Starting Cultivation During a Trip

At this moment, he happened to see Zhang Fan. The two of them exchanged a brief glance, Wang Qingyi slowly withdrew his gaze, his expression calm, and turned around, pushing the wheelchair away.

”Wang Family’s former prodigy, he is completely ruined now.” Meng Qiwu sighed.

He was once a genius who comprehended the [Life and Death Ming Chapter], the hope of the Wang Family’s generation, once his cultivation was far more profound than Meng Qiwu’s.

But now, he has completely become a cripple, losing all hope for cultivation in this lifetime.

”No hope at all? Maybe.”

Zhang Fan shook his head and followed after.

...

Late at night, in a corner of Wang Family Mansion.

Inside a dark room.

”Uncle Qian’an, the people have been settled.” Wang Qingshan stood by the table and reported.

”I can’t understand why allow outsiders in at this time.”

Wang Qingshan’s face showed a hint of confusion.

”The manifestation of the Living Dead Tomb is probably happening within these two days. Their appearance here now is not necessarily a coincidence. Keeping them here avoids additional trouble.” Wang Qian’an said indifferently.

”Then I don’t understand even more. If they really have issues, isn’t this inviting wolves into the fold?” Wang Qingshan couldn’t help but say.

”Inviting wolves? Are they worthy?” Wang Qian’an laughed.

”Don’t worry about the rest, just keep an eye on these people.”

”Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first.” Wang Qingshan nodded heavily.

”Go ahead.”

Wang Qian’an waved his hand. After seeing Wang Qingshan leave the room, he got up and entered the inner chamber.

A faint flicker of light, like a star, shimmered in the darkness of the inner chamber.

Where the incense smoke lingered, a figure sat cross-legged, emanating a subtle fragrance. His breathing was as smooth as a baby’s, with each inhale and exhale resonating with the surrounding space.

”Unity of Heaven and Man, Celestial Master Realm!!”

Who would have thought that hidden within this inconspicuous Wang Family Mansion was a master at the Celestial Master Level? No wonder Wang Qian’an was fearlessly dismissing Wu Qingnang and his companions.

”Brother!”

Wang Qian’an stood ten steps away, respectfully bowing, gazing at the figure with deep reverence.

Wang Qiankun, his brother from the same mother, was also the pride of their lineage.

Simultaneously, he was the only master in the Wang Family in the past twenty years to enter the Celestial Master Realm.

”What is it?”

”That young man named Zhang Fan... I remembered...”

”His eyes are strikingly similar to that of Li Linglong, the demoness.” Wang Qian’an said solemnly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Qiankun slowly opened his eyes, and instantly, the entire room seemed to brighten up.

”Li Linglong!” Wang Qiankun’s eyes were like a thread, contemplating this name.

”Brother, my intuition is never wrong. I always felt something unpleasant about that lad at first glance.”

”He bears the Zhang name, and I’d wager a guess that he’s the offspring of Li Linglong and Zhang Lingzong.” There was a deep chill in Wang Qian’an’s eyes.

”Li Linglong... turns out he’s an old acquaintance’s child. It’s been years.” Wang Qiankun sighed softly, a nostalgic glimpse flickering in his deep eyes.

Back then, he was young, often taking a group of the Wang Family’s clansmen to Zhongnan Mountain to train.

There were frequent clashes between the disciples on the mountain and those from the Wang Family.

One side was a major Daoist sect, the other a prestigious Pure Yang Family; both claimed to be successors of Chongyang, inevitably stirring competitive spirits, which was perhaps one reason the elders sent them to the mountain.

”Back then, the ones from Zhongnan Mountain were mostly led by Ye Beichen...” Wang Qiankun said calmly.

”And that Senior Evil, whose strength was inadequate, always ended up being my punching bag.” Wang Qian’an chuckled coldly.

”Indeed, Ye Beichen was astonishingly talented in his youth though his brilliance hadn’t yet fully emerged, he could only be suppressed by the Wang Family disciples.” Wang Qiankun whispered, ”until...”

”Until Li Linglong, the demoness, ascended the mountain.” Wang Qian’an gritted his teeth.

Li Linglong, in her youth, had once trained at Zhongnan Mountain for a period.

From then on, whenever Ye Beichen or Senior Evil suffered a loss outside, Li Linglong would always stand up for them, leaving Wang Family disciples searching for their teeth on the ground.

Wang Qian’an had suffered quite a few slaps from Li Linglong when he was young, to the point where his facial asymmetry today was the remnants of those beatings.

At the time, Wang Qiankun, as the leader of the children, had battled Li Linglong no less than dozens of times, which could be considered a splendid chapter of their youthful days.

”Brother, if you had held onto that demoness Li Linglong in Chang’an back then...” Wang Qian’an changed his tone.

He knew that although Li Linglong and Wang Qiankun were always competing with each other, they had forged a remarkable friendship.

”She and I were fellow travelers, sympathizing with each other, without romantic feelings.” Wang Qiankun shook his head.

Wang Qian’an remained silent, knowing his brother devoted his life to cultivation, never marrying, nor having any descendants.

”It’s a pity that in the end, we had to part ways.” Wang Qiankun sighed.

After their youthful days, Li Linglong returned again to Chang’an, ten years passed, and by then she was married, with a man by her side.

His name was Zhang Lingzong.

”By that time, she had ascended to the Human Xiao Great Position.” Wang Qian’an gritted his teeth.

It was the last time he saw Li Linglong. She appeared in Chang’an, summoned the Twelve Zodiac, ultimately alarmed the Daoist Alliance, which allied with Zhongnan Mountain and the Wang Family, setting the Heaven and Earth Net to eliminate these Wuwei demons completely.

”After a decade, she was no longer the same.” In Wang Qiankun’s mind, past scenes surfaced.

”The struggle wasn’t one of mere emotions, from that day, former relations were completely severed.”

That day, Ye Beichen was also present; childhood friends ultimately walked vastly different paths; their positions meant that unless one fell, it would be a battle-to-death feud.

”If not for Zhang Lingzong unexpectedly overcoming the Great Night of Darkness tribulation, refining more of the Divine Demon Holy Embryo, how could those two possibly have left Chang’an alive?” Wang Qian’an said coldly.

In that battle, many masters of the Wang Family perished.

Originally, Zhang Lingzong hadn’t made a move because he was entangled in the Great Night of Darkness, but in the twist of fate of the tribulation, he overcame the hindrance, not only refining the Divine Demon but gravely injuring Wang Qiankun.

After that day, Wang Qiankun entered the Living Dead Tomb, retreating for ten years, eventually achieving the Celestial Master Great Position.

”The past feels like a dream.” Wang Qiankun whispered lightly.

”Brother, the wheel of fate turns unexpectedly, who would have thought, that demoness’s child willingly delivered himself, falling right into our Wang Family’s hands.” Wang Qian’an sneered.

”Capture him, and I don’t believe that Zhang Lingzong won’t comply. After all, he killed many from our Wang Family back then.”

At this point, a chilling light flashed in Wang Qian’an’s eyes.

”Matters of the ancestors shouldn’t burden future generations.” Wang Qiankun said indifferently.

”Brother, it isn’t personal grievances, you also mentioned it’s a struggle of Daoist orthodoxy... this lad bears...”

”If you seize him, whether Zhang Lingzong would reveal himself isn’t certain, but Ye Beichen would descend the mountain.”

Wang Qiankun suddenly said.

”Ye Beichen!?” Wang Qian’an was startled for a moment, his expression turning peculiar.

”Why would he descend the mountain?”

”Just because the lad is Li Linglong’s child? That seems unlikely, considering he has already reached the Celestial Master Realm now, and it’s been so many years.” Wang Qian’an grew more doubtful as he spoke.

”Want to test it? You’re quite familiar with Ye Beichen’s temperament!” Wang Qiankun raised a hand, putting an end to it.

”We’ll discuss the matter of the young lad later; the opening of the Living Dead Tomb is imminent within these two days.”

”The stance from the White Crane Temple is clear, we must ensure the Human Xiao is slain here, aiding him in refining Jia Sheng Gui Si!” Wang Qiankun asserted.

This was presently the Wang Family’s top priority.

”If he refines Jia Sheng Gui Si, he’ll likely be even less aligned with our Wang Family’s interests.”

The ’he’ Wang Qian’an referred to was the fourth person to refine Jia Sheng Gui Si, the hybrid born from a Coffin Lifting Association test subject and a Wang Family disciple, sent to an orphanage from a young age but later retrieved by Jiang Wansui and brought back to the Wang Family.

”Once he enters the Living Dead Tomb, it’s destined that he’ll be inseparable from our Wang Family.” Wang Qiankun shook his head.

”Moreover, only he can slay the Human Xiao and refine Jia Sheng Gui Si.”

”This is fate!”

With those words, Wang Qiankun slowly closed his eyes.

”If he succeeds in refining, he will be our Wang Family’s next clan leader!”

”Rosen!?” Wang Qian’an’s expression drastically changed, uttering that name.