Script of Reincarnation

Seven days passed by.

During these seven days, Lu Yang had been personally supervising Lu Qingxue’s cultivation.

He originally thought that the first few days would be relatively ordinary, after all, regardless of how astonishing Lu Qingxue’s natural foundation and talent was, cultivation was still a gradual process.

Even he, with his past life memories, had taken around two weeks to get started.

However, on the seventh day, Lu Yang stood in a cultivation chamber with a blank expression, looking at the little girl sitting cross-legged before him.

Lu Qingxue’s eyes were closed and her breathing was steady, a faint warmth circulating through her body according to the circulation route of the Azure Spirit Body Tempering Art.

Although the changes were extremely subtle, Lu Yang could clearly perceive them with his Divine Sense.

The blood within her body had become considerably stronger, her muscles were gradually becoming more compact, and her bones were being tempered by the slowly surging Blood Qi she was consciously manipulating.

Such surging Blood Qi...

Lu Yang stared at his daughter for several seconds, closing and opening his eyes in disbelief, yet the sight before him did not change at all.

After seven days of cultivation, Lu Qingxue had entered the Body Tempering Realm.

For a someone raised in an environment of cultivation, entering the Body Tempering Realm was not necessarily an extraordinary accomplishment.

For ordinary mortals, however, it represented something completely different.

It was the first step for an ordinary person to truly enter the path of cultivation.

From that moment onward, their life was no longer the same.

For Lu Qingxue, this first step had only taken seven days to cross.

Lu Yang’s expression became increasingly complicated.

He had spent nearly two hundred years combined on the path of cultivation in both his second and current life.

He had experienced the Body Tempering Realm more than once, fighting many battles and studying many cultivation techniques.

He had accumulated an entire lifetime of experience at the peak of Body Tempering Realm, and the Script of Reincarnation had further increased his Talent and Comprehension by fifteen Reincarnation Points each.

Even then, when he first began cultivating in this life, it had taken him roughly two weeks to enter the Body Tempering Realm.

Two weeks, fourteen days.

That was already an extremely astonishing speed, having alarmed the entire Lu Family at the time, making him the most monstrous genius in the history of the Lu Family.

At that time, Lu Yang was more than just satisfied with his progress.

After all, he possessed memories from his previous lives and had a lifetime of experience in the cultivation world.

He knew exactly what he was doing, from circulating Blood Qi and tempering the body to breaking the bottlenecks and mistakes to avoid, yet it had still taken him two weeks.

But now, Lu Qingxue had done it in seven days, barely a week

Lu Yang couldn’t help but feel somewhat disoriented.

His daughter was still only five years old, with no memories of another life and having never cultivated before.

She was simply cultivating according to the method he taught her. That was all.

Obviously, Lu Yang knew that his guidance had also helped considerably. He was a Spirit Awakening Seventh Stage cultivator after all.

The Azure Spirit Body Tempering Art was also extraordinary, not weaker than the Golden Vajra Body Tempering Qi and Blood Method.

Lu Qingxue’s innate foundation was also far superior to his own when he first began cultivating as the resources she had access to were also vastly better, with no shortage of medicinal herbs, herbal baths, or other resources.

However, that couldn’t explain everything.

Lu Yang understood his own guidance better than anyone.

His current guidance could perhaps be considered slightly better than what his peak Body Tempering self had possessed after an entire lifetime of cultivation.

After all, he could completely absorb his own guidance when it could only serve as a reference for others.

And even if his guidance were completely removed from the equation, Lu Yang was certain that Lu Qingxue could have entered the Body Tempering Realm by the ninth or tenth day at the latest.

That was still much faster than him.

This was not a difference caused by experience, it was talent, pure, overwhelming talent.

Lu Yang took in a deep breath.

He finally understood why the cultivation world sometimes described certain people as monsters.

Some people were simply born different.

No matter how hard others tried, they could only watch those people walk ahead of them effortlessly.

In the eyes of his peers and those belonging to his era, Lu Yang was such a person.

And now, Lu Qingxue had also become one, even more terrifying than him.

Lu Qingxue opened her eyes, her little face immediately revealing a delighted expression.

"Dad, I succeeded!"

Lu Yang nodded with a faint smile, reaching out to rub her head.

The little girl smiled brightly, clearly very proud of herself.

"Don’t become arrogant." Lu Yang admonished her, to which Lu Qingxue immediately nodded.

"I won’t."

Lu Yang smile grew a bit more at her answer.

He naturally wasn’t worried about her becoming arrogant at this age, what concerned him was something else:

Her talent was too terrifying, and terrifying talent could sometimes be more dangerous than having no talent at all.

The higher a person’s talent, the more attention they would attract, and the more attention they attracted, the more likely they were to encounter danger.

Lu Yang had experienced this himself, therefore, even though he was happy, he remained calm and didn’t immediately announce Lu Qingxue’s breakthrough to the entire clan.

Instead, he first informed Bai Qinglan.

When Bai Qinglan heard the news, she was stunned, looking at her daughter with eyes filled with disbelief.

She naturally knew how what it meant to enter the Body Tempering Realm in just seven days of cultivation.

After a long silence, Bai Qinglan couldn’t help shaking her head with a bitter yet proud smile.

"Just like you."

Lu Yang shook his head with a chuckle.

"No, she’s much more talented than me."

Bai Qinglan didn’t argue, knowing that Lu Yang wasn’t being modest but telling the truth.

...

The news eventually reached Lu Tianhe and Lu Qingyu, leaving both of them shocked beyond measure.

When Lu Tianhe heard that Lu Qingxue had entered the Body Tempering Realm after only seven days of cultivation, he felt as if history was repeating itself right before his eyes.

Another supreme genius had emerged to suppress the younger generation, and this one was even more terrifying than the last.

Lu Qingyu thought the same.

They had already been shocked when they learned of Lu Qingxue’s innate aptitude, but knowing that someone possessed extraordinary talent and witnessing that talent actually manifest were two completely different things.

Lu Tianhe eventually shook his head, his eyes incomparably bright.

He was from the same generation as Lu Yang and had lived for over eighty years, standing at the Sixth Stage of Spirit Awakening Realm now.

The Lu Family had produced another monster, one even more terrifying than Lu Yang of yesteryear.

Lu Qingyu’s expression was also filled with excitement.

"With Lu Yang, our family could have indeed become an Essence Gathering Realm powers, but with Qingxue, she can truly lead the Lu Family and establish a firm foundation in the Essence Gathering Realm!"

Lu Yang on the other side didn’t answer, only thinking of his daughter.

Essence Gathering... might only be her lower limit.

As for her upper limit, his limited vision truly couldn’t see it.

Perhaps she could reach the later stages of Essence Gathering Realm or even the peak.

As for the Qi Sea Realm, Lu Yang didn’t know enough about that realm to make an accurate judgment, but there was one thing he could be certain of.

Among the Essence Gathering seeds of almost every Essence Gathering force in Wuyuan Province, there probably wouldn’t be many who could surpass Lu Qingxue; perhaps there weren’t even any.

That thought made Lu Yang both happy and worried.

He was happy because she was his daughter, and he was similarly worried because she was his daughter.

The world was not always kind to geniuses.

Sometimes, it was because someone was too talented that they attracted disaster.

Fortunately, her breakthrough was not yet announced.

After discussing with Lu Tianhe and Lu Qingyu, they decided to announce her breakthrough only two weeks later so that she could still get the renown of a prodigy with much reduced dangers accompanied by it.

...

Not long after Lu Qingxue entered the Body Tempering Realm, the old Internal Affairs Grand Elder’s condition suddenly worsened.

Even though he was a Spirit Awakening cultivator, his lifespan had long since reached its limit.

One evening, Lu Yang received the news and immediately went to see him with Lu Qingxue.

The old man was lying quietly on his bed, surrounded by the various Grand Elders, Lu Tianhe, Lu Qingyu, and the other elders.

His once majestic aura had completely disappeared, and his breathing was weak, like a candle flickering in the wind.

Lu Yang stood beside the bed, softly uttering, "Grand Elder."

The old Internal Affairs Grand Elder slowly opened his eyes.

When he saw Lu Yang, a faint smile appeared on his face.

"You’re here, Yang’er."

Lu Yang nodded slightly, a complicated expression deep in his eyes.

The old man slowly turned his head.

His eyes landed on Lu Qingxue, who was standing beside Lu Yang.

The little girl looked at him quietly, not making a sound.

She seemed to understand that something was different.

The old man’s gaze softened, "She’s grown, indeed possessing some of your demeanor from back then."

Lu Yang said nothing.

The old man looked at Lu Qingxue for a long time before sweeping his gaze across the various people present.

"The Lu Family... is in good hands."

Lu Yang’s eyes lowered slightly.

The first time the old Internal Affairs Grand Elder saw him, he was also only five years old.

Now, the last time when he was seeing him, his daughter was already five years old.

Over the years, too many people had left.

Those who had once stood beside him were slowly disappearing.

Lu Chuan, Lu Shan, the old Family Head, his parents, the elders who had watched him grow, and the people from his childhood, one after another.

After the old Internal Affairs Grand Elder, the older generation would have completely ended.

Before long, it would be the turn of Lu Tianhe, Lu Qingyu, Fang Chen, Bai Qinglan, and even himself...

Eventually, everyone would leave.

The old Internal Affairs Grand Elder seemed to notice the change in his expression.

He couldn’t help but laugh weakly.

"Don’t look like that."

Lu Yang looked at him.

The old man slowly said, "I’ve lived long enough, and I have many regrets. There are things I couldn’t accomplish and people I couldn’t protect, but..."

His gaze once again landed on Lu Qingxue before shifting to Lu Yang.

The smile on his face became peaceful.

"I’ve also seen the Lu Family grow, seen you grow, and now, I’ve also seen your daughter display astonishing talent."

The old man slowly closed his eyes.

"A life with regrets is still a life."

He took a shallow breath before continuing, his voice gradually becoming weaker.

"Although there are many things I regret, this life... can be considered a good one."