Chapter 523: 522. Chapter 517: Someone I Knew in My Previous Life

522. Chapter 517: Someone I Knew in My Previous Life

The young man and the little girl both stared warily at Ding Huan's Cosmic Pot, their suspicion almost written plainly in their eyes.

Ding Huan put away the iron pot, stepped outside the spaceship, and clasped his fists: "Two fellow cultivators, I'm a lone cultivator named Ding Huan. May I come in for a chat?"

"Brother-in-law, don't let him in." The little girl was even more cautious than the young man; before he could speak, she spoke up for him upon hearing Ding Huan's words.

The young man sighed, stroked the girl's hair, then unhesitatingly deactivated the barrier.

From the fact that Ding Huan had caught up to him so quickly after activating his Cosmic Pot, he knew whether he let the man in or not made no difference.

If this man meant them harm, no amount of defense would help—they certainly couldn't defeat the man before them.

"Xiao Yun, it's fine. This elder doesn't look like a bad person." As he spoke, the young man had already deactivated the spaceship's barrier.

Ding Huan landed on the spaceship and scanned with his spiritual sense—the ship contained only these two people.

"Cang Diyi greets you, fellow cultivator. May I ask what you seek?" The young man bowed deeply, his demeanor humble.

Cang Diyi?

Ding Huan stared blankly at the young man before him; the young man's face gradually sharpened in his memory.

Eventually, it merged perfectly with a figure from his past.

It was indeed Cang Diyi—he had seen him before.

But back then, he was merely a weary cosmic wanderer, while this Cang Diyi was the number-one genius of Changyi Continent.

Cang Diyi became a Level Nine Gene Cultivator at age ten.

Because he was born with a spiritual root.

This was exceedingly rare on Changyi Continent, where most people relied solely on gene serums to cultivate.

Gene cultivators without a spiritual root could never complete Foundation Establishment.

At sixteen, Cang Diyi naturally succeeded in Foundation Establishment, becoming a Foundation Establishment powerhouse on Changyi Continent.

A gene cultivator achieving Foundation Establishment in his teens was unprecedented across all of Changyi Continent.

This shocked the entire Changyi Continent and made Cang Diyi famous far and wide.

The Cang family was already a renowned great clan on Changyi Continent; after Cang Diyi's Foundation Establishment, the clan's prestige soared.

Thus, on Changyi Continent, the best Qi veins belonged to the Cang family.

The best medicinal fields belonged to the Cang family.

The best gene laboratories and gene serum production bases also belonged to the Cang family.

Yet compared to other families, the Cang family, though powerful, was not cruel.

They did not bully the weak and often protected ordinary lone cultivators.

On Changyi Continent, Cang family gene serums were synonymous with quality assurance.

Though Ding Huan was poor, every time he bought gene serums, he went out of his way to purchase Cang family products.

But back then, he had already joined the exclusive lone cultivator squad and had no chance to join the Cang family.

Given the Cang family's prestige, they naturally invited every prominent clan and sect on Changyi Continent to attend Cang Diyi's Foundation Establishment ceremony.

Ding Huan went along with friends, just to sneak a sip of gene spirit wine—he had seen Cang Diyi on stage from afar.

Back then, Cang Diyi was indeed radiant, youthful and heroic.

Later, some Daoist masters arrived on Changyi Continent; it was said they recognized Cang Diyi's talent and took him away.

After that, Ding Huan never heard another word about Cang Diyi.

Until decades later, when he was hunted down by the Du Family and could never return to Changyi Continent.

Ding Huan himself never imagined that after dying under the Du Family's pursuit and being reborn in another life, he would see Cang Diyi again.

But now, he saw Cang Diyi not on Changyi Continent, but in some distant realm governed by higher laws, far beyond Changyi Continent.

Cang Diyi's cultivation was just entering the Late Stage of the Profound Immortal realm; by time calculations, he had left Changyi Continent less than two hundred years ago.

To reach Late Stage Profound Immortal in less than two hundred years was undeniably a genius—his cultivation speed was extraordinarily fast.

As for his own cultivation speed being far faster than Cang Diyi's, Ding Huan had never considered it.

After creating the Great Cosmic Art, Ding Huan never compared himself to geniuses—he believed geniuses compared with geniuses, fools with fools, and he stood alone in a class of his own.

Though the last time he saw Cang Diyi was in his previous life, Ding Huan was still somewhat pleased now.

Seeing Ding Huan merely studying him without speaking, Cang Diyi grew uneasy and spoke again: "Fellow cultivator, may I ask…"

Ding Huan laughed heartily and slapped Cang Diyi on the shoulder: "Last time I saw you, you were only in your teens, just becoming a gene Foundation Establishment cultivator.

I never imagined I'd see you again, far beyond Changyi Continent—what an unpredictable life."

Cang Diyi had just been stunned by Ding Huan's cultivation; when Ding Huan slapped him, he hadn't even had time to react.

Now hearing Ding Huan's words, he froze, mouth slightly open, then stared at Ding Huan in excitement: "Elder, are you also from Changyi Continent?"

Ding Huan sighed: "I lived on Changyi Continent for over a hundred years, then was hunted down…" Thinking of the pursuit, Ding Huan remembered the parchment again.

The Du Family hunted him for that parchment; it was because of that parchment he was able to live another life.

But the parchment's Dao-idea had been destroyed by him, and the parchment itself reduced to ashes—he now planned to return to Earth and seek revenge on the parchment's owner.

Seeing Cang Diyi's excitement, Ding Huan asked: "If I'm not mistaken, you're also on the run, aren't you?"

From Ding Huan's experience, Cang Diyi's skittish demeanor clearly meant he was being hunted.

Cang Diyi nodded: "Yes. After leaving Changyi Continent, I crossed several realms and finally reached Luxing Immortal Continent.

On Luxing Immortal Continent, there's a colossal clan—the Gujia Clan. The Gujia Clan has an Immortal Emperor—no one dares to provoke them.

Remember, Luxing Immortal Continent has only three Immortal Emperors, and Gujia's Immortal Emperor, Jia Buqin, is already at the Late Stage of Immortal Emperor. You can imagine how powerful the Gujia Clan is.

But I happened to offend them, and in the end, my sect was wiped out. I escaped Luxing Immortal Continent with my Dao companion's younger sister."

Luxing Immortal Continent? Jia Buqin?

Ding Huan waved his hand, summoning the image of an old man: "Cang fellow cultivator, are you referring to this fellow?"

He had once clashed with Jia Buqin on the flag signal, but his cultivation was too low, and he had no time to set up a Level Nine Immortal Trap Array, so he could only flee all the way.

"It's him…"

Cang Diyi muttered one sentence in anger, then remembered something and looked at Ding Huan with doubt:

"Senior Ding, do you know this person? After you left Changyi Continent, did you also go to Luxing Immortal Land?"

Ding Huan shook his head: "I've never been to Luxing Immortal Land. Do you know the location of Luxing Immortal Land?"

Cang Diyi nodded: "I know. I've heard that the most complete realm laws in this domain are found in the Pangu Great World."

After I escaped from Luxing Immortal Land, I planned to go to the Pangu Great World with Xiyun, but we had no directional coordinates and wandered in the void for years without the slightest lead."

Ding Huan asked: "Didn't Luxing Immortal Land have any place selling directional spheres for the Pangu Great World?"

Cang Diyi chuckled bitterly: "The Pangu Great World is the place to attain Dao. All Immortal Emperors of Luxing Immortal Land attained Dao there.

Jia Buqin even cultivated to the late stage of Great Immortal Emperor in the Pangu Great World. How could the Gu Jia Clan ever release such a directional map?"

Ding Huan finally understood—this meant that if the Gu Jia Clan released the directional map, more cultivators would head to the Pangu Great World.

If more Immortal Emperors emerged from Luxing Immortal Land, how could the Gu Jia Clan continue to dominate?

"Could you tell me how you angered the Gu Jia Clan?"

Although Ding Huan was asking Cang Diyi, he was already thinking about how to persuade Cang Diyi to take him to Luxing Immortal Land.

He was now at the tenth layer of Luotian Immortal, and he believed it would take no more than a few years to ascend to Immortal King.

If he cultivated using a top-grade Immortal Spirit Vein, two years should be about enough.

Once he reached Immortal King, he wouldn't fear Jia Buqin on Luxing Immortal Land.

It wasn't that his cultivation alone could defeat Jia Buqin, but with his cultivation plus his array techniques, he would surely make Jia Buqin regret it.

"My fiancée is Xue Xie'e of the Immortal Pill Valley. She was born with extraordinary sensitivity to spiritual herbs—a natural Immortal Herb Dao Body. Once, she accidentally discovered an Immortal Spirit Herb Vein…"

Cang Diyi sighed here; even without him continuing, Ding Huan could guess the rest.

"This matter reached Jia Xihai of the Gu Jia Clan. Jia Xihai went to the Immortal Pill Valley to propose marriage, demanding that Xie'e marry him."

Cang Diyi's hands trembled—clearly, he was speaking of fury and sorrow.

"Xie'e and I were cultivation partners. How could I let her marry into the Jia Clan? In my rage, I challenged Jia Xihai to a duel. I was at the late stage of Xuan Immortal; Jia Xihai had just entered Da Yi Immortal. Naturally, he wasn't afraid of me…"

Cang Diyi grabbed his own hair: "I was enraged that Jia Xihai stole my cultivation partner, so I killed him on the duel platform. But then the matter exploded…"

Ding Huan didn't press further.

He already knew the outcome: that old Wang Ba, Jia Buqin, had chased him all the way just to claim his cosmic pot. What kind of trash could possibly come from such an old bastard's breeding?

Xie'e was surely killed, Cang Diyi's immortal sect was wiped out, the Immortal Pill Valley was destroyed…

And finally, Cang Diyi escaped Luxing Immortal Land, seeking the Pangu Great World without any directional coordinates.

Cang Diyi was indeed impressive—late-stage Xuan Immortal killing a Da Yi Immortal.

Ding Huan could only say:

"Comrade Cang, listen to me: your upper-grade Immortal artifact is decent, but relying on it to reach the Pangu Great World is unlikely.

If you're willing, take me to Luxing Immortal Land, and I'll help you destroy the Gu Jia Clan. How about that?"

Ding Huan had another unspoken thought: he also planned to ask Cang Diyi to take him to Changyi Continent.

In his past life, he was hunted to death by Changyi Continent's exclusive pursuers. If he didn't seek revenge this life, he'd be betraying himself.

Cang Diyi was stunned by Ding Huan's words. Ding Huan's cultivation seemed stronger than his own, but by his sixth sense, Ding Huan hadn't yet reached Immortal King.

A cultivator not yet at Immortal King, saying he would destroy the Gu Jia Clan—this…