Cultivation: Being Immortal

Qing State, an unknown small town

Lin Jiang lazily leaned against a roadside tavern, holding a jug of wine, watching the sparse crowd on the street. There were vendors shouting, children playing around, and fragrant scents drifting in the air, making Lin Jiang sigh.

The smell of incense in the human world comforts people’s hearts the most.

Lin Jiang admitted that he didn’t really like being a god, especially the gods in his mind. He liked the mortal world, liked the bustling cities. Even after over a thousand years in the cultivation world, he was still the same mortal person, staying true to his original intentions.

"Big news, big news! Yang Luo, the junior sect master of the Holy Heavenly Sect in Central Province, has announced a new bounty. If anyone can provide information about a cultivator named Yun Qi, they can go to the Holy Heavenly Sect to claim the reward…"

Just as Lin Jiang was about to leave, someone exclaimed that Yang Luo had announced a bounty specifically for Lin Jiang, with a very high reward. It was enough to move even the unemotional Tao Achieving.

"It seems like my plan worked."

Lin Jiang smiled and, in the letter he asked Bai Yu to give to Yang Luo, he asked hundreds of questions all at once.

All of these damn questions were impossible to answer, some were philosophical, some were scientific, and some were religious. They covered all aspects. Lin Jiang couldn’t answer these questions, he couldn’t even ask them. They were all the wisdom of the ancients.

Moreover, these questions were of no use to ordinary people. Like the problem of whether the world is real or if we are just someone’s imagination, most people would just casually think about it. Smarter people might think about it a bit more, but it wouldn’t affect their three-thousand-dollar salary.

However, for extremely smart individuals, this was a terrifying thing. They were incredibly intelligent, they understood the world, but now there was a question that could shatter their beliefs, making them feel that their intelligence was just a program set by someone else. They would panic and their beliefs would be changed.

And in a certain sense, the three views are the same as the heart of Dao.

Lin Jiang didn’t believe that these questions could make Yang Luo’s heart collapse. And obviously, Lin Jiang was successful, otherwise Yang Luo wouldn’t have put a bounty on him.

"I’d like to see if you are a deity reborn or if technology has crossed over."

Lin Jiang smiled and said, with so many questions, no matter where you come from, there will be one that suits you.

"The more knowledge you have, the more you feel small. Yang Luo, you think you’re incredibly smart, then use your little brain to think about these questions."

Every time Lin Jiang thought about Yang Luo’s collapsed heart, he felt happy. Catching him, does it serve any purpose? It’s all rubbish. Even Lin Jiang couldn’t answer a single question himself. So even if one day Yang Luo caught Lin Jiang, she would still lose. As long as she still wanted to explore these questions, she would be defeated.

This is called winning while lying down, standing on the shoulders of giants and winning effortlessly.

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Lin Jiang left the small town and hit the road, heading to the next stop.

Lin Jiang left Shenmu City after careful consideration, not on a whim. Yang Luo became stronger and stronger, to the point where Lin Jiang felt despair. Lin Jiang knew that he could never defeat Yang Luo with his individual strength alone, so he had to endure. However, Lin Jiang couldn’t be certain if Yang Luo would become immortal. If she did, he would be in trouble. Therefore, Lin Jiang decided to destroy Yang Luo’s cultivation foundation in order to obtain a particular jade scroll.

Small Shadiao, on the other hand, was incidental. He was like a child who never grew up by Lin Jiang’s side. Whenever his cultivation faced obstacles, he would give up, which Lin Jiang couldn’t tolerate.

As a result, Lin Jiang drove away Small Shadiao, hoping that he would understand Lin Jiang’s intentions and work hard. If one day he could awaken and realize his potential, perhaps Small Shadiao could continue to progress.

After doing all these things, Lin Jiang naturally couldn’t stay in Shenmu City any longer, so he left.

Lin Jiang thought about going to the far north of North State to cultivate in seclusion. However, he also felt that he hadn’t seen enough of the world’s prosperity. Therefore, Lin Jiang decided to travel around the world, truly explore the world. ȓâNO͍ꞖΕŠ

In the cultivation world, Lin Jiang planned to visit every province. He would spend five to ten years traveling in each province, occasionally staying in a place for a short period of time, but never for too long. Only by constantly moving could Lin Jiang feel safe.

"Lin Jiang’s Journey: The Sixth Stop, today I arrived in Flower City, Qing State. The city is named after flowers and has over ten thousand varieties of flowers. There is a flower exhibition being held, the flowers are beautiful, and the flower girls are spirited…"

"Lin Jiang’s Journey: The Twentieth Stop, today I happened to come across a mahjong parlor, perhaps it was a popular activity from Yun State. I stopped and played mahjong for a day, winning three hundred spirit stones. At night, I had a heart-to-heart talk with a little fairy, spending eight hundred spirit stones. I ended up losing money…"

"Lin Jiang’s Journey: The Thirty-Fifth Stop, I was tricked into a casino and lost three thousand spirit stones. Furious, I displayed my Nascent Soul cultivation level and smashed the casino…"

"On the 36th stop of Lin Jiang’s journey, he unexpectedly encountered a village of widows. They wanted him to stay, but he ran away quickly to protect himself…"

"On the 45th stop of Lin Jiang’s journey, he saw a magnificent waterfall. It was described as ‘falling straight down three thousand feet, like the Milky Way descending from the ninth heaven.’ From then on, people called him the poet Lin Jiang…"

"On the 60th stop of Lin Jiang’s journey, he left Qing State and arrived in Liu State. There, he couldn’t find his favorite dish, snail noodles. He also encountered a destitute little girl who was being chased by someone. Lin Jiang helped her and quickly ran away to avoid getting caught…"

"On the 65th stop of Lin Jiang’s journey, he discovered that the Liu State’s cultivation world was very weak. Even at the Nascent Soul stage, he was considered a legendary figure. A small, foolish clan mistook him for their ancestor and started calling him ‘grandfather.’ Lin Jiang had to run away to escape from their insistence…"

"On the 69th stop of Lin Jiang’s journey, his luck with love seemed to be good. A beautiful little fairy took a liking to him and even wanted to capture him to be her husband. When she saw his Nascent Soul cultivation level, she was almost scared silly…"

On the 75th stop of Lin Jiang’s journey, he arrived in a secluded area where evil cultivators with golden cores were causing trouble and demanding the sacrifice of young boys and girls. Lin Jiang couldn’t tolerate such cruelty, so he fought and defeated them…

Oh my goodness, those foolish mortals started worshiping me as a god and wanted to make offerings to me. What should I do? I better run away, quickly…

"On the 108th stop of Lin Jiang’s journey, he arrived in He State, which was similar to Liu State in terms of its weak power. However, there were many young masters. Lin Jiang witnessed one of them forcefully taking a common girl. He used his transformation ability to disguise himself as a stunning beauty and scared the young master away when he revealed his true form at night…"

"On the 109th stop of Lin Jiang’s journey, he fought against both the young and the old. The old grandfather of the young master appeared, but Lin Jiang defeated him using the Lamp Burning Technique twice…"

"On Lin Jiang’s 215th journey, he went fishing for a day. But he couldn’t stand it. He used ten powerful fire symbols and burned a small lake, catching thirty thousand pounds of roasted fish."

"On Lin Jiang’s 230th journey, he entered a small town where gambling was very popular and the people had bad habits. Lin Jiang played along for a month, losing more than winning. He got angry and rounded up all the people in the town for a mass meeting to criticize them. He ordered them to stop gambling and insisted on a month of changed behavior. With the townspeople bidding him farewell, Lin Jiang left the town…"

"On Lin Jiang’s 300th journey, he was feeling very unhappy. He saw hundreds of thousands of ordinary people who had lost their homes due to a flood. The local protectors, called cultivators, ignored them and were considering whether to save these ordinary people or not…"

On his 50th year of traveling, Lin Jiang stood at the border of Yun State, looking at the enormous Heavenly Wall. In the end, he decided to leave and didn’t enter Yun State.

A few days later, Lin Jiang celebrated his 1,200th birthday in a strange place, and he put twelve candles on the cake he made himself.

"It’s time to close up and return to North State."

After thinking for a while, Lin Jiang realized there were still many places he hadn’t visited in the cultivation world. After all, the cultivation world was too vast. But Lin Jiang was already feeling tired, so he decided to seclude himself.

Anyway, there was no rush to continue traveling. He had plenty of time left. He could continue after he finished secluding himself.

Over the next year, Lin Jiang wandered around various cities and exchanged his spirit stones for various resources. He also had to thank some of his friends, especially Bai Yu, as without his help that time, Lin Jiang wouldn’t be so carefree.

Lin Jiang returned to the far north and found the underground cave. Everything inside was as it was before, even the medicines were growing well. Lin Jiang made some changes to the formations and quietly left.

Small Shadiao knew this place. Lin Jiang didn’t want to leave any risks for himself, not because he didn’t trust Small Shadiao, but because he was afraid something might happen to Small Shadiao and expose this place.

Hundreds of miles away, Lin Jiang found a new underground cave and set up his own little hideout. Lin Jiang started to meditate.

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