Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

Xu Lei stood in Bai Ling's courtyard.

He looked around, but Bai Ling wasn't there. She must have gone to the Cultivation Room again.

In truth, Xu Lei still hadn't made up his mind.

He was reluctant to tell anyone about his ability to reincarnate.

Although Bai Ling seemed trustworthy enough.

But often, secrets would spread from the very first person you thought you could trust, eventually becoming common knowledge.

The lessons of history could not be ignored.

The ability to reincarnate was Xu Lei's most important secret.

So, after some thought, Xu Lei turned and went back.

He then headed to the Cultivation Room as well.

During Cultivation, there was no need for indecision. All he had to do was train earnestly.

Unexpectedly, this Cultivation session brought a sudden, different feeling.

A qualitative change was finally happening inside his body!

BOOM!

The Qi emanating from Xu Lei's body surged forth!

Xu Lei had finally broken through, surpassing the Bodhisattva Pattern Realm!

He had reached the next Great Realm—the Bodhisattva Light Realm!

Through Introspection, he could see a Peach Fruit in his Lower Dantian, wreathed in a faint, circling halo of light.

This halo was just like the one he had once seen behind Bodhisattva Guan Yun.

The only difference was that his halo was confined to his Lower Dantian.

There was no way for it to manifest externally.

"I've finally reached the Upper Three Realms."

Xu Lei sighed. "How many years has it been!"

In the blink of an eye, twenty-four years had already passed in this second life!

Although Xu Lei's physical body was still that of a boy of about fifteen.

Now, with only three Great Realms left, reaching the Ninth Realm in this lifetime was just a matter of time.

Therefore, Xu Lei didn't feel much pressure.

He cultivated for a while longer to consolidate his new Realm, then went out to bathe and prepare for sleep. The servants had already prepared his bathwater.

After finishing his bath.

Xu Lei, dressed in his sleepwear, stepped outside to take a look and noticed that over in Bai Ling's courtyard...

...the light in the Cultivation Room was on, but her room was still dark.

Bai Ling was still cultivating!

'Forget it.'

Xu Lei thought to himself at that moment. 'It's better this way for Bai Ling. Although she's cultivating so hard for the sake of my past self...

'...at the end of the day, her heart is now set firmly on pursuing the Dao.'

'This is a state that many Cultivators yearn for but can never achieve.'

'Her aptitude is already excellent. If she can maintain this state, she truly has a high chance of successfully attaining the Dao.'

'If I reveal my identity now, I might just end up destroying this state she's in.'

'It could ruin her Dao heart.'

'Besides, she might only be thinking this way because she's still young.'

'Perhaps in a few years, she won't be so fixated.'

'I just need to keep an eye on her. As soon as I discover she's reached the Ninth Realm...'

'...I'll stop her from going to the Eastern Wilderness Marsh. That should be enough.'

This was what Xu Lei was thinking at the time.

Whether he would change his mind later, even Xu Lei himself didn't know.

With that, Xu Lei prepared to return to his room.

But just then, he unexpectedly saw Qing Lian open her window as well.

She was at the window, gazing at the moon.

In the moonlight, her jade-like hand supported her snow-white chin. Her lovely face was delicate and fair, her cherry-red lips were slightly pursed, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

Though she didn't have a single hair on her head, she still exuded an overwhelming aura of beauty, charm, purity, and desire.

Xu Lei's heart stirred at the sight, and he couldn't help but walk over.

"Senior, you're not asleep yet?"

When Qing Lian saw Xu Lei, her pretty face flushed slightly. She asked in a sweet voice, "I thought you were already asleep!"

"Mm, can't sleep."

Xu Lei walked over, stood outside her window, and reached out to stroke Qing Lian's small, bald head. "Help me get a little tired, so I can feel sleepy."

"Ah? You...?"

Qing Lian felt the warmth from Xu Lei's palm on her head and froze for a moment. Then, her face turned bright red. She bit her lip and said, "Okay."

「The next day.」

On this day, Bai Ling suddenly came to find him, saying she didn't want to wait around any longer.

She planned to reveal herself and lure that mother and son down.

When the time came, she wanted Xu Lei and Qing Lian to coordinate with her and strike.

Xu Lei agreed.

After all, if an opportunity doesn't present itself, you create one yourself.

Nothing wrong with that.

Before taking action, Xu Lei stored all the machines for making bullets and firearms in a secure location.

Then, he restocked his Storage Bracelet with Explosive Packages.

Half of the space was for Explosive Packages, the other half for bullets, along with a few guns.

A small compartment was left for some other daily necessities.

This way, he would be well-prepared.

Although the explosives were a last resort, they still had to be used if a special situation arose.

After all, the power of a Shotgun was still limited.

It could only fire so many pellets with each shot.

The gun could only drain a Cultivator's Magical Power; it couldn't kill one outright.

Unlike explosives, which, if piled up and detonated all at once, could severely injure some Cultivators.

Furthermore, against a Ninth Realm existence, the Shotgun would likely be even less effective.

It would be very difficult to force a retreat like he did with the Charm Ancestor back in the Eastern Wilderness Marsh.

「Three days later.」

Sure enough, as Bai Ling intentionally revealed her whereabouts—her white hair being a particularly obvious feature—the news reached the Daoist Temple.

Soon after, a mother and son descended the mountain.

The mother, a Daoist Nun, had a full head of white hair, a face full of wrinkles, and a hunched figure.

Her son looked to be a mortal man in his thirties.

He wasn't actually ugly, nor was he fat.

But whether he was fat or ugly wasn't the issue.

He wanted to use Bai Ling as a Furnace Cauldron, which meant he wanted to drain her completely dry!

Things went rather smoothly.

The mother and son thought Bai Ling had accidentally exposed her location.

On this day, the pair cornered Bai Ling directly in a forested area outside a city.