Cultivation Online Chapter 669: Tian Yang’s Memories

‘Ugh… Where am I…?’ Yuan slowly opened his eyes to the sound of water splashing beside him.

He looked around once his eyes adjusted to the bright sunlight, and to his surprise, there was a large river beside him.

‘What the… How did I get here? I was just at the pagoda…’

Yuan stood up a mont later, but he imdiately noticed sothing different about his body.

“My cultivation base is gone!” He exclaid in a shocked voice.

Suddenly, another voice resounded, responding to his words, “Are you still dreaming, Tian Yang? You’re not even a cultivator yet, how can you possibly have a cultivation base?”

“Eh?”

Yuan turned to the sound of the voice to see a pretty young girl sitting underneath a tree with a scroll in her hands.

“ng Lili?” Yuan subconsciously muttered her na even though he had never t her before.

‘Wait… Did she just call Tian Yang? So I am seeing his mories right now?’

Now that he had an idea of his situation, Yuan decided to play along.

However, it was not as though he could actually control his body freely.

Yuan suddenly began walking towards this young lady nad ng Lili.

“How are you feeling, ng Lili? Are you excited about tomorrow? Nervous?” Yuan asked her.

“Neither. I am actually feeling afraid,” she responded.

“Why would you feel afraid? We’re going to beco disciples of a cultivation sect! You should be excited!”

“Tian Yang, the cultivation world isn’t all fun and gas. It’s a vicious path that could easily lead to your death even when you’re not at fault, and it’s a world that we’ll be stepping into soon.”

“If you’re afraid, then why did you agree to join the sect? You could have stayed here in the village with the others.”

“Although I am afraid of the cultivation world, there is sothing I am even more afraid of— the feeling of being powerless,” she responded with a solemn look on her face.

“…”

Yuan didn’t say anything else for the next few monts.

“Enough about . What about you? You’ve always wanted to be a Cultivator, right?” ng Lili suddenly asked him.

A bittersweet smile appeared on Yuan’s face as he spoke, “No, not always. I never even thought about becoming a Cultivator until my mother and sister died at the hands of one.”

“Oh… I am sorry for bringing it up…” ng Lili said in a dispirited voice.

“There’s no need for you to apologize. It’s the person who killed them that should apologize. Once I beco a Cultivator, I will find this bastard and kill him myself if he’s still alive by then.”

“Cultivators are not allowed to kill mortals, so that person must have already been executed by now.” ng Lili said.

“If that’s the case, he’s really fortunate.” Yuan sneered.

“Anyways, I am going back to the village. I’ll see you tomorrow when the Senior picks us up.”

After leaving the scene, Yuan walked about a mile until he arrived in this small village that had a population of a few thousand residents.

“I’m ho.” Yuan said out loud after returning to his residence, but there was no response.

He then walked to the living room, where a ho altar for his family was built in the corner of the room.

He kneeled in front of it and stared at the altar for many minutes before speaking in a solemn voice, “I will be leaving this place tomorrow to start my journey as a Cultivator. I know the world of cultivation is a dangerous one with countless victims. However, I rather risk my life to have a chance of becoming soone powerful than doing nothing and becoming a victim to the powerful.”

“ng Lili said sothing that really resonated with today, and I completely agree with her. She said that she fears being powerless more than she fears death. However, while I do fear being powerless, I don’t fear death. If I die, I will just reunite with the rest of you, so I look forward to that.”

“If I don’t die and beco powerful enough, I… I’m not sure what I want to do at that ti yet, but I hope to find the answer soon.”

Once he finished praying, Yuan went to tend the chickens he raised in his backyard.

“After today, you’ll be Uncle Lee’s chickens. It’s unfortunate that I have to give you away before I can eat you, but alas, cultivation is more important, and the sect does not allow animals.”

After feeding the chickens, Yuan went inside his room and proceeded to spend the rest of the day ditating.

The following morning, Yuan left his house and went to the entrance of the village, where a group of people around his age were gathered.

“Did you sleep well?” ng Lili approached him shortly after he arrived.

“I spent the whole night ditating,” he said.

“What’s the point of that when you’re not even a Cultivator?”

“To prepare myself for the real thing, of course.”

“Whatever.”

About an hour later, an old man with an unfathomable aura descended from the sky and landed in front of the group.

He withdrew his flying treasure that took the shape of a massive leaf and said, “This is your last chance to turn back. Once you step on this flying treasure, you will either spend the rest of your life as a Cultivator or die as a mortal in the sect. I will give you all 30 seconds to decide.”

30 seconds later, everyone was standing on the flying treasure.

“Good.”

The old man flew away with the flying treasure a mont later.

It was also at this mont that Yuan returned to the pagoda, and the first thing he noticed was the handso man standing in front of him with a profound smile.

“What do you think?” The handso man asked him.

Yuan frowned and said, “That’s it? I didn’t even learn anything about my reincarnation or bloodline!”

The handso man chuckled and said, “Like I’d said, you’ll only get a fragnt of your mories. And don’t worry, I gave you a lot more mories than what you just saw, but it’ll take ti for them to surface. Give it a few days.”

“In the anti, you can continue climbing the Stairway to Heaven to regain even more of your mories. You still have a few more trials ahead of you, after all.”