Chapter 155

Chapter 155: The Immortal Cultivation Genius Abandoned by the Times

. Lu Qing first took out the Xiaoyao Sanren Notes.

This tour of the city had yielded a wealth of gains.

The greatest of these were the notes and the Qiankun Yiqi Bag.

According to the information his supernatural powers had revealed, the notes contained accounts of the era of immortal cultivation.

Lu Qing was deeply curious about that mysterious era,

so he decided to delve into the book first.

After examining the book, Lu Qing discovered that the material was unusual: the paper was exceptionally strong, and it looked like it would last a very long time.

[Download and study?]

Seeing the prompt in his field of vision, Lu Qing selected Yes.

[Downloading, current progress 1%, 2%, 3%… 97%, 98%, 99%, 100%]

[Download complete, study and study?]

Lu Qing continued to select the study option.

The next moment, familiar information and insights surged from the depths of his mind, and he gently closed his eyes.

After a moment, once he had digested the information, he opened his eyes, a hint of admiration in his eyes.

“This Xiaoyao Sanren is truly a tragic figure.”

After receiving the information from the essay, Lu Qing finally learned some of Xiaoyao Sanren’s deeds.

Xiaoyao Sanren was actually an immortal cultivator from over a thousand years ago.

More precisely, he was a pitiful individual pursuing the path of immortality.

Xiaoyao Sanren was originally a scholar. In his youth, he accidentally encountered a cultivation tradition in a strange cave.

Coincidentally, his aptitude was exceptionally well-suited to that tradition.

Thus, with the inheritance he gained from the strange cave and some resources, he unexpectedly taught himself, without any guidance, breaking through the critical points and entering the Qi Refining realm, becoming a true immortal cultivator. Later,

relying on the resources found in the cave, he continued to advance through the barriers, achieving perfection in Qi Refining in just a dozen years.

According to Xiaoyao Sanren’s essay, even in that glorious era of immortal cultivation, his progress would have been considered a true genius, the kind of person sought after by all the major immortal sects.

Unfortunately, he was born in the wrong era, a time of scarce spiritual energy, the demise of immortal cultivation, and the rise of martial arts.

Therefore, despite his exceptional aptitude for cultivation, he lacked a sect to join.

This led Xiaoyao Sanren to lament his misfortune in his essays more than once.

Further despairing him, due to the lack of spiritual energy, his cultivation stagnated after reaching Qi Refining Perfection, making no further progress.

No matter how hard he practiced, he could not achieve a breakthrough, entering the Foundation Establishment Realm, where perfection reigns supreme.

Seeking a breakthrough, Xiaoyao Sanren began to travel the world,

visiting renowned mountains and rivers, and exploring unique locations, hoping to find a catalyst for a breakthrough.

Upon reaching Qi Refining Perfection, his cultivation reached a level comparable to that of a warrior reaching the Xiantian Realm, and even, thanks to the mysteries of cultivation, his strength was far greater.

Therefore, traveling the world was not a difficult task for him.

However, Xiaoyao Sanren spent decades searching for the locations of the former immortal cultivation sects, as recorded in the inherited traditions he had acquired.

However, he discovered that those once blessed sanctuaries and immortal caves had vanished without a trace.

What remained were only broken walls and desolate ruins.

At this point, Xiaoyao Sanren truly realized that the era of immortal cultivation had truly passed.

However, he was not entirely without gain.

While visiting the former site of a sect known as the Tiandao Sect, as recorded in the tradition, he came across a jade wall.

Engraved on that jade wall was a secret.

The gist of it was that the decline of spiritual energy was the result of the self-regulation of the Heavenly Dao, much like human breathing, which waxes and wanes.

The rise and fall of spiritual energy occurs in a cycle of approximately 60,000 years.

It decays and dries up for 30,000 years, then recovers and flourishes for 30,000 years, repeating endlessly.

Upon hearing this secret, Xiaoyao Sanren’s heart sank.

Based on the records on the jade disc, he calculated that he was at the end of his spiritual energy decline, and the next spiritual energy recovery would be at least a thousand years away.

Upon learning this, Xiaoyao Sanren began to despair. Having reached

the Perfect Qi Refining stage, comparable to a warrior at the Innate Perfection stage, his lifespan was only 300 years.

Even with his extraordinary cultivation skills and secret techniques, he could only live for 500 years at most.

Waiting for the true spiritual energy recovery was impossible.

In other words, even with his exceptional talent, no matter how amazing his cultivation talent was, he could not wait until the day of the spiritual energy recovery and truly shine.

At the end of his essay, Lu Qing observed that Xiaoyao Sanren did not give up completely after learning the secrets on the jade disc.

His entire life was spent battling the laws of nature, attempting to reach a higher realm through his own talent and hard work.

Over the following centuries, he made numerous attempts, seeking out secret locations to absorb residual spiritual energy, practicing martial arts, and even researching the sensational art of insect witchcraft.

But all ultimately failed.

Even at the moment of his death, he hadn’t yet achieved the breakthrough to Qi Refining Perfection and entered the higher realm of Foundation Establishment.

After reading the essay describing Xiaoyao Sanren’s life, Lu Qing remained silent for a long time.

This was the second time he had been deeply moved by a person’s life story.

The first was Li Weitian, and the second was Xiaoyao Sanren.

However, compared to Li Weitian’s, Xiaoyao Sanren’s life was more tragic.

Li Weitian’s fate could be said to be his own fault.

If he hadn’t wasted so much of his life competing with others, he wouldn’t have been forced to achieve a hasty breakthrough and ultimately achieve death without sufficient accumulation.

But Xiaoyao Sanren was different. He dedicated his entire life to the pursuit of the immortal path, diligently cultivating, never slacking off. However

, fate played a cruel trick on him, forcing him to be born in the wrong era.

Despite possessing exceptional talent for cultivation, a lack of spiritual energy trapped him at the stage of Qi Refining Perfection, ultimately leading to his death from old age.

“A tragic genius abandoned by the era of cultivation,”

Lu Qing lamented, grieving Xiaoyao Sanren’s fate.

In an era of scarce spiritual energy, he managed to cultivate to Qi Refining Perfection on his own, without any guidance.

Had Xiaoyao Sanren been born during that heyday of cultivation, it’s hard to imagine his achievements reaching that level.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

Being born in the wrong era doomed Xiaoyao Sanren to tragedy.

After lamenting Xiaoyao Sanren’s life for a moment, Lu Qing turned his attention to another matter.

According to Xiaoyao Sanren’s notes, the time of spiritual energy recovery, as calculated by the Tiandao Sect, was still at least a thousand years away.

Now, nearly a thousand years had passed since Xiaoyao Sanren’s death.

According to this calculation, the period of spiritual energy revival is not in the era he is in now?

But he did not notice any major changes in the world.

No!

Lu Qing suddenly remembered something, and his heart was suddenly shocked.

(End of this chapter)