I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 259 - 159: Gilded Erde Dragon

Chapter 259: Chapter 159: Gilded Erde Dragon

Uncertain whether it was due to the elevation of his cultivation or the accumulation from practicing the Evergreen Skill, this time when Li Jizhou put on the Wuxiang mask, the familiar feeling was even more pronounced, even resonating with the simulated effects in the rings of his years.

Back then, when he first activated the fourth ring special effect in the Sea Domain, it felt remarkably similar to the mask Yu Ziyu used to wear.

“Could it be that the founding ancestor of the Wuxiang Sect practiced the complete Evergreen Skill?” Li Jizhou wondered.

Without saying more, Li Jizhou activated the aura and blood essence of an ancient-named cultivator stored within the mask.

Then he followed Yu Ziyu into Guzhu City with ease.

However, Yu Ziyu did not go to the City Lord’s Mansion to handle the lodging matters, but instead directly brought the two to the doorstep of the courtyard Li Jizhou had rented.

“For certain reasons, unless absolutely necessary, avoid contacting the City Lord’s Mansion, so we will temporarily stay here!

This place belongs to an old acquaintance of mine with whom I share a deep bond.

This Master Liuli is no ordinary cultivator; she’s from the Central State Dynasty, so be mindful.”

As they approached the door, Yu Ziyu explained through a voice transmission.

Looking at the familiar gatehouse, Li Jizhou’s heart stirred slightly.

Over the past three years, he and Master Liuli had several exchanges, but Li Jizhou expressed an unwillingness to deepen their relationship, which gradually faded.

“Liuli sister, an old friend visits!” Though Yu Ziyu did not remove her disguise, her voice returned to its original form.

“Ziyu sister?”

The mansion opposite was a four-bay residence, with Master Liuli usually accompanied only by four maids, and she showed great enthusiasm for Yu Ziyu’s visit.

After inviting the three into the courtyard, Yu Ziyu promptly removed her mask.

“Liuli sister, it’s been a while!”

Master Liuli looked at Yu Ziyu, her face showing a nostalgic smile, but she said nothing, stepping forward to tightly embrace her.

“It’s been decades again since the last parting; time flies!” After a moment, the two released each other, and Master Liuli, still smiling, helped Yu Ziyu tuck her hair behind her forehead.

“This time, sister, I might have to stay for a long while.” Yu Ziyu, unlike her usual rigid demeanor as a patriarch, appeared very relaxed in front of Master Liuli.

“What are you saying? If you could stay with sister for long, it would make me happy.” Master Liuli gently tapped Yu Ziyu’s forehead with her finger.

“Oh, by the way, sister, these are my two clan brothers.” Yu Ziyu then turned to introduce Zhou Cang and Li Jizhou to Master Liuli.

“Zhou Cang, Ji Zhou, why not take off your masks? Liuli sister is not an outsider, and there’s also a quasi-fourth tier Shield Array here, no worries.”

Hearing this, Zhou Cang and Li Jizhou simultaneously took off their Wuxiang masks and put them away.

“Greetings, Master Liuli!”

“No need for formalities, as Ziyu’s clan brothers, you’re like my brothers too, so feel free here.” Master Liuli’s middle-stage Core Formation Divine Sense scanned both of them.

That night, Li Jizhou and Zhou Cang were arranged to stay in the side courtyard.

Yu Ziyu stayed up all night talking with Master Liuli.

“Cheers!” Zhou Cang, restless as ever, took out several bottles of rare Spirit Wine from his storage bag and sat with Li Jizhou under the pavilion in the side courtyard, reminiscing the past with emotion.

“Cheers!” Li Jizhou also looked up to Zhou Cang for his courage against the Demon Sect over the years.

“The past… it’s been a hundred and four years!” Drinking a glass, Zhou Cang squinted his eyes towards the direction of the Inverted Mountain in the Qi Kingdom.

“A hundred and four years indeed!” Taking another sip, Zhou Cang smiled and shook his head.

“Do you think any of our group from back then are still alive? It’s probably just the two of us now, right?”

Li Jizhou smiled faintly and shook his head.

Reborn, he was no longer a sentimental person.

Everything lost, it was like smoke and fog, not affecting his state of mind.

However, he understood Zhou Cang.

Humans are not plants; emotions come naturally.

Even the most ferocious people have a softness in their hearts.

Moreover, Zhou Cang had lived for a hundred and twenty years in total, experiencing besides the life-and-death crisis when escaping the Inverted Mountain, was following Yu Ziyu for a promising future.

Never having experienced romance, how could his heart be expected to be as calm as water?

“By the way, didn’t you and Lin Caiwei make a childhood promise? Why didn’t you end up as Dao companions?” Recalling the past, Zhou Cang suddenly asked.

Li Jizhou chuckled freely: “Childhood words, not to be taken seriously.”

“What do you think of Sister Yu?” Zhou Cang transmitted another question.

“Gifted beyond measure, an unsurpassed prodigy, of noble character, and stunning beauty!” Li Jizhou didn’t hold back, even saying it out loud instead of transmitting.

Zhou Cang immediately gave a thumbs-up, then transmitted:

“Have you ever thought about becoming Dao companions with Sister Yu?”

“My cultivation is shallow, my strength is weak, and I’ve never considered the matter of a Dao companion.” Li Jizhou smiled and shook his head.

“You’ve already formed your True Core, yet you’re not considering Dao companions? What, are you aiming for a Nascent Soul?” Zhou Cang said, incredulous.

Zhou Cang’s question left Li Jizhou momentarily speechless.

With his aptitude, forming a True Core was already an extraordinary opportunity; forming a Nascent Soul was impossible!

“Destiny vs. action!” Li Jizhou finally uttered these four words.

These words made Zhou Cang pause slightly.

In his youth, he dared to boldly proclaim he wouldn’t return without fame, which spoke to his resolve at the time.

However, after all these years, he had accepted his fate.

Being able to form a Fake Pill,

and then gaining a strength not inferior to an average early-stage True Core due to his merits in demon-exorcising and path-protection, he was content.

A Fakе Pill grants three hundred years of lifespan; he had another two hundred years to live and, compared to his childhood peers, he was already at peace.

Once the Demon Sect disaster ends, he would find a Dao companion and be a steward in the Yu family, and his life would pass.

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