If Yan Qingwu had perished, then everything would have changed.
Even the Shangxiao Sword Sect would have been destroyed.
Because at that ti, the internal threat to the Shangxiao Sword Sect was those few from the Demon Sect.
I might not even have lived until this ti. Even if I had survived, whether I would have co here or not, I couldn’t say for sure. With so much missing, opportunities would also have been lost, so I might not have had the strength I possess now. Most likely, I’d still be stuck sowhere, just developing, right?
It seems Little Xi must be An Qixiu’s reincarnation... Even if she isn’t, she must have a significant connection with An Qixiu...
Wang Mu remained silent.
"What else did she say?" Wang Mu asked.
"What else did she say...? Isn’t it all written on the Ancient Stele?" the Ice Blue Ancient Tree said.
The Ancient Stele?
Wang Mu recalled the records on the Ancient Stele.
"In the next life, I wish to eat another Hundred Herbs Fish..."
These words didn’t an she actually wanted to eat a Hundred Herbs Fish.
Hundred Herbs Fish are plentiful in the Mortal World today... They are not extinct; instead, they are fatter and more delicious. As for cooking techniques, there are surely others now more skilled than Wang Mu was back then. After roaming for hundreds of years, it’s impossible that she hadn’t eaten one.
Rather, she was using the fish as a taphor for a person.
The desire wasn’t for just any Hundred Herbs Fish, but for the specific one Wang Mu had cooked back then.
The Hundred Herbs Fish isn’t the key; the Heavenly Destiny Person is. Translated, it ans: "In the next life, I want to et that Heavenly Destiny Person again..." Further deducing, the Heavenly Destiny Person of that ti had already passed on—no, perhaps had not yet fully passed on. Based on the Illusion Realm trials with the heroines, it’s clear he was in a state of being neither fully departed nor truly present... Naturally, she wouldn’t have been able to et him then. An Qixiu might have known this, which explains her sigh.
Furthermore, An Qixiu was a person of decisive action; she wouldn’t just *think* about things. For an Immortal who had lived through six lifetis, re thoughts would inevitably transform into tangible actions, into execution. In her six lifetis, was there ever one *not* filled with action? She always did whatever she thought of! Only thus could she leave behind such a tumultuous yet glorious legend spanning six lifetis.
So...
Wang Mu took a deep breath.
"The Ancient Stele of the Sixth Life... there’s a piece missing in the middle," Wang Mu said. "Is sothing missing?"
"What do you think?" the Ice Blue Ancient Tree replied indifferently. "Seeing as you’ve likely guessed sothing yourself, it has nothing to do with . I haven’t told you anything."
"She left her physical body here..." Wang Mu mused, "which ans she could possibly be revived."
The Ice Blue Ancient Tree laughed. "As expected of a Heavenly Destiny Person, still daring to think such things."
"My master has passed away. To wish for her revival is to defy the heavens. Aren’t you afraid of suffering Heaven’s Punishnt?"
"Does my appearance have anything to do with her?" Wang Mu suddenly asked.
In the Illusion Realm trials with the three heroines, they all ultimately saw a figure in the boundless abyss. Could it be...
"How would I know? Don’t ask ; I know nothing," the Ice Blue Ancient Tree said. "However, when my master was in the world, she was always searching for a mysterious Spirit Pill."
"Unfortunately, though my master had profound knowledge of the universe and understood Yin and Yang, Heaven did not grant her wish. The Heavenly Dao’s cycle prevented her from finding this mysterious Spirit Pill."
"What Spirit Pill?" Wang Mu asked.
"The Nine-Turn Reincarnation Pill."
Wang Mu was startled. That na... Wait a mont... Didn’t I previously obtain an Elixir recipe in Fengyue Small City? It seed to be called the Nine-Turn Reincarnation Pill. Mo Xilan had said that consuming this pill allows one to reincarnate at a fixed age, go through nine lives, and after the ninth life, one can directly attain the Dao and achieve Ascension.
"My master said this pill is granted by the Heavenly Dao; only those who bear the Heavenly Mandate can obtain it."
"Others cannot get it."
"Even if they managed to obtain it, they would lose it."
The Ice Blue Ancient Tree looked at Wang Mu. "If you are a Heavenly Destiny Person, and if you manage to find this pill and have my master consu it, perhaps... there might be a chance."
Wang Mu grew thoughtful.
I obtained the Nine-Turn Reincarnation Pill’s Elixir recipe too easily; so easily, in fact, that it made the pill itself seem like nothing special. Only after entering the Immortal Mansion and learning about An Qixiu’s experiences did I realize... this Elixir recipe might not be simple at all. Could it be that this was An Qixiu’s main questline? It feels a bit too simple. Once I get out, can’t I just ask Mo Xilan for it directly? Oh, that’s not right. Actually, to say it’s simple is misleading; it really isn’t. If I hadn’t t Mo Xilan, I probably... could only have sighed in longing for the pill, unable to obtain it.
As for how I t Mo Xilan... This all goes back to fishing for Little Jiao Huo... If I hadn’t caught her, I wouldn’t have t Great Immortal Bi You, wouldn’t have learned about the Heavenly Heart Protecting God Pill, naturally wouldn’t have gone to the Dan King Sect, and almost certainly wouldn’t have t Mo Xilan. If I hadn’t t Mo Xilan, even if I had the Elixir recipe, I might not have been able to concoct the pill, or even obtain the recipe in the first place. Because this Elixir recipe ca from a Travel event I encountered with Mo Xilan in Fengyue Small City. I’d been to Fengyue Small City before, but I only encountered this particular Travel event when I went with Mo Xilan, and it just so happened to be related to the Alchemy Dao. So, it all cos back to catching Little Jiao Huo... That could be called the origin of everything. If I hadn’t caught her, I might never have subsequently t Yan Qingwu, Mu Hongyuan, Nanrong Biyou, or Mo Xilan, nor would the ensuing series of plotlines have been triggered.
"I have the Elixir recipe..." Wang Mu said. "I’ll co back after a while."
"You really have it?" the Ice Blue Ancient Tree was taken aback.
"What good does lying to you do ?" Wang Mu shook his head.
RUSTLE, RUSTLE...
The Ice Blue Ancient Tree trembled, evidently very excited.
Then it quickly cald down.
"Very good!" the Ice Blue Ancient Tree spoke with a hint of respect. "I apologize for my earlier behavior, Heavenly Destiny Person. I was wrong."
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