Mortal Cultivator
Chapter 4

The Fox Immortal

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The cultivation world says: Those with blocked Spiritual Veins cannot cultivate!

This means that people whose Spiritual Veins are blocked cannot even achieve the most basic accumulation of spiritual energy. Even if the most superior Daoist methods are placed before them, they cannot cultivate, and they cannot even enter the door of cultivation.

According to the elders of the Immortal Encounter Sect: The human body has three hundred and sixty-five Spiritual Veins. Cultivators with the innate Dao Body of ancient times had all three hundred and sixty-five Spiritual Veins unblocked, making it easy to cultivate any technique. They could even manifest many spells without practicing them, which is called Supernatural Ability.

In this world, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is turbid, far less abundant and pure than in ancient times. No one can possess the innate Dao Body with all three hundred and sixty-five Spiritual Veins.

Ordinary mortals have blocked Spiritual Veins and cannot cultivate. Only a very small number of individuals favored by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth are born with unblocked Spiritual Veins, allowing them to embark on the path of cultivation. There are even one in ten thousand, exceptionally rare individuals, born with forty to fifty Spiritual Veins. Once they begin cultivating, they advance like a broken bamboo, regarded as immortal seedlings by major sects and cherished in every way.

In Chen Ganliu's previous life, he was able to receive the ordination from Immortal Master Five Willows and join the Immortal Encounter Sect in middle age because he had one Spiritual Vein.

Immortal Master Five Willows and the elders of the Immortal Encounter Sect had both examined him and determined that the Spiritual Vein he possessed was a Severed Vein, incomplete. Immortal Master Five Willows' cultivation was not high enough to determine what kind of Spiritual Vein it was. The elders of the Immortal Encounter Sect were too lazy to examine him thoroughly. After all, having only one Spiritual Vein, and an incomplete one at that, meant his aptitude was already extremely poor.

Knowing that he only had one Spiritual Vein, and an incomplete one at that, Chen Ganliu was melancholic for a long time, lamenting that he was not one of the chosen and had transmigrated for nothing.

Later, after getting married, his wife carefully examined it for him and said it was a Spring Bloom Spiritual Vein, belonging to the Jia Wood lineage. However, because it was originally incomplete, and he had diligently cultivated the Six Harmonies Qi Refining Art in his early years, a crude technique incompatible with the Spiritual Vein's attribute, he had damaged the foundation of the Spiritual Vein, making cultivation difficult.

At that time, Chen Ganliu was nearly fifty years old. He had long accepted his fate, knowing that his innate aptitude was too weak. Even if he had received a superior technique upon entering cultivation, his achievements would not have been very high. Even if he had ruined his foundation, it made no difference.

After a long while, Chen Ganliu felt a slight loosening in his heart, as if an invisible burden had been lifted. He had always worried that his aptitude was too poor, and even if he cultivated again in this life, he might not be able to go very far on the path of cultivation.

Now, in this reborn life, he had achieved Qi Refining success nearly thirty years earlier than in his previous life. At least... he wouldn't be stuck at the second level of Qi Refining anymore.

Chen Ganliu had just broken through, and his true qi was unstable. He knew it was not suitable to continue refining qi at this time, as it could easily lead to divergent meridians. After concentrating for a while, he still used his mind instead of a brush and the air instead of yellow paper to continue practicing the art of talismans.

This time, drawing talismans was exceptionally smooth. His thoughts moved like a dragon, his qi surged like a rainbow. His focus was like a tiger, roaring with the wind. His movements were like a river, flowing ceaselessly. His conclusion was like a vast mountain range, heavy and steady.

He opened his eyes, and before him, an Illusion Talisman materialized in the air, as if it were solid. This was the art of the "Heart Talisman," the foundation of spellcasting. Even with his Qi Refining second-level cultivation in his previous life, he had never succeeded in this. He never expected that in this life, after three years of cultivation and reaching the initial stage of Qi Refining, it would come as naturally as water flowing downhill.

Chen Ganliu sighed, then burst into laughter, his emotions complex and indescribable. He flicked his sleeve, retracting the Illusion Talisman. Suddenly, he heard noisy sounds from the front courtyard. Curious, and unable to cultivate with his chaotic emotions anyway, he followed the sound.

In the large courtyard at the front of the Chen family's house, a dark zombie was placed. Many villagers were gathered around, forming layers inside and out. They were all looking at the zombie in the courtyard, chattering and murmuring. Some were surprised and excited, while others were horrified and fearful.

Chen Ganliu was also startled. He thought to himself, "How could a zombie appear?"

He had no intention of going closer. Zombies were evil creatures, inherently carrying stagnant corpse qi within them. Ordinary people who came into contact with it would at least fall seriously ill, and in severe cases, could even die and go to the underworld. Even with his cultivation, if he inhaled a breath of corpse qi, he would have to meditate for half a day to expel it, wasting precious cultivation time. It was better to skip this lively spectacle.

Chen Ganliu also knew that he couldn't persuade them. He was too young, and his words carried little weight. If he told people not to watch such a spectacle, he would only be teased as a coward and make a fool of himself.

Chen Ganliu turned and left, planning to go back and draw more Shock Talismans. If anyone was poisoned, he could secretly help the villagers dispel the corpse qi.

Walking towards the back, he suddenly felt hungry. Only then did he remember that the maidservant at home hadn't brought him food for a day.

In this world, he was the illegitimate son of the most prominent family in Chen Family Village. His mother died early, and he was the sixth child, hence his name Ganliu. Although he had a maidservant, she no longer treated him as a master. She often went to play in his second brother's courtyard and wouldn't visit him for a day or two.

In his previous life, because Chen Ganliu fell from a building, this maidservant was beaten and then assigned to his second brother.

He studied hard and became famous in the village, earning the reputation of a child prodigy. That maidservant once sent someone to inquire if she could return, but Chen Ganliu refused outright. He never saw that maidservant again after that and didn't remember her fate.

Having been reborn, Chen Ganliu had many important matters and didn't want to argue with a little maidservant. He went to the kitchen himself to find something to eat.

Upon arriving at the kitchen, he saw servants coming and going, quite busy. Chen Ganliu couldn't help but feel a bit curious. He thought to himself, "The kitchen isn't usually this lively. Did guests come to the house?"

After all, he was a young master of the household, and no one stopped him from entering the kitchen. He grabbed two steamed buns and pocketed a piece of cured meat. He didn't return to his residence. As an unvalued illegitimate son of the family, with no mother, he felt quite stifled at home. His living quarters were also dark and unbearable. He usually didn't like staying in his room. He found a large tree, climbed up, and hid in the branches, eating the cured meat and steamed buns with great relish.

In this life, Chen Ganliu no longer planned to follow the path of imperial examinations, nor did he care about his scholarly reputation. Without the halo of a child prodigy, he would inevitably be in a difficult situation, but he didn't mind. Anyway, he had now cultivated the first level of Qi Refining and had the ability to protect himself. In a few more days, he planned to leave home and seek out the opportunities he had heard of in his previous life.

Chen Ganliu ate one steamed bun and was about to bite into the second when his hand loosened, and the bun disappeared. A clear voice asked, "Are you a disciple of the spiritual gate?"

Chen Ganliu was startled. He turned his head and looked back. A little girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a light yellow dress, with a smiling face like a flower and beautiful features, had appeared on the tree. She was standing on one leg on a branch as thick as a finger, swaying with the wind. In her hand was a steamed bun, which was his.

He replied neither subserviently nor arrogantly, "I am Chen Ganliu."

"Who are you? I've never seen you before?"

The young girl giggled and said, "I am a Fox Immortal living nearby. I saw the commotion at the Chen family's house and came to take a look."

She took a bite of the steamed bun, her teeth like pearls, her eyes curving contentedly, looking incredibly cute.

Chen Ganliu thought to himself, "If I weren't a person of three lives, and hadn't cultivated immortality in my previous life, I might have believed you."

Most demons do not have orthodox cultivation methods and rely purely on innate talent to cultivate. They refine a breath of turbid qi, and their demonic qi is impure, heavy, and dense.

This young girl was filled with Dao energy, with not a trace of demonic energy. How could she be a Fox Immortal?

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