Who was Zhao Kou?
He had been a younger brother Li Qing met in the Righteous Gang, later becoming the founder of the qi-and-blood martial path. The qi-and-blood martial arts cultivated in the Eternal Night World today had flourished precisely upon the foundation of the martial path he developed.
In the days that followed, Li Qing remained in Mingwang Valley and told the child named Hua Huairen some stories about Zhao Kou in the form of tales.
After hearing those stories, Hua Huairen repeatedly wiped away his tears and sobbed uncontrollably.
Yet he ultimately had no impression whatsoever of the stories Li Qing told. He merely found them deeply moving.
"Were they ultimately similar flowers, or was there truly such a thing as reincarnation? No conclusion can be reached." Li Qing muttered to himself, no longer fixating on these questions.
Old Man Hua, who had been watching this matter all along, came to find Li Qing with some nervousness and asked about his intentions.
"Fellow Daoist Hua, there is no need to worry. I merely felt that Huairen resembles an old friend I knew long ago. Even his appearance as a child is very similar."
"When I first saw him, I even began to suspect the claims about reincarnation in this world. Now, it seems I was too attached to appearances. Let us simply regard them as two similar flowers."
Li Qing shook his head in explanation. He did not intend to continue delving into such ethereal matters. Even if reincarnation truly existed, so what?
Even though he was now a Spirit Transformation powerhouse of the Human Realm, such matters still lay unimaginably far from him. Without truly attaining the Dao and becoming immortal, how could he possibly understand them?
"So that's how it is. We cultivators have extraordinarily long