Chapter 1389 - 415: The Bearing of a Grandmaster, Xie Jiuyan

Chapter 1389: Chapter 415: The Bearing of a Grandmaster, Xie Jiuyan

Chapter 415: [Xie Jiuyan, the Masterful Presence]

That day, the stranger spoke to Wu at length, sharing many stories.

He said he was a cultivator — Wu referred to him as an immortal, and he acquiesced.

Chen Yan felt that this acquiescence was not excessive, as by the standards of ordinary people, a cultivator with such accomplished cultivation was indeed akin to an immortal.

The stranger informed Wu that initially, he had intended to possess Wu.

Because the stranger himself was nearing death. His natural lifespan was coming to an end.

The stranger told Wu that he had lived for nearly three hundred years.

Chen Yan immediately deduced that, in terms of natural lifespan, this stranger’s cultivation was roughly at the Third Realm, Ascension Realm!

If he was only at the Second Realm, he wouldn’t have lived to three hundred years.

The stranger told Wu that he came from an ancient family in the Yun-Gui Region, but by the time he was born, the family had already declined. He lived a hard life since childhood but during one accidental event, due to the family’s debt from its decay, they had to sell the old family estate, and before moving out, while cleaning up the old estate, he inadvertently opened up a slate in the backyard.

He discovered carved text on the underside of the slate.

It was a cultivation technique.

The stranger copied down the cultivation technique and destroyed the slate.

Only then did he realize this cultivation technique was an ancient family legacy, but no one knew why the legacy had been severed. It was not until his generation that the technique was accidentally recovered from beneath the slate.

That year, the stranger was twelve, he sold the old estate and moved to live in the mountains, then step-by-step ventured into cultivation.

Gathering Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, integrating it into himself, breaking through the threshold to Enter the Dao, then advancing step by step.

Until later, he discovered this world had a "ceiling."

This ceiling pressed down on him, making each fraction of advancement in his cultivation extremely difficult; after he turned forty, advancing even a fraction became impossible. For years afterward, he made no progress at all!

At fifty, the stranger began to feel despair.

For he was fifty now, and his bodily functions began to age, his vitality was no longer robust, his meridians were weakening, and his life force was slowly declining, beginning to wither.

So he started to realize: firstly, there was something wrong with this world, this world was suppressing his cultivation.

The second issue was that the cultivation technique he was practicing was incomplete.

This stranger was indeed remarkable, perhaps a prodigy of the highest caliber.

He spent several years attempting to complete and repair the inherited cultivation technique, and he actually discovered a path.

Building upon the inherited technique, he made various attempts, modifications, and pioneered a new approach, magically crafting a breathing cultivation technique.

Using this breathing technique, he could restore his body with Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

That is, Primordial Qi, nourishing the physical body!

In this world’s cultivation realm, most cultivation techniques are incomplete, so this stranger didn’t realize how rare and remarkable his "improvement" was!

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Chen Yan listened as Wu recounted this part, unable to help but show emotion!

This stranger cultivator is a once-in-a-lifetime pinnacle genius in cultivation!!

In this world with thin Primordial Qi and suppression by the Heavenly Dao, relying on an incomplete technique, he reached the Peak of the Third Realm at forty, touching the ceiling beneath the Celestial Human Realm!!

Topping it off, by comparison, Chu Keqing, such a top-tier talent, relying on the sect’s complete legacy, the sect’s resource infusion, the teacher’s training, the senior’s protection, has yet to reach the Peak of the Third Realm!

Whereas this stranger, relying solely on an incomplete technique, without guidance, cultivating alone, exploring alone, somehow reached the ceiling of this world at forty!

Judging by this, his talent is far superior to Chu Keqing’s!!

And what’s even more astounding follows.

After touching the ceiling, he somehow intuitively started improving the incomplete cultivation technique.

And managed to magically break through a shackle in this world’s cultivation realm: Essence Nourishing the body with Qi.

Nourishing the body with Qi can significantly enhance a cultivator’s physical strength and greatly extend their lifespan!

The same feat, Chu Keqing couldn’t achieve, and it was only with Chen Yan’s help, receiving Chen Yan’s elixir, that she managed to make up for the lesson on "Essence Nourishing the body with Qi."

This cultivator actually improved his technique and accomplished it.

If such talent had a complete technique, if he were in a world rich in Primordial Qi and without Heavenly Dao suppression, like the Domain Realm...

With such talent, he would most likely become a High-Level Cultivator, a master in the school himself!!

But regrettably, even being this prodigy, trapped in a world where the Heavenly Dao suppresses cultivation, trapped in a world where all cultivation legacies are incomplete, it remains extremely challenging to progress further.

His improved technique, after nourishing his body with Qi, indeed extended his lifespan.

But advancing further, even for this genius, the ceiling remained unbreakable.

He spent his life trapped at the peak of the Third Realm!

Until he reached two hundred years old, after failing at breaking through the ceiling for the Nth time, he meditated until finally coming up with a way to survive.

Possession!

Find a youthful body, possess it and take its place, then get a young and healthy physique and start cultivating anew.