The Undying Immortal System

After resolving the issue with Manager Liu, my time in Dragon Gate City became much more relaxed. Zhong had disappeared, so neither SuYin nor I had any more problems with him or Gao.

With threats to my life eliminated, I had the ability to freely explore the city and surrounding areas, but after a few small excursions, I no longer had the desire. There were no forgotten ruins or mystical forests to explore, just endless fields of low-level herbs. While there were a few options for entertainment and relaxation, I allowed my cultivation technique’s mental effect to keep me focused on my advancement.

This life, I remained dedicated to the timeline I had laid out. Every other year, I advanced two steps and brought Mei and SuYin up with me. With Mei, it was simple. I could easily help her form her meridians to the same level as mine, so we advanced in sync, and shortly after I reached Peak Master, she did as well.

With SuYin, it was more difficult. She wasn’t able to give me control of her qi like Mei could, especially when it was within her body, so I had to guide her to be able to advance herself. Her final meridians were always slightly off, so she needed time for her qi to settle, but with the refined technique I had provided, that still only took a few months. She started behind us, and I slightly rushed her to cultivate faster to catch up with the schedule I had set. It may have been unfair to the girl, but I needed her to reach Grandmaster before the year I turned 29, so we had to speed things up. While the quicker pace may have slightly hurt her foundation, it was still leagues ahead of other Masters I had seen.

After we had all reached Peak Master, the only thing left was finding a suitable cultivation technique for all of us. The only Rank 3 technique I had brought back with me was the Mid-Profound dual-element technique for myself. I had nothing for Mei or SuYin. Right after I started teaching them, I began searching the Pavilion library, but they didn’t have Rank 3 techniques that felt like suitable complements for the ones I had already given them. Instead of worrying only about mental effects, I was beginning to understand that different cultivation techniques created different ‘flavors’ of qi. The fire qi I was cultivating now felt ever so slightly different than in previous lives.

My understanding of this effect was limited, but I knew I needed to find techniques that were a good match to their particular variations of wood and water qi.

I put in requests for manuals that might work, as well as a few other Rank 3 techniques to fill out my library, but it seemed like I wouldn’t have much luck. They needed to requisition the books from the main branch, and I hadn’t yet established enough clout to make that happen. Secretary Jiang and Manager Cai had no such limitations, though.

After dealing with Manager Liu, Jiang had given me my rewards. I was upset with them, but the reward… it calmed me down quite a bit. It at least showed that when they used me, they were willing and able to provide proper compensation.

The bag he gave me contained only five techniques, but they were the epitome of delivering coal in winter. First were the Rank 3 versions of the techniques I had given the girls. Not simply techniques that would fit, but the ones designed to work best with the techniques they already had. These felt like they were nearly reward enough to me since they were exactly what I needed, but the other three techniques were beyond anything I could have dreamed of receiving.