Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

"After this, you two will have to help me deal with other beings."

"I didn't make a move just now, either."

"I didn't make a move, either."

Qing Lian also said, "Senior, if you're really going to divide it, just give me a little bit."

Xu Lei didn't stand on ceremony with them. After all, their natural talent was far superior to his.

"Then I'll take a bit more for myself."

However, Xu Lei still insisted, "You two have to take some. Everyone who was there gets a share."

Then he gave them each a portion.

Qing Lian sweetly thanked him and accepted it.

Bai Ling, however, refused at first.

But Xu Lei forced it on her anyway.

"Thank you." After a moment, looking at the Spiritual Liquid in her hand, Bai Ling finally spoke.

Three more years passed in the blink of an eye.

Xu Lei, Bai Ling, and Qing Lian had returned to the Capital City.

They were living in a large mansion near the Daoist Sect Headquarters.

The mother and son Bai Ling wanted to kill had spent the last three years on the mountain where the Daoist Sect Headquarters was located. They hadn't come down, which made them difficult to kill.

So, they could only wait nearby, cultivating while they kept watch.

After they slew the Demon Empress, Xu Lei and Qing Lian had naturally informed Emperor Yu of the event.

Emperor Yu was greatly relieved to hear the news.

The very mansion the three of them were now staying in was also a gift from Emperor Yu.

It made no difference to Xu Lei and Qing Lian where they practiced their Cultivation.

With no other Cultivators currently targeting Emperor Yu, there was no need for Xu Lei and Qing Lian to remain by his side.

Thus, they traveled with Bai Ling.

「Three years later.」

「In the Cultivation Room.」

'It's been three years, and I still haven't broken through!'

Xu Lei withdrew his aura of Magical Power. 'I'm still just a little bit short, but it should be soon!'

Then, Xu Lei opened the door and walked out.

At that moment, Bai Ling had also just finished her Cultivation and was stepping out of the Cultivation Room across from his.

Her soft, white hair cascaded down, making her look even more graceful and captivatingly beautiful.

However, her expression was always cold and distant.

Just then, Qing Lian emerged from her Cultivation Room as well.

But she immediately walked up to Xu Lei, her face slightly flushed, and said her chest was hurting again.

Xu Lei nodded without a word and immediately turned to follow Qing Lian into her room.

Once inside, Qing Lian began to unfasten her clothes.

Meanwhile, Xu Lei circulated the Phoenix True Power in his palm to heal her.

Practiced, Qing Lian bent her slender legs and knelt, silently lowering her head.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Xu Lei had finished healing Qing Lian.

The two of them sat down at the dinner table together.

Qing Lian had the servants prepare a table of meat dishes to help Xu Lei replenish his Essence Qi.

"Bai Ling, are you sure you won't have any? Not even a little meat? It wouldn't hurt to have just a bite, would it?"

Qing Lian said to Bai Ling, "You've already reached such a high level of Cultivation; you can definitely afford to eat some meat! It's true that eating meat can have a small, unavoidable impact on your Cultivation, but you don't have to make yourself suffer like this, do you?"

At that moment, Bai Ling was sitting by herself on a nearby windowsill, eating from a plate of fruits and vegetables.

"I appreciate the thought."

Bai Ling said coolly, "I won't be eating. Please, enjoy yourselves."

That's right. For three years, Bai Ling had completely refused to eat meat.

She had also declared that she would not seek a Dao Companion or have children.

She felt that eating meat and finding a Dao Companion would ultimately hinder her Cultivation.

And she was single-mindedly focused on attaining the Dao.

'Although Bai Ling never said it,' Xu Lei thought, 'I know from my past life that she's likely thinking about attaining the Dao so she can save her so-called master.'

"Have you ever considered that your master might not have wanted you to live like this?" Xu Lei couldn't help but chime in. "Leaving aside the fact that you might not be able to save someone who's already died, even if you achieve Ascension... besides, if your master were still alive, he would definitely want you to live a happy life. Eat some meat when you feel like it. Become Dao Companions if you meet someone you love. Just be happy. Maybe even have a child or two before you grow old. Live like a normal person."

Indeed, over the past three years, Xu Lei had never confessed that he was Bai Ling's master from a past life.

He didn't want the secret of his reincarnation to be known by others.

Even in private, he wouldn't let Qing Lian mention the possibility that he was the reincarnation of the Ancient Spirit Immortal.

Bai Ling just thought Xu Lei was another genius, one whose seniority was simply higher than Qing Lian's.

"This is my choice," Bai Ling said. "If I cannot reverse the universe and save my master, then I will let my life be consumed by my Cultivation! Don't try to persuade me. We've known each other for three years; do you not know me by now? Fine food and meat, the love between a man and a woman, bearing children—I will resolutely abandon any action that could possibly hinder my attainment of the Dao. For the sake of the Dao, nothing is sacred! This is my Dao heart! Do not say another word that might sway it! You don't understand. My master is dead. I don't have the right to live a happy life."

After speaking, she turned and left.

Xu Lei watched her go, his heart aching a little.

'Should I just reveal my identity and get it over with?' he wondered.

After all, his past self was the main reason Bai Ling was living such an obsessive life.

"And you say you don't like her, Senior?" Qing Lian said with a hint of jealousy. "Just look at the way you're staring after her!"

Xu Lei was speechless.

Of course, he wasn't in love with Bai Ling; he just felt a pang of sympathy for her.

But to Qing Lian, who knew nothing of his and Bai Ling's past, it was an easy misunderstanding to make.

About ten minutes later, Qing Lian, having eaten and drunk her fill, went to take a bath.

Xu Lei pondered, 'Should I confess my identity to Bai Ling?'

'I wouldn't have to mention the Ten Thousand Lives Book. I could just say I'm the reincarnation of the Ancient Spirit Immortal and that I was her master in my past life?'

'That might just work.'

Lost in thought, Xu Lei suddenly realized he had unconsciously walked to the door of Bai Ling's room.