"Hoo!"
Chen Jiuyang's soul felt as if it had plunged into a black hole abyss, a descent that felt like countless epochs, yet also like a mere instant. At a certain moment, his soul was yanked back into his body.
Chen Jiuyang opened his eyes, gasping for air. A faint ache emanated from his body.
"I've really... returned?"
"This is the Sharp Blade Legion..."
Chen Jiuyang glanced at the tent and the soldiers drilling outside, tears instantly blurring his vision.
He looked at his own body. His injuries were still healing, and he hadn't begun practicing martial arts yet. He let out a sigh of relief...
...
Two months later.
Chen Jiuyang's body had recovered. It wasn't until he began to step onto the path of immortality, the moment he abolished his Pure Yang physique, that he truly believed he had returned to ten thousand years ago.
"Everything... still has a chance."
Only then did he fully believe Qi Wushuang.
The five great holy lands and several forbidden zones of the mortal realm all had the same objective: the Book of Life!
"Ah!"
To abolish the Pure Yang physique meant to change blood and destroy the origin of the Dantian. The pain was so immense that Chen Jiuyang's brow furrowed, and he couldn't help but cry out.
Blood seeped from his entire body...
"However, all of this... is worth it..."
Chen Jiuyang closed his eyes. Without any cultivation, he could still introspect his body and see the Book of Life within his spiritual sea.
Ancient, vibrant, emanating a golden hue.
"So... if I activated my Pure Yang physique before embarking on cultivation and then abolished it, I would be able to see the Book of Life in the Book of Life and Death."
"I am indeed the reincarnation of the True Spirit of the Book of Life."
"This means... even if I don't cultivate, I can live forever... and back then, when I fell off the cliff and was on the brink of death, the true reason I clung to life was the Book of Life and Death..."
"And once I gradually entered the martial path, the Book of Life would slowly hide itself and integrate into my body..."
"By this logic, when I reached the Yellow Realm in the Sharp Blade Legion, I was already targeted by the Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors of the several forbidden zones..."
"And the moment I interacted with Zi Xuan, San Hua would descend behind the mountain to lay a trap and monitor me simultaneously."
Chen Jiuyang's expression gradually turned cold: "Truly... a profound scheme..."
"However, with my return this lifetime, I will surely make you all perish!"
Currently, it was still the Age of Dharma Decline. Within Huaxia, martial arts were paramount, with the Heavenly Realm being the peak. The powerhouses of the major families and sects were still in slumber, except for Emperor Yan, who had already figured out the system of the Guardian Envoy and was close to the Venerable Realm, almost the Emperor Realm...
Feeling the trace of true spiritual energy within his body, Chen Jiuyang clenched his fist. "I must accelerate my cultivation."
The Sharp Blade Legion was stationed here, and below this location was a spiritual脉 spring eye, which was why he could absorb a wisp of spiritual energy.
At this moment, the world was still dominated by martial qi.
At this time.
Zhang Jialong walked into Chen Jiuyang's tent and said with a smile, "Jiuyang, I'm going on a secret mission. I might not see you for a long time."
Chen Jiuyang knew that Zhang Jialong was retiring. He said, "It won't be long, Brother Jialong. We will meet again."
Currently, Chen Jiuyang had only displayed his powerful medical skills within the Sharp Blade Legion, earning everyone's recognition. He hadn't yet entered the martial path and become invincible in the army, so Li Weiguo didn't attach as much importance to him.
Zhang Jialong smiled and said, "When we meet again, we brothers must have a good drink."
"Definitely."
Then Zhang Jialong packed his belongings and left. Chen Jiuyang also went to see the Legion Commander, Li Weiguo: "I want to leave the Sharp Blade Legion."
Li Weiguo was not as reluctant this time. He said, "Jiuyang, do you want to stay in the army and become a military doctor?"
Chen Jiuyang slowly shook his head and said, "My mind is made up."
"Alright..." Li Weiguo, not valuing Chen Jiuyang as highly, took out a card from his pocket: "This card has a hundred thousand. It's a small token of my appreciation. Jiuyang, remember, the Sharp Blade Legion is your second home. You are welcome to return anytime."
"Okay." Chen Jiuyang nodded slowly, thinking to himself, "It seems this hundred thousand was prepared long ago."
Taking the bank card, Chen Jiuyang packed his belongings and left the military camp.
It was the twelfth lunar month, nearing the New Year. He had been pushed off the cliff about three to four months ago.
Heavy snow fell. Chen Jiuyang walked in the mountain forest for an hour before reaching the roadside, the place where he first met Zi Xuan.
This place was still two to three hours away from Fengcheng...
By this calculation, his meeting with Zi Xuan back then was also secretly orchestrated by the several forbidden zones.
"Zi Xuan... I will come to see you soon..."
There was no sign of Zi Xuan's sports car here, so no one could directly send him back to Qingzhu Village.
Chen Jiuyang walked for another half an hour, reaching a nearby small town. After several transfers, he arrived home around four or five in the afternoon.
Smoke rose from the house. Chen Jiuyang wore an unprecedentedly relaxed smile and said, "Mom, little sister, I'm back."
Zhang Xiuzhen and Chen Yating were cooking in the kitchen.
"Brother, you're back." Chen Yating sat by the earthen stove, tending the fire.
Seeing Chen Jiuyang safe and sound, Zhang Xiuzhen let out a sigh of relief and said, "Where have you been these past few months? I couldn't reach you."
Chen Jiuyang smiled and said, "Busy with exams, Mom. You have no idea how tiring studying medicine is."
"Get ready for dinner."
At the dinner table, with one person missing from the family, Zhang Xiuzhen's eyes turned red: "I don't know when your father will be released."
Her father, Chen Jianmin, had only been in prison for a few months.
Having been reborn, Chen Jiuyang possessed a lot of information. He smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry."
"Around the New Year, Dad should be released."
Zhang Xiuzhen was a simple rural woman, and his sister Chen Yating was still a high school student preparing for the college entrance examination, making them easier to deceive.
After the family finished dinner, the mother and daughter went to bed early. Chen Jiuyang, however, took advantage of the night and headed towards the river.
Around his neck was the half-immortal artifact inherited jade pendant of the Pure Yang Medical Immortal, but the real inheritance was in the cave dwelling at the bottom of the river.
For Chen Jiuyang to quickly improve his cultivation, one way was to utilize the Pure Yang relic cave dwelling, and the other was the spiritual脉 spring eye beneath the back mountain.
But with his return this lifetime, he intended to manage things properly.
He needed money first...
Even a single weed in the Pure Yang relic cave dwelling could be sold for a considerable sum. Most importantly, there were defensive weapons and spatial rings.
Since he was to walk the path of immortality, his pure combat power would definitely not match that of martial arts. However, having a powerful weapon for self-defense was very necessary.
Although he had abandoned martial arts and lost his cultivation, his knowledge and skills regarding weaponry had not disappeared. Swords, spears, sabers, and bows were all very useful to him!
With the jade pendant left by the Pure Yang Medical Immortal, Chen Jiuyang successfully opened the relic cave dwelling and entered.
He successfully obtained a spatial ring and several handy weapons, as well as dozens of spiritual herbs and many elixirs.
"This lifetime, I am destined to amaze everyone with my immortal path!"