Li Haoran's Past Life

Out of respect for the ancestors of the Phoenix Clan and the beautiful fantasies people have about the phoenix, Lu Yang felt that he didn't need to reveal the High Antiquity secrets he had just learned.

Lu Yang felt he was carrying too much on his shoulders; he was only at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Logically speaking, someone at the Foundation Establishment Realm who knows many High Antiquity secrets should be able to use those secrets to obtain various fortuitous opportunity.

For example, if an ancient race lost its heritage, Lu Yang would smile slightly and casually mention the place of its heritage, allowing that ancient race to regain its heritage. The Celestial Person would be amazed by Lu Yang and would want to give the Holy Maiden to him as his wife.

Or you could enter a High Antiquity secret realm, where others fight tooth and nail to overcome the challenges, while you, knowing the principles behind it, leisurely stroll in and take away the final reward, leaving all the other geniuses dumbfounded.

Or perhaps at an auction, a treasure that no one cares about appears, whose function no one can see, and it almost goes unsold. Only Lu Yang knows that it is a secret treasure from High Antiquity times, priceless, and he buys it at a low price.

Lu Yang had never encountered any of these extraordinary encounters.

Lu Yang felt that knowing a bunch of High Antiquity secrets was completely useless; he couldn't use a single one of them.

Lu Yang pondered, "Where did things go wrong?"

The matter of the Phoenix Blood Stone has come to an end. After a whole night of fuss, the biggest gain was that we unintentionally thwarted the Nine Nether Sect's conspiracy and that Li Haoran learned that Su Yiren was a body cultivator.

When Mr. and Mrs. Li woke up, they looked at the bottomless pit in the courtyard, which was only about the width of a person, and fell into deep thought.

Everything was fine before I went to sleep, but when I woke up, there was such a big dent.

Su Yiren was worried that the noise at night would wake up Li's parents and Qin Yanyan, so she set up a spell to isolate them from outside noise.

To be honest, Su Yiren made quite a commotion last night when she was hitting the old phoenix's corpse with her hammer. Only Li Haoran's family didn't hear it; everyone else in Luofeng County heard it.

The prefect claimed that the underground work was being carried out at night and that he hadn't controlled the intensity properly, causing inconvenience to everyone, and asked for their understanding.

You can't say that he was an incompetent prefect who allowed the Nine Nether Sect to take advantage of him, and that if it weren't for Su Yi, everyone would be doomed.

If that's the case, then the position of prefect has reached its limit.

"There was a slight accident last night. Some villains sneaked in, but fortunately Senior Su intervened." Lu Yang briefly explained the situation last night, omitting details about Phoenix Bloodstone, the prefect, the head of the Mo family, the Nine Nether Sect, and the old phoenix.

Overall, nothing happened last night.

Qin Yanyan rolled her eyes at Lu Yang, who was spouting nonsense. For his mother to intervene and create such a large crater, what happened last night must have been quite significant.

However, she couldn't ask in front of Li's parents, so she let Lu Yang talk nonsense.

Mr. and Mrs. Li nodded as if they understood, and after Lu Yang promised to fill the pit, they did not pursue the matter of the pit any further.

The cave was pitch black, but if someone could ignore the darkness, they would see an old phoenix lying at the bottom of the cave.

According to Jiang Shan, the deceased old phoenix elder voluntarily chose to be buried here, but he didn't know any of the hidden reasons behind it.

"Senior Su, I think..."

"Call me Yiren." Su Yiren finally found an opportunity to correct Li Haoran's way of addressing her. Her tone was gentle, like a gentle haven that could make even a hero fall in love. No one could associate her with the body cultivator from last night.

Although Su Yiren is a body cultivator, she doesn't have the explosive power of the Third Elder's muscles. Her body lines are well-proportioned and conform to popular aesthetics, making her more like the fitness enthusiast Lu Yang was in his previous life.

"She...she..." Li Haoran stammered.

"Hey." Su Yiren laughed.

"I think we might not..."

Just before she uttered the words "inappropriate," Su Yiren gently pressed her index finger against Li Haoran's lips.

"Haoran, I know you can't accept this truth right now. We're both cultivators with long lifespans. Let's try to accept each other initially and adapt slowly. If it really doesn't work out, then you can break up with me, okay?"

Unable to bring himself to refuse, Li Haoran nodded slightly.

Su Yiren smiled and let go of her hand, while Qin Yanyan, who was watching from the side, stomped her feet in anger.

Su Yiren's index finger seemed to be gently pressing on Li Haoran's lips, but only Li Haoran knew how much force that finger had—so much that he couldn't open his mouth at all.

Even if Su Yiren didn't cover his mouth, he still wanted to try it with her.

Having achieved her goal, Su Yiren did not linger. She worried that being too enthusiastic might make Li Haoran uncomfortable, so she decided to keep her distance and give each other some space.

Su Yiren and Qin Yanyan spent the whole day together. After dinner, she left immediately. Before leaving, she secretly set up various formations that would benefit Li's parents, and waved to Li Haoran, saying, "I'll come find you when I have time."

Another day passed, and Li Haoran, as usual, performed his spiritual practice for his parents, demonstrating boxing and meditation.

But as he continued cultivating, he noticed something was wrong. The spiritual energy within his body surged, layer upon layer, and his fingers and toes couldn't help but stretch and curl up—a manifestation of overflowing spiritual energy.

"Is it time to advance? That makes sense. Judging by the time, it's about time for him to advance." This wasn't the first time Li Haoran had encountered this situation; he had experienced something similar when he was in the Qi Refining stage.

He is currently in the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Because he spent too long soaking in magma, his Foundation Establishment time is more than a month later than that of Lu Yang and the other three.

Among the top five in the same cohort, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou have just entered the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Tao Yaoye and Man Gu have Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and Li Haoran has made the slowest progress.

Now he's finally almost catching up with the other four.

Li Haoran transmitted his voice, asking Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou to protect him.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had already woken up but had been lying in bed. Upon hearing that their good brother was about to advance, they didn't even bother to wash up before getting up and rushing to the courtyard to protect Li Haoran.

Li Haoran sat cross-legged, took two deep breaths, and a small vortex formed above his head, absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Qi. Crackling sounds rang out from his body, indicating that he was tempering his body using the method of weapon forging, making his blood vessels, meridians, acupoints, organs, etc., harder.

His body turned bright red, like a piece of red-hot iron. Sweat dripped onto his skin, making a hissing sound. The fine beads of sweat evaporated into mist in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, this change wouldn't last long. He let out a muffled groan, his aura surged, and he completed a full cycle of the Greater Celestial Circuit Cycle, successfully entering the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

As he entered the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, a memory he had never experienced before appeared in his mind, feeling unusually familiar, as if he had personally experienced it.

"Um?"

He slowly opened his eyes, his expression puzzled.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yang asked with concern, thinking that something had gone wrong with his cultivation.

"My past life... seems to have been the leader of the Nine Nether Sect."

Li Haoran's tone was full of uncertainty.

"What?"