Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 099 - Uncle Master

"Uncle Master Bing, you've said it twice." Yao Han scratched his cheek. "If reincarnation really existed, then if I were to reincarnate a thousand times, I would always make Master Feng my teacher."

Bing Lizi's laughter subsided then smiled faintly. "Aiyo, Brother Feng is indeed very lucky to have a disciple like you, Xiao Han."

'Either good karma what did Brother Feng do until he could have a talented and devoted disciple like you...' Bing Lizi continued inwardly as she did not want to make Yao Han a salute for insinuating Feng Xian.

"Uncle Teacher Bing's words were reversed, I was the one who was lucky to have a teacher like Teacher Feng, as well as Teacher Hong and Teacher She. If it wasn't for Master Feng saving me a few years ago and getting teachings from my three teachers, there was no way I could have gotten to this and met Uncle Master Bing."

Bing Lizi laughed again. I don't know how many times he's laughed since meeting Yao Han whose mindset is so unique.

Yao Han then added also about Feng Xian's suggestion to him to learn the science of the Four Guards besides himself. When Yao Han met one of these three old men, Feng Xian asked him to convey this message.

"Oh, he said that? That's shocking..." Bing Lizi's eyes widened. The same reaction was shown by Tian Jian and Bolang.

The Night Wolf had also just heard of it, so he was surprised, 'I wonder, what will Master Yao be as strong as in the future?'

'What is Brother Feng thinking? He suggested his students learn from us? Long time no see, it seemed like he had changed quite a lot. Perhaps this was influenced by her now having disciples? Yeah, it's possible...'

Bing Lizi glanced at Meirong and Yutian, "You guys don't mind?"

"Of course not, Senior. You don't resist as long as Han'er can be stronger, especially since Han'er likes to learn a lot of science. Senior Feng also said, it would be best if Han'er could meet and learn many things from you or Senior Chen," Meirong replied.

Bing Lizi chuckled, without being told she could see Yao Han was the type of child who liked to learn new things. Absorbing the knowledge of the three renowned world champion cultivators who were his teachers now proved he had no trouble learning many things related to cultivation practice.

However one thing that Bing Lizi was quite difficult to accept was Feng Xian's thoughts were different from the ones he remembered.

"Given the close relationship between me and Brother Feng, I don't mind teaching you. But I can't be your teacher."

Bing Lizi's words made Yao Han and the others confused.

"What does that mean, Uncle Master Bing?"

"I respect Brother Feng, Meirong, and Yutian who are your teachers officially. So I think it's better that you don't add any more teachers, but you'll get all my teachings." Bing Lizi smiled faintly.

Yao Han scratched his cheeks awkwardly while thinking, 'What is the mindset of the Four-Trippers indeed difficult to understand? But, yeah, that's it.'

Yao Han then paid his respects by almost kowtowing, "Thank you for the generosity, Uncle Master Bing. I promise I will learn well. Despite not having an official teacher-student relationship, I will respect Uncle Master Bing as much as I respect my three teachers."

"Thank you, and don't be so formal or respectful. If Brother Feng sees this, I can lecture him."

Yao Han immediately got up with a smile so wide, impatiently learning from Bing Lizi that Feng Xian referred to this old man as the Ice Scholar.

"We've told quite a lot, as if forgetting Tian Jian's whereabouts." Bing Lizi turned to her side. Yao Han and the others followed Bing Lizi's line of sight.

"Oh, I don't think you guys think I'm here. It's no longer just a spirit, I really feel like a ghost now."

Meirong and Yutian coughed softly, not expecting Tian Jian to say so. While Bing Lizi laughed softly and Yao Han smiled awkwardly.

'The Sky Sword King was so revered by the white stream and feared the black stream, it turned out that he could also sulk. His strange demeanor was a little similar to Senior Feng.' Meirong and Yutian both commented inwardly

"Senior Tian, please don't take it personally. Where we might forget you. We haven't heard the story about you either."

Tian Jian sighed softly, before telling him about himself ending up being a spirit and staying in this cave.

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Tian Jian, was once a genius cultivator of the Sacred Sword Sect. One day he decided to leave the sect because he felt his freedom was restricted by sect rules.

There was not much the Sacred Sword Sect could do to prevent Tian Jian's departure, as he had a harsh disposition and strong principles. His departure made the Sacred Sword Sect lose one of their strongest people.

Neither Tian Jian's strength nor ambition to exterminate a black flow cultivator was so great. That's why many people are afraid and afraid of him. However there were some black flow cultivators that Tian Jian still respected, one of them was Yutian. He knew the Poison Gate had different properties from most black-flow cultivators.

The nickname of the White-flow Sword Pillar was well deserved, but he refused to accept it. That title eventually fell on the Sacred Sword Sect Patriarch. However after coming out of the sect and becoming a wandering free cultivator, Tian Jian earned the nickname as the Heavenly Sword King.

The story of Tian Jian's last experience traveling to many places was not much different from Bing Lizi and Chen Long. He accidentally discovered a Dimension Pocket that contained demons and ferocious spirit beasts.

Tian Jian experienced a lot of hassles as the strength of the demons and spirit beasts within the Pocket Dimension was far stronger than any cultivator Tian Jian had ever faced.

With any luck, Tian Jian managed to escape after picking up a precious object. Because of that, the Pocket Dimension did not last long and was destroyed.

"My severely injured condition forced me to release the spirit from my body. So this is what I am now." Tian Jian let out a long sigh after telling a story.

The reason Tian Jian was able to release his spirit from the body was because of his practice of reaching the Soul Realm. All cultivators who had already reached this level of practice would have a second spirit that could separate themselves from the body.

This was what caused the Soul realm cultivators to be hard to kill. As long as these spirits were unharmed, then cultivators could release their spirits from the body and reshape the physical body, then raise the practice to the Soul Realm again.

But theory is always easier than practice. No sane Soul realm cultivator would release their spirit from the body unless the situation was urgent, severely injured for example.

The re-establishment of the physical body also depleted an enormous amount of resources. Moreover, Soul realm cultivators who released their spirits from physical bodies were only as strong as Foundation realm cultivators.

Yao Han could feel the radiance of Tian Jian strength that was equivalent to a peak stage Earth Foundation. Including the strong, considering in the past, Tian Jian was a cultivator who was on par with Meirong and Yutian. Other cultivators might only be as strong as the Mortal Foundation.

Once the spirit is separated from the body, it will always be shrouded in threat. Tian Jian had always been on the lookout not to meet black-flow cultivators, especially those studying soul magic or ghost-control sciences like the members of the Grey Sky Sect.

It took quite a long time until Tian Jian finally found the cave where he lived now. Then a few years later, he was surprised that a spirit animal suddenly appeared not far from the cave.

It was Bing Lizi in the form of a Kirin. Since the appearance of Bing Lizi, the temperature and weather around the cave up to several kilometers changed drastically to become much cold and snowy.

"As you know, this place is the Eternal Cave. Interestingly, this cave was once visited by Senior Chen. I can say that because I found a relic."

Tian Jian handed a jade slip to Yao Han. "Take it, it will be more useful in your hands."

Yao Han accepted and read the contents, "The Serum of Time..."

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