In this 2nd life,
'Due to the Transmigration, the memory of former Lu Shang is now permanent to me. It is absolutely clear and complete, with no headache at all.'
'The name Lu Shang was given because he was born on an auspicious day in the 871st year of the 9th Lunar Dragon Cycle of the Celestial Dragon Millennial Calendar.'
'This Lu Shang also had loving parents. His mother looked as beautiful as the Asian models on Earth, and his father looked very...ordinary? Hmm, I can see almost all of this boy's memories clearly, but why is it that only his father's face seems blurry to me?
Although his father's interaction with him was less than his mother's.
Because his mother was mid-stage and his father was late-stage, the responsibility of the family and cultivation resources was on his father's shoulder. But he was only a late-stage cultivator, so why can't I see his fath—?! All in all, a happy family.
God blessed both of my lives in this regard, but these blessings did not last long…'
'When his parents were alive, he was very carefree. Later at the coming-of-age ceremony at 10, when he learned that he has a low-tier spiritual root, which is just average for cultivating immortality, he was very much heartbroken. Although cultivating immortality is not something that everyone can pursue, it is a one in ten thousand chance.
But there is no shortage of average people like him in his cultivation clan.
Because in a cultivation clan where thousands of cultivator families live, it is normal to be born with a spiritual root. Because compared to ordinary people, if two parents are cultivators, the chances of their children having a root are much higher than ordinary people.
Like all the children in this cultivation clan, he wishes to be a cultivation hero. Who can fly in the sky, easily shatter the mountains, and save the beautiful maiden?
But at that moment when his average spiritual root was known by clan elders, they didn't want to spend any resources for trash like him. Even though his parents' contributions are enough for the resources, they completely ignore it.'
Later, because of his parents' support, he kindled hope and diligently pursued cultivation.
In this world, humans, beasts, or almost every lifeform cultivate spiritual Qi energy from heaven and earth to pursue immortality.
But every human wasn't lucky enough to pursue immortality because you need a spiritual root to cultivate, and only one in ten thousand people has spiritual roots.
Spiritual roots are innate talents that qualify and decide which type of affinity or Qi (energy) a cultivator can absorb and master more efficiently.
- Spiritual roots affinity includes such things as fire, water, wood, metal, and earth, but Higher grade ones may align with yin, yang, cold, thunder, dark, light, space, time, etc.
And spiritual roots are divided into four categories according to their quality, such as mortal grade, spirit grade, earth grade, and heaven grade. Every grade was divided by 3 tiers, such as lower, middle, and upper.
And this body had a lower-tier mortal-grade spiritual root with an inferior water affinity that was the lowest tier.'
Later, his parents' lifelong savings and contributions gave him the Mortal Grade Mid-Stage 'Aquatic Breathing' technique, which was a powerful water affinity cultivation art of the qi stage. That's why he surpassed the first stage and reached the second stage in just four years, and at the same time, he achieved greater mastery in the water element-based defensive technique 'Water Wall' that was given to him by his clan, which he received from his clan after the spiritual roots were revealed.
He was overjoyed at the rapid cultivation success and progression of his technique. When he went to tell his parents, he found out that his parents, who had gone to the spirit herb city of Wood Sage Prefecture with other cultivators to fulfill a certain mission of the clan, had been missing for a few months, when he secludedly cultivated.
'When the Clan searched desperately for information and found nothing, a peak qi cultivator who led the mission arrived with bad news. That was when they were passing near the border area of the Jade Snow Prefecture and Wood Sage Prefecture for the purpose of the spirit herb city when suddenly a group of powerful cultivators wearing black robes and red masks with carved wolf (🐺higher-grade) patterns attacked them.
The attackers were five peak-stage Qi Consolidation Stage and twenty late-stage, along with a hundred mid-stage and early-stage Qi Consolidation cultivators. In their clan group, where there were three peak-stage cultivators, twelve late-stage cultivators, and early- and mid-stage cultivators, they were completely defeated within an hour, and most of them, along with two peak-stage cultivators, had already died.
Later that man managed to escape using the life-saving method and returned to the clan after recovering for several days.'
Hearing the news, Lu Shen couldn't hold himself back and immediately fell to the ground as if his spine had been broken.
He couldn't control himself at all; he was blaming himself in his heart because he knew that his parents had taken on many dangerous missions in the past few years just to accumulate his cultivation resources, so he felt guilty for his parents' such a cruel accident.
'After mourning for a month after hearing the news, the almost crazy Lu Shen still couldn't accept the reality. He later controlled himself in this deep grief, thinking that maybe his parents would come back alive like that fleeing man.'
'But Lu Shen's clan members were not as hopeful as Lu Shen; they understood the situation clearly. As a result, their Clan sorrow and mourning flowed.'
'Mainly it was their clan storing resources for almost several years. Which they had capitalized on to use in difficult times.
Already, the border area of Jade Snow Prefecture and Blazing Flame Prefecture's border area has almost become a battlefield. Because of this, their county, which had been semi-independent for decades due to its location on the border of the Mountain Range Prefecture and Jade Snow Prefecture, was once again a dependency of Jade Snow Prefecture Rule.
Although it was established in the two prefecture's border area, this 'FrostBloom Solar County' was actually located at the very edge of Jade Snow Prefecture. That's why, when tensions arose between Jade Snow Prefecture and the Blazing Flame Prefecture Border, the powerful 'Mystic Ice Palace,' true ruler of the Jade Snow Prefecture, directly took over the governing authority of this county.
And suddenly established martial law in the county where no foundation cultivator or above could leave without their permission, and most of the families and clans in this county who had not paid their taxes for decades demanded tribute. That was why their Clan had secretly formed a team of elite members and sent them to the 'Spirit Herb City' in the outer area of Wood Sage Prefecture to sell precious herbs, rare fruit, or many rare resources that are found only in their nearby mountain range area, but now it was all over.
And this was why Lu Shen, who was already on the blacklist on the resources list for his trash-like talent, was even more severely affected during this crisis. Let alone the cultivation pill, the remaining grass of the herb used to make it didn't even reach his hand.
But it didn't really matter to him, because he was still carrying the deep wound of blaming himself, and he wasn't in the serious mood for any cultivation practice.
Over the next few months, their clan searched several times for any remaining members or clues but repeatedly returned in vain.
Due to repeated failures over the past few months, the cries of the deceased's relatives and the question of accountability began to create internal problems within the clan, which the powerful cultivators of the clan were unable to suppress as before.
Suddenly, that peak Qi Consolidation stage cultivator who had returned previously from that incident immediately declared himself to be feeling quite mentally healthy and agreed to meet the relatives of the other deceased cultivators. And one by one, he was telling them as much as he could remember about the last moments of almost all of their relatives with a little bit of craziness.
Then it was Lu Shan's turn, and then the cultivator, who was not completely recovered mentally, laughed loudly and said mockingly to Lu Shan, "You are that crazy fucker, son, who gave his life to save a random bitch."
Lu Shen, who was already shocked after hearing his words, got angry at the abuse of his dead parents and felt unquenchable hatred towards this crazy fucker.
Looking around murderously, Lu Shang found a porcelain vessel near the left hand.
Bannnng!! Crash!...Swish?!
He broke the vase in the blink of an eye, quickly took a sharp piece with his bloody hand, and attacked the man's throat with an unquenchable killing intent.
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