Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation - Chapter 359: Meeting an Old Acquaintance
The Pivot Court?
Upon hearing these three words, Li Haowen was momentarily stunned.
How could this be?
For nearly two years now, Li Haowen, following Yun Yichen’s orders, had carried out various operations within the Qingque Kingdom to eliminate the rogue cultivator Ding Qiu. In the eyes of the sect, these were completely small-scale, insignificant actions.
There was absolutely no possibility that they could have alarmed the sect’s Supreme Pivot Court.
At this moment, Li Haowen was indeed being heavily relied upon by Yun Yichen.
Yet he was completely unaware that his current insignificant figure had already entered the field of vision of Kong Yang, this great power who had reached the Immortal Ascension Realm and had presided over the Kongshan Sect for a full four thousand years thirteen thousand years ago.
The Supreme Pivot Court of the Kongshan Sect was, to Li Haowen, an absolutely and utterly remote, unreachable existence.
And what made Li Haowen even more astonished was that a disciple from Kongyuan Mountain actually had the qualifications to carry a token of the Supreme Pivot Court?
It was simply unbelievable.
“Where is he?”
Li Haowen asked.
“He’s currently in the main hall, waiting for you, Manager Li!”
The tone of the outer court disciple who had come to deliver the message was clearly very anxious and tense.
This was also easy to understand. In the eyes of him, a mere outer court disciple of the Kongshan Sect, the so-called “Four Supreme Courts” were completely lofty, legendary-like existences.
“I’ll go over right now.”
Li Haowen slightly straightened the folds of his daoist robes, then took down the two peak swords of Yuanhua Mountain, one black and one white, that were hanging on the nearby wall, fastened them at his waist, and walked towards the staircase.
After descending the stairs and standing in the main hall of this tavern, which originally belonged to a certain cultivation family within Yong’an Prefecture’s city, he spotted at a glance that young cultivator wearing Kongyuan Mountain’s daoist robes.
An unfamiliar face.
“I am Li Haowen of Yuanhua Mountain. I heard you were looking for me?”
Li Haowen walked towards the Kongyuan Mountain cultivator standing in the center of the hall, who appeared very relaxed in his demeanor. He stopped at a position a little over ten feet away from the Kongyuan Mountain disciple, then cupped his hands in salute.
He addressed the other as “sir” because Li Haowen couldn’t figure out the other’s exact identity.
As a cultivator in the Passable God Realm, Li Haowen was unable to see through the depth of this young cultivator’s cultivation, which meant the other’s cultivation realm was basically certain to be above his own.
Moreover, Li Haowen had indeed seen with his own eyes the token hanging at the waist of this young cultivator before him.
Kongshan Pivot Court.
The appearance of that token felt very familiar to Li Haowen.
Back then, after the Heavenly Summit Mountain Cataclysm, the Supreme Elder from the Supreme Imperial Law Court who came to detain his master Wei Mian wore a token at his waist that looked very similar to the one worn by this Kongyuan Mountain young cultivator before him.
“Senior Brother Li.”
The unfamiliar young man standing in the tavern’s main hall, wearing daoist robes adorned with gilded cloud crane patterns, cupped his hands in return salute towards Li Haowen’s direction.
Li Haowwen was slightly taken aback.
Calling me Senior Brother Li?
Does this mean the other’s age and seniority are younger than mine?
But, how could that be?
One must know, Li Haowen was one of the most outstanding disciples among his generation of Kongshan Sect disciples twenty years ago.
The only disciples of the same generation who could be mentioned in the same breath as him now were Chu Xiyao of Qingchan Peak and Jiang Ling of Yibai Peak.
As for Cheng Ziying of Mingxiao Peak, to be honest, compared to Li Haowen, Chu Xiyao, and the others, she still fell short by quite a bit.
Among the Kongshan Sect disciples who came after him, there were naturally many juniors whose cultivation talent was no lower than his.
But Li Haowen had also never heard of when a junior of such extraordinary talent appeared in the sect, outstanding enough to surpass him in such a short time.
Back then, when the Star Heaven Sect produced a Qin Qingyu, her name was known throughout the entire Chenping Continent.
If the Kongshan Sect had also produced such a young disciple whose talent was closer to Qin Qingyu’s, it couldn’t possibly have happened so quietly, without a sound.
Therefore, looking at this unfamiliar face before him who addressed him as senior brother, Li Haowen was slightly confused.
“May I ask, how should I address you, sir?”
Even though the other addressed him as senior brother, after all, the other’s cultivation realm was above his own. Moreover, he was carrying the Supreme Pivot Court’s token. Therefore, Li Haowen still did not dare to be the slightest bit negligent.
“Whether in terms of seniority within the sect or age, I am a junior before Senior Brother Li. So, senior brother, you can just call me Junior Brother Chen.”
The young cultivator before him, wearing Kongyuan Mountain’s daoist robes, said with a smile.
Chen.
This surname was extremely common throughout the entire Chenping Continent.
Li Haowen could name at least ten Kongshan Sect disciples surnamed Chen within three breaths.
But when this Kongyuan Mountain young cultivator before him referred to himself as “Junior Brother Chen,” only one face surfaced in his mind.
Chen Yan.
The chief disciple of Kongyuan Mountain seventeen years ago, who ultimately perished in the Outer Court Cataclysm.
And this young cultivator before him, wearing a Pivot Court token at his waist, was also dressed in Kongyuan Mountain’s daoist robes…
Hah, how could that be?
Chen Yan had long been dead.
Li Haowen gently shook his head, then cupped his hands in salute again towards the young cultivator wearing Kongyuan Mountain’s daoist robes, and said:
“If that is the case, then I, Li, shall address you as Junior Brother Chen for now.”
The young cultivator wearing Kongyuan Mountain’s daoist robes before him nodded, then placed his hands behind his back and paced a few steps in the tavern’s main hall. His gaze fell upon those disciples in the hall wearing outer court daoist robes.
“It really brings back memories.”
The Kongyuan Mountain-robed young cultivator sighed with emotion:
“It suddenly reminds me that I, too, was once an outer court disciple. Later, due to various twists of fate and coincidences, I entered Kongyuan Mountain. In the blink of an eye, nearly twenty years have passed.”
Upon hearing this, Li Haowen’s heart tightened, his pupils constricting:
“Could it be that you are…”
“Back then, Senior Brother Li and I actually didn’t have much interaction. But after so many years, every meeting with an old acquaintance is so precious.”
Chen Yan smiled:
“But after all, today is a meeting of old acquaintances, feeling particularly close… I wonder if Senior Brother Li could step aside with me to reminisce about old times?”
…
Looking at Li Haowen before him, the first thought that surged in Chen Yan’s heart was that he had aged.
Chen Yan silently calculated.
Back when the Heavenly Summit Mountain Cataclysm occurred, Li Haowen was twenty-one, in the prime of his youth, full of vigor.
Now, seventeen or eighteen years had passed. He was approaching forty.
The appearance before him perfectly matched his age.
For a cultivator of Li Haowen’s level of talent, this was truly rare.
Chu Xiyao, Qin Qingyu… those heaven-chosen talents of the same generation, time seemed to have frozen upon them. But this former young talent of Yuanhua Mountain, once spirited and righteous, now had his brow etched with the marks of hardship and tempering. Though his figure remained tall and straight, it exuded an inerasable air of vicissitude.
