My Wife Is A Sword Immortal
Chapter 219 - 181 Liu Kongyi and Dragon Carp (Two in One)_2

Chapter 219: Chapter 181 Liu Kongyi and Dragon Carp (Two in One)_2

Like the Daoist Ancestor, the Supreme Sage, and the founding giants of the Mo Family, they blazed their trails through thorns and thistles, transforming their own minor paths into the Great Dao under the heavens. They had no blessings from predecessors to follow; in their eras, no ancient sages had come before, and none would come after. They themselves were the eternal pioneers on the path beneath their feet, and thus could only move forward, forward, forward.

This is also why the founding patriarchs of each sect are cultivators whose cultivation reached the skies, even the historical pinnacle of their factions, with no later peers able to surpass them.

After their Great Dao and sects were established, organizational structures that fostered unity and cohesion were formed, providing protection for their descendants who yearned for the Dao yet lacked cultivation talent. It allowed even ordinary people to have the opportunity to pursue cultivation, like the respected commoner teachers at Linlu Academy.

Zhao Rong sighed softly in his heart, reconizing that, with his cultivation talent, following this Confucian route within the system was the best solution. However, Zhao Rong would not choose this as his primary path.

If he were to cultivate out of mere curiosity and interest like before, he would do so in a laid-back manner, unattached and without urgency or insistence.

But now, not only did he have a vast commitment with Gui, but what was most important was that Zhao Rong had formed bonds—he did not want Qing Jun and Su Xiaoxiao to be widowed.

Zhao Rong could not bear to part with them.

Su Xiaoxiao was a spiritually aware member of the Demon Race; after forming her demon core, her lifespan could be measured in millennia.

As Qing Jun broke through realms, her lifespan continuously extended. As long as she didn’t linger too long in any realm, her appearance was almost eternally preserved, and once she reached the Seventh Realm of Tranquility as a sword cultivator, she could even condense a body of glaze, pure and immortal.

If things continued in this way, by the time he grew old with silver hair, Qing Jun and Xiaoxiao would still have youthful beauty... The thought alone was terrifying.

Although according to the temperaments of these two silly girls, they would certainly stay by his side till the end of his days, even dedicating themselves to finding him divine medicines to extend his life.

But Zhao Rong was reluctant. He approached life with detachment; after awakening his memories from his previous life, he was essentially granted a second chance to live, which allowed him to detach from the endless worldly cycles. However, he could not bear to part with his beloveds, to leave the women he loved to live as if widowed for the rest of their lives, or even to do something foolish.

For instance, Su Xiaoxiao, that silly girl, having read too many stories of talented scholars and beautiful ladies, always had the silly idea of turning into butterflies in her mind. Seriously, you’re a little fox demon, what butterfly can you transform into? Can you even mutate across species? Have you asked your Fox Clan elders?

No matter how many times he told her, she wouldn’t listen. Every time she heard the tragic stories from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, she would murmur with tears on her cheeks that she wanted to turn into a butterfly with Zhao Lang...

Zhao Rong was deeply worried.

Not to mention Qing Jun, who knows if she might do something outrageous to defy the heavens and extend his life...

Right now, pondering too much was fruitless, and there was no alternative. Beyond studying, Zhao Rong could only gather resources and strive to make a realm breakthrough.

As for the "Unity of Essence and Function Theory" that he proposed for the first time in this world during the Confucianism Debate, Lin Wenruo had said that Zhao Rong could receive a gift from heaven and earth at Jixia Academy, and if he wished, using the memories from his previous life, he could receive even more gifts from heaven and earth.

However, this path, which once brightened Zhao Rong’s prospects, was soon ruthlessly dismissed by Gui, and this was the reason he did not rush to Jixia Academy to claim the "Experience Gift Pack."

Gui said that with his ordinary physique, he was like a small, narrow-mouthed bottle, and the Great Dao gifts from the Land of Dao Validation were like the waters of the North Sea. No matter the quantity, even the smallest portion of the Dao’s gift was not something his small "bottle" could contain.

In short, Gui’s summary was that Zhao Rong was too small, too slender, too short—simply insignificant.

Going to Jixia Academy right now would only result in being burst by the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth.

After explaining, Gui even clicked his tongue in wonder, commenting that it would be a rare way to die—majestically laid to rest by the Great Dao of the world. Tsk tsk, why not give it a try, Master Zhao? Let me broaden my horizons. I guarantee it’ll be more thrilling than fireworks at the Qin residence...

As Zhao Rong thought again about that unreliable and sharp-tongued Sword Spirit, his teeth itched with irritation, wondering when it would awake. He still had to settle the account about the Li Ji Sword Pill with it, but no matter, it couldn’t escape...

For Zhao Rong, the most urgent task at hand was to advance to the Fu Yao Realm as soon as possible. At that point, he could make greater use of Gui, who used the excuse that the Ascending Realm was too simple to teach. When the Fu Yao Realm came, let’s see what you say, and then there would be new cultivation techniques to practice.

Moreover, the most important thing was that Gui had promised that once he reached the Fu Yao Realm, he could start searching for those divine medicines that could improve his physique, which Zhao Rong was now able to consume, to break through the natural dead end of his body and advance to the Vast Realm.

This was the only method he had to break through the constraints of his inferior body on the Great Dao, and if he could gather some of the legendary materials to create those divine medicines that Gui had mentioned, and perhaps by a stroke of luck manage to take them, then henceforth, he would soar into the vast sky, unbound by the Great Dao, ascending effortlessly...

Zhao Rong’s thoughts churned with possibilities, and so the most important matter at hand was how to clear his body’s Grand Circulation and break through the Nourishing Clothes phase to enter the contemplative Fu Yao Realm.

The Qi Nan agarwood that Lin Wenruo gifted him had been used up a few days ago, and his cultivation speed had since slowed down significantly, his efficiency decreasing by several times. This was excruciating for Zhao Rong, like having been accustomed to sprinting on a grand, wide road and suddenly being forced onto a bumpy and muddy mountain path to continue... stumbling along at a snail’s pace.