should know our identities, and we should reciprocate by knowing yours, right?"

The old man chuckled and said, "I never change my name or surname; I am Xu Yu."

"The number one weapon refiner!" The stall owner, who had been eavesdropping, exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.

Upon hearing this, many people turned their attention to it.

Han Tianci and Han Xingyu glared angrily, instantly releasing the divine pressure of Golden Core stage experts. The people around dared not look over anymore, lowered their heads, and trembled.

The old man's eyes lit up slightly as he looked at Han Xingyu and Han Tianci with a probing gaze. "I didn't expect that you two have already reached the Golden Core stage."

Han Tianci smiled and said, "Would you mind if I invited you to my residence so that you could meet an old friend?"

"An old friend?" the old man asked, somewhat puzzled.

Han Xingyu chuckled, "What? Afraid we'll sell you off?"

The old man chuckled and said, "Give me the ivory first. I've already paid, and you're just making me uncomfortable by holding it like this!"

"So that's what you're after!" Han Xingyu tossed the ivory into his arms and chuckled, "Actually, I have a lot more of these, but I was too embarrassed to take them out!" As she spoke, Han Xingyu took out all the ivory from the half-immortal beasts that she hadn't taken out of her storage pouch.

Han Tianci and Han Wuxie exchanged a glance. Han Tianci shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Sister is right, he really is a shrewd businessman!"

Han Xingyu looked at Han Wuxie with suspicion, "Sister Wuxie, are you saying I'm a shrewd businessman?"

Han Wuxie gave an awkward smile.

Han Xingyu beamed, "Actually, being a shrewd merchant isn't so bad!" He picked up the storage pouch Xu Yu had given him and chuckled, "This old man gave me quite a few spirit stones!"

Han Wuxie chuckled and said, "Let's talk about it when we get back."

Xu Yu followed behind them, even more curious about the identities of these three. It wasn't until they arrived at the current location of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace and met an old friend, Lu Feng, the leader of the Weapon Ancestor Sect, that he finally understood the identities of the three.

"Miss Wind, are you sure they are celestial beings descended to earth?"

"Yes." Lu Feng's usual arrogance vanished, replaced by a girlish coquettishness in his presence.

Xu Yu nodded and said, "Perhaps I should introduce them to someone."

"Who is it?" Lu Feng asked curiously.

"A while ago, I met a man named Nan Yu, who was an immortal who descended from the celestial realm but was unable to return."

Lu Feng said, "I sent the three of them over because they have always known about the immortals who have not returned from the Immortal Realm."

"Alright," Xu Yu said.

When Han Wuxie, Han Xingyu, and Han Tianci entered the room, they all looked at Lü Feng with some surprise. Lü Feng was dressed very conservatively and ladylike, and behaved very elegantly. It was really strange!

As Xu Yu recounted the story, Han Wuxie frowned slightly, thinking of Sister Yuqiong.

"Mr. Xu, could you please take us to see that person?" Han Wuxie asked with a smile.

Xu Yu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Shall I ask him first and then get back to you?"

"That's only right." Han Wuxie nodded. "We'll take our leave now. You two can continue your reminiscing."

Han Xingyu wanted to watch the excitement, but Han Tianci forcibly dragged her out.

Leaving the room, Han Xingyu covered her mouth and chuckled, "That fierce woman actually has this side to her. If the disciples of the Weapon Ancestor Sect saw her like this, they'd be shocked, wouldn't they?"

Han Tianci wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, patted his chest, and exaggeratedly said, "I was really startled!"

Han Wuxie smiled knowingly, "Perhaps this is another side of her. Everyone is different when facing their lover compared to when facing the outside world."

"Like her?" Han Tianci thought of Feng Wu and smiled, "She used to be so cold, but that day she was quite lovely."

"Ugh, you disgust me!" Han Xingyu pretended to vomit.

……

Inside the room, Lü Feng said somewhat awkwardly, "I've returned to the cultivation continent."

"Well, I asked you to come back before, why didn't you come back?" Xu Yu coughed awkwardly.

"I..." she lowered her head and said hoarsely, "It's about running away."

"Running away?" Xu Yu frowned. "Are you able to face it now?"

"Why can you be so relaxed? You should know what I'm talking about, what I'm running away from." Lu Feng was a little angry, frowning as he looked at him.

Xu Yu sighed softly and said, "I will not forget her."

"But my sister told you to find someone who loves you and start over! Why didn't you listen to her? Because you love her so much, shouldn't you listen to her? That was her dying wish. Why can't you do that? You don't need to forget her, you just need to accept someone else! Why can't you accept her?" Lü Feng became agitated, tears streaming uncontrollably down his face. "You still can't accept me. Am I really that bad? When my sister was alive, I couldn't compare to her. Even if she's dead, can't I still do it?"

Xu Yu looked at Lü Feng, whose face was covered in tears, closed her eyes slightly, and whispered, "Do you know why I choose to age even though I could maintain my appearance?"

"Are you trying to make me hate you? But I don't care about your appearance, you've always known that!"

Xu Yu sighed and said in a low voice, "I want you to treat me as an elder. I'm just your brother-in-law, and I'll always be just your brother-in-law."

Lu Feng's hands trembled slightly as he smiled bitterly, "I know you'll always just be my brother-in-law, but what can I do? I just don't want you to be just my brother-in-law. What can I do? What can I do? I can't do it, I can't just treat you as my brother-in-law!"

Xu Yu looked at Lü Feng's attire today, sighed again, and said softly, "Don't imitate your sister. You are not her. Just be yourself."

"I can stop being myself, I can just be my sister's shadow!" she said hoarsely, her eyes filled with hope yet also with sorrow.

Xu Yu stood up, turned away from her, and said softly, "I'm going to find Nan Yu. He probably wouldn't expect that there are immortals in the mortal realm. He'll be very happy to receive this news."

"Don't go! Please!" Lu Feng suddenly stepped forward and hugged Xu Yu tightly, pleading, "I hid in the martial arts world to forget you, but you come to see me every year, making it impossible for me to forget you. Now I've come back to find you, why, why do you want to leave? If you have no feelings for me at all, why did you come to see me!"

"It's my fault." Xu Yu reached out to pry her hands away, and said in a low voice, "I shouldn't have gone to see you, I shouldn't have given you hope, but I promised your sister that I would take good care of you, so I had no choice but to go to see you."

"Yu, don't let me go. I don't ask to replace my sister. Just let me be her shadow. Please let me be her shadow. Treat me as her. You don't have to forget her or feel guilty towards your sister. I am just her shadow..." she pleaded desperately.

Xu Yu forcefully released her hand, strode to the door without looking back, and said in a low voice, "You are you. Don't try to be someone else's shadow, and don't try to be someone else's shadow either." After saying that, he cruelly strode away.

Lu Feng chased after him to the door, but stopped. Instead, he sat helplessly on the threshold, smiling foolishly. His smile seemed happy, yet it was also desolate and sorrowful.

……

It was already very late at night, but Han Wuxie was still reading martial arts manuals and cultivation techniques.

Hua Qianye asked with concern, "Aren't you going to sleep yet? Developing a new cultivation method isn't something that can be done overnight."

Han Wuxie smiled gently and said, "It's alright. Now I possess the Root of God, so it doesn't matter if I don't sleep. I'm no longer the weak mortal I used to be."

"Do you need my help?" Hua Qianye asked, distressed. "But I don't seem to be able to help. You've already read all the books in the ring. You know everything I know. I hate myself for not having any other memories besides what's recorded in the books in the ring. If I knew more, I could help you."

Han Wuxie looked at the self-reproachful Hua Qianye and felt a slight pang in his heart. He shook his head vigorously and said, "You have already helped me a lot. Since I was five years old, I have always relied on your help."

"In the past, I always hoped that you wouldn't depend on me, but when you grew up to the point where you didn't need me anymore, I found that I was useless and incompetent." His blue eyes darkened and deepened, and he began to hate himself for not having a body and for not having memories.

Han Wuxie stepped forward and made a gesture as if to hug him. She knew that no one could feel anything from this, but it was the only way to comfort him. She said softly, "You will find your body and regain your memories. You will be very powerful in the God Realm."

"Wu Xie..." Hua Qianye's voice became a little hoarse. He also reached out and hugged her. Although there was no real touch, he felt very close to her and very warm.

"Mmm," she replied obediently.

Hua Qianye said softly, "I want to find my body so I can hold you and kiss you. I want to find my memories so I can help you. But at the same time, I'm afraid to go back to my body, afraid to have those memories, afraid I'll forget you, afraid I'll have to live a life I don't know now, according to those memories. I feel like if I go back to my body, I'll become someone else. I'm afraid... I'm getting scared..."

He had never been so afraid before, but ever since her roots sprouted as the roots of a god, and he knew that she would definitely become a god and go to the divine realm to find a body for him, he began to be afraid.

He had never seen him so frightened. His voice trembled slightly. Han Wuxie tightened his arms around him and gently comforted him, "Maybe...maybe you won't forget. Maybe when you return to your body, you'll still remember me!"

"Wu Xie, you've read those books too, haven't you? No, you won't remember." He laughed self-deprecatingly, "If I could remember, I wouldn't be so scared, so afraid and trembling like a mouse."

Han Wuxie shook her head vigorously, saying, "No, you're not a rat!" Her gaze deepened as she looked at him earnestly, saying, "I know you're afraid of being apart because you love me, but please believe me, okay? Whether you remember me or not after you return to your body, I will make you fall in love with me again!"