Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds-Chapter 65. Forced to resolve with soldiers (requesting further reading)

Chapter 65: 65. Forced to resolve with soldiers (requesting further reading)

「Reality.」

Guanxi Road, Luoying Valley.

Xu Xing opened his eyes in the carriage and regained his senses.

After learning the Corpse Liberation Method, he had stayed in the Golden Immortal Temple for about a month. During this time, Daoist Ming Cang had answered all his questions and given various lectures on the subtleties of the Corpse Liberation Method.

A month passed. The lectures ended, and Daoist Ming Cang took his young disciple, leaving the Golden Immortal Temple to once again wander the world.

Although Daoist Ming Cang had not said so explicitly, Xu Xing knew that his master-disciple relationship with Daoist Ming Cang had come to an end... After all, Daoist Ming Cang had only accepted him as a disciple in name due to a friendship with an acquaintance, not as a direct disciple.

The time flow rate was one to five. He had spent a month in the Instance World, which translated to six days in reality.

During these six days, the Siming Mountain Stronghold, following his and Gongyang Yi’s strategy, had abandoned some of the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled to the Seventeenth Route Righteous Army. Then, more than 20,000 elite soldiers had escaped through the Hukou Waterfall, leaving the Jiangnan West Road battlefield.

The journey was through treacherous mountains and harsh waters.

Finally, after six days, they arrived at Luoying Valley, the border between Lin’nan Road and Guanxi Road.

"Once we cross Luoying Valley and pass through Qingmu County, we’ll reach the Heavenly King’s hometown."

"When we get to the Heavenly King’s hometown..."

"Heavenly King, you must certainly treat me well..."

Chang Ji’s cheerful voice came from outside the carriage.

After the Tiger Soul River battle, King of Sorrow Yao Dang had also appointed Chang Ji as the chief of Xu Xing’s personal guard, giving him command of the Three Row Flag and serving as King Xing Tian’s wings. It was...a clumsy counterattack in the power struggle within the stronghold, intended to remove Chang Ji from the high-level members of the mountain stronghold and reduce Xu Xing’s influence.

Xu Xing lifted the carriage’s reed curtain, glanced at Chang Ji on horseback, and smiled, "General Chang, since I am the host, I will naturally treat the brothers in the stronghold well..."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, he returned to his seat.

The carriage rolled onward.

"You have condensed Red Fate [Official Storage]. This fate conflicts with Red Fate [Righteous Thief]. Do you choose to disperse Red Fate [Official Storage], or replace Red Fate [Righteous Thief]?"

"You have condensed Emperor Purple Fate [Underground Lord]. Do you wish to solidify it with Taoist Fruits?"

Text appeared before his eyes.

Xu Xing didn’t rush to disperse the first Red Fate, [Official Storage]. According to his guess, if he accumulated too many unsolidified Destinies, he would eventually have to disperse some. But now, with only two unsolidified Destinies, there was no hurry to disperse Red Fate [Official Storage].

"Solidify Emperor Purple Fate [Underground Lord]!"

He made up his mind.

Instantly, the three years of True Qi stored in his Dantian vanished, and some of his physical essence was also absorbed.

At the same time, having solidified the Emperor Purple Fate, he perceived the Spiritual Energy that permeated the heavens and earth, previously unseen. This Spiritual Energy manifested as particles like white, glowing fireflies, existing in the void.

"As expected!"

"Immortals truly exist in the real world; it is not an era devoid of Dharma."

Xu Xing suppressed the excitement in his heart.

He began trying to draw in Spiritual Power, but after a long effort, he only managed to attract a single particle of white light.

"Why...is it different from the Instance World?"

"Could it be that cultivation in this world also requires special conditions?"

Xu Xing frowned.

After receiving the teachings of Quanzhen Taoism, he knew that "if the Dao Sutras are not taught by a master, their practice will be ineffective." Those of lesser understanding cultivating the Dao must receive instruction from a master. And in the real world, the conditions for cultivating immortality might differ from those in the Instance World.

"However, since I can attract one particle of white light, it shows that this [Underground Lord] Fate is not useless..."

"After all, the Emperor Purple Fate [Underground Lord] is merely a qualification for cultivation."

"If one truly becomes a Corpse Liberation Immortal... even without this realm’s ’Cultivation Qualification,’ they would still be able to cultivate."

He pondered this secretly.

In the Jianghu of Fengxi Country, it was common knowledge that warriors below the Innate realm could not absorb external Spiritual Energy. A hallmark of the Innate realm was the ability to connect the Heaven and Earth Bridge, channeling external Spiritual Energy to cleanse oneself.

「...」

After condensing the Emperor Purple Fate, Xu Xing’s vitality was depleted.

He began to meditate to recover his True Qi.

「By afternoon,」

After a satisfying meal, he began to observe the Bronze Ancient Mirror as usual.

"You have condensed the Red Fate [Official Storage]; this fate conflicts with the Red Fate [Righteous Thief]. Do you choose to dissolve the Red Fate [Official Storage], or replace or fuse the Red Fate [Righteous Thief]?"

Characters flowed across the Gold clear mirror surface.

Xu Xing initially paid little attention, but the more he looked, the more he felt the wording had changed.

Thinking carefully, he realized.

"An option to ’fuse’ has appeared?"

He sensed something was amiss.

"Initially, the Red Fate [Official Storage] and Red Fate [Righteous Thief] were conflicting, incompatible. But now, after obtaining the Emperor Purple Fate [Underground Lord], these two Fates can be merged?"

Xu Xing tapped the carriage wall, his face pensive.

"It’s true; Luck is not immutable."

"Just as my physique is much better than an ordinary person’s, even though I’ve only practiced internal cultivation methods in the real world."

"The Emperor Purple Fate [Underground Lord] must now govern both the [Righteous Thief] and [Official Storage] Fates?"

"The Immortal Path...is indeed more valuable than the Human Path!"

He mused.

Previously, the [Official Storage] Fate and the [Righteous Thief] Fate conflicted. Since [Official Storage] was still a Red Fate, he feared that dissolving it would have adverse consequences in the Instance World, so he had never solidified or dissolved it.

However, things were different now; the two Fates could be merged, so he had no reason to refuse.

「Shaoqing,」

The panel changed:

[Mirror Master: Xu Hang.]

[Dao Fruits: Underground Lord (Purple), Thief Officials (Yellow), Martial Arts Extraordinary Person (Yellow), Wenchang (Red), Reform (Red), Broad Knowledge and Strong Memory (White).]

[...]

[Destiny: None.]

Similar to the previous White Destiny [Lifetime of mediocrity], the [Righteous Thief] Fate did not vanish immediately but gradually fragmented, transforming into a memory. Images appeared before his eyes one after another, like a fleeting montage.

From escaping the Sky Prison, to the events at Mount Siming’s Hukou Waterfall, and then entering Guanxi Road...

These were his memories after solidifying the [Righteous Thief] Fate.

Then, the scene shifted.

In less than a year, under Xu Xing’s blatant favoritism, the Siming Mountain Righteous Army was filled with various "Xu Family members": his father Xu Ming led the Personal Guard Camp, while his Second Uncle Xu Jing and cousin Xu Shenghua served as officials, responsible for governing all of Guanxi Road...

Chang Ji was the military leader, and Gongyang Yi was the head of civil officials.

Three years later, King of Sorrow Yao Dang, revered by the Righteous Army as the Vice-Alliance Leader, could not bear to see his foundation usurped. He rose in rebellion, but unexpectedly, Chang Ji killed him at Tianyi Gorge, having acted without prior authorization.

Heavenly Kun King Chang Kun departed.

「Later—」

In the fifth year, the Great Zhou, established in Guanxi Road, after two years of consolidating its strength and biding its time, began its campaign against the false Emperor Chongming. However, just as an army of 200,000 was about to descend upon Shenjing, a white-haired man suddenly appeared before Xu Xing.

With a single sword strike, Xu Xing was beheaded, forced to ’resolve with soldiers’, transforming into an Underground Lord to barely survive as the Great Zhou disintegrated.

Emperor Chongming exterminated the Xu Family, down to the ninth degree of kinship.

Just as the common people of Shenjing were discussing the demise of the bandit leader Xu Xing.

Outside the Divine Capital City, Heavenly Kun King Chang Kun, disguised as a farmer, walked to the former command tent of the Righteous Army. Holding a pot of Yellow Wine, tears in his eyes, he said, "Fourth Brother, with your strength, I knew I couldn’t kill you. I only left willingly because I remembered that Big Brother’s revenge was still unfulfilled. I used to hate you, Fourth Brother, but now... you’re dead."

"Third Brother, let me pour you a cup of wine."

He spilled the Yellow Wine from the cup onto the ground.