Chapter 91
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Although the Li family had produced many cultivators, overall they did not quite fit in with the atmosphere of the era where everyone aspired to seek immortality and pursue the Dao.
They were more interested in achieving success and making a name for themselves in the mundane world, rather than pursuing the vague and ethereal path of enlightenment.
When Ling Buyan arrived at the Li family’s residence, the family members were hesitant, but at this point, they had no other choice.
After many years, Ling Buyan still remembered clearly that day when spring had already arrived, yet the light snow in Xihou City had not stopped falling.
Under the guidance of the Li family, Ling Buyan passed through the overlapping corridors and alleys to reach the outside of the house.
“Master, this is the place,” the little servant who often followed Li Fuyue hesitated and said.
— People in the mortal world always like to call cultivators “masters.”
When Ling Buyan was in the cultivation world, he used the Dao name “Xuanchu.” However, he did not know when it started, people no longer called him “Immortal Venerable,” but instead referred to him as “Immortal Ancestor.”
This was unique in the entire cultivation world.
Ling Buyan couldn’t help but pause for a moment, smiling and accepting this special title.
Then, he slowly reached out and pushed open the door in front of him.
Ling Buyan had spent far too many years in Endless Purgatory, and although he could now observe Li Fuyue’s life along with the Heavenly Dao’s gaze, when he returned to this world, everything around him still felt somewhat novel and unfamiliar.
For example, the creaking sound of the door when pushed open at this moment, and the rough texture of the wood grain on his fingertips.
Having been away from this world for too long, everything here has become different for Ling Buyan.
The next moment, a medicinal fragrance hit his nose.
Li Fuyue has been bedridden for several days, hovering between sleep and wakefulness, relying on these herbal soups every day.
And as he smelled the bitter fragrance, Ling Buyan finally lowered his head and saw Li Fuyue lying on the bed not far away.
Li Fuyue was still a young boy at that time.
He laid quietly there, covered with a light blue quilt. Although Li Fuyue was not feeling well due to his illness, his complexion and lips were pale, but his expression did not show any signs of weakness.
Li Fuyue was quiet, as if he was sleeping.
“Li Fuyue…” Ling Buyan called out Li Fuyue’s name softly.
And at this moment, Li Fuyue, who had been sleeping all along, slowly opened his eyes and looked in Ling Buyan’s direction.
He was still ill and looked a bit confused.
Seeing this, Ling Buyan walked slowly over and sat on the edge of the bed.
Ling Buyan knew that Li Fuyue was not suffering from an ordinary illness, and he was in a daze while being sick. After he recovered, he would forget much of what had happened during this time.
So, while sitting on the bed, Ling Buyan paused for a moment and said to Li Fuyue, “My name is Ling Buyan.”
“Ling Buyan” – he hadn’t heard this name in many years.
In fact, because of their respect for Ling Buyan, the cultivators no longer called him by those three words. Therefore, in the current world of cultivation, no one remembers the name of “The Xuanchu Immortal Ancestor.”
“Ling Buyan?” The young boy lying in the sickbed muttered these three words in a daze.
At this moment, he still didn’t know how important this name would be to himself in the future.
…
The illness that befell Li Fuyue was the work of the heavens, and even Ling Buyan could not easily cure it.
Ling Buyan’s visit could, at most, help alleviate the stagnant spiritual energy within Li Fuyue’s meridians, making him feel less uncomfortable than before, but this was already a great help to him.
After a few days had passed, Li Fuyue’s condition had improved slightly.
At this point, he had been lying in bed for a long time, his condition so poor that it frightened his family. So even though Li Fuyue still had a ways to go before he recovered, when they saw the changes in his body, the Li family regarded Ling Buyan as a deity.
Naturally, Ling Buyan did not ask the Li family for any worldly possessions, unlike other people who would have after curing Li Fuyue. He was simply interested in staying in the study, looking at the books Li Fuyue had read before and the paintings he had drawn.
Like many cultivators of his time, Ling Buyan was born into a family of cultivators. However, the things they learned from childhood were completely different from those of the secular world where Li Fuyue lived.
When he was in Endless Purgatory, Ling Buyan had read many books through Li Fuyue’s perspective. But today, he finally sat here patiently and read everything Li Fuyue had read in the past.
There were books about the landscapes of the human world, and even some novels.
Interestingly, after living for so many years, it was the first time that the venerable Ling Buyan, a Half-Step Celestial Ancestor, had discovered that these things in the mortal world were so interesting.
At that time, Ling Buyan spent half a day preparing spiritual medicines for Li Fuyue, half a day sitting alone reading books.
At the beginning, when Ling Buyan was in Endless Purgatory, he once thought that he would leave there someday and his heart full of hatred. However, things didn’t turn out the way he had imagined.
Over the years, Ling Buyan’s heart had never been this calm.
As time passed, Li Fuyue’s condition improved a lot. And the snow that had been under Xihou City for a long time finally stopped.
In the early morning, Ling Buyan heard the sound of water dripping from the eaves.
It turned out that without realizing it, winter had already passed.
Seeing the person lying on the bed, Ling Buyan’s mood was a bit complicated. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to stay in Xihou City for much longer.
As a cultivator, time was something that Ling Buyan never lacked. But the time in Endless Purgatory made Ling Buyan cherish this free life even more.
While Ling Buyan was reminiscing about this period of time, Li Fuyue woke up again.
“Teacher Ling, what are you looking at?” Although Li Fuyue’s consciousness was still unclear during this period, he at least knew that the cultivator who had been by his side all this time was called “Teacher Ling”.
Ling Buyan smiled and shook his head, “You’re recovering quickly.”
Li Fuyue was still in a half-asleep state and didn’t quite understand what Ling Buyan meant at first. He blinked at Ling Buyan and asked, “Will Teacher Ling still be here after I recover?”
Ling Buyan was taken aback. He slowly sat down on a chair next to the bed and shook his head, “No, after you recover, I should go to the place I need to go.”
Li Fuyue’s expression was a bit lonely. He said, “I haven’t properly thanked Teacher yet.”
Hearing Li Fuyue’s words, Ling Buyan laughed, “What thanks? Actually, even if I didn’t come here, you would have passed this trial yourself.”
Ling Buyan always tells the truth. Like himself, Li Fuyue also possesses a spiritual root. Even if they don’t cultivate immortality, they won’t easily die.
His appearance just gave Li Fuyue a slight push.
Although Ling Buyan stayed in the Li family for a while, he didn’t have many conversations with Li Fuyue. They exchanged a few words, and then the room gradually became quiet. At this moment, Ling Buyan suddenly saw something sprouting on the flower rack by the window not far away.
At this time, Li Fuyue fell into a deep sleep again.
Ling Buyan thought for a moment, put down the book in his hand, and walked towards the flower rack.
Winter had already passed, and the warm sunshine shone through the cracks, illuminating the thing on the flower rack.
“…What is this?”
The plant on the flower rack, which had withered for a winter, unexpectedly sprouted some new green shoots.
Perhaps because he had become accustomed to the vast whiteness of Xihou City recently, Ling Buyan felt somewhat surprised and delighted to see a touch of green.
Ling Buyan had just muttered to himself, but the next second he recognized what was on the flower rack.
A small, unknown orchid.
At that time, Ling Buyan did not know much about the mortal world. He only recognized it as an orchid, but did not know what type of orchid it was.
However, Ling Buyan guessed that it was probably not a special variety.
Before the long winter began, a seed was buried in the soil, waiting here for a long time, and finally sprouted when the first spring breeze blew.
…
The former Xuanchu Immortal Ancestor would never care about such a small life, he did not even pay much attention to the cultivation world.
But ever since he discovered this orchid, before leaving Xihou City, Ling Buyan always liked to watch the orchid while guarding Li Fuyue.
Not long after, its long leaves drooped from the flowerpot.
Just as Li Fuyue’s “illness” was about to be cured and the Li family was already in trouble, Ling Buyan finally had to leave.
His strength could only sustain him for so long.
That day, Xihou City had a rare breeze, and the clouds in the sky were blown away by the wind, leaving only a clear blue sky.
The wind blew through the branches, the eaves, and slipped in through the window cracks.
That orchid swayed in the wind, it was the first greenery in the world and the only one that the wind could not blow away.
Ling Buyan, who had always regarded all living beings as weak, unexpectedly saw something called “life force” from this small orchid.
Before leaving the Li family, Ling Buyan couldn’t help but take a deep look at the flower and then at the young man.
At this time, although Li Fuyue was still at the Li family, he was still an ordinary mortal who had not yet cultivated. But Ling Buyan, who knew what the Heavenly Dao was going to do, could already see Li Fuyue’s future life.
He knew that Li Fuyue’s future was destined to be turbulent and even difficult.
If possible, he hoped that Li Fuyue could always bloom in the wind like this orchid today.
After thousands of years, Ling Buyan exchanged that person from Endless Purgatory with his broken divine soul, half-cultivation base, and an immortal bone.
When Li Fuyue, who had been sleeping for thousands of years, woke up again, he was no longer the ethereal, arduous, and proud “Fuyue”, but the orchid by the window of the Li family in Xihou City.
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So beautiful T_T