The Feng Zun Journey
Qing Ruo's
Whispering noises could be heard from each lantern, which was hanging on the branches of the tree.
"Hey, someone's coming!"
"Hehee, so this is just a handsome little guy."
“Is he here to seek luck too? Isn't that not good? He is no different than suicide!”
….The voices continued to whisper, parsing each other clandestinely, like ghosts, and adding a sinister atmosphere.
Feng Zun furrowed his brows and waved his arm.
A transparent colored flame appeared, it surrounded every lantern, and instantly burned everything to ashes. When all the lanterns were destroyed, the voices finally disappeared.
The sky and earth instantly became quiet and calm.
Feng Zun continued walking.
When he entered the temple area, he saw a young man sitting upright in his courtyard covered in shrubs, beside an ancient stone well.
He was dressed in gray, and he was holding a fishing rod made of bamboo. Right now, he had thrown his fishing line into the ancient well, then he looked like he was in full concentration.
When Feng Zun entered, the gray-robed young man did not raise his head when he said, “Friends, are you here to seek luck, hunt beasts, or exterminate ghosts? Please wait a minute.”
Her voice was soft, low, and somewhat feminine.
Feng Zun put his hands behind his back, walked to the well, and peered into its depths.
A moment later, he turned his gaze to the young man and said, "With such a method, you won't be able to catch the Spiritual Full Fish."
The gray-robed young man was shocked, and he looked at Feng Zun for the first time.
His figure was handsome, his complexion was bright, and his eyes were as calm as an ancient well. As her eyeballs moved, the whirlpool seemed to rotate slowly in the depths of her pupils, in addition to her beautiful eyes, she also had impressive facial features.
"intriguing. Friend, you are only at the immortal realm, but you really know about the Spiritual Full Fish? Don't say... Are you a disciple of the ancient faction?”
The gray-robed young man asked with interest.
"Not."
Feng Zun scanned the surrounding area, then again said, “What about you? Are you a demon who has just risen from ancient times? Or a cultivator from another world?”
The depth of the gaze of the gray-robed young man shone with confusion. After a while, he shook his head. "I don't remember."
Feng Zun's eyebrows shot up, though,
"You're losing your memory?"
"Friends, it's probably not that simple."
The gray-robed young man, thought about it seriously and returned saying, “I still remember a lot about cultivation, and I also know that my name is, Qing Ruo."
"Oh?"
Qing Ruo sighed, "That was also my guess, but I haven't found a way to unseal it yet."
Feng Zun looked at the gray-robed young man from top to bottom, and said, “Then do you remember when and where, you awakened the consciousness you have now?”
After Qing Ruo thought about it for a moment, then she said, “Half a month ago, I woke up inside a grave. I broke through the coffin and climbed out, only then did I realize that I did not remember my origins.”
Here, he paused for a moment and sighed, “I have inspected the tomb that buried my body many times, and I have searched every nook and cranny of this mountain, but until now I have not found any clue.”
"So, there's no clue from the coffin where your body was before?" Regardless of himself, Feng Zun was interested, he knew that Qing Ruo did not lie.
"Nothing" Qing Ruo said.
He continued, “It was a very ordinary coffin, with weathered straw mats as pads. I used a secret method to determine that the grave, buried three hundred years ago. There's no grave marker, it looks like a random, unmarked, seedy grave, the kind you might find anywhere."
“I once ventured into nearby Guangling City and read various archives about this mountain, but I found that nothing seems to be related to my origins.”
Qing Ruo stopped here and rubbed her forehead in disappointment, "This feeling is not at all pleasant."
Feng Zun thought for a moment, “Then what kind of legacy technique did you develop?”
"This is the legacy of a secret spirit cultivator" Qing Ruo said.
He was clearly quite open, “It weakens the soul, arguably it is a combined technique, a mixture of spirit cultivation and soul cultivation. However, I have made sure that I am a pure-blooded human being, not a spirit, demon, or demonic beast. There's nothing strange about my body, and there's no way I'm possessed. Naturally, I am also not formed from Primordial Spirit.”
Feng Zun was getting curious.
Even though the gray-robed young man before him had lost his memory, he still fully understood about cultivation, like understanding the back of his own hands. His knowledge also far exceeded that of cultivators of this world.
"Can you show me your abilities?" Feng Zun asked.
The gray-robed young man stopped, then laughed, “Let's forget it, I've understood enough, after all this is good enough. At the very least, I'm not as worried as before.I'll take this as a second chance at life. That's not bad.”
He stretched his body, then gazed at the sky dome, “The world known as 'Luo Land' will undergo a dramatic transformation. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth recovered, day after day. Soon enough, this world may be welcoming the golden age!”
He looked away, his gaze excited as he said softly, “There is no better chance for me. Even proving my Dao and becoming an Immortal God, it is a considerable possibility. ”
Upon hearing this, Feng Zun's brows curved.
This was the first time since living in this world, that there were people who said 'prove the Dao' and "become an Immortal God" so easily.
Until now, very few residents of the Luo Mainland knew of the existence of the Immortal God Realm.
Whether it was in the Zhou Empire or the Han Empire, even an Immortal existence was practically just a legend.
How could Feng Zun not be surprised when Qing Ruo, the gray-robed young man spoke of proving his Dao, and becoming an Immortal God so easily?
There was no doubt that most likely, the origin of this young man was not simple.
That gray-robed youth, was currently at the early stage Immortal Realm. This showed that half a month ago, when he first woke up inside the grave, he already had his cultivation base at the moment.