[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples":3,"chapter-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Longevity Begins From Raising Disciples",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":19,"totalChapters":20,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},1530711,1988,"Chapter 1: Master, Have Some Tea","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>The thunder rumbled, the fierce wind howled, sweeping away the thatch from the roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rustle, rustle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rainwater dripped through the ruined roof, splashing onto the face of the middle-aged man lying in bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man slowly shed two lines of clear tears:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where the hell did they go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye wiped away his tears, his palm stinging painfully with a cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These hands were covered in calluses, with dark brown dirt embedded in the nails,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>evidently the hands of someone who had toiled in the fields all their life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes and opened them again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the ruined roof, the sky was pitch-black, pouring with heavy rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was filled with a damp and sour odor, mixed with a faint, indistinct scent of herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls around were built of blue bricks, the room cluttered and messy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the earthen bed he lay on, there were two toppled wooden racks and a solid wood chest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ground muddy, littered with debris and shards of wine bottles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye’s eyes were lifeless, like a dead fish lying on the earthen bed, his heart dead and withered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just two hours ago, he was enjoying a rare day off from being a corporate slave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled the curtains, turned on the computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a four-yuan lemon water by his side, he blissfully played a dark fantasy game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had finally reached the ending, watching the memory CG of the World-Ending Demoness Xu Qingjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinking, he found himself lying in this pigsty-like dilapidated house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scant memories flooding into his mind completely shattered his last hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His predecessor had the same name and surname, a legendary cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just turned forty, he was a mediocre medicinal farmer in Yunxi District, with fourth-layer Qi cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also had two apprentices to assist him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By rights, his predecessor shouldn’t have ended up in this predicament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his predecessor was a loafer, spending spirit stones as soon as he earned them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lazy, addicted to drinking and gambling, loafing around...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adopted two apprentices merely to serve him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would either beat or scold them daily,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>utterly despicable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yesterday, he even harassed a new female cultivator in Yunxi District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one expected the female cultivator to have a partner; he was beaten half to death on the spot by her man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it wasn’t for them being new here and hesitant to kill, he would have been dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serves him right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye heaved a sigh of relief, but soon realized he had become that asshole, feeling an indescribable complexity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the cultivation realm was rampant with demon beasts, the demon path thriving, surrounded by disasters and threats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a tender young man from a harmonious society, how could he survive in peace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold wind brought a strong sense of loneliness upon Chen Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he was utterly despaired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master... Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a weak whisper came from some corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, Chen Ye remembered there was an apprentice in the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The predecessor’s vile deeds crawled into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being frustrated yesterday, the predecessor drank himself into a frenzy; a timid little apprentice tried to sober him up with tea, only to become his scapegoat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye’s hand trembled, his gaze instinctively darted to the corner of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There should have been two rows of wooden racks there, now toppled over, mingled with debris and shards of wine bottles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curled up among the shattered porcelain was a silver-haired little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lifeless eyes stared blankly at him, murmuring:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qing Jun, serving tea to Master...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing Chen Ye would get mad, she mustered her last bit of strength, struggling beneath the wooden rack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her petite body was still pinned down, unable to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How despicable the predecessor was!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be so cruel to his own apprentice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye felt an unnamed anger surge within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flung off the damp quilt, attempting to get up, but the pain of his exploding head forced him to curl up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively, he reached for the back of his head, finding his hand covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The injury inflicted by the cultivator was still bleeding, making Chen Ye dizzy with pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing his dizziness, Chen Ye shouted lowly, stumbling towards the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The racks grated ominously, yet he forced them aside with his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl’s thin clothing was soaked, and when Chen Ye reached out to help her, she shrank away instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, Qing Jun knows she was wrong...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cracked lips moved, revealing a gap in her baby teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Chen Ye notice the girl was clutching half a pottery jug in her right hand, the broken spout still stained with murky tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The teapot... it’s broken... Master, you can’t drink the tea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Jun’s dull eyes shifted, the tears in her big eyes dropping into the tea with a soft plop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the little girl’s tears pour down, her clear white eyes laced with bloodshot lines, Chen Ye felt a pang of sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a tender girl, as delicate as a budding flower, yet ruined by the predecessor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a dazed look in her eyes, Chen Ye took the teapot, suppressing the headache, speaking gently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay, broken or not, it can be drunk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, as soon as he said this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Jun’s tears stopped instantly, staring blankly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a faint glimmer of hope appeared on her sullen face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How on earth could the despicable predecessor deserve such a filial apprentice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing, Chen Ye brought the teapot to his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, the child’s name was the same as the World-Ending Demoness in the ’Immortal Fall’ game, both named Xu Qingjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in Xu Qingjun’s memories,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as a mortal, she had taken her first step on the cultivation path by poisoning her wounded master with a teapot of toxic tea...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold tea soaked into his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye’s pupils contracted, focusing on Qing Jun’s dusky face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes, though large, were somewhat narrow, with a black mole at the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Xu Qingjun in ’Immortal Fall’, the unparalleled demoness, also had phoenix eyes marked by a mole!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ridiculous idea surfaced in Chen Ye’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could these two Xu Qingjuns be the same person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he travel into the game ’Immortal Fall’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Traveling five hundred years earlier?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingjun poisoning her master occurred five hundred years before the main storyline!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could this poor little girl in front of him be the same as the aloof, world-ending demoness from the game?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver-haired girl noticed Chen Ye pause, her breath hitching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her two thin, stick-like legs quivered unnaturally, a look of terror appearing in her phoenix eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her legs gave way and she collapsed onto the muddy ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A puddle of murky liquid spread from beneath her, merging with the rainwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon witnessing this scene,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye clenched the teapot, understanding everything; there was indeed something wrong with this tea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tea left a bitter and sour taste on his palate, his throat bobbing as he caught a glimpse of the little girl’s dilated pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough, this tea...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deliberately smacked his lips, spitting out the tea with a \"phoo,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s too bitter, I won’t drink it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1205,"2026-06-06T06:08:58.734Z","novelbin.me","bc24c960ed332328465da82d8fa54ee754c37615400a635aefda8c667112c970","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-2","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-400",686,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flongevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-cover.jpg"]