Chapter 933: Three Hundred Years

Although he had been swindled once by that ingrate Li Rubi, Aaron had a good mindset and just cursed once before letting it go.

After all, having lived for such a long time, there were always many unsatisfactory things.

Since this investment failed, he would just switch to someone else to continue investing.

He only secretly noted Li Rubi down in his little notebook, sneering in his heart: My opportunities, are they really so easy to take?

When you pass away, sooner or later I will go to your grave, beat your descendants, and eat your offerings!

"I just didn't expect that I would actually have a day where I get fleeced by someone else."

Not long after, he calculated some clues.

Fortunately, Aaron had foresight during the period of war and had acquired quite a bit of farmland; by now, the Fang Family of Banxian Hall was... the third or fourth largest landlord in Yukan Town!

Well, this was because Aaron did not want to be too high-profile, and the reputation of being second was also unpleasant, so it was better to be the eternal third!

Unfortunately, his ability to train disciples was not very good; he took in thirteen disciples, and not a single one attained the Golden Elixir!

The Yinshan Sect was only glorious for a few hundred years when it was founded; after the Yinshan Old Ancestor passed away, it went from bad to worse, and even among the Side Door sects, it fell into the lower ranks.

Later, he swore an oath not to accept anyone who was not a peerless genius, until he met Li Rubi, whom he immediately considered a heaven-sent talent; he took him as a disciple, taught him with all his heart, and only after he had also refined the Mysterious Light did he entrust the position of Sect Leader to him and pass away with a smile.

The mountain gate of the Yinshan Sect, in Tianyin Hall.

Li Rubi sat on a cloud couch, his beard and hair all white, looking old and decrepit.

That was why he could cultivate the Hundred Yang Illustrated Record; as for these disciples, among whom there were quite a few juniors of the Li Family, although he kept some secrets and only taught a few favorite disciples the True Disciple version of the record, not everyone could cultivate the Dry Yang True Qi!

This day!

In the Fang Clan Ancestral Hall under Little South Mountain, a grand ancestor worship ceremony was underway.

"Ancestors... three hundred years of the dynasty, there is turmoil again; I hope the ancestors will protect their descendants and help them escape this disaster of the dynasty's end..."

As for his youth, the grand ambition of being incited by that mysterious person to obtain the Dao Fruit of longevity had long been thrown to the back of his mind.

Aaron did not have much affection for them; at this moment, he had just come out of seclusion and seen this scene, so he was just feeling a bit emotional.

【Realm: Mysterious Light】

Aaron himself was only a novice at the Outer Gang level!

The disasters at the end of the dynasty were something they had only seen in history books; now that they had to face them, they could not help but feel anxious.

The secret methods for condensing Sha and Gang and refining the Mysterious Light had always been true direct transmissions, and even in immortal sects, they were not passed on to anyone who was not a core member!

Besides protecting the body, the Six Ren Strange Gang could also enhance a cultivator's calculation techniques!

Looking at these pathetic disciples, he could only sigh.

'Why do I always have a feeling of being reincarnated and practicing? Ptooey ptooey ptooey... This seat does not ask about the past life, does not seek the next life, and only lives freely in the present!'

However, Aaron did not kill them all; instead, he brought the second branch to live in Banxian Hall, taught those kids to read and write, raised them to adulthood, and even picked up Medicine again...

A few more years passed, and suddenly news came that a new dynasty had been established, the world was thinking of stability, and the lives of the common people were gradually getting better again.

【Age: 497】

Li Rubi finally collided with the Bat Duke.

After taking a few fruits to eat, he pinched his fingers and calculated: "So it has already been three hundred and seventeen years?"

The sixtieth year of the Kaiyuan era of the new dynasty, the world thus entered a golden age...

After the ancestor worship ceremony ended, in a place where no one could see.

"Sure enough, third-grade True Qi is unreasonable... Actually, Li Rubi pitted himself; if he hadn't entered the Side Door, perhaps he would have had hope for the Golden Elixir!"

【Name: Xin Chen (Fang Yu, Aaron)】

【Talent: Immortality, Not Within Calculation】

The Ten Thousand Gu Book had reached a dead end here.

He did not look for trouble, and trouble did not come to him.

Relying on the concealment of the Eight Refining Heaven-Acting Gu, and with Aaron not actively provoking trouble, he truly jumped outside the Three Realms and was not within the Five Elements.

'Forget it, forget it. The Fang Family is too close to me; although I won't be calculated, there is still a risk of exposure...'

Yinshan Sect.

Not bad!

The Fang Family had now split into nine branches and was truly flourishing, with a total of over a thousand clansmen, all lined up by seniority at this time, worshipping their ancestors.

And the Three-Five Soul-Severing Profound Light he deduced had a unique mystery, capable of directly killing a cultivator's soul, which was very sharp in combat.

In essence, he was just a True Spirit of a secondary Nascent Soul.

Of course, no matter how down-and-out, it was still better than the Wutong Temple, which had lost its sect-protecting classics and only had a few kittens and puppies, not even as good as a martial arts sect in the human world!

The previous generation's Yinshan Sect leader took in twenty-seven disciples, but they were all mediocre, dying of old age during the Condensing Sha and Outer Gang stages, forcing him to experience the white-haired sending off the black-haired.

The founder of the Yinshan Sect, Yinshan Old Ancestor, was a formidable figure three thousand years ago who had quite a reputation even in the Golden Elixir Realm; he later founded the Yinshan lineage, which had been passed down for thousands of years.

Gu is the utility of all things!

Although there were over a thousand Fang clansmen, there was no telling how many collateral branches there were.

"Shen Xuexing's group of beauties, even if they were cultivators, were probably all outlived by me, right? Hehe... I won't take on this karma."

In the future, when it came time to disperse his cultivation, the Qi of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels could be completely reversed and refined into a Five Viscera and Six Bowels Gu; this Gu insect was very precious and could enhance a cultivator's foundation, and even their Qi of the Five Elements.

But afterwards, Li Rubi discovered that he had been pitted by the Yinshan Sect's cultivation method!

Breaking through from Mysterious Light to Golden Elixir was known as a natural chasm!

The Yinshan Sect's cultivation method was truly crude and had some flaws; the Yinshan Old Ancestor of that year had encountered a strange opportunity in the East Sea and had only barely refined the Golden Elixir by relying on external objects.

At this moment, he glanced casually at the attribute bar:

It was just slightly inferior in terms of life extension; using this Mysterious Light to step into the Mysterious Light Realm, one's lifespan would be roughly between three and five hundred years.

The most intuitive manifestation of this was the soaring land prices in the vicinity of Yukan Town.

Looking at the disciple sitting below him, he sighed once more.

It was just that the Yinshan Sect's cultivation method was merely average; the Mysterious Light Realm only extended one's lifespan by three hundred years.

If one could not refine the Mysterious Light as soon as possible, one's lifespan would be exhausted!

Back then, even a genius like Wan Gu Zhenjun was blocked by this barrier between immortal and mortal, and only then was he forced to find another path, coming up with the method of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels Gu.

He returned to Banxian Hall, stroked the heads of the little ones, and pondered to himself: "Perhaps... the Fang Family is also destined to have an immortal affinity? Should I cultivate their thoughts on the Tao of immortality a bit more, and then send them off to seek immortality?"

Time passed in a rush, like a river flowing into the sea, never to return.

Once the Small Five Elements Profound Gang is achieved, one can master many small Five Elements spells without a teacher, such as Earth Escape, Sword Qi, and the like.

Having just calculated that a matter concerning himself had made progress, he came to Yukan Town to take a look, adjust his arrangements, and secure a background.

After the Fang Family Patriarch chanted the sacrificial text, he turned around and said sternly to the clansmen below: "I have discussed this with the heads of each branch; to avoid the ravages of war... our Fang clan is officially splitting up and relocating... The First Branch will remain to guard the ancestral property of Banxian Hall, the Second Branch will go to Yuanjia City, the Third Branch will go to Xiaohuang Stockade on Cuiwei Mountain... the Fourth Branch will move far away into Sichuan... From now on, although we are one family, the heads of each branch are also the patriarchs of their respective lineages, shouldering the mission of the family's revival!"

And even if one has refined the Dry Yang True Qi, there are still two major barriers: Condensing Sha and Outer Gang!

Even though the ravages of war were still ongoing, some scattered soldiers and stragglers could be dealt with by Aaron with a few small spells.

After finishing these matters, Fang Bida also grew old and frail, and one day he passed away with a smile, handing the family business over to his eldest son...

Only now did Li Rubi understand that his own aptitude for cultivating the Tao was truly of the very best kind.

As for their First Branch, they were aggrievedly relegated to the Second Branch, with the two having been swapped.

The many clansmen all wore solemn expressions.

Because the 'Fang Bida' that Aaron was currently impersonating appeared with life-saving grain.

As for the thirty-sixth disciple, he was truly comparable to Li Rubi in talent, and was held in high hopes by him, viewed as his successor.

It was just that the third disciple was his own junior, and having been spoiled a bit back then, a hundred years passed in a flash, and he actually only remained at the Condensing Sha realm before his lifespan ended and he died.

Li Rubi had quite a few disciples, among whom the third, seventeenth, and thirty-sixth disciples had all refined the Dry Yang True Qi.

Furthermore, because they all originated from himself and did not have the slightest aura of anyone else, they broke free from the barriers of the Side Sects and Heterodox Paths, and were the grand and orthodox path!

Even if one were to join the Orthodox Xuan Sect in the future, refining one would save an unknown number of years of bitter work in cultivating one's own Sha Qi and Outer Gang!

'The cultivation of this life is to lay the foundation for the next life...'

The Golden Snake Hook transformed into a golden light, circled around him, connected with his own Mysterious Light, and the two rays of light merged into one, transforming into a heaven-startling long rainbow that flew out!

This was the realm of Unity of Man and Sword!

Aaron spat a few times and pondered to himself: "I had better reach the Mysterious Light realm as soon as possible... Only the Mysterious Light Realm counts as a true immortal family, where one can go to associate with Loose Cultivators from the three mountains and five peaks, and even scheme for the inheritance of the Orthodox Xuan Sect..."

Therefore, life was still considered stable.

Therefore, when the previous Yinshan Sect leader revealed an intention to take him as a disciple, he immediately agreed in a half-reluctant, half-willing manner.

Alas...

If it were to calculate other Immortal Cultivators, Aaron could not calculate very accurately, as there was no basis or karma.

"Since the Change Bone Gu and Breath Restraining Gu have already been refined, the next step is to deduce the Gu formula for the reverse-refining of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels Gu..."

The realms in the "Ten Thousand Gu Book" only go up to the Mysterious Light Realm at the highest!

And Wan Gu Zhenjun, in his day, combined the Hundred Poisons Sha Qi, the Small Five Elements Profound Gang, and the Six Ren Strange Gang to refine them into a unique Mysterious Light, named—Three-Five Soul-Severing Profound Light!

The Hundred Poisons Sha Qi can only temper the hundred poisons and harm people invisibly.

"Other than that, there only remain the Bat Duke and Li Rubi... These two are actually the same matter! Both of them owe me, damn it! This debt must be repaid!"

Once, while out looking for suitable Gang Qi, he encountered the Bat Duke and was directly sucked dry of his essence and blood until he died!

Because the Li Family had moved away, the small Yukan Town really did not attract the attention of any Immortal Cultivators.

If it were a Mysterious Light cultivator of the Orthodox Xuan Sect, they might be able to live for seven or eight hundred years, which would far surpass this in that regard.

But the Sword Escape Technique has unparalleled speed in the world, and when activated, it is like a flash of lightning!

Many Fang clansmen who had not yet gone far, seeing this golden light, all knelt down one after another: "The ancestors of the ancestral hall are manifesting their spirits, they will surely protect us! To survive this disaster!"

Not only did he have a Flying Sword, but looking at his Sword Light, he had actually already entered the Mysterious Light!

Because the lifespan of these two realms is about the same as the Innate realm, and they are both mortals, there were difficulties.

Alas...

But since Li Rubi had karma with him, calculating this person was quite convenient, and he incidentally deduced a rough idea of his sect, mountain gate, and life story.

The seventeenth disciple reached the Outer Gang realm and also encountered a bottleneck, making no further progress.

Although Mysterious Light cultivators can fly with their physical bodies, their speed is not very fast, and they have to stop and rest when their power is exhausted, flying at most a few thousand miles a day.

He just let himself slack off peacefully for several hundred years, during which time he visited all the brothels in the human world, saw all the flowers, and enjoyed all the romance, wine, and food...

Later, because his foundation was solid, his aptitude was outstanding, and he had refined the third-grade Dry Yang True Qi, it was indeed very convenient to switch to the Yinshan Sect's cultivation method, and he easily passed the barriers of Condensing Sha and Outer Gang, refined a body of Three Yin Profound Light, extended his life by three hundred years, and could be considered to have enjoyed a taste of longevity.

Numerous spirit tablets were densely packed, incense smoke curled, and there were offerings of pig, cow, and sheep.

After calculating, Aaron sneered and threw out the Golden Snake Hook.

That was how Li Rubi was tricked!

By now, he began to regret: "If this sect leader had joined the Orthodox Xuan Sect, perhaps I could have entered the Golden Core realm and enjoyed a thousand years of lifespan..."

He now finally knew how his Master had felt in the past.

Both of them were in the Mysterious Light Realm; although the Bat Duke's cultivation method was stronger, Li Rubi also had the foundation of his sect, and the two sides fought many times, with neither able to defeat the other, remaining entangled until now.

Looking at Li Rubi today, the other party's opportunity was truly not small.

"But it doesn't matter, I will be able to refine the Dry Yang True Qi sooner or later."

But in reality, not one of them was his own bloodline; they were all descendants of Fang Xi.

He had previously set a grand ambition to slack off for a thousand years, and now that only half of that time had passed, he was truly not in a hurry.

Aaron cast a blinding spell, walked swaggeringly into the ancestral hall, picked up a steamed bun from the offering table, and took a bite: "Pah... it's cold and doesn't taste good."

"Throughout history, the method of divination has always hated having too many loose ends... Yet the karma I am entangled with is minimal, I fear that any random cultivator could calculate it..."

As for cultivation level?

It is just barely enough to have refined a body of Mysterious Light and cultivated it to the perfection realm.

As of now, the legitimate sect leader of the Yinshan Sect, Li Rubi, is also nearing the end of his life...

Aaron's move was not a flight of fancy, but rather that his own cultivation base could not be wasted.

He had never told his disciples about this matter, so the disciples had no idea that their own cultivation technique had such a major flaw, making the condensation of a Golden Core fraught with difficulties!

Even though that cheap aunt had a thousand frustrations and ten thousand reluctances, she ultimately accepted Fang Bida entering the main branch, with the second branch becoming the original main branch.

The higher one went, the fewer the spirit tablets became; on the final two levels, only the names of Fang Xi and Fang Yuan remained.

The "Hundred Yang Illustrated Record" was the preparation Aaron made for himself to disperse his cultivation and restart, and this did not conflict with him advancing to Outer Gang using the "Ten Thousand Gu Book".

Aaron comforted himself in his heart: "Either way, the meat is all rotting in the pot, no loss!"

Throughout the Immortal Cultivation World, only those who achieve the status of Golden Core Grandmaster are qualified to establish a sect.

Back in the day, True Monarch Wan Gu failed to pass the barrier of baleful energy and lacked a bit of foundation; otherwise, he would not have been without hope for a Golden Core.

And then, it is time to settle grievances!

Aaron's fingers flew as he operated his own Plum Blossom Divination!

"But never mind, since the karma has already been forged, how could you repay it just by walking away?"

Back then, he sought immortality for many years but could not find the path, wasting his time; by middle age, he knew even more that opportunities were hard to come by.

【Technique: Ten Thousand Gu Book Mysterious Light Chapter (10000/10000)】

At this time, Li Rubi also knew that he was too old and nearing death; even if he obtained the heart technique of the Orthodox Xuan Sect, it would be useless, so he could only sigh and worry about the inheritance of his family and sect.

"Bat Duke cultivates the techniques of the Hundred Birds Temple lineage; perhaps when he reached the Mysterious Light stage, his lifespan was longer than mine, but he is also much older than me in terms of years spent practicing Taoism..."

Li Rubi secretly pondered: "By now... his lifespan should be exhausted, right? If not, I swear to kill this person; I cannot leave him to cause worry for my descendants!"

(End of this chapter)