The Undying Immortal System

During my seclusion, while my focus was on my studies, I kept abreast of news from around the sect to ensure everything continued to develop properly.

Once Yan reached Martial Lord, I gave him his orb from his second life. I wasn’t entirely sure when his soul would be developed enough to make this safe, but I felt that a Lord-level soul should be able to handle a few dozen years’ worth of memories.

Somewhat surprisingly, after absorbing everything, Yan didn’t seem to show much of a reaction at all. His notebook had already provided him with most of the information the orb contained, so the memories themselves simply made him more comfortable with certain aspects of that life. Afterward, he just promised to let me know if there were any signs of problems and went on about his work.

As for JiaQi, she was pretty much the same. She didn’t have a notebook telling her about what had happened during our second life in the sect, but she didn’t care. For her, that life had been more of a relaxing romp with her deer than anything else, so learning the details of it didn’t make much of a difference to her. However, I did notice her spend a bit more time practicing beast taming.

Others, though, weren’t quite as sanguine about the process.

Upon entering the sect, Yan took all the illusionists in my clan under his wing, including Meng LuYao. The elder who had been appointed to lead our people on the Dark Peak became his deputy. While this group did join us in TongBei, they claimed one of the outlying villages as their own and stayed somewhat separate from the rest of us most of the time.

At first, I was a bit worried about this, but a quick conversation had been enough to clear up what Yan was doing. He was giving LuYao a chance to grow up away from LiTing, and it seemed to be working.

LuYao’s talent and affinity levels were enough to make her a prodigy, and her striking looks, different from anyone else on the continent, made her extremely popular on the Light Peak. There, it was common for people to use illusions to alter their appearances, so she didn’t even stand out as anything more than a beautiful girl. However, the fact that her appearance was natural and not the result of an illusion made her a bit special.

Since she was starting as a Martial Disciple with no knowledge of cultivation, LuYao was years behind everyone else, but they lacked her talent, affinity, and determination. This allowed her to quickly make a name for herself within my clan and earn everyone’s respect. This, in turn, caused many of the men to confess their feelings for her, but at my request, Yan stepped in to prevent anything from developing.