Chapter 26: Chapter Twenty-Five: Immortal Reincarnate

His divine sense detected Lu Lingwei's figure emerging from the Tianji Blessed Land.

Chen Daoxuan was slightly stunned, an expression of utter astonishment surfacing in his eyes.

It was not because of Lu Lingwei's appearance, nor because that wisp of the Great Dao, drawing him in, once again stirred threads of worldly desire in his heart.

Nor was it because of Lu Lingwei's cultivation realm having reached Nascent Soul Mid-Stage, and the faint sense of threat she gave him in some unfathomable way.

Rather, Chen Daoxuan actually perceived that on Lu Lingwei's body, Yin-Yang Immortal Charm flowed and circulated.

Looking at Lu Lingwei, who had only just reached Nascent Soul Mid-Stage, Chen Daoxuan actually felt as if he were beholding a Supreme Female Immortal who tread upon Yin and Yang and wielded the Yin-Yang Great Dao.

As for this mysterious feeling, if he remembered correctly, according to the records of the three Immortal Scriptures—Mountain-Sea, Four Spirits, and Wu Liang—this was a kind of Immortal Scripture Phenomenon that could only appear after cultivating an Immortal Scripture to Minor Accomplishment, or even Great Accomplishment.

Only cultivators who had likewise begun cultivating an Immortal Scripture, or who had merged with the Great Dao and reached the Combined Body Stage, could perceive this kind of Immortal Scripture Phenomenon.

……

Regarding this, to say nothing of where in this Yuanling Realm Lu Lingwei had obtained the Immortal Scripture inheritance.

In just a little over a hundred years, Lu Lingwei—a little female cultivator he had never taken to heart, treating her as nothing more than a passing acquaintance in a transaction—now not only possessed Nascent Soul Mid-Stage cultivation, but had actually cultivated a Yin-Yang Immortal Scripture to at least Minor Accomplishment.

Chen Daoxuan instinctively blinked, observing carefully with his divine sense several times.

Only then did he accept this fact.

"What is the reason?"

"Has a Great Power seized her body?"

Chen Daoxuan grew slightly wary in his heart.

……

"Upper True, it has been a long time!"

But before Chen Daoxuan could calm his thoughts, black and white spiritual light streamed like a rainbow, and Lu Lingwei arrived at his side, looking bright and pretty.

A dharma robe flowing with black and white, a slender figure, a radiant expression, a beautiful face, Yin-Yang Dao Charm pervading.

That Immortal Scripture Phenomenon of treading upon Yin and Yang and wielding the Great Dao.

Under the gaze of Lu Lingwei's beautiful eyes.

For the first time ever, amid the wariness filling his heart, Chen Daoxuan also felt as if he had returned to ten thousand years ago, when he had just begun his immortal journey and encountered that breathtakingly beautiful female cultivator.

At this, Chen Daoxuan in an instant suppressed and wore down these thoughts in his heart.

He smiled and replied:

"Fellow Daoist Lingwei, it has been a long time.

Congratulations on reaching Nascent Soul Mid-Stage in just over a hundred years."

"I hope that Heaven-Stealing Stone has not caused you any trouble over these years."

In addressing Lu Lingwei as Fellow Daoist instead, and while indirectly inquiring about the Heaven-Stealing Stone, Chen Daoxuan also expressed a measure of apology.

The various changes in Lu Lingwei now meant Chen Daoxuan would not, and dared not, regard her as the little female cultivator she had been over a hundred years ago.

If it was as he suspected—that she had been seized by a Great Power—then he had to be all the more cautious.

Facing Chen Daoxuan's words, Lu Lingwei did not respond, merely turning her beautiful eyes slightly, and softly asked:

"Upper True, after all this time, I still do not know how to address you…"

Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan was slightly stunned, and without concealment, directly told her his name.

"Upper True, then from now on I shall address you as Senior Disciple Daoxuan!"

Hearing Lu Lingwei's words, Chen Daoxuan's heart tightened, and he immediately waved his hand, smiling as he refused:

"Fellow Daoist Lingwei, our Dao lineages and traditions differ; addressing me as Fellow Daoist will suffice."

Hearing Chen Daoxuan's words, Lu Lingwei merely smiled gently, and with a turn of her slender hand, that Heaven-Stealing Stone, along with an inheritance imprint suffused with Yin-Yang Immortal Charm, appeared in her hand.

She handed it directly to Chen Daoxuan, saying:

"Senior Disciple Daoxuan, this Inheritance Seal contains an Immortal Scripture—the Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture—that appeared out of nowhere in my mind several decades ago when I was breaking through to Nascent Soul."

"It should be of some help to Senior Disciple's cultivation."

"Please accept it, Senior Disciple."

Listening to Lu Lingwei's gentle words, and looking at the inheritance imprint suffused with immortal charm in her hand, Chen Daoxuan for an instant stood still on the spot.

"Immortal Reincarnate?"

This guess surfaced in his mind.

Gazing at Lu Lingwei, who stood prettily before him with an expression full of anticipation, the more Chen Daoxuan looked at her, the more he felt it was just as he now guessed.

He dismissed the possibility that she had been seized by a Great Power.

If it truly were a Great Power seizing her body, she would not treat him with such an attitude.

And setting aside her attitude toward him.

To be able to condense an Immortal Scripture inheritance imprint and give it away at will—either she created it herself, or she had cultivated the Immortal Scripture to the Perfection realm, and there were no other restrictive prohibitions on its transmission.

If Chen Daoxuan wished to transmit the three Immortal Scriptures—Mountain-Sea, Four Spirits, and Wu Liang—he could only do so freely as Lu Lingwei did after cultivating them to Perfection and becoming a Great Vehicle Immortal, thereby circumventing the various inheritance restrictions.

Otherwise, even if he became a Tribulation Transcendence Quasi-Immortal and the Sect Leader of the Shanhai Immortal Sect, he would still be bound by various inheritance restrictions.

He could not freely bestow Immortal Scripture inheritances.

……

By the same logic, if Lu Lingwei had been seized by someone, her previous life's cultivation realm would at most reach the Great Universe Tribulation Transcendence Quasi-Immortal level, and would not reach the Great Universe Great Vehicle Immortal level.

Even if a Quasi-Immortal seized her body, it would be impossible, and they would lack the ability, to freely bestow Immortal Scripture inheritances like this.

Thus, there was only one possibility: this Immortal Scripture was created by Lu Lingwei herself.

Even if she had reincarnated and been reborn, losing all memories and all cultivation realms, she could still dispose of the Immortal Scripture according to her will.

……

Standing still for a moment, Chen Daoxuan took the Heaven-Stealing Stone from Lu Lingwei's palm, along with the inheritance imprint of the Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture.

He cupped his hands in a salute.

"Many thanks, Junior Sister Lingwei."

The change in address was not because of the Immortal Scripture's inheritance, nor because of her status as an Immortal Reincarnate — it was simply that Chen Daoxuan could not bear to refuse Lu Lingwei, this Nascent Soul female cultivator.

"I see that Junior Sister Lingwei has already cultivated this Yin-Yang Great Transformation Immortal Scripture — might you be willing to give me a pointer or two?"

Hearing Chen Daoxuan's words, the gentle, expectant look on Lu Lingwei's fair and beautiful face did not change; only her other hand, hidden beneath her sleeve, clenched into a fist, her heart brimming with joy.

"How do the storybooks put it? When a girl pursues a boy, it's only a thin veil between them — once she accepts the gift, she can take the chance to draw closer and deepen the relationship."

"And out of regard for the gift, he won't refuse either."

Thinking this, Lu Lingwei shifted her form and continued to draw closer, until she stood shoulder to shoulder with Chen Daoxuan.

She even took hold of Chen Daoxuan's sleeve and said:

"Senior Disciple, this Junior Sister of yours has been cultivating the Great Transformation Immortal Scripture for some time now and has gained a few small insights — perfect for discussing with you, Senior Disciple."

……

Seeing this, for some unknown reason, Chen Daoxuan found that, for some unknown reason, he neither opened his mouth to refuse nor shifted his body away.

In the space of a thought, he turned inward to examine himself.

In an instant, Chen Daoxuan discovered that, facing Lu Lingwei with her Immortal Reincarnate identity, he did not know why, but his feelings had undergone an incomparably complex and subtle change.

Deep within his heart, he did not know when it had happened, but he had already stopped refusing Lu Lingwei.

The thoughts that had wanted to refuse Lu Lingwei — he did not know when — had vanished without a trace.

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