Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

After all, Ye Liuyun had said he would sabotage the Ximen family's marriage. Given this, could the marriage possibly proceed? Obviously not.

Chapter 457 Resetting Life (6000 words)

Jiang Wanshan felt that his current state was very strange, as if memories of his previous life had been awakened in his mind, which was a bit odd.

Not only that, everything about this body seemed to have been reset, both strange and familiar.

What exactly have changed? For example, Jiang Wanshan originally had a wind spirit root, but now he has a water spirit root, which means his combat power has been weakened.

However, her aptitude has improved considerably compared to before. She used to have a superior wind spirit root, but now she has a pure water spirit root.

The quality of a spiritual root determines the compatibility of a cultivator with their current attribute cultivation method, and indirectly determines their cultivation speed. Spiritual roots are divided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, top-grade, and pure.

Lin Aoxue has a pure wind spirit root, which is two levels higher than a high-grade wind spirit root. For example, if a normal cultivator converts 100 cultivation points per day...

So, a mid-grade spiritual root costs 150 per day, a high-grade spiritual root costs 200 per day, a top-grade spiritual root costs 250 per day, and a pure spiritual root costs 300 per day.

A pure spiritual root has a cultivation speed three times faster than a low-grade spiritual root. There's no comparison; the gap is too big. Someone else's cultivation in one day is equivalent to your three days. How can you compare?

However, as mentioned before, the combat power of water spirit roots is inherently weak, not as good as that of wind spirit roots. Even if it is a pure water spirit root, it is still a reduction in combat power for Jiang Wanshan, but not by much.

A pure water spiritual root can also enhance the destructive power of water-attribute techniques.

"Elder Jiang, how are you feeling right now? Can you tell me?" Ye Liuyun walked up to Jiang Wanshan with great interest and asked with a smile.

Seeing Ye Liuyun's composure, Jiang Wanshan couldn't help but ask a question.

"My lord, could the troubles in the Ximen family be related to you?"

Jiang Wanshan was both amused and exasperated. After witnessing Ye Liuyun's methods several times before, she had no doubt that Ye Liuyun could come up with even more outrageous tricks.

"Ahem, I guess so, but this was not what I expected, it was a bit unexpected. Let's not talk about this yet, what do you think?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

Jiang Wanshan honestly described his current feelings: first, he had lost all his power; second, he had turned into a young girl; and third, his spiritual root attribute had been altered.

As for other things, she can't explain them yet. She just feels an extremely powerful force within her body. If she finds a suitable cultivation method to practice, she will definitely be able to return to the Transformation Realm in a short time, or even reach a higher level.

Then, the most important point is the memory of the past life, but this memory of the past life is just like a cultivation experience, and it does not take over the personality of this life.

A moment later...

"Is that so? That's a bit of an exaggeration. Elder Jiang, are you feeling alright right now?" Ye Liuyun couldn't help but ask after listening to Jiang Wanshan's explanation of what had happened to him.

Jiang Wanshan looked at himself and said in a serious tone.

"I'm just not quite used to this new body yet. Aside from that, it seems to be all good. Although my spiritual root has become water-attribute, its quality has improved by two levels, and my lifespan has returned to around twelve years old. If I start cultivating again, I should be able to recover to the cultivation level of the Transformation Realm in a very short time. There are only benefits and no drawbacks."

This is the nature of cultivators. Most cultivators care more about their future prospects than about gender. For an old monster like him who has lived for thousands of years, it doesn't matter at all.

If one could gain higher cultivation aptitude by changing their gender, probably not many cultivators would refuse, especially an old bachelor like Jiang Wanshan who has been single for a thousand years.

"Alright, it's good that Elder Jiang thinks everything's fine. You might as well think about the benefits this body brings. I need to go and see if the marriage with the Ximen family has fallen through." Ye Liuyun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Jiang Wanshan looked indifferent.

Jiang Wanshan nodded.

"Alright, I will examine this body carefully and try to repair it," Jiang Wanshan said.

Ye Liuyun then took the invisibility pill and walked out of the courtyard.

The Ximen family is now experiencing a mix of joy and sorrow.

The strange phenomenon created by Ye Liuyun is not something everyone can have as much luck as Jiang Wanshan. Many people, who were originally single-spiritual-rooted, suddenly find themselves with multiple spiritual roots. Even if they still have the power of their previous realm, they probably will not be able to return to their previous realm.

The most tragic one should be the patriarch of the Ximen family, Ximen Shengqing. He was originally a top-grade wood spirit root at the eighth level of the primordial spirit realm, and also had a special physique, the Green Wood Spirit Body. But now, he has become a triple spirit root of earth, wood, and water, and his grade has been reduced by one level. He no longer has the Green Wood Spirit Body, and his gender has been changed.

The only advantage is that he was almost dead from old age, but now he has returned to his youth, and his body still contains enormous energy. If he were to start cultivating again, even if he couldn't recover to the eighth level of the Primordial Spirit Realm, he could still reach the second or third level of the Divine Transformation Realm.

This can be considered a reduction in cultivation aptitude and realm, in exchange for a lifespan of over a thousand years, which is actually a good thing for someone like her who is about to die of old age.

Some senior cultivators with high cultivation levels quickly calmed down after being hit by this sudden change, but the group of geniuses next door could not remain calm. Those whose aptitude was improved were fine, but those whose aptitude was reduced could not accept the result.

"What? How could such an absurd thing happen? What kind of power has turned us into this state without our noticing? It's like it happened so suddenly." At this moment, in the main hall of the Ximen family, a group of young men and women were anxiously checking their condition.

With their level of cultivation, it would be impossible for them to understand the changes that had occurred to them.

"What? What's going on? Has our Ximen family been attacked by a powerful being of unknown realm using the power of laws?" Ximen Chuan, now a flat-chested loli dressed in a bright green dress, sat in the family head's seat, filled with astonishment.

He glanced at Madam Ximen beside him. Madam Ximen was alright; she hadn't turned into a man, but she had turned into a flat-chested loli, the kind of little girl who hadn't yet developed.

"Madam, this, oh dear!" Ximen Chuan was very embarrassed.

Mrs. Simon was equally devastated when she saw the account next to her transformed into a young girl.

"Husband, do you remember that Tianyang said he also experienced something similar in Nanling? At that time, an unknown force attacked Nanling, causing most of the people in Nanling to have their genders changed. Most of them were restored to their original genders later, but a small number were not. Did our Ximen family also suffer from this force?" Madam Ximen suddenly remembered something and quickly reminded her.

Ximen Chuan was taken aback. He had indeed heard his son mention this matter, and at the same time, he realized a problem: they had all changed. Had things also changed between his son and his second daughter-in-law, who was not yet married into the family?

However, he is currently powerless and unable to know the situation over there. Ximen Tianyang and the others are still in the outer valley area.

"Why did this happen? Does anyone know what's going on? Did a powerful figure attack our Ximen family? Why didn't I sense anything?" About ten minutes later, two women and one man, three young girls, rushed in anxiously from outside the gate.

These three are the three patriarchs of the Ximen family. Originally, they were three old men, but now they have all become teenagers. The one leading them is the patriarch, Ximen Shengqing.

"What? Who are you three?" Ximen Chuan was stunned as he looked at the three people who had suddenly barged in.

"You're Ximen Chuan, right? I'm Ximen Shengqing," the flat-chested loli leading the group said impatiently.

Upon hearing this, the members of the Ximen family immediately stood up and bowed to Ximen Shengqing.

"Clan leader, even the three of you were attacked by this unknown force? Who did this? I have absolutely no clue." Ximen Chuan's expression was stiff; they hadn't even noticed such a major event.

Ximen Shengqing couldn't figure out what was going on either, but she felt that someone who could shrink them all and change their gender would have to be at least a Saint of the Nirvana Realm Reincarnation Realm, because they all had memories that didn't belong to their own past lives suddenly appear in their minds.

"No! Our Ximen family must have been attacked by a Saint-level expert from the Nirvana Secret Realm. I must contact the ancestor of the Holy Land immediately and ask him to return and break this spell for us." Ximen Shengqing was completely clueless and had no ability to figure out the situation, so he could only ask for help.

After saying that, Ximen Shengqing took out a communication artifact.

"Ancestor, Ancestor, I am Ximen Shengqing. A major upheaval has occurred in the Ximen family. Please return to the family immediately," Ximen Shengqing transmitted his voice.

A moment later, inside the Taixu Palace of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, a woman suddenly opened her eyes.

She glanced at the communication artifact that flew out from beside her, then frowned, waved her hand, and the space in front of her was torn apart by a fierce force.

The woman in the light green palace dress stepped into the spatial passage. The next moment, a crack appeared above the Ximen family, and the silver-haired woman in the palace dress walked out of the crack.

As soon as the woman came out, she sensed that the area inhabited by the Ximen family still contained a strong residual force of the cycle of reincarnation.

"This? Such a dense residue of the Law of Reincarnation. Did an extremely powerful individual use the Law of Reincarnation to attack my Ximen family? This person's realm is far above mine," the woman murmured.

This person is one of the most senior ancestors of the Ximen family, named Ximen Ying, a powerful expert at the Nirvana Reincarnation Realm.

In terms of cultivation level, she should be stronger than Dongfang Mingjing.

Among the four palaces of Taixu, Qingxu, Shengxu, and Tianxu, Taixu Palace is the strongest overall, and it is also the leader of the four palaces.

The four great families correspond to these four factions: the Taixu Palace of the Ximen family, the Qingxu Palace of the Dongfang family, the Shengxu Palace of the Nangong family, and the Tianxu Palace of the Beiming family.

The four palaces of Shangqing correspond to the Yang family of Shangqing, the Su family of Taiqing, the Qin family of Yuqing, and the Wang family of Shaoqing.

These should just happen to be the four largest secular forces that the Lin family allied with through marriage. Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. If they dare to claim to be the strongest secular martial arts forces, they must have extremely powerful backers.

After observing for a while, Ximen Ying disappeared again and reappeared in the main hall of the Ximen family. As soon as Ximen Ying appeared, the disciples of the Ximen family immediately knelt down before her.

"Welcome home, our ancestor!" Ximen Shengqing and the others quickly bowed and said.

Those powerful figures from various sects who didn't know who the person in front of them was also stood up immediately, but a few of them did know who the person in front of them was.

"Junior greets Palace Master Taixu." The person bowed, having guessed who the person before him was.

This is a truly important person; some people never even meet him in their entire lives.

Ximen Ying looked at the cultivators who had turned into teenagers and was speechless.

"Are you Ximen Shengqing?" Ximen Ying asked, glancing at the girl holding the communication artifact.

"Reporting to our ancestors, I am Ximen Shengqing, the current patriarch of the Ximen family. Such a great calamity has suddenly befallen our Ximen family, and we are unable to resolve it. We have no choice but to ask our ancestors to return home and help us unravel this strange magic." Ximen Shengqing replied.

Ximen Ying raised his hand and beckoned to Ximen Shengqing. Ximen Shengqing's body immediately floated up. He did not resist and let his ancestor examine his body.

Unfortunately, after examining the document, Ximen Ying's brows furrowed even more.

Because she couldn't tell at all that their bodies had been artificially altered; the only problem was that there was a very powerful force within them.

The people who attacked the Ximen family, although they turned them all into teenagers, also granted them an opportunity, preserving their previous cultivation levels.

If they are willing to start over, they can not only be reborn but also quickly restore their cultivation level.

"I'm sorry, my cultivation level is not high enough to see through this mysterious person's methods. However, according to my guess, this is probably a method that only a god can reach. Even the strongest celestial ancestor of our Nine Heavens Holy Land could not reverse the cycle of reincarnation." Ximen Ying shook his head helplessly.

Since Ximen Ying has said that, then it's completely hopeless.

"This? Then, does this mean we can't change back?"

Ximen Shengqing was stunned. If this meant they had become younger, that would be a good thing. But now, it was as if they had acquired a new body, and even their souls had changed. This was a double-edged sword.

"Think carefully, have you offended anyone?" Simon asked.

But given the prestige and background of the Ximen family, who would dare to offend them? So they never imagined they might offend anyone.

They couldn't possibly suspect Ye Liuyun of this.

So they all shook their heads.

Ximen Ying closed his eyes again and checked the situation inside the Ximen family compound to see if anything was amiss, but unfortunately, he still found no clues.

"Oh, is today a joyous occasion for the Ximen family? Why such a grand celebration?" Ximen Ying asked, seeing the festive atmosphere throughout the Ximen family compound.

"In response to our ancestor, today is the wedding day of Ximen Tianyang, the young master of our Ximen family, and Fang Yin, the daughter of the Valley Master of Haori Chiyang Valley," Ximen Shengqing replied.

Ximen Ying had already seen Ximen Tianyang and Fang Yin sitting in the wedding car, looking rather foolish.

"Is that so? Then this marriage probably can't go through. Such a big thing has happened to the Ximen family, let's cancel the wedding. And all of you guests, please leave the Ximen family immediately." Ximen Ying raised his hand and waved it, and a powerful force of law spread towards the Ximen family in an instant.

After this force spread out, all the guests in the adjacent room and the main hall were sent away by a powerful spatial force. By the time they realized what was happening, they were already outside Ximen Mountain.

There's no way around it. It's a bit impolite, but the entire Ximen family is now in this state, completely powerless. If someone with ulterior motives were here, it would be a disaster.

Of course, the people from Radiant Sun Valley were not sent away. After all, this was a marriage alliance between two families. Even if the marriage was to be canceled, it had to be made clear. Simply kicking them out would be a complete antagonism.

"Palace Master Taixu? How can I explain this to the Sect Master after such a thing has happened?" Zhou Zhengtian, the one who escorted the bride, asked Palace Master Taixu with a bitter expression.

However, Ximen Ying was unable to give him an answer.

"Alas! With such a change in circumstances, the marriage can only be postponed for now. I just took a look, and your young lady has turned into a man. We can't possibly continue to let her marry into our Ximen family, can we?"

This statement was a fatal blow, leaving Zhou Zhengtian speechless.

“That’s true. Please wait a moment, senior. I’ll contact the valley and have them send someone strong to take the people of my Blazing Sun Valley back. We are powerless now and cannot leave,” Zhou Zhengtian said.

Ximen Ying did not refuse this point.

As for the guests who were sent away, they were in no mood to dwell on the Ximen family's affairs. With such a big incident happening to them, they had to hurry back to check on the situation. So as soon as they came out, they all contacted the powerful figures in their sects and asked the sects to send people to pick them up.

As for Ye Liuyun, he is currently discreetly observing the situation of the Ximen family.

"The Ximen family's expert has returned, but unfortunately, there's nothing she can do about it," Lin Qingyou said with amusement.

After reading the report and confirming that the wedding could not continue, Ye Liuyun retreated back to his residence.

"However, Master, do you think I should shrink a bit too? Otherwise, if they find that I'm still the same size, won't they suspect me?" Ye Liuyun asked.

Lin Qingyou thought for a moment and then nodded, while Ye Liuyun quickly found a place to use the Disguise Pill to shrink himself a little more, until he was about the same size as everyone else.

"This? Young Master Ximen, it seems our marriage is really going to be canceled. I never expected things to turn out like this." Ximen Tianyang and Fang Yin were speechless on the streets of Waigu.

"Miss Fang, I swear, this has nothing to do with me. I don't have that kind of ability." Ximen Tianyang was already numb.

"I know, perhaps it's a blessing from heaven that I've become like this, so the valley can no longer force me," Fang Yin said with a smile.

Fang Yin was happy, but her brother was furious.

"Sister, sister, what happened? Look at me, I've turned into a woman." Just after the two had been talking for a while, a girl wearing golden female battle armor rushed into the flying carriage in a panic.

But when he came in and saw the two teenagers sitting in the flying carriage, he was dumbfounded.

"Huh? Brother? You, you changed your gender too?" Fang Yin was shocked when she saw Fang Heng.

Fang Heng's mentality was also shattered.

"What? What kind of mess is this? A perfectly good wedding has been ruined like this. I feel that someone is deliberately sabotaging this and trying to obstruct the wedding between our two families," Fang Heng said angrily.

He guessed it, but unfortunately, it was pointless.

A while later, the experts from Blazing Sun Valley arrived. It was Valley Master Fang Hao who personally led the other Nascent Soul experts from the valley to the Ximen family.

"This... How could such a drastic change have occurred in the Ximen family?" The group of men and women dressed in gilded robes in the sky looked at the situation of the Ximen family with extremely grim expressions.