Chapter 116: Chapter 113: Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique: Behold the Path of Reincarnation

Song Ciwan silently awarded Xie Yunxiang the title of the new king of fleecing.

In her eyes, Xie Yunxiang was no longer just a Daoist friend worth befriending—he was a living Cultivation gift pack!

And Xie Zhang, inside the Eternal Pavilion up ahead, was the perfect catalyst for constantly provoking Xie Yunxiang into shedding that wool.

Xie Yunxiang was still gritting his teeth as he stared at the Eternal Pavilion. Beneath its octagonal pillar of light, Xie Zhang had already begun the second round of his gamble with the anomaly.

Since Xie Zhang had chosen the game for the first round, the withered-faced anomaly chose for the second.

Dozens of light orbs were tossed into the air again. The withered-faced anomaly casually grabbed one, opened it, and a line of text from a scroll leaped into the sky.

Game: Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang, are mutual counterparts, just as death is to life, and withering is to flourishing. The first volume of the Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique has now descended into the world. If you can comprehend its basics within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, you win this round.

At that moment, a scroll containing a Daoist Skill actually descended within the Eternal Pavilion!

Not to mention how ecstatic Xie Zhang was; he considered his comprehension to be exceptional. The time it took for an incense stick to burn—just to learn the basics of this Daoist Skill? ’How could I possibly fail?’

But it wasn’t just Xie Zhang who was ecstatic. On the summit of Wangjiang Mountain, where several screens of light were displayed, the many Cultivators who remained behind and witnessed this scene were also shocked and delighted.

It turned out that the Daoist Skill scroll that had descended in the Eternal Pavilion didn’t fall into Xie Zhang’s hands but unrolled directly in midair.

On the long scroll, lines of inky text, filled with all sorts of profound meaning, fell into everyone’s sight.

Xie Zhang tilted his head back to read the Daoist Skill’s incantations, striving to memorize and understand them. On Wangjiang Mountain, the many Cultivators in the Mortal World were also reading this incantation at the very same time.

Likewise, in Illusory Nether City, not too far from the Eternal Pavilion, Song Ciwan and Xie Yunxiang also began to silently read the incantation.

The Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique was a High Level Daoist Skill!

Song Ciwan had pawned countless things through the Heaven and Earth Scale, but most of what she had obtained so far were merely Basic Taoist Skills.

Who could have expected that in Illusory Nether City, a place filled with anomalies at every turn, a High Level Daoist Skill would be made public like this?

One must know that techniques are not to be taught lightly; obtaining a Daoist Skill has never been an easy matter.

One can only imagine how rare an opportunity like this was.

Every Cultivator present immediately began to memorize the incantation, feeling a sense of captivated intoxication.

Even Xie Yunxiang couldn’t be bothered to despise Xie Zhang anymore; he too was immersed in the profound mysteries of the Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique.

The Daoist Skill stated: "All that lives must die, yet through death and reincarnation, one can also be reborn."

This Daoist Skill was not just a powerful Attack Technique. Cultivated to its high depths, it could even allow a person whose Lifespan was nearing its end to reincarnate with their memories intact!

In the Great Zhou, on the Profound Origin Land, even though anomalies, Yin Soldiers, and City Gods existed, the matter of reincarnation was still ethereal and uncertain.

The Nine Springs of the Underworld was only a legend. If the dead did not transform into anomalies or have their Heroic Spirits preserved to become Yin Soldiers, the final result was often the death of the body and the dissipation of the soul, returning to the heavens and earth.

This was a natural law that mortals could not escape, and even High Level Cultivators were not necessarily able to avoid it.

Cultivators, Martial Artists, and even Scholars all cultivated only for this life, for this body, not for the next!

But now, this Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique actually mentioned a next life, mentioned reincarnation. How could this not shock all who beheld it?

Its spell contained all sorts of subtle words with profound meaning, as well as a Qi Movement Skill, linking together to form the Dao. Within each inky character, it formed an indescribable, wondrous connotation.

Just like that, the time it took for an incense stick to burn passed in a flash.

The incense stick burned to its end, and the last bit of ash fell away. Inside the Eternal Pavilion, the scroll that had been hanging in midair retracted and vanished from sight.

In the Mortal World, the Cultivators on Wangjiang Mountain couldn’t help but let out a series of sighs.

Someone said with regret, "What a pity. The scroll only contained the contents of the First Layer of the Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique; we couldn’t see what comes after. I wonder if that Reincarnation Technique is real or fake. Can it truly be achieved?"

Someone else cried out in alarm, "Damn it, what’s happening? I clearly memorized the incantation just now and seemed to have gained a lot of insight, but why now..."

Now what?

That person said no more, but another cried out in surprise, "That’s strange. I clearly remember the incantation, so why does it feel like I can’t comprehend it any further? I... I can’t cast this spell?"

"Could this be a fake spell?"

...

In Illusory Nether City, Song Ciwan, who was squatting beside a pile of broken wooden planks with Xie Yunxiang, gently lifted her hand to form a Finger Technique. Out of Xie Yunxiang’s line of sight, her Finger Technique silently fell upon a patch of gray earth beside her.

This was the ground of Illusory Nether City. Broken bluestone slabs were scattered everywhere, and not a single blade of grass grew from the dingy gray soil. At first glance, this patch of dark land seemed completely devoid of life.

But as Song Ciwan’s Finger Technique landed, deep beneath the ground, a force inexplicably began to stir and sprout.

A moment later, that force struggled to break through the soil, revealing a few delicate new shoots on the gray earth.

The shoots weren’t green; instead, they had a grayish-yellow hue.

But that couldn’t hide its vigorous vitality. It was like the first glimmer of light in a desolate world, and in that instant, it lit up Song Ciwan’s eyes.

The Insight Technique panel displayed:

High Level Daoist Skill: Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique (First Layer, Beginner 22/1000)

Within the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Song Ciwan had successfully comprehended the Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique, mastered its basics, and successfully cast the Daoist Skill!

This was a joy not meant to be shared with outsiders.

Xie Yunxiang, unaware of what had just happened with Song Ciwan, was staring at where the scroll had retracted. Like the Cultivators on Wangjiang Mountain, he sighed with regret. He even let out a cry, "Why did it have to retract!"

Then he added, "Sigh, I still haven’t understood it. This... this Daoist Skill isn’t fake, is it?"

Hearing this, Song Ciwan blurted out, "It’s not fake."

Xie Yunxiang said, "What?"

The words had just left her mouth when, down in the Eternal Pavilion, the withered-faced anomaly asked Xie Zhang, "Traveler, how did it go? Have you comprehended the basics?"

Xie Zhang: ...

Xie Zhang’s expression was somewhat twisted, and he gritted his teeth without saying a word.

The withered-faced anomaly then said, "In that case, Traveler, you have lost this round. Now, return the Primordial Longevity Pearls."

Xie Zhang was completely unable to resist. The twenty Primordial Longevity Pearls he had been clutching tightly in his hand simply vanished into thin air.

Holding forty Primordial Longevity Pearls in its hands, the withered-faced person spoke again in its calm tone, "Traveler, do you wish to gamble again? This time, I will wager forty Primordial Longevity Pearls against forty years of your Lifespan. How about it?"

Forty Primordial Longevity Pearls for forty years of Lifespan—at first listen, it sounded fair and just.

Xie Zhang, whose face had been twisted for a long while, finally snapped back to his senses at this moment. He suddenly roared, "No, that’s not right, I don’t accept this! What Life and Death Withered and Flourishing Technique? It’s impossible for anyone to learn that Daoist Skill!"

"You’re not being fair! You used a fake Daoist Technique to trick me!"

As he roared, he raised his hand, unleashed a Magical Artifact, and lunged fiercely toward the withered-faced anomaly.