Ling Mu followed the white-bearded elder out of the ancestral hall and headed toward the eastern side of the village. Along the way, many members of the Ling family's hidden branch waved and greeted Ling Mu warmly.
The family atmosphere here was even more harmonious than that of the Ling family outside. Though life was simple, everyone treated one another as family. It was a feeling Ling Mu had never experienced within that deep courtyard manor in Qinglan City.
If the Ling Mu who had originally owned this body could have come here sooner, perhaps he would not have spent his days in Twin Phoenix Tower ignoring worldly affairs and abandoning his cultivation.
Thinking of how he had taken the place of the former Ling Mu after transmigrating, while memories belonging to another soul still lingered in his mind, he found that whenever he encountered familiar people or events, that shared feeling buried deep within those memories would surge into his heart.
Ling Mu was deeply grateful to that Ling Mu. Without this body, he might truly have been struck dead by lightning. How else could he have had the chance to live a different life in the Immortal Realm, experience such a magnificent cultivation journey, and meet so many brothers and beautiful confidantes?
"Thank you. Don't worry, I'll definitely live a wonderful life for you."
Overcome with emotion, Ling Mu could not help muttering to himself. It was not sentimentality, but a renewed understanding and definition of life after dying and being reborn.
"Kid, what are you muttering to yourself about? Acting all mysterious."
At last, the white-bearded elder led Ling Mu into a small grove on the eastern side of Unique Village. After passing through rows of poplar trees, a broad clearing appeared before them.
At that moment,