"Thank you, Teacher. I really like this name." The young girl Chang'e smiled.
Perhaps because Chang'e had just completed the baptism, her entire being carried an ethereal aura, making her seem quiet, secluded, and cool.
Chen Yang nodded silently, then proceeded with the work that followed.
Not long after, Chen Yang finished baptizing the new generation of the tribe and returned to a courtyard within the tribe.
Within the courtyard, Pingxin was still immersed in enlightenment. Brush, ink, paper, and inkstone intertwined, transforming into divine light of wisdom that shrouded Pingxin's true body and helped her comprehend and digest her insights.
Chen Yang watched Pingxin with a smile for a long while before entering cultivation as well.
Several years later, a female disciple came to Chen Yang's courtyard.
She wore simple clothes, yet possessed a distinctive bearing.
She was beautiful, like an orchid blooming in an empty valley, like clouds filling the sky—otherworldly and captivating. A quiet serenity surrounded her, like a flower frozen in stillness.
Her dark hair cascaded like a waterfall, as though she were nature's most exquisite creation between Heaven and Earth. Seeing her, a trace of surprise appeared on Chen Yang's face. "Chang'e... you've come again. What happened this time?"
"Master... relying on the cultivation method you taught me, it seems I've broken through again. And after breaking through, some memories appeared—terrifying memories." Chang'e looked at Chen Yang with aggrieved eyes.
Chen Yang was astonished. "You broke through again? Even an entire generation of the Human Clan could hardly compare to your cultivation speed. But you awakened some memories during your breakthrough? Could you be the reincarnation of some mighty expert?"
Chen Yang was slightly puzzled as he looked at Chang'e before him. Chang'e was the young girl who had undergone the baptism before, the one Chen Yang had named Chang'e. Ever since she passed through that baptism, she seemed to have been reborn and remade.
After the other children underwent baptism, they would at most become stronger and sturdier.
Chang'e was different. After her baptism, she seemed to have awakened something. Innate Spiritual Qi naturally flowed into her body and transformed into mana, granting her cultivation.
Chen Yang had not found Chang'e's situation strange.
By this point, the Human Clan had multiplied for so long that who knew how many races' bloodlines had mingled into it. Some members of the Human Clan carried the bloodlines of special divine beasts. The diluted Human Pool Water could hardly purify and temper such bloodlines. Thus, after many members of the Human Clan were baptized in Human Pool Water, the tangled bloodlines within them were cleared away, leaving behind certain powerful bloodlines. Once these bloodlines awakened, many members of the Human Clan gained special divine abilities or unique talents.
There were quite a few such people, and their cultivation talents were decent as well. Whenever Chen Yang encountered them, he did not hold back. He gave them the cultivation methods he had created and let them cultivate on their own.
After cultivating for so many years, Chen Yang had read countless ancient texts. With methods to enhance wisdom, creating a few cultivation techniques was a simple matter. However, most of the cultivation methods he created were rather shallow.
Therefore, when he encountered a case like Chang'e's, Chen Yang did not pay much attention to it. He had merely taught Chang'e a shallow cultivation method and did not concern himself with her further.
Yet Chang'e felt that since Chen Yang had passed down a cultivation method to her, he was her master, and she insisted on acknowledging him as such. Chen Yang stated that he did not take disciples, but Chang'e continued calling him Master.
Chen Yang did not say anything about it. After all, there had been no formal apprenticeship, and Chen Yang had never formally acknowledged her. Their master-disciple Fortune had not become intertwined, so they were not truly master and disciple.
Thus, no matter how Chang'e called Chen Yang Master, it was only in name, without the substance of a master-disciple relationship.
But Chen Yang had never expected that Chang'e, who insisted on calling him Master, would possess such terrifying talent. She had cultivated for such a short time, yet had already reached the Human Immortal realm. By relying on such a shallow method, she had reached the Human Immortal realm in a mere moment and even awakened memories of her past life.
Chen Yang's expression shifted slightly as he looked at Chang'e and asked, "Chang'e... what memories exactly did you gain after breaking through?"
"Master... in those memories, it seemed to be the time before my death. It was as if I were burned by raging flames, then my physical body was destroyed and scattered between Heaven and Earth. A small remnant of my soul was frozen by someone, suffering endless icy cold. Beyond that, it seemed that for some period of time, I was burned in blazing fire and forged into some kind of weapon. It was so frightening, so terrifying..." Chang'e said with a tremble.
Chen Yang looked at Chang'e, not knowing what to say. "Killed, your soul frozen, and then seemingly taken to be refined into a weapon. If these truly were matters from your past life, then your past life was quite miserable."
"Master... was that truly my past life? Am I really someone who has reincarnated?" Chang'e asked.
Chen Yang nodded. "Judging from your uniqueness and the fragmented memories you have gained, you are undoubtedly the reincarnation of some great power from the Primordial World. However, who you were in your past life remains unclear."
"Then Master, what should I do next?" Chang'e wore an aggrieved expression.
Chen Yang pondered briefly before saying, "From now on, continue cultivating honestly. Also, the cultivation method I gave you before was too shallow; it can only be cultivated to the Human Immortal realm. I will now teach you a new cultivation method, one that can reach the Heavenly Immortal realm. Try cultivating it..."
"But Master, as I cultivate, my memories will gradually awaken. Once those memories awaken, will I still be part of the Human Clan?" Chang'e asked in confusion.
"Of course you will. As long as you acknowledge the Human Clan, you are part of the Human Clan," Chen Yang said seriously.
"Master, I understand," Chang'e said.
Chen Yang nodded and flicked his sleeve. "Go back for now."
Chang'e then departed. A sharp light flashed in Chen Yang's eyes as he murmured inwardly, Could this Chang'e be the Chang'e from the myths?
Chen Yang pondered in his heart, unable to make sense of the situation.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed.
Over those years, Chen Yang remained much the same. His divine sense taught the children, while he himself protected Pingxin as she relied on wisdom to comprehend the changes of Reincarnation.
Yet one day, Chang'e suddenly rushed in.
"Master... save me! A demon is hunting me!" Chang'e cried out, panicked and pitiful.
"A demon?" Hearing this, killing intent surfaced in Chen Yang's eyes. "If it is from the Demon Race, then it deserves to die..."
Chen Yang's hatred for the Demon Race ran deep into his bones. When the Demon Race massacred the Human Clan, Chen Yang had only just been born. He had personally experienced the entire process of the Demon Race's slaughter of the Human Clan and survived by sheer luck. Yet it had also carved his hatred for the Demon Race deep into his bones.
Filled with killing intent, Chen Yang brought Chang'e and shifted outside the tribe. "Chang'e... where is the Demon Race...?"
Hearing this, Chang'e trembled in fear. "Master, I do not know where the demon is. But this demon used a bow and arrows to chase me, as though it wanted to shoot me dead. Master, it's here, it's here... this one..."
Chen Yang looked into the distance and discovered an arrow flying toward them at extreme speed.
That arrow was wrapped in a peculiar aura, carrying a trace of Killing Intent as it shot toward Chang'e.
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