Dao Companions Help Me Live Forever

Chapter 187: Self-Realization

Third Mansion.

Reception hall.

Yu Xian instructed the maid to serve tea and greeted the two with a smile.

"Don't be polite, just treat it as your own home."

Zhao Jia, who came with Wen Renyue, replied humbly, only daring to sit halfway and his eyes filled with awe.

Having served as the Tai Shang Emperor of the Zhao family's territory for twenty years, Zhao Jia still had some arrogance in his heart.

After all, Yu Xian had never enforced the blood contract that restricted his freedom, giving him ample autonomy.

In recent years, Yu Xian had been indifferent towards him, as if forgetting about his existence.

Without any restraints and accustomed to being flattered by his subordinates, he naturally held himself in high regard, as if he had regained the dignity he had lost.

Even the former guest official, he no longer feared in his heart.

As the saying goes, "When the scar is healed, the pain is forgotten."

But during the grand ceremony, Yu Xian's simple appearance actually dominated the entire situation, and with just a few words, he decided the fate of more than a dozen Foundation Building cultivators.

Among them were characters with higher cultivation than him.

Zhao Jia immediately broke into a cold sweat, as if waking up from a dream.

He had actually wanted to continue the relationship between Wu Laozu and his own ancestors, and use the authority of the Gold Core to ask Yu Xian to return the blood contract to him.

He even had the idea of using Wen Renyue as a hostage.

But how could he calculate against such a character?

He actually dared to have ulterior motives towards the guest official, he was simply seeking death.

Fortunately, nothing had happened yet.

Zhao Jia instead saw an opportunity. If he could take advantage of this to establish a relationship with the guest official, wouldn't it mean that the Zhao family still had a chance to return to Shangyang City?

The glory of the Zhao family would be revived in his hands.

Therefore, when it came to accompanying Wen Renyue to visit Yu Xian, he was actually more enthusiastic than the hesitant Wen Renyue.

Yu Xian was not very concerned about the situation in the Zhao family.

But after living there for so many years and meeting old acquaintances, he became interested and asked about familiar people and events.

However, Zhao Jia was unprepared when he came to request the termination of the contract.

In the Zhao family, he was a lofty Foundation Building cultivator, and others only sought to please him. His mentality had long changed, and he had no interest in caring about a few ordinary dancers, a group of fish, or the changes in the influence of the market.

As a result, after stumbling over his words a few times, Yu Xian's attitude became noticeably colder.

Seeing this, Zhao Jia became even more restless, feeling that the pressure from the former guest official, now the chief manager, was much stronger than before.

After all, he was on equal footing with a Gold Core cultivator.

Zhao Jia secretly sighed in his heart, feeling that Yu Xian was unfathomable.

"Alright, you can leave now. Wen Renyue and I have some private matters to discuss."

Yu Xian lost interest and waved his hand, asking Zhao Jia to leave.

Zhao Jia bid farewell with an embarrassed smile.

The hall fell silent.

Yu Xian looked at Wen Renyue, who had been bowing her head in silence, and smiled gently.

"Wen Renyue, why aren't you speaking? It's been many years, have you become unfamiliar with me too?"

"Senior Yu."

Wen Renyue raised her head, her eyes slightly red, and with a hint of a sob in her voice, she said:

"My master has passed away, I no longer have a master."

Yu Xian's expression suddenly froze, and then a beautiful face appeared in his mind. The watery eyes looked at him quietly, and suddenly smiled like a blooming peony.

She was Liu Zhangmen, a woman named Liu Yueru.

"Gone."

Yu Xian repeated in a low voice, and the image in his mind suddenly lost its color, inexplicably tinged with a hint of sadness.

Since he began his rise in the mortal world, he had had contact with many women, at least fifty, if not thirty.

However, there were not many women who could truly make him remember their names.

This was the first time he had discovered that even the names in his memory could become dim.

Even the Princess Fu, who was a mortal, as long as he didn't pay attention, she would live in his memory as the most beautiful image, rather than thinking that she was now a seventy-year-old woman.

"I remember her as still young. With her strength, she should have at least thirty to forty years left. If she broke through to the Foundation Building realm, she would have more than a hundred years of life."

"Who killed her?"

Yu Xian's first reaction was that Liu Zhangmen had been harmed, and Wen Renyue had come to him for help in seeking revenge for her master.

Wen Renyue couldn't hide her sadness and said in a low voice:

"Master died from melancholy, she wasn't killed by anyone."

As she spoke, she recounted what had happened since Yu Xian left Mount Yuezhen.

Master Liu, having received the promise, secretly delighted, and began to wholeheartedly devote herself to cultivation once again.

With the previous care of Yu Xian, the income of the Moon True Sect was no longer as tight as before, and they were fully capable of providing for the cultivation of Master Liu and Wenren Yue, two quasi Foundation Building cultivators.

Therefore, in less than three years, Master Liu restored her previous cultivation level.

After another two years of adjustment, Master Liu took the Foundation Building pill left by Yu Xian and began to break through the Foundation Building realm.

Unfortunately, she failed again.

Fortunately, with the protection of the Foundation Building pill, she did not deplete too much of her vitality, and only took half a year to recover her vitality.

Originally, she wanted to redouble her efforts and break through once again.

But she was stopped by Wenren Yue.

"I originally wanted to use my Foundation Building pill for Master to take, but Master said it was left to me by Senior Yu, and she couldn't accept it. She said she had a way."

"I was really foolish, I believed whatever Master said."

"If I had discovered it earlier, maybe Master wouldn't have had an accident."

Recalling the past, Wenren Yue couldn't help but shed tears.

"Master secretly bought a pulse-protecting pill and forcibly broke through the Foundation Building stage. This failure completely damaged Master's foundation."

"If it weren't for the pulse-protecting pill protecting Master's meridians, she might have lost her life."

"After the breakthrough failed, Master's spirit was not as good as before, and her body deteriorated day by day. I wanted to come and ask for help from Senior, but Master forced me with death, not allowing me to leak any news."

"Later on, I broke through. Master was very happy that day, and even specially played the pipa for me, asking me to dance for her."

"She said she finally saw a Foundation Building cultivator from our Moon True Sect. Even if she died, she could go to meet our ancestor with a smile and make up for the mistakes she made back then."

"Less than two years later, Master's hair turned completely white, and her appearance aged completely."

Wenren Yue pursed her lips, her face showing deep pain.

That day, Master asked me to buy her favorite rouge and powder, as well as the dress she used to love. She said she wanted to dress up nicely."

"When I came back after buying the things, Master had already left. She was lying on the bed, as if she were just sleeping. There was a letter left on the table for me."

"Master said she didn't have the blessing, so the heavens didn't give her a chance to live again. She asked me to find Senior and asked me to serve Senior in her place."

"But I didn't come."

Wenren Yue wiped away her tears, her voice becoming hoarse.

"Master devoted half of her life to the Moon True Sect. She nurtured me for so many years, I can't just leave like that. This is the first time I didn't listen to Master."

"But just a few days ago, I heard someone say that Senior, you are in danger, so I came again."

"I'm afraid something will happen to you, Senior. I am now also a Foundation Building cultivator, and I can also help you. I'm also afraid that you will forget about Master."

"Master is the best master, she should not be forgotten by her seniors."

Wen Renyue squeezed out a smile on her face.

"But seniors are powerful, they don't need my help as a mere Foundation Building cultivator. Seeing how majestic seniors are, I originally didn't want to disturb them.

It was Zhao Daoyou who said that I had made a breakthrough, so I should inform seniors. I think it makes sense, and I also want to see seniors again."

Yu Xian fell into a long silence.

He felt a bit sad, but not much pain.

In the end, Master Liu was just a lover he slept well with, not even deserving the title of lover.

Their affair started out of self-interest, and then they became attracted to each other. They thought that when they parted ways that day, it would be the end of their romantic debt.

Let's think about it from another perspective.

If he broke through to the Foundation Building stage, wouldn't it be better to be the patriarch in his own territory instead of rushing to be a servant?

However, Master Liu actually did that, and he had been striving for it all along.

He had said those sweet words in bed to countless women, but this woman actually believed them.

Damn it, love can ruin a lifetime.

In the first half of her life, she was deceived by the first man, causing harm to her sect and her seniors. In the second half of her life, she slept with the second man, but it was her own downfall.

Otherwise, if she had just laid low a bit, she could have lived peacefully until the age of eighty. With a little effort, it wouldn't have been difficult to reach a hundred.

Yu Xian silently criticized in his heart, but a difficult-to-restrain sense of sadness welled up.

This was his long-lost conscience reappearing.

Being loved by such a woman with her life, he inexplicably felt that he had become extremely despicable, and there was also a suppressed anger.

"Damn it, how stupid!"

Yu Xian suddenly roared:

"Do I lack a few Foundation Building Pills? To save one Foundation Building Pill, you bet your life, even if I knew about it, would I be moved?

I would only curse you for being foolish! Foolish woman!"

Wen Renyue, on the other hand, smiled.

"If Master were to hear what seniors said, she would definitely be very happy."

Yu Xian snorted coldly, and the frustration in his heart dissipated with his breath.

"You have achieved your goal, I will remember your master, and I'm afraid I will never forget her in my lifetime."

Wen Renyue blinked her eyes, swept away the sadness on her face, and playfully said:

"Then Yue'er is satisfied."

The time for sadness has long passed.

Her previous performance was more of an attempt to evoke memories of her master in Senior Yu.

Because she was truly afraid that the love for which her master died would be worthless in Senior Yu's eyes.

So even if Senior Yu had a slight emotional fluctuation over her master's death, she believed that her master's spirit underground would not regret it.

"Senior Yu, Yue'er takes her leave."

Wenren Yue bowed gracefully, preparing to leave.

Yu Xian was taken aback.

"You're not staying?"

"No."

Wenren Yue's eyes curved into a crescent moon, as if she had transformed back into the young girl from twenty years ago, vying for her master's attention with hidden intentions written all over her face.

"Yue'er has taken on a disciple too. Like Yue'er, she is an orphan with good aptitude. I plan to use the same methods my master used to train me to train her.

So Yue'er can't serve Senior anymore."

Yu Xian paused for a moment and said, "That's fine."

Wenren Yue asked, "Senior, are you feeling a bit disappointed, thinking that Yue'er would stay and fulfill our master's wish?"

"Yes," Yu Xian admitted frankly, "and if you stayed, you would be my true woman."

Wenren Yue said, "Being able to accompany Senior was Yue'er's dream when she was young. For this, she even secretly envied our master.

But Yue'er also knows that you have included our master's feelings in her. When Yue'er talks about our master, it's not to gain something for herself. Yue'er just wants you to remember that there was a woman who loved you.

And now Yue'er is the head of the Moon Sect and can no longer be willful for herself.

If there comes a day when the Moon Sect no longer needs me, Yue'er will come find Senior again. By then, Yue'er might be an old lady, and Senior must not despise her."

Yu Xian looked at the young girl in front of him, her appearance unchanged, but time had changed something after all. He smiled in response.

"Always welcome."

He knew that Yue'er probably would never come again.

"Senior..."

Wenren Yue turned and stopped, then turned back, staring into Yu Xian's eyes and asked cautiously,

"Can I hug you?"

Yu Xian opened his arms, "Of course, even sleeping together is no problem."

Wenren Yue smiled sweetly, walked up to Yu Xian, leaned against his chest, and took a deep breath, as if she wanted to remember this scent forever.

"Just hugging is enough. If there's more, Yue'er is afraid she won't be able to leave."

The two embraced in the empty living room, able to hear each other's breathing, as quiet as a pair of conjoined sculptures.

"Senior, thank you."

...

Zhao Jia, who was called over from the guest room, looked confused. He hadn't figured out what had happened yet when he received a heavy slap.

It was almost equivalent to a full-force strike from a second-level Qi Cultivator.

Zhao Jia felt that if he wasn't a Foundation Building Cultivator, if his mana didn't automatically protect his body, his head would have exploded like a watermelon by now.

But he was still in pain, his head buzzing, as if a hundred flies were buzzing around his ears.

Fortunately, he still had a clear mind and quickly knelt down to beg for mercy from Yu Xian's back.

"Lord Manager, I was wrong!"

"Where did you go wrong?"

Yu Xian, with his back to Zhao Jia, asked coldly.

"Yes, where did I go wrong?"

Zhao Jia was stunned, then quickly reacted.

"Lord Manager said I was wrong, so I must be wrong, no matter where it is."

Yu Xian smiled instead of getting angry, "You dare to be clever with me. Let me ask you, what happened to Master Liu?"

Zhao Jia was confused again.

"Who is Master Liu?"

"You're asking me who Master Liu is?"

Yu Xian turned around and kicked Zhao Jia in the chest.

Bang!

Zhao Jia knelt on both legs and slid back several meters, knocking over a table and chair on the side. Then his whole body flew up and hit the wall, hanging on the wall like a painting, and then slowly slid down.

Broken, broken!

Zhao Jia clearly felt that at least three of his ribs were broken, and his internal organs were almost displaced by this kick.

He finally realized that Lord Manager was not joking.

If he didn't answer well, he might really die.

Under the threat of life and death, Zhao Jia's mental capacity greatly improved, and he finally remembered who Master Liu was. Wasn't it the master of Sect Leader Wenren?

However, isn't it Wenren Yue who is related to the Lord? What is her relationship with her master?

Could it be?

Zhao Jia quickly exclaimed, "Lord, I remember, I remember! But Master Liu failed in his breakthrough, suffered a severe loss of vitality, and died due to physical weakness.

I have been taking care of the Moon Sect as you instructed, and I helped to contact and purchase the protective meridian pill for Master Liu's breakthrough."

Yu Xian stood in front of Zhao Jia, looking down at him.

He knew that if he seriously considered the matter, it was not entirely Zhao Jia's fault.

He had instructed Zhao Jia to take care of the Moon Sect, but he did not say to treat them as the master of the house. At that time, it was just to help the Moon Sect gain the support of the Zhao family and not be bullied.

But now he was in a bad mood and needed someone to vent on.

"Do you dare to talk back?"

"Can't you take the initiative to help? If you can't make up your mind, can't you find someone to pass on the message to me?"

"You really didn't take my words to heart!"

Yu Xian kicked Zhao Jia repeatedly, and if he hadn't held back his strength, it would have been enough to trample him to death.

Zhao Jia knew that he was probably going to suffer as well.

But could he resist?

No.

He could only cover his vital points with his mana and let the Lord vent.

After a while.

Zhao Jia finally heard the melodious voice of the Lord.

"Go back, from now on, Wenren Yue is the lifeblood of your Zhao family.

If she loses a single hair, I will take your life as compensation, and then settle the old accounts with your Zhao family!"

Zhao Jia hurriedly thanked and retired, feeling extremely unlucky.

But it wasn't without good news.

As long as he followed the footsteps of the Sect Master Wenren, he indirectly gained the favor of the Lord.

Yu Xian watched Zhao Jia's miserable figure and let out a sigh of relief. His mood was much calmer, but the gloom in his eyes remained.

...

Two months later.

A small courtyard in the commoner district.

Yu Xian, who had been depressed for a long time, suddenly felt that today's sunshine was particularly bright, and even the gloom in his heart dissipated a lot.

Time is the best medicine.

Besides, his feelings for Master Liu were not deep, far from the point of relying on each other for life and death.

He was more focused on another issue.

As his cultivation level increased and his lifespan extended, the people around him would eventually be unable to keep up with his pace.

It meant that the bonds of their relationships would become fragmented over time.

Whether it was his women or his friends.

They would eventually leave him one by one.

Originally, he instinctively avoided this issue and was unwilling to face the cruel answer.

After all, he was still young.

But when the news of Master Liu came from Wenren Yue's mouth, he began to seriously consider this issue.

"If I give up having something because I'm afraid of parting, that's not my character."

"I know, with Yulan's talent, she will eventually leave me. Master Liu is the first, but not the last."

"Even if I make every effort to help Yulan cultivate, it's just to let her stay with me a little longer."

"Perhaps in the future, I will be indifferent to this, accustomed to life and death partings, closing off my emotions, and pursuing power to become an old monster seeking immortality.

But not now."

"However, in the future, I should focus less on emotions and more on physical desires."

"I can't be without women, just as the earth can't be without the sun. After all, this is my only hobby in this life. If I lose it, I'll be like a stone."

"This is also the anchor of my existence in the mortal world.

Only love and affection can remind me that I am still human."

Facing the sunlight, Yu Xian seemed to have realized something. His mind soared, and his spiritual power surged, growing abnormally.

His divine consciousness spread out.

Ten li, another hundred zhang, eleven li...

It didn't stop until it reached nearly twelve li.

"Realizing one's own heart."

The thought rose in Yu Xian's mind, and he felt his spirit full, with countless inspirations flying around.

"Seize this opportunity to elevate the level of the formation to the third rank."

In this world, cultivation was the main theme.

(End of this chapter)