Tang Ming, Yang Xing, Hong Da, Qiu Ge, Luo Nan.
These were the five Immortal Alliance immortals who had reincarnated and returned to Ziyang County.
The five immortal infants were dressed in ancient ornate robes, exuding an extraordinary aura.
Chen Jiuyang and Wan Xiu arrived.
Tang Ming and the other four immortals looked on with indifference, as if nothing in the world merited their attention, seated on their high thrones and gazing down at Chen Jiuyang and Wan Xiu.
Though Tang Ming was an infant in form, his voice was that of a young man, speaking with a calm, unperturbed tone:
"Sword Bearer and mortal king, you come to visit us five immortals. State your demands. For the sake of the mortal king bringing the spiritual rain, we may consider fulfilling your requests."
Chen Jiuyang and Wan Xiu immediately frowned. These five were treating them as beggars.
Wan Xiu drew his sword and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Have you misunderstood something? You reincarnated and returned to the mortal world, searching for spiritual items everywhere. This is within the territory of the Dragon Kingdom. Do you not respect the current laws?"
"Presumptuous!"
Tang Ming's eyes immediately turned cold, releasing an immensely powerful divine soul that pressed down upon Chen Jiuyang and Wan Xiu.
"How dare you mortals interfere with the actions of us immortals?"
"Rumble!"
Wan Xiu, holding his authority sword, was unaffected by Tang Ming's divine soul pressure.
Chen Jiuyang, however, was not within the scope of a Sword Bearer and could feel Tang Ming's terrifying divine soul pressure.
But how could Chen Jiuyang be an ordinary person? His expression darkened, and he immediately circulated his divine soul, erupting to counter Tang Ming's pressure. He prepared to draw his Yan Sheng Saber, saying coldly,
"Dare to attack us? Are you five rebelling?"
As Chen Jiuyang's divine soul erupted, it was like a blazing sun, causing the five reincarnated immortals—Tang Ming, Yang Xing, Hong Da, Qiu Ge, and Luo Nan—to change their expressions.
Tang Ming's features contorted: "This is..."
"An immortal aura, just like ours..."
"How is this possible? How can this mortal king possess an immortal aura identical to ours? Moreover, this divine soul immortal aura is even purer than ours!"
"Could it be that this mortal king is a reincarnated ancient true immortal, just like us?"
"But he cultivates the mortal martial path! Yet, this aura cannot be faked. Could he be an incomplete reincarnation, causing him not to have recovered his past life memories?"
"It's possible!"
"..."
After a period of divine soul telepathic communication among the five immortals, Tang Ming instantly withdrew his divine soul pressure. His gaze softened, and with a hint of reverence, he looked at Chen Jiuyang and asked, "May we speak with you privately for a moment?"
Chen Jiuyang frowned, then glanced at Wan Xiu, nodded, and Wan Xiu withdrew from the room, holding his sword.
Tang Ming, Yang Xing, Hong Da, Qiu Ge, and Luo Nan rose from their seats and cupped their fists towards Chen Jiuyang, bowing: "Greetings, fellow Daoist."
Chen Jiuyang was taken aback, then his brow furrowed: "Why do you address me as fellow Daoist?"
Tang Ming smiled faintly, "It seems fellow Daoist truly has not awakened any past life memories. We reincarnated immortals have gone through countless cycles of reincarnation, but without the descent of spiritual rain, we cannot recover our memories."
"However, fellow Daoist is like us, an immortal. Even if reincarnated without awakened past life memories, the divine soul aura of an immortal cannot be faked."
"..." Chen Jiuyang experienced a moment of daze, thinking he was a reincarnated immortal, but he quickly regained his senses.
The jade pendant on his neck was left by the Pure Yang Medical Immortal. This jade pendant had saved his life several times. Perhaps it was the jade pendant's merit that led these immortals to mistake him for a reincarnated immortal.
Since that was the case, he decided to play along and use this misunderstanding to glean some information.
Chen Jiuyang said uncertainly, "Past life memories? I'm not very clear about that. I hail from the Chen family of Shu Mountain, and sometimes I vaguely recall the words 'Pure Yang'."
"Shu Mountain Pure Yang?" Tang Ming took out a jade slip, closed his eyes for a moment, and then his expression became shocked. He opened his eyes and respectfully said to Chen Jiuyang, "The Immortal Alliance indeed has records of the Shu Mountain Pure Yang Tribulation Grand Immortal, who is our Immortal Alliance's Shu Mountain Supreme Elder, holding the position of life and death!"
"His origins, proof of lineage, as well as his aura and characteristics, hiss, it all matches..."
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Returning, Dao Merging, Tribulation Crossing, Mahayana.
This was the cultivation system of ancient immortals.
Yang Xing, Hong Da, Qiu Ge, and Luo Nan were all shocked. This immortal before them had such a powerful past life lineage, actually being a Shu Mountain Supreme Elder, and a Tribulation Crossing Grand Immortal!
One must know that the Spirit Transformation stage was already considered an immortal.
The expressions of the others towards Chen Jiuyang immediately changed, showing a hint of reverence.
Their minds began to stir as they pondered why Chen Jiuyang had not yet recovered his past life memories.
They then recalled that when the spiritual rain descended within the Dragon Kingdom, Chen Jiuyang was still fighting abroad, missing the opportunity to come into contact with the spiritual rain.
Recalling Chen Jiuyang's rise to power, his advancement from an ordinary person to the peak of the Golden Core stage within a year.
The Golden Core stage of immortal cultivation corresponded to the Earth Realm of the martial path.
Upon careful consideration, such a cultivation speed was astonishing, and only a powerful immortal from Chen Jiuyang's past life could explain it.
Thus, their reasoning led them to believe it was very reasonable and without issue.
Chen Jiuyang's expression shifted, then he calmed down and said, "Since that is the case, then it's a misunderstanding like the Dragon King's temple being flooded by the dragon."
Tang Ming, Yang Xing, Hong Da, Qiu Ge, and Luo Nan respectfully cupped their fists towards Chen Jiuyang:
"Greetings, Ancestor Pure Yang!"
"..." Chen Jiuyang found it somewhat amusing. These five immortals had immediately identified him as the Pure Yang Medical Immortal?
Experiencing the benefits of the Medical Immortal's inheritance once again, Chen Jiuyang asked, "Why did the Immortal Alliance order you to reincarnate and return at this time? Has something happened?"
Tang Ming explained, "The Immortal Alliance has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the world underwent a great change, and the immortal path declined. The Immortal-Mortal Covenant was established, stipulating that upon the nourishment of heaven and earth to a degree sufficient for spiritual rain, we could reincarnate and return."
"Once we reincarnate and return, it signifies that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is sufficient, and a great era of immortals is about to dawn. Furthermore..."
"The seal of the Nine Provinces Cauldron may be loosening, or perhaps the Emperor Array has changed, and the immortal path may reappear..."
Chen Jiuyang's expression turned serious: "Emperor Array? The immortal path reappears?"
"Indeed," Tang Ming said. "Before the ancient era, the Immortal Realm was separated from the mortal world. There was a passage between Earth and the Immortal Realm that allowed one to ascend to the Immortal Realm."
"The heavens and myriad realms of the mortal world descended upon Earth, and all races vied for the immortal path. Later, an Immortal Emperor took action and carved a seal on Earth, preventing the heavens and myriad realms of the mortal world from descending to Earth."
"The Immortal Alliance is the immortal path alliance established by our human race to resist the heavens and myriad realms."
Chen Jiuyang's brows furrowed. The Medical Immortal's inheritance did not mention these matters.
Perhaps the Martial Ranking was related to this?
At this moment, Hong Da spoke, "Ancestor Pure Yang, may I ask if there is a spiritual脉泉眼 within Ziyang County?"
Chen Jiuyang immediately cast a sharp, cold glance: "Indeed, that spiritual脉泉眼 is beneath my residence. What, do you intend to snatch the spiritual脉泉眼 from me?"
Hong Da's face immediately turned pale, and he quickly lowered his head, "I dare not! I dare not!"