Chapter 55: Walking the Path of the Past Once More!

The artifact spirit's voice grew increasingly weak:

"Young Master, do not interrupt what I am saying. It is not as you think. The past cannot be undone, and what has already transpired, you cannot change. Minor matters are of no consequence, but if you forcibly alter a major event, I fear the space-time continuum will fall into chaos!"

"Setting aside everything else, you alone will certainly be executed by the River of Time!"

"In your current state, you cannot yet contend with the River of Time; otherwise, I imagine you would not have had to merge the eight barriers!"

Pinching his face and feeling the pain, Lin Potian frowned and said: "So this means I must experience my regrets all over again, experiencing this powerlessness of knowing what cannot be done, yet being unable to change anything?"

The artifact spirit nodded: "Young Master, you may understand it that way. However, you were not meant to retain your memories; it was only because I exhausted all the energy of the Heaven-Reaching Token that I preserved them for you!"

"You may learn the truth of certain matters you wish to know, and leave them to be resolved after you return!"

Having said this, the artifact spirit could no longer hold on and fell into a deep slumber!

After a long while, Lin Potian finally accepted this reality!

He had been reborn, yet not quite; after all, he could change nothing and could only walk through these hundred-thousand-plus years of time again, much like an NPC!

Just thinking about it felt like torture!

He shook his head and murmured with a bitter smile: "Then I shall walk it again, and find out who exactly is behind the targeting of the Lin Family! And while major events cannot be changed, I have plenty of room to maneuver in minor ones, so that the me of the present will no longer be so passive!"

Tap, tap, tap...

A burst of hurried footsteps arrived, interrupting Lin Potian's train of thought; he looked up!

He saw a young girl in the bloom of youth carrying a few steaming hot buns, walking over with a happy expression. Her eyes were curved into crescent moons, and two shallow dimples hung at the corners of her mouth. Although her complexion was sallow, one could tell she was a budding beauty!

Lin Potian's eyes suddenly grew moist; he pulled the person into a tight embrace and choked out: "Wan'er, Brother missed you so much!"

Lin Wan'er was completely bewildered. She had only been gone for less than an hour, so why was her brother missing her?

Moreover, in her memory, her brother had never hugged her; at most, he would pat her head!

But what Lin Wan'er did not know was that Lin Potian had been missing her for no less than a full hundred thousand years!

Now that he saw his younger sister again, how could Lin Potian not be overwhelmed with emotion?

"Brother, what is wrong with you?"

Lin Wan'er patted Lin Potian's back cautiously and spoke in a soft voice.

Lin Potian hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes and laughed: "It's nothing, nothing. Let's go quickly; I always feel this place is cold and not a good place to stay for long!"

Seeing his sister again, Lin Potian felt only endless guilt in his heart!

"Our parents died early, and I was once reduced to a beggar. By now, I should have learned to identify medicinal herbs, just barely managing to make a living. My sister has truly suffered a great deal following me!"

Lin Potian felt immense heartache, and thinking of how Lin Wan'er was currently lying in the cold Shenyuan Stone, his heart felt as if it were being torn apart!

Boom, boom, boom!

A clamor mixed with the neighing of warhorses arrived!

Lin Potian hurriedly put away the buns, pulled Lin Wan'er up without a word, and shouted urgently:

"Follow Brother, quickly!"

In Lin Potian's memory, in a few more minutes, a group of fleeing horse bandits would arrive here, followed closely by government soldiers, and they would fight in this ruined temple!

That year, he had run too slowly, his leg was accidentally struck by an arrow, and later, while climbing the mountain to gather herbs, he fell off a cliff.

And that was when he had his first encounter with Liuli!

And this cliff was exactly what would later become the back mountain of the Lin Family!

But having come back once, he now had no cultivation, and there was no need to get hit by that arrow again; it really hurt!

He would just go and wait for Liuli directly!

But this time, Lin Potian swore he would absolutely not be on the bottom again; he had to handle her properly!

Lin Potian sprinted with Lin Wan'er; the latter looked strange and muttered:

"What is wrong with Brother today? Why is he acting so weird?"

Tap, tap, tap, the two ran to a small wooden hut and stopped.

Lin Potian panted and said: "This is a small wooden hut Brother built here for the convenience of gathering herbs. You wait for me here; Brother has something to do!"

Lin Wan'er nodded her head gently: "Okay."

Lin Potian turned and left, using both hands and feet, and soon arrived at the bottom of the cliff. He was drenched in sweat, gasping for air, and his speech was incoherent: "Ouch, damn it! This body is truly too weak; these few steps almost exhausted me to death!"

With no time to rest, Lin Potian hurriedly entered the cave from his memory to wait, because Liuli would descend from the sky in less than a quarter of an hour!

Lin Potian really wanted to figure out where Liuli came from, so that after returning to the present, he could go and find her.

Time ticked away, minute by minute, and Lin Potian felt as if every second lasted a year!

But thinking of the joy of showing off in a moment, he couldn't stop smiling!

"Liuli, that year you looked at me like an ant; today, I will let you know my power!"

After another while, a slight sound came from outside the cave!

As the sound emerged, Lin Potian knew clearly that Liuli... had arrived!

He immediately sat cross-legged, his expression solemn, with his back to the cave entrance.

Soon, a woman walked in. Her footsteps were light, her jade feet were bare without shoes or socks, and she walked through the air, with lotus flowers blooming at every step. Her figure was graceful, she was lightly wrapped in plain clothes, her sleeves fluttered, and she was unstained by dust, as if she had just strolled down from the clouds. Her appearance was even more breathtaking!

The woman was none other than Chu Liuli!

Lin Potian's breathing grew increasingly rapid, and his heart grew increasingly tense!

"A mortal?"

Upon seeing a mortal sitting cross-legged in the cave, Chu Liuli gave a low shout:

"Mortal, this is not a place you should be. Get out!"

Lin Potian shook his head while keeping his back turned, and spoke in a deep, suppressed voice: "You have finally come, Chu Liuli. I have waited for you... for a very long time!"

Chu Liuli was stunned, her heart suddenly on guard. Could it be that she had misjudged him?

How could he know her name? Could he be a supreme expert who has returned to the basics?

Her eyes lit up for a moment, Liuli's pupils glowing with a faint blue light as she cautiously probed over...

She was immediately startled into taking a large step back, looking at Lin Potian with eyes shining, her heart filled with astonishment!

"This person is actually an Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus!"

Liuli thought to herself, if she could unite with him, combined with her own constitution, the offspring born would absolutely be an unparalleled prodigy!

For a moment, Liuli could not help but have a strange look in her eyes; if this were truly a mortal, she would have forced herself upon him directly, letting him have the advantage, but now that she could not see through the background of the man before her, she dared not act rashly!

Lin Potian spoke at the same time: "Stop probing, I am an Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus, I know what you are thinking, you want to have children with me, right?"

Liuli shuddered, took a large step back, and looked at the man with his back to her in terror, saying in a shocked voice:

"You, how did you know?"

Liuli only felt that she had seen a ghost today; had she encountered an Immortal??