The Quest for Immortality

The Shangguan Family and the Wenren Family, for a thousand years, the first direct descendants to unite in marriage...

My own child, clearly backed by the two great noble clans of Qian State, yet still subjected to schemes, has to endure such immense peril.

A trace of desolation flitted through the eyes of the woman in palace attire, as if overwhelmed by sorrow, her meridian breath somewhat disordered.

The man’s heart ached, he reached out to support her but was pushed away by her.

”And then?” the woman in palace attire asked coldly, ”What else have you found?”

The man withdrew his arm helplessly and sighed:

”It was Gu... Changhuai who found a clue to Yu Er. Following the clue, they went dozens of miles outside of the city to dine at a restaurant; there, they found a group of human traffickers with only Foundation Establishment Initial Stage cultivation...”

”But...”

The man shook his head, his voice bitter, ”Yu Er was kidnapped again...”

The woman in palace attire was shocked, ”Again?”

The man said hoarsely, ”By another group of people...”

”Ambushed with Formation, murdered with spells...

”The Formation was secretive, its power great yet unexpected, and the spells used were the most common Fireball Technique—executed cleanly and neatly, leaving no trace to follow...

”And among the traffickers, one of them knew Sever Gold Sword Jue...”

”Sever Gold Sect...” the woman bit out.

The man gave a wry smile, ”It’s got nothing to do with Sever Gold Sect, likely a renegade disciple. Sever Gold Sect wouldn’t have the guts, nor be so foolish, to use such an obvious, sect-protecting sword move...

”I don’t care!” the woman said angrily, ”If we don’t find Yu Er, Sever Gold Sect will still pay the price!”

”All right...” It was all the man could agree to, knowing that reason was of no use at that moment.

The man in fancy robes exhaled deeply and continued:

”Sever Gold Sword Jue is a Golden Series Sword Controlling Method, focusing on offensive and killing power, immensely powerful... Obviously, the traffickers met a formidable enemy. In a life or death situation, they desperately revealed this sword technique...

”But...”

The man in fancy robes’ pupils shrank slightly, ”This extremely powerful sword technique from the Foundation Establishment Realm didn’t injure the enemy in the slightest...

”Not a trace of Blood Qi was found on the sword; the opponent didn’t even suffer a scratch on their skin...

”This suggests that the enemy’s cultivation is much higher than these traffickers...

”Golden Core, or perhaps even... Feather Transformation...”

The woman scoffed coldly, ”Nice, there are indeed many who covet Yu Er, but he’s just a four- or five-year-old child. What virtues and abilities does he possess to be the target of so many people’s attention...

”Earlier, it was the great figures who grasp the Heavenly Secret making their plans, and what about this time? Could it still be some expert knowledgeable in heavenly calculations intercepting halfway?

The woman in palace attire asked her husband with a hint of mockery.

The man was questioned by his wife, bowed his head, and said helplessly, ”This time... it seems so.”

The woman was stunned, then furiously said, ”Shangguan Yi, do you think I’m a foolish woman who knows nothing?”

”Heavenly secret Calculation, when did it become so cheap?”

”This one’s a powerful figure; that one’s an expert. Can there be that many experts?”

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”How many cultivators in this world truly master the Heavenly Secret Calculation? Have they nothing better to do than to scheme against my Yu Er?!”

The man gave a bitter smile, ”Wan’er, I’m not lying to you, I asked Elder Mei of Mystery Valley, who is skilled in calculations...

The woman in palace attire asked coldly, ”And what did he calculate?”

”He...” the man said hesitantly, ”...he went mad...”

The woman was taken aback.

The man lamented, ”Elder Mei... went to calculate the person who ’kidnapped’ Yu Er. At first, he couldn’t calculate anything, claimed the heavenly secret was hidden, completely in the dark, without a trace to follow...

”After my repeated pleas...”

”Elder Mei couldn’t refuse and spent his vital energy, using the Mystery Calculation passed down in Mystery Valley to deduce a little further...”

”At first, he indeed parted the fog and saw a blurry figure, misty like water...

”But when he tried to look again, he just...”

The man paused for a moment.

The woman angrily demanded, ”Then what happened?”

The man sighed, ”He just... wore a horrified expression, vomited fresh blood, ice cold all over, his mind began acting abnormally, and he suddenly went mad...

”He kept muttering to himself, speaking of the terrifying karma, Corpse Mountain Sin, and said he was bitten by ’Corpse Sin,’ that he was about to turn into a zombie himself, shivering non-stop...”

The woman’s expression shifted. After pondering for a while, she grew angry again:

”What is all this nonsensical talk—Corpse Mountain, Corpse Sin? Can you believe such absurd and ridiculous words?”

”What does this have to do with Yu Er?”

The man found himself at a loss for words.

He didn’t understand how Yu Er could be entangled with such karma, but the matter of Elder Mei was undeniably true.

He was indeed mad...

”Was that Elder Mei really from Mystery Valley?” the woman questioned again.

”Yes.”

”Where is he now?”

”Elder Mei... his mind has gone mad, seems to have damaged his Sea of Consciousness. He’s been sent back to Mystery Valley for treatment...”

The woman’s brows suddenly furrowed tightly, and she said coldly:

”So, with no solid evidence, nor witnesses, you are deceiving me with this groundless Elder Mei!”

The man said softly, ”Wan’er, when have I ever lied to you...”

His words carried a hint of entreaty.

”Fine, then I’ll find Yu Er myself!”

The woman in palace attire declared decisively, turning to leave.

The man panicked inside, immediately grabbing her, ”You can’t leave Qingzhou City!”

The woman took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and asked, ”Why?”

”I’m worried about you...”

”Worried about what?”

The man’s voice grew cold, ”Marrying you as my wife, I broke some of the rules of the noble clans, went against the ancestral teachings of the Shangguan family, many people are watching us...”