Chapter 463: A Human Again in the Sixth Life

It was like comparing two ordinary people. Though both are ordinary, some can live to be eighty or ninety, while others might only live to be forty or fifty.

A person’s lifespan is, in fact, influenced by all sorts of factors.

However, according to the Ancient Immortal Martial Secret Collection, one who cultivated to the Martial Saint Realm had an average lifespan of about three to four hundred years. This was assuming they did not simultaneously cultivate any other Extraordinary Path.

Reading such a statement in the Secret Collection would have astonished the people of this era, because right now, Ancient Immortal Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques were spreading everywhere.

No one had ever heard of any other Extraordinary Path.

As Xu Lei and his mother embraced, the wet nurse stood by their side.

“My Lady, although you and His Highness have been apart for many years, a mother and son share a special bond,” the wet nurse said. “That’s why you recognized him immediately!”

A smile graced Xu Lei’s mother’s face.

Just then, Xu Lei’s father walked in, dressed in the Emperor’s robes.

“My dear consort, you’ve endured so much.”

He looked at Xu Lei’s mother holding their son, his expression full of emotion and guilt. “It is all due to Our incompetence that you have suffered so much and were forced to be separated from our son!”

“It’s nothing.”

Xu Lei’s mother shook her head. “Privately, we are husband and wife. It is a wife’s duty to share her husband’s burdens. Publicly, you are the Emperor, and it is my duty as your subject to serve you. Our child is the only one who has truly suffered. By the way, our son should be three now, correct? Is it time to test his Martial Arts Talent?”

“Yes. I have already given the order to prepare the test for his Martial Arts Talent.”

His Majesty the Emperor nodded as well. “We can go test him now! My dear consort, your Martial Arts Talent is extraordinary. Perhaps our son’s will be just as remarkable! I pray his talent is good. After all, the times are changing. Although the Great Kang can barely maintain its rule, the future will most likely belong to the era of Ancient Immortal Martial Arts. Whoever controls Ancient Immortal Martial Arts will be the master of the world! Only a son with extraordinary Martial Arts is worthy of becoming the next Crown Prince, the next Emperor of Great Kang!”

“Indeed. If he has no Martial Arts Talent, it would be better for him not to become the Emperor at all!”

Xu Lei’s mother added, “In that case, I would rather he live his life in peace and safety as an ordinary Prince!”

At that moment, a eunuch came from outside to report that all preparations for the talent test were complete.

Then, Xu Lei’s father and mother took him to the testing site.

Over the past few years, Xu Lei had naturally come to understand a great deal about Ancient Immortal Martial Arts Cultivation.

Generally, one had to be around three years old, once the physical body had developed to a certain point, to be able to undergo the talent test. Only those with talent could begin to practice Ancient Immortal Martial Arts Cultivation.

For that reason, Xu Lei hadn’t cultivated Ancient Immortal Martial Arts for the first two years of his life, simply growing as a normal child would. Of course, he had also been secretly cultivating his Magical Power on the side. After all, his Magical Power hadn’t reached its peak; it was only at the Third Tier of the Bodhisattva Realm.

However, after cultivating to this Realm, achieving another breakthrough in Cultivation without the aid of a special environment like the Celestial Palace was exceptionally difficult.

It even felt impossible.

The reason Xu Lei had continued to cultivate relentlessly these past two years was to bring the Magical Power in his Dantian back to Perfection.

After all, back in the Celestial Palace in his past life, Xu Lei had consumed a great deal of his Magical Power right before he died.

So he had to slowly cultivate to restore it.

The recovery of Magical Power was a slow process; even after two years, it had yet to return to Perfection.

Fortunately, Xu Lei had been quite safe these past two years. Staying within the Imperial Palace, no troublemakers had come looking for him.

For now, this was all he could do for his Magical Power Cultivation. There was no use rushing it.

Now, Xu Lei’s greatest anticipation and passion were actually focused on Ancient Immortal Martial Arts.

After all, his mother in this life hadn’t even cultivated to the Martial Saint Realm, yet she already looked so much younger than his father.

She had also extended her own lifespan. This extension likely worked the same way Xu Lei’s own Cultivation once did, by slowing the body’s aging process.

If Xu Lei could also cultivate the Ancient Immortal Martial Arts path to the Martial Saint Realm, then his lifespan limit should stack.

Previously, through his Cultivation, Xu Lei’s lifespan limit should have been around three hundred years without the support of a special environment like the Celestial Palace.

But if he also cultivated Ancient Immortal Martial Arts to the Martial Saint Realm, then under normal circumstances, Xu Lei’s lifespan in this one life could reach around six hundred years.

The key was that the Power of Ancient Immortal Martial Arts could be used at will. Although it consumed Inner Strength, it recovered quite quickly after being used. It was nothing like Magical Power, which was so difficult to restore!

‘Has the day finally come?’

As he followed his father and mother through the Imperial Palace toward the testing site, Xu Lei’s heart was a bundle of nerves, apprehension, and anticipation. He couldn’t help but wonder, ‘Do I have the talent to cultivate Ancient Immortal Martial Arts? From what I understand, this talent is innate and can be inherited from one’s parents. But my father has no talent, while my mother’s is extraordinary. So, did I inherit from my father or my mother?’