Chapter 1167: Past and Present Lives

"Master is calling me?" This old man named Feng Zhi asked hesitantly, fearing he had heard wrong.

"I'm calling you over, what are you hesitating for! This senior has something to ask you. Didn't you originally live here?" The Confucian scholar was afraid that his disciple would be slow to act and offend Han Li, so his tone suddenly became severe.

"Yes, the junior is coming over." After confirming he hadn't heard wrong, the old man of Foundation Establishment cultivation could only bite the bullet and fly over, arriving beside the Confucian scholar.

"You originally lived here?" Han Li's gaze swept over Feng Zhi a few times, and with a shift in expression, he asked slowly.

"Reporting to Senior, the junior did indeed live here for generations before joining the sect." The old man of Foundation Establishment cultivation replied respectfully, not daring to hide anything.

"Lived here for generations, how did you reach Foundation Establishment?" Han Li nodded, then unexpectedly asked a question that stunned everyone.

"The junior's mother once met a senior expert who gifted her a Foundation Establishment Pill, which allowed me to successfully reach Foundation Establishment." Feng Zhi felt strange in his heart, but hurriedly replied.

"So that means you are the descendant of Xiao Mei." Han Li's expression softened slightly.

"Xiao Mei! Could it be that Senior is talking about my maternal grandmother! Could it be that Senior is the senior expert who gifted the Foundation Establishment Pill." Feng Zhi was stunned at first, then remembered something and shouted in shock.

"You're not stupid, you can actually guess it." Han Li chuckled.

"Thank you, Senior, for the great kindness of gifting the pill back then. The junior has always kept it in mind." The old man of Foundation Establishment cultivation was full of surprise and hurriedly bowed in the void, bowing to him.

The Confucian scholar and the black-skinned old man were stunned.

Han Li did not dodge, accepted this bow, and then said leisurely:

"Before I attained the Dao back then, I could be considered to have met your ancestor a few times. Later, when I met your mother, I gifted her a Foundation Establishment Pill, which settled a bit of the fate from back then. However, looking at you now, still stuck at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, it seems your aptitude is not very outstanding, and now that you are old and weak, I'm afraid your path of cultivation ends here."

"The junior's aptitude is limited, I have disappointed Senior." The old man of Foundation Establishment cultivation replied with a slightly red face.

"Hehe, what disappointment do I have? However, how did this Transforming Feather Sect move to this mountain? This place was the former residence of the owner of the bamboo buildings where your maternal grandmother lived back then. Don't you know?" Han Li suddenly darkened his face, his tone turning cold.

The Confucian scholar and the black-skinned old man nearby suddenly changed their expressions.

"The junior knows a little about this. However, I have already moved the few bamboo buildings where Senior Xin lived back then to another place behind the mountain, and everything has been preserved as it was, without the slightest damage. This was also a condition I made when letting this mountain to the sect." Feng Zhi's heart jumped, but he hurriedly explained.

"Is that so?" Han Li's cold gaze swept over, and he asked the two Core Formation cultivators directly.

"That is indeed the case. This place is not the location of our Transforming Feather Sect's mountain gate, but just a temporary place for our sect to stay. This time, there are so many disciples here because I am leading a team to handle a few things in the Yuanwu Kingdom, so we have to stay here for a while. As for the former residence of that Fellow Daoist Xin, we have not touched it at all." The Confucian scholar seemed to see the reason for Han Li's dissatisfaction and hurriedly explained.

"That's good. However, I don't care what you originally thought. This is the old place of my old friend. I don't want to see any other cultivators staying here. You two should know very well what to do next, right?" Han Li said coldly to the Confucian scholar and the other.

"The junior naturally knows, we will abandon this place immediately and let the disciples move out right away." The black-skinned old man shuddered and said without hesitation.

The Confucian scholar naturally had no objections, nodding repeatedly in agreement.

"That's very good. You can take care of yourselves. You take me to the bamboo buildings where Fellow Daoist Xin lived back then." After Han Li finished speaking to the Confucian scholar and the other, he said to the old man of Foundation Establishment cultivation.

"Yes, the junior will take Senior there." Feng Zhi naturally did not dare to have the slightest refusal, answered respectfully, then bowed to the Confucian scholar, and drove his artifact to fly directly toward another place on the mountain peak.

And Han Li's body erupted with green light, rolling up Tian Qin'er behind him, and followed in a flash of green light.

In the blink of an eye, they circled to the other side of the mountain peak and disappeared.

"Is this person really a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator? We won't be mistaken, right? Why doesn't he look like any of the three great cultivators in the rumors?" The Confucian scholar felt relieved at this moment, and transmitted his voice to the old man.

It seemed that even though they were so far away, he didn't dare to converse in ordinary language.

"It shouldn't be fake. The spiritual pressure on the other party is clearly several times more terrifying than our master's. And this person is indeed not one of the three great cultivators in the rumors. Could it be that a fourth great cultivator has finally appeared in Tiannan?" The black-skinned old man said, seemingly also somewhat unable to be sure.

"If it's true, this person should have advanced successfully, otherwise it would have caused a sensation throughout Tiannan long ago." The Confucian scholar muttered.

"Forget it! No matter who the other party is, even if our master were here, he wouldn't dare to offend this person. Let's quickly abandon this place, lest we anger the other party, that would be terrible." The old man said with a difficult expression.

"Senior Brother's words make sense, I will order it immediately. It's a pity that our sect has such a good place to stay." The Confucian scholar sighed, seemingly still somewhat reluctant to part with this place.

"Hmph, we are already lucky this time. Fortunately, you took Feng Zhi into the sect. If he weren't here, seeing the way the other party broke the restriction, he might have taken action against us immediately. I didn't know that your disciple actually had a relationship with such a senior expert. Junior Brother, haven't you heard of this before? And what kind of person was the former owner of this place, to be an old acquaintance of a Nascent Soul late-stage great cultivator?" The black-skinned old man took a deep breath and asked.

"Senior Brother's words have stumped me. You should also know that although I took Feng Zhi as a disciple earlier, it was only because he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, his aptitude is truly average. I really don't know much about his affairs. But I did ask about the owner of the bamboo buildings here once. After all, although the restrictions here were simple back then, they were quite clever and practical. But this person seemed to be only a Qi Refining stage cultivator, so I didn't take it to heart." The Confucian scholar was also confused.

"A Qi Refining stage cultivator and a Nascent Soul late-stage great cultivator, even if it was a long time ago, the difference is too great." The old man was speechless.

Hearing this, the Confucian scholar could only smile helplessly.

The two did not dare to be negligent, led the other cultivators back to the buildings below, and after an order, the three or four hundred disciples of the sect began to pack their things, preparing to move out of this place immediately.

At this time, Han Li was walking into a lush green bamboo building with Tian Qin'er.

Although these bamboo buildings were exceptionally neat, it was clear that they had been there for a certain number of years.

Feng Zhi, who was leading the way, explained flatteringly:

"After these bamboo buildings were moved here, the junior, following my mother's instructions, would add some spiritual light to them every certain number of years to prevent them from rotting, and would come to clean them regularly."

"Oh, you are quite a thoughtful person." Han Li replied with a twitch of his lips, walked into the hall of the bamboo building, and swept his gaze around.

If he remembered correctly, this pavilion was indeed the one where Xin Xin Ruyin had lived back then. The old objects were still there, but the beauty had passed away.

Han Li thought to himself with emotion, turned his gaze, and landed on the face of Tian Qin'er beside him. As a result, his heart stirred.

Because at this moment, the girl's eyes were blurred, and while stroking the bamboo tables and chairs in the hall, she walked around slowly, a trance-like look appearing on her delicate face, as if she were possessed.

Seeing this scene, a strange and complex look flashed in Han Li's eyes.

Then, after a moment of silence, he waved his hand to the old man of Foundation Establishment cultivation beside him and ordered:

"You leave here first. My disciple and I will stay here alone for a day, and you come back here tomorrow."

Han Li's words were full of unquestionable authority. The old man felt a chill in his heart, hurriedly answered respectfully, and then quietly retreated.

Han Li swayed his body, and appeared in a corner of the hall, closing his eyes to meditate, letting Tian Qin'er wander slowly in this former residence of Xin Xin Ruyin.

Early the next morning, when Feng Zhi came to see Han Li again with anxiety, he found that Han Li and the girl had long since disappeared, leaving only two bottles of unknown pills on the table in the bamboo building, and there was no one in the bamboo building.

Seeing this, the old man was overjoyed.

The pills left by a Nascent Soul late-stage great cultivator were naturally extraordinary.

He immediately put these two bottles of pills away carefully. At the same time, he made up his mind that he must take good care of these bamboo buildings. In case this senior came back to revisit this place on a whim one day, perhaps there would still be his own fate.

Not to mention how the descendant of Xiao Mei thought, Han Li had already flown millions of li away with Tian Qin'er.

But the blurred look in the girl's eyes had not faded, but had become even more trance-like, completely looking absent-minded.

"Master, why did you take me to that place? Do those bamboo buildings have anything to do with me?" The girl, who hadn't said a word since leaving the mountain peak, suddenly asked strangely.

"Originally, I couldn't be sure if they had anything to do with you, but now it seems they do." Han Li replied indifferently.

"They and I..."

"Do you believe in reincarnation and past and present lives?"

The girl wanted to ask something else, but was interrupted by Han Li's words that made her heart tremble.

Immediately, the girl's delicate face changed drastically.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1168 =====