Cultivation through Skin Making - Chapter 697 - 247. The ancestor entrusts the orphan, stirring waves; welcoming and sending off with composure (8.1K words - major Chapter, please subscribe)_4
Chapter 697: 247. The ancestor entrusts the orphan, stirring waves; welcoming and sending off with composure (8.1K words – major Chapter, please subscribe)_4
“Old master, I… I’m fine, please don’t… don’t harm your health.”
“Xuanchan, you finally called me ’old master,’ hahaha… To hear you call me that before I die is enough!! Don’t worry, I’ll take you to the Li Family’s forbidden land, everything will be fine!”
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The Li Family’s forbidden land exists outside the “Lower Realm” of the Li Family and is a place guarded by the ancestor, who also “moonlights” in overseeing the Lower Realm.
This is a place of snow and a long bridge.
One side of the bridge is the “Lower Realm of the Li Family,” and the other side is a small house.
Outside the small house is a membranous border of the Secret Realm, prohibiting all Li Family members from entering without permission.
Song Yan was sent to this small house.
As soon as he arrived, he felt the limitless power of ice and snow pressing down, which significantly slowed his injuries.
The Li Family ancestor sat beside the couch, solemnly summoned a snow-white lotus seed glowing with watery light from the void, and said, “Xuanchan, this World-Purifying White Lotus Seed was a fortune I obtained long ago in a Sixth-Level Cultivation Realm. Previously, I consumed one to expedite the birth of the Ice Abyss Phoenix during a fight with the old wretch, the Emperor of the Long Night, and later consumed another to preserve my life till now. Today, this third seed is for you to quickly consume, and it will heal you.”
“Old master…” Song Yan was somewhat hesitant.
The World-Purifying White Lotus Seed was obviously the old master’s treasured resource and life-saving means. If he ate it, what about the old master?
“I told you to eat it, so eat it!”
The Li Family ancestor commanded, then reached out with the lotus seed.
Song Yan received the lotus seed.
The Li Family ancestor looked at him earnestly and said, “Xuanchan, the Cultivation Realm is cruel. Due to various reasons, enmity has formed with the Emperor of the Long Night, and this vendetta won’t disappear. Once you control the Li Family, do not think of moving and living under someone else’s roof. Firstly, that life won’t be good, merely gambling on luck in a new place, and secondly, if our Li Family runs, the Emperor of the Long Night will undoubtedly pursue us personally.”
Seeing Song Yan listen without eating the lotus seed,
the Li Family ancestor urged again, “Quickly eat it.”
Song Yan ate it in one gulp.
As the lotus seed went down his throat, it transformed into extremely pure energy.
Song Yan looked down and saw that his originally cracking body had stopped splitting at a visible speed.
Yet at that moment, he lost control over his body.
He couldn’t maintain the appearance of Li Xuanchan and was left to watch as his body slowly transformed back to his true form.
However, the Li Family ancestor was not surprised; he was truly “entranced” and now looked at Song Yan, saying, “Xuanchan, changing your appearance is good too. This way, when fighting the Emperor of the Long Night, you can ambush him once. Good, good, good…”
The exciting voice abruptly stopped, as the ancestor dropped his head. His resurrection due to excitement peaked, then began to show signs of weakness again.
He hung his head, hands drooping, as the wail of the Ice Abyss Phoenix descended from the skies.
The Li Family ancestor said, “Little Ice, though I’ve nurtured you in the realm for long, you are still but a newborn, just a child.
You, being an Innate Profound Yellow Third-Grade Realm Spirit, may even become a Master of Demons one day.
But no matter, the bond with my Li Family will remain. In the future, regard Xuanchan as your elder brother, heed his words, and protect the Li Family.”
The farewell cry of the Ice Abyss Phoenix was intermittent, but it needed to watch over the Li Family sky and couldn’t come.
After instructing the Ice Abyss Phoenix, the Li Family ancestor tightly grasped Song Yan’s hand and said, “Xuanchan!”
“Old master!”
“Strengthen the Li Family, kill the Emperor of the Long Night, as for our injuries… do not investigate, do not seek revenge…”
“…” Song Yan knew from Li Xuanchan that “Li Xuanchan’s injury and realm fall, along with Li Shanhai’s severe injury,” was all due to a Void exploration. If not for Li Shanhai taking most of the damage, Li Xuanchan would have perished long ago.
“Xuanchan, some forces aren’t for us in this Fifth-Level Cultivation Realm to touch, promise me…” The Li Family ancestor glared at Song Yan.
Song Yan nodded heavily.
Seeing him nod and the orphan entrustment tasks agreed to, the Li Family ancestor seemed completely deflated, appearing weak as he slowly rose, then threw out a storage bag, saying, “Recover here fully, then sell the things I’ve collected over the years at the Cyan Nether Merchant Association. Coupled with some family money, exchange them for a Spirit Treasure that suits you… Even if you can’t exert the complete power of a Spirit Treasure, it still wields more power than a Domain Treasure.”
Instructions given, Li Shanhai coughed and slowly left the small house beside the forbidden land icy bridge.
Listening to the mourning cry of the Ice Abyss Phoenix overhead, Song Yan finally understood why it laughed before. In the eyes of the Ice Abyss Phoenix, it was still a child, but being called a “senior,” how couldn’t it find that amusing?
As thoughts crossed his mind, Song Yan glanced at the storage bag and found it filled with oddities such as “strange roots,” “rusty metals,” “unknown fragments,” and the like.
He knew from memory that these items were gathered by Li Shanhai from dangerous places in the Sixth-Level Cultivation Realm and, after much research, found no use, but upon evaluating them at the Cyan Nether Merchant Association, discovered they offered a good price.
Originally, Li Shanhai planned to study them further, but as nothing came of it, he simply gave them to his successor now.
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Song Yan lay quietly on the couch.
Listening to the howling snow outside the house.
His mood was quite peculiar.
The change in identity happened in an instant. He was now clearly restored to his original self, Song Yan, yet because of the effect of the “Wa Text Curse: Words Become Reality,” he forcibly became the real Li Xuanchan. At least this “real” was recognized by Li Shanhai.
